title: 2009/50/EC,Euratom: Council and Commission Decision of 18 December 2008 on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

text:
               24.1.2009

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 21/41

      COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION

   of 18 December 2008
   on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
   (2009/50/EC, Euratom)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3), thereof,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
   Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
   Having regard to the Council’s approval pursuant to Article 101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               The Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, was signed on behalf of the Community and the Member States on 20 May 2008 in accordance with Council Decision 2008/792/EC (2).

               (2)

               Pending its entry into force, the Protocol has been applied on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2007.

               (3)

               The Protocol should be concluded,

         HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Member States.
   Article 2
   The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, give the notification provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol. The President of the Commission shall simultaneously give such notification on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

      Done at Brussels, 18 December 2008.

            For the Council

            The President

         M. BARNIER

            For the Commission

            The President

         José Manuel BARROSO

      (1)  Opinion delivered on 2 September 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

      (2)  OJ L 272, 14.10.2008, p. 5.


title: Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP of 12 April 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran

text:
               14.4.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 100/51

         COUNCIL DECISION 2011/235/CFSP
   of 12 April 2011
   concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 21 March 2011, the Council reiterated its deep concern about the deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran.

               (2)

               The Council underlined in particular the dramatic increase in executions in recent months and the systematic repression of Iranian citizens, who face harassment and arrests for exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. The Union also reiterated its strong condemnation of the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

               (3)

               In this context, the Council reaffirmed its determination to continue to address human rights abuses in Iran and declared its readiness to introduce restrictive measures targeted against those responsible for grave human rights violations in Iran.

               (4)

               The restrictive measures should target persons complicit in or responsible for directing or implementing grave human rights violations in the repression of peaceful demonstrators, journalists, human rights defenders, students or other persons who speak up in defence of their legitimate rights, including freedom of expression, as well as persons complicit in or responsible for directing or implementing; grave violations of the right to due process, torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, or the indiscriminate, excessive and increasing application of the death penalty, including public executions, stoning, hangings or the execution of juvenile offenders in contravention of Iran’s international human rights obligations.

               (5)

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

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of the persons responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran, and persons associated with them, as listed in the Annex.
   2.   Paragraph 1 shall not oblige a Member State to refuse its own nationals entry into its territory.
   3.   Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the cases where a Member State is bound by an obligation of international law, namely:

               (a)

               as a host country to an international intergovernmental organisation;

               (b)

               as a host country to an international conference convened by, or under the auspices of, the United Nations;

               (c)

               under a multilateral agreement conferring privileges and immunities; or

               (d)

               under the 1929 Treaty of Conciliation (Lateran pact) concluded by the Holy See (State of the Vatican City) and Italy.

         4.   Paragraph 3 shall be considered as also applying in cases where a Member State is host country to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
   5.   The Council shall be duly informed in all cases where a Member State grants an exemption pursuant to paragraph 3 or 4.
   6.   Member States may grant exemptions from the measures imposed under paragraph 1 where travel is justified on the grounds of urgent humanitarian need, or on grounds of attending intergovernmental meetings, including those promoted by the Union, or hosted by a Member State holding the Chairmanship in office of the OSCE, where a political dialogue is conducted that directly promotes democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Iran.
   7.   A Member State wishing to grant exemptions as referred to in paragraph 6 shall notify the Council in writing. The exemption shall be deemed to be granted unless one or more of the Council Members raises an objection in writing within 2 working days of receiving notification of the proposed exemption. Should one or more of the Council Members raise an objection, the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may nevertheless decide to grant the proposed exemption.
   8.   In cases where pursuant to paragraphs 3, 4, 6 or 7, a Member State authorises the entry into, or transit through, its territory of persons listed in the Annex, the authorisation shall be limited to the purpose for which it is given and to the persons concerned thereby.
   Article 2
   1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by persons responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran, and all funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by persons and entities associated with them, as listed in the Annex, shall be frozen.
   2.   No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the persons and entities listed in the Annex.
   3.   The competent authority of a Member State may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as it deems appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:

               (a)

               necessary to satisfy the basic needs of the persons listed in the Annex and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;

               (b)

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

               (c)

               intended exclusively for the payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; or

               (d)

               necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the competent authority has notified the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, at least 2 weeks prior to the authorisation.

