title: Council Decision of 10 November 2009 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of a Protocol between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part

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               13.2.2010

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 40/75

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 10 November 2009
   on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of a Protocol between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part
   (2010/91/EC)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 24 February 2006, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with its partners from the Mediterranean region in order to establish a dispute settlement mechanism related to trade provisions.

               (2)

               Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in consultation with the Committee established by Article 133 of the Treaty and within the framework of the negotiating directives issued by the Council.

               (3)

               The Commission has finalised negotiations for an Agreement in the form of a Protocol between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part (1).

               (4)

               This Agreement should be approved,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The Agreement in the form of a Protocol between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
   The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
   Article 2
   The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of a Protocol in order to bind the Community.

      Done at Brussels, 10 November 2009.

            For the Council

            The President

         A. BORG

      (1)  OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 2.
   PROTOCOL
   between the European Union and the Republic of Tunisia establishing a Dispute Settlement Mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part
   THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Union’,
   of the one part, and
   THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Tunisia’,
   of the other part,
   HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   CHAPTER I

      OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE

   Article 1
   Objective
   The objective of this Protocol is to avoid and settle any trade dispute between the Parties with a view to arrive at, where possible, a mutually agreed solution.
   Article 2
   Application of the Protocol
   1.   The provisions of this Protocol apply with respect to any dispute concerning the interpretation and application of the provisions of Title II (with the exception of Article 24) of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Association Agreement’), except as otherwise expressly provided (1). Article 86 of the Association Agreement applies to disputes relating to the application and interpretation of other provisions of that Agreement.
   2.   The procedures of this Protocol shall apply if, 60 days after a dispute has been referred to the Association Council pursuant to Article 86 of the Association Agreement, the Association Council has failed to settle the dispute.
   3.   For the purposes of paragraph 2, a dispute shall be deemed to be resolved when the Association Council has taken a decision as provided for in Article 86.2 of the Association Agreement, or when it has declared that there is no longer a dispute.
   CHAPTER II

      CONSULTATIONS AND MEDIATION

   Article 3
   Consultations
   1.   The Parties shall endeavour to resolve any difference regarding the interpretation and application of the provisions referred to in Article 2 by entering into consultations in good faith with the aim of reaching a prompt, equitable, and mutually agreed solution.
   2.   A Party shall seek consultations by means of a written request to the other Party, copied to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services, identifying any measure at issue and the provisions of the Association Agreement that it considers applicable.
   3.   Consultations shall be held within 40 days of the date of receipt of the request and shall take place, unless the Parties agree otherwise, on the territory of the Party complained against. The consultations shall be deemed concluded within 60 days of the date of receipt of the request, unless both Parties agree to continue consultations. Consultations, in particular all information disclosed and positions taken by the Parties during these proceedings, shall be confidential, and without prejudice to the rights of either Party in any further proceedings.
   4.   Consultations on matters of urgency, including those regarding perishable or seasonal goods, shall be held within 15 days of the date of receipt of the request, and shall be deemed concluded within 30 days of the date of receipt of the request.
   5.   If the Party to which a request for consultation is made does not respond to the request for consultations within 10 working days of the date of its receipt, or if consultations are not held within the timeframes laid down in paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 respectively, or if consultations have been concluded and no agreement has been reached on a mutually agreed solution, the complaining Party may request the establishment of an arbitration panel in accordance with Article 5.
   Article 4
   Mediation
   1.   If consultations fail to produce a mutually agreed solution, the Parties may, by mutual agreement, seek recourse to a mediator. Any request for mediation must be made in writing to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services and state any measure which has been the subject of consultations as well as the mutually agreed terms of reference for the mediation. Each Party undertakes to accord sympathetic consideration to requests for mediation.
   2.   Unless the Parties agree on a mediator within five working days of the date of receipt of the request for mediation, the chairpersons of the subcommittee on industry, trade and services, or the chairpersons’ delegate, shall draw by lot a mediator from the list of individuals referred to in Article 19 and are not nationals of either Party. The selection shall be made within 10 working days of the date of receipt of the request for mediation. The mediator shall convene a meeting with the Parties no later than 30 days after having been selected. The mediator shall receive the submissions of each Party no later than 15 days before the meeting and may request additional information from the Parties or from experts or technical advisors as he deems necessary. Any information obtained in this manner must be disclosed to each of the Parties and submitted for their comments. The mediator shall deliver an opinion no later than 45 days after having been selected.
   3.   The mediator’s opinion may include recommendations on how to resolve the dispute consistent with the provisions referred to in Article 2. The mediator’s opinion is non-binding.
   4.   The Parties may agree to amend the time-limits referred to in paragraph 2. The mediator may also decide to amend these time-limits upon request of any of the Parties, given the particular difficulties experienced by the Party concerned or the complexities of the case.
   5.   The proceedings involving mediation, in particular the mediator’s opinion and all information disclosed and positions taken by the Parties during these proceedings, shall be confidential, and without prejudice to the rights of either Party in any further proceeding.
   6.   If the Parties agree, a procedure for mediation may continue while the arbitration procedure proceeds.
   7.   Replacement of a mediator shall take place only for the reasons and according to the procedures detailed in Rules 18 to 21 of the Rules of Procedure.
   CHAPTER III

      DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES

      SECTION I

         Arbitration procedure

   Article 5
   Initiation of the arbitration procedure
   1.   Where the Parties fail to resolve the dispute by recourse to consultations as provided for in Article 3, or by recourse to mediation as provided for in Article 4, the complaining Party may request the establishment of an arbitration panel.
   2.   The request for the establishment of an arbitration panel shall be made in writing to the Party complained against and the subcommittee on industry, trade and services. The complaining Party shall identify in its request the specific measure at issue, and it shall explain how such measure constitutes a breach of the provisions referred to in Article 2. The establishment of an arbitration panel shall be requested no later than 18 months from the date of receipt of the request for consultations, without prejudice to the rights of the complaining Party to request new consultations on the same matter in the future.
   Article 6
   Establishment of the arbitration panel
   1.   An arbitration panel shall be composed of three arbitrators.
   2.   Within 10 working days of the date of receipt by the Party complained against of the request for the establishment of an arbitration panel, the Parties shall consult in order to reach an agreement on the composition of the arbitration panel.
   3.   In the event that the Parties are unable to agree on its composition within the time frame laid down in paragraph 2, either party may request the chairpersons of the subcommittee on industry, trade and services, or the chairpersons’ delegate, to draw all three members by lot from the list established under Article 19; one shall be drawn among the individuals proposed by the complaining Party, one shall be drawn among the individuals proposed by the Party complained against and one shall be drawn among the individuals selected by the Parties to act as chairperson. Where the Parties agree on one or two of the members of the arbitration panel, the remaining members shall be selected by the same procedure.
   4.   The chairpersons of the subcommittee on industry, trade and services, or the chairpersons’ delegate, shall select the arbitrators within five working days of the request referred to in paragraph 3.
   5.   The date of establishment of the arbitration panel shall be the date on which the three arbitrators are selected.
   6.   Replacement of arbitrators shall take place only for the reasons and according to the procedures detailed in Rules 18 to 21 of the Rules of Procedure.
   Article 7
   Interim panel report
   The arbitration panel shall issue an interim report to the Parties setting out the findings of fact, the applicability of relevant provisions and the basic rationale behind any findings and recommendations that it makes, not later than 120 days from the date of establishment of the arbitration panel. Either Party may submit a written request for the arbitration panel to review precise aspects of the interim report within 15 days of its notification. The findings of the final arbitration panel ruling shall include a sufficient motivation of the arguments made at the interim review stage, and shall answer clearly to the questions and observations of the two parties.
   Article 8
   Arbitration panel ruling
   1.   The arbitration panel shall notify its ruling to the Parties and to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services within 150 days from the date of establishment of the arbitration panel. Where the chairperson of the arbitration panel considers that this deadline cannot be met, he or she must notify the Parties and the subcommittee on industry, trade and services in writing, stating the reasons for the delay and the date on which the panel plans to conclude its work. Under no circumstances should the ruling be notified later than 180 days from the date of establishment of the arbitration panel.
   2.   In cases of urgency, including those involving perishable or seasonal goods, the arbitration panel shall make every effort to notify its ruling within 75 days from the date of its establishment. Under no circumstances should the ruling be notified later than 90 days from the date of its establishment. The arbitration panel shall give a preliminary ruling within 10 days of its establishment on whether it deems the case to be urgent.
   3.   The arbitration panel shall, at the request of both Parties, suspend its work at any time for a period agreed by the Parties not exceeding 12 months and shall resume its work at the end of this agreed period at the request of the complaining Party. If the complaining Party does not request the resumption of the arbitration panel’s work before the expiry of the agreed suspension period, the procedure shall be terminated. The suspension and termination of the arbitration panel’s work are without prejudice to the rights of either Party in another proceeding on the same matter.

      SECTION II

         Compliance

   Article 9
   Compliance with the arbitration panel ruling
   Each Party shall take any measure necessary to comply with the arbitration panel ruling, and the Parties shall endeavour to agree on the period of time to comply with the ruling.
   Article 10
   The reasonable period of time for compliance
   1.   No later than 30 days after the receipt of the notification of the arbitration panel ruling by the Parties, the Party complained against shall notify the complaining Party and the subcommittee on industry, trade and services of the time it will require for compliance (reasonable period of time), if immediate compliance is not possible.
   2.   In the event of disagreement between the Parties on the reasonable period of time to comply with the arbitration panel ruling, the complaining Party shall, within 20 days of the receipt of the notification made under paragraph 1 by the Party complained against, request in writing the arbitration panel to determine the length of the reasonable period of time. Such request shall be notified simultaneously to the other Party and to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services. The arbitration panel shall notify its ruling to the Parties and to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services within 30 days from the date of submission of the request.
   3.   The reasonable period of time may be extended by mutual agreement of the Parties.
   Article 11
   Review of any measure taken to comply with the arbitration panel ruling
   1.   The Party complained against shall notify the other Party and the subcommittee on industry, trade and services before the end of the reasonable period of time of any measure that it has taken to comply with the arbitration panel ruling.
   2.   In the event of disagreement between the Parties concerning the existence of any measure notified under paragraph 1 or its consistency with the provisions referred to in Article 2, the complaining Party may request in writing the arbitration panel to rule on the matter. Such request shall identify the specific measure at issue and it shall explain how such measure is inconsistent with the provisions referred to in Article 2. The arbitration panel shall notify its ruling within 90 days of the date of submission of the request. In cases of urgency, including those involving perishable or seasonal goods, the arbitration panel shall notify its ruling within 45 days of the date of submission of the request.
   Article 12
   Temporary remedies in case of non-compliance
   1.   If the Party complained against fails to notify any measure taken to comply with the arbitration panel ruling before the expiry of the reasonable period of time, or if the arbitration panel rules that the measure notified under Article 11(1) is inconsistent with that Party’s obligations under the provisions referred to in Article 2, the Party complained against shall, if so requested by the complaining Party, present an offer for temporary compensation.
   2.   If no agreement on compensation is reached within 30 days of the end of the reasonable period of time or of notification of the arbitration panel ruling under Article 11 that the measure taken to comply is inconsistent with the provisions referred to in Article 2, the complaining Party shall be entitled, upon notification to the other Party and to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services, to suspend obligations arising from any provision referred to in Article 2 at a level equivalent to the nullification or impairment caused by the violation. In adopting such measures the complaining Party shall take into consideration their impact on the development and the economy of the Party complained against. The complaining Party may implement the suspension 10 working days after the date of receipt of the notification by the Party complained against, unless the Party complained against has requested arbitration under paragraph 3.
   3.   If the Party complained against considers that the level of suspension is not equivalent to the nullification or impairment caused by the violation, it may request in writing the arbitration panel to rule on the matter. Such request shall be notified to the other Party and to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services before the expiry of the 10-working-day period referred to in paragraph 2. The arbitration panel, having sought, if appropriate, the opinion of experts, shall notify its ruling on the level of the suspension of obligations to the Parties and to the institutional body responsible for trade matters within 30 days of the date of submission of the request. Obligations shall not be suspended until the arbitration panel has delivered its ruling, and any suspension shall be consistent with the arbitration panel ruling.
   4.   The suspension of obligations shall be temporary and shall be applied only until any measure found to be inconsistent with the provisions referred to in Article 2 has been withdrawn or amended so as to bring it into conformity with those provisions, as established under Article 13, or until the Parties have settled the dispute.
   Article 13
   Review of any measure taken to comply after the suspension of obligations
   1.   The Party complained against shall notify the other Party and the subcommittee on industry, trade and services of any measure it has taken to comply with the ruling of the arbitration panel and of its request for an end to the suspension of obligations applied by the complaining Party.
   2.   If the Parties do not reach an agreement on the compatibility of the notified measure with the provisions referred to in Article 2 within 30 days of the date of receipt of the notification, the complaining Party shall request in writing the arbitration panel to rule on the matter. Such request shall be notified simultaneously to the other Party and to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services. The arbitration panel ruling shall be notified to the Parties and to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services within 45 days of the date of the submission of the request. If the arbitration panel rules that any measure taken to comply is in conformity with the provisions referred to in Article 2, the suspension of obligations shall be terminated.

