title: 2009/427/EC: Commission Decision of 3 June 2009 establishing the expert group for technical advice on organic production

text:
               5.6.2009

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 139/29

      COMMISSION DECISION

   of 3 June 2009
   establishing the expert group for technical advice on organic production
   (2009/427/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (1), defines objectives and principles applicable to organic production and lays down basic requirements with regard to production, labelling and control of organic products in the plant, livestock and aquaculture production.

               (2)

               With the Communication from the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on a European action plan for organic food and farming adopted in June 2004 (2), the Commission intends to assess the situation and to lay down the basis for policy development, thereby providing an overall strategic vision for the contribution of organic farming to the common agricultural policy. In particular, the European action plan for organic food and farming recommends, in action 11, establishing an independent expert panel for technical advice.

               (3)

               The Commission may need technical advice to decide on the authorisation of the use of products, substances and techniques in organic farming and processing, to develop or improve organic production rules and, more in general, for any other matter relating to the area of organic production. These are complex and time consuming exercises, for which a high degree of specialisation is required.

               (4)

               It is therefore necessary to set up a group of experts in the field of organic production and to define its tasks and its structure.

               (5)

               The group should help to ensure easy access to highly qualified technical expertise in a wide range of fields related to organic production.

               (6)

               The group should be composed of scientists and other experts with competences related to organic production and should deliver independent, excellent and transparent technical advice to the Commission.

               (7)

               Rules on disclosure of information by members of the group should be provided for, without prejudice to the Commission’s rules on security as set out in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom (3).

               (8)

               Personal data relating to members of the group should be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (4),

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1

      The ‘expert group for technical advice on organic production’

   The expert group for technical advice on organic production, hereinafter referred to as ‘the group’, is hereby set up.
   Article 2

      Task

   The group’s task shall be to assist the Commission in:

               (a)

               evaluating products, substances and techniques which can be used in organic production, taking into account objectives and principles laid down in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;

               (b)

               improving existing rules and developing new production rules;

               (c)

               bringing about an exchange of experience and good practices in the field of organic production.

         Article 3

      Consultation

   1.   The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to the area of organic production.
   2.   The chairperson of the group may advise the Commission that it is desirable to consult the group on a specific question.
   Article 4

      Membership — Appointment

   1.   The group shall be composed of 13 members.
   2.   The members of the group shall be appointed by the Commission from specialists with competence in the areas referred to in Articles 2 and 3(1) and who have responded to the public call for applications. The Commission may also establish a pool list of candidates that could not be appointed as permanent members although they were considered suitable for a position in the group in the course of the selection procedure.
   3.   This pool list can be used to appoint replacements for members of the group or to appoint as members of the sub-groups.
   4.   The members of the group and of the sub-groups shall be appointed in a personal capacity and shall advise the Commission independently of any outside influence.
   5.   Members of the group are appointed for a three-year renewable term of office and may not serve for more than three consecutive mandates. They shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced in accordance with paragraph 6 or their term of office ends.
   6.   Members who are no longer capable of contributing effectively to the group’s deliberations, who resign or who do not comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 4 of this Article, or Article 287 of the Treaty, may be replaced for the remainder of their term of office.
   7.   Members appointed in a personal capacity shall each year sign an undertaking to act in the public interest and a declaration indicating the absence or existence of any interest which may undermine their objectivity. They shall also declare at each meeting any specific interest which may be considered as prejudicial to their independence in relation to the items on the agenda.
   8.   The names of members appointed in a personal capacity in the group and in the sub-groups and those included in the pool list shall be published on the Internet site of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development and in the Register of Expert Groups. These names shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
   Article 5

      Operation

   1.   The group elects a chairperson and two vice-chairpersons from its members by a simple majority.
   2.   In agreement with the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, sub-groups may be set up to examine specific questions under terms of reference established by the group. Such groups shall be dissolved as soon as their mandates are fulfilled. Sub-groups shall be composed of up to seven members from the members of the group or from the pool list referred to in Article 4(3).
   3.   The Commission’s representative may ask experts or observers with specific competence on a subject on the agenda to participate in the group’s or sub-group’s deliberations if this is useful or necessary.
   4.   Information obtained by participating in the deliberations of a group or sub-group shall not be divulged if, in the opinion of the Commission, that information relates to confidential matters.
   5.   The group and its sub-groups shall normally meet on Commission premises in accordance with the procedures and schedule established by it. The Commission shall provide secretarial services. Other Commission officials with an interest in the proceedings may attend meetings of the group and its sub-groups.
   6.   The group shall adopt its rules of procedure on the basis of the standard rules of procedure adopted by the Commission (5).
   7.   The Commission may publish on the Internet, in the original language of the document concerned, the agenda, the minutes, any summary, conclusion, or partial conclusion or working document of the group.
   Article 6

      Meeting expenses

   The Commission shall reimburse travel and, where appropriate, subsistence expenses for members and experts in connection with the group’s activities in accordance with the Commission’s rules on the compensation of external experts.
   No remuneration shall be paid for the services rendered under this Decision.
   Meeting expenses are reimbursed within the limits of the annual budget allocated to the group by the responsible Commission services.
   Article 7

      Entry into force

   The decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 3 June 2009.

            For the Commission

         Mariann FISCHER BOEL

            Member of the Commission

      (1)  OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.

      (2)  SEC(2004) 739.

      (3)  OJ L 317, 3.12.2001, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

      (5)  SEC(2005) 1004.


