title: Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/1600 of 18 September 2015 appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020

text:
               24.9.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 248/53

         COUNCIL DECISION (EU, EURATOM) 2015/1600
   of 18 September 2015
   appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 300(2) and Article 302 thereof,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
   Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2015/1157 of 14 July 2015 determining the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
   Having regard to the proposals made by each Member State,
   After consulting the European Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Pursuant to Council Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom (2), the term of office of the current members of the European Economic and Social Committee expires on 20 September 2015. Members should therefore be appointed for a period of five years as from 21 September 2015.

               (2)

               Each Member State was requested to submit to the Council a list of candidates, consisting of representatives of organisations of employers, of the employed and of other parties representative of civil society, notably in socioeconomic, civic, professional and cultural areas, for appointment as members of the European Economic and Social Committee.

               (3)

               This Decision will be followed at a later date by a decision appointing those members whose nominations were not communicated to the Council before 8 September 2015,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision are hereby appointed members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2015 to 20 September 2020.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 18 September 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         J. ASSELBORN

      (1)  OJ L 187, 15.7.2015, p. 28.

      (2)  Council Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom of 13 September 2010 appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (OJ L 251, 25.9.2010, p. 8).

      ANNEX

         ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ — ANEXO — PŘÍLOHA — BILAG — ANHANG — LISA

         ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE — PRILOG — ALLEGATO — PIELIKUMS

         PRIEDAS — MELLÉKLET — ANNESS — BIJLAGE — ZAŁĄCZNIK

         ANEXO — ANEXĂ — PRÍLOHA — PRILOGA — LIITE — BILAGA

         Членове/Miembros/Členové/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Liikmed

         Μέλη/Members/Membres/Članovi/Membri/Locekļi

         Nariai/Tagok/Membri/Leden/Członkowie

         Membros/Membri/Členovia/Člani/Jäsenet/Ledamöter

         BELGIË/BELGIQUE/BELGIEN

      Mr Rudi THOMAES
      Représentant de la Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique (FEB)
      Administrateur délégué honoraire
      Mr Dominique MICHEL
      Chief Executive Officer, COMEOS, Fédération belge du commerce et des services
      Mr Philippe (Baron) de Buck Van Overstraeten
      Président du Belgian Business for Europe (BBE)
      Mr Daniel MAREELS
      General Manager, Belgische Federatie van de Financiële sector (Febelfin)
      Mr Bernard NOËL
      Représentant de la Centrale Générale des Syndicats Libéraux de Belgique (CGSLB)
      Ancien-Secrétaire National
      Mr Raymond COUMONT
      Représentant de la Centrale nationale des employés/Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens — (CNE/CSC)
      Ancien-Secrétaire général
      Ms Anne DEMELENNE
      Représentante de la Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB)
      Ancienne Secrétaire générale
      Mr Rudy DE LEEUW
      Voorzitter, Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond (ABVV)
      Mr Ferre WYCKMANS
      Algemeen Secretaris, Landelijke Bediendencentrale-Nationaal Verbond voor Kaderleden (LBC-NVK)
      Mr Alain COHEUR
      Directeur des Affaires Européennes & Internationales, Union Nationale des Mutualités Socialistes
      Mr Yves SOMVILLE
      Directeur du Service d'Etudes de la Fédération wallonne de l'Agriculture
      Mr Ronny LANNOO
      Adviseur-generaal, Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers (UNIZO)

         БЪЛГАРИЯ

      Ms Milena ANGELOVA
      Secretary — General of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association
      Mr Bojidar DANEV
      Executive President of the Bulgarian Industrial Association — Union of the Bulgarian Business
      Mr Georgi STOEV
      President of the Trade and Investment Committee and member of the Budgetary Committee of EUROCHAMBERS and Vice president of Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
      Mr Evgeniy IVANOV
      CEO, Member of the Board
      Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria ‘The Voice of Bulgarian Business’ — KRIB
      Mr Dimitar MANOLOV
      President of the Confederation of Labour ‘PODKREPA’
      Mr Veselin MITOV
      International Secretary, Confederation of Labour ‘PODKREPA’
      Mr Plamen DIMITROV
      President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
      Mr Ivan KOKALOV
      Vice-president of Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
      Mr Lalko DULEVSKI
      President of the Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria
      Professor and Head of the Human Resources and Social Protection Department at the University of National and World Economy
      Ms Dilyana SLAVOVA
      National Coordinator of the Mountain Milk NGO, National Coordinator of Bulgarian Association of Farmers
      Mr Bogomil NIKOLOV
      Executive Director, Bulgarian National Association Active Consumers
      Ms Diana INDJOVA
      Chairperson of the Global Disability Movement

         ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

      Ms Vladimíra DRBALOVÁ
      EU Affairs Deputy Director and European Affairs Unit Head, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
      Mr Vladimír NOVOTNÝ
      Member of Standing Committees for Energy and Environmental Policy, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
      Ms Marie ZVOLSKÁ
      EU Affairs Advisor, Confederation of Employers' and Entrepreneurs' Associations of the Czech Republic
      Mr Petr ZAHRADNÍK
      Head, ČEZ Group Representation Office in Brussels; Advisor, Czech Chamber of Commerce
      Mr Bohumír DUFEK
      President, Independent Trade Unions Association of the Czech Republic; Vice-President, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
      Ms Hana POPELKOVÁ
      Advisor, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions
      Ms Lucie STUDNIČNÁ
      Secretary for International Affairs, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions
      Mr Jaroslav UNGERMAN
      Expert on Macroeconomics, Czech-Moravian Confederation of the Trade Unions; Advisor, Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic; Vice-Chairman, Supervisory Board, Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP)
      Ms Zuzana BRZOBOHATÁ
      Non-profit institutions: Brontosaurus, Forum 50 %, Oranžový klub; Advisor, Office of Government of the Czech Republic
      Mr Lukáš CURYLO
      Director, Caritas Czech Republic; Member, Executive Board, Caritas Europe
      Mr Roman HAKEN
      Executive Director of the Regional Central Moravian Centre for Community Work
      Mr Pavel TRANTINA
      Freelance Trainer and Project Manager; EU Projects and Relations Manager, Czech Council of Children and Youth

         DANMARK

      Ms Dorthe ANDERSEN
      Director EU Policy, Confederation of Danish Employers
      Mr Anders LADEFOGED
      Director of European Affairs at Confederation of Danish Industries
      Mr Niels Lindberg MADSEN
      Head of CAP-policy division, Landbrug & Fødevarer (Danish Agriculture & Food Council)
      Ms Marie-Louise KNUPPERT
      Elected Confederal Secretary, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
      Mr Bernt FALLENKAMP
      Chief advisor, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
      Mr Mikkel DALSGAARD
      EU Advisor, FTF — Confederation of Professionals in Denmark
      Ms Benedicte FEDERSPIEL
      Chief Counsel, the Danish Consumer Council
      Ms Mette KINDBERG
      Vice President, Kvinderådet (Women's Council Denmark)
      Mr Ask Løvbjerg ABILDGAARD
      Project Coordinator, Danish Association of the Blind