         The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph.
   4.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, provided that the following conditions are met:

               (a)

               the funds or economic resources are the subject of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien established prior to the date on which the person or entity referred to in paragraph 1 was listed in the Annex, or of a judicial, administrative or arbitral judgment rendered prior to that date;

               (b)

               the funds or economic resources will be used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a lien or recognised as valid in such a judgment, within the limits set by applicable laws and regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims;

               (c)

               the lien or judgment is not for the benefit of a person or entity listed in the Annex; and

               (d)

               recognising the lien or judgement is not contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned.

         The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph.
   5.   Paragraph 1 shall not prevent a listed person or an entity from making a payment due under a contract entered into prior to the date on which such person or entity was listed in the Annex, provided that the Member State concerned has determined that the payment is not directly or indirectly received by a person or entity referred to in paragraph 1.
   6.   Paragraph 2 shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:

               (a)

               interest or other earnings on those accounts; or

               (b)

               payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose prior to the date on which those accounts became subject to the measures provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2;

         provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments remain subject to the measures provided for in paragraph 1.
   Article 3
   1.   The Council, acting upon a proposal by a Member State or the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, shall establish and amend the list in the Annex.
   2.   The Council shall communicate its decision, including the grounds for listing, to the person or the entity concerned, either directly, if the address is known, or through the publication of a notice, providing such person or entity with an opportunity to present observations.
   3.   Where observations are submitted, or where substantial new evidence is presented, the Council shall review its decision and inform the person or entity concerned accordingly.
   Article 4
   1.   The Annex shall include the grounds for listing the persons and entities concerned.
   2.   The Annex shall also contain, where available, the information necessary to identify the persons or entities concerned. With regard to persons, such information may include names, including aliases, date and place of birth, nationality, passport and identity card numbers, gender, address if known, and function or profession. With regard to entities, such information may include names, place and date of registration, registration number and place of business.
   Article 5
   In order to maximise the impact of the measures provided for in this Decision, the Union shall encourage third States to adopt similar restrictive measures.
   Article 6
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
   This Decision shall apply until 13 April 2012. It shall be kept under constant review. It shall be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.

      Done at Luxembourg, 12 April 2011.

            For the Council

            The President

         C. ASHTON

      ANNEX

         List of persons and entities referred to in Articles 1 and 2

         Persons

                  Name

                  Identifying information

                  Reasons

                  Date of listing

                  1.

                  AHMADI-MOQADDAM Esmail

                  POB: Tehran (Iran) - DOB: 1961

                  Chief of Iran’s National Police. Forces under his command led brutal attacks on peaceful protests, and a violent night time attack on the dormitories of Tehran University on June 15, 2009.

                  2.

                  ALLAHKARAM Hossein

                  Ansar-e Hezbollah Chief and Colonel in the IRGC. He co-founded Ansar-e Hezbollah. This paramilitary force was responsible for extreme violence during crackdown against students and universities in 1999, 2002 and 2009.

                  3.

                  ARAGHI (ERAGHI) Abdollah

                  Deputy Head of IRGC’s Ground Forces.
                  He had a direct and personal responsibility in the crackdown of protests all through the Summer of 2009.

                  4.

                  FAZLI Ali

                  Deputy Commander of the Basij, former Head of the IRGC’s Seyyed al-Shohada Corps, Tehran Province (until February 2010). The Seyyed al-Shohada Corps is in charge of security in Tehran province and played a key role in brutal repression of protesters in 2009.

                  5.

                  HAMEDANI Hossein

                  Head of the IRGC’s Rassoulollah Corps in charge of Greater Tehran since November 2009. The Rassoulollah Corps is in charge of security in greater Tehran, and played a key role in violent suppression of protesters in 2009. Responsible for the crackdown of protests through Ashura events (December 2009) and since.

                  6.

                  JAFARI Mohammad-Ali
                  (a.k.a. “Aziz Jafari”)

                  POB: Yazd (Iran) - DOB: 1.9.1957

                  General Commander of the IRGC. IRGC and the Sarollah Base commanded by General Aziz Jafari has played a key role in illegally interfering with the 2009 Presidential Elections, arresting and detaining political activists, as well as clashing with protestors in the streets.

                  7.

                  KHALILI Ali

                  IRGC General, Head of the Medical Unit of Sarollah Base. He signed a letter sent to the Ministry of Health June 26 2009 forbidding the submission of documents or medical records to anyone injured or hospitalized during post-elections events.

