title: 98/80/CE: Décision de la Commission du 7 janvier 1998 modifiant l'annexe II de la directive 92/44/CEE du Conseil (Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE)

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text: 20. 1. 98 FR Journal officiel des Communaut(cid:130)s europ(cid:130)ennes L 14/27 D(cid:144)CISION DE LA COMMISSION du 7 janvier 1998 modifiant l’annexe II de la directive 92/44/CEE du Conseil (Texte pr(cid:130)sentant de l’int(cid:130)r(cid:136)t pour l’EEE) (98/80/CE) LA COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUT(cid:144)S EUROP(cid:144)ENNES, vu le trait(cid:130) instituant la Communaut(cid:130) europ(cid:130)enne, vu la directive 92/44/CEE du Conseil du 5 juin 1992 relative (cid:133) l’application de la fourniture d’un r(cid:130)seau ouvert aux lignes lou(cid:130)es (1), modifi(cid:130)e en dernier lieu par la direc- tive 97/51/CE du Parlement europ(cid:130)en et du Conseil (2), et notamment son article 7, paragraphe 3, consid(cid:130)rant que l’article 7, paragraphe 3, de la directive 92/44/CEE pr(cid:130)voit la modification de son annexe II de fa(cid:135)on (cid:133) l’adapter aux nouveaux d(cid:130)veloppements tech- niques et (cid:133) l’(cid:130)volution de la demande du march(cid:130), compte tenu de l’(cid:130)tat de d(cid:130)veloppement du r(cid:130)seau national; consid(cid:130)rant que, conform(cid:130)ment (cid:133) un mandat de normali- sation d(cid:130)livr(cid:130) par la Commission, l’Institut europ(cid:130)en de normalisation des t(cid:130)l(cid:130)communications (ETSI) a adopt(cid:130) des normes europ(cid:130)ennes de t(cid:130)l(cid:130)communication (ETS) applicables aux lignes lou(cid:130)es, (cid:130)labor(cid:130)es sur la base des recommandations pertinentes de l’Union internationale des t(cid:130)l(cid:130)communications (UIT); consid(cid:130)rant que les organismes de t(cid:130)l(cid:130)communications ne sont aucunement tenus de mettre fin aux offres de lignes lou(cid:130)es actuelles; consid(cid:130)rant que, en application de l’article 7, paragraphe 3, de la directive 92/44/CEE, la Commission a soumis le projet de d(cid:130)cision (cid:133) l’avis du comit(cid:130) ONP (offre de r(cid:130)seau ouvert), selon la proc(cid:130)dure pr(cid:130)vue (cid:133) l’article 10 de la directive 90/387/CEE du Conseil (3); consid(cid:130)rant que la modification de l’annexe II de la directive 92/44/CEE arr(cid:136)t(cid:130)e par la pr(cid:130)sente d(cid:130)cision est conforme (cid:133) l’avis du comit(cid:130) ONP, A ARR(cid:219)T(cid:144) LA PR(cid:144)SENTE D(cid:144)CISION: Article premier L’annexe II de la directive 92/44/CEE est remplac(cid:130)e par l’annexe de la pr(cid:130)sente d(cid:130)cision. Article 2 Les (cid:144)tats membres prennent les mesures n(cid:130)cessaires pour se conformer (cid:133) la pr(cid:130)sente d(cid:130)cision dans les deux mois qui suivent la date de sa publication au Journal officiel des Communaut(cid:130)s europ(cid:130)ennes. Article 3 Les (cid:144)tats membres sont destinataires de la pr(cid:130)sente d(cid:130)ci- sion. Fait (cid:133) Bruxelles, le 7 janvier 1998. Par la Commission Martin BANGEMANN Membre de la Commission (1) JO L 165 du 19. 6. 1992, p. 27. (2) JO L 295 du 29. 10. 1997, p. 23. (3) JO L 192 du 24. 7. 1990, p. 1. L 14/28 FR Journal officiel des Communaut(cid:130)s europ(cid:130)ennes 20. 1. 98 ANNEXE «ANNEXE II D(cid:130)finition d’un ensemble minimal de lignes lou(cid:130)es pr(cid:130)sentant des caract(cid:130)ristiques techniques harmonis(cid:130)es, conform(cid:130)ment (cid:133) l’article 7 Type de ligne lou(cid:130)e Sp(cid:130)cifications concernant la pr(cid:130)sentation des interfaces Sp(cid:130)cifications concernant les caract(cid:130)ristiques de raccordement et les performances Caract(cid:130)ristiques techniques analogique (cid:133) bande passante vocale de qualit(cid:130) ordinaire analogique (cid:133) bande passante vocale de qualit(cid:130) sp(cid:130)ciale num(cid:130)rique (cid:133) 64 kbits/s (7) num(cid:130)rique (cid:133) 2 048 kbits/s non structur(cid:130) (9) num(cid:130)rique (cid:133) 2 048 kbits/s structur(cid:130) (10) 2 fils (1) - ETS 300 448 (3) ou 4 fils (2) - ETS 300 451 (4) 2 fils (1) - ETS 300 449 (5) ou 4 fils (2) - ETS 300 452 (6) ETS 300 288 ETS 300 288/A1 (8) ETS 300 418 2 fils - ETS 300 448 (3) 4 fils - ETS 300 451 (4) 2 fils - ETS 300 449 (5) 4 fils - ETS 300 452 (6) ETS 300 289 ETS 300 247 ETS 300 247/A1 ETS 300 418 (11) ETS 300 419 (12) (1) Les exigences de raccordement des (cid:130)quipements terminaux destin(cid:130)s (cid:133) (cid:136)tre connect(cid:130)s (cid:133) ces lignes lou(cid:130)es sont d(cid:130)crites dans la r(cid:130)glementation technique commune 15 (CTR 15). (2) Les exigences de raccordement des (cid:130)quipements terminaux destin(cid:130)s (cid:133) (cid:136)tre connect(cid:130)s (cid:133) ces lignes lou(cid:130)es sont d(cid:130)crites dans la r(cid:130)glementation technique commune 17 (CTR 17). (3) Pr(cid:130)c(cid:130)demment fournies conform(cid:130)ment (cid:133) la recommandation M. 1040 (version 1988) de l’UIT (anciennement CCITT), au lieu de la ETS 300 448. (4) Pr(cid:130)c(cid:130)demment fournies conform(cid:130)ment (cid:133) la recommandation M. 1040 (version 1988) de l’UIT (anciennement CCITT), au lieu de la ETS 300 451. (5) Pr(cid:130)c(cid:130)demment fournies conform(cid:130)ment (cid:133) la recommandation M. 1020/M. 1025 (version 1988) de l’UIT (anciennement CCITT), au lieu de la ETS 300 449. (6) Pr(cid:130)c(cid:130)demment fournies conform(cid:130)ment (cid:133) la recommandation M. 1020/M. 1025 (version 1988) de l’UIT (anciennement CCITT), au lieu de la ETS 300 452. (7) Les exigences de raccordement des (cid:130)quipements terminaux destin(cid:130)s (cid:133) (cid:136)tre connect(cid:130)s (cid:133) ces lignes lou(cid:130)es sont d(cid:130)crites dans la r(cid:130)glementation technique commune 14 (CTR 14). (8) Durant une p(cid:130)riode provisoire allant au-del(cid:133) du 31 d(cid:130)cembre 1997, les lignes lou(cid:130)es pourront (cid:136)tre fournies (cid:133) l’aide d’autres interfaces, bas(cid:130)es sur X. 21 ou X. 21 bis, au lieu de la ETS 300 288. (9) Les exigences de raccordement des (cid:130)quipements terminaux destin(cid:130)s (cid:133) (cid:136)tre connect(cid:130)s (cid:133) ces lignes lou(cid:130)es sont d(cid:130)crites dans la r(cid:130)glementation technique commune 12 (CTR 12). (10) Les exigences de raccordement des (cid:130)quipements terminaux destin(cid:130)s (cid:133) (cid:136)tre connect(cid:130)s (cid:133) ces lignes lou(cid:130)es sont d(cid:130)crites dans la r(cid:130)glementation technique commune 13 (CTR 13). (11) Pr(cid:130)c(cid:130)demment fournies conform(cid:130)ment aux recommandations G. 703, G. 704 ((cid:133) l’exclusion du point 5) et G. 706 (recherche cyclique des redondances) (version 1988) de l’UIT (anciennement CCITT), au lieu de la ETS 300 418. (12) Pr(cid:130)c(cid:130)demment fournies conform(cid:130)ment aux recommandations pertinentes de la s(cid:130)rie G. 800 (version 1988) de l’UIT (anciennement CCITT), au lieu de la ETS 300 419. Pour les types de lignes lou(cid:130)es indiqu(cid:130)s ci-dessus, les sp(cid:130)cifications vis(cid:130)es d(cid:130)finissent (cid:130)galement les points de terminaison du r(cid:130)seau (PTR), conform(cid:130)ment (cid:133) la d(cid:130)finition figurant (cid:133) l’article 2 de la directive 90/387/CEE. »


title: Reglamento (CE) n° 19/98 de la Comisión de 7 de enero de 1998 por el que se suspende la venta de mantequilla de existencias públicas en virtud del Reglamento (CEE) n° 3143/85 relativo a la comercialización a precio reducido de mantequilla de intervención destinada al consumo inmediato en forma de mantequilla concentrada y la concesión de ayuda en virtud del Reglamento (CEE) nº 429/90 relativo a la concesión mediante licitación de una ayuda para la mantequilla concentrada destinada al consumo inmediato en la Comunidad

