title: 2007/320/EC: Commission Decision of 22 March 2007 setting up the Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation

text:
               9.5.2007

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 119/45

      COMMISSION DECISION

   of 22 March 2007
   setting up the Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation
   (2007/320/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Article 157 of the Treaty assigns the Community and the Member States the task of ensuring that the conditions necessary for the competitiveness of the Community's industry exist. Article 151 provides that the Community is to contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.

               (2)

               The Communication from the Commission entitled ‘i2010 — A European Information Society for growth and employment’ (1) announced a flagship initiative on digital libraries.

               (3)

               The Communication from the Commission entitled ‘i2010: Digital Libraries’ (2) launched an initiative on digital libraries consisting of actions in the areas of digitisation, online accessibility and digital preservation of cultural material and scientific information.

               (4)

               The Commission Recommendation 2006/585/EC of 24 August 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (3) (hereinafter referred to as the Commission Recommendation) calls on Member States to take action to improve their policies in these areas.

               (5)

               The Council Conclusions of 13 November 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (4) (hereinafter referred to as the Council Conclusions), invite the Commission to contribute to improved policy co-ordination in these domains, in particular through the creation of a group of Member States’ experts.

               (6)

               With a view to achieving these objectives, the Commission needs to call upon the expertise of specialists from the Member States in an advisory group.

               (7)

               The group should contribute to monitoring progress and assessing the impact of the implementation of the Commission Recommendation and the Council Conclusions. It should also assist co-ordination at European level and exchange information and good practices about Member States’ policies on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.

               (8)

               It is therefore necessary to set up a Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation and to define its tasks and its structure.

               (9)

               The group should be composed of representatives from the Member States with competence in the field concerned. The Commission should have the possibility to invite observers, in particular from other European countries and international organisations, or experts with specific competence in a subject on the agenda of the group, in order to achieve effective European cooperation.

               (10)

               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 (5).

               (11)

               Personal data relating to members of the group should be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (6).

               (12)

               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
   The Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation
   The group of experts ‘Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation’, hereinafter referred to as ‘the group’, is hereby set up with effect from the date of adoption of this Decision.
   Article 2
   Task
   The group’s tasks shall be:

               (a)

               to monitor progress and assess the impact of the implementation of the Commission Recommendation of 24 August 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation and of the Council Conclusions of 13 November 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation;

               (b)

               to provide a forum for cooperation between Member State bodies and the Commission at European level and to exchange information and good practices of Member States’ policies and strategies on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.

         In implementing the above mentioned tasks, the group will take into account the work carried out by other groups set up by the Commission in the area of digitisation and digital preservation.
   Article 3
   Consultation
   The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.
   Article 4
   Membership — Appointment
   1.   The group shall normally be composed of up to two representatives appointed by each Member State. In duly justified circumstances, Member States may appoint a third representative. Members shall be appointed taking into account their competence in the domains of digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.
   2.   Member States may appoint alternate members for the members of the group in equal numbers and on the same conditions as the members to replace members who are absent.
   3.   Members of the group shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their mandate is renewed.
   4.   Members who are no longer capable of contributing effectively to the group’s deliberations, who resign or who do not comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 3 of this Article, or Article 287 of the Treaty may be replaced.
   5.   The names of members shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. The names of members shall be published on the i2010 Digital libraries website (7).
   Article 5
   Operation
   1.   The group shall be chaired by the Commission.
   2.   In agreement with the Commission, sub-groups may be set up to examine specific questions under the terms of reference established by the group. Such sub-groups shall be dissolved as soon as their mandates are fulfilled.
   3.   The Commission’s representative may ask observers, in particular from other European countries and international organisations, or experts with specific competence on a subject on the agenda to participate in the group’s or sub-group’s deliberations as appropriate for achieving effective European cooperation.
   4.   Information obtained by participating in the deliberations of a group or sub-group shall not be divulged if, in the opinion of the Commission, that information relates to confidential matters.
   5.   The group and its sub-groups shall normally meet on Commission premises in accordance with the procedures and schedule established by it. The Commission shall provide secretarial services. Other Commission officials with an interest in the proceedings may attend meetings of the group and its sub-groups.
   6.   The group shall adopt its rules of procedure on the basis of the standard rules of procedure adopted by the Commission.
   7.   The Commission may publish in the original language of the document concerned, any summary, conclusion, or partial conclusion or working document of the group.
   Article 6
   Meeting expenses
   The Commission shall reimburse travel and, where appropriate, subsistence expenses for members, experts and observers in connection with the group’s activities in accordance with the Commission’s rules on the compensation of external experts. Reimbursement of expenses for members is limited to one expert per Member State.
   The members, experts and observers shall not be remunerated for the services they render.
   Meeting expenses are reimbursed within the limits of the annual budget allocated to the group by the responsible Commission services.
   Article 7
   Applicability
   This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2010.

      Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.

            For the Commission

         Viviane REDING

            Member of the Commission

      (1)  COM(2005) 229 final.

      (2)  COM(2005) 465 final.

      (3)  OJ L 236, 31.8.2006, p. 28.

      (4)  OJ C 297, 7.12.2006, p. 1.

      (5)  OJ L 317, 3.12.2001, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/548/EC, Euratom (OJ L 215, 5.8.2006, p. 38).

      (6)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

      (7)  http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/index_en.htm


title: 2011/558/EU: Decision of the European Parliament of 10 May 2011 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section IV — Court of Justice

text:
               27.9.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 250/89

         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 10 May 2011
   on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section IV — Court of Justice
   (2011/558/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009 (1),
   having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010) 963 — C7-0214/2010) (2),
   having regard to the Court of Justice’s annual report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out in 2009,
   having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2009, together with the institutions’ replies (3),
   having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (4),
   having regard to Article 272(10) and Articles 274, 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 314(10) and Articles 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5), and in particular Articles 50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0137/2011),

               1.

               Grants the Registrar of the Court of Justice discharge in respect of the implementation of the Court of Justice budget for the financial year 2009;

               2.

               Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

               3.

               Instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors, the European Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The President

         Jerzy BUZEK

            The Secretary-General

         Klaus WELLE

      (1)  OJ L 69, 13.3.2009.

      (2)  OJ C 308, 12.11.2010, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ C 303, 9.11.2010, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ C 308, 12.11.2010, p. 129.

      (5)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
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               27.9.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 250/90

         RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 10 May 2011
   with observations forming an integral part of its Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section IV — Court of Justice
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009 (1),
   having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010) 963 — C7-0214/2010) (2),
   having regard to the Court of Justice’s annual report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out in 2009,
   having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2009, together with the institutions’ replies (3),
   having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (4),
   having regard to Article 272(10) and Articles 274, 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 314(10) and Articles 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5), and in particular Articles 50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0137/2011),

               1.

               Notes that in 2009 the Court of Justice had commitment appropriations available amounting to a total of EUR 318 000 000 (EUR 297 000 000 in 2008), with a utilisation rate of 98,50 %, which is above the average of the other institutions (97,69 %);

               2.

               Notes that in the course of preparation of the annual report concerning the financial year 2009, the Court of Auditors performed an in-depth assessment of supervisory and control systems in the Court of Justice, the European Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor, which included the examination of an additional sample of transactions involving payments relating to human resources and to other administrative expenditure;

               3.

               Notes that the Court of Auditors’ in-depth assessment at the Court of Justice related to a random sample of 54 transactions covering a wide range of the activities and departments of the Court of Justice, representing a substantial part of its annual budget, and that assessment had broadly positive results;

               4.

               Notes that the Court of Auditors indicated in its annual report that the Court of Justice failed to anticipate the expiry of a framework contract, and ordered services amounting to EUR 102 000 without applying competitive procurement procedures; also recalls for the financial year 2008, the observations of the Court of Auditors, concerning a contract concluded for the provision of services, highlighted weaknesses in the internal control system for performing this tendering procedure and breach of the Financial Regulation and of its Implementing Rules (6);

               5.