                  8.

                  MOTLAGH Bahram Hosseini

                  Head of the IRGC’s Seyyed al-Shohada Corps, Tehran Province. The Seyyed al-Shohada Corps played a key role in organising the repression of protests.

                  9.

                  NAQDI Mohammad-Reza

                  POB: Najaf (Iraq) – DOB: Circa 1952

                  Commander of the Basij. As commander of the IRGC’s Basij Forces, Naqdi was responsible for or complicit in Basij abuses occurring in late 2009, including the violent response to the December 2009 Ashura Day protests, which resulted in up to 15 deaths and the arrests of hundreds of protesters.
                  Prior to his appointment as commander of the Basij in October 2009, Naqdi was the head of the intelligence unit of the Basij responsible for interrogating those arrested during the post-election crackdown.

                  10.

                  RADAN Ahmad-Reza

                  POB: Isfahan (Iran) – DOB:1963

                  Deputy Chief of Iran’s National Police. As Deputy Chief of National Police since 2008, Radan was responsible for beatings, murder, and arbitrary arrests and detentions against protestors that were committed by the police forces.

                  11.

                  RAJABZADEH Azizollah

                  Former Head of Tehran Police (until January 2010). As Commander of the Law Enforcement Forces in the Greater Tehran, Azizollah Rajabzadeh is the highest ranking accused in the case of abuses in Kahrizak Detention Center.

                  12.

                  SAJEDI-NIA Hossein

                  Head of Tehran Police, former Deputy Chief of Iran’s National Police responsible for Police Operations. He is in charge of coordinating, for the Ministry of Interior, repression operations in the Iranian capital.

                  13.

                  TAEB Hossein

                  POB: Tehran - DOB: 1963

                  Former Commander of the Basij (until October 2009). Currently deputy IRGC commander for intelligence. Forces under his command participated in mass beatings, murders, detentions and tortures of peaceful protestors.

                  14.

                  SHARIATI Seyeed Hassan

                  Head of Mashhad Judiciary. Trials under his supervision have been conducted summarily and inside closed sessions, without adherence to basic rights of the accused, and with reliance on confessions extracted under pressure and torture. As execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.

                  15.

                  DORRI-NADJAFABADI Ghorban-Ali

                  POB: Najafabad (Iran) - DOB: 1945

                  Former Prosecutor General of Iran until September 2009 (former Intelligence minister under Khatami presidency). As Prosecutor General of Iran, he ordered and supervised the show trials following the first post-election protests, where the accused were denied their rights, an attorney. He also carries responsibility for the Kahrizak abuses..

                  16.

                  HADDAD Hassan
                  (alias Hassan ZAREH DEHNAVI)

                  Judge, Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 26. He was charge of the detainee cases related to the post election crises and regularly threatened families of detainees in order to silence them. He has been instrumental in issuing detention orders to the Kahrizak Detention Centre.

                  17.

                  Hodjatoleslam Seyed Mohammad SOLTANI

                  Judge, Mashhad Revolutionary Court. Trials under his jurisdiction have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to basic rights of the accused. As execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.

                  18.

                  HEYDARIFAR Ali-Akbar

                  Judge, Tehran Revolutionary Court. He participated in protesters trial. He was questioned by the Judiciary about Kahrizak exactions. He was instrumental in issuing detention orders to consign detainees to Kahrizak Detention Centre

                  19.

                  JAFARI-DOLATABADI Abbas

                  Prosecutor general of Tehran since August 2009. Dolatabadi’s office indicted a large number of protesters, including individuals who took part in the December 2009 Ashura Day protests. He ordered the closure of Karroubi’s office in September 2009 and the arrest of several reformist politicians, and he banned two reformist political parties in June 2010. His office charged protesters with the charge of Muharebeh, or enmity against God, which carries a death sentence, and denied due process to those facing the death sentence. His office has also targeted and arrested reformists, human rights activists, and members of the media, as part of a broad crackdown on the political opposition.

                  20.

                  MOGHISSEH Mohammad
                  (a.k.a. NASSERIAN)

                  Judge, Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 28. He is in charge of post-election cases. He issued long prison sentences during unfair trials for social, political activists and journalists and several death sentences for protesters and social and political activists.

                  21.