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text: 8. 1. 98 ‹ ES ‹ Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas L 4/39 REGLAMENTO (CE) No 19/98 DE LA COMISIÓN de 7 de enero de 1998 por el que se suspende la venta de mantequilla de existencias p ´ublicas en virtud del Reglamento (CEE) no 3143/85 relativo a la comercialización a precio reducido de mantequilla de intervención destinada al consumo inmediato en forma de mantequilla concentrada y la concesión de ayuda en virtud del Reglamento (CEE) no 429/90 relativo a la concesión mediante licitación de una ayuda para la mantequilla concentrada destinada al consumo inmediato en la Comunidad LA COMISIÓN DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEAS, Visto el Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea, Visto el Reglamento (CEE) no 804/68 del Consejo, de 27 de junio de 1968, por el que se establece la organización com ´un de mercados en el sector de la leche y de los productos l ´acteos (1), cuya ´ultima modificación la consti- tuye el Reglamento (CE) no 1587/96 (2), y, en particular, el apartado 6 de su artículo 6 y el apartado 3 de su artículo 7 bis, Considerando que en el Reglamento (CEE) no 3143/85 (3), cuya ´ultima modificación la constituye el Reglamento (CE) no 1802/95 (4), se establece la venta de mantequilla de existencias p ´ublicas a precio reducido para su consumo directo en la Comunidad en forma de mantequilla concentrada; que este régimen sigue siendo aplicable mientras lo permitan las disponibilidades de las existen- cias p ´ublicas de mantequilla; que, habida cuenta del nivel actual de las existencias de mantequilla de intervención y de la necesidad de mantener su venta para otros usuarios, es preciso suspender las ventas establecidas en virtud del Reglamento (CEE) no 3143/85; que el 1 de julio de 1989 se dio el anuncio previo contemplado en el apartado 2 del artículo 1 de dicho Reglamento; Considerando que en el Reglamento (CEE) no 429/90 (5) de la Comisión, cuya ´ultima modificación la constituye el Reglamento (CE) no 1802/95, se establece la concesión mediante licitación de una ayuda a la mantequilla concentrada obtenida a partir de mantequilla o de nata procedente del mercado y destinada al consumo directo en la Comunidad; que este régimen se introdujo para completar y continuar la medida prevista por el Regla- mento (CEE) no 3143/85; que, habida cuenta de la situa- ción actual del mercado de la mantequilla, que se caracte- riza principalmente por una producción y unas existen- cias de mantequilla menos elevadas, resulta apropiado suspender el régimen de ayuda establecido en el Regla- mento (CEE) no 429/90; Considerando que Comité de gestión de la leche y de los productos l ´acteos no ha emitido dictamen alguno en el plazo establecido por su presidente, HA ADOPTADO EL PRESENTE REGLAMENTO: Artículo 1 Se suspende la venta de mantequilla de existencias 1. p ´ublicas en virtud del Reglamento (CEE) no 3143/85. Se suspende la concesión de ayuda en virtud del 2. Reglamento (CEE) no 429/90. Artículo 2 El presente Reglamento entrar ´a en vigor el tercer día siguiente al de su publicación en el Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas. Ser ´a aplicable a partir del 1 de enero de 1998. No obstante, no se aplicar ´a a las cantidades de mante- quilla o de mantequilla concentrada para las que en la fecha de su entrada en vigor ya se hayan presentado ofertas mediante un procedimiento de licitación. El presente Reglamento ser ´a obligatorio en todos sus elementos y directamente aplicable en cada Estado miembro. Hecho en Bruselas, el 7 de enero de 1998. Por la Comisión Franz FISCHLER Miembro de la Comisión (1) DO L 148 de 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (2) DO L 206 de 16. 8. 1996, p. 21. (3) DO L 298 de 12. 11. 1985, p. 9. (4) DO L 174 de 26. 7. 1995, p. 27. (5) DO L 45 de 21. 2. 1990, p. 8


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4151/97 by Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP to the Commission. Community job losses due to the EU-Latvia fisheries protocol

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title: ΓΡΑΠΤΗ ΕΡΩΤΗΣΗ αρ θ. 4153/97 του Antonio TAJANI προς την Επ τροπή. Συνολικά επιτρεπόμενα αλιεύματα ερυθρού τόνου

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title: Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the execution of the Matthaeus- Tax Programme from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1996 - (Article 11 of the Council Decision of 29 October 1993)

