title: 2008/647/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 15 July 2008 appointing a Finnish member of the Economic and Social Committee

text:
               8.8.2008

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 213/37

      COUNCIL DECISION

   of 15 July 2008
   appointing a Finnish member of the Economic and Social Committee
   (2008/647/EC, Euratom)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,
   Having regard to Decision 2006/651/EC, Euratom (1),
   Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Finnish Government,
   Having obtained the opinion of the Commission,
   Whereas:
   A member’s seat on the Economic and Social Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Eero LEHTI,
   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Mr Thomas PALMGREN, Manager of International Relations, Suomen Yrittäjät (Federation of Finnish Enterprises), is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the term of office, which runs until 20 September 2010.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 15 July 2008.

            For the Council

            The President

         M. BARNIER

      (1)  OJ L 269, 28.9.2006, p. 13. Decision as amended by Decision 2007/622/EC, Euratom (OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 39).


title: 2012/631/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision EULEX KOSOVO/2/2012 of 12 October 2012 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO

text:
               16.10.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 282/45

         POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EULEX KOSOVO/2/2012
   of 12 October 2012
   extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (1), EULEX KOSOVO
   (2012/631/CFSP)
   THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 38 thereof,
   Having regard to Council Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP of 4 February 2008 on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO (2), and in particular Article 12(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Pursuant to Article 12(2) of Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising political control and strategic direction of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX KOSOVO), including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.

               (2)

               On 5 June 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/291/CFSP (3) extending the duration of EULEX KOSOVO until 14 June 2014.

               (3)

               On 27 July 2010, following a proposal by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR), the PSC adopted Decision 2010/431/CFSP (4), appointing Mr Xavier BOUT DE MARNHAC as Head of Mission of EULEX KOSOVO with effect from 15 October 2010. His mandate was subsequently extended by Decision EULEX KOSOVO/1/2012 (5) until 14 October 2012.

               (4)

               On 4 October 2012, the HR proposed the extension of the mandate of Mr Xavier BOUT DE MARNHAC as Head of Mission of EULEX KOSOVO until 31 January 2013,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The mandate of Mr Xavier BOUT DE MARNHAC as Head of Mission of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO is hereby extended until 31 January 2013.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 12 October 2012.

            For the Political and Security Committee

            The Chairperson

         O. SKOOG

      (1)  This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 (1999) and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

      (2)  OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 92.

      (3)  OJ L 146, 6.6.2012, p. 46.

      (4)  OJ L 202, 4.8.2010, p. 10.

      (5)  OJ L 154, 15.6.2012, p. 24.


title: 2007/1/EC: Council Decision of 1 January 2007 appointing Members of the Commission of the European Communities

text:
               4.1.2007

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 1/4

      COUNCIL DECISION

   of 1 January 2007
   appointing Members of the Commission of the European Communities
   (2007/1/EC)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and in particular Article 45 thereof,
   Having regard to the Opinions of the European Parliament,
   By common accord with the President of the Commission,
   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The following are hereby appointed Members of the Commission for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 October 2009:

               Ms Meglena KUNEVA

               Mr Leonard ORBAN.

         Article 2
   This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2007.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 1 January 2007.

            For the Council

            The President

         F.-W. STEINMEIER


title: 2012/511/EU: Council Decision of 23 July 2012 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Food Assistance Convention

text:
               22.9.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 256/3

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 23 July 2012
   on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Food Assistance Convention
   (2012/511/EU)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 214(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               The Union is a party to the Food Aid Convention 1999 (1) (‘FAC 1999’), which should no longer be in force as from 1 July 2012.

               (2)

               On 17 November 2010, the Council authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations with a view to agreeing upon a Food Assistance Convention (‘the Convention’) which was to incorporates and reflects a modernised approach to food assistance, and which was to replace the FAC 1999.

               (3)

               The negotiations were successfully concluded on 25 April 2012.

               (4)

               It is in the interest of the Union to sign the Convention as the latter would help to achieve the humanitarian aid objectives referred to in Article 214(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

               (5)

               The Convention is open for signature until 31 December 2012.

               (6)

               The Convention should be signed on behalf of the European Union, subject to its conclusion,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The signing of the Food Assistance Convention (‘the Convention’) is hereby authorised on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Convention (2).
   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 Brussels, 23 July 2012.

            For the Council

            The President

         C. ASHTON

      (1)  OJ L 222, 24.8.1999, p. 40.

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


title: Decision (EU) 2016/1599 of the European Parliament of 28 April 2016 on the closure of the accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014

text:
               14.9.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 246/430

         DECISION (EU) 2016/1599 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 28 April 2016
   on the closure of the accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

               —

               having regard to the final annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014,

               —

               having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the period 1 January to 26 June 2014, together with the Joint Undertaking’s reply (1),

               —

               having regard to the statement of assurance (2) as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2014, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

               —

               having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 12 February 2016 on discharge to be given to the Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2014 (05587/2016 – C8-0055/2016),

               —

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

               —

               having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (3), and in particular Article 209 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 of 20 December 2007 on the establishment of the ‘Artemis Joint Undertaking’ to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems (4),

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (5), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 12 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 (6),

               —

               having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 110/2014 of 30 September 2013 on the model financial regulation for public-private partnership bodies referred to in Article 209 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7),

               —

               having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

               —

               having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0092/2016),

               1.

               Postpones the closure of the accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014;

               2.

               Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, 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

         Martin SCHULZ

            The Secretary-General

         Klaus WELLE

      (1)  OJ C 422, 17.12.2015, p. 9.

      (2)  OJ C 422, 17.12.2015, p. 10.

      (3)  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p. 52.

      (5)  OJ L 169, 7.6.2014, p. 152.

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

      (7)  OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p. 2.


