title: 2006/324/EC: Council Decision of  27 February 2006  on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union

text:
               5.5.2006

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 120/17

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 27 February 2006
   on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union
   (2006/324/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 22 March 2004 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the WTO under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accessions to the European Union of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

               (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 an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994. The said Agreement should therefore be approved.

               (4)

               The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1),

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union, with respect to the withdrawal of specific concessions in relation to the withdrawal of the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
   The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
   Article 2
   The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for implementing the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 3(2), or in case of tariff rate quotas for tariff lines 1604 20, Article 4(2) of this Decision.
   Article 3
   1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 25 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (2) or the relevant committee instituted by the corresponding Article of the Regulation on the common market organisation for the product concerned.
   2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
   The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
   3.   The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
   Article 4
   1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee instituted by Article 248a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).
   2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
   The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
   3.   The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
   Article 5
   The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community (4).

      Done at Brussels, 27 February 2006.

            For the Council

            The President

         U. PLASSNIK

      (1)  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

      (2)  OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).

      (3)  OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 648/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 117, 4.5.2005, p. 13).

      (4)  The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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               5.5.2006

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 120/19

         AGREEMENT
   in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union
   Bangkok,
   Sir,
   Following the initiation of negotiations between the European Communities (EC) and the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand) under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 for the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the EC, the following is agreed between the EC and the Thailand in order to conclude the negotiations initiated following the EC's notification of 19 January 2004 to the WTO pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994.
   The EC agrees to incorporate in its schedule for the customs territory of EC 25, the concessions that were included in its previous schedule of EC 15.
   The EC agrees that it will incorporate in its schedule for the EC 25 the concessions contained in the Annex to this Agreement.
   Thailand accepts the basic components of the EC's approach to adjusting the obligation of the EC 15 and those of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic following the recent enlargement of the EC: netting out of export commitments; netting out of tariff quotas; and aggregation of domestic support commitments.
   This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which the EC and Thailand have exchanged letters of agreement, following consideration by the parties in accordance with their own procedures. The EC shall use its best endeavours to put in place the appropriate implementing measures before 1 January 2006 and under no circumstances later than 1 July 2006.
   Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

         On behalf of the European Community

      ANNEX
      1604 20 70: a new annual tariff rate quota of 2 558 tonnes of which 1 816 tonnes shall be allocated to Thailand, the rest erga omnes, with an in quota rate of 0 %, out of quota rate 24 %.
      1604 20 50: a new annual tariff rate quota of 2 275 tonnes of which 1 410 tonnes shall be allocated to Thailand, the rest erga omnes, with an in quota rate of 0 %, out of quota rate 25 %.
      1006 10 (Paddy rice): a new annual tariff rate quota (erga omnes) of 7 tonnes, in quota rate 15 %.
      1006 20 (Husked rice): a new annual tariff rate quota (erga omnes) of 1 634 tonnes, in quota rate 15 %.
      1006 30 (Semi/wholly milled rice): an increase in annual tariff rate quota of 25 516 tonnes (erga omnes) in the current EC 15 quota, in quota rate 0 %.
      A country allocation of 1 200 tonnes to Thailand to be integrated in the current EC 15 semi/wholly milled rice quota, in-quota rate 0 %.
      1006 40 (Broken rice): a new annual tariff rate quota of 31 788 tonnes (erga omnes) in the current EC 15 quota, in quota rate 0 %.

   Bangkok,
   Sir,
   Reference is made to your letter stating:

      ‘Following the initiation of negotiations between the European Communities (EC) and the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand) under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 for the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the EC, the following is agreed between the EC and Thailand in order to conclude the negotiations initiated following the EC's notification of 19 January 2004 to the WTO pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994.
      The EC agrees to incorporate in its schedule for the customs territory of EC 25, the concessions that were included in its previous schedule of EC 15.
      The EC agrees that it will incorporate in its schedule for the EC 25 the concessions contained in the Annex to this Agreement.
      Thailand accepts the basic components of the EC's approach to adjusting the obligation of the EC 15 and those of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic following the recent enlargement of the EC: netting out of export commitments; netting out of tariff quotas; and aggregation of domestic support commitments.
      This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which the EC and Thailand have exchanged letters of agreement, following consideration by the parties in accordance with their own procedures. The EC shall use its best endeavours to put in place the appropriate implementing measures before 1 January 2006 and under no circumstances later than 1 July 2006.’

   I hereby have the honour to express my government's agreement.
   Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

         On behalf of the Kingdom of Thailand


title: 2012/568/EU: Decision of the European Parliament of 10 May 2012 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2010

text:
               17.10.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 286/169

         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 10 May 2012
   on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2010
   (2012/568/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

               —

               having regard to the final annual accounts of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2010,

               —

               having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2010, together with the Agency’s replies (1),

               —

               having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 21 February 2012 (06083/2012 – C7-0051/2012),

               —

               having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency (3), and in particular Article 36 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,

               —

               having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Fisheries (A7-0130/2012),

               1.

