title: Council Decision 2014/658/CFSP of 8 September 2014 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

text:
               12.9.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 271/47

         COUNCIL DECISION 2014/658/CFSP
   of 8 September 2014
   amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1).

               (2)

               On 30 August 2014, the European Council expressed its concern over the ongoing and increasingly intense fighting in Eastern Ukraine and requested a new provision for the listing of every person and institution dealing with the separatist groups in the Donbass region.

               (3)

               In addition, the Council considers that additional natural and legal persons should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.

               (4)

               In view of the continuing undermining or threatening of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, Decision 2014/145/CFSP should be renewed for a further six months.

               (5)

               Decision 2014/145/CFSP should be amended accordingly.

               (6)

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

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Decision 2014/145/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

               (1)

               Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:
               ‘1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of:

                           (a)

                           natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural persons associated with them;

                           (b)

                           natural persons actively supporting, materially or financially, or benefitting from, Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine; or

                           (c)

                           natural persons conducting transactions with the separatist groups in the Donbass region of Ukraine,

                     as listed in the Annex.’.

               (2)

               Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:
               ‘1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled by:

                           (a)

                           natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them;

                           (b)

                           legal persons, entities or bodies supporting, materially or financially, actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine;

                           (c)

                           legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law, or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefitted from such a transfer;

                           (d)

                           natural or legal persons, entities or bodies actively supporting, materially or financially, or benefitting from, Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine; or

                           (e)

                           natural or legal persons, entities or bodies conducting transactions with the separatist groups in the Donbass region of Ukraine,

                     as listed in the Annex, shall be frozen.’.

               (3)

               Article 6, second paragraph is replaced by the following:
               ‘This Decision shall apply until 15 March 2015.’.
         Article 2
   The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 8 September 2014.

            For the Council

            The President

         S. GOZI

      (1)  Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p.16).

      ANNEX
      List of persons and entities referred to in Article 2

                  Name

                  Identifying information

                  Reasons

                  Date of listing

                  1.

                  Alexander ZAKHARCHENKO
                  Александр Владимирович Захарченко

                  Born in 1976 in Donetsk

                  As of 7 August, he replaced Alexander Borodai as the so-called ‘Prime minister’ of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, Zakharchenko has supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  2.

                  Vladimir KONONOV/aka ‘Tsar’

                  Born on 14.10.1974 in Gorsky

                  As of 14 August, he replaced Igor Strelkov/Girkin, as the so-called ‘Defence minister’ of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. He has reportedly commanded a division of separatist fighters in Donetsk since April and has promised to solve the strategic task of repelling Ukraine's military aggression. Konokov has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  3.

                  Miroslav Vladimirovich RUDENKO
                  Мирослав Владимирович Руденко

                  21.1.1983 in Debalcevo

                  Commander of the Donbass People's Militia. He has inter alia stated that they will continue their fighting in the rest of the country. Rudenko has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  4.

                  Gennadiy Nikolaiovych TSYPKALOV
                  Геннадий Николаевич Цыпкалов.

                  Born on 6.21.1973

                  Replaced Marat Bashirov as so-called ‘Prime Minister’ of the so-called ‘Lugansk People's Republic’. Previously active in the militia Army of the Southeast. Tsyplakov has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  5.

                  Andrey Yurevich PINCHUK
                  Андрей Юрьевич ПИНЧУК

                  ‘State security minister’ of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. Associated with Vladimir Antyufeyev, who is responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘government of the Donetsk People's Republic’. He has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  6.

                  Oleg BEREZA
                  Олег БЕРЕЗА

                  ‘Internal affairs minister’ of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. Associated with Vladimir Antyufeyev, who is responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘Government of the Donetsk People's Republic’. He has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  7.

                  Andrei Nikolaevich RODKIN
                  Андрей Николаевич Родкин

                  Moscow Representative of the so called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. In his statements, he has inter alia talked about the militias' readiness to conduct a guerrilla war and their seizure of weapon systems from the Ukrainian armed forces. He has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  8.

                  Aleksandr KARAMAN
                  Александр караман

                  ‘Deputy Prime Minister for Social Issues’ of the so called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. Associated with Vladimir Antyufeyev, who is responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘Government of the Donetsk People's Republic’. He has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Protégé of Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

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                  9.

                  Georgiy L'vovich MURADOV
                  Георгий Львович Мурадов

                  Born on 19.11.1954

                  So called ‘Deputy Prime Minister’ of Crimea and Plenipotentiary Representative of Crimea to President Putin. Muradov has played an important role in consolidating Russian institutional control over Crimea since the illegal annexation. He has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  10.

                  Mikhail Sergeyevich SHEREMET
                  Михаил Сергеевич Шеремет

                  Born on 23.5.1971 in Dzhankoy

                  So called ‘First Deputy Prime Minister’ of Crimea. Sheremet played a key role in the organization and implementation of the 16 March referendum in Crimea on unification with Russia. At the time of the referendum, Sheremet reportedly commanded the pro-Moscow ‘self-defense forces’ in Crimea. He has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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                  11.