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1999/731/EC: Council Decision of 8 November 1999 providing supplementary macro-financial assistance to Bulgaria

Official Journal L 294 , 16/11/1999 P. 0027 - 0028

COUNCIL DECISIONof 8 November 1999providing supplementary macro-financial assistance to Bulgaria(1999/731/EC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof,Having regard to the proposal of the Commission(1),Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),Whereas:(1) The Commission has consulted the Economic and Financial Committee before submitting its proposal;(2) Bulgaria is undertaking fundamental economic reforms and is making substantial efforts to establish a well-functioning market economy with a view to increasing employment and living standards;(3) Bulgaria and the European Union have signed a Europe Agreement establishing a relationship of association(3);(4) The European Council at its meeting in Luxembourg in December 1997 decided to launch an accession process comprising Bulgaria along with the other Central and East European applicant countries and Cyprus;(5) Bulgaria reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in September 1998 on an arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) in support of the authorities' adjustment and reform programme;(6) The World Bank adopted a three-year Country Assistance Strategy for Bulgaria in April 1998, which envisages substantial adjustment and investment financing in support of Bulgaria's reform efforts in priority areas;(7) The authorities of Bulgaria have requested financial assistance from the international financial institutions, the Community and other bilateral donors; over and above the estimated financing which could be provided by the IMF and the World Bank, an important residual financing gap remains to be covered during the programme period in order to strengthen the country's reserve position and support the policy objectives attached to the government's reform programme;(8) A Community long-term loan to Bulgaria is an appropriate measure to help ease the country's external financial constraints, supporting the balance of payments and strengthening the reserve position and comforting the implementation of the necessary structural reforms;(9) The Community loan should be managed by the Commission in accordance with the principles of sound financial management;(10) The Treaty does not provide, for the adoption of this Decision, powers other than those of Article 308,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 11. The Community shall make available to Bulgaria a long-term loan facility of a maximum principal amount of EUR 100 million with a maximum maturity of 10 years, with a view to ensuring a sustainable balance of payments situation.2. To this end, the Commission is empowered to borrow, on behalf of the European Community, the necessary resources that will be placed at the disposal of Bulgaria in the form of a loan.3. This loan will be managed by the Commission in close consultation with the Economic and Financial Committee and in a manner consistent with any agreement reached between the IMF and Bulgaria.Article 21. The Commission is empowered to agree with the authorities of Bulgaria, after consultation with the Economic and Financial Committee, the economic policy conditions attached to the loan. These conditions shall be consistent with the agreements referred to in Article 1(3).2. The Commission shall verify at regular intervals, in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Committee and in coordination with the IMF, that the economic policy in Bulgaria is in accordance with the objectives of this loan and that its conditions are being fulfilled.Article 31. The loan shall be made available to Bulgaria in two instalments. Subject to Article 2, the first instalment is to be released on the basis of a satisfactory track record of Bulgaria's macro-economic programme in the context of the present EFF arrangement agreed with the IMF.2. Subject to Article 2, the second instalment shall be released on the basis of a satisfactory continuation of Bulgaria's adjustment and reform programme and not before three months after the release of the first instalment.3. The fund shall be paid to the Bulgarian National Bank.Article 41. The borrowing and lending operations referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out using the same value date and must not involve the Community in the transformation of maturities, in any exchange or interest rate risk, or in any other commercial risk.2. The Commission shall take the necessary steps, if Bulgaria so requests, to ensure that an early repayment clause is included in the loan terms and conditions and that it may be exercised.3. At the request of Bulgaria, and where circumstances permit an improvement in the interest rate on the loans, the Commission may refinance all or part of its initial borrowings or restructure the corresponding financial conditions. Refinancing or restructuring operations shall be carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in paragaraph 1 and shall not have the effect of extending the average maturity of the borrowing concerned or increasing the amount, expressed at the current exchange rate, of capital outstanding at the date of the refinancing or restructuring.4. All related costs incurred by the Community in concluding and carrying out the operation under this Decision shall be borne by Bulgaria.5. The Economic and Financial Committee shall be kept informed of developments in the operations referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 at least once a year.Article 5At least once a year, as a rule by 15 September, the Commission shall address to the European Parliament and to the Council a report, which will include an evaluation of the implementation of this Decision.Done at Brussels, 8 November 1999.For the CouncilThe PresidentS. NIINISTÖ(1) OJ C 307 E, 26.10.1999, p. 46.(2) Opinion delivered on 6 October 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal).(3) OJ L 358, 31.12.1994, p. 3.


title: 2007/372/EC: Commission Decision of 31 May 2007 amending Decision 2004/20/EC in order to transform the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency into the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation

text:
               1.6.2007

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 140/52

      COMMISSION DECISION

   of 31 May 2007
   amending Decision 2004/20/EC in order to transform the ‘Intelligent Energy Executive Agency’ into the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation
   (2007/372/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes (1),
   Whereas:

               (1)

               In the framework of the Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs, the Community has taken a number of measures aimed at promoting and developing competitiveness and innovation in order to contribute to growth and to make Europe a more attractive place to invest and work.

               (2)

               Those measures include Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013) (2). The objectives of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (hereinafter referred to as CIP) are to foster the competitiveness of enterprises, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter referred to as SMEs), to promote all forms of innovation, including eco-innovation, to accelerate the development of an information society and to promote energy efficiency and new and renewable energy sources. Those objectives are to be pursued through the implementation of the following specific programmes: the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, the Information and Communications Technology policy support Programme and the Intelligent Energy — Europe Programme.

               (3)

               The measures taken in the framework of the Lisbon strategy also include Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing the second Marco Polo programme for the granting of Community financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system (Marco Polo II) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 (3). The objectives of Marco Polo II are to reduce congestion, improve the environmental performance of the transport system and to enhance inter-modal transport, thereby contributing to efficient and sustainable transport systems and to competitiveness and innovation, especially of SMEs, within the Community.

               (4)

               The Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (hereinafter referred to as the IEEA) was set up by Commission Decision 2004/20/EC (4), to manage the Community action in the field of energy carried out in the framework of the Intelligent Energy — Europe Programme 2003-2006 (hereinafter referred to as the IEE Programme 2003-2006) adopted by Decision No 1230/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). Decision 2004/20/EC provides for the IEEA to carry out its functions until 31 December 2008 in order to execute contracts and grants signed under the 2003-2006 IEE programme.

               (5)

               A cost-benefit analysis carried out by external consultants has shown that continuing to entrust programme implementation tasks related to the new IEE programme 2007-2013 to the existing IEEA would be the most cost-effective option.

               (6)

               Cost-benefit analyses also showed that programme implementation tasks related to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme within the framework of the CIP, as well as Marco Polo II, could be carried out more efficiently by an executive agency, whilst ensuring the overall management by the Commission of these programmes.

               (7)

               Since the IEE Programme for 2007-2013 has been integrated into the CIP, and in order to ensure consistency in the manner in which projects are implemented under the CIP, the IEEA should be entrusted with certain implementation tasks related to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, which also forms part of the CIP, in addition to the execution of the IEE Programme for 2007-2013. Moreover, since Marco Polo II shares common objectives with the CIP, and in particular with the IEE programme, namely to improve energy efficiency in transport and reduce its environmental impact, and both programmes could benefit from important synergies, certain implementation tasks related to Marco Polo II should also be delegated to the IEEA.