                  MOHSENI-EJEI Gholam-Hossein

                  POB: Ejiyeh -DOB: circa 1956

                  Prosecutor General of Iran since September 2009 and spokesman of the Judiciary (former Intelligence minister during the 2009 elections). While he was Intelligence minister during the election, intelligence agents under his command were responsible for detention, torture and extraction of false confessions under pressure from hundreds of activists, journalists, dissidents, and reformist politicians. In addition, political figures were coerced into making false confessions under unbearable interrogations, which included torture, abuse, blackmail, and the threatening of family members.

                  22.

                  MORTAZAVI Said

                  POB: Meybod, Yazd (Iran) - DOB: 1967

                  Head of Iran’s Anti-smuggling Task Force, former Prosecutor general of Tehran until August 2009. As Tehran Prosecutor General, he issued a blanket order used for detention of hundreds of activists, journalists and students. He was suspended from office in August 2010 after an investigation by the Iranian judiciary of his role in the deaths of three men detained on his orders following the election.

                  23.

                  PIR-ABASSI Abbas

                  Tehran Revolutionary Court, branches 26 and 28. He is in charge of post-election cases, he issued long prison sentences during unfair trials against human rights activists and has issued several death sentences for protesters.

                  24.

                  MORTAZAVI Amir

                  Deputy Prosecutor of Mashhad. Trials under his prosecution have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to basic rights of the accused. As execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.

                  25.

                  SALAVATI Abdolghassem

                  Judge, Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 15. In charge of the post-election cases, he was the Judge presiding the “show trials” in summer 2009, he condemned to death two monarchists that appeared in the show trials. He has sentenced more than a hundred political prisoners, human rights activists and demonstrators to lengthy prison sentences.

                  26.

                  SHARIFI Malek Adjar

                  Head of East Azerbaidjan Judiciary. He was responsible for Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani’s trial.

                  27.

                  ZARGAR Ahmad

                  Judge, Tehran Appeals Court, branch 36. He confirmed long-term jail warrants and death warrants against protesters.

                  28.

                  YASAGHI Ali-Akbar

                  Judge, Mashhad Revolutionary Court. Trials under his jurisdiction have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to basic rights of the accused. As execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.

                  29.

                  BOZORGNIA Mostafa

                  Head of ward 350 of Evin Prison. He unleashed on a number of occasions disproportionate violence upon prisoners.

                  30.

                  ESMAILI Gholam-Hossein

                  Head of Iran’s Prisons Organisation. In this capacity, he was complicit to the massive detention of political protesters and covering up abuses performed in the jailing system.

                  31.

                  SEDAQAT Farajollah

                  Assistant Secretary of the General Prison Administration in Tehran - Former Head of Evin’s prison, Tehran until October 2010 during which time torture took place. He was warden and threatened and exerted pressure on prisoners numerous times.

                  32.

                  ZANJIREI Mohammad-Ali

                  As Deputy Head of Iran’s Prisons Organisation, responsible for abuses and deprivation of rights in detention center. He ordered the transfer of many inmates into solitary confinement.


title: 2013/194/EU: Council Decision of 22 April 2013 appointing a Spanish member and a Spanish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

text:
               25.4.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 113/17

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 22 April 2013
   appointing a Spanish member and a Spanish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
   (2013/194/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 Mr Juan Ignacio DIEGO PALACIOS. An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Cristina MAZAS PÉREZ-OLEAGA,

         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 member:

                           —

                           Ms Cristina MAZAS PÉREZ-OLEAGA, Consejera de Economía, Hacienda y Empleo;

                     and

               (b)

               as alternate member:

                           —

                           Ms Inmaculada VALENCIA BAYÓN, Directora General de Economía y Asuntos Europeos.

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

      Done at Luxembourg, 22 April 2013.

            For the Council

            The President

         E. GILMORE

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

      (2)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.


title: Council Decision (EU) 2016/1754 of 29 September 2016 amending Decision (EU) 2015/1601 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece

text:
               1.10.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 268/82

         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/1754
   of 29 September 2016
   amending Decision (EU) 2015/1601 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 78(3) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On the basis of Article 78(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Council adopted two Decisions establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece. Under Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 (2), 40 000 applicants for international protection are to be relocated from Italy and Greece to the other Member States. Under Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 (3), 120 000 applicants for international protection are to be relocated from Italy and Greece to other Member States.