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text: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 07. 01. 1998 COM(97) 722 final REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE EXECUTION OF THE MATTHAEUS-TAX PROGRAMME FROM 1 JANUARY 1996 TO 31 DECEMBER 1996 (ARTICLE 11 OF THE COUNCIL DECISION OF 29 OCTOBER 1993) 1. INTRODUCTION To ensure that the removal of frontier controls from 1 January 1993 did not encourage indirect tax (VAT and Excise duty) fraud, evasion and distortions of competition, a deep and enduring co-operation between national indirect tax administrations was required. To foster this co-operation, the Commission proposed an action programme for the training of indirect tax officials: "Matthaeus-Tax" which was adopted by the Council on 29 October 19931. The objectives of the programme, as set out in Article 3 of the decision, are: to prepare indirect taxation officials of Member States for the implications arising out of the creation of the internal market and the development of administrative cooperation, and thus ensure a better application of Community law; to make national officials aware of the Community dimension of their work and to build mutual confidence between the indirect taxation administrations of Member States; to provide supplementary, adapted vocational training to indirect taxation officials; to utilise to the maximum advantage the knowledge of the indirect taxation services in the Community through greater mobility of staff and thus improve the management and the effectiveness of the internal market; to stimulate intensive and continuous cooperation at all levels of the relevant administrations with a view to them working together within the context of the internal market. These objectives are to be achieved through four means: exchanges of officials; training seminars; co-ordinated vocational training programmes; and language training for officials likely to participate in exchanges. These activities began on 1 July 1993. The Commission reports to Council and Parliament COM (95) 663 and COM (96) 543 covered the programme from 1 July 1993 to 31 December 1994 and 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1995 respectively. Council Decision of 29. 10. 1993, OJ n° L280 of 13. 11. 1993 2. ACTIVITIES IN 1996 2. 1 Exchanges 2. 1. 1 Objectives The main objective of the exchanges is to provide to indirect tax officials a better mutual understanding of the organisation, methods and procedures applied in different Member States. This understanding should be on both a practical and a theoretical level. This encourages better co-operation and the dissemination of best practice. Performing real duties in the host administration is an important method to meet these objectives. 2. 1. 2 Organ isation In 1996, for the first time, full discretion was given to the Member States to choose the destination of their exchange officials (in 1995 only 50% were chosen this way; the rest were agreed between the Commission and the Member States). Responsibility was further decentralised in that each Member State was allocated an exchange budget (rather than a number of exchanges as in the past) and encouraged to make maximum use of it. The effect of this reform was to encourage the Member States to prioritise their needs in relation to the budget available. To ensure that the maximum use was made of resources, Member States reported at the half-year their predicted use of their budget. Funds were re-deployed from those Member States who predicted an under-spend (NL, UK) to those who predicted an overspend (F, FIN, B). Finally to improve the preparation and execution of the exchange programme, the Commission collated a dossier of guides to each national tax administration in order to provide basic background for each exchange official before their visit. Coupled with this, 1996 saw a concerted attempt to move away from general exchanges (a general introduction to the host administration with a group of officials) to single exchanges (working alongside an equivalent) or targeted exchanges (a specific project). 2. 1. 3 Activities 218 exchanges took place in 1996 (116 in 1995, 95 in 1994, 88 in 1993). This increase was achieved through a better use of funds, and through a re-deployment of funds from seminars to exchanges. 34% of the exchanges were general, 25% single and 42% targeted. More details on the officials exchanged are set out in Annex A to this report. 2. 1. 4 Evaluation The exchanges are monitored throughout the year by the Commission and the Member States. In addition officials (and from 1996, their line managers) provide feedback through questionnaires. National tax administrations were also asked for the first time in 1996 to give their impressions of the value of the exchange programme. The comments from the national administrations, the officials and their line managers were overwhelmingly positive. B considered them to have been "crowned with success". D noted the great interest of its officials in the programme and the contribution to improving co-operation. The UK was very encouraged by the feedback from its officials, noting that other Member States had made real efforts to meet the needs of its officials. S noted that for one official acting as a host, the exchange had been one of their best experiences in the tax administration. The flexible new arrangements for organising exchanges and the greater emphasis on targeted exchanges were welcomed in particular by several Member States (I, F, B, UK, S, FIN). This was supported by comments from officials: "renewed morale and real stimulus for career" (B); "As well as operational benefits, the exchange has broadened the officer's perspective" (UK manager); "combination of a visit to the central office and the regional office was ideal" (DK); "the result of the exchange was positive and led to real and palpable benefits" (L). The exchange programme also led to real changes in national administrations. NL noted the improved understanding of how other Member States worked and the better informal communications which resulted. A noted several changes resulting from the programme: including the introduction of risk analysis; a great increase in the interest in language training; and co-operation in electronic data processing. Officials also reported inter alia: improvements in control methods e. g. "selection of dossiers for control through use of computers" (B); use of IT and audit techniques (P, EL, L); audit of newly registered companies (FIN); better use of risk analysis (A, FIN); better control of cash traders (P, UK); better control of excise duty (spirits) (P); setting up of large trader audit (EL); improvements to recovery payment systems and working practices (F); "professionalisation of specific fraud investigation and prosecution areas" (IRL); improving assistance given to taxpayers (F); development of trader training programme to eliminate errors (P); improved administrative co-operation (A, D, F). Improvements to the programme are however still possible: EL, S, F, DK thought individual and targeted exchanges were more valuable than general ones. D and EL emphasised the need for exchanges to be practical and related to the specific needs of the official. S emphasised the importance of a tailor-made programme for each exchange. Officials reported that: exchanges need to be longer if real co-operation is intended (D, B, F, L, I, FIN, UK); more prior contact in preparation and more flexibility during the exchange (B, IRL, S, F, E,); greater efforts to meet objectives by the host administration needed (EL, F, S); more practical work together, in particular real control work in the office and in the field (B, EL, F, FIN, S, A, D, NL); More specialised exchanges less grouped with other officials (A, B, D, E, P, IRL, UK, EL). These criticisms echo those made by exchange officials in previous years. Although real improvements in making exchanges more practical and more tailored to the needs of the official have been made, there is a need for more progress. In particular even greater efforts need to be made by host administrations to let officials from other Member States perform real duties. A recurring problem for some Member States is that national legislation, usually that applicable to tax confidentiality, restricts the duties that can be performed. The precise nature of these restrictions and the possibilities for working within them will need to be considered by the Commission and the Member States in the future. A quantitative evaluation of the exchanges, based on the questionnaires completed by officials and their line managers is set out in Annex A. 2. 2 Seminars 2. 2. 1 Objective The objective of the seminar programme is to provide the best forum for the structured exchange of ideas between officials from national administrations. The seminars provide the opportunity for: the dissemination of best practice among Member States; the analysis of common problems and solutions; the training of officials in the Community dimension of their work; and the enhancement of administrative co-operation. The seminars may also lead to suggestions for the improvement of the Community legal instruments in force. 2. 2. 2 Activities Ten seminars were organised in 1996 (11 in 1995, 8 in 1994, 6 in 1993). Two of the seminars were financed from the 1995 budget and were covered in the 1995 report. About 300 officials attended. Brief descriptions of each seminar are set out in annex B. 2. 2. 3 Evaluation Participants completed questionnaires at the end of each seminar. Six months later each Member State completes a further questionnaire designed to evaluate the medium term impact of the seminar. Detailed analysis of these questionnaires is set out in annex B. In general, according to the immediate evaluations, the 1996 seminars were marginally less successful than those in 1993-95. However the six month evaluations are more positive. As well as being useful overall and successful in deepening understanding of the issues, 11%) of the seminars had led to changes in working practices, 33% to follow-up meetings and 51%o to other forms of follow-up in national administrations. 2. 3 Common training programme 2. 3. 1 Objective The Matthaeus-Tax decision establishes the objective of developing a common core of training. 2. 3. 2 Activities The Commission adopted a decision2, following consultation with the Member States, setting out a common programme of vocational training as required by Article 4 (c) of the Matthaeus-Tax decision in 1995. 1996 was the first full year of implementation. Details of this implementation are set out in Table 24 in Annex C. 2. 3. 3 Evaluation Table 24 shows that, as for 1995, some Member States have had great difficulties in supplying data on the training given to their officials, despite efforts from the Commission to clarify the data required. The problem of this lack of data is addressed in the FISCALIS programme proposals. Given the incomplete nature of the data available both in 1995 and 1996, no reliable conclusions can be drawn. 2. 4 Language training 2. 4. 1 Objective The Matthaeus-Tax decision stipulates that language training should be given to officials likely to participate in exchange activities. 2. 4. 2 Activities Annex D sets out the details of language training and its results in 1996. 2. 4. 3 Evaluation As for the common training programme, the figures provided by some Member States on the language training given to their officials are, as for 1995, too incomplete to permit reliable conclusions to be addressed. Under FISCALIS, it is proposed to tackle this data problem. However the data supplied by officials participating on the exchanges does provide a sample of taxation officials which can be evaluated. Whilst officials still feel able to communicate in their host country fairly well, the level of proficiency in the host country language appears to have fallen. The number of exchange officials attending language courses remains static at about 20 per cent. 3. MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS 3. 