title: 2012/717/: Council Decision of 20 November 2012 appointing a Spanish member of the Committee of the Regions

text:
               24.11.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 326/16

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 20 November 2012
   appointing a Spanish member of the Committee of the Regions
   (2012/717/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 Spanish 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)

               A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Esperanza AGUIRRE GIL DE BIEDMA,

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

               —

               Mr Ignacio GONZÁLEZ GONZÁLEZ, Presidente de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid.

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

      Done at Brussels, 20 November 2012.

            For the Council

            The President

         A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

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

      (2)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.


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89/56/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 January 1989 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain seamless tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Austria

Official Journal L 025 , 28/01/1989 P. 0087 - 0089

*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 20 January 1989  terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain seamless tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Austria  (89/56/EEC)  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,  After consultation within the Advisory Committee, as provided for under the above Regulation,  Whereas:  A. Procedure  (1) In July 1987 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the Liaison Committee of the European Community Steel Tube Industry on behalf of manufacturers representing the majority of the Community production of the products in question.  (2) The complaint contained evidence of dumping and of injury caused thereby which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of the abovementioned proceeding.  The Commission accordingly announced, by notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (2), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of certain seamless tubes of iron or non-alloy steel falling within CN codes 7304 39 10, 7304 39 51, 7304 39 59, 7304 39 91 and 7304 31 99.  (3) The Commission officially advised the producers/exporters and importers known to be concerned and the complainant and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing.  (4) The Austrian producer/exporter made its views known in writing and requested a hearing which was granted.  (5) No submissions were made on behalf of Community buyers of the product in question.  (6) The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of establishing the facts and carried out inspections at the premises of the following:  (a) EEC producers:  - Mannesmannroehren-Werke AG, Duesseldorf, Germany,  - Société Vallourec, Paris, France,  - British Steel Corporation, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom;  (b) Non-EEC producer/exporter:  - Voest-Alpine Stahlrohr Kindberg GmbH, Kindberg, Austria;  (c) EEC importer (related):  - Voest-Alpine GmbH, Munich, Germany.  (7) The investigation of dumping and price undercutting covered the period from 1 January to 31 December 1987.  B. Dumping  (a) Normal value  (8) Sales of the like product on the Austrian market by Voest-Alpine had been at a loss throughout the investigation period and did not permit recovery of all costs reasonably allocated. The Commission therefore decided in accordance with Article 2B (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 to adjust the sub-production-cost prices in order to eliminate the loss and provide for a reasonable profit. On this basis normal values have been established for the most representative categories and dimensions of commercial seamless tubes sold on the Austrian market and exported to the Community.  (b) Export prices  (9) Exports to Germany were made through Voest-Alpine, GmbH, Munich, a 100 % subsidiary of Voest-Alpine AG, Linz, acting as sole importer for Germany. The Commission therefore reconstructed the export price for the German market on the basis of the resale prices of Voest-Alpine, GmbH to independent buyers in Germany allowing for all costs incurred between importation and resale including a reasonable amount for overheads and profit.  All other export prices to the Community were determined on the basis of the price actually paid or payable for the products sold for export to the Community.  (c) Comparison  (10) In comparing normal value with export prices, the Commission took account, where appropriate, of differences affecting price comparability, such as discounts and quantity rebates, commissions, credit terms, transport and insurance, handling, packing and related costs. Due allowance for such differences was made where claims in these areas could be satisfactorily substantiated.  (11) All comparisons were made at an ex works level.  (d) Dumping margins  (12) The examination of the facts showed the existence of dumping, the margins of dumping being equal to the amount by which the normal values as established exceeded the price for export to the Community.  (13) These margins vary according to the type and dimension of the products concerned and the Member State to which the product was exported, the weighted average being 11,2 %.  C. Material injury  (14) With regard to injury caused by the dumped imports the Commission had to consider that only plain commercial seamless tubes excluding higher quality types and precision tubes were subject to the proceeding and to evaluate the impact of the imports from Austria on this market segment and the related production in the Community. For this purpose the Commission excluded from the investigation those export sales to the Community for which the Austrian producer/exporter could show that they had been accompanied by special works certificates guaranteeing particular chemical and mechanical properties of these products which is normally not the case in trade with standard seamless tubes of commercial quality. On this basis the investigation revealed that imports into the Community of the products concerned originating in Austria only started in 1986 with 86 tonnes and increased to 5 960 tonnes in 1987. Their share of the Community market of commercial seamless tubes increased from practically zero in 1986 to slightly less than 1 % in 1987. The impact of these imports concentrated mainly in Germany, where their share increased from 0,5 % in 1986 to 1,9 % in 1987, in France and in Italy where their part starting from zero in 1986 reached 1,7 % and 0,4 % respectively.  (15) The evidence also available to the Commission indicated that the Austrian producer/exporter being a newcomer to the Community market had based its resale prices in the Community on the list prices of Community producers, granting, however, rebates in excess of those generally available for the Community product. On this basis the Commission found that the effective resale prices of the Austrian product undercut those of Community producers during the investigation period between 4 and 11 %, according to the type and dimension of the product and the Member State involved.  (16) In assessing the impact the exports in question had on the production in the Community the Commission considered in particular the evolution of demand and the volume of imports from other sources.  It was established according to the evidence made available to the Commission that consumption of commercial seamless tubes in the Community had fallen continuously from 720 000 tonnes in 1985 to 684 000 tonnes in 1986 and 612 000 tonnes in 1987, a decline of 108 000 tonnes in the two-year period representing a contraction of the Community market of 15 %.  Despite the depressed market situation in the Community imports from other third countries increased form 80 200 tonnes in 1986 to 91 800 tonnes during the investigation period, extending their market share from 11,7 to 15,0 %.  (17) The continuing decline of demand and increased imports from third countries led to heavy cuts of production and increasing excess capacity in the Community. Production was run down from 1 178 000 tonnes in 1985 to 1 097 000 tonnes in 1986 and reached only 927 000 tonnes in 1987. Over the whole period the loss of output amounted to 251 000 tonnes, a decrease of 21,3 %. The heavy downturn of the markets led to several plant closures in Germany, France and the United Kingdom combined with substantial shedding of capacities and loss of employment.  (18) Following the rapid decline in demand, prices of commercial seamless tubes have fallen considerably since 1985. None of the Community producers investigated was able to cover full costs and all of them suffered severe financial losses.  (19) The Commission considered all these factors. However, in the light of the relatively small quantities of dumped imports from Austria, representing a market share in the Community of less than 1 %, compared to the overriding impact of the other factors, in particular the heavy decline in demand, the Commission came to the conclusion that the injurious effects of the imports under consideration taken in isolation cannot be qualified as constituting material injury.  D. Threat of injury  (20) The Commission has also considered whether it would be likely, if no anti-dumping measures were applied, that the dumped imports would increase further to an extent that material injury would be caused to the Community industry. In this connection it was established that the plant of the sole Austrian producer is laid out for the production of seamless oil-field tubing not subject to the proceeding and which is mainly exported to non-EEC countries. The production of commercial seamless tubes is only taken up occasionally with a limited capacity attributed depending on the order volume for oil-field tubes. In view of the total disposable capacities and the positive outlook for oil-field tube exports by the Austrian producer to non-EEC countries which are likely to absorb the full production capacity, the Commission concludes that there is no particular threat of injury likely to develop into material injury.  E. Termination of the anti-dumping  proceeding  (21) In these circumstances, therefore, the anti-dumping proceeding should be terminated without the imposition of protective measures.  (22) No objections to this course were raised in the Advisory Committee.  (23) The complainant was informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the Commission intended to terminate the proceeding,  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  Sole Article  The anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain seamless tubes of iron or non-alloy steel corresponding to CN codes 7304 39 10, 7304 39 51, 7304 39 59, 7304 39 91 and 7304 31 99 originating in Austria is hereby terminated.  Done at Brussels, 20 January 1989.  For the Commission  Frans ANDRIESSEN  Vice-President  (1) OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1.  (2) OJ No C 24, 29. 1. 1988, p. 3.


