title: 2010/127/CFSP: Council Decision 2010/127/CFSP of 1 March 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Eritrea

text:
               2.3.2010

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 51/19

         COUNCIL DECISION 2010/127/CFSP
   of 1 March 2010
   concerning restrictive measures against Eritrea
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 16 February 2009, the Council adopted Common Position 2009/138/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia (1) implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1844 (2008) which introduced restrictive measures against those who seek to prevent or block a peaceful political process, or those who threaten the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) of Somalia or the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by force, or take action that undermines stability in Somalia or the region.

               (2)

               On 14 January 2009, the United Nations Security Council adopted UNSCR 1862 (2009) concerning the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea and its possible impact on subregional stability and security.

               (3)

               On 23 December 2009, the United Nations Security Council adopted UNSCR 1907 (2009) imposing an arms embargo against Eritrea and calling upon all States to inspect, in accordance with their national authorities and legislation and consistent with international law, all cargoes to and from Eritrea, in their territory, including seaports and airports, if the State concerned has information that provides reasonable grounds to believe that the cargo contains items whose supply, sale, transfer or export is prohibited under that resolution or under the general and complete arms embargo to Somalia established pursuant to paragraph 5 of UNSCR 733 (1992) and elaborated and amended by subsequent resolutions.

               (4)

               UNSCR 1907 (2009) also introduces restrictive measures against individuals and entities, including but not limited to the Eritrean political and military leadership, designated by the Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 751 (1992) and expanded by UNSCR 1844 (2008).

               (5)

               Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the sale or supply of arms and related material of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned to Eritrea by nationals of Member States or from the territories of Member States or by using the flag vessels or aircraft of Member States whether originating or not in their territories.
   2.   The supply to Eritrea of technical assistance, training, financial and other assistance related to military activities or the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of the items referred to in paragraph 1, by nationals of Member States or from the territories of the Member States, shall be prohibited.
   3.   The procurement by nationals of Member States, or by using their flag vessels or aircraft, of items referred to in paragraph 1 from Eritrea, as well as the provision to nationals of Member States by Eritrea of technical assistance, training, financial and other assistance related to military activities or the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of the items referred to in paragraph 1, shall also be prohibited, whether or not originating in the territory of Eritrea.
   Article 2
   1.   Member States shall inspect, in accordance with their national authorities and legislation and consistent with international law, all cargo to and from Eritrea in their territory, including at their airports and seaports, if they have information that provides reasonable grounds to believe that the cargo contains items whose supply, sale, transfer or export is prohibited under this Decision.
   2.   Aircrafts and vessels transporting cargo to and from Eritrea shall be subject to the requirement of additional pre-arrival or pre-departure information for all goods brought into or out of a Member State.
   3.   Member States shall, upon discovery, seize and dispose of (either by destroying or rendering inoperable) items whose supply, sale, transfer or export is prohibited under this Decision.
   Article 3
   Restrictive measures as provided for in Articles 4, 5(1), 6(1) and (2) shall be imposed against persons and entities, including but not limited to the Eritrean political and military leadership, as well as governmental and parastatal entities, or any persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, designated by the Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 751 (1992) and expanded by UNSCR 1844 (2008) (‘the Sanctions Committee’) as:

               —

               having acted in violation of the arms embargo and related measures as referred to in Article 1,

               —

               providing support from Eritrea to armed opposition groups which aim to destabilise the region,

               —

               obstructing implementation of UNSCR 1862 (2009) concerning Djibouti,

               —

               harbouring, financing, facilitating, supporting, organising, training or inciting individuals or groups to perpetrate acts of violence or terrorist acts against other States or their citizens in the region,

               —

               obstructing the investigations or work of the Monitoring Group re-established by UNSCR 1853 (2008),

         The relevant persons and entities are listed in the Annex.
   Article 4
   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of arms and related material of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned and the direct or indirect supply of technical assistance or training, financial and other assistance, including investment, brokering or other financial services related to military activities or to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of weapons and military equipment by nationals of Member States or from the territories of the Member States or by using the flag vessels or aircraft of Member States to persons and entities referred to in Article 3.
   Article 5
   1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of the persons referred to in Article 3.
   2.   Paragraph 1 shall not oblige a Member State to refuse its own nationals entry into its territory.
   3.   Paragraph 1 shall not apply where the Sanctions Committee determines on a case-by-case basis that such travel is justified on the grounds of humanitarian need, including religious obligations, or where the Sanctions Committee concludes that an exemption would otherwise further the objectives of peace and stability in the region.
   4.   In cases where, pursuant to paragraph 3, a Member State authorises the entry into, or transit through, its territory of persons designated by the Sanctions Committee, the authorisation shall be limited to the purpose for which it is given and to the persons concerned thereby.
   Article 6
   1.   All funds and economic resources owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the persons or entities referred to in Article 3 shall be frozen.
   2.   No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the persons or entities referred to in paragraph 1.
   3.   Member States may allow for exemptions from the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 in respect of funds and economic resources which are:

               (a)

               necessary for basic expenses, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;

               (b)

               intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;

               (c)

               intended exclusively for the payment of fees or service charges, in accordance with national laws, for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds and economic resources;

               (d)

               necessary for extraordinary expenses, after notification by the Member State concerned to, and approval by, the Sanctions Committee;

               (e)

               the subject of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien or judgment, in which case the funds and economic resources may be used to satisfy that lien or judgment, provided that the lien or judgment was entered prior to the date of adoption of UNSCR 1907 (2009) and is not for the benefit of a person or entity referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, after notification by the Member State concerned to the Sanctions Committee.

         4.   Paragraph 2 shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:

               (a)

               interest or other earnings on those accounts; or

               (b)

               payments to frozen accounts due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose before the date on which those accounts became subject to restrictive measures,
               provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments continue to be subject to paragraph 1.

         5.   The exemptions referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 3 may be made after notification by the Member State concerned to the Sanctions Committee of the intention to authorise, where appropriate, access to such funds and economic resources and in the absence of a negative decision by the Sanctions Committee within three working days of such notification.
   Article 7
   The Council shall establish the list contained in the Annex and amend it in accordance with determinations by the Sanctions Committee.
   Article 8
   This Decision shall be reviewed, amended or repealed as appropriate, in accordance with relevant decisions of the United Nations Security Council.
   Article 9
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
   Article 10
   This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 1 March 2010.

            For the Council

            The President

         D. LÓPEZ GARRIDO

      (1)  OJ L 46, 17.2.2009, p. 73.

      ANNEX
      List of persons and entities referred to in Article 3


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2002/452/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 10 April 2002 concerning discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Reconstruction in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 2000 financial year