1 Management The programme is run by a co-ordinator in each Member State (usually two where the Excise and VAT administrations are separate) and the Commission services. The Commission and the co-ordinators met four times in 1995 in the Matthaeus-Tax Commission Decision 95/279/EC of 12 July 1995 - OJ No L 172 of 22. 7. 95, p 24 Committee. The main business of the Committee was the planning and monitoring of the 1996 exchange and seminar programme and the elaboration of the 1997 programme. In 1996 a manual of procedures was adopted by the Commission, codifying the best practice accumulated over previous years. This has considerably simplified the management of the programme. To focus the efforts of the Commission and the Member States, the Committee also adopted performance targets (based on the questionnaires set out in the Annexes). Broadly speaking, the targets were to better the 1995 performance, which was itself an improvement over 1993-94. A further evaluation form was also introduced: the six-month line managers form, the results of which are set out in this report. 3. 2 Budget For procedural reasons, Budget line B5-3051 covers both the Matthaeus (Customs) and the Matthaeus-Tax programme. In 1996 3,200,000 ecu was allocated to this budget line and of this the Commission allocated 825,000 ecu to the Matthaeus-Tax programme (712,000 in 1995, 600,000 in 1993 and in 1994). Of this, 520,000 ecu was allocated to exchanges and 305,000 to seminars. Of this 87 per cent of the exchange budget was spent and 92 per cent of the seminar budget. The underspend for the seminars is within an acceptable margin, given that budget allocated was on the basis of average costs per seminar per participant. The underspend for exchanges is disappointing. Six Member States (D, EL, E, NL, P, UK) accounted for 80 per cent of this underspend. The Commission believes that this was largely due to the transition to the de-centralised budget procedure. The results from 1997 will need to be examined to see if there is any underlying problem. 3. 2. 1 Financial Management As mentioned under 2. 1. 2, management of the exchange budget was fully de-centralised, to encourage a more efficient use of budgetary resources by the Member States. Financial control procedures were also de-centralised and modernised in 1996, as foreseen in the 1995 report. 4. OPENING OF THE PROGRAMME TO ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES The Matthaeus-Tax programme was open to the ten Central and Eastern European associated countries (and Malta and Cyprus) as part of the Community's commitment3 to these countries. This opening in 1996 was a pilot programme financed by the Customs 2000 programme through the framework for the Matthaeus-Tax programme. A report on the 1996 pilot has been prepared by the Commission services. Even though the associated Set out in the White Paper on the preparation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe for integration into the internal market of the Union, COM(95) 163 final. countries' participation is not fully part of the Matthaeus-Tax programme, a synopsis of the fuller report is set out here and in the annexes. 4. 1 Exchanges 22 exchanges took place, most of the associated countries sending one VAT and one Excise official to a Member State. Details are set out in Annex A. The associated countries, participating at a meeting of the Matthaeus-Tax committee to evaluate their participation, expressed a high regard for the exchanges. This is also borne out by the positive assessment of their officials. The most important lesson learned was of the urgent need to raise the language skills of officials from the associated countries. 4. 2 Seminars One official from each of the associated countries was invited to three of the eight seminars (two VAT and one excise). The questionnaires completed by the officials show that they valued the seminars even more than officials from the Member States. On the downside, it was noticeable that the full participation of the officials was hampered by a lack of language skills. Further details are set out in Annex B. 4. 3 Conclusion Participation in the programme on a pilot basis in 1996 was an essential element in the Community strategy for assisting the associated countries in their preparation for accession. Thanks to the efforts of the officials themselves and the host Member States the experience proved valuable, not least in identifying the tasks ahead. A second and third year of the pilot programme will therefore take place in 1997 and 1998. Beyond that, the needs of the associated countries are covered by the FISCALIS proposal (see 5. 1 below). 5. CONCLUSION The success of the exchange programme, the biggest part of the programme financially, stands out in 1996. The near doubling of the programme was achieved together with a significant improvement in quality. Most of the credit for this should go to the officials and their hosts. However it is clear that the improvements in management of the programme and the continued focus on better preparation and execution of exchanges (and the prevalence of more targeted and practical exchanges) permitted this increase in activity and quality. For this the efforts of national co-ordinators deserve special mention. In contrast, the seminar programme did not repeat the significant improvements made in previous years. Even though the impressions of the participants were only slightly less positive than in 1995 (and the six months evaluations were in many cases better than for 1995), some conclusions can be drawn. Ten seminars in a year probably represented too great a strain on the Commission services, to whom a large part of the burden falls. There was also on occasion a mismatch between the subjects tackled by seminars and the participants sent by Member States. There is a role both for academic policy seminars and for more practical methodological seminars. In future, the Commission needs both to focus resources on a smaller number of seminars and to make greater efforts to ensure that the right participants attend. In general however the Commission is convinced that the seminar programme has provoked a real debate among national tax administrations that was simply non-existent before. 5. 1 FISCALIS The experiences of the programme in 1996 played a significant part in influencing the drafting of the proposal for the FISCALIS programme (COM (97) 175), due to come into force in 1998. In particular the success of the exchange programme and the level of demand among national officials influenced the decision to propose a programme which could begin to satisfy this demand and need. The FISCALIS proposal also integrates Matthaeus-Tax-type activities with wider Community policy on co-operation. Finally, the FISCALIS proposals on training and the associated countries were strongly influenced by the Matthaeus-Tax experience. The problems encountered on training and language training were especially influential. 10 Annex A: Exchanges In 1996 Member States had the most freedom of choice ever on the host Member State for their officials. Comparing the number of officials sent with those received (see tables 1-3), the UK, NL, S and B were especially popular. D and I were less popular hosts. This breakdown may reflect the relative use of vehicular languages in the tax administrations of these countries. It would be unfortunate for this development to continue: those officials who did go to D gave consistently high ratings for their exchange. The profile of exchanged officials (tables 4-8) was largely unchanged. Tables 9-11 show that in 1996 efforts to improve the preparation and execution of the exchanges (better candidate profiles, more targeted exchanges) had a small positive effect, according to the officials themselves. Unexpectedly, their line managers, when asked the same questions, were significantly more positive. Tables 12-18 give a picture of the broader impact of the exchanges. The figures for 1996 were broadly more positive than for 1995, although line managers were slightly more sceptical of the impact than their officials. Most noteworthy was that 40% of the officials (table 14) could foresee administrative changes as a result of the exchange. This figure has risen consistently over the programme (although it was even higher for the associated countries. ) 11 Table 1: Breakdown of exchanges in 1996 Host Member State Home Member State Number of officials sent B DK D EL E F IRL I L NL A P FIN S UK B DK D EL E F IRL I L NL A P FIN S UK 15 14 17 12 13 21 11 20 8 10 15 12 14 17 19 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 TOTAL 218 20 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 3 9 1 3 2 1 1 8 Number of officials received 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2. 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 5 3 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 15 11 19 13 13 8 20 12 11 13 21 25 12 Table 2: Breakdown of exchanges 1993-96 Host Member State Home Member State Number of officials sent B DK D EL E F IRL I L NL A P FIN S UK 39 35 46 35 37 47 29 51 19 31 22 30 20 24 52 B DK D EL E F IRL I L NL A P FIN S UK 3 2 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 3 2 2 3 5 3 6 2 2 4 2 1 4 5 2 3 2 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 5 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 4 2 4 2 4 6 1 4 3 4 2 5 1 2 5 Number of officials received 3 3 3 5 5 2 7 2 3 1 5 2 8 2 6 5 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 5 6 5 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 5 1 3 2 3 4 6 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 6 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 9 6 4 7 6 2 4 2 4 1 5 3 2 TOTAL 517 45 29 39 32 30 49 33 39 15 49 18 29 20 31 59 Table 3: Breakdown of exchanges in 1996 - Associated countries Host Member State 13 Associated country Number of officials sent Bulgaria Czech Rep. Cyprus Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Malta Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 B DK D EL E F IRL I L NL A P FIN S UK Number of officials receivec 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 TOTAL 22 2 3 14 NB: Indicators marked with an * do not have comparable figures for 1993-94. "MS" denotes Member States. "AC" denotes Associated countries. "VAT" denotes VAT officials. "Ex" denotes Excise officials. Table 4: Gender Male Female 1996 MS 69% 31% 1996 AC 61% 39% 1996 VAT 67% 33% 1996 Ex 76% 24% 1995 MS 70% 30% 1993-94 MS 77% 23% Highest Female %: FIN (71%), EL (58%), S (56%), AC (56%) Lowest Female %: B (8%), IRL (9%), A (14%), UK (17%) Table 5: Average Age 1996 MS 41 1996 AC 39 1996 VAT 41 1996 Ex. 42 1995 MS 41 1993-94 MS 39 Table 6: Work Area VAT Excise Both 1996 MS 69% 26% 5% 1996 AC 61% 28% 11% 1995 79% 18% 3% 1993-94 80% 20% 0% Table 7: Grade Code having management Officials with directing responsibilities Officials and controlling responsibilities, possibly with some operational duties Officials responsibilities but who may decisions on the ground operational take having only 1996 MS 1996 AC 1996 VAT 1996 Ex. 1995 MS 20% 44% 22% 39% 18% 42% 23% 48% 23% 48% 1993- 94 MS 24% 40% 37% 39% 40% 29% 30% 36% Table 8: Why do you believe you were you selected? volunteered technical knowledge linguistic skills function in administration other 1996 MS 30% 23% 20% 24% 3% 1996 AC 5% 27% 30% 35% 3% 1995 MS 28% 22% 18% 26% 5% 1993-94 MS 26% 24% 25% 23% 2% Table 9: Did you set specific objectives for your administration, in advance, exchange* for the 15 1996 MS 82% 18% 1996 AC 71% 29% 1995 MS 74% 26% Yes No Table 10: If yes, were you able to meet these objectives 71 1996 MS4 1996 AC 1995 MS Yes, completely 27% 8% 26% Mostly 59% 75% 61% Partly 13% 17% 9% No, not at all 0% 0% 4% Table 11: How closely was the exchange related to your work ?* 1996 MS5 1996 AC 1995 MS Very Closely 36% 17% 36% 42% 56% 42% 19% 28% 18% 3% 0% 5% 0% 0% 0% not at all Table 12: How useful was the experience gained from the exchange ?* 1996 MS6 1996 AC 1995 MS Very Useful 50% 44% 50% 40% 50% 37% 10% 6% 12% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% not at all Table 13: How much of this experience were you able to apply in your own administration ?* 1996 MS7 1996 AC 1995 MS All of it 6% 6% 11% 23% 67% 26% 48% 6% 47% 19% 17% 15% 3% 6% 1% none of it Table 14: As a result of your exchange, can you foresee any administrative changes? 