               Grants the Executive Director of the Community Fisheries Control Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2010;

               2.

               Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

               3.

               Instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency (previously referred to as Community Fisheries Control Agency), the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The President

         Martin SCHULZ

            The Secretary-General

         Klaus WELLE

      (1)  OJ C 366, 15.12.2011, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.
   ANNEX

      EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE PAST YEARS

               Community Fisheries Control Agency
               (set up in 2007)

               2007

               2008

               2009

               Performance

               n.a.

                           —

                           Calls on the Agency to set out a diachronic analysis of operations carried out in this and the previous years

                           —

                           Calls further on the Agency to consider making a Gantt diagram part of the programming for each of its operational activities

                           —

                           Calls on the Agency to draw up a multiannual work programme

                           —

                           Calls on the Agency to set out a comparison of the operations that were carried out during the year for which the discharge is to be granted and during the previous financial year so as to enable the discharge authority to assess more effectively the Agency’s performance form one year to the next

                           —

                           Urges the Agency to improve its annual work programme by including specific measurable objectives both at policy area level and at operational level, establishing SMART indicators

                           —

                           Calls on the Agency to develop key performance indicators within the administrative support functions

                           —

                           Calls on the Agency to consider making a Gantt diagram part of the programme for each of its operational activities

               Budgetary and financial management

               The internal control procedures required by Article 38 of the Financial Regulation to ensure transparency and sound financial management have not yet been documented → no control standards and no procurement procedures

               The Agency does not strictly observe the principle of specification: need for the Agency to remedy the shortcomings in the programming of its activities; contrary to the Financial Regulation, some legal commitments (EUR 1 400 000) were entered into before the corresponding budgetary commitments had been made

               n.a.

               Human resources

               n.a.

               Calls on the Agency to improve monitoring of the implementation of the budget, especially in the human resources field

               Calls on the Agency to redress its weaknesses in recruitment planning

               Internal audit

               n.a.

               Calls on the Agency to fulfil 15 recommendations made by the Internal Audit Service related to develop a set of indicators covering all activities of the Agency, the internal organisation and procedural structure supporting the management assurance, the human resources management and the need for internal procedures to reduce the Agency’s payment delays

                           —

                           Calls on the Agency to inform the discharge Authority of the recommendations made by the IAC and the action taken by the Agency

                           —

                           Urges the Executive Director of the Agency to fully fulfil his obligation to include in his report to the discharge authority summarising the IAS report, all recommendations made and all actions taken on these recommendations

                           —

                           Calls on the Agency to review its Internal Control System to underpin its Executive Directors annual declaration of assurance and to review all its procedures, both administrative and operational, with subsequent documentation of the workflow and key control

                           —

                           Encourages the Agency to establish a risk management function for registering risks and creating plans for mitigating costs

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               17.10.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 286/170

         RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 10 May 2012
   with the observations forming an integral part of its Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2010
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

               —

               having regard to the final annual accounts of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2010,

               —

               having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2010, together with the Agency’s replies (1),

               —

               having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 21 February 2012 (06083/2012 – C7-0051/2012),

               —

               having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency (3), and in particular Article 36 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,

               —

               having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Fisheries (A7-0130/2012),

               A.

               whereas the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Community Fisheries Control Agency (‘the Agency’) for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular,

               B.

               whereas on 10 May 2011 Parliament granted the Executive Director of the Agency discharge for implementation of its budget for the financial year 2009 (5), and in its resolution accompanying the discharge decision, inter alia:

                           —

                           urged the Agency to improve its Annual Work Programme by including specific measurable objectives both at policy area level and at operational level, establishing SMART indicators,

                           —

                           urged the Executive Director to fully fulfil his obligations to include in his report to the discharge authority summarising the Internal Audit Service (IAS) report, all the recommendations made and all actions taken on those recommendations,

                           —

                           called on the Agency to review its Internal Control System (ICS), to underpin its Executive Director’s annual declaration of assurance and to review all its procedures, both administrative and operational, with subsequent documentation of the workflow and key control,

               C.

               whereas the overall budget for the Agency for the year 2010 was EUR 11 000 000 compared with EUR 10 100 000 in 2009, which represents an increase of 8,9 %,

               D.

               whereas the initial contribution of the Union to the budget of the Agency for 2010 was EUR 7 695 223, which represents an increase of 34,9 % compared with its initial contribution in 2009 (6),

      Budgetary and financial management

               1.