                  Yuri Leonidovich VOROBIOV
                  Юрий Леонидович Воробьев

                  Born on 2.2.1948 in Krasnoyarsk

                  Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation On 1 March 2014 Vorobiov publicly supported in the Federation Council the deployment of Russian forces in Ukraine. He subsequently voted in favour of the related decree.

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                  12.

                  Vladimir Volfovich ZHIRINOVSKY
                  Владимир Вольфович Жириновски

                  Born on 10.6.1964 in Eidelshtein, Kasakhstan

                  Member of the Council of the State Duma; leader of the LDPR party. He actively supported the use of Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. He has actively called for the split of Ukraine. He signed on behalf of the LDPR party he chairs an agreement with the so-called, ‘Donetsk People's Republic’.

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                  13.

                  Vladimir Abdualiyevich VASILYEV

                  Born on 11.8.1949 in Klin

                  Deputy Speaker of the State Duma. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  14.

                  Viktor Petrovich VODOLATSKY
                  Виктор Петрович Водолацкий

                  Born on 19.8.1957 in Azov Region.

                  Chairman (‘ataman’) of the Union of the Russian and Foreign Cossack Forces, and deputy of the State Duma. He supported the annexation of Crimea and admitted that Russian Cossacks were actively engaged in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of the Moscow-backed separatists. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  15.

                  Leonid Ivanovich KALASHNIKOV
                  Леонид Иванович Калашников

                  Born on 6.8.1960 in Stepnoy Dvorets

                  First deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the State Duma. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  16.

                  Vladimir Stepanovich NIKITIN

                  Born on 5.4.1948 in Opochka

                  First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Relations with CIS Countries, Eurasian Integration and Links with Compatriots of the State Duma. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  17.

                  Oleg Vladimirovich LEBEDEV
                  Олег Владимирович Лебедев

                  Born on 21.3.1964 in Orel/Rudny

                  First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Relations with CIS Countries, Eurasian Integration and Links with Compatriots of the State Duma. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  18.

                  Ivan Ivanovich MELNIKOV
                  Иван Иванович Мельников

                  Born on 7.8.1950 in Bogoroditsk

                  First Deputy Speaker, State Duma. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  19.

                  Igor Vladimirovich LEBEDEV
                  Игорь Владимирович Лебедев

                  Born on 27.9.1972 in Moscow

                  Deputy Speaker, State Duma. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  20.

                  Nikolai Vladimirovich LEVICHEV
                  Николай Владимирович Левичев

                  Born on 28.5.1953 in Pushkin

                  Deputy Speaker, State Duma. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  21.

                  Svetlana Sergeevna ZHUROVA
                  Светлана Сергеевна Журова

                  Born on 7.1.1972 in Pavlov-on-the-Neva

                  First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, State Duma. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.

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                  22.

                  Aleksey Vasilevich NAUMETS
                  Алексей Васильевич Hаумец

                  Born on 11.2.1968

                  Major-general of the Russian Army. He is the commander of the 76th airborne division which has been involved in the Russian military presence on the territory of Ukraine, notably during the illegal annexation of Crimea.

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                  23.

                  Sergey Viktorovich CHEMEZOV

                  Born on 20.8.1952 in Cheremkhovo

                  Sergei Chemezov is one of President Putin's known close associate, both were KGB officers posted in Dresden and he is a member of the Supreme Council of ‘United Russia’. He is benefiting from his links with the Russian President by being promoted to senior positions in State-controlled firms. He chairs the Rostec conglomerate, the leading Russian state-controlled defence and industrial manufacturing corporation. Further to a decision of the Russian government, Technopromexport, a subsidiary of Rostec, is planning to build energy plants in Crimea thereby supporting its integration into the Russian Federation.
                  Furthermore, Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of Rostec, has supported the integration of Crimean defence companies into Russia's defence industry, thereby consolidating the illegal annexation of Crimea into the Russian Federation.

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                  24.

                  Alexander Mikhailovich BABAKOV
                  Aлександр Михайлович Бабаков

                  Born on 8.2.1963 in Chisinau

                  State Duma Deputy, Chair of the State Duma Commission on Legislative Provisions for Development of the Military-Industrial Complex of the Russian Federation. He is a prominent member of ‘United Russia’ and a businessman with heavy investments in Ukraine and in Crimea.
                  On the 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects — the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal status of Sevastopol’.

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title: 2011/247/EU: Council Decision of 11 April 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union

text:
               20.4.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 104/1

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 11 April 2011
   on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union
   (2011/247/EU)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 29 January 2007 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 in the course of the accessions to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania.

               (2)

               Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission within the framework of the negotiating directives adopted by the Council.

               (3)

               These negotiations have been concluded and the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (the Agreement) was initialled on 15 June 2010.

               (4)

               The Agreement should be signed,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The signing of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (the Agreement) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the Agreement (1).
   Article 2
   The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Luxembourg, 11 April 2011.