               (8)

               In order to reflect its additional tasks, the IEEA should be transformed into the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation.

               (9)

               Decision 2004/20/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

               (10)

               The provisions set out by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Executive Agencies,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Decision 2004/20/EC is amended as follows:

               1.

               in Article 1, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
               ‘2.   The name of the Agency shall be the “Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation.”’;

               2.

               Article 3 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 3
               Duration
               The Agency shall carry out its tasks from 1 January 2004 until 31 December 2015.’;

               3.

               Article 4 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 4
               Objectives and tasks
               1.   The Agency shall be responsible for carrying out the following implementation tasks for the management of Community actions in the fields of energy, entrepreneurship and innovation, including eco-innovation, and sustainable freight transport, under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) (hereinafter referred to as the CIP), and the second Marco Polo Programme 2007-2013 established by Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7):

                           (a)

                           managing all the phases in the lifetime of specific projects in the context of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme and the Intelligent Energy — Europe Programme established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC and the second Marco Polo Programme, as well as the necessary checks to that end, by adopting the relevant decisions where the Commission has empowered it to do so;

                           (b)

                           adopting the instruments of budget implementation for revenue and expenditure and carrying out, where the Commission has empowered it to do so, all the operations necessary to manage the implementing measures and, in particular, those linked to the award of contracts and grants under the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme;

                           (c)

                           gathering, analysing and passing on to the Commission all the information needed to guide and evaluate the implementation of the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme.

                     2.   The Agency shall also manage all the phases in the lifetime of the implementing measures delegated to it in the framework of the following programmes:

                           (a)

                           Intelligent Energy — Europe (2003 to 2006) established by Decision No 1230/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (8);

                           (b)

                           Marco Polo (2003 to 2006) established by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (9).

                     The Commission’s rights and obligations in respect of the implementing measures referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph are assigned to the Agency.
               3.   The Agency may be charged by the Commission, following the opinion of the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003, to carry out tasks of the same type under the CIP or other Community programmes, within the meaning of Article 2 of that Regulation, in the fields referred to in paragraph 1.
               4.   The Commission Decision delegating authority to the Agency shall set out in detail all the tasks entrusted to it and shall be adapted in the light of any additional tasks which may be entrusted to the Agency. The Commission decision will be transmitted, for information, to the committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003.

               4.

               Article 6 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 6
               Grants
               The Agency shall receive grants which shall be entered in the general budget of the European Communities from the funds allocated to the CIP and the second Marco Polo Programme and, where appropriate, other Community programmes or actions entrusted to the Agency for implementation pursuant to Article 4(3).’;

               5.

               Article 8 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 8
               Implementation of the administrative budget
               The Agency shall implement its administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 (10).

         Article 2
   All references to the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency shall be interpreted as references to the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation with effect from the date of adoption of this Decision.

      Done at Brussels, 31 May 2007.

            For the Commission

         Günter VERHEUGEN

            Vice-President

      (1)  OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15.

      (3)  OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 85.

      (5)  OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29. Decision as amended by Decision 787/2004/EC (OJ L 138, 30.4.2004, p. 12).

      (6)  OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15.

      (7)  OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 1.

      (8)  OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 29.

      (9)  OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1.’

      (10)  OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.’


title: 2008/649/EC: Commission Decision of 3 July 2008 accepting an undertaking offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia

text:
               8.8.2008

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 213/39

      COMMISSION DECISION

   of 3 July 2008
   accepting an undertaking offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia
   (2008/649/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the basic Regulation), and in particular Articles 8 and 9 thereof,
   After consulting the Advisory Committee,
   Whereas:
   A.   PROCEDURE

               (1)

               The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1995/2000 (2), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate (product concerned) originating, inter alia, in Russia. Following an expiry review initiated in September 2005, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1911/2006 (3), renewed for five years these measures at their current level.

               (2)

               The Commission announced on 19 December 2006 the initiation of a partial interim review of those measures by a notice of initiation published in the Official Journal of the European Union
                   (4) upon request of the Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) ‘Mineral and Chemical Company Eurochem’, the holding company of OJSC Novomoskovskiy Azot and OJSC Nevinnomyssky Azot, Russia (the exporting producer).

               (3)

               The definitive findings and conclusions of the partial interim review concerning the exporting producer were set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 238/2008 (5). During the interim review the exporting producer expressed an interest in offering a price undertaking but failed to submit a duly substantiated offer within the deadline as set out in Article 8(2) of the basic Regulation. However, as stated in the abovementioned Regulation, the Council considered that the exporting producer should exceptionally be allowed to complete its undertaking offer within 10 calendar days from entry into force of that Regulation due to reasons set out in recitals 57 and 58 of Regulation (EC) No 238/2008. Subsequent to the publication of the abovementioned Regulation and within the deadline as set out in that Regulation, the exporting producer submitted an acceptable price undertaking offer in accordance with Article 8(1) of the basic Regulation.

         B.   UNDERTAKING

               (4)

               The exporting producer offered to sell the product concerned falling under CN code 3102 80 00 at or above price levels which eliminate the injurious effects of dumping. In addition, the offer made foresees the indexation of the minimum price in accordance with public international quotations of the product concerned, given that the prices of the product concerned vary significantly. The exporting producer also offered to respect a certain quantitative ceiling in order to avoid that its imports could influence the prices in France as those prices serve as a basis for the indexation. The level of the quantitative ceiling is set in total around 10 % of the total Community consumption of the product concerned.

               (5)

               Moreover, the exporting producer — in order to reduce the risk of price violation by means of cross-compensation of the prices — offered not to sell the product covered by the undertaking to the same customers in the European Community to which they sell other products, with the exception of certain other products for which the exporting producer undertakes to respect a specific price regime.

               (6)

               The exporting producer will also provide the Commission with regular and detailed information concerning its exports to the Community, so that the undertaking can be monitored effectively by the Commission. Furthermore, the sales structure of the exporting producer is such that the Commission considers that the risk of circumventing the undertaking is limited.

               (7)

               Subsequent to the disclosure of the undertaking offer, the Community industry objected to this undertaking offer. The Community industry argued that the prices of the product concerned are volatile and that an indexation of the minimum price based on the quoted prices of the product concerned is not workable under all market conditions, in particular it would not be workable in a supply driven market, i.e. a market situation in which the buyer can determine the prices due to high supply. Therefore the Community industry suggested to base the indexation of the minimum prices on the prices of natural gas as quoted at Waidhaus. However, in this regard it has to be noted that a natural gas price based indexation is not considered to be feasible in this case due to the poor correlation of the product concerned and natural gas prices. As concerns the Community industry's comments that on a supply driven market the current indexation formula will not be workable, it is noted that the Commission will monitor this undertaking and should prima facie evidence exist that the undertaking is no longer workable, the Commission should act expeditiously to remedy the situation, as set out in recital 11.