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Exemption pursuant to Article 59 (2) of the EEA Agreement - EFTA Surveillance Authority desicion not to raise objections

Official Journal C 091 , 30/03/2000 P. 0007 - 0007

Exemption pursuant to Article 59 (2) of the EEA AgreementEFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections(2000/C 91/08)Date of adoption: 16.12.1999EFTA State: LiechtensteinAid No: 99-003Title: Financial contribution to Radio LiechtensteinObjective: Compensation for services in the general interestLegal basis: Finanzbeschluß vom 24. November 1999 über die Gewährung eines Landesbeitrags an die Radio-TV AktiengesellschaftForm of aid: GrantAid amount: CHF 1,125 million


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92/220/EEC: Council Decision of 30 March 1992 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1993, the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast

Official Journal L 107 , 24/04/1992 P. 0020

COUNCIL DECISION of 30 March 1992 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1993, the fishing  rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast (92/220/EEC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast (1), signed in Conakry on 7 February 1983, as last amended by the Agreement signed in Brussels on 28  July 1987 (2),  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,  Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 15 of the aforesaid Agreement, the Community and the Republic of Guinea conducted negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period  of application of the Protocol annexed to the Agreement;  Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 11 December 1991;  Wheres, under that Protocol, Community fishermen have fishing rights in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Republic of Guinea for the period from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1993;  Whereas, in order to avoid any interruption in the fishing activities of Community vessels, it is essential that the new Protocol be applied as soon as possible; whereas, for this reason, the two Parties initialled an Agreement in the form of an  exchange of letters providing for the provisional application of the initialled Protocol from the day following the date of expiry of the interim arrangements established by the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters approved by the Council  Decision of 7 December 1989;  Whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters should be approved, pending a final decision taken on the basis of Article 43 of the Treaty,  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  Article 1  The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1993, the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement  between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.  The texts of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters and of the Protocol are attached to this Decision.  Article 2  The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the Community.  Done at Brussels, 30 March 1992.  For the Council The President Arlindo MARQUES CUNHA (1) OJ No L 111, 27. 4. 1983, p. 1.(2) OJ No L 290, 30. 1. 1987, p. 9.


title: Decision (EU) 2015/2332 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2015 on the procedural framework for the approval of the volume of euro coin issuance (ECB/2015/43)

text:
               12.12.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 328/123

         DECISION (EU) 2015/2332 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
   of 4 December 2015
   on the procedural framework for the approval of the volume of euro coin issuance (ECB/2015/43)
   THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first sentence of Article 128(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               The Member States whose currency is the euro (hereinafter the ‘euro area Member States’) have the right to issue euro coins subject to approval by the European Central Bank (ECB) of the volume of the issue.

               (2)

               Where a derogation in favour of a Member State is abrogated, that Member State should be entitled to participate in the approval procedure in the year prior to the cash changeover so that it may exercise its right to issue euro coins from the day it becomes a euro area Member State.

               (3)

               As required by Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 651/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council (1), issuances of collector coins should be accounted for on an aggregate basis in the volume of coin issuance to be approved by the ECB.

               (4)

               Rules related to the procedural framework for the approval of the volume of coin issuance should be established.

               (5)

               In order to obtain the approval of the ECB, the euro area Member States should submit approval requests to the ECB.

               (6)

               While methodologies to estimate coin demand may vary to a certain extent across the euro area Member States, the ECB needs to be provided with a certain minimum level of information to verify the demand for the volume of coin issuance requested for approval.

               (7)

               The volumes of coin issuance approved should not be surpassed without the ECB's prior approval.

               (8)

               To allow the euro area Member States enough time to compile the requested data, this Decision should only take effect on 1 January 2016,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Definitions
   For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply:

               (1)

               ‘circulation coins’ and ‘commemorative coins’ have the same meaning as in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EU) No 729/2014 (2);

               (2)

               ‘collector coins’ has the same meaning as in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 651/2012;

               (3)

               ‘volume of coin issuance’ refers to the net difference, in terms of face value, between the cumulative volume of euro coins issued by a euro area Member State and the cumulative volume of euro coins returned to that euro area Member State during the respective calendar year.

         Article 2
   Annual approval request
   1.   Each euro area Member State shall, on an annual basis, submit a request to the ECB for the approval of the volume of coin issuance attributable to that Member State in the following year. The request shall be submitted no later than 30 September of the year preceding the year for which the request is made.
   2.   The request shall be based on the estimated coin demand in the requesting euro area Member State and shall distinguish between circulation coins and collector coins. Each request shall include a general explanation of the methodology used to estimate demand.
   3.   For circulation coins, the volume requested may include an additional amount in excess of estimated demand to provide a reasonable safety margin.
   4.   For circulation coins, the request shall include the following information:

               (a)

               the circulation figure as at 30 June or an alternative date of the year preceding the year for which the request is made and which is used to estimate coin demand for the year for which the request is made in accordance with the methodology selected by the requesting euro area Member State;

               (b)

               any other relevant data required to assess the request made by the euro area Member State in accordance with the methodology selected by the requesting euro area Member State;

               (c)

               whether and to what extent the volume requested includes an additional amount in accordance with paragraph 3; and

               (d)

               the volume of coin issuance for which approval is requested.

         5.   Additional information to be supplied in relation to circulation coins may include, where available and considered important by the requesting euro area Member State to substantiate the approval request:

               (a)

               key factors impacting on coin demand at national level;

               (b)

               more detailed information on the coin demand broken down by denomination; and

               (c)

               whether and to what extent coin demand at national level is influenced by coin demand from other euro area Member States.

         6.   For collector coins, the request shall contain the following information:

               (a)

               the overall volume, measured by aggregate face value, of coin issuance of collector coins, including a list of the denominations of the collector coins; and

               (b)

               whether a safety margin has been included in the request to cater for as yet unknown events to be commemorated by euro collector coins.

         7.   Where an agreement has been concluded between the European Union and a state or territory which is not a Member State of the European Union regarding the entitlement of the state or territory to use the euro as its official currency (hereinafter a ‘monetary agreement’) and that monetary agreement grants the state or territory the right to issue euro coins, the volume of coin issuance by that state or territory shall be added to the annual request of the euro area Member State specified in the monetary agreement.
   8.   Where a derogation in favour of a Member State is abrogated, the ECB shall process, in the year prior to the cash changeover, a request voluntarily made by such a Member State in line with the requirements of this Article for the approval of the volume of coin issuance attributable to that Member State following the cash changeover.
   9.   The Governing Council shall adopt a decision on the approval of the annual volume of coin issuance for the euro area before the end of the calendar year preceding the year for which the requests for approval are made.
   Article 3
   Notification and ad hoc approval request
   1.   The volume of coin issuance approved by the ECB for each euro area Member State in a calendar year shall not be exceeded at any time during that calendar year without prior approval by the ECB.
   2.   Euro area Member States shall continuously monitor coin demand. If the actual demand for euro coins in a euro area Member State is likely to exceed the approved volume of coin issuance for that calendar year, that Member State shall immediately notify the ECB.
   3.   The notification shall include the following information:

               (a)

               the coin denomination or denominations for which the demand is higher than expected; and

               (b)

               a detailed description of the key factors causing the unexpected increase in coin demand.