               Recalls that the initial contribution of the Union to the budget of the Agency for 2010 amounted to EUR 7 695 223; notes however that EUR 714 777, coming from the recovery of surplus, was added to that amount which, as a result, makes a total Union contribution of EUR 8 410 000;

               2.

               Notes from its final annual accounts for the financial year 2010 that the Agency committed 98,3 % of the contribution granted and paid out 85,6 % of the available payment appropriations (excluding expenditure from the other sources of revenue); welcomes the fact that the Agency provided the discharge authority in its Annual Activity Report (AAR) for 2010 with data showing its overall budget execution rate in terms of commitments and payments;

               3.

               Acknowledges, in addition, from the IAS report that for the financial year 2010 the Agency’s automatic carry forward to 2011 amounted to EUR 1 160 393 (commitments RAL) and EUR 629 517,41 (payment credit), and that the Agency’s non-automatic carry-overs amounted to EUR 530 875,59; encourages the Court of Auditors to mention information on carry-overs in its report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2011;

               4.

               Urges the Agency to respect the principle of annuality; notes in particular that some of the Agency’s 2010 budget commitments related to expenditure for 2011 projects; regrets that the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Agency for 2010 was not able to provide the discharge authority with further details on the matter;

      Accounting system

               5.

               Observes from its final annual accounts for the financial year 2010 that the budget accounts of the Agency are managed by the ABAC system and the general accounts are maintained by the SAP system, which has a direct interface with the General Accounting System of the Commission;

               6.

               Urges the Agency, nevertheless, to align the ABAC access rights for the Authorising Officers by Delegation (AODs) with the Delegation Decision;

               7.

               Notes, in addition, that the Agency undertook a revision exercise of all its circulation sheets, templates and forms used in procedures looking for areas of improvement and avoiding redundancies;

      Procurement procedures

               8.

               Calls on the Agency to take the necessary measures to ensure that procurement documents are duly signed and dated; notes that the Court of Auditors noted weaknesses in this respect;

      Human resources

               9.

               Encourages the Agency to increase transparency in its recruitment procedures; notes that the Court of Auditors stated weaknesses in this respect; acknowledges in particular that with regard to staff selection procedures, neither the thresholds that candidates had to meet in order to be invited to the selection interview nor those necessary to be put on the reserve list were fixed in advance;

               10.

               Notes from the Agency’s AAR that 10 of 11 Temporary Agent (TA) vacancies have been filled, resulting in 98 % occupancy of the posts envisaged by the establishment plan 2010 (52 of 53 TA posts);

               11.

               Acknowledges from the AAR that turnover of staff has been confined to the departure of 2 Contract Agents and retirement of 1 TA;

               12.

               Expresses its satisfaction that the Court of Auditors has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010 to be, in all material respects, legal and regular;

      Performance

               13.

               Notes that the Agency adopted its multiannual work programme for 2011-2015 on 19 October 2010; stresses the importance of such a document to enable the Agency to make effective organisational arrangements to implement its strategy and achieve its goals;

               14.

               Calls again on the Agency to develop a Gantt diagram in the programming for each of its operational activities, with a view to indicating in concise form the amount of time spent by each staff member on a project and encouraging an approach geared towards achieving results; recognises, none the less, that the Agency provided the discharge authority with a chart displaying the required information;

               15.

               Welcomes the initiative of the Agency’s Internal Audit Capability (IAC) which developed an internal training course and has provided the necessary training related to Ethics and Integrity at the Agency; particularly welcomes the fact that this training is obligatory for all staff to ensure awareness of ethical and organisational values, in particular ethical conduct, avoidance of conflicts of interest, fraud prevention and reporting of irregularities;

               16.

               Underlines the importance of the Agency’s tasks and welcomes its efficient and effective performance, which its Committee on Fisheries was able to observe during its visit to the Agency in June 2010 and will inspect again at its next visit in 2012;

      Internal audit

               17.

               Welcomes the Agency’s initiative for having set up in 2008 an Internal Audit function (the above mentioned IAC) dedicated to providing support and advice to the Executive Director and management of internal control, risk assessment and internal audit; notes that the Agency does not employ a full-time IAC but shares this service with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon; acknowledges, to this end, that a service level agreement between the Agency and EMSA was signed on 17 June 2008;

               18.

               Notes from the Agency’s AAR that the IAS, in line with the 2010-2012 Strategic Plan, carried out an audit of the budget execution process as well as an IT risk assessment exercise;

               19.

               Acknowledges that in 2010 the IAS performed an audit of budget execution in order to assess whether the ICS provided reasonable assurance regarding compliance with the legal basis, the effectiveness and efficiency of the processes and the reliability of the information that supports management monitoring;

               20.