         DEUTSCHLAND

      Mr Christian BÄUMLER (PhD)
      Member of the Executive Committee of CDA (European Union of Christian Democratic Workers)
      Mr Dirk BERGRATH (PhD)
      Director, EU-Liaison Office, IG Metall (German Metalworkers' Union)
      Mr Egbert BIERMANN
      Member, Managing Federal Board, IG BCE (industrial union)
      Ms Gabriele BISCHOFF
      Federal Executive of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)
      Ms Tanja BUZEK
      Trade Union Secretary (United Services Trade Union ‘ver.di’)
      Mr Peter CLEVER
      Member of the management board of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA)
      Mr Bernd DITTMANN
      Managing Director, BDI/BDA (German Business Representation)
      Mr Gerhard HANDKE
      General Director, Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA)
      Ms Renate HEINISCH (PhD)
      Representative of BAGSO (Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organisations)
      Mr Udo HEMMERLING
      Deputy general secretary, German Farmers' Association (DBV)
      Mr Jürgen KEßLER (Professor, PhD)
      Professor of Cooperative Law and Auditing of Cooperatives
      Mr Stefan KÖRZELL
      Member of the Federal Management Board, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
      Mr Thomas KROPP
      Senior Vice President, Head of Group International Relations and Government Affairs, Lufthansa Group
      Mr Günter LAMBERTZ (PhD)
      Managing Director of DIHK-Representation to the EU (Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry)
      Mr Arno METZLER
      General manager of the German Association of Consulting Engineers (VBI)
      Mr Christian MOOS
      Divisional Director (European and International Affairs), German Civil Servants Association (dbb)
      Mr Volker PETERSEN (PhD)
      Head of department, German Raiffeisen Association
      Mr Lutz RIBBE
      Director of the Environmental Policy Section of the European Nature Heritage Fund (EURONATUR)
      Mr Ulrich SAMM (Professor, PhD)
      Director, Institute for Energy and Climate Research — Plasma Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich
      Mr Karl-Peter SCHACKMANN-FALLIS (PhD)
      Executive Member of the Board, German Savings Bank and Giro Association
      Mr Bernd SCHLÜTER (Professor, PhD)
      Board member, Federal Association of Non-statutory Welfare (BAGFW)
      Mr Peter SCHMIDT
      Trade union agent, food and restaurant workers' union (NGG)
      Mr Holger SCHWANNECKE
      Secretary-General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Business (ZDH)
      Mr Hans-Joachim WILMS
      Secretary for European Affairs in the federal executive of the German Trade Union for Construction, Agriculture and the Environment (IG Bauen — Agrar — Umwelt)

         EESTI

      Ms Reet TEDER
      General Policy Adviser, Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
      Ms Eve PÄÄRENDSON
      Director of international relations of Estonian Employers' Confederation
      Ms Liina CARR
      International Secretary, Estonian Trade Union Confederation
      Ms Mare VIIES
      Consultant, Estonian Employees' Unions Confederation
      Mr Roomet SÕRMUS
      Chairman, Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce
      Mr Meelis JOOST
      Foreign relations and European policy specialist

         IRELAND

      Mr David Joseph CROUGHAN
      Co-Chairman, Economists' Group, Institute of International and European Affairs.
      Former Head of Economics and Taxation, Ibec (Irish Business and Employers Confederation)
      Mr Thomas MCDONAGH
      Chairman of Thomas McDonagh & Sons Limited/Patron of The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (trading as Chambers Ireland)
      Mr John Patrick O'CONNOR
      General President, SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union)
      Ms Patricia MCKEOWN
      Regional Section UNISON NI (Northern Ireland). ICTU Executive Council member & NIC Committee Member
      Mr Cillian LOHAN
      CEO of Green Economy Foundation
      Mr Michael MCLOUGHLIN
      Head of Advocacy and Communications at Youth Work Ireland
      Mr John BRYAN
      Past IFA (Irish Farmers' Association) President
      Mr John COMER
      President of ICMSA (Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association)
      Mr Seamus BOLAND
      CEO Irish Rural Link

         ΕΛΛΑΣ

      Mrs Irini Ivoni PARI
      Permanent Delegate of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) to Brussels
      Mr Panagiotis Leonidas GKOFAS
      Member of the General Assembly of the General Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (GSEVEE).
      Mr Dimitrios DIMITRIADIS
      Former First Vice President of the Greek Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) and President of the General Assembly.
      Mr Aristotelis THOMOPOULOS
      Member of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).
      Mr Yannis PANAGOPOULOS
      President of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE)
      Mr Georgios DASSIS
      Special advisor to the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) — Representative of the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
      Mr Spyridon PAPASPYROS
      President of the General Council of the Confederation of Public Servants (ADEDY)
      Mr Georgios PETROPOULOS
      Member of the Executive Committee (Board) of Confederation of Public Servants (ADEDY)
      Mr Ioannis KOLYVAS
      Director-General of the Panhellenic Organization of Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives (PASEGES)
      Ms Evangelia KEKELEKI
      Secretary-General of the Consumer's Protection Centre (KERKA)
      Mr Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS
      President of the National Confederation of Disabled People (ESAEA)
      Ms Aikaterini PEPPA
      Deputy-General Director of the Union of Greek Shipowners (EEE)

         ESPAÑA

      Sr. Andrés, BARCELÓ DELGADO
      Director-General de la Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas (UNESID)
      Sr. Josep Manuel, BASAÑEZ VILLALUENGA
      Miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE)
      Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de Fomento del Trabajo Nacional de Cataluña
      Sra. Patricia CIREZ MIQUELEIZ
      Delegación de la Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE) en Bruselas
      Sra. Ma Helena DE FELIPE LEHTONEN
      Presidenta de la Patronal de la micro, pequeña y mediana empresa de Cataluña (FEPIME)
      Vicepresidenta de Confederación Española de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (CEPYME)
      Sr. Antonio GARCÍA DEL RIEGO
      Managing Director, Head of European Corporate Affairs
      Banco Santander
      Sr. Ignacio GARCÍA MAGARZO
      Director-General
      Asociación Española de Distribuidores, Autoservicios y Supermercados (ASEDAS)
      Sr. Josep PUXEU ROCAMORA
      Director-General
      Asociación de Fabricantes de Bebidas Refrescantes (ANFABRA)
      Sra. Isabel CAÑO AGUILAR
      Responsable de la Oficina de UGT en Bruselas
      Sr. Francisco Javier DOZ ORRIT
      Adjunto a la Secretaría de CC.OO. y Presidente de la Fundación 1o de Mayo
      Sra. Laura GONZALEZ de TXABARRI ETXANIZ
      Responsable del Departamento Internacional, con dirección en Barrainkua (ELA-STV)
      Sr. Juan MENDOZA CASTRO
      Director del Instituto Sindical de Cooperación al Desarrollo (ISCOD-UGT)
      Sr. José Antonio MORENO DÍAZ
      Asesor jurídico confederal del CC.OO. en materia de inmigración
      Sra. Catalina Ana VICENS GUILLÉN
      Secretaria General de CC.OO.-Illes Balears
      Sr. José María ZUFIAUR NARVAIZA
      Colaborador de la Secretaría de Política Internacional de UGT
      Sr. Miguel Ángel CABRA DE LUNA
      Vocal de la Junta Directiva de la Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social (CEPES).
      Presidente de la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales (CEPES)
      Sr. Andoni GARCÍA ARRIOLA
      Miembro de la Comisión Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG)
      Sr. Bernardo HERNÁNDEZ BATALLER
      Secretario General de la Asociación de Usuarios de la Comunicación (AUC)
      Vocal del Consejo de Consumidores y Usuarios (CCU) de España
      Sr. José Manuel ROCHE RAMO
      Secretario General de la Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos de Aragón (UPA-Aragón)
      Sr. Gabriel SARRÓ IPARRAGUIRRE
      Asesor de la Confederación Española de PESCA (CEPESCA)
      Sr. Ricardo SERRA ARIAS
      Presidente de la Asociación Agraria de Jóvenes Agricultores (ASAJA) de Sevilla y Andalucía.
      Sr. Carlos TRÍAS PINTÓ
      Director de la Asociación General de Consumidores (ASGECO)
      Director de la Unión de Cooperativas de Consumidores y Usuarios de España (UNCCUE)