         4.   Within ten ECB business days of receipt of the notification, the ECB, at an operational level not requiring the involvement of the ECB's decision-making bodies, may pre-assess the notification and provide non-binding guidance to the notifying euro area Member State. In particular, the ECB may recommend increasing the additional volume of coin issuance where the notified higher coin demand appears to be insufficient to meet the actual demand, leading to a possible breach of the obligation under paragraph 1.
   5.   Where the increased coin demand continues to exist following the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 4, the euro area Member State shall make an ad hoc approval request for an additional volume of coin issuance to the ECB without undue delay.
   6.   The ad hoc approval request shall specify the proposed increase in the volume of coin issuance and provide detailed information on the key factors causing the unexpected increase in coin demand not anticipated in the annual approval request.
   7.   The Governing Council shall adopt an individual decision on the ad hoc approval request.
   Article 4
   Taking effect
   This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2016.
   Article 5
   Addressees
   This Decision is addressed to the euro area Member States.

      Done at Frankfurt am Main, 4 December 2015.

            The President of the ECB

         Mario DRAGHI

      (1)  Regulation (EU) No 651/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the issuance of euro coins (OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 135).

      (2)  Council Regulation (EU) No 729/2014 of 24 June 2014 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 194, 2.7.2014, p. 1).


title: 2007/376/EC: Council Decision of 15 February 2007 on the signature and provisional application of a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

text:
               2.6.2007

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 141/67

      COUNCIL DECISION

   of 15 February 2007
   on the signature and provisional application of a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
   (2007/376/EC)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 57(2), 71, 80(2), 133(1), 133(5) and 181 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
   Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 23 October 2006 the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, to negotiate with Mexico a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (2), to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

               (2)

               These negotiations have been concluded satisfactorily.

               (3)

               The text of the Second Additional Protocol provides for the provisional application of the Protocol before its entry into force.

               (4)

               Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Second Additional Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Community and the Member States,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
   The text of the Second Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.
   Article 2
   The European Community and its Member States shall apply provisionally the terms of the Second Additional Protocol as from the date of its signature, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

      Done at Brussels, 15 February 2007.

            For the Council

            The President

         W. SCHÄUBLE

      (1)  OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 203.

      (2)  OJ L 276, 28.10.2000, p. 45.

         SECOND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

      to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
      THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,
      THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
      THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,
      THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
      THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,
      THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
      THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,
      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
      IRELAND,
      THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
      THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,
      THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,
      THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,
      THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,
      THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,
      THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA,
      THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,
      THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
      THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,
      THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,
      THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,
      THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,
      THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
      THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
      THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
      hereinafter referred to as ‘European Community Member States’,
      THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,
      hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’,
      THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES,
      hereinafter referred to as ‘Mexico’,
      and
      THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,
      ROMANIA,
      hereinafter referred to as ‘the New Member States’,
      WHEREAS the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Mexico, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997 and entered into force on 1 October 2000;
      WHEREAS the first Additional Protocol to the Agreement was signed in Mexico City on 2 April 2004 and in Brussels on 29 April 2004;
      WHEREAS the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘Treaty of Accession’) was signed in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005;
      WHEREAS, pursuant to the Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession attached to that Treaty of Accession, the incorporation of the New Member States to the Agreement is to be formalised by the conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement;
      WHEREAS Article 55 of the Agreement states: ‘For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘the parties’ shall mean, on the one hand, the Community or its Member States or the Community and its Member States, in accordance with their respective areas of competence, as derived from the Treaty establishing the European Community and, on the other hand, Mexico’;
      WHEREAS Article 56 of the Agreement states: ‘This Agreement shall apply to the territory in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied under the conditions laid down in that Treaty, on the one hand, and to the territory of the United Mexican States, on the other’;
      WHEREAS Article 59 of the Agreement states: ‘This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic’;
      WHEREAS the first Additional Protocol to the Agreement takes account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union;
      WHEREAS the Agreement was authenticated in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian language versions under the same conditions as the versions drawn up in the original languages of the Agreement;
      WHEREAS the Community, in view of the date of accession of the New Member States to the European Union, may need to apply the provisions of this Protocol before having completed all internal procedures required for its entry into force;
      WHEREAS Article 5(3) of this Protocol would allow for the Protocol to be applied provisionally by the Community and its Member States before they had completed their internal procedures required for its entry into force,
      HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
      Article 1
      The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania are hereby incorporated as Parties to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part.
      Article 2
      Within six months of the initialling of this Protocol the Community shall communicate to the Member States and to Mexico the Bulgarian and Romanian language versions of the Agreement. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol the new language versions shall become authentic under the same conditions as the versions drawn up in the present languages of the Agreement.
      Article 3
      This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.
      Article 4
      This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
      Article 5
      1.   This Protocol shall be signed and approved by the Community, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States and by Mexico in accordance with their respective procedures.
      2.   This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.
      3.   Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the Parties agree that, pending the completion of the internal procedures of the Community and its Member States for the entry into force of the Protocol, they shall apply the provisions of this Protocol for a maximum period of 12 months from the first day of the month following the date on which the Community and its Member States give notification of the completion of their procedures necessary for that purpose and Mexico gives notification of the completion of its procedures necessary for entry into force of the Protocol.
      4.   Notification shall be sent to the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union who shall be the depositary for the Agreement.