      SECTION III

         Common provisions

   Article 14
   Mutually Agreed Solution
   The Parties may reach a mutually agreed solution to a dispute under this Protocol at any time. They shall notify the subcommittee on industry, trade and services and the arbitration panel of any such solution. Upon notification of the mutually agreed solution, the arbitration panel shall terminate its work and the procedure shall be terminated.
   Article 15
   Rules of Procedure
   1.   Dispute settlement procedures under Chapter III shall be governed by the Rules of Procedure annexed to this Protocol.
   2.   Any meeting of the arbitration panel shall be open to the public in accordance with the Rules of Procedure, unless the Parties agree otherwise.
   Article 16
   Information and technical advice
   At the request of a Party, or upon its own initiative, the arbitration panel may obtain information it deems appropriate for the arbitration panel proceeding. In particular, the arbitration panel also has the right to seek the relevant opinion of experts as it deems appropriate. The arbitration panel shall consult the Parties before choosing such experts. Any information obtained in this manner must be disclosed to each of the Parties and submitted for their comments. Interested natural or legal persons established in the Parties are authorised to submit amicus curiae briefs to the arbitration panels in accordance with the Rules of Procedure. Such briefs shall be limited to the factual aspects of the dispute and shall not address points of law.
   Article 17
   Rules of interpretation
   Any arbitration panel shall interpret the provisions referred to in Article 2 in accordance with customary rules of interpretation of public international law, including the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. The rulings of the arbitration panel cannot add to or diminish the rights and obligations provided in the provisions referred to in Article 2.
   Article 18
   Arbitration panel rulings
   1.   The arbitration panel shall make every effort to make its rulings by consensus. Where, nevertheless, a ruling cannot be made by consensus, the matter at issue shall be decided by majority vote. However, in no case dissenting opinions of arbitrators shall be published.
   2.   Any ruling of the arbitration panel shall be binding on the Parties and shall not create any rights or obligations to physical or legal persons. The ruling shall set out the findings of fact, the applicability of the relevant provisions of the Association Agreement and the basic rationale behind any findings and conclusions that it makes. The subcommittee on industry, trade and services shall make the arbitration panel ruling publicly available in its entirety unless it decides not to do so in order to ensure the confidentiality of confidential business information.
   CHAPTER IV

      GENERAL PROVISIONS

   Article 19
   Lists of arbitrators
   1.   The subcommittee on industry, trade and services shall, no later than six months after the entry into force of this Protocol, establish a list of at least 15 individuals who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators. Each of the Parties shall propose at least five individuals to serve as arbitrators. The two Parties shall also select at least five individuals who are not nationals of either Party to act as chairperson to the arbitration panel. The subcommittee on industry, trade and services will ensure that the list is always maintained at this level.
   2.   Arbitrators shall have specialised knowledge or experience of law and international trade. They shall be independent, serve in their individual capacities and not take instructions from any organisation or government, or be affiliated with the government of any of the Parties, and shall comply with the Code of Conduct annexed to this Protocol.
   3.   The subcommittee on industry, trade and services may establish additional lists of at least 15 individuals having a sectoral expertise in specific matters covered by the Association Agreement. When recourse is made to the selection procedure of Article 6(2), the chairpersons of the subcommittee on industry, trade and services may use such sectoral list upon agreement of both Parties.
   Article 20
   Relation with WTO obligations
   1.   Recourse to the dispute settlement provisions of this Protocol shall be without prejudice to any action in the WTO framework, including dispute settlement action.
   2.   However, where a Party has, with regard to a particular measure, instituted a dispute settlement proceeding, either under this Protocol or under the WTO Agreement, it may not institute a dispute settlement proceeding regarding the same measure in the other forum until the first proceeding has ended. In addition, a Party shall not seek redress for the breach of an obligation which is identical under the Association Agreement and under the WTO Agreement in the two forums. In such case, once a dispute settlement proceeding has been initiated, the Party shall not bring a claim seeking redress for the breach of the identical obligation under the other agreement to the other forum, unless the forum selected fails for procedural or jurisdictional reasons to make findings on that claim.
   3.   For the purposes of paragraph 2:

               —

               dispute settlement proceedings under the WTO Agreement are deemed to be initiated by a Party’s request for the establishment of a panel under Article 6 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes of the WTO (DSU) and are deemed to be ended when the Dispute Settlement Body adopts the panel’s report, and the Appellate Body’s report as the case may be, under Articles 16 and 17(14) of the DSU,

               —

               dispute settlement proceedings under this Protocol are deemed to be initiated by a Party’s request for the establishment of an arbitration panel under Article 5(1) and are deemed to be ended when the arbitration panel notifies its ruling to the Parties and to the subcommittee on industry, trade and services under Article 8.

         4.   Nothing in this Protocol shall preclude a Party from implementing the suspension of obligations authorised by the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO. The WTO Agreement shall not be invoked to preclude a Party from suspending its obligations under this Protocol.
   Article 21
   Time-limits
   1.   All time-limits laid down in this Protocol, including the limits for the arbitration panels to notify their rulings, shall be counted in calendar days from the day following the act or fact to which they refer, unless otherwise specified.
   2.   Any time-limit referred to in this Protocol may be modified by mutual agreement of the Parties. The Parties undertake to accord sympathetic consideration to requests for extensions of any time-limit by reason of difficulties faced by any Party in complying with the procedures of this Protocol. Upon request of a Party, the arbitration panel may extend the time-limits applicable in the proceedings, taking into account the different level of development of the Parties.
   Article 22
   Review and Modification of the Protocol
   1.   After the entry into force of this Protocol and its Annexes, the Association Council may at any time review their implementation, with a view to deciding on their continuation, modification or termination.
   2.   In this review, the Association Council may consider the possibility of creating an Appellate Body common to several Euro-Mediterranean Agreements.
   3.   The Association Council may decide to modify this Protocol and its annexes. The Parties apply this decision after the fulfilment of their internal procedures.
   Article 23
   Entry into force
   This Protocol shall be approved by the Parties in accordance with their own procedures. It shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Parties notify each other that the procedures referred to in this Article have been completed.