               (8)

               The Community industry further argued that the level of the quantitative ceiling would be too high and requested it to be set maximum at 3 % of total Community consumption. It claimed that the exporting producer would be able to influence the prices on the Community market with a higher amount and thus make the indexation of the minimum price unworkable. In this respect it should be noted that the quantitative ceiling was established at a level which was considered to (i) satisfactorily limit the risk of the exporting producer influencing the prices on the French market thus rendering the indexation formula unworkable (ii) be sufficiently high so that the undertaking remains practicable at the same time. Moreover, the Community industry failed to substantiate its argument as to how any quantity exceeding 3 % of the total Community consumption would have a detrimental impact on prices.

               (9)

               The Community industry proposed moreover the introduction of a ‘progressive quantitative ceiling’ whereby the quantitative ceiling of the exporting producer shall be increased on a yearly basis depending on the exporting producer respecting the terms of the undertaking. This suggestion is however rejected because the sole aim of the quantitative ceiling is to limit the risk of influencing the prices on which the indexation of minimum price is based. It should also be noted that in case of a breach of the undertaking, the acceptance of the undertaking as such may be withdrawn.

               (10)

               In view of the above, the undertaking offered by the Russian exporting producer is acceptable.

               (11)

               However, due to the special elements of this undertaking (i.e. in particular the indexation formula) the Commission will assess the practicability of the undertaking regularly. For its practicability assessment, the Commission will take into account, but is not restricted to, the following criteria: the prices of the product concerned in the French market; the level of the coefficient of the indexation formula; the sales prices of the exporting producer as reported by them in their quarterly sales reports; profitability of the Community industry. In particular, should this practicability assessment show that the decrease of the profitability of the Community industry is attributable to the undertaking, the Commission endeavours to withdraw the acceptance of the undertaking expeditiously in accordance with Article 8(9) of the basic Regulation.

               (12)

               In order to enable the Commission to monitor ‘effectively the companies’ compliance with the undertaking, when the request for release into free circulation is presented to the relevant customs authority, exemption from the anti-dumping duty will be conditional on (i) the presentation of an undertaking invoice containing at least the elements listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 789/2008 (6): (ii) the fact that imported goods are manufactured, shipped and invoiced directly by the said companies to the first independent customer in the Community; and (iii) the fact that the goods declared and presented to customs correspond precisely to the description on the undertaking invoice. Where no such invoice is presented, or when it does not correspond to the product presented to customs, the appropriate rate of anti-dumping duty shall instead be payable.

               (13)

               To further ensure the respect of this undertaking, importers have been made aware by the Regulation (EC) No 789/2008 that the non-fulfillment of the conditions provided for by this Regulation, or the withdrawal by the Commission of the acceptance of the undertaking, may lead to the customs debt being incurred for the relevant transactions.

               (14)

               In the event of a breach or withdrawal of the undertaking or in case of withdrawal of acceptance of the undertaking by the Commission, the anti-dumping duty imposed in accordance with Article 9(4) of the basic Regulation shall automatically apply pursuant to Article 8(9) of the basic Regulation,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The undertaking offered by the exporting producer mentioned below in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution originating in Russia is hereby accepted.

               Country

               Company

               Taric Additional Code

               Russia

               Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Mineral and Chemical Company ‘Eurochem’, member of the Eurochem group of companies, Moscow, Russia, for goods produced by its related company OJSC NAK Azot, Novomoskovsk, Russia, or by its related company OJSC Nevinnomyssky Azot, Nevinnomyssk, Russia, either sold directly to the first independent customer in the Community or the same goods sold by Eurochem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland, to the first independent customer in the Community

               A885

         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 3 July 2008.

            For the Commission

         Peter MANDELSON

            Member of the Commission

      (1)  OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17).

      (2)  OJ L 238, 22.9.2000, p. 15. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1675/2003 (OJ L 238, 25.9.2003, p. 4).

      (3)  OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 26.

      (4)  OJ C 311, 19.12.2006, p. 51.

      (5)  OJ L 75, 18.3.2008, p. 14.

      (6)  See page 14 of this Official Journal.


title: 2014/310/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision EUCAP Sahel Mali/1/2014 of 26 May 2014 on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali)

text:
               3.6.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 164/43

         POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUCAP SAHEL MALI/1/2014
   of 26 May 2014
   on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali)

      (2014/310/CFSP)

   THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,
   Having regard to Council Decision 2014/219/CFSP of 15 April 2014 on the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) (1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Pursuant to Decision 2014/219/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of political control and strategic direction of the EUCAP Sahel Mali mission, including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.

               (2)

               The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has proposed the appointment of Mr Albrecht CONZE as Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Mali from 26 May 2014 to 14 January 2015,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Mr Albrecht CONZE is hereby appointed Head of the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) from 26 May 2014 to 14 January 2015.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 26 May 2014.

            For the Political and Security Committee

            The Chairperson

         W. STEVENS

      (1)  OJ L 113, 16.4.2014, p. 21.


title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/76 of 19 January 2015 launching the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) and amending Decision 2014/219/CFSP

text:
               20.1.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 13/5

         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2015/76
   of 19 January 2015
   launching the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) and amending Decision 2014/219/CFSP
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28, Article 42(4) and Article 43(2) thereof,
   Having regard to Council Decision 2014/219/CFSP of 15 April 2014 on the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 15 April 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/219/CFSP.

               (2)

               On 14 October 2014, the Council approved the Concept of Operations for EUCAP Sahel Mali.

               (3)

               Following the recommendation of the Civilian Operation Commander and the achievement of Initial Operational Capability by EUCAP Sahel Mali, the Mission should be launched on 15 January 2015 and it should remain valid for a period of 24 months.

               (4)

               Decision 2014/219/CFSP foresaw the financial reference amount of EUR 5 500 000 for the first nine months following its entry into force. A new reference amount for the period of twelve months starting on 15 January 2015 should be provided. To this effect, Decision 2014/219/CFSP should be amended.