         Cъставено в Брюкссл на двалесет и първи февруари две хиляди и седма година.
         Hecho en Bruselas, el veintiuno de febrero del dos mil siete.
         V Bruselu dne dvacátého prvního února dva tísíce sedm.
         Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den enogtyvende februar to tusind og syv.
         Geschehen zu Brüssel am einundzwanzigsten Februar zweitausendsieben.
         Kahe tuhande kuuenda aasta veebruarikuu kahekümne esimesel päeval Brüsselis.
         Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι μία Φεβρουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.
         Done at Brussels on the twenty-first day of February in the year two thousand and seven.
         Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt et un février deux mille sept.
         Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventuno febbraio duemilasette.
         Briselē, divtūkstoš septītā gada divdesmit pirmajā februārī.
         Priimta du tūkstančiai septintų metų vasario dvidešimt pirmą dieną Briuselyje.
         Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer hetedik év február havának huszonegyedik napján.
         Maghmul fi Brussell, fil-wiehed u ghoxrin jum ta' Frar tas-sena elfejn u sebgha.
         Gedaan te Brussel, de eenentwintigste februari tweeduizend zeven.
         Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia dwudziestego pierwszego lutego roku dwa tysiące siódmego.
         Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e um de Fevereiro de dois mil e sete.
         Întocmit la Bruxelles, douăzeci și unu februarie două mii șapte.
         V Bruseli dvadsiateho prvého februára dvetisícsedem.
         V Bruslju, enaindvajsetega februarja leta dva tisoč sedem.
         Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäensimmäisenä päivänä helmikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsemän.
         Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugoförsta februari tjugohundrasju.

            За държавите-членки
            Рог los Estados miembros
            Za členské státy
            For medlemsstaterne
            Für die Mitgliedstaaten
            Liikmesriikide nimel
            Για τα κράτη μέλη
            For the Member States
            Pour les États membres
            Per gli Stati membri
            Dalībvalstu vārdā
            Valstybių narių vardu
            A tagállamok részéről
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2003/582/CFSP: Council Decision 2003/582/CFSP of 21 July 2003 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation on the participation of that State in the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Official Journal L 197 , 05/08/2003 P. 0037 - 0037

Council Decision 2003/582/CFSPof 21 July 2003concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation on the participation of that State in the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and HerzegovinaTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 24 thereof,Having regard to the Recommendation from the Presidency,Whereas:(1) The Council adopted Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP of 11 March 2002 on the European Union Police Mission(1) and Joint Actions 2003/141/CFSP of 27 February 2003(2) and 2003/188/CFSP of 17 March 2003(3) amending Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission.(2) Article 8(3) of the Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP provides that detailed arrangements regarding the participation of third States to the EUPM shall be subject to agreements pursuant to Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union.(3) Following the Council Decision of 14 October 2002 authorising the Presidency to open negotiations, the Presidency negotiated an Agreement with the Russian Federation on its participation to the EUPM.(4) The European Union and the Russian Federation have agreed that the text of the Agreement should be annexed to an Exchange of Letters, and that the Agreement should be applied provisionally as of signature, pending its entry into force.(5) This Exchange of Letters should be signed and the Agreement should be approved on behalf of the European Union,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1The Exchange of Letters and the Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation on the participation of this State in the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina annexed thereto are hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.The texts of the Exchange of Letters and of the Agreement are attached to this Decision.Article 21. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Exchange of Letters in order to bind the European Union.2. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to proceed to the notification referred to in the Exchange of Letters.Article 3This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.Article 4This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication.Done at Brussels, 21 July 2003.For the CouncilThe PresidentF. Frattini(1) OJ L 70, 13.3.2002, p. 1.(2) OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 63.(3) OJ L 73, 19.3.2003, p. 9.


title: Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 laying down the procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding

text:
               9.4.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               C 112/1

         DECISION OF THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 29 March 2004 (1)

   laying down the procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding
   2011/C 112/01
   THE BUREAU,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 191 thereof,
   Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding (2), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
   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) (hereinafter ‘the Financial Regulation’), Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4) (hereinafter ‘the regulation laying down detailed implementing rules’),
   Having regard to Rule 23(11) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               There is a need to lay down the procedures for awarding and managing grants intended to contribute to the funding of political parties at European level and political foundations at European level;

               (2)

               Financial support for political parties at European level and for political foundations at European level constitute an operating grant within the meaning of Article 108 et seq. of the Financial Regulation,

               (3)

               Financial support for political foundations at European level is accessory to financial support for political parties at European level, as it is conditioned on the former's affiliation to a political party at European level and on former's complementary role in achieving the long-term objectives of the latter. For reasons of sound financial management and transparency, each award of financial support shall be the subject of a Bureau decision of which the beneficiary shall be notified.