         FRANCE

      Mme Emmanuelle BUTAUD-STUBBS
      Déléguée générale de l'Union des Industries Textiles (UIT)/Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF)
      M. Stéphane BUFFETAUT
      Président du Réseau Batigere (entreprises sociales pour l'habitat)/Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF)
      Mme Anne CHASSAGNETTE
      Directrice de la Responsabilité Environnementale et Sociétale, Groupe Engie
      M. Henri MALOSSE
      CCI France (Chambres de commerce et d'industrie de France)
      M. Philippe de BRAUER
      Vice-président de la commission internationale de la Confédération Générale des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CGPME)
      M. Patrick LIEBUS
      Vice-président de l'Union Professionnelle Artisanale (UPA) et Président de la Confédération de l'Artisanat et des Petites Entreprises du Bâtiment (CAPEB)
      M. Arnold PUECH d'ALISSAC
      Président de l'Union Syndicale Agricole de Seine-Maritime (FNSEA 76)
      Mme Marie-Françoise GONDARD-ARGENTI
      Secrétaire générale de l'Union Nationale des Professions Libérales (UNAPL)
      M. Christophe LEFEVRE
      Secrétaire national de la Confédération Française de l'Encadrement/Confédération Générale des Cadres (CFE-CGC) en charge de l'Europe et de l'International
      M. Jacques LEMERCIER
      Ancien Secrétaire général de Force Ouvrière (FO) Communication
      Mme Laure BATUT
      Membre du secteur Europe-International de la Confédération Force Ouvrière (FO)
      M. Pierre-Jean COULON
      Secrétaire confédéral Europe-international de la Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC)
      Mme Franca SALIS MADINIER
      Secrétaire nationale de la Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT) Cadres
      M. Christophe QUAREZ
      Secrétaire fédéral de la Fédération de la Chimie et de l'Energie (FCE) de la Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT)
      Mme Ozlem YILDIRIM
      Conseillère confédérale de la Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
      M. Denis MEYNENT
      Conseiller confédéral de la Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
      Mme Reine-Claude MADER-SAUSSAYE
      Présidente de la Confédération de la Consommation, du Logement et du Cadre de Vie (CLCV)
      Mme Geneviève SAVIGNY
      Ancienne Secrétaire nationale de la Confédération paysanne
      M. Christophe HILLAIRET
      Membre du Bureau et du Conseil d'administration de l'Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture (APCA)
      M. Jean-Marc ROIRANT
      Secrétaire général de la Ligue de l'Enseignement
      Mme Christiane BASSET
      Vice-présidente de l'Union Nationale des Associations Familiales (UNAF)
      Mme Jocelyne LE ROUX
      Secrétaire générale adjointe de la Fédération des Mutuelles de France (FMF)
      M. Thierry LIBAERT
      Fondation pour la Nature et l'Homme (FNH)
      M. Michel DUBROMEL
      Vice-président de France Nature Environnement (FNE)

         HRVATSKA

      Mr Davor MAJETIĆ
      Director-General, Croatian Employers' Association (HUP)
      Ms Dragica MARTINOVIĆ DŽAMONJA
      Director, Representative Office of the Croatian Chamber of Economy in Brussels
      Ms Violeta JELIĆ
      General Secretary of the Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts
      Ms Marija HANŽEVAČKI
      General Secretary of the Independent Trade Unions of Croatia (NHS)
      Ms Anica MILIĆEVIĆ- PEZELJ
      Executive Secretary, Union of Autonomous Trade Unions (UATUC)
      Mr Vilim RIBIĆ
      President of MATICA — Association of Croatian Trade Unions; President of the Great Council of Independent Union of Research and Higher Education Employees of Croatia
      Ms Lidija PAVIĆ-ROGOŠIĆ
      Director of ODRAZ — Sustainable Community Development, Croatian civil society organisation
      Ms Marina ŠKRABALO
      Senior Advisor, GONG
      Mr Toni VIDAN
      Energy campaigner of environmental CSO Zelena akcija — Friends of the Earth Croatia

         ITALIA

      Sig. Pietro Vittorio BARBIERI
      Portavoce del Forum Terzo Settore — Presidente FISH (Federazione Italiana per il Superamento dell'Handicap)
      Sig. ra Giulia BARBUCCI
      Area politiche europee e internazionali della CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro)
      Sig.ra Claudia BUSCHI
      Segretariato Generale della CISL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori)
      Sig.ra Marina Elvira CALDERONE
      Presidente del Consiglio Nazionale dell'Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro — Presidente del Comitato Unitario degli Ordini e Collegi Professionali
      Sig. Carmelo CEDRONE
      Professore Emerito di Politica Economica Europea Università la Sapienza di Roma — Consulente del Dipartimento Europeo ed Internazionale della UIL (Unione Italiana del Lavoro)
      Sig. Stefano CETICA
      Presidente di IPER (Istituto per le Ricerche Economiche e Sociali) della UGL (Unione Generale del Lavoro)
      Sig. Pietro Francesco DE LOTTO
      Direttore Generale di Confartigianato Vicenza
      Sig.ra Cinzia DEL RIO
      Direttore del Dipartimento Internazionale della UIL (Unione Italiana del Lavoro)
      Sig. Gianfranco DELL'ALBA
      Direttore della Delegazione di Confindustria presso l'Unione Europea a Bruxelles
      Sig. Tommaso DI FAZIO
      Presidente nazionale della CIU (Confederazione Italiana di Unione delle professioni intellettuali)
      Sig. Giancarlo DURANTE
      Direttore degli Affari sociali dell'Associazione Bancaria Italiana — Professore di Sicurezza sociale e libera circolazione dei lavoratori nell'UE all'Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma
      Sig. Diego DUTTO
      Direttore Nazionale LEGACOOPSOCIALI (Associazione Nazionale Cooperative Sociali)
      Sig. Emilio FATOVIC
      Vice Segretario Nazionale CONFSAL (Confederazione Generale dei Sindacati Autonomi dei Lavoratori)
      Sig. Giuseppe GUERINI
      Presidente di Federsolidarietà-Confcooperative — Presidente della cooperativa sociale Ecosviluppo
      Sig. Giuseppe Antonio Maria IULIANO
      Responsabile per le Politiche Internazionali, Segretariato Internazionale della CISL (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori)
      Sig. Luca JAHIER
      Giornalista, politologo, esperto di associazionismo di promozione sociale e del terzo settore — ACLI
      Sig. Antonio LONGO
      Presidente del Movimento Difesa del Cittadino — Membro del CNCU (Consiglio Nazionale Consumatori e Utenti)
      Sig. Sandro MASCIA
      Direttore dell'Ufficio di Confagricoltura a Bruxelles
      Sig. Alberto MAZZOLA
      Responsabile degli Affari Internazionali delle Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane — Vice Presidente Gruppo Trasporti Business Europe
      Sig. Stefano PALMIERI
      Area Politiche Europee ed Internazionali della CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro)
      Sig. Antonello PEZZINI
      Professore di Economia e gestione delle imprese nell'Unione europea all'Università degli Studi di Bergamo — Imprenditore nel settore tecnico-tessile
      Sig. Maurizio REALE
      Direttore dell'Ufficio di Rappresentanza per le Relazioni con le Istituzioni dell'Unione Europea di Coldiretti
      Sig. Claudio ROTTI
      Presidente di AICE (Associazione Italiana Commercio Estero)
      Sig. Marco VEZZANI
      Vice Presidente Nazionale CIDA