               (5)

               EUCAP Sahel Mali will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the achievement of the objectives of the Union's external action as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) shall be launched on 15 January 2015.
   Article 2
   The Civilian Operation Commander of EUCAP Sahel Mali is hereby authorised with immediate effect to start execution of the mission.
   Article 3
   Article 14(1) of Decision 2014/219/CFSP is replaced by the following:

      ‘1.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to EUCAP Sahel Mali from 15 April 2014 to 14 January 2015 shall be EUR 5 500 000. The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to EUCAP Sahel Mali from 15 January 2015 to 14 January 2016 shall be EUR 11 400 000. The financial reference amount for the subsequent periods shall be decided by the Council.’

   Article 4
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
   It shall apply from 15 January 2015.

      Done at Brussels, 19 January 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         F. MOGHERINI

      (1)  OJ L 113, 16.4.2014, p. 21.


title: 2013/86/EU: Council Decision of 12 February 2013 on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety  Text with EEA relevance

text:
               19.2.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 46/1

      COUNCIL DECISION

   of 12 February 2013
   on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   (2013/86/EU)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Article 27 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2) (‘the Protocol’) provides that the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP/MOP) shall adopt, in its first meeting, a process with respect to the elaboration of international rules and procedures in the field of liability and redress for damage resulting from transboundary movements of living modified organisms.

               (2)

               In June 2007, the Council adopted a Decision authorising the Commission to participate in the negotiations concerning liability and redress in this field on behalf of the Union as regards matters falling within Union competence, in accordance with certain negotiating directives. That authorisation was extended in October 2008 to cover the final stages of the negotiations.

               (3)

               During the fifth COP/MOP in Nagoya, Japan, the Union supported the final compromise reached on the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (‘the Supplementary Protocol’), following consideration that it was within the limits of the agreed Union positions and negotiating directives addressed to the Commission.

               (4)

               On 15 October 2010, the final plenary of the fifth COP/MOP adopted the Supplementary Protocol.

               (5)

               On 20 December 2010, the Council welcomed the adoption of the Supplementary Protocol.

               (6)

               In accordance with a Council Decision of 6 May 2011 (3), the Supplementary Protocol was signed by the Union on 11 May 2011, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

               (7)

               According to Article 34 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (4), any protocol to that Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and by regional economic integration organisations.

               (8)

               The Union and its Member States should endeavour to deposit as soon as possible their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of the Supplementary Protocol.

               (9)

               The Supplementary Protocol contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the environmental policy of the Union.

               (10)

               The Supplementary Protocol should therefore be approved on behalf of the Union,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
   The text of the Supplementary Protocol is attached to this Decision.
   Article 2
   The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union, as regards matters falling within the Union’s competence, the instrument of approval provided for in Article 18 of the Supplementary Protocol (5). At the same time, these person(s) shall deposit the declaration set out in the Annex to this Decision, in accordance with Article 34(3) of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 12 February 2013.

            For the Council

            The President

         M. NOONAN

      (1)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.

      (2)  OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 50.

      (3)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.

      (4)  OJ L 309, 13.12.1993, p. 3.

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

      ANNEX

         DECLARATION BY THE EUROPEAN UNION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 34, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

      ‘The European Union declares that, in accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 191 thereof, it is competent for entering into international agreements, and for implementing the obligations resulting therefrom, which contribute to the pursuit of the following objectives:

                  —

                  preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment;

                  —

                  protecting human health;

                  —

                  prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources;

                  —

                  promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems, and in particular combating climate change.

            Moreover, the European Union adopts measures at Union level in the area of judicial cooperation in civil matters for the proper functioning of its internal market.
      The European Union declares that it has already adopted legal instruments, binding on its Member States, covering matters governed by this Supplementary Protocol. The exercise of Union competence is by nature subject to continuous development. In order to comply with its obligations under Article 20(3)(a) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention of Biodiversity, the Union will keep up to date the list of legal instruments already transmitted to the Biosafety Clearing House.
      The European Union is responsible for the performance of those obligations resulting from this Supplementary Protocol which are covered by Union law in force.’

         NAGOYA-KUALA LUMPUR SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS TO THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY

      THE PARTIES TO THIS SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL,
      BEING Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’,
      TAKING INTO ACCOUNT Principle 13 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development,
      REAFFIRMING the precautionary approach contained in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development,
      RECOGNIZING the need to provide for appropriate response measures where there is damage or sufficient likelihood of damage, consistent with the Protocol,
      RECALLING Article 27 of the Protocol,
      HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
      Article 1
      Objective
      The objective of this Supplementary Protocol is to contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, by providing international rules and procedures in the field of liability and redress relating to living modified organisms.
      Article 2
      Use of terms
      1.   The terms used in Article 2 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’, and Article 3 of the Protocol shall apply to this Supplementary Protocol.
      2.   In addition, for the purposes of this Supplementary Protocol:

                  (a)

                  ‘Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol’ means the Conference of the Parties to the Convention serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol;

                  (b)

                  ‘Damage’ means an adverse effect on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, that:

                              (i)

                              Is measurable or otherwise observable taking into account, wherever available, scientifically-established baselines recognized by a competent authority that takes into account any other human induced variation and natural variation; and

                              (ii)

                              Is significant as set out in paragraph 3 below;

                  (c)

                  ‘Operator’ means any person in direct or indirect control of the living modified organism which could, as appropriate and as determined by domestic law, include, inter alia, the permit holder, person who placed the living modified organism on the market, developer, producer, notifier, exporter, importer, carrier or supplier;

                  (d)

                  ‘Response measures’ means reasonable actions to:

                              (i)

                              Prevent, minimize, contain, mitigate, or otherwise avoid damage, as appropriate;

                              (ii)

                              Restore biological diversity through actions to be undertaken in the following order of preference:

                                          a.

                                          Restoration of biological diversity to the condition that existed before the damage occurred, or its nearest equivalent; and where the competent authority determines this is not possible;

                                          b.

                                          Restoration by, inter alia, replacing the loss of biological diversity with other components of biological diversity for the same, or for another type of use either at the same or, as appropriate, at an alternative location.

            3.   A ‘significant’ adverse effect is to be determined on the basis of factors, such as:

                  (a)

                  The long-term or permanent change, to be understood as change that will not be redressed through natural recovery within a reasonable period of time;

                  (b)

                  The extent of the qualitative or quantitative changes that adversely affect the components of biological diversity;

                  (c)

                  The reduction of the ability of components of biological diversity to provide goods and services;

                  (d)

                  The extent of any adverse effects on human health in the context of the Protocol.

            Article 3
      Scope
      1.   This Supplementary Protocol applies to damage resulting from living modified organisms which find their origin in a transboundary movement. The living modified organisms referred to are those:

                  (a)

                  Intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing;

                  (b)

                  Destined for contained use;

                  (c)

                  Intended for intentional introduction into the environment.