               (2)

               In accordance with Article 4(2) of Decision (EU) 2015/1601, from 26 September 2016, 54 000 applicants are to be relocated from Italy and Greece to the territory of other Member States, unless, pursuant to Article 4(3) of that Decision, by that date the Commission makes a proposal to allocate them to a particular beneficiary Member State confronted with an emergency situation characterised by a sudden inflow of persons.

               (3)

               Article 1(2) of Decision (EU) 2015/1601 provides that the Commission is to keep under constant review the situation regarding massive inflows of third country nationals into Member States. The Commission is to submit, as appropriate, proposals to amend that Decision in order to take into account the evolution of the situation on the ground and its impact upon the relocation mechanism, as well as the evolving pressure on Member States, in particular frontline Member States.

               (4)

               With the aim of ending irregular migration from Turkey to the EU, on 18 March 2016 (4), the EU and Turkey agreed on a number of action points, including to resettle, for every Syrian readmitted by Turkey from Greek islands, another Syrian from Turkey to the Member States, within the framework of the existing commitments. Resettlement under that mechanism will take place, in the first instance, by honouring the commitments taken by Member States in the conclusions of Representatives of the Governments of Member States meeting within the Council on 20 July 2015. Any further need for resettlement is to be carried out through a similar voluntary arrangement up to a limit of an additional 54 000 persons by allowing for any resettlement commitment undertaken in the framework of that arrangement to be offset against non-allocated places under Decision (EU) 2015/1601.

               (5)

               Resettlement, humanitarian admission or other forms of legal admission from Turkey under national and multilateral schemes can be expected to relieve the migratory pressure on Member States which are beneficiaries of relocation under Decision (EU) 2015/1601 by providing a legal and safe pathway to enter the Union and by discouraging irregular entries. Therefore, the solidarity efforts of Member States consisting in voluntarily admitting to their territory Syrian nationals present in Turkey who are in clear need of international protection should be taken into account in relation to the 54 000 applicants for international protection referred to above. The number of persons so admitted from Turkey by a Member State should be deducted from the number of persons to be relocated to that Member State under Decision (EU) 2015/1601 in relation to those 54 000 applicants.

               (6)

               Mechanisms for admission may include resettlement, humanitarian admission or other legal pathways for admission of Syrian nationals present in Turkey who are in clear need of international protection, such as humanitarian visa programmes, humanitarian transfer, family reunification programmes, private sponsorship projects, scholarship programmes, labour mobility schemes, and others.

               (7)

               The commitments that Member States undertook as part of the resettlement scheme agreed in the Conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 20 July 2015 should not be affected by this Decision and should not count towards meeting the obligations under Decision (EU) 2015/1601. Therefore, a Member State which chooses to meet its obligations under Decision (EU) 2015/1601 by admitting Syrians present in Turkey through resettlement, should not be able to count that effort as constituting part of its commitment under the 20 July 2015 resettlement scheme.

               (8)

               To ensure a proper monitoring of the situation, a Member State should, once it chooses to use this option, report on a monthly basis to the Commission on Syrians present in Turkey admitted to its territory under the option provided for in this amendment specifying under which scheme, national or multilateral, the person has been admitted and the form of legal admission.

               (9)

               Since the objectives of this Decision cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

               (10)

               This Decision respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

               (11)

               In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, and without prejudice to Article 4 of that Protocol, the United Kingdom is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

               (12)

               In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, and without prejudice to Articles 4 and 4a of that Protocol, Ireland is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

               (13)

               In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

               (14)

               In view of the urgency of the situation, this Decision should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   In Article 4 of Decision (EU) 2015/1601, the following paragraph is inserted:

      ‘3a.   In relation to the relocation of applicants referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1, Member States may choose to meet their obligation by admitting to their territory Syrian nationals present in Turkey under national or multilateral legal admission schemes for persons in clear need of international protection, other than the resettlement scheme which was the subject of the Conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 20 July 2015. The number of persons so admitted by a Member State shall lead to a corresponding reduction of the obligation of the respective Member State.
      Article 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis for every such legal admission leading to a reduction of the relocation obligation.
      Member States, which choose to use the option provided in this paragraph, shall report monthly to the Commission on the number of persons legally admitted for the purposes of this paragraph, indicating the type of scheme under which the admission has taken place and the form of legal admission used.’.