      Done at Brussels on 9 December 2009, in duplicate, in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Arabic languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

         За Европейския съюз
         Por la Unión Europea
         Za Evropskou unií
         For Det Europæiske Union
         Für die Europäische Union
         Euroopa Liidu nimel
         Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση
         For the European Union
         Pour l'Union européenne
         Per l'Unione europea
         Eiropas Savienības vārdā
         Europos Sajungos vardu
         Az Európai Unió részéről
         Għall-Unjoni Ewropea
         Voor de Europese Unie
         W imieniu Unii Europejskiej
         Pela União Europeia
         Pentru Uniunea Europeană
         Za Európsku úniu
         Za Evropsko unijo
         Euroopan unionin puolesta
         På Europeiska unionens vägnar

         За Република Тунис
         Por la República de Túnez
         Za Tuniskou republiku
         For Den Tunesiske Republik
         Für die Tunesische Republik
         Tuneesia Vabariigi nimel
         Για τη Δημοκρατίας της Τυνησίας
         For the Republic of Tunisia
         Pour la République tunisienne
         Per la Repubblica tunisina
         Tunisijas Republikas vārdā
         Tuniso Respublikos vardu
         A Tunéziai Köztársaság részéről
         Għar-Repubblika tat-Tuniżija
         Voor de Republiek Tunesië
         W imieniu Republiki Tunezyjskiej
         Pela República da Tunísia
         Pentru Republica Tunisia
         Za Tuniskú republiku
         Za Republiko Tunizijo
         Tunisian tasavallan puolesta
         För Republiken Tunisien

      (1)  The provisions of this Protocol are without prejudice to Article 34 of the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation.
   ANNEXES

                  ANNEX I:

            RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ARBITRATION

                  ANNEX II:

            CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF ARBITRATION PANELS AND MEDIATORS


title: Administrative Commission of the European Communities on Social Security for Migrant "Workers: Decision No 97 of 15 March 1974 concerning the use of the Certificate of Posting (Form E 101) where the period of posting does not exceed three months

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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS, DECISION NO 97 OF 15 MARCH 1974 CONCERNING THE USE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF POSTING ( FORM E 101 ) WHERE THE PERIOD OF POSTING DOES NOT EXCEED THREE MONTHS

Official Journal C 126 , 17/10/1974 P. 0025 Spanish special edition: Chapter 05 Volume 2 P. 0042  Portuguese special edition Chapter 05 Volume 2 P. 0042

++++DECISION NO 97  OF 15 MARCH 1974  CONCERNING THE USE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF POSTING  ( FORM E 101 ) WHERE THE PERIOD OF POSTING DOES NOT EXCEED THREE MONTHS  THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS ,  HAVING REGARD TO ARTICLE 81 ( A ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1408/71 UNDER WHICH IT IS MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH ALL ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONS ARISING FROM COUNCIL REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1408/71 AND ( EEC ) NO 574/72 ;  WHEREAS DECISION NO 15 PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES NO 13 , P . 494/60 , OF 27 FEBRUARY 1960 HAS BEEN RENDERED INVALID BY THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1408/71 AND ( EEC ) NO 574/72 BUT , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAID REGULATIONS , THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR ADOPTING A NEW DECISION ;  WHEREAS THE CONDITIONS OF MODERN ECONOMIC LIFE MAKE IT NECESSARY FOR MANY EMPLOYEES OF INDUSTRIAL , COMMERCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL UNDERTAKINGS TO MAKE FREQUENT BRIEF TRIPS ABROAD IN THE INTEREST OF THE UNDERTAKING TO WHICH THEY ARE ATTACHED ;  WHEREAS IT IS DIFFICULT IN SUCH CASES TO OBTAIN IN TIME , PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE , A CERTIFICATE OF POSTING FROM THE DESIGNATED INSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE UNDERTAKING HAS ITS REGISTERED OFFICE ;  WHEREAS THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR MAKING THE PROCEDURE OF ISSUING THE CERTIFICATE OF POSTING MORE FLEXIBLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE INSURED PERSON CARRIES WITH HIN A DOCUMENT SHOWING THAT HE IS STAYING IN ONE OF THE MEMBER STATES ON BUSINESS AND THAT HE REMAINS COVERED BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE UNDERTAKING TO WHICH HE IS ATTACHED IS SITUATED ,  HAS DECIDED :  1 . FOR PERIODS OF POSTING OF LESS THAN THREE MONTHS THE INSTITUTION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 574/72 MAY ISSUE TO UNDERTAKINGS , ON REQUEST , COPIES OF FORM E 101 BEARING A SERIAL NUMBER , OF WHICH IT SHALL ONLY COMPLETE BOX 7 WITHOUT HOWEVER INDICATING A DATE .  2 . THE UNDERTAKING SHALL COMPLETE TWO COPIES OF THE FORM . ONE OF THESE COPIES SHALL BE HANDED TO THE WORKER BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE AND THE OTHER COPY SHALL BE SENT WITHIN 24 HOURS TO THE DESIGNATED INSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE UNDERTAKING HAS ITS REGISTERED OFFICE .  3 . THIS DECISION SHALL BE APPLICABLE FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .  THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION  K . JANTZ


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2003/247/EC: Commission Decision of 9 April 2003 amending Decision 2000/690/EC setting up an Enterprise Policy Group (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 093 , 10/04/2003 P. 0027 - 0027

Commission Decisionof 9 April 2003amending Decision 2000/690/EC setting up an Enterprise Policy Group(Text with EEA relevance)(2003/247/EC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIESHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Whereas:(1) By Commission Decision 2000/690/EC of 8 November 2000 setting up an Enterprise Policy Group(1) an Enterprise Policy Group was established, of which the Professional Chamber comprises up to 40 members. With a view to enlargement the number of members of the Professional Chamber, representing a wide range of expertise in domains of importance to enterprises, should be increased.(2) Decision 2000/690/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Sole ArticleIn the second indent of Article 2(1), of Decision 2000/690/EC the number "40" is replaced by "45".This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.Done at Brussels, 9 April 2003.For the CommissionErkki LiikanenMember of the Commission(1) OJ L 285, 10.11.2000, p. 24.


title: 86/638/ECSC: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council of 16 December 1986 applying for 1987 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