1996 MS 40%8 60% 1996 AC 53% 47% 1995 MS 27% 73% 1993-94 MS 12% 88% Yes No Line managers reported equivalent figures of 36%, 53% 11% and 0% Line managers reported equivalent figures of 42%, 37%, 16%, 5% and 0%. Line managers reported equivalent figures of 32%, 36%, 23%, 8% and 2%. Line managers reported equivalent figures of 7%, 20%, 35%, 21% and 17%. Line managers reported the equivalent figure of 28%. 16 Table 15: Did you complete a report of your visit in writing?9 orally? both? TOTAL 1996 MS 59% 7% 32% 98% 1996 AC 11% 50% 39% 100% 1996 VAT 55% 8% 34% 97% Table 16: Was the length of the exchange 1996 Ex. 1995 MS 1993-94 MS 67% 8% 23% 98% 52% 11% 37% 100% 64% 10% 26% 100% 1996 MS 1996 AC 1995 MS too long 3% 0% 0% 13% 0% 7% 61% 82% 70% 14% 12% 12% 9% 6% 10% too short Table 17: Overall, how would you rate the value of the exchange for your administration ?* 1996 MS10 1996 AC 1995 MS very high 21% 44% 28% 48% 56% 39% 27% 0% 27% 3% 0% 6% 1% 0% 1% very low Table 18: Do you think the programme should be continued? Yes, as it is Yes, with some changes No 1996 MS 60% 40% 0% 1996 AC 82% 18% 0% 1995 MS 58% 42% 0% 1993-94 MS 26% 74% 0% In response to the question of whether they would be happy for one of their officials to participate again on an exchange, 98% of line managers said yes. 9 According to the line managers' questionnaire, 17% of these reports were circulated throughout the national administration; 37% within the central administration; 15% within the region and 32% within the workplace. 10 Line managers reported equivalent figures of 24%», 43%, 23%, 8% and 3%. 17 Annex B: Seminars Namur (Belgium) 25-26 April 1996: "Recovery or VAT debts" The aim of the seminar was to identify the optimum legal framework for and administrative approach to VAT recovery. Delegates compared the various powers available to national administrations and different national strategies of recovery through prioritising claims. The Hague (The Netherlands) 25-26 June and Dublin (Ireland) 26-27 September 1996: "The relationship between the taxable person and the administration". This large subject was split between two seminars, with broadly the same participants. The aim was to identify amongst current practice the ideal balance between the rights and obligations of the taxable person. Delegates from the associated countries participated for the first time. The first seminar looked at the process of registration, accounting and invoicing, the second at audit, collection and appeals. Helsinki (Finland) 1-2 July 1996: "Ensuring performance in VAT administrations". The aim of the seminar was to identify the key elements of organisation and management for ensuring good performance in tax administrations. The seminar looked at overall management, including the establishment of objectives, work programmes and priorities and the evaluation of individuals and their career development. Athens (Greece) 30 September - 2 October 1996: "Control of Excise goods" The aim of this seminar was to consider the value of fiscal markers and fiscal stamps for excise control. The seminar was conducted with representatives of the trade and with participants from the associated countries. The seminar also compared road control and stock-taking control procedures. Vienna (Austria) 9-11 October 1996: "Heads of CLO" This seminar brought together the heads of each Member States' central liaison offices (CLOs) to examine recent problems in the management of administrative co-operation request and plan for future growth in information exchange. The seminar also examined the relationship between CLOs and their wider tax administrations. Bad Honnef (Germany) 6-8 November 1996: "Limiting fiscal risk through guarantees and technology" The aim of the seminar was to evaluate new and existing methods of limiting the fiscal risk borne by national admimstrations through the Excise system. The seminar looked at the operation of guarantees; the process of recovery and the possible use of satellite technology as a control tool. 18 Madrid (Spain) 2-3 December 1996: "Invoice control and invoice related fraud" The aim of the seminar was to identify the main problems related to invoice control, to examine methods used by fraudsters and to examine ways of improving the control of invoices. Evaluation Table 19 shows that participants immediate reaction to the utility of the seminar and the extent to which it had met their expectations was slightly down from 1995 (although not dramatically: there were more "mostly" than "yes" answers). Conversely tables 20-23 show that, six months after the event, Member States felt more positive about the 1996 seminars than they had felt subsequently about the 1995 seminars. The paired seminars in Dublin and the Hague appeared initially to have suffered from their conceptual nature but this was not borne out on reflection. The level of follow-up indicated by table 23 is particularly encouraging. 19 Table 19: Participants' evaluation of seminars (all figures are in percentages) Yes Mostly Partly No 94 MS 95 MS 96 MS 96 AC 94 MS 95 MS 96 MS 96 AC 94 MS 95 MS 96 MS 96 AC 94 MS 95 MS 96 MS 96 AC 1. Did the seminar meet (or exceed) your expectations? 2. Did the seminar cover the subjects you expected it to? 3. Were there too many presentations? 4. Was there enough time for discussion? 5. Was there enough time to talk to delegates from other Member States? 6. Were there enough documents available? 7. Would you say that overall the seminar was useful to your administration? 8. Was it a good environment for the seminar? 9. Were the translation facilities satisfactory? 74 67 19 70 71 85 74 82 69 67 72 4 60 63 63 72 87 56 51 58 12 53 61 72 61 84 71 64 71 0 57 57 63 78 100 83 22 25 4 16 16 7 17 15 17 27 23 2 21 21 16 21 12 21 39 34 5 20 22 16 30 12 19 33 29 12 26 27 26 22 0 14 4 9 8 9 9 7 9 3 7 6 5 7 12 11 14 6 1 14 10 8 8 16 11 8 9 3 7 3 0 7 14 13 7 0 0 6 1 0 68 5 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 87 7 5 7 0 0 9 0 0 75 10 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 81 3 3 4 0 0 3 Above average seminars: Helsinki, Bad Honnef, Athens, Vienna, Madrid Below average seminars: Namur, The Hague, Dublin Table 20. Did the participants prepare a written report following the seminar? I 1996 MS I 1995 MS Yes No 73% 26% 75% 25% I 20 Table 21: As a result of attending the seminar, did your administration gain a deeper understanding of the issues discussed? 1996 MS 1995 MS greater understanding 16% 52% 23% 5% 1% not understanding a greater 17% 50% 29% 2% 1% Above average: Bad-Honnef, Athens Below Average: Helsinki, Madrid Table 22: Overall, would you say that the seminar was useful to your administration? 1996 MS 1995 MS very useful 22% 21% 49% 42% 22% 33% 5% 3% 1% 0% not useful Above average: Dublin, Athens, Bad-Honnef Below Average: Madrid, Namur Table 23: As a result of the seminar, has your administration changed its working procedures in any way?11 organised meetings/seminars within your own administration? considered other ways of applying the experience gained from the seminar? organised exchanges in the area covered by the seminar? established links with other Member States? 11% 33% 51% 8% 4% 17% 28% 49% 18% 16% I 1996 MS 1 1995 MS 1 ! Above average: Namur (20%), Vienna (23%), Madrid (38%) Below average: Dublin, Athens Annex C: The Common training programme Table 24: Initial and continuing training in the Member States. 1996 INITIAL TRAINING TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFICIALS HAVING RECEIVED TRAINING 165 Ex. , 597 VAT 145 3,523 150 VAT 252 1,438 Ex. , 357 VAT 61 VAT 19 VAT, 3,940 Guardia 13 VAT, 8 Ex. 246 270 VAT, 53 Ex. 340 VAT 120 VAT, 5 Ex. 116 OFFICIALS TRAINED UNDER THE COMMON TRAINING PROGRAMME 762 145 3,523 150 VAT 252 1,438 Ex. , 357 VAT13 61 VAT 19 VAT 7 VAT, 0 Ex. 246 270 VAT, 53 Ex. 340 VAT 120 VAT, 5 Ex. 116 B DK D EL E F IRL I L NL A P FIN S UK 21 CONTINUAL TRAINING ON SUBJECTS OF COMMON TRAINING PROGRAMME OFFICIALS ELIGIBLE OFFICIALS HAVING RECEIVED TRAINING 3,137 Ex. , 2,040 VAT about 4,000 about 53,500 12 1960 VAT, 4006 Ex. 10,421 2,50014 Ex. , 7,800 VAT 400 VAT - 90 VAT, 4 Ex. about 2,000 5,366 VAT, 210 Ex. 18 2,430 VAT, 1,655 Ex. 500 VAT, 100 Ex. 4,000 475 Ex. , 2,040 VAT 420 - 280 VAT 872 2,50015Ex. 1,66516VAT) 311 VAT 0 VAT, 757 Guardia 32 VAT, 2 Ex. Q17 1,695 VAT, 173 Ex. 86 VAT 180 VAT, 60 Ex. 337 - - - - 12 13 14 15 16 17 About 3. 500 Ex. , about 50. 000 VAT 286 officials complete programme, 71 parts of the programme only Officials primarily concerned with excise duties. 20,000 Customs officers deal with VAT or Excises from time to time. All customs and excise officials receive some continuous training once a year. Figures from 1994 Continuous training not needed, as the content has been covered in previous training Officials primarily concerned with Excises. About a further 3,000 Customs officers do so from time to time. 22 Annex D: Language training Profile of linguistic abilities of exchange participants Whilst the ability to communicate on the exchange (table 28) has held up well, it is disappointing to see the level of those with basic proficiency and those having language training in advance have fallen slightly. This contradiction may have been supported by the increasing choice of host Member States where vehicular languages are widely spoken. Table 25: Could you speak the language of the host country? Yes, fluently Basic only No level 1996 MS 47% 15% 1996 AC 44% 22% 1996 VAT 47% 12% 1996 Ex. 44% 23% 1995 MS 45% 26% 1993-94 MS 66% 13% 38% 33% 41% 33% 29% 21% Above average language skills of own exchange officials: DK, E, F, NL, FIN Below average language skills of own exchange officials: B, IRL, L, A, S Table 26: Did you follow a language training course to participate in the Matthaeus- Tax programme ?* 1996 MS 19% 81% 1996 AC 24% 76% 1996 VAT 21% 79% 1996 Ex. 15% 85% 1995 MS 21% 79% Yes No Above average language courses by own exchange officials: DK, L, A, FIN, UK Below average language courses by own exchange officials: B, D, EL, F, IRL, I, NL Table 27: If you did follow a language course, how useful was it to your exchange ?' 1996 MS 1996 AC 1995 MS very useful 45% 50% 52% 34% 25% 26% 14% 25% 4% 2% 0% 15% 5% 0% 4% not at all useful Table 28: To what degree did you feel you were able to communicate in the host country ?* 1996 MS 1996 AC 1995 MS very well 56% 56% 54% 34% 33% 33% 9% 11% 12% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% not at all Above average ability to communicate in host country: B, EL, NL, A Below average ability to communicate in host country: DK, I 23 Table 29: Overall language training in the Member States 1996 B DK D English number of officiais 124 hours/official 67 French number of officials 146 hours/official German number of officials hours/official Spanish number of officials hours/official Other number of officials hours/official 74 35 56 29 77 38 65 EL19 10 3 1 0 0 5 E 45 40 1 12 1 55 0 0 0 0 F20 106 35 0 0 2 47 3 70 2 47 Total number of officials 372 30024 1,20025 Average hours/official 69 19 0 47 40 113 37 IRL21 0 0 33 118 4 118 5 I 26 12 19 12 5 16 1 L 3 350 0 0 0 0 7 118 81 308 3 118 45 118 0 0 51 14 1 45 11 295 NL22 A23 P FIN S UK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 713 41 50 11 30 0 0 1 36 3 32 41 1 66 0 0 0 0 728 83 50 25 80 5 60 6 40 0 0 2 40 38 69 62 22 5 50 3 0 0 12 59 3 30 35 0 0 0 0 70 24 3 39 0 0 18 51 19 Ex. only 20 VAT only. All customs and excise officials receive language training during their initial training period (English, German, Italian or Spanish, 2 hours weekly). Subsequent training is on a job-specific basis, for which no figures are available. 21 VAT only 22 No language training necessary: All officials who have international contact are required to speak and read English and German and/or French 23 VAT only 24 Estimate, exact figures are not available 25 Estimate for Customs and Excise administration only. No data available from Lander for VAT. ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 722 final DOCUMENTS EN 09 06 Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-746-EN-C ISBN 92-78-29844-1 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4150/97 by José BARROS MOURA to the Commission. Community funding of hydraulic projects in Spain