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95/40/EC: Council Decision of 16 January 1995 appointing a member of the Committee of the Regions

Official Journal L 050 , 07/03/1995 P. 0031 - 0031

COUNCIL DECISION of 16 January 1995 appointing a member of the Committee of the Regions (95/40/EC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 198a thereof,  Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1994 appointing members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period 26 January 1994 to 25 January 1998 (1),  Whereas a seat has become vacant on the Committee of the Regions following the resignation of Mr Antonio Cabras, notified to the Council on 8 December 1994;  Having regard to the proposal from the Italian Government,  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:   Sole Article  Mr Federico Palomba is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Antonio Cabras for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 25 January 1998.  Done at Brussels, 16 January 1995.  For the Council The President E. ALPHANDÉRY  (1) OJ No L 31, 4. 2. 1994, p. 29.


title: 2010/756/: Decision of the European Parliament of 7 October 2010 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2008

text:
               7.12.2010

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 320/11

         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 7 October 2010
   on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2008
   (2010/756/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2008,
   having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2008, together with the College’s replies (1),
   having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 16 February 2010 (5827/2010 – C7-0061/2010),
   having regard to its Decision of 5 May 2010 (2) postponing the discharge decision for the financial year 2008, and the replies by the Director of the European Police College,
   having regard to Article 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3), and in particular Article 185 thereof,
   having regard to Council Decision 2005/681/JHA of 20 September 2005 establishing the European Police College (CEPOL) (4), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
   having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the second report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0253/2010),

               1.

               refuses to grant the Director of the European Police College discharge in respect of the implementation of the College’s budget for the financial year 2008 (6);

               2.

               sets out its observations in the resolution below;

               3.

               instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to the Director of the European Police College, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The President

         Jerzy BUZEK

            The Secretary-General

         Klaus WELLE

      (1)  OJ C 304, 15.12.2009, p. 124.

      (2)  OJ L 252, 25.9.2010, p. 232.

      (3)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 256, 1.10.2005, p. 63.

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

      (6)  The decision to close the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2008 shall be taken at a subsequent part-session, in accordance with Article 5(2)(b) first subparagraph of Annex VI to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure.
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               7.12.2010

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 320/12

         RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 7 October 2010
   with observations forming an integral part of its Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2008
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2008,
   having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2008, together with the College’s replies (1),
   having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 16 February 2010 (5827/2010 – C7-0061/2010),
   having regard to its Decision of 5 May 2010 (2) postponing the discharge decision for the financial year 2008, and the replies by the Director of the European Police College,
   having regard to Article 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3), and in particular Article 185 thereof,
   having regard to Council Decision 2005/681/JHA of 20 September 2005 establishing the European Police College (CEPOL) (4), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
   having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the second report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0253/2010),

               A.

               whereas the College was set up in 2001 and, with effect from 1 January 2006, was transformed into a Community body within the meaning of Article 185 of the Financial Regulation, thus coming under the provisions of the framework Financial Regulation for agencies,

               B.

               whereas the Court of Auditors in its report on the annual accounts of the College for the financial year 2006, qualified its opinion with regard to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions on the grounds that the procurement procedures did not comply with the provisions of the Financial Regulation,

               C.

               whereas the Court of Auditors, in its report on the annual accounts of the College for the financial year 2007, qualified its opinion on the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions,

               D.

               whereas the Court of Auditors, in its report on the annual accounts of the College for the financial year 2008, added an emphasis of matter to its opinion on the reliability of the accounts, without expressly qualifying it, and qualified its opinion on the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions,

               E.

               whereas in its abovementioned Decision of 5 May 2010 the Parliament decided to postpone the grant of discharge for the financial year 2008,

      General considerations

      Recurrence of the College’s major deficits

               1.