Official Journal L 158 , 17/06/2002 P. 0062 - 0065

Decision of the European Parliamentof 10 April 2002concerning discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Reconstruction in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 2000 financial year(2002/452/EC)THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,- Having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors concerning the financial accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction and the implementation of aid for Kosovo for the year 2000, accompanied by the replies of the Commission and of the European Agency for Reconstruction(1) (C5-0673/2001),- Having regard to the 2000 annual report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the European Agency for Reconstruction (COM(2001) 446),- Having regard to the Council Recommendation of 5 March 2002 (C5-0123/2002),- Having regard to Article 276 of the EC Treaty,- Having regard to Rule 93 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,- Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0101/2002),A. Whereas as early as July 1999, immediately after the war in Kosovo, the Commission set up the EC TAFKO Task Force to implement the first stages in the reconstruction programme;B. Whereas in February 2000 the European Agency for Reconstruction took over EC TAFKO's programmes and incorporated them into its programme for 2000;C. Whereas the challenge of reconstructing Kosovo was and is enormous, due to the fact that physical and human damage is widespread in a province devastated by a decade of chronic under-investment, neglect and abuse of human rights; whereas safeguarding sustainability of the investments in Kosovo is a prerequisite for sound and efficient management of the EU budgetary resources allocated to this region;D. Whereas the Agency's strategy involves moving from the emergency actions which characterised the international community's assistance in 1999 to longer-term measures aimed at sustainable reconstruction and recovery;E. Whereas, nevertheless, emergency actions continued well into 2000, concerning in particular the provision of basic public utilities such as electricity, water and waste collection as well as emergency measures to restore key infrastructure such as the transport network;F. Whereas the Court of Auditors takes the view that the administration of the Agency and its budgetary management in 2000 were very efficient, the result being that the Agency achieved the most ambitious objectives it had set for its first year of activity in the spheres of energy, housing, transport and agriculture;G. Whereas the Court of Auditors judges that the Agency paid attention to the principles of efficiency and economy and that, through the very flexible application of the rules in force, it has succeeded in keeping prices low and stimulating the regional economy;H. Whereas the Court of Auditors has obtained reasonable assurance that the annual accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2000 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are, taken as a whole, legal and regular,1. Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction:2000 financial year>TABLE>Financial control2. Notes the replies given by the Commission and the Agency regarding the risks referred to in paragraph 68 of the Court of Auditors' report; looks to the Commission and the Agency for assurance that regular, comprehensive, on-the-spot ex ante checks have been carried out on the transactions; calls for prompt adoption of the revised Financial Regulation which has already been announced, the provisions of which include the appointment of an internal auditor;3. Impresses on the director of the European Agency for Reconstruction the importance of respecting the provisions laid down by Council regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 of 5 December 2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction(2), regarding informing the European Parliament, including the presentation of a quarterly activity report (Article 5(5));4. Recommends that the Commission submit to the European Parliament the annual report drawn up pursuant to Article 4(14) of Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000, before 1 May each year, at the latest;5. Insists on the need to promote adequate investigation, including, as appropriate, an internal evaluation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), of any well-founded suspicion of mismanagement and corruption linked to investments in favour of power-stations in Kosovo;European Agency on Reconstruction6. Congratulates the Agency on its good performance in 2000 in connection with the implementation of the reconstruction programme and applauds the individual commitment displayed by the staff seconded to the Agency, who are required to perform their work under what are sometimes very difficult circumstances; points out, further, that the staff of EC TAFKO likewise carried out their task in an exemplary fashion in the period immediately following the war;7. Notes that the largest item in the Agency's budget is that dealing with the "rehabilitation of the energy sector"; in that connection, draws attention to the incomprehension of the local population when faced with the paradoxical situation of daily power cuts;8. Notes that closer cooperation with Belgrade is essential to improve the energy situation in Kosovo and will facilitate UNMIK's (United Nations Mission in Kosovo) task of finding creative solutions to allow the Kosovo Electricity Company (KEK) to have a legal corporate status and to establish mechanisms for the international financial institutions to provide credit to KEK, as the donors cannot provide indefinite financing through grants for all the investment and recurrent needs of Kosovo;9. Welcomes the Action Plan for the energy sector agreed in October 2001 between the Commission and the Agency which lays down the benchmarks to be achieved by UNMIK and KEK;10. Applauds the effective and economical approach employed by the Agency in the housing, transport and agriculture sectors;United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Special Representative Secretary General and European Commission11. Calls on UNMIK to implement the Action Plan of essential measures, agreed upon by the Commission and UNMIK, notably regarding the need for a multi-media campaign aimed at raising the public awareness of power sector problems which contribute to wastage and non-payment;12. Urges UNMIK likewise to draw up a transport policy so that the sustainability of the investments can be guaranteed; urges UNMIK, further, to take account of the observations made by the Court of Auditors concerning the high customs duties and sales taxes imposed on agricultural inputs, which act as a disincentive to agricultural production;13. Urges the Special Representative Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations in Kosovo to make much greater efforts to draw up a policy framework and a long-term strategy to ensure the sustainability of the EC and international investment in Kosovo; calls on the Commission, which funds the EU pillar of UNMIK, to discuss the development of a sustainable policy and a regulatory framework with UNMIK and the provisional institutions for self-government (PISG), in particular the Kosovan President, the Kosovo Prime Minister and government and the Kosovo Assembly; requests that a report on the development of a sustainable policy and regulatory framework and on the progress of the sectoral Action Plans agreed with the Commission be included in the UNMIK end-of-year report for 2002; underlines in this respect, that it is of utmost urgency, to improve Kosovo's tax collection capacity, in order to increase its budget revenue and attain budget sustainability; requests UNMIK to indicate in its mid and end-of-year report, the measures taken and foreseen with a view to increasing Kosovo's budget revenue;14. Calls on UNMIK to carry-out an audit of the cash management and procurement procedures of KEK; requests that longer-term options for the development of Kosovo's electricity sector be examined in the light of the forthcoming World Bank study;Kosovo authorities15. Calls on the relevant Kosovo authorities to take the necessary steps, as provided for in the abovementioned Action plan, to raise the revenue collection rate, curb the electricity consumption, and formalise an agreement on electricity exchanges with Serbia and neighbouring countries, as Kosovo's power generation system has to import electricity during peak periods and export it during off-peak times;Discharge decision16. Gives discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Reconstruction in respect of the implementation of the budget for the 2000 financial year, on the basis of the report of the Court of Auditors;17. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Agency for Reconstruction, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have it published in the Official Journal (L series).The Secretary-GeneralJulian PriestleyThe PresidentPat Cox(1) OJ C 355, 13.12.2001, p. 1.(2) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7.