            2.   With respect to intentional transboundary movements, this Supplementary Protocol applies to damage resulting from any authorized use of the living modified organisms referred to in paragraph 1 above.
      3.   This Supplementary Protocol also applies to damage resulting from unintentional transboundary movements as referred to in Article 17 of the Protocol as well as damage resulting from illegal transboundary movements as referred to in Article 25 of the Protocol.
      4.   This Supplementary Protocol applies to damage resulting from a transboundary movement of living modified organisms that started after the entry into force of this Supplementary Protocol for the Party into whose jurisdiction the transboundary movement was made.
      5.   This Supplementary Protocol applies to damage that occurred in areas within the limits of the national jurisdiction of Parties.
      6.   Parties may use criteria set out in their domestic law to address damage that occurs within the limits of their national jurisdiction.
      7.   Domestic law implementing this Supplementary Protocol shall also apply to damage resulting from transboundary movements of living modified organisms from non-Parties.
      Article 4
      Causation
      A causal link shall be established between the damage and the living modified organism in question in accordance with domestic law.
      Article 5
      Response measures
      1.   Parties shall require the appropriate operator or operators, in the event of damage, subject to any requirements of the competent authority, to:

                  (a)

                  Immediately inform the competent authority;

                  (b)

                  Evaluate the damage; and

                  (c)

                  Take appropriate response measures.

            2.   The competent authority shall:

                  (a)

                  Identify the operator which has caused the damage;

                  (b)

                  Evaluate the damage; and

                  (c)

                  Determine which response measures should be taken by the operator.

            3.   Where relevant information, including available scientific information or information available in the Biosafety Clearing-House, indicates that there is a sufficient likelihood that damage will result if timely response measures are not taken, the operator shall be required to take appropriate response measures so as to avoid such damage.
      4.   The competent authority may implement appropriate response measures, including, in particular, when the operator has failed to do so.
      5.   The competent authority has the right to recover from the operator the costs and expenses of, and incidental to, the evaluation of the damage and the implementation of any such appropriate response measures. Parties may provide, in their domestic law, for other situations in which the operator may not be required to bear the costs and expenses.
      6.   Decisions of the competent authority requiring the operator to take response measures should be reasoned. Such decisions should be notified to the operator. Domestic law shall provide for remedies, including the opportunity for administrative or judicial review of such decisions. The competent authority shall, in accordance with domestic law, also inform the operator of the available remedies. Recourse to such remedies shall not impede the competent authority from taking response measures in appropriate circumstances, unless otherwise provided by domestic law.
      7.   In implementing this Article and with a view to defining the specific response measures to be required or taken by the competent authority, Parties may, as appropriate, assess whether response measures are already addressed by their domestic law on civil liability.
      8.   Response measures shall be implemented in accordance with domestic law.
      Article 6
      Exemptions
      1.   Parties may provide, in their domestic law, for the following exemptions:

                  (a)

                  Act of God or force majeure; and

                  (b)

                  Act of war or civil unrest.

            2.   Parties may provide, in their domestic law, for any other exemptions or mitigations as they may deem fit.
      Article 7
      Time limits
      Parties may provide, in their domestic law, for:

                  (a)

                  Relative and/or absolute time limits including for actions related to response measures; and

                  (b)

                  The commencement of the period to which a time limit applies.

            Article 8
      Financial limits
      Parties may provide, in their domestic law, for financial limits for the recovery of costs and expenses related to response measures.
      Article 9
      Right of recourse
      This Supplementary Protocol shall not limit or restrict any right of recourse or indemnity that an operator may have against any other person.
      Article 10
      Financial security
      1.   Parties retain the right to provide, in their domestic law, for financial security.
      2.   Parties shall exercise the right referred to in paragraph 1 above in a manner consistent with their rights and obligations under international law, taking into account the final three preambular paragraphs of the Protocol.
      3.   The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol after the entry into force of the Supplementary Protocol shall request the Secretariat to undertake a comprehensive study which shall address, inter alia:

                  (a)

                  The modalities of financial security mechanisms;

                  (b)

                  An assessment of the environmental, economic and social impacts of such mechanisms, in particular on developing countries; and

                  (c)

                  An identification of the appropriate entities to provide financial security.

            Article 11
      Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts
      This Supplementary Protocol shall not affect the rights and obligations of States under the rules of general international law with respect to the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts.
      Article 12
      Implementation and relation to civil liability
      1.   Parties shall provide, in their domestic law, for rules and procedures that address damage. To implement this obligation, Parties shall provide for response measures in accordance with this Supplementary Protocol and may, as appropriate:

                  (a)

                  Apply their existing domestic law, including, where applicable, general rules and procedures on civil liability;

                  (b)

                  Apply or develop civil liability rules and procedures specifically for this purpose; or

                  (c)

                  Apply or develop a combination of both.

            2.   Parties shall, with the aim of providing adequate rules and procedures in their domestic law on civil liability for material or personal damage associated with the damage as defined in Article 2, paragraph 2(b):

                  (a)

                  Continue to apply their existing general law on civil liability;

                  (b)

                  Develop and apply or continue to apply civil liability law specifically for that purpose; or

                  (c)

                  Develop and apply or continue to apply a combination of both.

            3.   When developing civil liability law as referred to in subparagraphs (b) or (c) of paragraphs 1 or 2 above, Parties shall, as appropriate, address, inter alia, the following elements:

                  (a)

                  Damage;

                  (b)

                  Standard of liability including strict or fault-based liability;

                  (c)

                  Channelling of liability, where appropriate;

                  (d)

                  Right to bring claims.