               Considers it unacceptable that since the College was established as an agency (2006), it struggled to meet the standards of good administration expected from a regulatory agency; stresses that since 2006 repeated audits have highlighted issues in the College’s adherence to the Financial and Staff regulations, to the accounting system as well as the failings in budget management, human resources, procurement procedures and rules governing expenditure on courses; is aware that the College’s improvements are expected to be complete only from 2014 when the College’s Multi-Annual Plan (approved by the Governing Board in May 2010) is due to be fully implemented; is, therefore, not ready to accept that the College needs at least 9 years (2006-14) to reach an acceptable standard of good administration expected from a regulatory agency;

      The College’s management in the years 2006-09

               2.

               Considers unacceptable the lack of responsibility and professionalism of the former Director responsible to Parliament for the implementation of the 2008 budget; stresses the following findings reported by the Czech Presidency on 18 May 2009:

                           —

                           the College’s mismanagement: in connection with the Internal Audit Service findings, the Commission offered help to the College, but the Director never approached either DG JLS or DG BUDG,

                           —

                           communication within the secretariat: the lack of communication and trust between the Director and the staff led to prolonged disputes,

                           —

                           lack of transparency: instead of identifying the problems and asking for advice from the Governing Board or from the Commission, the Director did not share the information which was then discovered on a random basis,

                           —

                           the Director accountable to the College’s Governing Board: the Director did not respect the decisions of the Governing Board;

               3.

               Deplores the fact that the College’s Governing Board did not respond properly to the former Director’s managerial failings, out of concern not to harm the agency’s image;

               4.

               Considers it unacceptable that the Governing Board decided not to take disciplinary action mainly because of the possibility of legal action by the former Director;

               5.

               Insists, therefore, that the Governing Board of the College must be held responsible and suggests that changes be made to prevent this situation from recurring in future; calls for a reconsideration of the position of the Commission to grant it the right to vote and to constitute a blocking minority on decisions concerning the budgetary, financial and administrative management of the agency within the Governing Boards of the College and of the other Union agencies;

      Structural deficits

               6.

               Calls, furthermore, into question the capability of the College to fully overcome its structural problems with respect to:

                           —

                           the small size of the College which calls into question its capacity to handle effectively the complexities of the EU’s Financial and Staff regulations,

                           —

                           the location of the College’s secretariat, in Bramshill, some 70 kilometres from London, which is a disadvantage, inter alia, as regards recruitment and public transport links,

                           —

                           the College’s governance costs which are not insignificant, given that while employing only 24 staff, the College has a 27-member Governing Board (figures as at the start of the 2008 financial year);

               7.

               Suggests, therefore, examining the possibility of attaching the College to Europol as a concrete solution to the College’s structural and chronic problems; suggests, also, that the Court of Auditors carry out a comprehensive review of regulatory agencies to examine, inter alia, the proportion of operating, governance and operational costs and assess ways of addressing structural or other problems, with a view to complementing the Commission’s own evaluation of regulatory agencies;

      Court of Auditors’ position

               8.

               Notes that the Court of Auditors is not ready to rapidly deliver an opinion in letter form evaluating the establishment of the College’s Action Plan as requested by the Parliament in paragraph 23 of its resolution (6) which forms an integral part of its Decision of 5 May 2010 on discharge for the financial year 2008; takes, nevertheless, into due account the Court of Auditors’ declaration that it has already extensively reported in its specific annual reports of the years from 2006 to 2008 on the problems it has found in the College;

      The College’s Action Plan for 2010-2014

               9.

               Notes that the new Director of the College has delivered on time the Action Plan as requested in paragraph 22 of the Parliament’s abovementioned resolution of 5 May 2010; regrets, nevertheless, the lack of accuracy in the description of the specific actions to be taken by the College; regrets also that most of the indicators proposed by the College are vague and do not always clearly help to assess the implementation of the objectives;

               10.

               Notes that, at the request of the Parliament to adopt an Action Plan, the Director of the College and its Governing Board have estimated a realistic 4-year period (i.e. from 2010 to 2014) in which to meet the objectives set out in the Annex to the Parliament’s abovementioned resolution of 5 May 2010; is, therefore, not ready to accept that the College needs 4 more years to reach an acceptable standard of good administration as expected from a regulatory agency;

               11.

               Requests that the Director of the College inform the discharge authority on the progress of the implementation of the Action Plan every 6 months;

      Specific remarks

      Validation of the financial procedures and new accounting system (Article 43 of the framework Financial Regulation)

               12.