         ΚΥΠΡΟΣ

      Mr Michalis ANTONIOU
      Assistant Director-General, Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation
      Mr Manthos MAVROMMATIS
      Former President, Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
      Mr Nicolaos (Nicos) EPISTITHIOU
      Former Secretary-General of the Cyprus Hotel Employees Federation OYXEKA-SEK
      Mr Andreas PAVLIKKAS
      Head of Research and Studies Department, Pancyprian Federation of Labour — PEO
      Mr Anastasis YIAPANIS
      General Secretary of Panagrotikos Farmers Union

         LATVIJA

      Mr Vitālijs GAVRILOVS
      President of Employers' Confederation of Latvia
      Mr Gundars STRAUTMANIS
      Vice-president of Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
      Ms Ariadna ĀBELTIŅA
      Coordinator for External Relations, Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia
      Mr Pēteris KRĪGERS
      President of Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia
      Ms Gunta ANČA
      Chairperson of the Latvian Umbrella Body for Disability Organisations
      SUSTENTO
      Ms Baiba MILTOVIČA
      International and EU Affairs Adviser of Latvian National Association for Consumer Protection
      Mr Gustavs NORKĀRKLIS
      Chairman of the Board of Association of Latvian Organic Agriculture

         LUXEMBOURG

      Monsieur Henri WAGENER
      Conseiller auprès de Fedil, Business Federation Luxembourg
      Monsieur Raymond HENCKS
      Conseiller auprès de la Chambre des fonctionnaires et employés publics
      Monsieur Jean-Claude REDING
      Président de la Chambre des Salariés
      Monsieur Norbert GEISEN
      Président honoraire de la Fédération des Artisans
      Madame Josiane WILLEMS
      Directrice de la Centrale paysanne

         MAGYARORSZÁG

      Dr András EDELÉNYI
      Expert, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
      Dr István KOMORÓCZKI
      Economic Advisor to the President of COOP Federation
      Ms Katalin Elza SÜLE
      President, Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture of Zala County
      President, National Association of Hungarian Farmers' Societies of Zala County
      Ms Júlia Borbála VADÁSZ
      Permanent Delegate in Brussels of the Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists
      Dr Piroska KÁLLAY
      Coordinator for Committees (Equality, Youth, International, Pensioners) of the LIGA-Democratic League of Independent Trade Unions
      Ms Erika NEMESKÉRINÉ KOLLER
      International secretary at the Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions
      Dr Miklós PÁSZTOR
      Expert, National Federation of Workers' Council
      Dr János WELTNER
      Senior consultant, Semmelweis University in Budapest
      Dr Etele BARÁTH
      Hon. university professor, Hungarian Society for Urban Planning
      Dr Ágnes CSER
      Representative of the Hungarian Alliance for Children and Youth
      Ms Kinga JOÓ
      Vice-president, National Association of Large Families
      Mr Ákos TOPOLÁNSZKY
      President, Federation of the Hungarian Drug Therapeutic Institutes

         MALTA

      Mr Stefano MALLIA
      Former President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce and Industry and an ex-officio Council Member and Member of the Chamber Statute Revision Committee
      Mr Tony ZAHRA
      President, Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association
      Mr Charles VELLA
      Research & Information Executive; Secretary to the GWU National Council
      Dr Philip VON BROCKDORFF
      Consultant, Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin
      Mr Ben RIZZO
      President, Civil Society Committee within the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD)

         NEDERLAND

      Mr Winand Leo Emile QUAEDVLIEG
      Head, Brussels office, VNO-NCW and MKB Nederland
      Mr Klaas Johan OSINGA
      Senior Adviser, International Affairs at LTO NEDERLAND
      Mrs Marjolijn BULK
      Adviser, European Affairs at FNV
      Mr Martinus Cornelis SIECKER
      Former Trade Union Official, Netherlands Trade Union Federation (FNV)
      Mrs Annie VAN WEZEL
      Policy Adviser, European and International Affairs at FNV
      Mrs Melanie I. BOUWKNEGT
      Advisor, CNV Nederland
      Mrs Cathelijne C.J. MULLER
      Advisor, VCP
      Mr Dick WESTENDORP
      Former President, ‘consumentenbond’
      Mr Jan Willem Hendrik DIRX
      Advisor and directorate secretariat to the management of ‘Natuur and Milieu’. Responsible for the ‘groene11’ (partnership between the main Dutch nature and environmental organisations)

         ÖSTERREICH

      Ms Christa SCHWENG
      Senior Advisor of the ‘Wirtschaftskammer Österreich’ (Austrian Economic Chamber); department for social policy and health
      Mr Michael IKRATH
      Secretary-General of the ‘Österreichischer Sparkassenverband’ (Austrian Association of savings banks)
      Mr Gerhard RIEMER
      Consultant of the ‘Vereinigung der Österreichischen Industrie’ (Federation of the Austrian Industry)
      Mr Ferdinand MAIER
      Former Secretary-General of the ‘Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband’ (Austrian Raiffeisen-Association)
      Mr Thomas DELAPINA
      Senior advisor of the ‘Arbeiterkammer Wien’ (Chamber of Labour of the Federal Land Vienna)
      Mr Thomas WAGNSONNER
      Deputy Director of the ‘Arbeiterkammer Niederösterreich’ (Chamber of Labour of the Federal Land of Lower Austria)
      Mr Oliver RÖPKE
      Head of the ‘ÖGB-Europabüro an der Ständigen Vertretung Österreichs bei der EU in Brüssel’ (Bureau for European Affairs of the Austrian Trade Union at the Permanent Representative of Austria at the EU in Brussels)
      Mr Wolfgang GREIF
      Head of the department of the ‘ÖGB’ (Austrian Trade Union Association) betreffend ‘Europa, Konzerne und Internationale Beziehungen’ (Europe, multinational companies and international relations)
      Mr Thomas KATTNIG
      Head of the ‘Bereich für Internationales, EU und Daseinsvorsorge in der Gewerkschaft der Gemeindebediensteten sowie der Gewerkschaft für Kunst, Medien, Sport und freie Berufe’ (in the field of international affairs, EU and services of general interest of the trade union for employees of municipalities as well as for the trade union of media, sports and independent professions)
      Mr Rudolf KOLBE
      President of the ‘Kammer der Architekten und Ingenieurkonsulenten für Oberösterreich und Salzburg’ (Chamber of architects and consultants for engineering for the Federal Land of Upper Austria and the Federal Land of Salzburg)
      Mr Andreas THURNER
      Officer of the ‘Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich–Büro Brüssel’ (Chamber of agriculture in Austria — Office in Brussels)
      Mr Alfred GAJDOSIK
      Employee of ‘Hotel Marriott/PCC-Erhaltungs- und ErrichtungsgesmbH’ (Marriott Hotel Vienna/(PCC-preservation and accommodation-limited partnership company)

         POLSKA

      Mr Jacek Piotr KRAWCZYK
      Vice-president, Confederation Lewiatan
      Mr Lech Józef PILAWSKI
      Director-General, Confederation Lewiatan
      Mr Andrzej MALINOWSKI
      President, Employers of Poland
      Mr Janusz PIETKIEWICZ
      Vice-president, Employers of Poland
      Mr Jarosław Maciej MULEWICZ
      Consultant, Association of Employers Business Centre Club
      Mr Krzysztof OSTROWSKI
      Director of the Interventions Bureau, Association of Employers Business Centre Club
      Mr Jan KLIMEK
      Vice-president, Polish Craft Association
      Mrs Dorota GARDIAS
      Expert, Trade Union Forum
      Mrs Wioletta JANOSZKA
      Member of the Board, Trade Union Forum
      Mr Andrzej ADAMCZYK
      Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Office, Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union ‘Solidarność’
      Mr Marian KRZAKLEWSKI
      Expert, Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union ‘Solidarność’
      Mr Franciszek Bogdan BOBROWSKI
      Vice-president, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
      Mr Wincenty Sławomir BRONIARZ
      President of the Polish Teachers' Union/All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
      Mr Adam ROGALEWSKI
      Expert, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
      Mr Krzysztof Stanisław BALON
      Secretary of the Programming Committee, Working Community of Associations of Social Organisations WRZOS
      Mrs Karolina Lidia DRESZER-SMALEC
      Expert, All-Poland Federation of Non-Governmental Organisations
      Mr Krzysztof KAMIENIECKI
      Expert, Polish Ecological Club
      Mr Michał Grzegorz MODRZEJEWSKI
      Honorary President of the Union of the Rural Youth
      Mr Krzysztof Jerzy PATER
      Member, Polish Scouting Association
      Mrs Elżbieta Maria SZADZIŃSKA
      Expert, Consumers Federation
      Mrs Teresa TISZBIEREK
      Expert, Association of the Voluntary Fire Brigades of the Republic of Poland