               Takes note of the Court of Justice’s reply and its motives; endorses, however, the suggestion of the Court of Auditors that procurement procedures should be better prepared and coordinated;

               6.

               Notes that apart from the comments on the abovementioned contract concluded for the provision of services, the annual report of the Court of Auditors did not point out any other observations as regards the Court of Justice;

               7.

               Commends the Court of Auditors’ observation that the Court of Justice’s supervisory and control systems relating to the management and payment of remuneration and allowances are, in general, capable of discovering any errors or irregularities;

               8.

               Notes with satisfaction the effective operation of the Court of Justice’s Internal Audit Unit, that it monitors the action taken on recommendations made in audits carried out in previous years, and that its recommendations were duly put into operation; notes that two audits were carried out in 2009: an internal audit on management of interpreting and of expenditure in relation to external interpreters, and an internal audit on works of art; given the particular difficulties in the sphere of interpretation, invites the Court of Justice to follow-up on the action taken;

               9.

               Welcomes the increase in the number of cases completed by the Court of Justice (377 judgments and 165 orders compared to 333 and 161 respectively in 2008), and takes note of the number of preliminary ruling cases being the highest ever (302); however, notes that in 2009 the number of cases submitted has decreased in comparison to 2008 (561 instead of 592); notes that the duration of the proceedings was practically unchanged, and welcomes the decrease in the number of cases pending at the end of 2009 (741 cases compared to 768 cases at the end of 2008);

               10.

               Notes with concern that the General Court in 2009 showed a decrease in the number of cases decided and an increase of the duration of the proceedings and that consequently, although the number of new cases in 2009 was lower (568 new cases compared to 629 in 2008), the backlog of pending cases continued to increase (from 1 178 in 2008 to 1 191 in 2009);

               11.

               Welcomes the fact that the Civil Service Tribunal closed more cases than ever before (155 cases), and that the average duration of a procedure was 15,1 months compared to 17 months in 2008, as a result the number of pending cases continues to decrease (from 217 in 2008 to 175 in 2009), while the number of new applications remains almost constant (113 in 2009 compared to 111 in 2008);

               12.

               Welcomes the ongoing successful cooperation in the sphere of training with other institutions and with the European Administrative School, as well as effective interinstitutional cooperation in development and installation of the integrated management system;

               13.

               Takes note of the modernisation of the Court of Justice’s work methods, in particular the computerisation of the Registry of the Court of Justice, where the Paper Register dating back to 1952 has finally been replaced by an Electronic Register; urges the Court of Justice to report on the progress in introduction of other IT developments, for instance, the ‘e-curia’ application, in its upcoming annual reports;

               14.

               Notes the difficulties the Court of Justice experienced as regards recruitment of qualified conference interpreters, and the limitations as well as the need to use a range of interpretation techniques in order to be able to qualitatively and quantitatively satisfy all requests for interpretation; given the importance of interpretation for proper functioning of judicial work, invites the Court of Justice to report on this in its upcoming annual reports;

               15.

               Commends good interinstitutional cooperation on buildings, security, environmental protection and administrative management; invites the Court of Justice to provide more information on the outcome of the analysis as regards the needs not met by buildings from the perspective of 2014, and the resulting report, as well as the Court of Justice buildings policy in general;

               16.

               Welcomes the practice established by the Court of Justice of including in its Annual Activity Report a chapter outlining the follow-up during the year to Parliament’s previous discharge decisions and to reports of the Court of Auditors.

      (1)  OJ L 69, 13.3.2009.

      (2)  OJ C 308, 12.11.2010, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ C 303, 9.11.2010, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ C 308, 12.11.2010, p. 129.

      (5)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (6)  Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1).


title: 2004/927/EC: Council Decision of 22 December 2004 providing for certain areas covered by Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community to be governed by the procedure laid down in Article 251 of that Treaty

text:
               31.12.2004

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 396/45

      COUNCIL DECISION

   of 22 December 2004
   providing for certain areas covered by Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community to be governed by the procedure laid down in Article 251 of that Treaty
   (2004/927/EC)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second indent of Article 67(2) thereof,
   Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Under the Treaty of Amsterdam the European Community acquired the power to adopt measures in the field of visas, asylum, immigration and other policies relating to the free movement of persons, as laid down in Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community (hereinafter ‘the Treaty’).

               (2)

               Under Article 67 of the Treaty, as introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam, most of those measures were to be adopted by the Council acting unanimously after consulting the European Parliament.

               (3)

               Under the second indent of paragraph 2, of the same Article 67, the Council, acting unanimously after consulting the European Parliament, shall take a decision, after a transitional period of five years following the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, with a view to providing for all or parts of the areas covered by Title IV to be governed by the procedure referred to in Article 251 thereof.

               (4)

               Pursuant to Article 67(5) of the Treaty which was added by the Treaty of Nice the Council shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251, adopt the asylum-related measures provided for in Article 63(1) and (2)(a) provided that the Council has, unanimously and after consultation of the European Parliament, adopted Community legislation defining the common rules and basic principles governing those issues, as well as the measures on judicial cooperation in civil matters provided for in Article 65 with the exception of aspects relating to family law; those provisions are not affected by this Decision.

               (5)

               Moreover, pursuant to the Protocol on Article 67 of the Treaty, annexed to that Treaty by the Treaty of Nice, as from 1 May 2004 the Council shall act by a qualified majority, on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, when adopting the measures referred to in Article 66 of the Treaty; that Protocol is not affected by this Decision.

               (6)

               In addition to that which follows from the Treaty of Nice, when approving ‘the Hague Programme’: ‘Strengthening Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union’ at its meeting on 4 and 5 November 2004 the European Council asked the Council to adopt a decision based on Article 67(2) of the Treaty no later than 1 April 2005 to the effect that the Council is required to act in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 when adopting, in conformity with the case law of the Court of Justice relating to the choice of legal basis for Community acts, the measures referred to in Article 62(1), (2)(a) and (3) and Article 63(2)(b) and 3(b) of the Treaty.

               (7)

               However, the European Council took the view that, pending the entry into force of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, the Council should continue to act unanimously after consulting the European Parliament when adopting measures in the field of the legal migration of third-country nationals to and between Member States referred to in Article 63(3)(a) and (4) of the Treaty.

               (8)

               The transition to co-decision procedures for the adoption of measures referred to in Article 62(1) of the Treaty is without prejudice to the requirement for the Council to act unanimously when taking the decisions referred to in Article 3(2) of the Act of Accession of 2003, Article 15(1) of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the, implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (1), Article 4 of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union and any future accession treaty.

               (9)

               The transition to codecision procedures for the adoption of measures referred to in Article 62(2)(a) of the Treaty is without prejudice to the competence of the Member States concerning the geographical demarcation of their borders, in accordance with international law.

               (10)

               Incentive measures to support the action of Member States regarding the integration of third country nationals residing legally in their territories might be adopted by the Council acting in accordance with the appropriate legal basis provided for in the Treaty.

               (11)

               As a consequence of the transition to co-decision procedures for the adoption of measures referred to in Articles 62(2) and (3) of the Treaty, the Regulations reserving to the Council implementing powers with regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for examining visa applications and for carrying out border checks and surveillance should be amended so as to require the Council to act by qualified majority in those cases.

               (12)

               In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark does not take part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

               (13)

               In accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, those Member States have notified their wish to take part in the adoption and application of this Decision,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   1.   As from 1 January 2005 the Council shall act in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty when adopting measures referred to in Article 62(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the Treaty.
   2.   As from 1 January 2005 the Council shall act in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty when adopting measures referred to in Article 63(2)(b) and (3)(b) of the Treaty.
   Article 2
   Article 251 of the Treaty shall apply to opinions of the European Parliament obtained by the Council before 1 January 2005 concerning proposals for measures with respect to which the Council shall act, pursuant to this Decision, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty.
   Article 3
   1.   In Article 1(1) and (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 789/2001 of 24 April 2001 reserving to the Council implementing powers with regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for examining visa applications (2) the words ‘acting unanimously’ shall be replaced by ‘acting by qualified majority’ with effect from 1 January 2005.
   2   In Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 790/2001 of 24 April 2001 reserving to the Council implementing powers with regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for carrying out border checks and surveillance (3) the words ‘acting unanimously’ shall be replaced by ‘acting by qualified majority’ with effect from 1 January 2005.