               Voices concern at the difficulties experienced in 2008 in migrating the old accounting system to ABAC and the late implementation of a proper accounting system which still put at risk the quality of the financial information concerning the carry-overs from the previous year, the use of assigned revenue and the link with certain figures in the balance sheet for 2007; expresses its deep concern about the fact the College’s actions are now delayed until 2011 due to the resignation of two key actors in the financial circuit: the Accounting Officer and the Finance and Budget Officer;

               13.

               Stresses that the Court of Auditors’ audit of a sample of commitments (see the Court of Auditor’s report on the annual accounts of the College, paragraph 15) showed that, in three cases, there was no audit trail to retrace the financial execution such that it was not possible to match their closing balances in the accounts at 31 December 2008;

               14.

               Stresses that, in its specific annual report for 2006, the Court of Auditors had already mentioned that the College had not established the necessary systems and procedures to enable it to prepare a financial report in compliance with the requirements of the framework Financial Regulation applicable to the Agencies;

      Budgetary programming and monitoring

               15.

               Voices concern at the College’s weaknesses in programming and monitoring the budget implementation; notes, in particular, that 31 % of the College’s total budget had to be carried over in 2008; considers inadequate and vague the measures proposed by the College in this regard;

               16.

               Notes that already for the budget year 2007 more than 20 % (EUR 0,5 million) of the College’s appropriations carried over from the preceding year were cancelled;

      Financial management of the College’s work

               17.

               Voices concern at the College’s financial management of its work; notes, in particular, that for the year 2008 the Court flagged up the absence of:

                           —

                           a legal commitment in three cases covering a total of EUR 39 500,

                           —

                           a budgetary commitment preceding the legal commitment in nine cases covering a total of EUR 244 200,

                     and considers inadequate and vague the measures proposed by the College in this regard;

      Procurement control environment

               18.

               Voices concern at the College’s constant lack of compliance with the Financial Regulation with regard to public procurement rules; notes, in particular, the irregularities in the procedure used for a public supply contract worth the equivalent of some 2 % of operational expenditure in 2008;

               19.

               Stresses that, in its specific annual reports for the years 2006 and 2007, the Court of Auditors had already criticised the College for not having the documentation available to justify the need to purchase particular items and to explain the recourse to a particular supplier;

      Expenditure verification environment

               20.

               Stresses the fact that the Court of Auditors identified in 2008 a large number of cases in which the administrative and financial rules governing expenditure on the organisation of courses and seminars, which accounts for a major proportion (64 %) of the College’s operational expenditure, were not followed; notes that the main irregularities concerned: failure to submit supporting documents in respect of the costs incurred, failure to provide confirmation of attendance and to supply original invoices and documents necessary for the reimbursement of accommodation expenses, and failure to query travel costs for experts; calls on the College to adopt measures to ensure an adequate ex ante and ex post verification capacity;

               21.

               Voices concern at the fact that, in its specific annual reports for the years 2006 and 2007, the Court of Auditors had already remarked that the budget appropriations were not used in accordance with the principle of sound financial management (Article 25 of the College’s Financial Regulation);

      Appropriations used to finance private expenditure

               22.

               Regrets that the external audit on using appropriations to finance private expenditure announced by the College and to be carried out by an external company, has not been launched yet; is, therefore, concerned about this delay which certainly will not facilitate the work of the external company;

               23.

               Notes that in its response following the hearing of 25 January 2010, the Director at that time announced to the members of the Committee on Budgetary Control that funds had been recovered; remarks, however, that GBP 2 320,77 on transport costs and taxis for 2007 seems not to have been recovered yet;

               24.

               Notes also that the amount of expenditure for the use of mobile phones and cars by staff is still not clear;

               25.

               Stresses the fact that, in its specific annual report for the year 2007, the Court of Auditors had already signalled that it was not feasible for the auditors to review all payments made during the year 2007 as it was not possible to quantify either the amount that was irregularly spent on private use or all the different types of private expenditure incurred;

      Human resource management: reliance on interim staff for sensitive posts

               26.

               Is concerned that, until now, interim staff have been employed for financial work; notes that it was not until 2009 that the College issued a vacancy notice for the recruitment of an Internal Control Standards Coordinator and that the interviews for that post were then scheduled for early 2010; voices concern at the fact that two key actors in the financial circuit staff (the Accounting Officer and the Finance and Budget Officer) have recently resigned;

               27.

               Refers, for other observations accompanying its Decision on discharge, which are of a horizontal nature, to its resolution of 5 May 2010 (7) on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies.

      (1)  OJ C 304, 15.12.2009, p. 124.

      (2)  OJ L 252, 25.9.2010, p. 232.

      (3)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 256, 1.10.2005, p. 63.

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

      (6)  OJ L 252, 25.9.2010, p. 233.

      (7)  OJ L 252, 25.9.2010, p. 241.


title: 77/476/EEC: Council Decision of 25 July 1977 on action by the European Social Fund for migrant workers and handicapped persons