         PORTUGAL

      Mr Gonçalo Cristóvão Aranha da Gama LOBO XAVIER
      Adviser to the Management Board of AIMMAP — the Association of Portuguese Metallurgical, Mechanical Engineering and Similar Industrial Companies; Member appointed by CIP — Confederation of Enterprises of Portugal, since January 2013 (CIP)
      Mr Luís Miguel CORREIA MIRA
      Secretary-general, Portuguese Farmers' Confederation (CAP)
      Mr Pedro D'ALMEIDA FREIRE
      Vice-president, Confederation of Portuguese Commerce and Services (CCP)
      Mr Paulo BARROS VALE
      Businessman, Director of the Portuguese Business Association (AEP)
      Mr Mário David FERREIRINHA SOARES
      Professor, Member of the National Council of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers — Inter-union (CGTP-IN)
      Mr Carlos Manuel ALVES TRINDADE
      Member of the Executive Committee, National Council of the Portuguese General Workers' Confederation (CGTP-IN)
      Mr Carlos Manuel SIMÕES DA SILVA
      Secretary-General of UGT (União Geral de Trabalhadores/Portuguese General Workers Trade-Union)
      Mr João DIAS DA SILVA
      Vice-President of the Board of the Teachers' Trade Union for the North Region
      Mr Jorge PEGADO LIZ
      Lawyer, Consumer Protection Association (DECO)
      Mr Carlos Matias RAMOS
      President of the Portuguese Association of Engineers
      Mr Francisco Bernardino da SILVA
      Secretary-general of CONFAGRI, President of the Portuguese National Federation of Mutual Agricultural Credit Banks (Portuguese Cooperative Banks) (FENACAM)
      Mr Lino da SILVA MAIA
      President of the National Confederation of Solidarity Institutions (CNIS)

         ROMÂNIA

      Petru Sorin DANDEA
      Vice-president at The National Trade Union Confederation Cartel ALFA
      Dumitru FORNEA
      Confederal Secretary responsible for the International Relations of the National Trade Union Confederation — MERIDIAN
      Minel IVAȘCU
      Secretary-General at The National Trade Union Block (BNS)
      Liviu LUCA
      Prim-vice-president at The National Trade Union Confederation CNSLR-FRATIA
      Sabin RUSU
      Secretary-General — Confederation of Democratic Trade Unions in Romania
      Ana BONTEA
      Director of the Department for Legal Affairs and Social Dialogue, National Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR)
      Mihai MANOLIU
      President, The Confederation of Romanian Employers (CNPR)
      Aurel Laurențiu PLOSCEANU
      President, General Union of Industrialists in Romania (UGIR)
      Octavian Cătălin ALBU
      Secretary-General of Romanian National Employers Organisation (PNR)
      Irinel Eduard FLORIA
      Employers Confederation Concordia (Concordia)
      Cristian PÎRVULESCU
      President, Asociația Pro Democrația (ApD), non-governmental, non-profit association
      Ionuț SIBIAN
      Executive Director, Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF)
      Mihai IVAȘCU
      Camera de Comerț și Industrie a României
      Marius Eugen OPRAN
      Institutul Național de C& D pentru Fizică și Inginerie Nucleară; Institutul Național de C&D Fizica Laserelor Plasmei și Radiației;
      Victor ALISTAR
      Transparency International România

         SLOVENIJA

      Mr Jože SMOLE
      Secretary-General, ZDS — Association of Employers of Slovenia
      Mr Dare STOJAN
      Director, Businessman, AVITEL d.o.o.
      Ms Nadja GÖTZ
      Legal Adviser of Public Services Trade Unions Confederation of Slovenia
      Mr Jakob Krištof POČIVAVŠEK
      Secretary-General of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia PERGAM
      Mr Andrej ZORKO
      Executive Secretary, Governing Board of the Slovenian Association of Free Trade Unions
      Mr Primož ŠPORAR
      Chief Executive Officer of SKUP, Association of Private Institutes
      Mr Branko RAVNIK
      Director of Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia (CAFS)

         SLOVENSKO

      Mr Peter MIHÓK
      President of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Vice President of the Economic and Social Council of the Slovak Republic
      Ms Martina ŠIRHALOVÁ
      Project manager, Federation of employers' associations (AZZZ)
      Ms Jarmila DÚBRAVSKÁ
      Director of the Department of Agriculture and Services, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK)
      Mr Emil MACHYNA
      President of the Slovak Metalworkers Federation (KOVO)
      Mr Anton SZALAY
      President of the Slovak Trade Union of Health and Social Services
      Ms Mária MAYEROVÁ
      President of the Slovak Trade Union of Public Administration and Culture (SLOVES)
      Mr Vladimír BÁLEŠ
      Professor, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
      Mr Juraj SIPKO
      Director of the Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Science
      Mr Rudolf KROPIL
      President of the Slovak Rectors' Conference

         SUOMI

      Ms Tellervo KYLÄ-HARAKKA-RUONALA
      Director, Infrastructure and Environment, Confederation of Finnish Industries
      Mr Jukka AHTELA
      LL.M., Chairman of the Board, Senior Advisor, Ahtela Consulting Oy
      Mr Timo VUORI
      Executive Vice President, Finland Chamber of Commerce
      Mr Markus PENTTINEN
      Head of International Affairs, Confederation of Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland Akava
      Mr Pekka RISTELÄ
      Director, FinUnions — Finnish Trade Union Representation to the EU
      Ms Marianne MUONA
      Senior Advisor on International Affairs, Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK
      Ms Pirkko RAUNEMAA
      M.Sc. (Agriculture and Forestry), Council of Home Economics and Consumer Associations
      Mr Simo TIAINEN
      Director, Office of Finnish Agriculture and Cooperatives, Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners MTK
      Mr Pasi MOISIO
      Director, Permanent Representative to the EU of the Finnish transport and logistics organisations

         SVERIGE

      Ms Karin Ebba Sofia EKENGER
      Director/Senior Advisor, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
      Mr Nils-Olof Krister ANDERSSON
      Head of the Tax Policy Department, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
      Mr Thord Stefan BACK
      Director Sustainable Logistics, Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises
      Mr Erik Rolf Lennart SVENSSON
      Board Member, Almega AB
      Ms Ellen Paula NYGREN
      Ombudsman, Swedish Trade Union Confederation
      Mr Frank Thomas ABRAHAMSSON
      Swedish Trade Union for Service and Communications Employees
      Ms Berivan Muhriban ÖNGÖRUR
      International Secretary, Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
      Mr Bo Gunnar Alexander JANSSON
      President, National Union of Teachers in Sweden
      Ms Ariane Elisabeth RODERT
      EU Policy Advisor, National Forum for Voluntary Organizations
      Mr Oskar Kristersson WALLNER
      Expert, National Council of Swedish Youth Organisations (LSU)
      Ms Sofia Karin Anna BJÖRNSSON
      Acting director, Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), Brussels Office
      Ms Ulrika WESTERLUND
      President, Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL)