            For the Council

            The President

         PINTÉR S.

      (1)  The text of the Agreement will be published together with the decision on its conclusion.


title: Commission Decision of 6 October 2010 setting up the group of experts on the mission evolution of the European navigation satellite systems, the ‘Mission Evolution Advisory Group’  Text with EEA relevance

text:
               7.10.2010

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               C 271/2

         COMMISSION DECISION
   of 6 October 2010
   setting up the group of experts on the mission evolution of the European navigation satellite systems, the ‘Mission Evolution Advisory Group’
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   2010/C 271/02
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and the Galileo programmes are governed by Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on the further implementation of the European satellite navigation programmes (EGNOS and Galileo) (1). Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 specifies that these programmes shall cover all the activities needed to define, develop, validate, construct, operate, renew and improve the EGNOS system and the system established under the Galileo programme.

               (2)

               Pursuant to Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 683/2008, the Commission is responsible for the management of those programmes. The management tasks include the renewal and improvement of the systems through refinement of the mission profiles and implementation of the related system changes.

               (3)

               The objective of the two systems is to provide users with a state-of-the-art positioning, navigation and timing service in accordance with the specified mission requirements for Galileo and EGNOS. Any refinement of the mission profiles of the two systems should take full account of the views of the navigation satellite systems user communities and other stakeholders, including those of the Member States, third countries and international organisations.

               (4)

               It is therefore necessary to set up a group of experts to provide independent advice to the Commission on EGNOS and Galileo mission evolution matters and to define its tasks and its structure.

               (5)

               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 of 29 November 2001 amending its internal Rules of Procedure (2).

               (6)

               Personal data 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 (3).

               (7)

               It is appropriate to fix a period for the application of this Decision. The Commission will in due time consider the advisability of an extension,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Subject matter
   The group of experts on the mission evolution of the European navigation satellite systems, the ‘Mission Evolution Advisory Group’, hereinafter referred to as ‘the group’, is hereby set up.
   Article 2
   Tasks
   1.   The group shall propose and evaluate potential evolutions of the mission objectives and the service definitions for the European satellite navigation programmes Galileo and EGNOS. To perform this task, the group shall assess changes of both user needs and scope of space-based navigation, positioning and timing services, both on European and international scale, in due consideration of the existing global framework of satellite navigation services and systems.
   2.   The group shall analyse the impacts of such changes on the mission and service requirements for the Galileo and EGNOS programmes and develop and propose suitable updates of the mission and service baseline.
   Article 3
   Consultation
   1.   The group shall be tasked by the Commission services who shall also establish the associated work scope and schedule requirements.
   2.   The Chairperson of the group may propose further tasks as deemed necessary for the fulfilment of the group's objectives in consultation and close coordination with the Commission services.
   Article 4
   Membership — Appointment
   1.   The group shall be composed of up to 25 members.
   2.   The members shall be appointed by the Commission from specialists with competence in the areas referred to in Article 2 and who have responded to the call for applications.
   3.   The members of the group shall be individuals appointed in a personal capacity and shall advise the Commission independently.
   4.   Members of the group are appointed for a four-year term of office. They shall remain in office until they are replaced or their term of office ends. Their term of office may be renewed.
   5.   The names of members shall be published in the Register of the Commission expert groups and other similar entities, hereinafter referred to as ‘Register’.
   6.   Personal data shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
   Article 5
   Operation
   1.   The group shall elect a Chairperson from amongst its members by a simple majority.
   2.   In agreement with the services of the Commission, the group may set up sub-groups to examine specific questions on the basis of terms of reference defined by the group. Such sub-groups shall be disbanded as soon as their mandate is fulfilled.
   3.   The Commission’s services may invite on ad hoc basis experts from outside the group with specific competence in a subject on the agenda to participate in the work of the group or sub-group. In addition, the Commission’s services may give observer status to individuals and organisations.
   4.   Members and observers shall comply with the obligations of professional secrecy laid down by the Treaties and their implementing rules, as well as with the Commission's rules on security regarding the protection of EU classified information, laid down in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom. Should they fail to respect these obligations, the Commission may take all appropriate measures.
   5.   The meetings of expert groups and sub-groups shall be held at Commission premises. 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 for expert groups.
   7.   The Commission publishes relevant information on the activities carried out by the group either by including it in the Register or via a link from the Register to dedicated website.
   Article 6
   Meeting expenses
   1.   Participants in the activities of the group shall not be remunerated for the services they render.
   2.   Travel and subsistence expenses incurred by participants in the activities of the group shall be reimbursed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions in force within the Commission.
   3.   Those expenses shall be reimbursed within the limits of the available appropriations allocated under the annual procedure for the allocation of resources.
   Article 7
   Applicability
   This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2014.

      Done at Brussels, 6 October 2010.

            For the Commission

         Antonio TAJANI

            Member of the Commission

      (1)  OJ L 196, 24.7.2008, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 317, 3.12.2001, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.