text:
No L 196/ 14                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            3 . 8 . 77
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                        of 25 July 1977
              on action by the European Social Fund for migrant workers and handicapped
                                                             persons
                                                          (77/476/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Decisions 74/327/EEC and
Having regard to Council Decison 71 /66/EEC of 1                   74/328/EEC shall continue to apply to operations of
February 1971 on the reform of the European Social                 which the draft has received the approval of the
Fund ('), and in particular Article 4 thereof,                     Commission before 31 December 1977.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                Article 2
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia
ment (2),
                                                                   This Decision shall enter into force on the day
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
Social Committee (3),                                              the European Communities.
Whereas the period referred to in the second para                 It shall apply from 15 July 1977.
graph of Article 4 of Council Decision 74/327/ EEC of
27 June 1974 on action by the European Social Fund
for migrant workers (4) and in the second paragraph of
Article 4 of Council Decision 74/328 /EEC of 27 June               Done at Brussels, 25 July 1977.
 1974 on action by the European Social Fund for
handicapped persons (5) expired on 14 July 1977 ;
                                                                                For the Council
Whereas any interruption in the financing of opera
tions under Decisions 74/327/ EEC and 74/328 / EEC                                              The President
should be avoided, without prejudice to the applica
tion of Article 11 of Decision 71 /66/ EEC,                                                      H. SIMONET
(!)  OJ No L 28 , 4. 2. 1971 , p. 15 .
(2)  OJ No C 133 , 6. 6 . 1977, p. 39 .
(3 ) OJ No C 126, 28 . 5 . 1977, p. 2.
(4)  OJ No L 185, 9 . 7. 1974, p. 20 .
(5 ) OJ No L 185, 9 . 7. 1974, p. 22 .


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1999/607/EC: Commission Decision of 10 September 1999 terminating the anti-dumping review concerning imports of personal fax machines originating in Japan and Singapore (notified under document number C(1999) 2888)

Official Journal L 241 , 11/09/1999 P. 0019 - 0020

COMMISSION DECISIONof 10 September 1999terminating the anti-dumping review concerning imports of personal fax machines originating in Japan and Singapore(notified under document number C(1999) 2888)(1999/607/EC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community(1) (hereafter referred to as "the basic Regulation"), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,After consulting the Advisory Committee,Whereas:A. PROCEDUREMeasures in force(1) By Regulation (EC) No 904/98(3) the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of personal fax machines, falling within CN code ex 8517 21 00 and originating, inter alia, in Japan and Singapore.(2) The products concerned, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 904/98, are fax machines with a weight of five kilograms or less, with dimensions (width × depth × height) of the main body measuring 470 mm × 450 mm × 170 mm or less, with the exception of fax machines using ink-jet or laser or LED printing technology.Review(3) The Commission, after consultation, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(4), decided on its own initiative, pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation, to initiate an interim review of the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of personal fax machines originating in Japan and Singapore.(4) The decision to initiate the review followed a declaration made by the Commission and annexed to the Minutes of the Council session of 27 April 1998, whereby the Commission agreed to re-examine the existing anti-dumping measures concerning Japan and Singapore if the producers/exporters concerned "would submit sufficient evidence showing that the volume of the imports concerned into the Community is not such as to contribute substantially to the injury suffered by the Community industry". The reason for the declaration was that the investigation showed (respectively) zero or low levels of price undercutting for Japan and Singapore, and that the market shares of the two countries had to be assessed on the basis of estimates, due to the absence of sufficient cooperation.(5) On the basis of the preliminary information received from certain producers in the countries concerned, the Commission considered that there were sufficient grounds to warrant the initiation of an exceptional early interim review of the existing measures concerning Japan and Singapore. The review has been limited to the issues of the import volumes and market shares of these two countries on the Community market.Investigation(6) The Commission officially advised the producers/exporters and the importers known to be concerned, as well as the representatives of Japan and Singapore, of the opening of the investigation and gave the parties concerned the opportunity to make their views known.(7) The objective of the present review was to obtain an accurate estimate of the market share and export volumes of the two countries concerned. The Commission needed data from all producers/exporters of personal and business fax machines, in order to compare them with Eurostat results, which aggregate imports of business and personal faxes together. This comparison was the only possibility to determine more precisely the proportion of personal fax machines exported to the European Community.(8) The Commission sent questionnaires to the producers/exporters that participated in the investigation which led to the existing measures, as well as to the producers/exporters of fax machines that provided the preliminary information on the basis of which this review was initiated.(9) However, although the questionnaire for producers/exporters was already sent in a simplified version to these 29 producers of fax machines, only one producer submitted a reply, which was only partially complete.(10) In view of the low level of cooperation and of the number of declarations issued by the companies concerned according to which they considered themselves to have no interest in providing any cooperation, the Commission, considering the exceptional nature of this review investigation, decided nevertheless to give a further opportunity to the companies to provide a minimum of data on exports concerning the year 1996 and a statement of their willingness to receive an on-the-spot verification.This second attempt was equally unsuccessful. The majority of the producers did not provide the information requested and only one company accepted an on-the-spot verification visit.(11) The limited information submitted by the interested parties in the course of the investigation is not such as to provide evidence for the Commission to depart from the findings of the original anti-dumping investigation regarding import volumes and market share for Japan and Singapore. Consequently, the conclusions drawn by the Council in the course of the original investigation remain valid and unchanged.(12) Interested parties have been informed about the facts that led to the termination of the present investigation.B. TERMINATION OF THE REVIEW(13) In view of the circumstances set out above, the Commission concludes that the anti-dumping review should be terminated and the anti-dumping measures on imports of the product concerned originating in Japan and Singapore, as established by Regulation (EC) No 904/98, should remain in force,HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:Sole ArticleThe review of the anti-dumping measures concerning imports of personal fax machines, currently classifiable under CN code ex 8517 21 00 and originating in Japan and Singapore, is hereby terminated.Done at Brussels, 10 September 1999.For the CommissionLeon BRITTANVice-President(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1.(2) OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 18.(3) OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 1.(4) OJ C 64, 6.3.1999, p. 12.