         UNITED KINGDOM

      Mr George Traill LYON
      Independent Lawyer — formerly BAE Systems
      Mr Roger Martin BARKER
      Director, Corporate Governance and Professional Standards, Institute of Directors
      Ms Brenda KING
      Director, African and Caribbean Diversity
      Dr David John SEARS
      Consultant and former Deputy Director-General British Chamber of Commerce
      Ms Madi SHARMA
      Entrepreneur and consultant and Founder of Women's Economic and Social Think Tank and Make a Difference Ideas Centre supporting female empowerment
      Mr John WALKER
      Director of European Alliance of Small Business, Business Consultant and former National Chairman of Federation of Small Business
      Mr Jonathan PEEL
      Business and Trade Consultant
      Mr Brendan James BURNS
      Management Consultant and Financial Investor
      Mr Brian CURTIS
      Former Chair/President in National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and WTUC
      Ms Diane KELLY
      UNISON Assistant Branch Secretary
      Ms Kathleen WALKER SHAW
      Head of European Office for GMB Trade Union
      Ms Agnes TOLMIE
      Senior Union Representative, UNITE Union, and Manager, Royal Bank of Scotland
      Ms Judy MCKNIGHT
      Former General Secretary, National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO)
      Mr Nicholas CROOK
      Head of International Relations, UNISON, and member of the Executive of the European Federation of Public Service Unions
      Mr Amarjite SINGH
      CWU Branch Secretary, Royal Mail. Chair of CWU National Race Advisory Board
      Mr Martin MAYER
      First Yorkshire Bus PLC, UNITE Branch Secretary
      Dr Rose D'SA
      Consultant in EU, Commonwealth and International Law including legal education and Distance Learning
      Ms Jane MORRICE
      Communications Consultant, Deputy Chief Equality Commissioner — Northern Ireland
      Sir Stuart ETHERINGTON
      Chief Executive for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
      Mr Michael SMYTH
      Economist, Academic, University of Ulster
      Mr Tom JONES
      Farmer; Vice-President of the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
      Ms Irene OLDFATHER
      Director, Health and Social Care Alliance
      Ms Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS
      Consultant on Women's Rights
      Sir Graham WATSON
      Managing Director, Consultant, Honorary President and co-founder of Climate Parliament (London) and Chairman of Europe Active, the European Health and Fitness Association


title: 2014/79/EU: Council Decision of 11 February 2014 appointing three Danish members and five Danish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions

text:
               14.2.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 44/48

      COUNCIL DECISION

   of 11 February 2014
   appointing three Danish members and five Danish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
   (2014/79/EU)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal of the Danish Government,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.

               (2)

               Three members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Knud ANDERSEN, Mr Jens Arne HEDEGAARD JENSEN and Mr Henning JENSEN.

               (3)

               Three alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Hans Freddie Holmgaard MADSEN, Ms Tatiana SORENSEN and Mr Ole B. SORENSEN.

               (4)

               Two alternate members’ seats will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Simon Mønsted STRANGE and Mr Erik FLYVHOLM as members of the Committee of the Regions,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:

               (a)

               as members:

                           —

                           Mr Erik FLYVHOLM, Mayor of Lemvig Municipality,

                           —

                           Mr Bent HANSEN, Chairman of the Regional Council, Region Central Denmark,

                           —

                           Mr Simon Mønsted STRANGE, Member of the City Council of Copenhagen;

                     and

               (b)

               as alternate members:

                           —

                           Mr Anker BOYE, Mayor of Odense Municipality,

                           —

                           Ms Jane FINDAHL, Councillor, Fredericia Municipality,

                           —

                           Mr Carl HOLST, President of the Regional Council of the Region of Southern Denmark,

                           —

                           Mr Lars KRARUP, Mayor of Herning,

                           —

                           Mr Michael ZIEGLER, Mayor of Høje-Taastrup Kommune.

         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 11 February 2014.

            For the Council

            The President

         E. VENIZELOS

      (1)  OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

      (2)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.


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87/415/EEC: Council Decision of 15 June 1987 concerning the conclusion of a Convention between the European Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit procedure

Official Journal L 226 , 13/08/1987 P. 0001 - 0001

COUNCIL DECISIONof 15 June 1987concerning the conclusion  of a Convention between the European Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland,  the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation  on a common transit procedure(87/415/EEC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the conclusion of a Convention with Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and  Switzerland with a view to introducing a common transit procedure in trade between the Community  ans those countries, as well as between those countries themselves, must enable the carriage of  goods in the context of such trade to be simplified; whereas it is therefore appropriate to approve  such a Convention; Whereas this Convention falls within the framework of follow-up action to the Joint Declaration  made in Luxembourg on 9 April 1984 by the Ministers of the Member States of the Community, the  European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Commission expressing their political will to extend  cooperation between the Community and those countries 'with the aim of creating a dynamic European  economic space of benefit to their countries', HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1The Convention between the European Economic Community, the Republic  of Austria, the Republic ofFinland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of  Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit procedure is hereby approved on behalf of  the Community. The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision. Article 2The Community shall be represented in the joint committee provided for in Article 14 of  the Convention by the Commission, assisted by the representatives of the Member States. Article 3The President of the Council is hereby authorized to deposit the instrument of  acceptance provided for in Article 22 of the Convention. Done at Luxembourg, 15 June 1987. For the CouncilThe PresidentP. DE KEERSMAEKEREWG:L333UMBE00.96FF: 3UEN;   SETUP: 01;   Hoehe:  395 mm;   54 Zeilen;   2252 Zeichen; Bediener: MARL   Pr.: A; Kunde: ................................


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93/136/EEC: Council Decision of 25 February 1993 establishing a third Community action programme to assist disabled people (Helios II 1993 to 1996)

Official Journal L 056 , 09/03/1993 P. 0030 - 0036 Finnish special edition: Chapter 5 Volume 6 P. 0044  Swedish special edition: Chapter 5 Volume 6 P. 0044

