title: 2011/577/EU: Decision of the European Parliament of 10 May 2011 on the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2009

text:
               27.9.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 250/154

         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 10 May 2011
   on the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2009
   (2011/577/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

               —

               having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2009,

               —

               having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2009, together with the Agency’s replies (1),

               —

               having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 15 February 2011 (05892/2011 — C7-0052/2011),

               —

               having regard to Article 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) establishing a European Chemicals Agency, and in particular Article 97 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,

               —

               having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A7-0127/2011),

               1.

               Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2009;

               2.

               Instructs its President to forward this Decision to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The President

         Jerzy BUZEK

            The Secretary-General

         Klaus WELLE

      (1)  OJ C 338, 14.12.2010, p. 34.

      (2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

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


title: 2010/449/CFSP: Council Decision 2010/449/CFSP of 11 August 2010 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus

text:
               12.8.2010

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 211/41

         COUNCIL DECISION 2010/449/CFSP
   of 11 August 2010
   extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and, in particular, Article 28, Article 31(2) and Article 33 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 20 February 2006, the Council adopted Joint Action 2006/121/CFSP (1) appointing Mr Peter SEMNEBY European Union Special Representative (hereinafter ‘the EUSR’) for the South Caucasus.

               (2)

               On 22 February 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/109/CFSP (2) extending the mandate of the EUSR until 31 August 2010.

               (3)

               The mandate of the EUSR should be extended until 28 February 2011 or until the Council decides, on a proposal by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (hereinafter ‘the HR’), that appropriate corresponding functions to those under Decision 2010/109/CFSP have been established in the European External Action Service and terminates the mandate.

               (4)

               The EUSR will implement his mandate in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could harm the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Decision 2010/109/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

               1.

               Article 1 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 1
               European Union Special Representative
               The mandate of Mr Peter SEMNEBY as the EUSR for the South Caucasus is hereby extended until 28 February 2011 or until the Council decides, on a proposal by the HR, that appropriate corresponding functions to those under the current Decision have been established in the European External Action Service and terminates the mandate.’;

               2.

               Article 5 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 5
               Financing
               1.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR for the period from 1 March 2010 to 31 August 2010 shall be EUR 1 855 000.
               2.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR for the period from 1 September 2010 to 28 February 2011 shall be EUR 1 410 000.
               3.   The expenditure shall be managed in accordance with the procedures and rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
               4.   The management of the expenditure shall be subject to a contract between the EUSR and the Commission. The EUSR shall be accountable to the Commission for all expenditure.’.

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

      Done at Brussels, 11 August 2010.

            For the Council

            The President

         S. VANACKERE

      (1)  OJ L 49, 21.2.2006, p. 14.

      (2)  OJ L 46, 23.2.2010, p. 16.


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92/607/EEC: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 21 December 1992, concerning the arrangements applicable to the import into the Community of products covered by the ECSC Treaty and originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and in the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Official Journal L 406 , 31/12/1992 P. 0040

DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING  WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 21 December 1992 concerning the arrangements applicable to the import into  the Community of products covered by the ECSC Treaty and originating in the Republics of  Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and in the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of  Macedonia (92/607/ECSC)THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES  MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, Whereas Decision N° 92/150/ECSC (1) of the Representatives of the Member States meeting within the  Council, of 3 February 1992, established the arrangements applicable to the import into the  Community of products covered by the ECSC Treaty and originating in the Republics of Croatia and  Slovenia and in the Yugoslav Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro; Whereas Decision N° 92/286/ECSC (2) of the Representatives of the Member States meeting within the  Council removed Montenegro from the list of beneficiaries of these arrangements; Whereas these arrangements should be maintained in 1993; In agreement with the Commission, HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 11. Subject to the special provisions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 4,  products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the former  Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be admitted for import into the Community without quantitative  restrictions or measures having equivalent effect and exempt from customs duties and charges having  equivalent effect. 2. The import of goods referred to in the Annex shall be subject to a system of annual ceilings  above which the customs duties actually applied in respect of third countries may be reintroduced  in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3. The ceilings established for 1993 are indicated  for each of them. Such ceilings shall apply as a whole to all the Republics to which this Decision  refers. 3. As soon as a ceiling set for the import of a product has been reached, the customs duties  actually applicable to third countries may again be levied on imports of the product in question  until the end of the calendar year. 4. The Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply, mutatis mutandis, customs duties  calculated in accordance with Decision 87/603/ECSC of the Representatives of the Governments of the  Member States, meeting within the Council, and of the Commission of 21 December 1987 (3). Article 2The provisions determining the rules of origin laid down in Regulation (EEC) N° 343/92  (1) shall apply to this Decision. Article 3Where the offers made by economic operators in the Republics cncerned are likely to  cause injury to the operation of the common market and where this injury may be ascribed to a  difference as regards prices in the conditions of competition, the Community may adopt such  safeguard measures as it considers necessary to avoid or put an end to the injury to the operation  of the common market; in particular it may withdraw tariff concessions. Article 4This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the Eurpean Communities. It shall be applicable from 1 January to 31 December 1993. Done at Brussels, 21 December 1992. The PresidentD. HURD(1) OJ N° L 63, 7. 3. 1992, p. 50. (2) OJ N° L 151, 3. 6. 1992, p. 22. (3) OJ N° L 389, 31. 12. 1987, p. 61. (1) OJ N° L 38, 14. 2. 1992, p. 1.  ANNEX (a) >TABLE>>TABLE>