title: 74/327/EEC: Council Decision of 27 June 1974 on action by the European Social Fund for migrant workers

text:
No L 185/ 20                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               9 . 7 . 74
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                        of 27 June 1974
                           on action by the European Social Fund for migrant workers
                                                          (74/327/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         conditions of migrant workers and members of their
COMMUNITIES,                                                        families ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    Whereas , in order to ensure that action to assist
Economic Community ;
                                                                    migrant workers in the Community is more fully effec
Having regard to the Council Decision of 1 February                 tive and remains uninterrupted throughout the various
1971 (') on the reform of the European Social Fund,                 stages of migration, it is necessary that operations
and in particular Article 4 thereof ;                               which are to benefit from the Fund, form part of inte
                                                                    grated programmes having regard both to the labour
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 requirements of the host country and the develop
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia                ment requirements of the country of origin ;
ment (2) ;
                                                                    Whereas operations facilitating the reception and inte
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                    gration into the social and vocational environment of
Social Committee ;
                                                                    the host country of persons who have left their
Whereas the means of action and operation of the                    country of origin should also qualify for assistance
Fund are defined by Council Regulation ( EEC) No                    from the Fund ;
2396/71 (3) of 8 November 1971 implementing the
Council Decision of 1 February 1971 on the reform                   Whereas operations facilitating the training of welfare
of the European Social Fund ;                                       workers and teaching staff should also qualify for assis
                                                                    tance from the Fund ;
Whereas, in its resolution of 21 January 1974 (4)
concerning a social action programme, the Council
                                                                    Whereas the reform of the European Social Fund
considered that, to achieve the proposed actions
                                                                    decided on by the Council enables a contribution to
successfully in the social field, the necessary resources
                                                                    be made to the costs resulting from plans under deve
should be provided, in particular by strengthening the
                                                                     lopment or to be developed in the Member States
role of the European Social Fund ;
                                                                    with the aim of stimulating the employment and
Whereas the aforesaid resolution provides for an                    geographical and professional mobility of migrant
action programme for migrant workers and members                    workers,
of their families ;
Whereas, at the Council meeting held on 12 June
 1972, the Council and the representatives of the                    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Governments of the Member States meeting within
the Council adopted certain considerations and                                              Article 1
conclusions concerning employment policy and
invited the Commission to examine the possibility of
action by the European Social Fund to improve the                                   Integrated programmes
conditions of the free movement of workers ;
                                                                     1 . Operations forming part of an integrated
Whereas the cost of measures for migrant workers                     programme designated to facilitate the employment
must be borne primarily by the host country ;                        and geographical and professional mobility of persons,
Whereas the imbalance noted in the field of employ                  other than frontier workers, moving or having moved
 ment within the Community reveals the need for                      from one Community country to another in order to
specific joint action to assist migrant workers and                  take up employment therein shall be eligible to
 members of their families ;                                         receive assistance from the Fund under Article 4 of
                                                                     the Council Decision of 1 February 1971 .
Whereas the purpose of such specific joint action
 must be, in particular, to improve the social and living            An integrated programme shall be taken to mean all
                                                                     the measures necessary to ensure the effectiveness and
(') OJ No L 28 , 4 . 2 . 1971 , p. 15 .                              continuity of action throughout successive phases of
(2) OJ No C 23 , 8 . 3 . 1974, p. 15 .
(3 ) OJ No L 249, 10 . II . 1971 , p. 54 .                           migration , which may run from preparation for
h) OJ No C 13, 12. 2. 1974, p. 1 .                                   emigration to return to the country of origin .
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Integrated programmes must be consistent with the              for integration courses for migrant workers or their
objectives of industrial and regional development              children shall also be eligible to receive assistance
policy laid down in the joint actions decided upon by           from the Fund under Article 4 of the Council Deci
the Community.                                                 sion of 1 February 1971 .
2.     Those aids which feature on the list established
by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2397/71 (') of 8                2. Aids A 10 to A 23 and B 10 to B 22 provided for
November 1971 on aid which may qualify for assis               in Regulation (EEC) No 2397/71 may receive assis
tance from the European Social Fund, as amended by              tance from the Fund under paragraph 1 .
Regulation ( EEC) No 1 761 /74 (2), may receive assis
tance from the European Social Fund under para
graph 1 .                                                                               Article 4
                         Article 2                                                Final provisions
                 Integration measures
                                                                This Decision shall enter into force on the fifth day
1 . Operations which, although not part of an inte             following that of its publication in the Official
grated programme, are intended to facilitate the recep        Journal of the European Communities.
tion and integration into their social and working'envi
ronment of persons, other than frontier workers, who
have left their country of origin to take up employ            It shall apply to operations of which the draft has
ment in a Community country, and of members of                  received the approval of the Commission, before the
their families shall also be eligible to receive assis         expiry of a period of three years after the entry into
                                                                force of this Decision .
tance from the Fund under Article 4 of the Council
Decision of 1 February 1971 .
2. Aids B 20 to B 24 provided for in Regulation
(EEC) No 2397/71 may receive assistance from the
Fund under paragraph 1 .                                        Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 1974.
                         Article 3
                                                                                For the Council
            Welfare workers and teachers
                                                                                The President
 1 . Operations to facilitate the basic and advanced
training of welfare workers and teachers responsible                                         K. GSCHEIDLE
(') OJ No L 249, 10 . 11 . 1971 , p. 58 .
(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal .


title: 2012/80/EU: Council Decision of 10 February 2012 appointing four Czech members and four Czech alternate members of the Committee of the Regions

text:
               14.2.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 40/9

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 10 February 2012
   appointing four Czech members and four Czech alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
   (2012/80/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 Czech 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)