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Subject-matter
   These rules lay down the procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding.
   Unless explicitly stated otherwise, these rules apply both to political parties at European level, hereinafter ‘parties’, and to political foundations at European level, hereinafter ‘foundations’.
   Article 1a
   For the funding of parties and foundations, the Bureau shall adopt at the beginning of every parliamentary term an indicative multiannual financial framework, based on reference values for the basic amount per party and for the additional amount linked to the number of MEPs being a member of the party concerned. This framework will constitute the prime reference for the budgetary authority of the European Parliament during the annual budgetary procedure, without affecting the powers of the budgetary authority as defined by the Treaty.
   Article 2
   Call for proposals
   The European Parliament shall publish each year, before the end of the first half of the year, a call for proposals with a view to the awarding of grants to fund parties and foundations. The published document shall set out the eligibility criteria, the arrangements for the provision of Community funding and the proposed timetable for the award procedure.
   Article 3
   Funding application
   1.   For the purposes of implementing Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003, any organisation wishing to receive a grant from the general budget of the European Union shall submit a written application to the President of the European Parliament prior to the 1 October preceding the financial year in respect of which the grant is being requested. The conditions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 must be met on the date when the application is submitted and be maintained throughout the entire funding period.
   2.   The grant application form is annexed to these rules (Annex 1). It is available on Parliament’s Internet site.
   3.   All notifications pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 shall be forwarded to the President of the European Parliament.
   Article 4
   Decision on the funding application
   1.   On a proposal from the Secretary-General, the Bureau shall assess funding applications on the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 with a view to determining which applications are eligible for funding. The Bureau and, when the Bureau decision is being prepared, the Secretary-General may ask an applicant to submit further supporting documents or to clarify the supporting documents attached to the application, by a deadline which they shall lay down.
   2.   Before 1 January of the financial year in respect of which the grant is being requested, the Bureau shall draw up the list of beneficiaries and the amounts of the grants awarded. Should a grant application not be approved, the Bureau shall set out in the same decision the grounds for rejecting the application, in particular in the light of the criteria laid down in Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003.
   Should it not be possible, on account of the date of the last Bureau meeting before the parliamentary Christmas break, to finalise the examination of the applications in due time, the deadline laid down in subparagraph 1 may in exceptional cases be extended.
   The Bureau decision shall be adopted on the basis of the assessment provided for in paragraph 1. It shall take account of any changes which have occurred in an applicant’s situation following submission of the application, on the basis of notifications received pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 and changes which are common knowledge.
   Pursuant to Article 10(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003, the grant amount to be awarded to each party shall be determined on the basis of the number of MEPs being a member of the applicant party on the final date for submission of applications, except where the number of MEPs increases following the accession of new Member States.
   When, due to a change in the number of organisations applying for funding or the number of MEPs having joined an applicant party, the reference amounts for the applicants are significantly different from those which could be expected under Article 1a, the Secretary-General shall immediately inform the Bureau, which may invite the President to submit a proposal to the competent committee with a view to adapting the available appropriations.
   3.   The Secretary-General, or a person duly authorised by him, shall inform applicants in writing of the decision taken on their applications. In cases where an application has been approved, the notification shall incorporate, as an annex, the grant award decision of the Bureau. In cases where an application has not been approved, the notification shall include the grounds for rejection set out by the Bureau. Applicants whose applications have been rejected by the Bureau shall be informed of that fact within 15 calendar days following notification to beneficiaries of the decision to award a grant.
   Article 5
   Grant award decision
   A grant awarded to a beneficiary shall be the subject of a grant award decision made by the Bureau and notified to the beneficiary, pursuant to Article 108(1), last subparagraph, second alternative, of the Financial Regulation. A copy of the draft grant award decision is annexed to these rules (Annex 2).
   Article 6
   Payment
   1.   Unless the Bureau decides otherwise, grants shall be paid to beneficiaries in the form of pre-financing in one instalment of 80 % of the maximum amount of the grant within 15 days following the date of the grant award decision. 100 % pre-financing of the maximum grant amount shall be permitted provided the beneficiary supplies a guarantee pursuant to Article 182 of the Financial Regulation Implementing Rules covering 40 % of the grant awarded.
   2.   The balance shall be paid once the period of eligibility for Community funding has come to an end, on the basis of the expenditure actually incurred by the beneficiary in implementing the work programme. If the total amount of the preceding payments exceeds the figure determined for the final grant, the European Parliament shall recover the sums unduly paid.
   3.   By 15 May and at the latest by 30 June following the end of the financial year, the beneficiary shall submit the following documents with a view to enabling Parliament to pay the balance of the grant:

               —

               a final report on the implementation of the work programme, as defined in Annex 1, Section II(2.1);

               —

               a final financial statement of the eligible expenditure actually incurred, based on the structure of the provisional budget;

               —

               a comprehensive summary of revenue and expenditure corresponding to the beneficiary’s accounts for the period of eligibility covered by the grant award decision, specifying, where parties are concerned, the amount of the surplus carried over by the party to the next financial year and the amount to be provided for the financial reserve;

               —

               the list provided for in Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation 2004/2003, specifying the donors and their respective donation exceeding EUR 500 per year and per donor;

               —

               a list of contracts, with the exception of lease contracts for the bureaux and the employment contracts of the salaried personnel, exceeding EUR 10 000, with specification of the contractual partner and the address thereof and the scope of the goods or services;

               —

               a report on an external audit of the beneficiary’s accounts carried out by an independent body or expert authorised under national law to audit accounts and appointed by Parliament for all political parties and foundations at European level.

         4.   The purpose of the external audit shall be to certify that:

               —

               financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the national legislation applicable to the beneficiary, are free of material misstatement and show a true and fair view of the financial position and the operating results;

               —

               the financial documents submitted by the beneficiary to Parliament are consistent with the financial provisions of the Bureau's grant award decision;

               —

               the expenditure declared was actually incurred;

               —

               the statement of revenue is exhaustive;

               —

               the obligations arising out of Articles 6, 7, 8 and 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 have been met;

               —

               where grants to parties are concerned, any surplus carried over to the next financial year has been used in the first quarter of the financial year, pursuant to Article 6a.

               —

               where grants to parties are concerned, the obligations arising out of Article 109(4) of the Financial Regulation have been met.

         The auditor shall be mandated by Parliament, subject to the tender procedures in force under the Financial Regulation. The auditor’s fees shall be paid by Parliament.
   5.   Upon receipt of the documents referred to in paragraph 3, and within two months, the Bureau, acting on a proposal from the Secretary-General, shall approve the final report on the implementation of the work programme and the final financial statement.
   The Bureau and, when the Bureau decision is being prepared, the Secretary-General may ask the beneficiary to supply supporting documents or any further information it regards as necessary to enable it to approve the final report and the final financial statement. The beneficiary shall have 15 days in which to submit the supporting documents concerned.
   After hearing the representatives of the beneficiary concerned, the Bureau may reject the final report and the final financial statement and call for the submission of a fresh report and a fresh financial statement. The beneficiary shall have 15 days in which to submit a fresh report and a fresh financial statement.
   Should Parliament not respond in writing within the two-month period referred to above, the final report and the final financial statement shall be deemed to have been approved.
   6.   The beneficiary shall notify Parliament of the amount of interest or equivalent benefits generated by the pre-financing received from Parliament. The notification must be forwarded with the application for payment of the balance which settles the pre-financing procedure. That interest shall be the subject of a recovery order issued by the Secretary-General or his delegate.
   Article 6a
   Carry-over to the next financial year and reserve account (applicable to parties only)
   1.   Revenue surplus
   The revenue surplus of financial year N that may, under the terms of Article 109(4) of the Financial Regulation, be carried over to the next financial year and entered in a specific reserve is constituted by the difference between the total eligible expenditure and

               (a)

               the amount of the initial grant awarded by the European Parliament for financial year N, pursuant to Article 4(2), and

               (b)

               the party’s own resources earmarked to cover eligible expenditure, the party having previously covered non-eligible expenditure using own resources only, and

               (c)

               any surplus carried over from financial year N-1.