               Calls on the Agency to take the necessary measures on the following issues:

                           —

                           ABAC access rights for the AODs,

                           —

                           payment delays,

                           —

                           policy for exceptions handling and the setting up of a central Register of Exceptions,

                     notes that the two very important recommendations of the IAS, namely the adaptation of ABAC access rights for the AODs, and the establishment and implementation of a policy for exceptions handling and a central Register of Exceptions, have been reported as implemented by the Agency and are currently under the IAS review; calls, nevertheless, on the Agency to inform the discharge authority of the actions taken and the results achieved;

               21.

               Calls on the Agency to take immediate action on the items below and to inform the discharge authority on the actions taken:

                           —

                           implement a risk management system,

                           —

                           introduce regular reviews of the ICS;

               22.

               Draws attention to its recommendations from previous discharge reports, as set out in the Annex to this resolution;

               23.

               Refers, in respect of the other observations accompanying its Decision on discharge, which are of a horizontal nature, to its resolution of 10 May 2012 (7) on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies.

      (1)  OJ C 366, 15.12.2011, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

      (5)  OJ L 250, 27.9.2011, p. 135.

      (6)  OJ L 64, 12.3.2010, p. 837.

      (7)  Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0164 (see page 388 of this Official Journal).


               15.12.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               C 468/423

         P7_TA(2013)0592
   Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) amending Annexes I, II and IV of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
   European Parliament decision of 12 December 2013 to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 30 October 2013 amending Annexes I, II and IV of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (C(2013)07167 — 2013/2929(DEA))
   (2016/C 468/86)

      The European Parliament,

               —

               having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2013)07167),

               —

               having regard to the Commission’s letter of 25 November 2013 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation,

               —

               having regard to the letter of 2 December 2013 from the Committee on International Trade to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs,

               —

               having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

               —

               having regard to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (1), and in particular Articles 3(2), 5(3) and 17(2) thereof,

               —

               having regard to Rule 87a(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

               A.

               whereas the Commission has stressed that it is essential for Parliament to adopt its decision before 16 December 2013, given the need for the delegated regulation to be published before 1 January 2014, enabling the timely reinstatement of Myanmar/Burma and the inclusion of South Sudan in the GSP scheme;

               1.

               Declares that it has no objections to the delegated regulation;

               2.

               Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.

      (1)  OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1.


title: 2010/105/CFSP: Council Decision 2010/105/CFSP of 22 February 2010 extending restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova

text:
               23.2.2010

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 46/3

         COUNCIL DECISION 2010/105/CFSP
   of 22 February 2010
   extending restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 25 February 2008, the Council adopted Common Position 2008/160/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova (1). Those restrictive measures were renewed by Common Position 2009/139/CFSP (2) until 27 February 2010.

               (2)

               On the basis of a re-examination of Common Position 2008/160/CFSP, the restrictive measures should be extended for a further period of 12 months.

               (3)

               In order to encourage progress in reaching a political settlement to the Transnistrian conflict, addressing the remaining problems of the Latin-script schools and restoring free movement of persons, the restrictive measures should be suspended until 30 September 2010. At the end of that period, the Council will review the restrictive measures in the light of developments, notably in the areas mentioned above. The Council may decide to reapply or lift travel restrictions at any time.

               (4)

               However, there are no longer grounds, as referred to in Article 1(1)(i) and (ii) of Common Position 2008/160/CFSP, for keeping certain persons on the lists set out in Annexes I and II to that Common Position. Those lists should be amended accordingly,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   1.   The restrictive measures provided for in Common Position 2008/160/CFSP are hereby extended until 27 February 2011.
   2.   The restrictive measures provided for in Common Position 2008/160/CFSP are hereby suspended until 30 September 2010.
   3.   The Council shall review the suspension of the restrictive measures and the lists set out in Annexes I and II to Common Position 2008/160/CFSP before 30 September 2010.
   Article 2
   1.   The persons mentioned in Annex I to this Decision shall be removed from the list set out in Annex I to Common Position 2008/160/CFSP.
   2.   The person mentioned in Annex II to this Decision shall be removed from the list set out in Annex II to Common Position 2008/160/CFSP.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
   Article 4
   This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 22 February 2010.

            For the Council

            The President

         C. ASHTON

      (1)  OJ L 51, 26.2.2008, p. 23.

      (2)  OJ L 46, 17.2.2009, p. 76.

      ANNEX I

         List of persons referred to in Article 1(1)(i)

                  4.

                  MARAKUTSA, Grigory Stepanovich,

                  10.

                  ZAKHAROV, Viktor Pavlovich,

      ANNEX II

         List of persons referred to in Article 1(1)(ii)

                  1.

                  URSKAYA, Galina Vasilyevna.