               Four members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Jiří BYTEL, Mr Jan KUBATA, Ms Helena LANGŠÁDLOVÁ and Mr Juraj THOMA. Four alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Ivana ČERVINKOVÁ, Mr Tomáš CHALUPA, Ms Sylva KOVÁČIKOVÁ and Mr Tomáš ÚLEHLA,

         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 Ondřej BENEŠÍK, starosta obce Strání,

                           —

                           Ms Štěpánka FRAŇKOVÁ, primátorka statutárního města Pardubic,

                           —

                           Mr Dan JIRÁNEK, primátor statutárního města Kladna,

                           —

                           Mr Juraj THOMA, primátor statutárního města Českých Budějovic (change of mandate);

                     and

               (b)

               as alternate members:

                           —

                           Mr Pavel BRANDA, místostarosta obce Rádlo,

                           —

                           Ms Sylva KOVÁČIKOVÁ, zastupitelka města Bílovec (change of mandate),

                           —

                           Mr Jan MAREŠ, primátor statutárního města Chomutova,

                           —

                           Mr Robert ZEMAN, místostarosta města Prachatic.

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

      Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.

            For the Council

            The President

         C. ANTORINI

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

      (2)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.


title: Decision (EU) 2017/1735 of the European Parliament of 27 April 2017 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2015

text:
               29.9.2017

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 252/346

         DECISION (EU) 2017/1735 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 27 April 2017
   on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2015
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

               —

               having regard to the final annual accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2015,

               —

               having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2015, together with the Joint Undertaking's reply (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 2015, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

               —

               having regard to the Council's recommendation of 21 February 2017 on discharge to be given to the Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2015 (05875/2017 — C8-0091/2017),

               —

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

               —

               having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (3), and in particular Article 209 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (4), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 110/2014 of 30 September 2013 on the model financial regulation for public-private partnership bodies referred to in Article 209 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5),

               —

               having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

               —

               having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0113/2017),

               1.

               Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2015;

               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 Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The President

         Antonio TAJANI

            The Secretary-General

         Klaus WELLE

      (1)  OJ C 473, 16.12.2016, p. 24.

      (2)  OJ C 473, 16.12.2016, p. 25.

      (3)  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 169, 7.6.2014, p. 152.

      (5)  OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p. 2.


title: 72/286/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1972 setting up an Advisory Committee on Hops