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Cohesion Fund
EU financing
Spain
Structural Funds
hydraulic machinery
hydraulic works

text: 16. 6. 98 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 187/131 Ericsson har ing(cid:229)tt avtal med tv(cid:229) fo¤retag fr(cid:229)n USA som skall ta hand om hela tillverkningen av kommunikationsutrustning fo¤r offentlig miljo¤ i va¤rlden. Detta beslut kan f(cid:229) allvarliga konsekvenser fo¤r tusentals personer som a¤r ansta¤llda inom Ericssongruppen i Europa och om planen skulle genomfo¤ras i Spanien skulle den inneba¤ra att ett stort antal arbetstillfa¤llen o¤verfo¤rs till andra bolag. Detta sa¤kersta¤ller vare sig stabiliteten inom industrin eller sysselsa¤ttningen inom det nya bolaget och dessutom a¤ventyrar det andra jobb inom na¤rliggande industrier och tja¤nstefo¤retag som idag arbetar fo¤r Ericsson i Spanien. Arbetarnas europeiska fo¤retagsr(cid:229)d inom Ericsson blev vare sig informerat eller r(cid:229)dfr(cid:229)gat om beslutet och fackfo¤reningsrepresentanterna fr(cid:229)n respektive land fick ett inofficiellt besked om nyheten fo¤rst efter det att beslutet tagits. 1. Ka¤nner kommissionen till denna situation? 2. Vet kommissionen att Ericsson har sin sto¤rsta marknad inom EU och att det efter denna utveckling inte kommer att finnas n(cid:229)gon proportionalitet mellan det ansvar som detta multinationella fo¤retag kommer att ha vad ga¤ller uppra¤tth(cid:229)llande av sysselsa¤ttningen, fo¤retagsstruktur, etc och storleken p(cid:229) de fo¤rm(cid:229)ner Europa erbjuder det? 3. Anser inte kommissionen att de stora fo¤retagens uppho¤rande med industriverksamhet kan leda till att tusentals arbetstillfa¤llen g(cid:229)r fo¤rlorade fo¤r en sektor som a¤r mycket viktig fo¤r EU:s l(cid:229)gkvalificerade arbetare? 4. Anser kommissionen att Ericsson har kra¤nkt de besta¤mmelser om information till och samr(cid:229)d med arbetstagarna som faststa¤lls i direktiv 94/45/EEG? Kan kommissionen garantera att Ericsson uppfyller kraven i detta direktiv om inra¤ttandet av ett europeiskt fo¤retagsr(cid:229)d eller ett fo¤rfarande i gemenskapsfo¤retag och grupper av gemenskapsfo¤retag fo¤r information till och samr(cid:229)d med arbetstagare? Gemensamt svar p(cid:229) de skriftliga fr(cid:229)gorna E-4141/97 och E-4218/97 ingivna av Pa·draig Flynn fo¤r kommissionen (25 februari 1998) Inget klagom(cid:229)l och ingen bega¤ran om att kommissionen skall ingripa har inkommit fr(cid:229)n de parter som bero¤rs av de omsta¤ndigheter ledamo¤terna redogjort fo¤r. Kommissionen h(cid:229)ller p(cid:229) att go¤ra en o¤vergripande utva¤rdering av info¤rlivandet i nationell lagstiftning av r(cid:229)dets direktiv 94/45/EG av den september 1994 om inra¤ttandet av ett europeiskt fo¤retagsr(cid:229)d eller ett fo¤rfarande i gemenskapsfo¤retag och grupper av gemenskapsfo¤retag fo¤r information till och samr(cid:229)d med arbetstagare. Om ett bolag inte respekterar besta¤mmelserna i detta direktiv skall detta bedo¤mas utifr(cid:229)n de nationella besta¤mmelser genom vilka direktivets besta¤mmelser info¤rlivas i nationell lagstiftning. Fo¤rst och fra¤mst (cid:229)ligger det de nationella myndigheterna att sa¤kersta¤lla att dessa besta¤mmelser efterlevs. (98/C 187/204) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA P-4150/97 fr(cid:229)n Jose· Barros Moura (PSE) till kommissionen (7 januari 1998) A¤mne: Gemenskapsfinansiering av vattenprojekt i Spanien Med beaktande av de villkor som ga¤ller fo¤r finansieringen av Alqueva-projektet och det faktum att kommissionen finansierat andra vattenprojekt av varierande slag och omfattning i Spanien, a¤ven i internationella floder, skulle jag vilja bli informerad om fo¤ljande: 1. Vilka a¤r projektens beteckning, plats och omfattning, i synnerhet vad ga¤ller vattenlagringskapaciteten? 2. Har vattendrag avletts eller flyttats, och i s(cid:229) fall under vilka former? 3. Vilken a¤r inverkan p(cid:229) miljo¤n, jordbruket och andra omr(cid:229)den? 4. Vilka villkor har kommissionen sta¤llt fo¤r att projekten skall godka¤nnas? 5. Hur stor a¤r finansieringen?


