title: Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/457 of 17 March 2015 repealing Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom establishing for the period 2007 to 2013, as part of General Programme on Security and Safeguarding Liberties, the Specific Programme ‘Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security related risks’

text:
               20.3.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 76/1

         COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2015/457
   of 17 March 2015
   repealing Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom establishing for the period 2007 to 2013, as part of General Programme on Security and Safeguarding Liberties, the Specific Programme ‘Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security related risks’
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 352 thereof,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 203 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
   Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
   Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Council Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom (1) establishes the Specific Programme ‘Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security related risks’ (‘the Programme’) covering the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.

               (2)

               A new regulation providing for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management as part of the Internal Security Fund is to be established for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 by Regulation (EU) No 513/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

               (3)

               Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom should therefore be repealed with effect from 1 January 2014,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom is hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2014.
   Article 2
   1.   The repeal provided for in Article 1 shall not affect the continuation or modification, including the total or partial cancellation, of projects covered by the Programme until their closure, or the financial assistance approved by the Commission on the basis of Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom, or any other legal acts applying to that financial assistance on 31 December 2013.
   2.   When adopting decisions on co-financing under the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management as part of the Internal Security Fund, the Commission shall take account of measures adopted on the basis of Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom before 20 March 2015 which have financial repercussions during the period covered by that co-financing.
   3.   Sums committed for co-financing approved by the Commission between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2013 for which the documents required for closure of the operations have not been sent to the Commission by the deadline for submitting the final report shall be automatically decommitted by the Commission by 31 December 2017, giving rise to the repayment of amounts unduly paid.
   Amounts relating to operations which have been suspended due to legal proceedings or administrative appeals having suspensory effect shall be disregarded in calculating the amount to be automatically decommitted.
   4.   The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council, by 31 December 2015, a report on the results achieved and on quantitative aspects of the implementation of Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom for the period from 2011 to 2013.
   Article 3
   1.   This Decision shall enter into force on the same date as Regulation (EU) No 513/2014.
   2.   If Regulation (EU) No 513/2014 enters into force before the publication of this Decision in the Official Journal of the European Union, this Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication.
   Article 4
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.

      Done at Brussels, 17 March 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         E. RINKĒVIČS

      (1)  Council Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2007 establishing for the period 2007 to 2013, as part of General Programme on Security and Safeguarding Liberties, the Specific Programme ‘Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security related risks’ (OJ L 58, 24.2.2007, p. 1).

      (2)  Regulation (EU) No 513/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 93).


title: 2013/231/EU: Council Decision of 14 May 2013 appointing an Irish member of the European Economic and Social Committee

text:
               24.5.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 138/13

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 14 May 2013
   appointing an Irish member of the European Economic and Social Committee
   (2013/231/EU)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal of the Irish Government,
   Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).

               (2)

               A member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Jim McCUSKER,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Mr John COREY is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2015.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 14 May 2013.

            For the Council

            The President

         M. NOONAN

      (1)  OJ L 251, 25.9.2010, p. 8.


title: EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 388/06/COL of 13 December 2006 amending for the sixty first time the Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid

text:
               20.3.2008

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 81/81

         EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY DECISION

   No 388/06/COL
   of 13 December 2006
   amending for the sixty first time the Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid
   THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY,
   HAVING REGARD TO the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), in particular to Articles 61 to 63 and Protocol 26 thereof,
   HAVING REGARD TO the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (2), in particular to Article 24 and Article 5(2)(b) thereof and Article 1 in Part I of Protocol 3 thereof,
   WHEREAS under Article 24 of the Surveillance and Court Agreement, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall give effect to the provisions of the EEA Agreement concerning State aid,
   WHEREAS under Article 5(2)(b) of the Surveillance and Court Agreement, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall issue notices or guidelines on matters dealt with in the EEA Agreement, if that Agreement or the Surveillance and Court Agreement expressly so provides or if the EFTA Surveillance Authority considers it necessary,
   RECALLING the Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid (3) adopted on 19 January 1994 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority (4),
   WHEREAS the European Commission has adopted on 22 November 2006 a new Community Framework for State Aid for Research & Development & Innovation which is due to be published in its official version in the Official Journal of the European Union at the end of December 2006,
   WHEREAS this new Framework is also of relevance for the European Economic Area,
   WHEREAS a uniform application of the EEA State aid rules is to be ensured throughout the European Economic Area,
   WHEREAS, according to point II under the heading ‘GENERAL’, at the end of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement, the EFTA Surveillance Authority is to adopt, after consultation with the Commission, acts corresponding to those adopted by the European Commission,
   WHEREAS once the final official version of the new Community Framework for State Aid for Research & Development & Innovation is available, the EFTA Surveillance Authority will be in the position to adopt corresponding guidelines,
   WHEREAS the current Chapter 14 will expire on 31 December 2006,
   WHEREAS there is, therefore, a need to prolong the existing Chapter 14 until the EFTA Surveillance Authority adopts corresponding guidelines to the new Community Framework for State Aid for Research & Development & Innovation,
   HAVING consulted the European Commission,
   RECALLING that the EFTA Surveillance Authority has consulted the EFTA States in a letter on the subject dated 13 November 2006,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

               1.

               The validity of Chapter 14 of the State Aid Guidelines, Aid for research and development is prolonged until the EFTA Surveillance Authority has adopted new guidelines corresponding to the new Community Framework for State Aid for Research & Development & Innovation. The former paragraph 2 of Section 14.9 of Chapter 14 of the State Aid Guidelines is replaced by a new paragraph 2 which shall read as follows:
               ‘These guidelines will apply until new guidelines are adopted by the EFTA Surveillance Authority corresponding to the new Community Framework for State Aid for Research & Development & Innovation adopted by the European Commission on 22 November 2006.’

               2.

               The EFTA States shall be informed by means of a letter, including a copy of this Decision.

               3.

               The European Commission shall be informed by means of a letter, including a copy of this Decision.

               4.

               The Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of and in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 13 December 2006.

            For the EFTA Surveillance Authority

         Bjørn T. GRYDELAND

            President

         Kristján A. STEFÁNSSON

            College Member

      (1)  Hereinafter referred to as ‘the EEA Agreement’.

      (2)  Hereinafter referred to as ‘the Surveillance and Court Agreement’.

      (3)  Hereinafter referred to as the ‘State Aid Guidelines’.

      (4)  Initially published in OJ L 231, 3.9.1994, and in the EEA Supplement thereto No 32 on the same date, last amendment adopted by Decision of 29 November 2006.