COUNCIL DECISION of 25 February 1993 establishing a third Community action programme to assist disabled people (Helios II 1993 to 1996)(93/136/EEC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 128 and 235 thereof,  Having regard to Council Decision 63/266/EEC of 2 April 1963 laying down general principles for implementing a common vocational training policy (1), and in particular the 10th principle thereof,  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),  Whereas, in connection with the Community's social dimension, it is appropriate to adopt suitable measures to assist disabled people;  Whereas the conclusions of the Council and of the Ministers of Education meeting within the Council of 14 May 1987 concerning a programme of European collaboration on the integration of handicapped children into ordinary schools (5) and the resolution  of the Council and of the Ministers of Education meeting within the Council of 31 May 1990 concerning integration of children and young people with disabilities into ordinary systems of education (6) affirm the need to remove material barriers, to use  flexible education methods to meet individual needs and to facilitate transition to education, to working life and to adult life, to establish as active a policy of cooperation as possible with specialized institutions, to make use of the various  possibilities offered by new technologies with regard to education and to foster links between the family, the community, social and health services and the world of work;  Whereas exchanges of information and experience on questions common to Member States' education systems should be developed by means of cooperation between those activities so designated by Member States, while fully respecting Member States'  responsibility for the content of of teaching and the organization of their educational systems, as well as their cultural and linguistic diversity, and excluding any harmonization of the laws and regulations of the Member States;  Whereas this programme is designed to complement action taken at national, regional and local levels, in particular by ensuring an exchange of experience and information relating to such action;  Whereas the main responsibility for integration in the educational field, occupational and economic integration, social integration and an independent way of life for disabled people lies with the Member States but cooperative action at Community level  may help Member States to improve the effectiveness of the measures which they take in this area;  Whereas the Community Charter of the fundamental social rights of workers, adopted at the European Council in Strasbourg on 9 December 1989 by the Heads of State or Government of 11 Member States, proclaims inter alia, in point 26:  '26. All disabled persons, whatever the origin and nature of their disability, must be entitled to additional concrete measures aimed at improving their social and professional integration.  These measures must concern, in particular, according to the capacities of the beneficiaries, vocational training, ergonomics, accessibility, mobility, means of transport and housing.';  Whereas there is a need for a programme to cover a period of four years;  Whereas a sum of ECU 37 million is estimated to be necessary in order to implement this multiannual programme;  Whereas the amount deemed necessary is intended to fund the programme for the period 1993 to 1996, within the financial perspective of the European Communities in force;  Whereas, because this Decision is concerned, on the one hand, with principles for implementing a vocational training policy and on promoting employment and, on the other, with measures, including those to promote functional rehabilitation, educational  integration, social integration and an independent way of life for disabled people, which need to be adopted in order to attain one of the objectives of the Community, and the Treaty has not provided the necessary specific powers, it is necessary to  rely upon both Article 128 and Article 235 of the Treaty,  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  Article 1   Establishment of Helios II  A Community action programme to promote equal opportunities for and the integration of disabled people, hereinafter referred to as 'Helios II', is hereby established for the period 1 January 1993 to 31 December 1996.  Article 2   Definition of disabled people  For the purposes of Helios II, disabled people means people with serious impairments, disabilities or handicaps resulting from physical, including sensory, or mental or psychological impairments which restrict or make  impossible the performance of an activity or function considered normal for a human being.  Article 3   Objectives  The objectives of Helios II shall be as follows in respect of functional rehabilitation, educational integration, vocational training, employment rehabilitation, economic and social integration and an independent way of life for disabled  people:  (a) to continue to develop and improve exchange and information activities with the Member States and non-governmental organizations, hereinafter referred to as NGOs, which can make a useful contribution as referred to in (c), and to ensure that they  are given as wide a distribution as possible;  (b) to promote effective approaches and measures in order to achieve increased effectiveness and better coordination of actions carried out under (c);  (c) to promote the development of a policy at Community level of cooperation with the Member States and the organizations and associations concerned with integration based on the best innovative and effective exprience and practice in the Member States  involving, where appropriate, voluntary organizations in accordance with national laws and/or practice;  (d) to continue cooperation with European NGOs and NGOs which are regarded as representative in the respective Member States, through national disability councils where they exist, and which have expressed a desire to cooperate at Community level.  Article 4   Measures  1. The general measures designed to promote the objectives referred to in Article 3 shall be as follows:  (a) coordinating, undertaking and encouraging activities based on specific annual themes, which the intention of promoting innovation, facilitating exchanges of experience and encouraging the dissemination of successful experiences and the transfer of  effective practices.  These activities shall closely involve disabled people, their families, representative organizations, experts, researchers, professionals working in the field, voluntary helpers and the two sides of industry;  (b) meeting the information needs of disabled people by pursuing, within the context of the computerized information and documentation system Handynet, on the basis of national data, the collection, adaptation at European level, updating, exchange and  dissemination of information gathered in the Member Sates by the national collection and information centres.  The Council shall re-examine the Handynet system, before 31 December 1994, on the basis of a Commission report evaluating, inter alia, the first Handynet module on technical aids and, acting on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the  European Parliament, shall decide on the conditions for continuing the Handynet system after that date;  (c) encouraging disabled people to take part in Community programmes, in particular in the areas of training and preparation for working life, new technologies, vocational training and employment, equality between men and women, the learning of  languages, and mobility of, and exchanges by, young people within the Community;  (d) developing exchanges of information and experience on issues common to Member States' education systems by means of cooperation between those activities so designated by Member States;  (e) ensuring close coordination with activities undertaken by organizations at international level, and cooperation with other activites at international level in the areas referred to in Article 3.  2. The measures designed to attain the objectives set out in Article 3 are listed in the Annex.  Article 5   Funding  1. Helios II shall run for four years.  2. The amount of Community funds estimated to be necessary for its implementation is ECU 37 million for the period 1993 to 1996, within the framework of the financial forecast of the European Communities in force.  3. The budget authority shall determine the appropriations available for each financial year, having regard to the principles of good management referred to in Article 2 of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European  Communities.  Article 6   Implementation by the Commission  The Commission shall ensure the implementation of Helios II in accordance with Article 8 and in close cooperation with the Member States and the institutions and organizations catering for the integration of disabled  people.  Article 7   Consistency and complementarity  The Commission shall ensure that there is consistency and complementarity between the Community measures to be implemented under Helios II and the other relevant Community programmes and initiatives.  Article 8   Advisory Committee  1. The Commission shall be assisted by an Advisory Committee, hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee', composed of two government representatives from each Member State and chaired by a representative of the Commission.  2. The representative of the Commission shall submet to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter,  if necessary by taking a vote.  The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.  The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account.  3. The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.  Article 9   European disability forum  1. Before consulting the committee, the Commission shall ascertain the views of a European disability forum, hereinafter referred to as the 'forum', on all appropriate aspects of Helios II.  The forum shall be made up of:  (a) representatives appointed by the Commission on the basis of proposals submitted by organizations referred to in Article 3 (d) and after the Commission has requested the opinion of each Member State, from a maximum of 24 NGOs of disabled people or  their families, or acting on behalf of disabled people.  At least one NGO representative of each Member State shall be represented on the Forum.  NGO's may be represented through national disability councils, where they exist;  (b) a representative of employers' organizations and a representative of trade union organizations, each being appointed by the Commission on the basis of proposals from the organizations representing these interests at Community level.  The Commission shall endeavour to ensure that the members of the forum give a balanced reflection of:  (a) the various types of disability;  (b) the various types of activities undertaken by disabled people or on their behalf;  (c) the various national interests; and (d) associations comprising NGOs from all or a number of Member States.  2. The forum shall appoint its Chairman, who may be a Commission representative.  3. The forum shall adopt its rules of procedure.  Article 10   Liaison Group  1. Before consulting the committee, the Commission shall convene a liaison group chaired by the Commission representative referred to in Article 8 (1) and consisting of:  (a) one of the government representatives for each Member State referred to in Article 8 (1);  (b) 12 forum members appointed by the latter.  2. If a Member State or one of the members appointed by the forum considers that the questions which it is to examine are of special importance to it, it may request that a second representative attend the meeting.  3. The Liaisons Group shall adopt its rules of procedure.  Article 11   Reports  1. Before 1 July 1994 the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a brief report on the implementation of Article 4 (1) (b).  2. By 31 December 1995 at the latest, the Commission shall submit an interim evaluation report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee on the implementation of Helios II together, where appropriate, with a proposal  for a Decision revising Helios II.  3. Before 1 July 1997 the Commission shall submit a full report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee on the implementation and results of Helios II.  4. In the reports referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, the Commission shall mention inter alia the outcome of the independent and objective evaluation referred to in section 1.2 of the Annex.  Done at Brussels, 25 February 1993.  For the Council The President J. TROEJBORG (1) OJ No 63, 20. 4. 1963, p. 1338/63.  (2) OJ No C 293, 12. 11. 1991, p. 2; OJ No C 25, 28. 1. 1993, p. 1.  (3) OJ No C 305, 23. 11. 1992.  (4) OJ No C 79, 30. 3. 1992, p. 20.  (5) OJ No C 211, 8. 8. 1987, p. 1.  (6) OJ No C 162, 30. 7. 1990, p. 2.    ANNEX   MEASURES  (Article 4) 1. General remarks 1.1. These measures will be undertaken by the Commission in close cooperation with the Member States, associations of disabled people and of their families, the two sides of industry and professional and voluntary bodies involved in the integration of  disabled people.  1.2. There will be independent and objective evaluation of each measure adopted under Helios II.  1.3. In addition, special attention will be given to the role of effective technologies for the integration of disabled people.  The pedagogical and practical potential of effective technologies can be a useful tool in the development of teaching aids, the adaptation of workplaces, means of communication and mobility and as a way of ending the isolation of disabled people.  1.4. The Commission will take into consideration the economic situation of the Member States or regions in which the specific measures are to be carried out.  1.5. The amount granted for all the following activities:  - Handynet system (section 3),  - cooperation with the NGOs (section 4), and - cooperation with outside experts (section 9) may: not exceed 50 % of the overall allocation for Helios II.  The amount granted for activities relating to exchanges and information between Member States (section 2) may not be less than 25 % of the overall allocation for Helios II.  2. Activities relating to exchanges and information between Member States 2.1. Community contribution In order to achieve the objective of an exchange of information and experience between Member States, the Community may make a contribution to activities relating to the areas referred to in Article 3, namely functional rehabilitation, educational  integration, vocational training, employment rehabilitation, economic and social integration and an independent way of life for disabled people.  Such activities will consist of conferences, seminars, exchanges of information, study visits and training courses organized on the basis of annual topics determined after the Committee has been consulted and after the forum's point of view has been  obtained.  Participants in such activities will be appointed by Member States taking into account the nature of their activities and possible consistency and complementarity with other Community activities, with a view to passing the experience they have acquired  to the representatives of national, regional and local authorities, and to NGOs through national disability councils, where they exist.  Where appropriate, participants may be replaced by the Member State which appointed them.  The Commission will facilitate, where appropriate, contacts between participants according to the area of integration or the category of disability concerend with a view to encouraging exchange in each field.  2.2. Rate of Community financial contribution (a) up to 50 % for conferences (in cooperation with national authorities);  (b) up to 100 % for seminars, working party activities, study visits and training courses.  3. Handynet computerized information and documentation system 3.1. General procedures In order to meet the information needs of disabled people, the Handynet system will offer users a multilingual database, a multilingual electronic newspaper and a computer-based message system.  Collection of data at national level will be carried out by national collection and coordination centres desginated by the Member States.  Data will be forwarded to the Commission, which will adapt them to the Handynet system, update them regularly and make them available to the national centres designated by the Member State in the form of 'compact disk read only memory' (CD-ROM).  Dissemination to users of the information processed under the Handynet system will be the responsibility of the Member States and carried out by the information and advice centres designated by the Member States.  3.2. Specific activities The Commission will continue to develop and update the first Handynet module on technical aids.  That module consists of a European database comprising:  - an inventory of technical aids (with prices) available on the Community market for disabled people with all types of disabilities,  - a list of manufacturers and distribution agencies for these products in the Member States, and - the national rules and procedures which disabled people must follow in order to obtain such technical aids.  In addition, the Commission will extend promotion of:  - positive and forward-looking activities to encourage the adaptation of technologies, including new technologies, to the needs of disabled people,  - research and creation of technical aids, in particular by drawing up an inventory of applied research activities in this area.  The Commission will also examine whether it is possible to include information on the quality of the technical aids in the database.  3.3. Rate of Community financial contribution - up to 100 % (to cover the European dimension).  4. Cooperation with NGOs 4.1. General conditions and procedures for cooperation with the Commission The Commission will strengthen cooperation with NGOs, via national disability councils where they exist, and with associations which include NGOs from all or a number of Member States.  The Commission will inform the Committee of its cooperation and links with the NGOs referred to in Article 3 (d).  4.2. Specific measures Each year, after the Committee has given its opinion, the Commission will draw up a programme of activities eligible for financial support from the Commission and will give a balanced opinion on the priority ratings of those activities.  Eligible activities will include:  - conferences, seminars, study visits, training courses and other European-scale cooperative activities,  - provision of information for NGOs on actions undertaken at Community level,  - advice to the Commission, at its request, on the technical aspects associated with the type of disability or of the specific integration issue being dealt with,  - submission of an annual report on activities carried out within the Helios II framework.  4.3. Rate of Community financial contribution (a) to 50 % for meetings, conferences, seminars, study visits, training courses and other European-scale cooperative activities;  (b) up to 100 % for expenses arising from the provision of coordination and expertise.  5. Information and awareness-raising aimed at public opinion Wide distribution of information to publicize activities and campaigns to increase the awareness of the public and the media of the possibilities for integrating disabled people.  The Commission will contribute to raising public awareness through the organization of competitions, the award of annual prizes for model projects in the various fields relating to the integration of disabled people, and through media activities.  Prize-winning model projects will be presented at a conference/exhibition.  The Commission may provide financial support for information meetings at national level organized by participants in Helios II.  Rate of Community financial contribution: up to 100 %.  6. Special themes In implementing the specific measures detailed above, the participants in Helios II will devote special attention to:  - prevention and early assistance, with a view to preventing the appearance or development of an impairment, incapacity or disability,  - difficulties encountered by the families of disabled people, disabled women and elderly disabled people,  - the economic and social integration of disabled women,  - training for professionals and volunteers involed in the various stages of the integration process,  - people with special responsibilities in respect of disabled children, adolescents and adults.  7. Programmes, measures and initiatives concerned directly with disabled people Special steps will be taken to create a synergetic effect, in the field of vocational rehabilitation and employment, with the Horizon initiative and, in respect of the use of effective technologies, with the TIDE initiative.  8. Studies and technical assistance Studies, consultancy services and technical assistance required for drawing up proposals or providing technical support in the fields referred to in Article 3.  Rate of Community financial contribution: up to 100 %.  9. Additional specific action within the framework for the activities referred to in sections 2 to 5 Cooperation with the outside experts responsible for assisting the Commission in coordinating, guiding and evaluating the activities referred to in sections 2 to 5.  Rate of Community financial contribution: up to 100 %.