         2.   Carry-over to the next financial year

               (a)

               The revenue surplus that may be carried over to financial year N+1 may not exceed 25 % of the total revenue referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b).

               (b)

               The amount actually carried over shall be entered on the closing balance sheet for financial year N as a ‘provision to be carried over to financial year N+1 to cover eligible costs to be incurred in the first quarter of N+1’. The allocation to that provision shall constitute an eligible cost coming under financial year N.

               (c)

               The provision in question shall be recorded in the profit and loss account for financial year N+1. An interim settlement of account to be made on 31 March of year N+1 shall determine the eligible expenditure actually incurred as at that date. If the provision is greater than that expenditure, the difference between the two amounts shall be deducted from the grant when the final grant for year N is laid down in accordance with Article 7.

         3.   Specific reserve account

               (a)

               The closing balance sheet liabilities may include a specific reserve account to which the sole funds credited shall be the revenue surplus referred to in paragraph 1.

               (b)

               The revenue surplus assignable to the specific reserve account may not exceed the difference between the revenue referred to in paragraph 1(b) and the minimum notional portion (15 %) of own resources necessary to cover eligible expenditure actually incurred or included in the provision to be carried over to financial year N+1.

               (c)

               The specific reserve account may not be credited with any sum bringing its total amount above the reference amount provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 109(4) of the Financial Regulation, defined as the arithmetic mean of the total revenue of the last three financial years.

         Article 7
   Determining the final grant
   1.   Irrespective of the information obtained subsequently in connection with the checks and audits, after hearing the representatives of the beneficiary making the request to be heard, the Bureau shall determine the amount of the final grant to be awarded to the beneficiary on the basis of the documents referred to in Article 6(3) which it has approved.
   2.   Under no circumstances may the total amount paid to the beneficiary by Parliament exceed:

               —

               the maximum amount of the grant laid down in Article I.3.2 of the grant award decision;

               —

               85 % of the eligible expenditure actually incurred.

         3.   The grant shall be limited to the amount needed to balance revenue and eligible expenditure in the operating budget of the beneficiary which implemented the work programme and under no circumstances shall it produce a profit for the beneficiary, after application of Article 109(4) of the Financial Regulation and Article 6a of these rules. Any surplus shall give rise to a corresponding reduction in the amount of the grant.
   4.   On the basis of the amount of the final grant determined in this way and the cumulative amount of the payments previously made under the grant award decision, the Bureau shall lay down the amount of the balance to be paid, which shall be equal to the amounts still due to the beneficiary. If the cumulative amount of the payments previously made exceeds the amount of the final grant, the Secretary-General or his delegate shall issue a recovery order in respect of the excess amount.
   Article 8
   Suspension and reduction of the grant
   On a proposal from the Secretary-General, the Bureau shall suspend payments and reduce the grant, and, if appropriate, shall revoke the grant award decision, and may request appropriate repayment,

               (a)

               in the event of the grant being used to cover expenditure not authorised by Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003;

               (b)

               in the event of failure to provide the notification laid down in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003;

               (c)

               in the event of failure to meet the conditions and obligations laid down in Articles 3 and 6 respectively of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003;

               (d)

               should one of the circumstances described in Article 93 or 94 of the Financial Regulation arise.