            Article 13
      Assessment and review
      The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol shall undertake a review of the effectiveness of this Supplementary Protocol five years after its entry into force and every five years thereafter, provided information requiring such a review has been made available by Parties. The review shall be undertaken in the context of the assessment and review of the Protocol as specified in Article 35 of the Protocol, unless otherwise decided by the Parties to this Supplementary Protocol. The first review shall include a review of the effectiveness of Articles 10 and 12.
      Article 14
      Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol
      1.   Subject to paragraph 2 of Article 32 of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol shall serve as the meeting of the Parties to this Supplementary Protocol.
      2.   The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol shall keep under regular review the implementation of this Supplementary Protocol and shall make, within its mandate, the decisions necessary to promote its effective implementation. It shall perform the functions assigned to it by this Supplementary Protocol and, mutatis mutandis, the functions assigned to it by paragraphs 4(a) and (f) of Article 29 of the Protocol.
      Article 15
      Secretariat
      The Secretariat established by Article 24 of the Convention shall serve as the secretariat to this Supplementary Protocol.
      Article 16
      Relationship with the Convention and the Protocol
      1.   This Supplementary Protocol shall supplement the Protocol and shall neither modify nor amend the Protocol.
      2.   This Supplementary Protocol shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Parties to this Supplementary Protocol under the Convention and the Protocol.
      3.   Except as otherwise provided in this Supplementary Protocol, the provisions of the Convention and the Protocol shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Supplementary Protocol.
      4.   Without prejudice to paragraph 3 above, this Supplementary Protocol shall not affect the rights and obligations of a Party under international law.
      Article 17
      Signature
      This Supplementary Protocol shall be open for signature by Parties to the Protocol at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 7 March 2011 to 6 March 2012.
      Article 18
      Entry into force
      1.   This Supplementary Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession by States or regional economic integration organizations that are Parties to the Protocol.
      2.   This Supplementary Protocol shall enter into force for a State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts or approves it or accedes thereto after the deposit of the fortieth instrument as referred to in paragraph 1 above, on the ninetieth day after the date on which that State or regional economic integration organization deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession, or on the date on which the Protocol enters into force for that State or regional economic integration organization, whichever shall be the later.
      3.   For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 above, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of such organization.
      Article 19
      Reservations
      No reservations may be made to this Supplementary Protocol.
      Article 20
      Withdrawal
      1.   At any time after two years from the date on which this Supplementary Protocol has entered into force for a Party, that Party may withdraw from this Supplementary Protocol by giving written notification to the Depositary.
      2.   Any such withdrawal shall take place upon expiry of one year after the date of its receipt by the Depositary, or on such later date as may be specified in the notification of the withdrawal.
      3.   Any Party which withdraws from the Protocol in accordance with Article 39 of the Protocol shall be considered as also having withdrawn from this Supplementary Protocol.
      Article 21
      Authentic texts
      The original of this Supplementary Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized to that effect, have signed this Supplementary Protocol.

         DONE at Nagoya on this fifteenth day of October two thousand and ten.


title: Council Decision (EU) 2017/730 of 25 April 2017 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil 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 schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union

text:
               26.4.2017

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 108/1

         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2017/730
   of 25 April 2017
   on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil 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 schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union
   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 point (a)(v) of the second subparagraph of Article 218(6) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 15 July 2013 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 accession to the Union of the Republic of Croatia.

               (2)

               Negotiations were conducted by the Commission in accordance with the negotiating directives adopted by the Council.

               (3)

               Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union (the ‘Agreement’) was initialled on 12 July 2016.

               (4)

               The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Union on 25 November 2016, subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2016/1995 (2).

               (5)

               The Agreement should be approved,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil 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 schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
   The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
   Article 2
   The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, to the notification provided for in the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Agreement (3).
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 25 April 2017.

            For the Council

            The President

         I. BORG

      (1)  The European Parliament provided its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement on 15 March 2017.

      (2)  Council Decision (EU) 2016/1995 of 11 November 2016 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 the Federative Republic of Brazil 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 schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union (OJ L 308, 16.11.2016, p. 1).

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98/471/EC: Commission Decision of 16 July 1998 establishing priority areas for the action plan for the exchange between the administrations of the participating countries of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market, adopted pursuant to Council Decision 92/481/EEC (Karolus programme) (notified under document number C(1998) 2012) (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 208 , 24/07/1998 P. 0062 - 0066