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  No L 373 / 162                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                    31 . 12 . 86
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                                             (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
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                    DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF
                    THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
                                   COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                                                       of 16 December 1986
                     applying for 1987 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating
                                                      in developing countries
                                                          (86/638/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                                origin of products adopted in accordance with the pro
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN                                  cedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) v
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING                                     No 802/68 (').
WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
 In agreement with the Commission,                                    However, the Community preference arrangements
                                                                      applicable to Yugoslavia shall result exclusively from
                                                                     the provisions contained in the Agreement with that
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                            country concerning ECSC products (2); consequently,
                                                                     for products submitted under the said Agreement to
                            Article 1                              ( Community tariff ceilings or listed in Annex I to this
                                                                      Decision , the movement certificate EUR 1 shall be
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1987, the customs                 deemed the only documentary evidence for the grant
duties applicable to the products listed in Annexes I                ing of tariff preferences.
and II shall be totally suspended within the framework
of tariff quotas and ceilings .                                      4. The Community tariff quotas and ceilings shall be
Spain and Portugal shall apply on the imports of prod               administered in accordance with the provisions set out
                                                                     below .
ucts referred to above the customs duties established in
accordance with Articles 178 and 365 of the 1985 Act of
Accession .
                                                                                SECTION I
2. The arrangements provided for in paragraph 1 shall
apply solely :                                                               Provisions concerning the administration of the
— in all customs areas of the Community, to each of                       Community tariff quotas relating to products listed in
     the countries or territories listed in column 4 of                                         Annex I
     Annex I against each category of products listed in
     columns 2 and 3 ,                                                                          Article 2
— in the Community, to each of the other countries or                The total suspension of customs duties within the limits
     territories listed in Annex III, with the exception of          of the Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1
     Yugoslavia, for the same categories of products,                ( 1 ) shall be accorded to each country or territory listed
— in the Community, to each of the countries or terri               in column 4 of Annex I in respect of the products indi
     tories listed in Annex III for the other categories of          cated against its name in columns 2 and 3 together with
                                                                     details in column 5 of the amount of the individual
     products in Annex II,
                                                                     quotas .
subject to observance of the concept of originating
products.
                                                                     (') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1 .
3 . Preferential entry as provided for in this Decision              0 OJ No L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 113 ; OJ No L 237, 27. 8. 1983,
shall be subject to conformity with the definition of the                   p. 1 .
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                           Article 3                              the levying of the corresponding duties on imports of
                                                                  the products in question from each of the countries or
1.    The Member States shall administer their tariff             territories concerned until the end of the period
quotas in accordance with their own provisions.                   referred to in Article 1(1 ).
2. The extent to which a Member State has used up its             2 . Within the framework of the foregoing provisions,
share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the          the Commission shall coordinate the procedures for
goods in question which have been entered for free cir           reintroducing normal customs duties, in particular by
culation, on the basis of the customs value of the said           notifying the date common to the whole of the Com
goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate of              munity and directly applicable in each Member State.
origin in accordance with the rules referred to in                This notification shall be published in the Official
Article 1 (2).                                                    Journal of the European Communities.
                                                                  3.     However, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the
                                                                  countries listed in Annex IV.
                           Article 4
Each Member State shall reintroduce the levying of
duties which have been suspended in respect of a                                              Article 7
country or territory listed in column 4 of Annex I as
soon as it finds that the charges against its national            The extent to which ceilings have been used up shall be
quota of the products concerned originating in that               determined at Communitiy level on the basis of
country or territory have reached the amount laid down            imports charged in the manner laid down in Article 8
in column 6 of Annex I.                                           ( 1 ) and (2).
                         SECTION II                                                      SECTION III
       Provisions concerning the administration of the                                 General provisions
  Community tariff ceilings relating to the products listed
                      in Annexes I and II
                                                                                Article '8
                           Articles
                                                                  1 . Imports of the products in question shall be
                            f
                                                                  charged against the quota shares and Community
Subject to Articles 6 and 7, the preferential tariff ceiling      ceilings as and when the products are entered for free
arrangements shall be accorded :                                  circulation, on the basis of the customs value of the
                                                                  said products, and are accompanied by a certificate of
— for products in Annex I, to each of the countries or            origin in accordance with the rules laid down in
     territories listed in Annex III, other than those            Article 1 (2).
     which may be listed in column 4 of Annex I, within
     the limits of the amounts specified in column 7 of
                                                                  2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or admit
     Annex I, against each category of products,
                                                                  ted under a tariff quota only if the certificate of origin
— for products in Annex II, to the countries or terri            referred to in paragraph 1 is presented before the date
     tories listed in Annex III, considered individually,         on which the levying of duties is reintroduced.
     within the limits of a Community ceiling corre
     sponding to 102 % of the highest maximum amount              3 . For the purposes of the application of this
     valid for 1980 under each of the preferential ceilings       Decision, the value of the ECU, in which the preferen
     opened for that year.                                        tial amounts are expressed, and the rate of conversion
                                                                  into national currencies shall be that provided for in
                                                                  the Common Customs Tariff.
                           Article 6                              4. An amendment to the list of beneficiaries, in par
                                                                  ticular by the addition of new countries or territories,
 1 . As soon as the individual ceilings fixed or calcu           may entail a corresponding adjustment to Community
lated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 ,            tariff quotas or ceilings .
which are laid down for imports into the Community,
under the conditions which it shall determine, of prod
ucts originating in any of the countries or territories
referred to in Article 1 (2), are reached at Community                                        Article 9
level , the Member States may at any time, at the
request of any one of them or of the Commission and               1 . The Member States shall, within six weeks of the
in respect of the whole of the Community, reintroduce             end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the Statisti
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 cal Office of the European Communities the relevant              these lists shall be forwarded within five days of the
 statistical data for the products entered for free circula      end of each 10-day period.
 tion in the quarter concerned under generalized prefer
 ential treatment in accordance with the provisions of                                     Article 10
 the present Decision . This data, transmitted according
 to the headings of the nomenclature of goods for exter          The Member States shall, in close cooperation with the
 nal trade statistics of the Community and statistics of          Commission, take all necessary measures to ensure that
 trade between Member States (NIMEXE), shall show                 this Decision is applied.
 the country of origin, value, quantity and any supple
 mentary units as defined by Council Regulation (EEC)                                    < Article 11
 No 1736/75 (').
                                                                  The Member States shall take all measures necessary
                                                                  for the implementation of this Decision.
 2 . However, in the case of products in Annex I sub
ject to quotas, the Member States shall, by the 1 1th day
                                                                                Article 12
 of each month at the latest, forward the list of charges
 effected during the previous month. In the case of               This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1987. -
 products of Annex I subject to ceilings, the Member
 States shall forward to the Commission, at its request
 and under the same conditions, the list of charges
 effected during the previous month .                             Done at Brussels, 16 December 1986.
 At the Commission's request, when the level of 75 % of
 the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall forward                                                The President
 the lists of charges to the Commission every 10 days ;                                                   G. HOWE
(') OJ No L 183, 14.7. 1975, p. 3 .
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                                                                          ANNEX I
                                List of products subject to zero duty Community preferential tariff quotas and ceilings (a)
                                                                                Community tariff quotas                      Ceilings
                                                                                Individual
                    CCT                                                                                ceiling
   Order          heading                                                                                Individual      Amount of shares
                                                                                for countries
     No
                     No                                Description                            Beneficiary                            allocated to
                                                                                or territories