title: ΚΑΝΟΝΙΣΜΟΣ (ΕΚ) αριθ. 27/98 ΤΗΣ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗΣ της 7ης Ιανουαρίου 1998 για την έκδοση πιστοποιητικών εισαγωγής για ορισμένες κονσέρβες μανιταριών

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China
import licence
mushroom-growing
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text: L 4/56 ‹ EL ‹ Επ˜ισηµη Εφηµερ˜ιδα των Ευρωπαˇικ ˜ων Κοινοτ ˜ητων 8. 1. 98 ΚΑΝΟΝΙΣΜΟΣ (ΕΚ) αριθ. 27/98 ΤΗΣ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗΣ τηr 7ηr Ιανουαρ˜ιου 1998 για την ˜εκδοση πιστοποιητικ ˜ων εισαγωγ ˜ηr για ορισµ ˜ενεr κονσ ˜ερβεr µανιταρι ˜ων Η ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΥΡΩΠΑ˘ΙΚΩΝ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΩΝ, ΕΞΕ∆ΩΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΑ ΚΑΝΟΝΙΣΜΟ: ˜Εχονταr υπ ˜οψη: ˜Αρθρο 1 τη συνθ ˜ηκη για την ˜ιδρυση τηr Ευρωπαˇικ ˜ηr Κοιν ˜οτηταr, τον κανονισµ ˜ο (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2125/95 τηr Επιτροπ ˜ηr τηr 6ηr Σεπτεµβρ˜ιου 1995 για το ˜ανοιγµα και τον τρ ˜οπο διαχε˜ιρισηr των δασµολογικ ˜ων ποσοστ ˜ωσεων που εφαρµ ˜οζονται στιr κονσ ˜ερβεr µανιταρι ˜ων (1), ˜οπωr τροποποι ˜ηθηκε τελευτα˜ια απ ˜ο τον κανονισµ ˜ο (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2405/97 (2), και ιδ˜ιωr το ˜αρθρο 6 παρ ˜αγραφοr 4, Εκτιµ ˜ωνταr: ˜οτι το ˜αρθρο 6 παρ ˜αγραφοr 4 του κανονισµο ˜υ (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2125/95 προβλ ˜επει ˜οτι εφ ˜οσον οι ποσ ˜οτητεr για τιr οπο˜ιεr ζητ ˜ηθηκαν πιστοποιητικ ˜α υπερβα˜ινουν τιr διαθ ˜εσιµεr ποσ ˜ο- τητεr, η Επιτροπ ˜η καθορ˜ιζει ενια˜ιο ποσοστ ˜ο µει ˜ωσεωr των ζητουµ ˜ενων ποσοτ ˜ητων και αναστ ˜ελλει την ˜εκδοση πιστο- ποιητικ ˜ων για τιr περαιτ ˜ερω αιτ ˜ησειr· ˜οτι οι ποσ ˜οτητεr που ζητ ˜ηθηκαν στιr 2 Ιανουαρ˜ιου 1998 για ˜εχουν υπερβε˜ι τα προˇι ˜οντα που κατ ˜αγονται απ ˜ο την Κ˜ινα, τιr διαθ ˜εσιµεr ποσ ˜οτητεr και πρ ˜επει συνεπ ˜ωr να καθορισθε˜ι σε ποιο βαθµ ˜ο µπορο ˜υν να εκδοθο ˜υν πιστοποιητικ ˜α και να ανασταλε˜ι η ˜εκδοση πιστοποιητικ ˜ων ˜εωr τιr 31 ∆εκεµβρ˜ιου 1998 για τιr αιτ ˜ησειr που υποβ ˜αλλονται µεταγεν ˜εστερα, 1. Τα πιστοποιητικ ˜α εισαγωγ ˜ηr που ζητ ˜ηθηκαν β ˜ασει του κανονισµο ˜υ (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2125/95 για τα προˇι ˜οντα που κατ ˜α- γονται απ ˜ο την Κ˜ινα, στιr 2 Ιανουαρ˜ιου 1998 και διαβιβ ˜α- στηκαν στην Επιτροπ ˜η στιr 5 Ιανουαρ˜ιου 1998 εκδ˜ιδονται, µε την ˜ενδειξη που αναφ ˜ερεται στο ˜αρθρο 11 παρ ˜αγραφοr 1 του εν λ ˜ογω κανονισµο ˜υ, µ ˜εχρι 96,65 % τηr ζητηθε˜ισαr ποσ ˜οτηταr. 2. Τα πιστοποιητικ ˜α εισαγωγ ˜ηr που ζητ ˜ηθηκαν β ˜ασει του ˜αρθρου 4 παρ ˜αγραφοr 1 στοιχε˜ιο β) του κανονισµο ˜υ (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2125/95 για τα προˇι ˜οντα που κατ ˜αγονται απ ˜ο την Κ˜ινα, τη 2α Ιανουαρ˜ιου 1998 και διαβιβ ˜αστηκαν στην Επιτροπ ˜η στιr 5 Ιανουαρ˜ιου 1998 εκδ˜ιδονται, µε την ˜ενδειξη που αναφ ˜ερεται στο ˜αρθρο 11 παρ ˜αγραφοr 1 του εν λ ˜ογω κανονισµο ˜υ, µ ˜εχρι 12,05 % τηr ζητηθε˜ισαr ποσ ˜οτηταr. ˜Αρθρο 2 Η ˜εκδοση των πιστοποιητικ ˜ων εισαγωγ ˜ηr που ζητ ˜ηθηκαν β ˜ασει του κανονισµο ˜υ (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2125/95 για την Κ˜ινα αναστ ˜ελλεται για τιr αιτ ˜ησειr που κατατ ˜εθηκαν απ ˜ο τιr 3 Ιανουαρ˜ιου ˜εωr και τιr 31 ∆εκεµβρ˜ιου 1998. ˜Αρθρο 3 Ο παρ ˜ων κανονισµ ˜οr αρχ˜ιζει να ισχ ˜υει στιr 8 Ιανουαρ˜ιου 1998. Ο παρ ˜ων κανονισµ ˜οr ε˜ιναι δεσµευτικ ˜οr ωr προr ˜ολα τα µ ˜ερη του και ισχ ˜υει ˜αµεσα σε κ ˜αθε κρ ˜ατοr µ ˜ελοr. Βρυξ ˜ελλεr, 7 Ιανουαρ˜ιου 1998. Για την Επιτροπ˜η Franz FISCHLER Μ˜ελοr τηr Επιτροπ˜ηr (1) ΕΕ L 212 τηr 7. 9. 1995, σ. 16. (2) ΕΕ L 332 τηr 4. 12. 1997, σ. 32


title: 98/80/EC: Commission Decision of 7 January 1998 on amendment of Annex II to Council Directive 92/44/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