      Done at Brussels, 22 December 2004.

            For the Council

            The President

         C. VEERMAN

      (1)  Council doc. 13054/04 accessible on http://register.consilium.eu.int

      (2)  OJ L 116 of 26.4.2001, p. 2.

      (3)  OJ L 116 of 26.4.2001, p. 5.


title: 2010/97/CFSP: Council Decision 2010/97/CFSP of 16 February 2010 on adapting and extending the period of application of the measures in Decision 2002/148/EC concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

text:
               19.2.2010

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 44/20

         COUNCIL DECISION 2010/97/CFSP
   of 16 February 2010
   on adapting and extending the period of application of the measures in Decision 2002/148/EC concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217 thereof,
   Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) and revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2), hereinafter referred to as ‘the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement’, and in particular Article 96 thereof,
   Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               By Decision 2002/148/EC (4), the consultations with the Republic of Zimbabwe under Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement were concluded and appropriate measures, as specified in the Annex to that Decision, were taken.

               (2)

               By Decision 2009/144/EC (5) the application of the measures referred to in Article 2 of Decision 2002/148/EC, which had been extended until 20 February 2004 by Article 1 of Decision 2003/112/EC (6), until 20 February 2005 by Article 1 of Decision 2004/157/EC (7), until 20 February 2006 by Article 1 of Decision 2005/139/EC (8), until 20 February 2007 by Article 1 of Decision 2006/114/EC (9), until 20 February 2008 by Article 1 of Decision 2007/127/EC (10) and until 20 February 2009 by Article 1 of Decision 2008/158/EC (11), was extended for a further period of 12 months until 20 February 2010.

               (3)

               The creation of an inclusive Government should be recognised as an opportunity to re-establish a constructive relationship between the European Union and Zimbabwe and to support the implementation of its reform programme.

               (4)

               However, taking into consideration recent events in Zimbabwe’s political development, as well as the fact that certain important measures concerning the essential elements of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, fully integrated into the Global Political Agreement agreed among the three political parties, have still not been adequately implemented, the essential elements cited in Article 9 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement are not respected, and the current conditions in Zimbabwe do not ensure respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law.

               (5)

               The period of application of the measures should therefore be extended,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The measures referred to in the annexed letter are hereby adopted as appropriate measures within the meaning of Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
   These measures shall apply for a period of 12 months from 21 February 2010 until 20 February 2011. The measures shall be kept under constant review.
   The letter in the Annex to this Decision shall be addressed to the President of Zimbabwe, Mr Mugabe, and copied to Prime Minister Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Mutambara.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Brussels, 16 February 2010.

            For the Council

            The President

         E. SALGADO

      (1)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

      (2)  OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 26.

      (3)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 376.

      (4)  OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 64.

      (5)  OJ L 49, 20.2.2009, p. 15.

      (6)  OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 25.

      (7)  OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, p. 60.

      (8)  OJ L 48, 19.2.2005, p. 28.

      (9)  OJ L 48, 18.2.2006, p. 26.

      (10)  OJ L 53, 22.2.2007, p. 23.

      (11)  OJ L 51, 26.2.2008, p. 19.

      ANNEX

         LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE

      The European Union attaches the utmost importance to the provisions of Article 9 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. As essential elements of the Partnership Agreement, respect for human rights, democratic institutions and the rule of law form the basis of our relations.
      By letter of 19 February 2002, the European Union informed you of its decision to conclude the consultations held under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and to take appropriate measures within the meaning of Article 96(2)(c) of that Agreement.
      By letters of 19 February 2003, 19 February 2004, 18 February 2005, 15 February 2006, 21 February 2007, 19 February 2008 and 20 February 2009 the European Union informed you of its decisions not to revoke the appropriate measures and to extend the period of application until 20 February 2004, 20 February 2005, 20 February 2006, 20 February 2007, 20 February 2008, 20 February 2009 and 20 February 2010 respectively.
      The European Union welcomes the formation of the Government of National Unity based on the Global Political Agreement (GPA) which has been set up on 13 February 2009. The European Union reiterates the great importance it attaches to the political dialogue, provided for in Article 8 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, launched officially at the request of the Government of Zimbabwe at the EU-Zimbabwe Ministerial Troika on 18-19 June 2009 in Brussels and to the agreement reached on the way forward. This includes the definition of joint roadmaps with mutual commitments. These are intended to reflect on the Zimbabwe side the effective implementation of the GPA, and on the European Union side the progressive lifting of current restrictions and the normalisation of EU-Zimbabwe relations.
      The European Union supports the Government of Zimbabwe’s ongoing efforts to implement the GPA, and welcomes the intensified regional diplomacy led by South Africa in support of reform in Zimbabwe. However, the European Union regrets the lack of progress within the framework of the political dialogue provided for in Article 8 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. The European Union continues to believe that significant progress in the implementation of the GPA is not only essential but possible and achievable as underlined in your exchanges with SADC.
      In the light of the above, the European Union has concluded that the appropriate measures can only be fully revoked once the GPA is effectively implemented. The European Union has therefore decided to extend the period of application of the appropriate measures set out in Council Decision 2002/148/EC until 20 February 2011 and to adapt the appropriate measures to reflect the GPA’s implementation since February 2009, in particular in the economic sphere. At this point in time no financial support should be channelled through the Government budget. The European Union has decided to work on progressing GPA implementation and to modify indents (b) and (c) as follows:

                  (b)

                  Financial support for all projects is suspended except those in support of the population, in particular in social sectors and those in support of the reforms contained in the GPA.

                  (c)

                  Financing shall be reoriented in support of the population in particular in social sectors and in support of the stabilisation process of the country, in particular with regard to democratisation, respect for human rights and the rule of law.

            All the other measures listed in the Annex to Council Decision 2002/148/EC shall continue to apply without changes. The Council Decision can be reviewed at any time prior to 20 February 2011.
      The European Union will therefore continue to support the stabilisation of the Government of National Unity and its reform programmes through its transitional support for agriculture and food security, social sectors, including health and education, and for GPA implementation.
      The European Union wishes to re-emphasise the importance it attaches to future EU-Zimbabwe cooperation and to confirm its willingness to revive and advance the political dialogue provided for in Article 8 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. In that context, we hope that sufficient progress will be made in the implementation of the GPA by the Government of Zimbabwe in the near future so as to allow the resumption of full cooperation.
      Yours faithfully,

               For the Commission

            José Manuel BARROSO

               For the Council

            E. SALGADO


title: 2006/813/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004, Section V — Court of Auditors

text:
               6.12.2006

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 340/36

         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 27 April 2006
   on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004, Section V — Court of Auditors
   (2006/813/EC)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

               —

               having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004 (1),

               —

               having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2004, Volume III (N6-0027/2005 — C6-0361/2005),

               —

               having regard to the Court of Auditors' annual report for the financial year 2004, accompanied by the replies of the institutions audited (2),

               —

               having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 248 of the EC Treaty (3),

               —

               having regard to the Council's recommendation of 14 March 2006 (5971/2006 — C6-0092/2006),

               —

               having regard to Articles 272(10), 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Articles 50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,

               —

               having regard to the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5),

               —

               having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

               —

               having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0113/2006),

               1.

               Grants the Secretary-General of the Court of Auditors discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2004;

               2.

               Sets out its comments in the resolution below;

               3.

               Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The President

         Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

            The Secretary-General

         Julian PRIESTLEY

      (1)  OJ L 53, 23.2.2004.