                (NIMEXE                                                                       countries or         quota                               other than
                                                                                amount           Member States
                   code)                                                                        territories                                                those
                                                                                (ECU)                 (ECU)        under column
                                                                                4
                                                                                (ECU)
     (1)             (2)                                    (3)                                     (4)             (5)                   (6)                (7)
                                                                                s
 60.0010           73.07           Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (includ                                                                      3 324 600
              (73.07-12,21 ,       ing tinplate bars), of iron or steel ; pieces
                    24)            roughly shaped by forging, of iron or steel :
                                   A. Blooms and billets :
                                        I.    Rolled
                                                                                •
                                   B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate
                                       bars):
                                        I.    Rolled
 60.0020         73.08 (*)         Iron or steel coils for re-rolling                      Brazil               3 237 451        BNL       310 795     3 237 451
              (73.08-01,03 ,                                                               South Korea                           DK        148  923
              05,07,21,25 ,                                                                Venezuela                             D         809  363
              29,41,45,49)                                                                                E         236  334
                                                                                GR          58 274
                                                                                F         563  316
                                                                                IRL         16 187
                                                                                I         427 344
                                                                                P          45 324
                                                                                UK        621 591
  60.0030        73.10 (*)         Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or          Argentina            2 006 493        BNL 192 623           2 006 493
              (73.10-11 , 12,      steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-             Brazil                                DK         92 299
               14, 15 , 17, 18,    formed or cold-finished (including preci               Venezuela                             D         501 623
                    42)            sion-made); hollow mining drill steel :                                                       E         146 474
                                                                                GR         36 117
                                   A. Not further worked than hot-rolled or ex
                                                                                F         349  130
                                        truded
                                                                                IRL         10 032
                                   D. Clad or surface-worked (for example,                                                       I         264  857
                                        polished, coated):                                                                       P           28 091
                                                                                UK        385  247
                                        I.    Not further worked than clad :
                                              a) Hot-rolled or extruded
  60.0040          73.11           Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel,                                                                       1 908 900
              (73.11-11,12,        hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or
               14,16,19,41 ,       cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or steel,
                     50)           whether or not drilled, punched or made                                                         -
                                   from assembled elements :
                                   A. Angles, shapes and sections :
                                           I. Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                              or extruded
                                        IV. Clad or surface-worked (for ex
                                              ample, polished, coated):
                                              a) Not further worked than clad :
                                                  I.  Hot rolled or extruded
                                    B. Sheet piling
(a) Preferences are not granted in respect of the products, marked with an asterisk, originating in China.
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    (1)           (2)                                 (3)                             (4)      (5)           (6) '        (7) .
 60.0050      73.13 (*)    Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled     Argentina   5 500 000  BNL     528 000 6 276 000
           (73.13-11 , 16, or cold-rolled :                                    Brazil                 DK      253 000
            17,19,21,23 ,                                                      South Korea            D    1  375 000
                           A. ' Electrical' sheets and plates
           26, 32, 34, 36,                                                                            E       401 500
           43, 45,47,49,   B. Other sheets and plates :                                              GR        99 000
           50, 64,65, 67,         I. Not further worked than hot-rolled                               F       957 000
           68, 72,74, 76,                                                                             IRL      27 500
           78, 79, 82, 84,       II . Not further worked than cold-rolled,                           I        726 000
           86, 87, 88, 89,             of a thickness of:                                             P        77 000
                 92)                   b) More than 1 mm but less than                               UK 1     056 000
                                            3 mm
                                       c)   1 mm or less
                               III . Not further worked than burnished,
                                       polished or glazed
                                IV. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-
                                      treated :
                                      b) Tinned
                                      c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated
                                      d) Other (for example, copper -
                                           plated, artificially oxidized, lac
                                           quered, nickel-plated, varnished,
                                           clad, parkerized, printed)
                                 V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                      a) Cut into shapes other than rec
                                           tangular shapes, but not, further
                                           worked :
                                           2.   Other
60.0060        73.15       Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms      Brazil      5 564 100 BNL      534 154 5 891 400
             (73.61-50)    mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :           South Korea           DK       255 949
          (73.62-10,30)                                                                              D    1   391 025
                           A. High carbon steel :
           (73.63-21,29,                                                                             E        406 179
                72)               I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and                              GR       100 154
          (73.64-20, 72)              sheet bars :                                                   F       968 153
                                                                                IRL       27 821
                                      b) Other :
                                                                                I        734 461
                                           2.   Blooms, billets, slabs and                           P         77 897
                                                sheet bars                                           UK 1 068 307
                               III. Coils for re-rolling
                               IV. Universal plates
                                 V. Bars and rods (including wire rod)
                                      and hollow mining drill steel ;
                                      angles, shapes and sections :
                                      b) Not further worked than hot-
                                           rolled or extruded
                                      d) Clad or surface-worked (for
                                           example, polished, coated):
                                           I.   Not further    worked    than
                                               clad :
                                               aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
                               VI . Hoop and strip :
                                      a) Not further worked than hot-
                                          rolled
                                     c) Clad, coated or otherwise sur
                                          face-treated :
                                          I.   Not    further  worked    than
                                               clad :
                                               aa) Hot-rolled
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     (1)            (2)                                (3)                      (4)   (5) (6)       (?)
 60.0060          73.15       A. VII. Sheets and plates :
  (cont'd)       (cont'd)              a) Not further worked than hot
             (73.65-21,23,                rolled
             25, 55,70,81 )
             (73.71-51,52,             b) Not further worked than cold
             54, 55, 56, 59)              rolled, of a thickness of:
             (73.72-11 , 13,               2.  Less than 3 mm
               19., 33, 39)
             (73.73-23,24,             c) Polished, clad,- coated or other
             25,26,29,33,                  wise surface-treated
             34,35,36,39,              d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
                    72)
                                           1 . Cut into shapes other than
                                               rectangular shapes, but not
                                               further worked
                              B. Alloy steel :
                                   I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and
                                       sheet bars :
                                       b) Other :
                                           2. Blooms, billets, slabs and
                                               sheet bars
                                                                                -
                                 III . Coils for re-rolling
                                  IV. Universal plates
                                   V. Bars and rods (including wire rod)
                                       and hollow mining drill steel ;
                                       angles, shapes and sections :
                                       b) Not further worked than hot
                                           rolled or extruded
                                       d) Clad or surface-worked (for
                                           example, polished, coated) :
                                           1.   Not     further worked    than
                                               clad :
                                                aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
             (73.74-21,23,       VI. Hoop and strip :
                  29,72)               a) Not further worked than hot
             (73.75-11 , 19,               rolled
             23 , 24, 29, 33,
             34,39,43,44,              c) Clad, coated or otherwise sur
             49, 63, 64, 69,               face-treated :                           -
             73,79, 83, 84,                1.   Not further     worked    than
                    89)                         clad :
                                                aa) Hot-rolled
                                 VII. Sheets and plates :
                                       a) ' Electrical' sheets and plates
                                       b) Other sheets and plates :
                                            1.  Not     further worked    than
                                                hot-rolled