title: 2007/764/EC: Council Decision of 8 November 2007 concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the use of information technology for customs purposes

text:
               24.11.2007

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 307/20

      COUNCIL DECISION

   of 8 November 2007
   concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the use of information technology for customs purposes
   (2007/764/EC)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
   Having regard to the 2005 Treaty of Accession,
   Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
   Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
   Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),
   Whereas:

               (1)

               The Convention, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the use of information technology for customs purposes (2) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes’) was done at Brussels on 26 July 1995 and entered into force on 25 December 2005.

               (2)

               The Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes was complemented by:

                           —

                           the Protocol, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the interpretation, by way of preliminary rulings, by the Court of Justice of the European Communities of the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes (3) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Protocol on interpretation by the Court of Justice’), which was done at Brussels on 29 November 1996 and which entered into force on 25 December 2005,

                           —

                           the Protocol, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the scope of the laundering of proceeds in the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes and the inclusion of the registration number of the means of transport in the Convention (4) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Protocol on the scope of the laundering of proceeds’), which was done at Brussels on 12 March 1999 and which is to enter into force in accordance with Article 3(3) thereof,

                           —

                           the Protocol, established in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, amending, as regards the creation of a customs files identification database, the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes (5) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Protocol on the creation of a customs files identification database’), which was done at Brussels on 8 May 2003 and which is to enter into force in accordance with Article 2(3) thereof.

               (3)

               Following their accession to the European Union the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia have deposited their instruments of accession to the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes. The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia have deposited their instruments of accession to the three Protocols. Latvia has deposited its instrument of accession to the Protocol on interpretation by the Court of Justice.

               (4)

               Article 3(3) of the Act of Accession provides that Bulgaria and Romania accede to the conventions and protocols, listed in Annex I to the Act of Accession, which comprises, inter alia, the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes and the Protocols thereto. They are to enter into force in relation to Bulgaria and Romania on the date determined by the Council.

               (5)

               In accordance with Article 3(4) of the Act of Accession the Council is to make all adjustments required by reason of accession to those conventions and protocols,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes, as amended by the Protocol on the creation of a customs files identification database and this Decision, and the Protocols on interpretation by the Court of Justice and on the scope of the laundering of proceeds shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of adoption of this Decision between Bulgaria, Romania and those Member States for which the Convention is in force. The Convention shall enter into force between Bulgaria, Romania and each of the other Member States on the day it enters into force for the other Member State concerned.
   Article 2
   The Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes, the Protocol on the creation of a customs files identification database, the Protocol on interpretation by the Court of Justice and the Protocol on the scope of the laundering of proceeds, drawn up in the Bulgarian and Romanian languages (6), shall be authentic under the same conditions as the other texts of the Convention and the Protocols thereto.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 8 November 2007.

            For the Council

            The President

         R. PEREIRA

      (1)  Opinion of 10 July 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

      (2)  OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 34.

      (3)  OJ C 151, 20.5.1997, p. 16.

      (4)  OJ C 91, 31.3.1999, p. 2.

      (5)  OJ C 139, 13.6.2003, p. 2.

      (6)  The Bulgarian and Romanian version of the Convention shall be published in special edition of the Official Journal at a later date.