      (2)  OJ C 301, 30.11.2005, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ C 301, 30.11.2005, p. 9.

      (4)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (5)  OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1.
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               6.12.2006

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 340/37

         RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   with comments forming an integral part of the decision on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004, Section V — Court of Auditors
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

               —

               having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004 (1),

               —

               having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2004, Volume III (N6-0027/2005 — C6-0361/2005),

               —

               having regard to the Court of Auditors' annual report for the financial year 2004, accompanied by the replies of the institutions audited (2),

               —

               having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 248 of the EC Treaty (3),

               —

               having regard to the Council's recommendation of 14 March 2006 (5971/2006 — C6-0092/2006),

               —

               having regard to Articles 272(10), 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Articles 50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,

               —

               having regard to the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5),

               —

               having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

               —

               having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0113/2006),

               1.

               Notes that in 2004 the European Court of Auditors (ECA) administered a budget of EUR 96 925 410, with a utilisation rate of 81,5 %;

               2.

               Recalls that the 2004 accounts of the ECA were audited by an external firm, KPMG (6), which concluded that
               ‘[i]n our opinion the (…) accounting data and financial statements give a true and fair view, in accordance with the Financial Regulation, the implementing rules, generally accepted accounting principles and the European Court of Auditor's Internal Rules, of the assets and the financial position of the European Court of Auditors at 31 December 2004 and of the economic result and the revenue and expenditure for the financial year then ended.’;

               3.

               Notes with interest the terms of the certificate (7) issued by ECA's auditors, KPMG drawing attention for the first time:
               ‘to the information given in note 1 of the Annex to the financial statements, to the effect that, in accordance with accounting standard No 12 (Employee benefits), which was adopted on 28 December 2004 by a decision of the Commission's accounting officer pursuant to Article 133 of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities on 31 December 2004 for the first time the Court recorded a provision for its Members' pensions combined with a long-term claim on the Member States to the value of EUR 43 689 621. The amount of the provision was calculated on the basis of an actuarial analysis carried out by the European Commission.’;

               4.

               Notes that the extension to the ECA's headquarters building in Luxembourg, under construction since 2001, was occupied in October 2003, ahead of the scheduled date of June 2004; notes also that the accounts for the project are in the process of being closed and that a full report will be provided to the budgetary authority in due course;

               5.

               Notes further a reference in the KPMG report under off-balance sheet commitments to an undertaking by the ECA to acquire land for a further extension (the K3 project); notes that the K3 project is intended to meet the ECA's expected needs arising from the future accession of Bulgaria, Romania and one other country at an estimated cost of EUR 26 450 000 (April 2003 prices) (8); notes the ECA's wish ‘to distribute the risks associated with such a project more widely, so that these are not ultimately borne to such a large degree by the European taxpayer’; asks to be informed about how this aim will be achieved, with special reference to financial liability for cost overruns;

               6.

               Approves the holding at regular intervals of calls for tender for the appointment of an external firm to audit the ECA's accounts, while expressing concern at the dominant position occupied by a small number of large accountancy practices in Luxembourg and elsewhere; calls for a tender procedure for the appointment of external auditors that is transparent, fair and intelligible to Parliament;

               7.

               Notes that following the latest enlargement in 2004 and its expansion to 25 Members, the ECA has reorganised its structure into four audit groups and a coordination group; queries whether a structure involving 25 Members and their cabinets is the most effective one possible; calls on the ECA to examine the possibility of reducing the number of Members to one third of the number of Member States;

               8.

               Recalls the view expressed by the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union in relation to the negotiations over the Convention on the future of Europe that
               ‘[t]he ECA's present structure of 15 members of equal status, one from each Member State, who act as a college, is in need of change and, come enlargement, will have to change. A Court with over 20 full-time executive members would be unwieldy, sluggish and ineffective. The proposal for a system of “chambers”, a concept now incorporated by the Nice Treaty, appears to be merely a mechanism to absorb members without improving efficiency and is not radical enough to solve this problem.’;

               9.

               Recalls that Mr Weber, President of the ECA, in a speech in Strasbourg on 14 November 2005 told the Committee on Budgetary Control that the ECA was carrying out a self-assessment of its organisation and methods to be followed by a ‘peer review’; hopes that it will be possible to devise a more rational structure for the ECA before the next enlargement;

               10.

               Suggests that this review of the ECA's working methods could include as one of the possible options the proposal by the House of Lords to replace the current structure by ‘a highly qualified chief executive supported by a strong auditing staff, and reporting to a part-time, non-executive board of representatives from each of the Member States’;

               11.

               Welcomes the forwarding to the discharge authority of the annual activity report together with the signed declaration by the authorising officer by delegation;

               12.

               Is grateful for the transmission to the discharge authority of the annual report on the internal audit function but regrets that despite the request contained in paragraph 15 of its resolution of 12 April 2005 (9) this one-page report still does not provide a clear picture of the current control environment;

               13.

               Recalls, as regards official cars for use by ECA Members, that its resolution of 27 October 2005 (10) calls on the ECA to amend by 1 November 2005 its administrative decision of 15 June 2004 in such a way as to rule out the private use of official cars;

               14.

               Invites the ECA to consider publishing Members' declarations of financial interests on its website, thereby contributing to the greater transparency of the institutions; believes that it would improve transparency if greater publicity were given to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2290/77 determining the emoluments of the Members of the Court of Auditors (11), possibly by publishing it on the ECA's website;

               15.

               Recalls that, following an investigation by OLAF, legal proceedings against a former Member of the ECA have been pending before the courts of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg for some considerable time; regrets that all too often final case reports forwarded by OLAF to the Member States' authorities are simply filed without further action; believes that judicial delay is not an acceptable response to a potentially embarrassing dossier; will follow attentively the Luxembourg judicial authorities' hearing of the above case.

      (1)  OJ L 53, 23.2.2004.

      (2)  OJ C 301, 30.11.2005, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ C 301, 30.11.2005, p. 9.

      (4)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (5)  OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1.

      (6)  Report by the external auditor on the Court of Auditor's accounts for the financial year 2004 (OJ C 299, 29.11.2005, p. 1).

      (7)  Report by the external auditor on the Court of Auditor's accounts for the financial year 2004 (OJ C 299, 29.11.2005, p. 1).

      (8)  Source: The buildings policy of the ECA, overview and state of play, September 2003.

      (9)  OJ L 196, 27.7.2005, p. 47.

      (10)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0410.

      (11)  OJ L 268, 20.10.1977, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1293/2004 (OJ L 243, 15.7.2004, p. 26).


title: Council Decision of 19 December 1972 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in Council, opening tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