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2003/914/EC: Council Decision of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 3 to the EC-Morocco Association Agreement

Official Journal L 345 , 31/12/2003 P. 0117 - 0118

Council Decisionof 22 December 2003on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 3 to the EC-Morocco Association Agreement(2003/914/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 Article 300(2) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas:(1) Article 16 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part(1), which has been in force since 1 March 2000, provides that the Community and Morocco will gradually implement greater liberalisation of their reciprocal trade in agricultural products.(2) Article 18 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement provides that from 1 January 2000 the Community and the Kingdom of Morocco will assess the situation with a view to determining the liberalisation measures to be applied by the Parties with effect from 1 January 2001.(3) The Community and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to replace Protocols 1 and 3 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement by means of an agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters. That 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(2),HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 3 to the EC-Morocco Association Agreement in the Annex hereto 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 2The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for implementing Protocols 1 and 3 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3.Article 31. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Sugar established by Article 42 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001(3) or, as the case may be, by the committees established by the corresponding provisions of other regulations on the common organisation of markets or by the Customs Code Committee established by Article 248a of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92(4).2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.The period referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.3. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.Article 4The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.Article 5This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003.For the CouncilThe PresidentG. Alemanno(1) OJ L 70, 18.3.2000, p. 1.(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.(3) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002 of 19 April 2002 (OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26).(4) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of 12 December 2000 (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17).