title: Decision (EU) 2015/1631 of the European Parliament of 29 April 2015 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth and 10th European Development Funds for the financial year 2013

text:
               30.9.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 255/142

      DECISION (EU) 2015/1631 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
      of 29 April 2015
      on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth and 10th European Development Funds for the financial year 2013
      THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

                  —

                  having regard to the financial statements and revenue and expenditure accounts for the eighth, ninth and 10th European Development Funds for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014) 487 — C8-0146/2014),

                  —

                  having regard to the Commission's annual report of 14 April 2014 on the financial management of the eighth, ninth and 10th European Development Funds for the financial year 2013,

                  —

                  having regard to the financial information on the European Development Fund (COM(2014) 350),

                  —

                  having regard to the Court of Auditors' annual report on the activities funded by the eighth, ninth and 10th European Development Funds for the financial year 2013, together with the Commission's replies (1),

                  —

                  having regard to the statement of assurance (2) as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2013, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

                  —

                  having regard to the Council's recommendations of 17 February 2015 on discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Funds for the financial year 2013 (05135/2015 — C8-0050/2015, 05136/2015 — C8-0051/2015, 05138/2015 — C8-0052/2015),

                  —

                  having regard to the Commission's report on the follow-up to the discharge for the 2012 financial year (COM(2014) 607), and to the accompanying Commission staff working document (SWD(2014) 285 and SWD(2014) 286),

                  —

                  having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (3) and amended in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 22 June 2010 (4),

                  —

                  having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (‘Overseas Association Decision’) (5),

                  —

                  having regard to Article 33 of the Internal Agreement of 20 December 1995 between the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing and administration of the Community aid under the Second Financial Protocol to the fourth ACP-EC Convention (6),

                  —

                  having regard to Article 32 of the Internal Agreement of 18 September 2000 between Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies (7),

                  —

                  having regard to Article 11 of the Internal Agreement of 17 July 2006 between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing of Community aid under the multiannual financial framework for the period 2008 to 2013 in accordance with the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies (8),

                  —

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

                  —

                  having regard to Article 74 of the Financial Regulation of 16 June 1998 applicable to development finance cooperation under the fourth ACP-EC Convention (9),

                  —

                  having regard to Article 119 of the Financial Regulation of 27 March 2003 applicable to the 9th European Development Fund (10),

                  —

                  having regard to Article 142 of Council Regulation (EC) No 215/2008 of 18 February 2008 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 10th European Development Fund (11),

                  —

                  having regard to Rule 93 and the third indent of Rule 94 of, and Annex V to, its Rules of Procedure,

                  —

                  having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Development (A8-0102/2015),

         1.

            Grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth and 10th European Development Funds for the financial year 2013;

         2.

            Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

         3.

            Instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution forming an integral part of it to the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank, 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 398, 12.11.2014, p. 1.

         (2)  OJ C 401, 13.11.2014, p. 264.

         (3)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

         (4)  OJ L 287, 4.11.2010, p. 3.

         (5)  OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1, and OJ L 324, 7.12.2001, p. 1.

         (6)  OJ L 156, 29.5.1998, p. 108.

         (7)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355.

         (8)  OJ L 247, 9.9.2006, p. 32.

         (9)  OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 53.

         (10)  OJ L 83, 1.4.2003, p. 1.

         (11)  OJ L 78, 19.3.2008, p. 1.


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1999/141/EC: Commission Decision of 10 February 1999 amending the Decision on the Liaison Group on the Elderly (notified under document number C(1999) 211)