text:
                                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                     113
30. 12 . 72                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 296/111
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 19 December 1972
             of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
             and Steel Community, meeting in Council, opening tariff preferences for certain steel
                                         products originating in developing countries
                                                         (72/433/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                              4. Subject to the provisions of Article 2 and within
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                    each ceiling thus calculated, charges of products orig
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , MEETING IN
COUNCIL ,                                                           inating in any one of the countries or territories afore
                                                                    mentioned should not exceed a maximum amount
                                                                    equivalent to 50% of this ceiling.
In agreement with the Commission,
                                                                    5 . Any amendment to Annex B , in particular by the
                                                                    addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                           preferences, shall entail a corresponding adjustment
                                                                    to the ceilings and maximum amounts referred to in
                                                                    paragraphs 3 and 4.
                         A ', -tide 1
                                                                                Article 2
1 . From 1 January to 21 December 1973 , the duties
applicable in the Community to the imports of the                   1 . As soon as the ceilings calculated in accordance
products listed in Annex A shall be totally suspended,              with the provisions of Article 1 (3), which are laid
subject to the provisions of Article 2.                             down for Community imports of products originating
                                                                    in all of the countries and territories referred to in
2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by products              Article 1 (2), are reached at Community level, the
originating in the countries and territories listed in              Member States may at any time, at the request of any
Annex B. For the purposes of the application of this                one of them or of the Commission and in respect of
Decision, the concept of originating products shall be              the whole of the Community, reintroduce the levying
determined in accordarce with the procedure laid                    of the corresponding duties on imports of the products
down in Article 1^ of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   in question from all the countries and territories con
802/68 (x) of 27 June 1958 on the common definition                 cerned until the end of the period referred to in Article
of the concept of the origin of goods.                               1 (1 ).
3 . This suspension shall be granted within a ceiling                2 . As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in
which shall be equal to the amount obtained, in res                 accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4), which
pect of each category of products, by adding together,               are laid down for Community imports of products
in units of account, the value for 1968 of c.i.f. imports            originating in each of the countries and territories
of the products concerned to the Community from the                  referred to in Article 1 (2) and (3), are reached for
countries and territories aforementioned, excluding                  any one of these countries or territories at Community
those already enjoying various preferential tariff ar               level, the Member States may at any time, at the request
rangements granted by the six Member States of the                   of any one of them and in respect of the whole of the
European Coal and Steel Community, and 5% of the                     Community, reintroduce the levying of the corres
value of c.i.f. imports i.i 1970 from other countries                ponding duties on imports of the products in question
and from the countries and territories already enjoying              from the country ot territory concerned until the end
such arrangements.                                                   of the period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).
 Imports already enjoying exemption from customs                                            Article 3
 duties under such arrangements shall not be charged
 against the aforementioned ceiling.                                 1 . The Member States shall charge imports of the
                                                                     products in question against the ceilings and maxi
                                                                     mum amounts as and when they are presented for
                                                                     customs clearance under cover of declarations that
 (2) OJ No L 14S , 28.6.1 963 , p . 1 .                              they have been entered into consumption and on the
 ---pagebreak--- 114                                Official Journal of the European Communities
basis of the customs value of the products concerned.         ally charged against the ceilings and maximum amounts
                                                              laid down in Article 1 (3) and (4).
2. The extent to which ceilings and maximum amounts
have been used up shall be recorded at Community
level on the basis of the imports charged in the con                                 Article 6
ditions defined in paragraph 1 .
                                                              The Member States shall take all measures necessary
                       Article 4                              for the implementation of this Decision.
Member States , in close cooperation with the Com
mission, shall take all necessary measures to ensure
that the above provisions are applied .                       Done at Brussels , 19 December 1972 .
                       Article 5
                                                                                For the Council
Member States shall inform the Commission at regular                                                 The President
intervals of imports of the products in question actu                                             T. WESTERTERP
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                                                    ANNEX A
List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties are totally suspended
in the context of the Generalized Tariff Preferences for developing countries and territories
      CCT
    heading                                                   Description
       No
     73.07 | Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars), of iron or steel ;
               | pieces roughly shaped by forging, of iron or steel : (J)
                   A. Blooms and billets :
               j       I. Rolled (ECSC)
               !   B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars) :
              s        I. Rolled (ECSC)
     73.09 I       Universal plates of iron or steel (ECSC)
     73.12 !       Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
              ! A. Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
              J    B. Not further worked than cold-rrolled :
              !        I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate (a) (ECSC)
              j C. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated:
              I        III. Tinned :
              !              a) Tinplate (ECSC)
              !         V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized ; lacquered, nickel
              !              plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed):
              !              a) Not further worked than clad :
              j                  1. Hot-rolled (ECSC)
     "3.15 !       Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings Nos 73.06
              j to 73.14:
              1    A. High carbon steel :
                          I. Ingots , blooms , billets, slabs and sheet bars :
              I              b) Other
                                 2. Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (ECSC)
                        III. Coils for re-rolling (ECSC)
                        IV. Universal plates (ECSC)
                         V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; anglesj
                             shapes and sections :
                             b) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                             d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated):
                                 1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                     (aa) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC)
( 1) By way of derogation from the rule in Article 1 (3 ), a fixed maximum of 5 000000 u.a is imposed on products
     falling with this heading .
 ---pagebreak--- 116                       Official Journal of the European Communities
      CCT
     heading                                             Description
       No
     73.15          VI. Hoop and strip :
    Ccont'd)              a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
                          c) Clad ; coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                              1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                   (aa) Hot-rolled (ECSC)
                  VII . Sheets and plates :
                         a ) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
                          b) Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of :
                             2. Less than 3 mm (ECSC)
                         c) Polished , clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated (ECSC)
                         d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
                             1 . Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further
                                  worked (ECSC)
             B. Alloy steel :
                      T. Ingots , blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars :
                             Other :
                             2 . Blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars (ECSC)
                   III. Coils for re-rolling (ECSC)
                   IV . Universal plates (ECSC)
                     V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles,
                         shapes and sections :
                         b) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded
                         d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished , coated):
                             1.   Not further worked than clad :
                                  aa) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC)
                   VI . Hoop and strip :
                         a) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
                         c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                             1 . Not further worked than clad :
                                  aa ) Hot-rolled ( ECSC)
                  VII . Sheets and plates :
                         a) 'Electrical' sheets and plates
                         b) Other sheets and plates :
                             1 . Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
                             2 . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of :
                                  bb ) Less than 3 mm (ECSC)
                             3 . Polished, clad, coated or otherwise surgace-treated (ECSC)
                             4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                  aa) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further
                                  worked (ECSC)
    73.16    Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following :
             rails, check-rails, switch blades, crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods ,
             rack rails, sleepers, fish-plates, chairs , chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail
             clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for joining or fixing rails :
             A. Rails :
                 II . Other
             B. Check-rails (ECSC)
             V. Sleepers (ECSC)
             D. Fish-plates and sole plates :
                 I. Rolled
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                                                       ANNEX B
             List of developing countries and territories benefiting under the Generalized Tariff Preferences
                                             INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                             Honduras                                 Qatar
Algeria                                 India                                   Rwanda
Argentina                               Indonesia                               Saudi Arabia
Bahrain                                 Iran                                     Senegal
Bangladesh                              Iraq                                     Sierra Leone
Barbados                                Ivory Coast                              Singapore
Bhutan                                  Jamaica                                  Somalia •
Bolivia                                 Jordan                                   South Vietnam
Botswana                                Kenya                                    Southern Yemen
Brazil                                  Khmer Republic                           Sri Lanka
Burma                                   Korea , Republic of (South Korea)        Sudan
Burundi                                 Kuwait                                   Swaziland
Cameroun                                Laos                                     Syria
Central African Republic                Lebanon                                  Tanzania
Chad                                    Lesotho                                  Thailand
Chile                                   Liberia                                  Togo .
Colombia                                Libya                                    Tonga
Congo, People's Republic of             Malagasy Republic                        Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica                              Malawi                                   Tunisia
Cuba                                     Malaysia                                Uganda
Cyprus                                   Maldive Islands                         Union of Arab Emirates :
Dahomev                                  Mali                                         Abu Dhabi
Dominican Republic                       Mauritania                                   Dubai
Ecuador                                  Mauritius                                    Ras al Khaimah
Egypt, Arab Republic of                  Mexico                                       Sharjah
El Salvador                              Morocco                                      Ajman
Equatorial Guinea                        Nauru                                        Umm al Qaiwain
Ethiopia                                 Nepal                                        Fujairah
Fiji                                     Nicaragua                               Upper Volta
Gabon                                    Niger                                   Uruguay
Gambia                                   Nigeria, Federal Republic of            Venezuela
Ghana                                    Pakistan                                Western Samoa
Guatemala                                Panama                                  Yemen
Guinea , Republic of                     Paraguay                                Yugoslavia
Guyana                                   Peru                                    Zaire, Democratic Republic of
Haiti                                    Philippines                             Zambia
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                                            COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
    dependent or administered, or for the conduct of whose external affairs Member States of the
                        Community or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
    Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
    Angola (including Cabinda)
    Bahamas
     Bermuda
    British Honduras
    British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago, Des Roches)
    British Oceania (Territories under the jurisdiction of the Western Pacific High Commission) (x)
    Brunei
    Cape Verde Islands
    Cayman Islands and Dependencies
    Comoro Archipelago
    Cook Islands
    Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and Dependencies
    French Polynesia
    French Southern and Antarctic Territories
    Gibraltar
    Hong Kong
    Macao
    Mozambique
    Netherlands Antilles
    New Caledonia and Dependencies                                          %
    New Guinea (Australian) and Papua
    Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (2)
    Papua (see Australian New Guinea )
    Portuguese Guinea -
    Portuguese Timor
    St Helena (including Ascension , Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
    Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    Sao Tomé and Principe
    Seychelles (including Amirantes)
    Sikkim
    Spanish territory in Africa
    Surinam
    Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Niuwe Island, Tokelau Islands)
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John etc.)
    Wallis and Futuna Islands
    West Indies (3)
    Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter
              national status of countries or territories .
    (*) Gilbert and Ellice Islands, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Condominium, Canton , Enderbury and Pitcairn
        Islands .
    O The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include : Guam, American Samoa (including Swain's
        Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the
        Caroline, Mariana and Marshall Islands).
    (®) Leeward Islands, Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Windward Islands, Dominica ,
        Grenada , St Lucia . St Vincent.