         Before taking a decision, the Bureau shall give the beneficiary the chance to comment on the irregularities established.
   Article 9
   Recovery
   1.   If amounts have been unduly paid to the beneficiary or if a recovery procedure is justified under the terms of the grant award decision, the beneficiary shall repay the amounts concerned to Parliament, in accordance with the terms and by the deadline laid down by Parliament.
   2.   Should the beneficiary fail to make the repayment by the deadline laid down by Parliament, the latter shall charge on the sums due late-payment interest at the rate laid down in Article II.13.3 of the grant award decision. The late-payment interest shall cover the period between the deadline laid down for repayment, exclusive, and the date on which Parliament receives full repayment of the sums due, inclusive.
   Article 10
   Checks and audits
   1.   The regular verification pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 shall be carried out by the Secretary-General.
   2.   The beneficiary shall supply all the detailed information requested to Parliament, or to any other external body authorised by Parliament, so that the latter can verify the proper implementation of the work programme and the provisions of the grant award decision.
   3.   The beneficiary shall keep at Parliament’s disposal all the original documents, in particular accounting, bank and tax documents, or, in duly substantiated exceptional cases, certified true copies of the original documents, relating to the grant award decision for a period of five years from the date on which the balance of the amounts due, as referred to in Article I.4 of the grant award decision, is paid.
   4.   The beneficiary shall facilitate the performance by Parliament, either directly by Parliament staff or by any other external body Parliament has authorised to that effect, of an audit of the way the grant has been used. Such audits may be carried out throughout the lifetime of the grant award decision, up to the date on which the balance is paid, and for a period of five years as from the date on which the balance is paid. If appropriate, the audit findings may give rise to recovery decisions by the Bureau.
   5.   The grant award decision shall expressly provide for auditing by the European Parliament and the Court of Auditors, on the basis of records and on the spot, of the beneficiary which has received a grant from the general budget of the European Union.
   Ex-post checks shall be conducted by the authorising officer referred to in § 107 and 115 of the European Parliament Decision of 5 May 2010 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section I - European Parliament.
   6.   Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) (5), OLAF may also carry out checks and verifications on the spot, in accordance with the procedures laid down by Community law with a view to protecting the financial interests of the European Communities against fraud and other irregularities. If appropriate, the findings may give rise to recovery decisions by the Bureau.
   Article 11
   Technical assistance
   1.   On a proposal from the Secretary-General, the Bureau may grant parties technical assistance, in accordance with the Bureau decision of 14 March 2000 governing the use of Parliament's premises by outside bodies, as amended by the decision of 2 June 2003, and any other form of technical assistance provided for by subsequent rules. The Bureau may delegate to the Secretary-General the power to take certain types of decisions concerning the granting of technical assistance.
   In this regard and in application of Article 1(2), political foundations shall be treated in the same way as political parties.
   2.   Each year, within three months following the end of the financial year, the Secretary-General shall submit to the Bureau a report setting out details of the technical assistance provided by Parliament to each party. The report shall then be published on Parliament's Internet site.
   Article 11a
   Rules for election campaigns
   In good time before the 2009 elections to the European Parliament, the Bureau may adopt rules on the eligibility of parties' expenses in connection with campaigns conducted by parties in the context of the elections to the European Parliament.
   Article 12
   Publicity
   1.   The European Parliament shall publish on its Internet site at least the information referred to in Article 9a of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 and in Article 169 of Regulation (EC) No 2342/2002 during the first six months of the following financial year.
   2.   The beneficiary shall publish at least the information detailed in Article 6(1) of the Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 by 30 September following the financial year in respect of which the grant has been awarded on its Internet site, or where there is no such site, in an appropriate media.
   Article 13
   Right of appeal
   Decisions taken pursuant to these rules may be the subject of an appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Communities or the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, in accordance with the conditions laid down by the Treaty.
   Article 14
   Transitional rules for the financial year 2008
   1.   The European Parliament will communicate to the parties concerned, as soon as possible after adoption of the modifications to these rules on 18 February 2008, the information in respect of affiliated foundations referred to in Article 2.
   2.   Where a party submits, on the basis of the modifications introduced by the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 or by the present rules, a supplementary application, within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1524/2007,

               (a)

               for its own funding: the Authorising Officer by delegation is delegated to sign the corresponding amending grant agreement without a further Bureau decision;

               (b)

               for funding of a foundation: the dates of 1 November and 1 February, laid down in Article 3(1) and Article 4(2), are replaced by 28 March and 28 June.

         Article 15
   Revision of the rules
   Before 30 September 2010 the Secretary-General of Parliament shall submit to the Bureau a report on the implementation of these rules. If appropriate, that report shall set out any proposed changes to be made to these rules and to the arrangements for funding European political parties as laid down by Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003.
   Article 16
   Entry into force
   The modifications adopted by the Bureau on 2 February 2011 shall apply as from the grant award procedure for 2012. These rules will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and on the website of the European Parliament.

      (1)  Amended by the Bureau decision of 1 February 2006, 18 February 2008 and 2 February 2011. The present publication concerns a consolidated version of the Bureau decision of 29 March 2004, as last amended by Bureau Decision of 2 February 2011.

      (2)  OJ L 297, 15.11.2003, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1.

      (5)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 1.

      ANNEX 1

      ANNEX 2a

         PARTY

         ANNEX

            Breakdown of the provisional operating budget

                        Expenditure

                     Eligible expenditure

                     Budget

                     Actual

                        A.1:   Personnel costs

                                 1.

                                 Salaries

                                 2.

                                 Contributions

                                 3.

                                 Professional training

                                 4.

                                 Staff missions expenses

                                 5.

                                 Other personnel costs

                        A.2:   Infrastructure and operating costs

                                 1.

                                 Rent, charges and maintenance costs

                                 2.

                                 Costs relating to installation, operation and maintenance of equipment

                                 3.

                                 Depreciation of movable and immovable property

                                 4.

                                 Stationery and office supplies

                                 5.

                                 Postal and telecommunications charges

                                 6.

                                 Printing, translation and reproduction costs

                                 7.

                                 Other infrastructure costs

                        A.3:   Administrative expenditure

                                 1.

                                 Documentation costs (newspapers, press agencies, databases)

                                 2.

                                 Costs of studies and research

                                 3.

                                 Legal costs

                                 4.

                                 Accounting and audit costs

                                 5.

                                 Support to affiliated organisations and subsidies to third parties

                                 6.

                                 Miscellaneous administrative costs

                        A.4:   Meetings and representation costs

                                 1.

                                 Costs of meetings

                                 2.

                                 Participation in seminars and conferences

                                 3.

                                 Representation costs

                                 4.

                                 Costs of invitations

                                 5.

                                 Other meeting-related costs

                        A.5:   Information and publication costs

                                 1.

                                 Publication costs

                                 2.

                                 Creation and operation of Internet sites

                                 3.

                                 Publicity costs

                                 4.

                                 Communications equipment (gadgets)

                                 5.

                                 Seminar and exhibitions

                                 6.

                                 Election campaigns (1)

                                 7.

                                 Other information-related costs

                                    A.6:

                                 Expenditure relating to contributions in kind

                                    A.7:

                                 Allocation to ‘Provision to cover eligible expenditure to be incurred in the first quarter of N+1’
                                  (1)

                                 A.

                                 TOTAL ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE

                        B.1   Non-eligible expenditure

                                 1.

                                 Allocations to other provisions

                                 2.

                                 Financial charges

                                 3.

                                 Exchange losses

                                 4.

                                 Doubtful claims on third parties

                                 5.

                                 Others (to be specified)

                                 B.

                                 TOTAL NON-ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE

                                 C.