COMMISSION DECISION of 16 July 1998 establishing priority areas for the action plan for the exchange between the administrations of the participating countries of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market, adopted pursuant to Council Decision 92/481/EEC (Karolus programme) (notified under document number C(1998) 2012) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/471/EC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Decision 92/481/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the adoption of an action plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market (1), as amended by Decision No 889/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), and, in particular, the sixth indent of Article 5 of Decision 92/481/EEC,Whereas Decision 92/481/EEC lays down that the Commission shall, in consultation with the Committee referred to in Article 10 thereof, decide annually on the priority areas to be covered by the exchange programme;Whereas those areas must be established for 1998;Whereas the definition of those priority areas is closely connected with the implementation of various measures for the completion of the internal market as laid down in Article 7a of the EC Treaty;Whereas the exchanges of officials are designed to contribute to improving convergence in both the interpretation of Community Acts and the implementation of those Acts;Whereas the Karolus-programme does not in any way affect Community exchange programmes such as Matthaeus (3) in the area of customs, Fiscalis (4) in the area of indirect taxation, Grotius (5) in the area of justice, Odysseus (6), Oisin (7), Falcone (8) and Stop (9) in the area of internal affairs;Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 10 of Decision 92/481/EEC concerning the action plan,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1 For the 1998 financial year, the priority areas referred to in the sixth indent of Article 5 of Decision 92/481/EEC shall be as follows:- pharmaceutical products and veterinary medicinal products (officials with responsibility for the licensing and supervision of medicinal products, including the establishment of a network of remote links in the field of medical data-processing which provides guarantees of IT security and confidentiality in respect of exchanges of the data concerned; personnel involved in good manufacturing practice (GMP) and inspection of manufacturers, in accordance with Council Directive 75/319/EEC (10); personnel involved in market surveillance of medicinal products, particularly those in the official medicine control laboratories (OMCLs)),- public procurement (officials working in administrative departments with responsibility for awarding contracts whose value is equal to or greater than the thresholds referred to in Council Directives 92/50/EEC (11), 93/36/EEC (12), 93/37/EEC (13) and 93/38/EEC (14), including officials of independent authorities involved in the organisation, control or supervision of systems for the award of such contracts or in the development of training activities geared to the current state of progress in implementing these systems and developing their expertise in public procurement),- export controls on certain dual-use goods and technologies covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3881/94 (15), without prejudice to the application of national provisions on the protection of defence secrets (officials with responsibility for export licensing and monitoring),- export controls on cultural goods (officials with responsibility for granting export licences and monitoring where such controls are not carried out by the customs administration) (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 (16)),- controls on the manufacture, placing on the market, import and export of drugs precursors, when such controls are carried out by administrations other than the customs administration (staff of those administrations with responsibility for granting import or export licences and monitoring) (Council Directive 92/109/EEC (17), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3677/90 (18); Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3769/92 (19)),- import and export controls on species of wild fauna and flora protected under the CITES Convention (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (20) (staff of the competent management bodies with responsibility for granting import and export licences),- veterinary medicine (officials with responsibility for inspections of live animals and livestock products on farms, at markets, on premises where products of animal origin are produced, processed or stored, and at frontier inspection posts, and staff of laboratories taking part in these inspections in the context of the protection of public health, animal health and welfare and the enforcement of zootechnical rules and livestock identification rules (21)),- conformity testing and market supervision (officials with responsibility for the implementation of the Directives on toys (Council Directive 88/378/EEC (22), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (23)); personal protective equipment (Council Directive 89/686/EEC (24), as amended by Council Directives 93/68/EEC and 93/95/EEC (25), and Directive 96/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (26)); measuring instruments (Council Directive 90/384/EEC (27), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC); low-voltage electrical equipment (Council Directive 73/23/EEC (28), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC); electro-magnetic compatibility (Council Directive 89/336/EEC (29), as amended by Directives 92/31/EEC (30) and 93/68/EEC); equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (Directive 94/9/EC (31) of the European Parliament and the Council); medical devices (Council Directive 93/42/EEC (32)); gas appliances (Council Directive 90/396/EEC (33), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC); pressure vessels (Directive 97/23/EC (34) of the European Parliament and of the Council); chemicals; explosives for civil use; machinery; motor vehicles; recreational craft; and officials with responsibility for implementing the different quality-control instruments),- foodstuffs (officials with responsibility for the official inspection of foodstuffs pursuant to Council Directives 89/397/EEC (35) and 93/99/EEC (36) on the official control of foodstuffs, in particular in the field of foodstuff hygiene control pursuant to Council Directive 93/43/EEC (37)),- plant health (officials with responsibility for inspecting the health of plants and plant products at the place of production and at points of entry into the Community, those with responsibility for the acceptance and supervision of plant protection products and those with responsibility for the quality of seeds) (Council Directives 77/93/EEC (38), 91/414/EEC (39), 76/895/EEC (40), 86/362/EEC (41), 86/363/EEC (42) and 90/642/EEC (43); Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (44); Council Directives 66/400/EEC (45), 66/401/EEC (46), 66/402/EEC (47), 66/403/EEC (48), 66/404/EEC (49), 69/208/EEC (50), 70/457/EEC (51), 70/458/EEC (52), 91/682/EEC (53), 92/33/EEC (54) and 96/34/EEC (55)),- banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges and institutions for collective investment in securities (officials from the supervisory authorities for those institutions),- prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering (officials with responsibility for the implementation of Council Directive 91/308/EEC (56)),- action to combat counterfeiting and piracy (officials with responsibility for ensuring that Community legislation on intellectual and industrial property (57) is correctly applied in the single market),- consumer protection in the following areas: general product safety, consumer credit, package tours, consumers' economic interests and access to justice,- protection of personal data (officials of the national authorities responsible for enforcing national rules pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC (58) of the European Parliament and of the Council),- management of the transfer of waste between Member States,- road transport (officials with responsibility for the implementation and effective application of Regulations, especially on employment conditions and technical matters),- sea transport: checks by port inspectors to ensure that vessels comply with international rules on maritime safety and environmental protection (Council Directive 95/21/EC (59)),- air transport (officials with responsibility for the implementation and effective application of Regulations on the licensing of air carriers (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 (60)), on traffic rights (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 (61)), on airport networks, groundhandling services, airport charges and air safety (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (62)) and, more specifically, on the issuance of licences to cockpit personnel (Council Directive 91/670/EEC (63)), and on the inspection of aircraft from third countries),- operation of the statistical programmes relating to the internal market (officials with responsibility for sectoral programmes relating to trade in goods and services between Member States) (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 (64)),- competition (officials with responsibility for drawing up and applying the competition rules in relation to trusts, dominant positions and mergers),- telecommunications (officials working for the national regulatory authorities (NRAs) responsible in each of the Member States for regulating the national telecommunications market (65)),- audiovisual services, and in particular the implementation of Council Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (66) amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities,- freedom of movement of persons (officials with responsibility for the recognition of diplomas, for issuing residence permits to persons entitled under Community law, for matters relating to social security and for applying the principles of freedom of movement in the priority sectors of the national public administration, namely education, public health, civil research, public bodies operating a commercial service, labour inspectors and public employment service officials),- employment law (officials with responsibility for implementing and monitoring the application of the Directives on employment law (67) and for implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (Council Directive 76/207/EEC (68)) and in matters of social security (Council Directive 79/7/EEC (69)), including labour inspectors),- protection of health and safety at work (officials with responsibility for monitoring the implementation of Council Directive 89/391/EEC (70) and special Directives),- implementation of Council Directive 83/189/EEC (71) (officials with responsibility for the system for the exchange of information relating to the prior notification of draft national technical regulations),- implementation of Decision No 3052/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (72) establishing a procedure for the exchange of information on national measures derogating from the principle of the free movement of goods within the Community (officials with responsibility for coordinating notification of the measures covered by the Decision),- chemical products (officials with responsibility for the placing on the market of dangerous substances (73), notification of new dangerous substances, export and import control of dangerous chemicals (74) and control of risks of existing substances (75)),- biotechnology (officials with responsibility for procedures for the environmental clearance, scientific appraisal or risk assessment of products consisting of or containing genetically modified organisms (76)),- control of substances which pollute the atmosphere (officials with responsibility for monitoring the manufacture, placing on the market and export of liquid fuels, volatile organic compounds and ozone-depleting substances (77)).Article 2 Where a candidature in conformity with the provisions of Article 5(1) of Commission Decision 93/10/EEC (78) is clearly of interest in the context of the application of Community legislation in the area of the internal market, outside the priority areas listed in Article 1, it can be considered for participation in the programme, provided that no equivalent Community programme for the exchange of officials exists in the area concerned.Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply from 28 April 1998.Done at Brussels, 16 July 1998.For the CommissionMario MONTIMember of the CommissionNOTES(1) OJ L 286, 1. 10. 1992, p. 65.(2) OJ L 126, 28. 4. 1998, p. 6.(3) Council Decision 91/341/EEC of 20 June 1991, on the adoption of a programme of Community action on the subject of the vocational training of customs officials (Matthaeus programme) - OJ L 187, 13. 7. 1991, p. 41.(4) Decision No 888/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 1998 establishing a programme of Community action to ameliorate the indirect taxation systems of the internal market (Fiscalis programme) - OJ L 126, 28. 4. 1998, p. 1.(5) OJ L 287, 8. 11. 1996, p. 3 (Grotius: Joint Action of 28 October 1996 adopted by the Council on a programme of incentives and exchanges for legal practitioners).(6) OJ L 99 31. 3. 1998, p. 2 (Odysseus programme: Joint Action of 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