title: 2007/166/EC: Commission Decision of 9 January 2007 adopting the list of Community inspectors and inspection means pursuant to Article 28(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy

text:
               16.3.2007

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 76/22

      COMMISSION DECISION

   of 9 January 2007
   adopting the list of Community inspectors and inspection means pursuant to Article 28(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy
   (2007/166/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 28(4) thereof,
   Having regard to the list of Community inspectors and inspection means nominated by Member States,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Article 6(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006 of 7 July 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Article 28(3) and (4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (2) provides that on the basis of the notifications from Member States the Commission shall adopt by 31 December 2006 a list of Community inspectors, inspection vessels, inspection aircraft and other means of inspection authorised to carry out inspections in accordance with Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

               (2)

               It is therefore necessary to adopt the list of Community inspectors and inspection means foreseen in Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

               (3)

               The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Sole Article
   The list of persons and inspection means in the Annex is adopted as the list of Community inspectors and inspection means authorised to carry out inspections pursuant to Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

      Done at Brussels, 9 January 2007.

            For the Commission

         Mariann FISCHER BOEL

            Member of the Commission

      (1)  OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

      (2)  OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 14.

      ANNEX

                  Country

                  Inspectors

                  Inspection vessels

                  Inspection aircraft

                  Other inspection means

                  Belgium

                  Casier, Maarten
                  De Vleeschouwer, Guy
                  Lieben, Richard

                  STERN

                  OO-MMM

                  Cyprus

                  Avgousti, Antonis
                  Christodoulou, Lakis
                  Fylaktou, Anthoula
                  Kyriacou, Kyriacos
                  Papadopoulos, Andreas
                  Sophocleous, Maria

                  GORGO
                  ALKYON
                  AMFITRITI
                  F8
                  F12

                  5 vehicles

                  Denmark

                  Akselsen, Ole
                  Andersen, Bent
                  Andersen, Niels
                  Andersen, Peter Bunk
                  Anderson, Jacob
                  Baadsgård, Jørgen
                  Barrit, Jørgen
                  Beck, Bjarne Baagø
                  Bendtsen, Finn Jørgen
                  Brølling, Eigil Toft
                  Christoffersen, Flemming
                  Christensen, Frantz
                  Christensen, Peter
                  Dølling, Robert
                  Thorsen, Michael
                  Frederiksen, Torben Broe
                  Gaarde, Børge
                  Grønkjær, Ole
                  Hansen, Bruno Ellekær
                  Hansen, Jan Duval
                  Heldager, Peter
                  Hestbek, Flemming
                  Høi, Jesper
                  Højrup, Torben
                  Jensen, Anker Mark
                  Jensen, Hanne Juul
                  Jensen, Henning Elton
                  Jensen, Jørgen Uth
                  Jensen, Poul Erik
                  Karlsen, Jesper
                  Knudsen, Niels
                  Madsen, Jens Erik
                  Mogensen, Erik
                  Møller, Gert
                  Nielsen, Dan Randum
                  Nielsen, Gunner
                  Nielsen, Per
                  Nørgaard, Max
                  Pedersen, Kenneth
                  Pedersen, Preben Toft
                  Poulsen, John
                  Risager, Preben
                  Schultz, Flemming
                  Seibæk, Helge
                  Skaaning, Per
                  Sørensen, Willy
                  Thomsen, Bjarne
                  Thomsen, Klaus
                  Trab, Jens Ole

                  VESTKYSTEN
                  NORDSØEN
                  HAVØRNEN
                  HAVTERNEN

                  Estonia

                  Niinemaa, Endel
                  Ulman-Kuuskman, Els

                  Kati
                  Kõu
                  Maru
                  Pikker
                  Torm
                  Valvas
                  Vapper

                  Enstrom 480B
                  MI-8
                  L-410

                  Kulkuri 34: AMA 220
                  Kulkuri 34: AMA 906
                  Kulkuri 34: AMA 518

                  Finland

                  Heikkinen, Pertti
                  Hiltunen, Jouni
                  Komulainen, Unto
                  Koivisto, Kare
                  Koskenala, Timo
                  Lähde, Jukka
                  Lehtola, Niko
                  Linder, Jukka
                  Nikiforow, Mikael
                  Suominen, Ari
                  Suominen, Paavo
                  Ulenius, Niklas
                  Ylönen, Camilla

                  Merikarhu

                  France

                  Bigot, Jean-Paul
                  Bon, Philippe
                  Chang Pi Hin, Émilien
                  Chapel, Vincent
                  Christ, Hervé
                  Crochard, Thierry
                  Fortier, Éric
                  Gendron, Philippe
                  Isore, Pascal
                  Jeany, Maxime
                  Le Cousin, Jean-Luc
                  Masson, Michel
                  Richard, Jean-François
                  Sanson, Fabien
                  Villenave, Patrick

                  VCSM1
                  VCSM2
                  VCSM3
                  PCG
                  PATRA
                  PSP (2 vessels)
                  VCSM4
                  VCSM5
                  VCSM6
                  VCSM7
                  VCSM8
                  VCSM9
                  PATRA2
                  PSP2
                  P400
                  FS
                  BSE
                  VCSM10
                  VCSM11
                  VCSM12
                  VCSM13
                  VCSM14
                  VCSM15
                  VCSM16
                  VCSM17
                  PSP3
                  Bâtiment ALFAN
                  KAN AN AVEL
                  THEMIS
                  IRIS

                  2 Dauphins of public service
                  Nord 262
                  Falcon 50 Marine
                  Alouette III
                  Lynx
                  Panther
                  2 Reims-Aviation F 406

                  Germany

                  Abs, Volker
                  Appelmans, Jürgen
                  Arndt, Oliver
                  Baumann, Jörg
                  Bembenek, Jörg
                  Bergmann, Udo
                  Bigalski, Hans-Georg
                  Birkholz, Rüdiger
                  Bloch, Ralf
                  Bösherz, Andreas
                  Brunnlieb, Jürgen
                  Carstensen, Lutz
                  Christiansen, Dirk
                  Dörbrandt, Stefan
                  Drenkhan, Michael
                  Ehlers, Klaus
                  Engelbrecht, Sascha
                  Erdmann, Christian
                  Franke, Hermann
                  Franz, Martin
                  Hansen, Hagen
                  Heidkamp, Max
                  Heisler, Lars
                  Herda, Heinrich
                  Hickmann, Michael
                  Hoyer, Oliver
                  Jens, Bernd
                  Kayser, Hans-Georg
                  Kind, Karl-Heinz
                  Krüger, Martin
                  Linke, Hans-Herbert
                  Mücher, Martin
                  Nöckel, Steffen
                  Perkuhn, Martin
                  Raabe, Karsten
                  Rutz, Dietmar
                  Sauerwein, Dirk
                  Schmidt, Harald
                  Skrey, Erich
                  Slabik, Peter
                  Thieme, Stefan
                  Vierk, Matthias
                  Welz, Oliver
                  Welz-Juhl, Hans-Joachim
                  Wichert, Peter
                  Wolken, Hans