                                           2.   Not     further worked    than
                                                cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
                                                bb) Less than 3 mm
                                           3 . Polished, clad, coated or
                                                otherwise surface-treated
                                           4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                                aa) Cut into shapes other
                                                than rectangular shapes, but
                                                not further worked
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                                                                         ANNEX II
                         List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties are completely suspended
                               under the generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
      Order          CCT heading No                                                          Description
       No            (NIMEXEcode)
    62.0010                73.09            Universal plates of iron or steel
                        (73,09-00)
    62.0020                73.12            Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                      (73.12-11,19,         A. Not further worked than hot-rolled
                        21,51,71 )
                                            B.   Not further worked than cold-rolled :
                                                     I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate
                                            C. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                                 III . Tinned :
                                                        a) Tinplate
                                                 V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized, lacquered, nickel-plated,
                                                        varnished, clad, parkerized, printed):
                                                        a) Not further worked than clad :
                                                            1.   Hot-rolled
    62.0030                73.13            Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                        (73.13-41 )
                                            B. Other sheets and plates :
                            (a)
                                                 II . Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
                                                        a) 3 mm or more                                                         v
    62.0040                73.15           Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
                        (73.65-53)
                                           A. High carbon steel :
                            (a)
                                                VII . Sheets and plates :
                                                        b) Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
                                                            1.  3 mm or more
                                           B. Alloy steel :
                                                VI L Sheets and plates :
                                                        b) Other sheets and plates :
                   (73.75-53 , 54, 59)                      2.  Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
                            (a)
                                                                aa) '3 mm or more
                                                                                t
    62.0050                73.16           Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following : rails, check
                     (73.16-14, 16,        rails, switch blades, crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods, rack rails, sleepers, fish
                      17, 20,40,51 )       plates, chairs, chair-wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties, and other
                                           material specialized for joining or fixing rails :
                                           A. Rails :
                                                II . Other
                                           B.   Check-rails
                                           C. Sleepers
                                           D. Fish-plates and sole plates :                   »
                                                I.     Rolled
(a) Preferences are also granted in respect of products falling within this subheading, originating in Romania.
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                                                                    ANNEX III
                               List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
                                                      A. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
         048 Yugoslavia                                  373 Mauritius                                 604 Lebanon
         204 Morocco                                     375 Comoros 0                                 608 Syria
         208 Algeria                                     378 Zambia                                    612 Iraq
         212 Tunisia                               '     382 Zimbabwe                                  616 Iran
         216 Libya                                       386 Malawi 0                                  628 Jordan
         220 Egypt                                       391 Botswana 0                                632 Saudi Arabia
         224 * Sudan (2)             '                   393 Swaziland                                 636 Kuwait
         228 Mauritania                                  395 Lesotho 0                                 640 Bahrain
         232   Mali (2)                                  412  Mexico                                   644 Qatar
         236   Burkina Faso (2)                          416  Guatemala                                647 United Arab Emirates
         240   Niger (2)                                 421  Belize              •                    649 Oman
         244   Chad (?)                                  424  Honduras                                 652 North Yemen 0
         247   Republic of Cape Verde 0                  428 El Salvador                               656 South Yemen
         248   Senegal                                   432 Nicaragua                                 660 Afghanistan 0
         252   Gambia (2)                                436 Costa Rica                                662 Pakistan
         257   Guinea Bissau (2)                         442 Panama                                    664 India
         260   Guinea (2)                                448 Cuba                                      666 Bangladesh 0
         264   Sierra Leone 0                            449 St Christopher and Nevis                  667 Maldives 0
         268 Liberia                                     452 Haiti 0                                   669 Sri Lanka
         272 Ivory Coast                                 453 Bahamas                                   672 Nepal 0
         276 Ghana                                       456 Dominican Republic                        675 Bhutan 0
         280 Togo 0                                      459 Antigua and Barbuda                       676 Burma
         284 Benin 0                                     460  Dominica                                 680 Thailand
         288 Nigeria                                     464  Jamaica                                  684 Laos 0
         302 Cameroon                                    465  St Lucia                                 690 Vietnam
         306 Central African Republic 0                  467  St Vincent                               696 Kampuchea (Cambodia)
         310 Equatorial Guinea 0                         469  Barbados                                 700 Indonesia
         311 Sao Tome and Principe 0                     472 Trinidad and Tobago                       701 Malaysia
         314 Gabon                                       473 Grenada                                   703 Brunei Darussalam
         318 Congo                                       480 Colombia                                  706 Singapore
         322 Zaire                                       484 Venezuela                                 708 Philippines
         324   Rwanda 0                                  488 Guyana                                    720 China
         328   Burundi 0                                 492  Surinam                                  728 South Korea
         330   Angola                                    500  Ecuador                                  801 Papua New Guinea
         334   Ethiopia 0                                504  Peru                                     803 Nauru
         338   Djibouti 0                                508  Brazil                                   806 Solomon Islands
         342   Somalia 0                                 512  Chile                                    807 Tuvalu
         346   Kenya                                     516  Bolivia                                  812 Kiribati
         350   Uganda 0                                  520  Paraguay                                 815 Fiji
         352   Tanzania 0                                524  Uruguay                                  816 Vanuatu
         355 Seychelles and dependencies 0               528  Argentina                                817 Tonga 0
         366 Mozambique                                  600  Cyprus                                   819 Western Samoa 0
         370 Madagascar
(') The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature' (Regulation (EEC) No 3639/86
     (OJ No L 336, 29. 1 1 . 1986, p. 46)).
(2) This country is also included in Annex IV.
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                                                 B. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
             dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third
                                                  countries are wholly or partly responsible
             044 Gibraltar
             329   St Helena and St Helena dependencies
             357   British Indian Ocean Territory
             377   Mayotte
             406   Greenland (')
             413 Bermuda
             446 Anguilla
             454 Turks and Caicos Islands
            457 Virgin Islands of the United States
            461 British Virgin Islands and Montserrat
            463 Cayman Islands
            474 Aruba
            478 Netherlands Antilles
             529 Falkland Islands and Falkland dependencies
             740 Hong Kong
            743 Macao
            802 Australian Oceania (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald
                   Islands, Norfolk Island)
            808 American Oceania (2)
            809 New Caledonia and dependencies
            811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
             813 Pitcairn
            814 New Zealand Oceania (Tokelau arid Niue Islands ; Cook Islands)
            822 French Polynesia
            890 Polar regions (French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Australian Antarctic Territories, British
                  Antarctic Territories)
             Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                     status of countries or territories.
            (') As from the entry into force of the Treaty, signed in Brussels on 13 March 1984, amending the treaties establishing
                 the European Communities with regard to Greenland or of interim measures agreed in the Council.
            (2) American Oceania includes : Guam, American Samoa (including Swain 's Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and
                 Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the Caroline, Marianas and Marshall
                 Islands).
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                                                ANNEX IV
                               List of least-developed developing countries
             224 Sudan                                           342 Somalia
             232 Mali                                            350 Uganda
             236 Burkina Faso                                  , 352 Tanzania
             240 Niger                                           355 Seychelles and dependencies
             244 Chad                                            375 Comoros
             247 Republic of Cape Verde                          386 Malawi
             252  Gambia                                       « 391   Botswana
             257  Guinea Bissau                                  395   Lesotho
             260  Guinea                                         452   Haiti
             264  Sierra Leone                                   652   North Yemen
             280 Togo                                            656 South Yemen
             284 Benin                                           660 Afghanistan
             306 Central African Republic                        666 Bangladesh
             310 Equatorial Guinea                               667 Maldives
             31 1 Sao Tome and Principe                          672 , Nepal
             324 Rwanda                                          675 Bhutan
             328 Burundi                                         684 Laos
             334 Ethiopia                                        817 Tonga
             338 Djibouti                                        819 Western Samoa