text:
                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  845
7.8.72                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 179 / 13
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 20 July 1972
                                     setting up an Advisory Committee on Hops
                                                    (72/286/EEC)
THE    COMMISSION       OF   THE    EUROPEAN      COM        Whereas the various representative bodies in the
MUNITIES,                                                     agricultural industry and consumer associations in
                                                               the Member States have formed organizations at
                                                              Community level :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;
                                                              HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Whereas, under point V of its final resolution, the
Agricultural Conference of the Member States which                                   Article 1
met at Stresa from 3 to 12 July 1958 noted with
satisfaction 'the intention expressed by the                  1.    There shall be attached to the Commission an
Commission     to   maintain   close   and   continuous
                                                              Advisory Committee on Hops (hereinafter called the
cooperation with . . . trade organizations, in                'Committee').
particular for the implementation of the tasks
provided for in this resolution';
                                                              2. The following groups shall be represented on
                                                              the Committee : hop producers, hop producers'
Whereas in its Opinion of 6 May 1960, the Economic            cooperatives, the hop trade the brewing industry,
and Social Committee requested the Commission 'to             workers in agriculture, and consumers.
involve at Community level interested producers',
traders' arid employees' organizations and consumers
in the work of each of these offices and funds within                                Article 2
an Advisory Committee';
                                                              1.    The Committee may be consulted by the
Whereas it is necessary that the Commission obtain            Commission      on   any    problem  concerning    the
the views of the various sections of the industry and         implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
of consumers on problems arising from the                     1696/711 of 26 July 1971 on the common
establishment of a common organization of the                 organization of the market in hops and in particular
market in hops ;                                              on measures adopted within the framework of that
                                                              Regulation.
Whereas all sections of the industry directly affected        The Chairman of the Committee may, in particular at
by the introduction of that common organization of            the request of any of the groups represented, indicate
the market, and also consumers, should have the               to the Commission the desirability of consulting the
possibility of participating in the formulation of            Committee on any matter within the latter's
opinions requested by the Commission ;                        competence but on which its opinion has not been
                                                              sought.
Whereas representatives of the industry processing
                                                              2. In respect of problems concerning the method
hops into derived products should be able to take
part in the work of the Committee and whereas                 of selling hops covered by the provisions of Article 6
under present circumstances it is possible for them to
do so through the groups existing at Community
level;                                                        1 OJ No L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- 846                                 Official Journal of the" European Communities
of Regulation (EEC) No- 1696/71 and in particular                                        Article 5
the registration of contracts provided for in that
Article, the Commission may, acting in accordance                1 . There shall be set up within the Committee a
with the procedure laid down in Article 5 of this                joint working party consisting of four producers'
Decision, consult only the representatives of hop                representatives and four trade and industry
producers and of the hop and brewing industries.               . representatives appointed by the Commission on
                                                                 proposals from the trade organizations concerned in
                                                                 accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4.
                        Article 3
                                                                 The trade and industry representatives shall include :
1.    The Committee shall consist of twenty-four                 — two representatives of the hop trade,
members .                                                        — two representatives of the brewing industry.
2.    Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as             2. In the event of a member of the joint working
follows :                                                        party being unable to attend a meeting, and in this
                                                                 event only, his alternate may replace him. Alternates,
— twelve to representatives of hop producers and                 who need not be members of the Committee, shall be
    hop cooperatives, of whom at least two shall                 appointed by the Commission on proposals from the
    represent hop cooperatives ;                                 trade organizations concerned in accordance with the
— four to representatives of the hop trade, including            procedure laid down in Article 4.
    processing into derived products ;                           If a full member attends a meeting, his alternate shall
-— four to representatives of the brewing industry ;             not also attend.
— three to representatives of agricultural workers ;             3 . The Chairman of the joint working party may,
— one to a consumers' representative.                            in particular at the request of either of the two
                                                                 groups represented on the working party, indicate to
                                                                 the Commission the desirability of consulting the
                                                                 working party on any matter referred to in Article 2
                        Article 4
                                                                 (2) on which it has not been consulted.
1 . Members of the Committee shall be appointed
by the Commission on proposals from the trade or                                         Article 6
consumers' organizations set up at Community level
which are most representative of the groups referred             1.    The Committee shall, by a two-thirds majority
to in Article 1 (2) and whose activities come within             of members present, elect a Chairman and two
the scope of the common organization of the market               Vice-Chairmen for a period of three years.
in hops .
                                                                 It may, by the same majority, elect other members as
These organizations shall put forward the names of .             officers. In that case, the officers other than the
two candidates of different nationalities for each place         Chairman     shall   include    not more    than   one
to be filled.                                                    representative of each group represented on the
                                                                 Committee.
2.    The     term of   office  for  members     of  the
                                                                 The officers shall prepare and organize the work of
Committee shall be three years. Their appointments               the Committee .
may be renewed. The duties performed shall be
unremunerated.
                                                                 2 . The joint working party shall, by a two-thirds
After expiry of the three years members of the                   majority of members present,- elect a Chairman and
Committee shall remain in office until they are                  Vice-Chairman for a period of one year.
replaced or until their appointments are renewed.                The Chairman and Vice-Chairman may not both
In the event of the death or resignation of a member             come from the same group.
of the Committee or of his ceasing to belong to the              They shall be chosen alternately from the two groups
organization which he represents, he shall be replaced           represented.
for the remainder of his term of office in accordance
with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1 .
                                                                                Article 7
3 . The list of members shall be published by the
Commission for information purposes in the Official              1 . At the request of any of the groups represented,
Journal of the European Communities.                             the Chairman may invite a representative of the
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central body of the group concerned to be present at
meetings. He may in the same manner request any              3 . The views expressed by the groups represented
person with special qualifications in one of the             shall be included in a report of the proceedings
subjects on the agenda to take part in an expert             forwarded to the Commission.
capacity in meetings of the Committee.
                                                             In the event of unanimous agreement being reached
2.    The Chairman of the joint working party may            in the Committee on the opinion to be given, the
invite any person with special qualifications in one of      Committee shall formulate joint conclusions and
the subjects on the agenda to take part in an expert         attach them to the report.
capacity in meetings of the working party.                   The outcome of the Committee's discussions shall be
3 . Experts shall be present only at the discussion          communicated by the Commission to the Council
in the Committee or in the joint working party of            and to the Management Committee on request.
those questions on account of which they were
invited.
                                                                                Article 11
                       Article 8
                                                             The Chairman of the joint working party shall
                                                             inform the Committee of its work.
The Committee may set up internal working parties.
                       Article 9                                                     Article 12
1 . The Committee and the joint working party                Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 214 of
shall be convened by the Commission and shall meet            the Treaty, where the Commission informs them that
at Commission headquarters. Meetings of the officers         the opinion requested is on a matter of a confidential
shall be convened by the Chairman in agreement               nature, members of the Committee and of the joint
with the Commission .                                        working party shall not disclose information which
                                                              has come to their knowledge through the work of the
2. Representatives of the Commission departments              Committee or of the joint working party.
concerned shall take part in meetings of the
Committee, its officers, its working parties and the         In such cases, only Committee members and the
joint working party.                                          representatives of the Commission departments shall
                                                              be present at the meetings.
3.     The Commission shall provide secretarial
services for the Committee, its officers, its working
parties and the joint working party.                                                 Article 13
                                                              This Decision may be amended by the Commission
                       Article 10
                                                              in the light of experience.
 1.    The Committee and the joint working party              Done at Brussels, 20 July 1972.
 shall discuss matters on which the Commission has
 requested an opinion. No vote shall be taken .                                                 For the Commission
2.     The Commission may, when seeking the                                                         The President
 opinion of the Committee, set a time limit within
which such opinion shall be given.                                                               S. L. MANSHOLT


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Council Decision of 23 October 1995 appointing members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee

Official Journal C 296 , 10/11/1995 P. 0007 - 0010

COUNCIL DECISION of 23 October 1995 appointing members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee (95/C 296/03)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular Article 17 thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,Having regard to Council Decision of 20 July 1992 appointing members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee (3),Having regard to Council Decision of 24 July 1995 appointing Austrian, Finnish and Swedish members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee (4),Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas the term of office of the members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee expired on 27 July 1995;Whereas the members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee should be appointed for a period of three years,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1The following are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee for the period from 23 October 1995 to 22 October 1998:>TABLE> >TABLE> >TABLE>>TABLE> >TABLE> >TABLE>Article 2This Decision shall be published, for information, in the Official Journal of the European Communities.Done at Luxembourg, 23 October 1995.For the CouncilThe PresidentJ. SAAVEDRA ACEVEDO