                  SYLT
                  HELGOLAND
                  EIDER
                  KIEPER
                  FALSHÖFT
                  FEHMARN
                  GREIF
                  BREMERHAVEN
                  EMDEN
                  HAMBURG
                  HIDDENSEE
                  KNIEPSAND
                  MEERKATZE
                  PRIWALL
                  RÜGEN
                  SCHL.HOLSTEIN
                  SEEADLER
                  SEEFALKE

                  Greece

                  Γασπαράτος Σωκράτης
                  Παπακωνσταντίνου Νικόλαος
                  Καλογήρου Νικόλαος

                  ΛΣ 060
                  ΛΣ 139
                  ΛΣ 169
                  ΛΣ 172

                  AC 23
                  AC 3

                  Ireland

                  Allan, Damian
                  Allison, James
                  Anderson, Kareen
                  Boyle, Jimmy
                  Burke, Stephen
                  Connery, Paul
                  Corish, Cormac
                  Craven, Cormac
                  Cronin, James
                  Curran, Siobhan
                  Daly, Jim
                  Doherty, Anita
                  Ducker, Nigel
                  Falvey, John
                  Flannery, Kevin
                  Foran, Bryan
                  Fulton, Grant
                  Gallagher, Dominick
                  Gallagher, Neil
                  Gallagher, Patrick
                  Gormanly, Breda
                  Greenwood, Mark
                  Hamilton, Ken
                  Henson, Maria
                  Hewson, Kevin
                  Laide, Cathal
                  MacGahann, Declan
                  McNamara, Kenneth
                  Murran, Sean
                  Nalty, Christopher
                  O’Callaghan, Donal
                  O’Shea, Cliona
                  Patterson, Adrienne
                  Pyne, Alan
                  Quigley, Declan
                  Scanlan, Patrick
                  Wallace, Eugene
                  Ward, Paul

                  LE EMER
                  LE AOIFE
                  LE AISLING
                  LE EITHNE
                  LE ORLA
                  LE CIARA
                  LE ROISIN
                  LE NIAMH

                  C-252
                  C-253

                  Italy

                  Bizzarro, Federico
                  Burlando, Michele S.G.
                  Carta, Sebastiano
                  Folliero, Alessandro
                  Maltese, Franco Maria
                  Morello, Salvatore
                  Petrillo, Agostino
                  Rivalta, Fabio
                  Salce, Paolo

                  CP 901
                  CP 902
                  CP 903
                  CP 904
                  CP 905
                  CP 906
                  CP 276
                  CP 288
                  CP 2039
                  CP 2110
                  CP 2094
                  CP 2073
                  CP 273
                  CP 286
                  CP 2077
                  CP 2108
                  CP 2087
                  CP 271
                  CP 284
                  CP 2104
                  CP 2046
                  CP 2099
                  CP 2074
                  CP 267
                  CP 280
                  CP 2111
                  CP 2082
                  CP 2064
                  CP 265
                  CP 278
                  CP 289
                  CP 2097
                  CP 2096
                  CP 2079
                  CP 268
                  CP 281
                  CP 2103
                  CP 2053
                  CP 2066
                  CP 2071
                  CP 2102
                  CP 2080
                  CP 2072
                  CP 272
                  CP 285
                  CP 2098
                  CP 2081
                  CP 2086
                  CP 274
                  CP 2107
                  CP 2085
                  CP 287
                  CP 2095
                  CP 277
                  CP 2084
                  CP 266
                  CP 279
                  CP 2204
                  CP 2088
                  CP 2109
                  CP 2203
                  CP 269
                  CP 275
                  CP 282
                  CP 290
                  CP 2201
                  CP 2205
                  CP 2093
                  CP 2092
                  CP 2202
                  CP 2105
                  CP 2106
                  CP 283
                  CP 291
                  CP 2100
                  CP 270
                  CP 2101
                  CP 2091
                  CP 2075
                  CP 292
                  CP 2076
                  CP 2058

                  MANTA 10-01
                  MANTA 10-02
                  ORCA 8-01
                  ORCA 8-02
                  ORCA 8-03
                  ORCA 8-04
                  ORCA 8-05
                  ORCA 8-06
                  ORCA 8-07
                  ORCA 8-08
                  ORCA 8-09
                  ORCA 8-10
                  ORCA 8-11
                  ORCA 8-12
                  KOALA 9-01
                  KOALA 9-02
                  KOALA 9-03
                  KOALA 9-04
                  KOALA 9-05
                  KOALA 9-06
                  KOALA 9-08

                  Latvia

                  Brants, Janis
                  Holstroms, Arturs
                  Kalejs, Rudolfs
                  Klagiss, Felikss
                  Millers, Edgars
                  Naumova, Daina
                  Pusilds, Aigars
                  Runtovskis, Helvijs
                  Rutkovskis, Aivars
                  Savickis, Helmuts
                  Sprogis, Eduards
                  Veinbergs, Miks

                  Piper Seneca PA-34-220T
                  Tiger AG-5B

                  Lithuania

                  Babčionis, Genadijus
                  Balnis, Algirdas
                  Jonaitis, Arūnas
                  Lendzbergas, Erlandas
                  Vaitkus, Giedrius
                  Žartun, Vitalij

                  RIB ‘Brig Falcon 400L’

                  Malta

                  Borg, Duncan
                  Camilleri, David
                  Caruana, Frans
                  Mizzi, Susan
                  Sant, Jean Pierre

                  P51
                  P52
                  P01 +
                  P61 +

                  BN-2B: AS16
                  BN-2B: AS19

                  Netherlands

                  Altorffer, Wim
                  Beij, Wim
                  Berg, Dirk van den
                  Boer, Meindert de
                  Boone, Jan Kees
                  Boven, Ronald van
                  Dieke, Richard
                  Duinstra, Jacob
                  Frankhuisen, Gerrit
                  Freke, Hans
                  Garst, Christian
                  Jeugd, Rob van der
                  Jeurissen, Ria
                  Kleinen, Tom
                  Koenen, Gerard
                  Krijnen, Hans
                  Kwakman, Jeroen
                  Meijer, Cor
                  Miedema, Anco
                  Molen, Ton v. d.
                  Ros, Michel
                  Tervelde, Lex
                  Veer, Siemen v. d.
                  Vervoort, Hans
                  Visser, Willem
                  Zegel, Gerrit
                  Zevenbergen, Jan Kees

                  Barend Biesheuvel

                  Vessels and aircrafts operating under Coast Guard Flag VCC

                  Poland

                  Jamioł, Waldemar
                  Jóźwiak, Marek
                  Kozłowski, Piotr
                  Kucharski, Tadeusz
                  Łuczkiewicz, Tomasz
                  Lewita, Orest
                  Niewiadomski, Piotr
                  Roj, Tomasz
                  Wiliński, Adam

                  Portugal

                  Albuquerque, José
                  Almeida, Fernando
                  Azeitona, José
                  Bastos, Rui
                  Branco, Francisco
                  Camões, Manuel
                  Canato, Francisco
                  Diogo, João
                  Ferreira, Carlos
                  Ferreira, Hugo
                  Figueira, Fernando
                  Fonseca, Álvaro
                  Oliveira, José
                  Peixinho, Inácio
                  Pinheiro, Luís
                  Silva, António
                  Silva, Marco
                  Silva, Maria João
                  Sobral, Henrique