   Article 2
   1.   This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   2.   This Decision shall apply until 26 September 2017.
   3.   This Decision shall apply to all the persons who, for the purposes of paragraph 3a of Article 4 of Decision (EU) 2015/1601, have been admitted from the territory of Turkey by the Member States as from 1 May 2016.

      Done at Brussels, 29 September 2016.

            For the Council

            The President

         P. ŽIGA

      (1)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.

      (2)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 of 14 September 2015 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and of Greece (OJ L 239, 15.9.2015, p. 146).

      (3)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 of 22 September 2015 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (OJ L 248, 24.9.2015, p. 80).

      (4)  EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016.


title: 2014/344/EU: Council Decision of 19 May 2014 on the conclusion of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office

text:
               11.6.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 170/49

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 19 May 2014
   on the conclusion of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office

      (2014/344/EU)

   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 74 and Article 78(1) and (2), in conjunction with point (a) of Article 218(6), thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               In accordance with Council Decision 2014/186/EU (1), the Arrangement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office (the ‘Arrangement’) was signed on 3 March 2014, subject to its conclusion.

               (2)

               The Arrangement should be approved.

               (3)

               As specified in recital 21 of Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), the United Kingdom and Ireland are taking part in and are bound by that Regulation. They should therefore give effect to Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 by taking part in this Decision. The United Kingdom and Ireland are therefore taking part in this Decision.

               (4)

               As specified in recital 22 of Regulation (EU) No 439/2010, Denmark is not taking part in and is not bound by that Regulation. Denmark is therefore not taking part in this Decision,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The Arrangement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
   The text of the Arrangement is attached to this Decision.
   Article 2
   The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 13(1) of the Arrangement (3).
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 19 May 2014.

            For the Council

            The President

         A TSAFTARIS

      (1)  Council Decision 2014/186/EU of 11 February 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office (OJ L 102, 5.4.2014, p. 3).

      (2)  Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 establishing a European Asylum Support Office (OJ L 132, 29.5.2010, p. 11).

      (3)  The date of entry into force of the Arrangement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.


title: Council Decision of 10 November 2015 appointing a member and an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for Hungary

text:
               14.11.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               C 380/2

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 10 November 2015
   appointing a member and an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for Hungary
   (2015/C 380/02)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
   Having regard to the list of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States and by the employees' and the employers' organisations,
   Having regard to the lists of members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               By its Decisions of 2 December 2013 (2) and of 12 June 2014 (3), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the period ending on 7 November 2016, with the exception of certain members and alternate members.

               (2)

               The government of Hungary has submitted nominations for two posts to be filled,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The following are hereby appointed as member and alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the period ending on 7 November 2016:
   I.   GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES

               Country

               Member

               Alternate

               Hungary

               Ms Katalin BALOGH

               Mr Gyula MADARÁSZ

         Article 2
   The Council shall appoint the members and alternate members who have not yet been nominated at a later date.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 10 November 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         P. GRAMEGNA

      (1)  OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1.

      (2)  Council Decision of 2 December 2013 appointing the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OJ C 360, 10.12.2013, p. 8).

      (3)  Council Decision of 12 June 2014 appointing the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for Lithuania and Malta (OJ C 182, 14.6.2014, p. 14); Council Decision of 12 June 2014 appointing the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for France (OJ C 186, 18.6.2014, p. 5).


title: Council Decision of 12 July 2011 appointing a member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for Hungary

text:
               14.7.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               C 208/3

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 12 July 2011
   appointing a member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for Hungary
   2011/C 208/02
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of 26 May 1975 on the creation of a European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
   Having regard to the lists of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States and by the employees’ and employers’ organisations,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               By its Decisions of 22 November 2010 (2) and 7 March 2011 (3), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the period from 1 December 2010 to 30 November 2013, with the exception of certain members and alternate members.

               (2)

               The Government of Hungary has submitted a nomination for one post to be filled,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The following is hereby appointed member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the period ending on 30 November 2013:
   GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES

               Country

               Members

               Alternates

               Hungary

               Mr Péter CSÁNYI

         Article 2
   The Council will appoint the members and alternate members who have not yet been nominated at a later date.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 12 July 2011.

            For the Council

            The President

         J. VINCENT-ROSTOWSKI

      (1)  OJ L 139, 30.5.1975, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ C 322, 27.11.2010, p. 8.

      (3)  OJ C 83, 17.3.2011, p. 4.