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80/1329/ECSC: Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, and of the Government of the Hellenic Republic, of 16 December 1980 laying down the arrangements applicable from 1 January 1981 to trade between Greece and Jordan in products covered by that Community

Official Journal L 382 , 31/12/1980 P. 0097 - 0098 Greek special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 26 P. 0205  Spanish special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 14 P. 0140  Portuguese special edition Chapter 11 Volume 14 P. 0140

DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, AND OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC of 16 December 1980 laying down the arrangements applicable from 1 January 1981 to trade between Greece and Jordan in products covered by that Community (80/1329/ECSC)    THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,  Whereas the Member States have concluded among themselves the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community;  Whereas the Protocol to the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1), hereinafter referred to respectively as "the Protocol" and "the Agreement", to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic, was signed on 12 December 1980;  Whereas, from 1 January 1981 and pending the entry into force of the Protocol, the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community should, in the light of the provisions of the said Protocol, lay down autonomously the arrangements applicable to trade between Greece and Jordan;  In agreement with the Commission,  HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:     Article 1 From 1 January 1981 until the entry into force of the Protocol, the arrangements applicable to trade between Greece and Jordan shall be those resulting from the Annex hereto.    Article 2 Member States shall take the measures necessary to implement this Decision.     Done at Brussels, 16 December 1980.  The President  Colette FLESCH  (1) OJ No L 316, 12.12.1979, p. 13.     ANNEX Specific conditions of application of the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan consequent upon the accession of the Hellenic Republic   Article 1 For the products covered by the Agreement, the Hellenic Republic shall progressively abolish customs duties applicable to imports of products originating in Jordan in accordance with the following timetable:    - on 1 January 1981, each duty shall be reduced to 90 % of the basic duty,       - on 1 January 1982, each duty shall be reduced to 80 % of the basic duty,       - the four other reductions of 20 % each shall be made on:    - 1 January 1983,       - 1 January 1984,       - 1 January 1985,       - 1 January 1986.           Article 2 The basic duty to which the successive reductions provided for in Article 1 are to be applied shall, for each product, be the duty actually applied on 1 July 1980 by the Hellenic Republic with regard to Jordan.    Article 3 1. The Hellenic Republic shall progressively abolish charges having equivalent effect to customs duties on imports of products originating in Jordan in accordance with the following timetable:    - on 1 January 1981, each charge shall be reduced to 90 % of the basic rate,       - on 1 January 1982, each charge shall be reduced to 80 % of the basic rate,       - the four other reductions of 20 % each shall be made on:    - 1 January 1983,       - 1 January 1984,       - 1 January 1985,       - 1 January 1986.          2. The basic rate to which the successive reductions provided for in paragraph 1 are to be applied shall, for each product, be the rate applied by the Hellenic Republic on 31 December 1980 with regard to the Community of Nine.   3. Any charge having equivalent effect to a customs duty on imports, introduced as from 1 January 1979 in trade between Greece and Jordan, shall be abolished on 1 January 1981.    Article 4 If the Hellenic Republic suspends or reduces duties or charges having equivalent effect on products imported from the Community of Nine more quickly than under the established timetable, the Hellenic Republic shall also suspend or reduce, to the same level, those duties or charges having equivalent effect on products originating in Jordan.    Article 5 1. Import deposits and cash payments in force in Greece on 31 December 1980 with regard to imports of products originating in Jordan shall be progressively eliminated over a period of three years from 1 January 1981.  The rate of import deposits and cash payments shall be reduced in accordance with the following timetable:    - 1 January 1981 : 25 %,       - 1 January 1982 : 25 %,       - 1 January 1983 : 25 %,       - 1 January 1984 : 25 %.          2. If, in respect of the Community of Nine, the Hellenic Republic reduces the rate of import deposits or cash payments more quickly than under the timetable set out in paragraph 1, the Hellenic Republic shall make the same reduction with regard to imports of products originating in Jordan.


title: 2011/268/EU: Council Decision of 2 May 2011 appointing one Bulgarian member of the European Economic and Social Committee

text:
               6.5.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 118/8

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 2 May 2011
   appointing one Bulgarian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
   (2011/268/EU)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal of the Bulgarian Government,
   Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 13 September 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).

               (2)

               A member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Jeliazko CHRISTOV,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Mr Ivan KOKALOV, Vice-President of КНСБ (CITUB, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria), is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which is until 20 September 2015.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 2 May 2011.

            For the Council

            The President

         MARTONYI J.

      (1)  OJ L 251, 25.9.2010, p. 8.


title: 2014/670/Euratom: Council Decision of 23 June 2014 approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part

text:
               20.9.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 278/8

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 23 June 2014
   approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part

      (2014/670/Euratom)

   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
   Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 22 January 2007, the Council authorised the European Commission to open negotiations with Ukraine for the conclusion of a new Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine to replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (1).

               (2)

               Taking into account the close historical relationship and progressively closer links between the Parties, as well as their desire to strengthen and widen relations in an ambitious and innovative way, the negotiations on the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’) were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement in 2012.

               (3)

               On 15 May 2013, the European Commission proposed to the Council that the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union and applied in part between the Union and Ukraine on a provisional basis in accordance with Article 486 of the Agreement, pending its conclusion at a later date.

               (4)

               The signature and conclusion of the Agreement is subject to a separate procedure as regards matters falling under the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

               (5)

               The Agreement also covers matters falling under the European Atomic Energy Community competence, namely Article 342 and Annex XXVII in so far as it relates to nuclear issues.

               (6)

               The Agreement should therefore be also concluded, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, as regards matters falling under the Euratom Treaty.

               (7)

               According to Article 102 of the Euratom Treaty, the Agreement may not enter into force for the European Atomic Energy Community until the European Commission has been notified by the Member States that such agreement has become applicable in accordance with the provisions of their respective national laws.

               (8)

               The conclusion of the Agreement by the European Commission, acting on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, should therefore be approved,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The conclusion by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, is hereby approved (2).
   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Luxembourg, 23 June 2014.

            For the Council

            The President

         C. ASHTON

      (1)  Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, and Ukraine (OJ L 49, 19.2.1998, p. 3).

      (2)  The text of the Agreement is attached to Decision No 2014/295/EU of 17 March 2014 of the Council on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards the Preamble, Article 1, and Titles I, II and VII thereof (OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 1).