                  NRP AFONSO CERQUEIRA
                  NRP ANTÓNIO ENES
                  NRP BAPTISTA DE ANDRADE
                  NRP JACINTO CÂNDIDO
                  NRP JOÃO COUTINHO
                  NRP JOÃO ROBY
                  NRP PEREIRA D’EÇA

                  C212/100: 16510
                  C212/100: 16512
                  C212/100: 16519
                  C212/300: 17201
                  C212/300: 17202
                  EH101: 19607
                  EH101: 19608

                  Slovenia

                  Smoje, Robert
                  Smoje, Vinko

                  Spain

                  Águila Paneque, José Luís
                  Amunarriz Emazabel, Sebastián
                  Avedillo Contreras, Buena Ventura
                  Bermúdez Pena, Francisco
                  Boy Carmona, Esther
                  Camacho Ayo, Alejandro
                  Carro Martínez, Pedro
                  Chamizo Catalán, Carlos
                  Coello de Miguel, Javier
                  Company Balaguer, Míguel Ángel
                  Criado Bará, Bernardo
                  Dávila Rodríguez, Juan Carlos
                  De la Hoz Perles, Míguel
                  Del Hierro Suánces, Javier
                  Díaz Lago, Tomás
                  Durán Abuín, Santiago
                  Feito Fernández, Cesáreo
                  Fole López, Luís María
                  Fontán Aldereguia, Manuel
                  Fontanet Doménech, Felipe
                  García Asensio, Melchor
                  García Cánovas, Francisco
                  García Domínguez, Alfonso Carlos
                  García Gen, Juan Ramón
                  García Simonet, Cristina
                  Garrote Díaz, Enrique
                  González Fernández, Manuel A.
                  González Merayo, Sergio
                  González Túñez, José Manuel
                  Guijo Rodríguez, Luís Carlos
                  Gutiérrez Tudela, Manuel
                  Heredia Arteaga, Jorge
                  Hernández Betzen, Roberto
                  Jiménez Álvarez, Ignacio
                  León Carmona, Ángel
                  Lestón Leal, Juan Manuel
                  Marra-López Porta, Julio
                  Martínez de la Sierra, José Manuel
                  Martínez González, Jesús
                  Martínez Velasco, Carolina
                  Mata Pena, Alberto
                  Medina García, Esteban
                  Meijueiro Morado, Victor
                  Méndez-Villamil Mata, María
                  Mene Ramos, Ángel
                  Menéndez Fernández, Manuel J.
                  Miranda Almón, Fernando
                  Muiños López, Juan Carlos
                  Nieto Conde, Fernando
                  Ortigueira Gil, Adolfo Daniel
                  Pérez González, Virgilio
                  Pérez Quíles, Julián Javier
                  Piñón Lourido, Jesús
                  Puerta Baranda, Raúl
                  Rey Carríl, Camilo José
                  Ríos Cidras, Manuel
                  Rodríguez Moreno, Alberto
                  Rodríguez Múñiz, José M.
                  Rodríguez Novoa, Silvia
                  Romero Insúa, Jesús
                  Ruiz Gómez, Sonia
                  Ruiz Valverde, Antonio
                  Saavedra España, Jesús
                  Sáez Puig, Pedro
                  San Claudio Pérez, José Vicente
                  Sánchez Fernández, Manuel Pedro
                  Sánchez Rodríguez, Joaquín
                  Santos Maneiro, José Tomás
                  Santos Pinilla, Beatriz
                  Teijeiro Teijeiro, Alberto
                  Tenorio Rodríguez, José Luís
                  Torre González, Miguel A.
                  Torrejón Colón, José María
                  Torres Pérez, José Ángel
                  Tórtola López, José Antonio
                  Vázquez Pérez, Juana Ma

                  Vega García, Francisco M.
                  Vidal Cardalda, José Manuel
                  Villa Martínez, Rafael Andrés
                  Yeregui Velasco, Pablo

                  CHILREU
                  TARIFA
                  ALBORÁN
                  ARNOMENDI
                  RÍO ANDARAX
                  SALEMA
                  RÍO GUADIARO

                  DOÑANA
                  SANCTI PETRI
                  ROCHE
                  ALCOTÁN II
                  ALCOTÁN III
                  ALCOTÁN IV
                  ALCOTÁN V

                  Sweden

                  Åberg, Christian
                  Cederholm, Jan
                  Eriksson, Örjan
                  Hultemar, Staffan
                  Jansson, Bengt
                  Johansson, Jens
                  Mustonen, Bertil
                  Norrby, Tom
                  Olovsson, Bo
                  Philipsson, Gunnar
                  Sandblom, Örjan
                  Svensson, Lars

                  KBV 181

                  United Kingdom

                  Aitken, Alison
                  Allen, Terry
                  Bamford, Kylie
                  Banks, Andrew
                  Bayntun, David
                  Bell, Graham John
                  Bilson, Carol
                  Blakeley, John Alexander
                  Boden, Michael
                  Brown, Marc
                  Brownlee, Robin
                  Bryan, Paul
                  Burnett, Graeme
                  Carroll, Dave
                  Charman, Colin
                  Cole, John
                  Collins, Tony
                  Cook, David
                  Corner, Nigel
                  Covie, James
                  Craig, Ian Alexander
                  Donnelly, Martin Peter
                  Douglas, Sean
                  Draper, Peter
                  Ebdy, James
                  Edwards, Peter
                  Elliott, Philip
                  Ferguson, Adam
                  Fletcher, Paul
                  Flint, Toby
                  Ford-Keyte, Graham
                  Gardiner, Kevin
                  Garside, Nick
                  George, Colin
                  Gooding, Colin
                  Gordon, Nicolette
                  Gough, Callum
                  Green, David Duncan
                  Grier, Derek
                  Griffin, Stuart
                  Gristwood, Malcolm
                  Hancock, Jeremy
                  Hay, John
                  Harris, William
                  Hearn, Martin
                  Henderson, Rod
                  Hepples, Stephen
                  Higgins, Frank
                  Holbrook, Joanna
                  Irish, Rachel
                  Jamieson, Malcolm
                  John, Barrie
                  Johnson, Paul
                  Johnston, Stephen
                  Johnston, Isobel
                  Laycock, Jonathon Paul
                  Llewellyn, Leanne
                  MacCallum, Archie
                  Mackenzie, Alex
                  MacKinnon, Christopher John
                  Mair, Aaron
                  Mair, Angus
                  Marshall, Phil
                  May, Roger
                  McCusker, Simon
                  McDonnell, Alistair
                  McEwan, Colin
                  Moslempour, Tahmores
                  Muir, James
                  Munday, David
                  Mynard, Nick
                  Nicholson, Chris
                  Nelson, Paul
                  Ord, Viv
                  Page, Tim
                  Parker, Juliette
                  Parker, Michael
                  Parr, Jonathan
                  Perry, Andy
                  Poulding, Daniel
                  Putt, David
                  Radford, Angus
                  Reeves, Adam
                  Renfree, Stephen
                  Robinson, Neil
                  Roberts, Julian
                  Rushton, Jame
                  Serafino, P.
                  Sheppard, Michael
                  Slater, Michael
                  Smart, Barrie
                  Snowball, David
                  Sooben, Jez
                  Stewart, John
                  Stipetic, John
                  Strang, Nicolette
                  Styles, Mario
                  Thain, Marc
                  Todd, Ian
                  Wasik, Shane
                  Weighell, David
                  Weychan, Paul
                  Whitby, Philip
                  Whyte, Ron
                  Williams, Justin
                  Wilson, Tom
                  Worsmop, Mark Alexander
                  Wright, Nicholas
                  Young, Ally
                  Young, Ian

                  HMS SEVERN
                  HMS TYNE
                  HMS MERSEY
                  FPV JURA
                  FPV MINNA
                  FPV VIGILANT
                  FPV NORNA

                  WATCHDOG 64
                  WATCHDOG 65
                  WATCHDOG 71
                  WATCHDOG 72