Official Journal L 045 , 19/02/1999 P. 0054 - 0054

COMMISSION DECISION of 10 February 1999 amending the Decision on the Liaison Group on the Elderly (notified under document number C(1999) 211) (1999/141/EC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Whereas, in the light of developments at Community level, it is necessary to adjust the membership of the Group set up by Commission Decision 91/544/EEC (1), as amended by Decision 93/417/EEC (2); whereas at the same time, in the interests of administrative efficiency, the terms of office of the Chairman and of the Members of the Group should be reduced,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Sole Article Decision 91/544/EEC is amended as follows:1. in Article 3(2), '25 members` is replaced by '24 members`;2. Article 4(3) is amended as follows:(a) in each case, 'five seats` is replaced by 'four seats`;(b) the following indent is added:'- ESCU-European Senior Citizens Union: four seats`;3. in Article 5(1), '18 months` is replaced by '12 months`;4. in Article 7(1), '18 months` is replaced by '12 months`;5. in the Annex, the following indent is added:'- ESCU-European Senior Citizens Union`.Done at Brussels, 10 February 1999.For the CommissionPádraig FLYNNMember of the Commission(1) OJ L 296, 26. 10. 1991, p. 42.(2) OJ L 187, 29. 7. 1993, p. 60.


               28.7.2017

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               C 244/3

         Decision of the European Banking Authority amending EBA Decision confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments (2016/C 266/05)
   (2017/C 244/03)
   THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE EUROPEAN BANKING AUTHORITY,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC (1) (‘the EBA Regulation’ and ‘the EBA’),
   Having regard to Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),
   WHEREAS:

               (1)

               Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 permits the use of unsolicited credit assessments of an external credit assessment institution (‘ECAI’) for the determination of risk weights to be assigned to assets and off-balance-sheet items for the purpose of the calculation of own funds requirements, subject to confirmation by the EBA that unsolicited credit assessments of that ECAI do not differ in quality from the solicited credit assessments of that same ECAI. In accordance with the same Article, the EBA is required to refuse or revoke this confirmation in particular if the ECAI has used an unsolicited credit assessment to put pressure on the rated entity to place an order for a credit assessment or other services. As a result, EBA Decision 2016/C 266/05 confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments (3) was published on 22 July 2016.

               (2)

               New ECAIs were registered or certified after the publication of EBA Decision 2016/C 266/05 for which it is also necessary to carry out the assessment referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. Further, one ECAI that was already registered at the time of issuance of Decision 2016/C 266/05, started issuing unsolicited ratings following the adoption of that Decision on unsolicited ratings. Finally, since the publication of Decision 2016/C 266/05, the CRA registration of the Feri EuroRating Services AG ECAI (4) was withdrawn, as it no longer meets the definition of ECAI referred to in Article 4(1)(98) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. As a result of the above developments, it is necessary to carry out the assessment referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 also for the newly registered or certified ECAIs and for the one ECAI newly offering unsolicited credit assessments and to remove references to the body that ceased to qualify as an ECAI since the issuance of Decision 2016/C 266/05.

               (3)

               The ECAIs concerned have been informed of the EBA’s intention to adopt this decision and be given an opportunity to express their views on it.

               (4)

               Decision 2016/C 266/05 should be amended accordingly,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Decision of the European Banking Authority No 2016/C 266/05 is amended as follows:

               (1)

               In the Annex the following ECAIs are added to the list:

                           —

                              Creditreform Rating AG

                           —

                              Egan-Jones Ratings Co.

                           —

                              HR Ratings de México, S.A. de C.V.

                           —

                              INC Rating Sp. z o.o.

                           —

                              modeFinance S.r.l.

                           —

                              Rating-Agentur Expert RA GmbH.

               (2)

               In the Annex the following ECAI is deleted from the list:

                              Feri EuroRating Services AG.

         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at London, 18 July 2017.

            For the Board of Supervisors

         Andrea ENRIA

            Chairperson

      (1)  OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 12.

      (2)  Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).

      (3)  OJ C 266, 22.7.2016, p. 4.

      (4)  Press release ESMA71-99-376 of 29 March 2017.


title: 2006/278/EC,Euratom: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of  6 April 2006  appointing an Advocate-General to the Court of Justice of the European Communities

text:
               13.4.2006

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 104/36

      DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES

   of 6 April 2006
   appointing an Advocate-General to the Court of Justice of the European Communities
   (2006/278/EC, Euratom)
   THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 223 thereof,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 139 thereof,
   Whereas:
   Pursuant to Articles 5, 7 and 8 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice and as a result of the resignation of Mr Antonio TIZZANO, an Advocate-General should be appointed for the remainder of his term of office, which ends on 6 October 2006,
   HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Mr Paolo MENGOZZI is hereby appointed Advocate-General to the Court of Justice of the European Communities from the date of his swearing in until 6 October 2006.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 6 April 2006.

            The President

         G. WOSCHNAGG