                                 TOTAL EXPENDITURE

                        Revenue

                     Budget

                     Actual

                                 D.1

                                 Dissolution of ‘Provision to cover eligible costs to be incurred in the first quarter of N’ (1)

                                 D.2

                                 European Parliament grant

                                 D.3

                                 membership fees

                                 3.1

                                 from member parties

                                 3.2

                                 from individual members

                                 D.4

                                 Donations

                                 4.1

                                 above 500 EUR

                                 4.2

                                 below 500 EUR

                                 D.5

                                 Other own resources (to cover eligible expenditure) (to be listed)

                                 D.6

                                 Contributions in kind

                                 D.

                                 REVENUE (to cover eligible expenditure)

                                 E.1

                                 Additional other own resources (to cover non-eligible expenditure) (to be listed)

                                 E.

                                 REVENUE (to cover non-eligible expenditure

                                 F.

                                 TOTAL REVENUE

                                 G.

                                 profit/loss (F-C)

                                 H.1

                                 Allocation of own resources to the specific reserve account (1)

                                 H.

                                 Profit/loss for verifying compliance with the no-profit rule (G-H.1) (1)

            (1)  Not applicable to political foundations at European level.

      ANNEX 2B

         FOUNDATIONS

         ANNEX

            Breakdown of the provisional operating budget

                        Expenditure

                     Eligible expenditure

                     Budget

                     Actual

                        A.1:   Personnel costs

                                 1.

                                 Salaries

                                 2.

                                 Contributions

                                 3.

                                 Professional training

                                 4.

                                 Staff missions expenses

                                 5.

                                 Other personnel costs

                        A.2:   Infrastructure and operating costs

                                 1.

                                 Rent, charges and maintenance costs

                                 2.

                                 Costs relating to installation, operation and maintenance of equipment

                                 3.

                                 Depreciation of movable and immovable property

                                 4.

                                 Stationery and office supplies

                                 5.

                                 Postal and telecommunications charges

                                 6.

                                 Printing, translation and reproduction costs

                                 7.

                                 Other infrastructure costs

                        A.3:   Administrative expenditure

                                 1.

                                 Documentation costs (newspapers, press agencies, databases)

                                 2.

                                 Costs of studies and research

                                 3.

                                 Legal costs

                                 4.

                                 Accounting and audit costs

                                 5.

                                 Support to affiliated organisations and subsidies to third parties

                                 6.

                                 Miscellaneous administrative costs

                        A.4:   Meetings and representation costs

                                 1.

                                 Costs of meetings

                                 2.

                                 Participation in seminars and conferences

                                 3.

                                 Representation costs

                                 4.

                                 Costs of invitations

                                 5.

                                 Other meeting-related costs

                        A.5:   Information and publication costs

                                 1.

                                 Publication costs

                                 2.

                                 Creation and operation of Internet sites

                                 3.

                                 Publicity costs

                                 4.

                                 Communications equipment (gadgets)

                                 5.

                                 Seminar and exhibitions

                                 6.

                                 Election campaigns (1)

                                 7.

                                 Other information-related costs

                                    A.6:

                                 Expenditure relating to contributions in kind

                                    A.7:

                                 Allocation to ‘Provision to cover eligible expenditure to be incurred in the first quarter of N+1’
                                  (1)

                                 A.

                                 TOTAL ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE

                        B.1   Non-eligible expenditure

                                 1.

                                 Allocations to other provisions

                                 2.

                                 Financial charges

                                 3.

                                 Exchange losses

                                 4.

                                 Doubtful claims on third parties

                                 5.

                                 Others (to be specified)

                                 B.

                                 TOTAL NON-ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE

                                 C.

                                 TOTAL EXPENDITURE

                        Revenue

                     Budget

                     Actual

                                 D.1

                                 Dissolution of ‘Provision to cover eligible costs to be incurred in the first quarter of N’ (1)

                                 D.2

                                 European Parliament grant

                                 D.3

                                 membership fees

                                 3.1

                                 from member parties

                                 3.2

                                 from individual members

                                 D.4

                                 Donations

                                 4.1

                                 above 500 EUR

                                 4.2

                                 below 500 EUR

                                 D.5

                                 Other own resources (to cover eligible expenditure) (to be listed)

                                 D.6

                                 Contributions in kind

                                 D.

                                 REVENUE (to cover eligible expenditure)

                                 E.1

                                 Additional other own resources (to cover non-eligible expenditure) (to be listed)

                                 E.

                                 REVENUE (to cover non-eligible expenditure

                                 F.

                                 TOTAL REVENUE

                                 G.

                                 profit/loss (F-C)

                                 H.1

                                 Allocation of own resources to the specific reserve account (1)

                                 H.

                                 Profit/loss for verifying compliance with the no-profit rule (G-H.1) (1)

            (1)  Not applicable to political foundations at European level.


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31996D0191

96/191/EC: Council Decision of 26 February 1996 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention)

Official Journal L 061 , 12/03/1996 P. 0031 - 0031

COUNCIL DECISION of 26 February 1996 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention) (96/191/EC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130s (1) in conjunction with Article 228 (2) and (3), first subparagraph, thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),Whereas the Commission has been involved, on behalf of the Community, in the negotiations aimed at the conclusion of the Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention); whereas that Convention was signed on behalf of the Community on 7 November 1991;Whereas the conclusion of the Convention forms part of the involvement of the Community in the international activities on the protection of the environment recommended in the Council resolution of 16 December 1992 on the fifth Programme of Action by the European Communities on the Environment;Whereas the protection of the Alps is a major challenge to all Member States owing to the cross-frontier nature of the economic, social and ecological problems of the Alpine area;Whereas the Community should therefore approve the said Convention;Whereas, in order to permit the rapid entry into force of that Convention, it is necessary that the Member States which have signed the said Convention should complete as soon as possible their ratification, acceptance or approval procedures relating to the said Convention in order to enable the Community and those Member States to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1 The Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision.Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Community, the instrument of approval with the Republic of Austria in accordance with Article 12 of the Convention.Done at Brussels, 26 February 1996.For the CouncilThe PresidentW. LUCCHETTI(1) OJ No C 278, 5. 10. 1994, p. 8.(2) OJ No C 18, 23. 1. 1995, p. 426.(3) OJ No C 110, 2. 5. 1995, p. 1.