text: 20. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 14/27 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1998 on amendment of Annex II to Council Directive 92/44/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (98/80/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 92/44/EEC of 5 June 1992 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to leased lines (1), as last amended by Directive 97/51/EC of the Council (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof, the European Parliament and of Whereas Article 7(3) of Directive 92/44/EEC provides for the modification of its Annex II in order to adapt it to new technical developments and to changes in market demand, taking into account the state of development of national networks; Whereas, following a standardisation mandate issued by the Commission, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has adopted European Tele- communications Standards (ETSs) for leased lines, devel- oped on the basis of the relevant recommendations of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU); Whereas there is no requirement for telecommunications organisations to withdraw any existing leased lines offer- ings; in accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive Whereas, 92/44/EEC, the Commission has submitted the draft Decision for an opinion of the ONP Committee, under the procedure provided for in Article 10 of Council Directive 90/387/EEC (3); Whereas the amendment of Annex II to Directive 92/ 44/EEC adopted in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the ONP Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Annex II to Directive 92/44/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision within two months of the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Communities. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998. For the Commission Martin BANGEMANN Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 165, 19. 6. 1992, p. 27. (2) OJ L 295, 29. 10. 1997, p. 23. (3) OJ L 192, 24. 7. 1990, p. 1. L 14/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 1. 98 ANNEX ‘ANNEX II Definition of a minimum set of leased lines with harmonised technical characteristics, in accordance with Article 7 Leased line type Interface presentation specifications Connection characteristics and performance specifications Technical characteristics Ordinary quality voice bandwith analogue Special quality voice bandwith analogue 64 kbit/s digital (7) 2048 kbit/s digital unstructured (9) 2048 kbit/s digital structured (10) 2 wire (1) - ETS 300 448 (3) or 4 wire (2) - ETS 300 451 (4) 2 wire (1) - ETS 300 449 (5) or 4 wire (2) - ETS 300 452 (6) ETS 300 288 ETS 300 288/A1 (8) ETS 300 418 2 wire - ETS 300 448 (3) 4 wire - ETS 300 451 (4) 2 wire - ETS 300 449 (5) 4 wire - ETS 300 452 (6) ETS 300 289 ETS 300 247 ETS 300 247/A1 ETS 300 418 (11) ETS 300 419 (12) (1) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common Technical Regulation 15 (CTR 15). (2) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common Technical Regulation 17 (CTR 17). (3) Previously provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendation M. 1040 (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 448. (4) Previoulsy provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendation M. 1040 (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 451. (5) Previously provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendations M. 1020/M. 1025 (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 449. (6) Previously provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendations M. 1020/M. 1025 (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 452. (7) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common Technical Regulation 14 (CTR 14). (8) For an interim period extending beyond 31 December 1997, these leased lines may be provided using other interfaces, based on X. 21 or X. 21 bis, instead of ETS 300 288. (9) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common Technical Regulation 12 (CTR 12). (10) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common Technical Regulation 13 (CTR 13). (11) Previously provided in accordance with CCITT Recommendations G. 703, G. 704 (excluding section 5) and G. 706 (cyclic redundancy checking) (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 418. (12) Previously provided in accordance with relevant G. 800 series CCITT Recommendations (1988 version) instead of ETS 300 419. For the types of leased lines listed above, the specifications referred to also define the network termination points (NTPs), in accordance with the definition given in Article 2 of Directive 90/387/EEC. '


title: REGULAMENTO (CE) Nº 14/98 DA COMISSÃO de 7 de Janeiro de 1998 que fixa os preços representativos e os montantes dos direitos adicionais aplicáveis na importação dos melaços no sector do açúcar

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text: 8. 1. 98 PT Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias L 4/17 REGULAMENTO (CE) Nº 14/98 DA COMISSÃO de 7 de Janeiro de 1998 que fixa os preços representativos e os montantes dos direitos adicionais aplicá- veis na importação dos melaços no sector do açúcar A COMISSÃO DAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEIAS, Tendo em conta o Tratado que institui a Comunidade Europeia, Tendo em conta o Regulamento (CEE) nº 1785/81 do Conselho, de 30 de Junho de 1981, que estabelece a organização comum de mercado no sector do açúcar (1), com a última redacção que lhe foi dada pelo Regula- mento (CE) nº 1599/96 (2), Tendo em conta o Regulamento (CE) nº 1422/95 da Comissão, de 23 de Junho de 1995, que estabelece as regras de aplicação relativas à importação de melaços no sector do açúcar e que altera o Regulamento (CEE) nº 785/68 (3), e, nomeadamente, o nº 2 do seu artigo 1º e o nº 1 do seu artigo 3º, Considerando que o Regulamento (CE) nº 1422/95 prevê que o preço CIF de importação do melaço, a seguir desig- nado «preço representativo», é estabelecido em conformi- 785/68 da dade Comissão (4); que este preço se entende fixado para a qualidade-tipo definida no artigo 1º do citado regula- mento; com o Regulamento (CEE) nº Considerando que o preço representativo do melaço é calculado relativamente a um local de passagem da fron- teira da Comunidade, que é Amesterdão; que esse preço deve ser calculado a partir das possibilidades de compra mais favoráveis no mercado mundial estabelecidas com base nas cotações ou preços desse mercado ajustados em função das eventuais diferenças de qualidade relativa- mente à qualidade-tipo; que a qualidade-tipo do melaço foi definida pelo Regulamento (CEE) nº 785/68; Considerando que, para a determinação das possibilidades de compra mais favoráveis no mercado mundial, devem ser tidas em conta todas as informações relativas às ofertas feitas no mercado mundial, aos preços registados nos mercados importantes de países terceiros e às operações de venda concluídas no âmbito do comércio interna- cional, de que a Comissão tem conhecimento, quer através dos Estados-membros quer pelos seus próprios meios; que, aquando dessa determinação, se pode tomar por base, nos termos do artigo 7º do Regulamento (CEE) nº 785/68, uma média de vários preços, desde que essa média possa ser considerada representativa da tendência efectiva do mercado; Considerando que aquelas informações não são tidas em conta quando a mercadoria não tiver qualidade sã, leal e comerciável ou quando o preço de oferta indicado apenas se referir a uma pequena quantidade não representativa (1) JO L 177 de 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. (2) JO L 206 de 16. 8. 1996, p. 43. (3) JO L 141 de 24. 6. 1995, p. 12. (4) JO L 145 de 27. 6. 1968, p. 12. do mercado; que os preços de oferta que possam ser considerados não representativos da tendência efectiva do mercado devem igualmente ser excluídos; Considerando que, a fim de se obterem dados compará- veis relativos ao melaço da qualidade-tipo, é necessário, consoante a qualidade do melaço objecto de oferta, aumentar ou diminuir os preços em função dos resultados obtidos mediante aplicação do artigo 6º do Regulamento (CEE) nº 785/68; Considerando que um preço representativo pode ser excepcionalmente mantido a um nível constante durante um período limitado se o preço de oferta que serviu de base para o estabelecimento anterior do preço representa- tivo não tiver chegado ao conhecimento da Comissão e se os preços de oferta disponíveis, afigurando-se insuficien- temente do da mercado, implicarem alterações bruscas e consideráveis do preço representativo; representativos tendência efectiva Considerando que, quando o preço de desencadeamento relativo ao produto em causa e o preço representativo forem diferentes, devem ser fixados direitos de impor- tação adicionais nas condições referidas no artigo 3º do Regulamento (CE) nº 1422/95; que, no caso de suspensão dos direitos de importação em aplicação do artigo 5º do Regulamento (CE) nº 1422/95, devem ser fixados montantes específicos para esses direitos; Considerando que a aplicação dessas disposições conduz à fixação dos preços representativos e dos direitos adicio- nais de importação dos produtos em causa conforme indicado no anexo do presente regulamento; Considerando que as medidas previstas no presente regu- lamento estão em conformidade com o parecer do Comité de Gestão do Açúcar, ADOPTOU O PRESENTE REGULAMENTO: Artigo 1º Os preços representativos e os direitos adicionais aplicá- veis na importação dos produtos referidos no artigo 1º do Regulamento (CE) nº 1422/95 são fixados conforme indi- cado no anexo. Artigo 2º O presente regulamento entra em vigor em 8 de Janeiro de 1998. L 4/18 PT Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias 8. 1. 98 O presente regulamento é obrigatório em todos os seus elementos e directamente aplicável em todos os Estados-membros. Feito em Bruxelas, em 7 de Janeiro de 1998. Pela Comissão Franz FISCHLER Membro da Comissão ANEXO do regulamento que fixa os preços representativos e os montantes dos direitos adicionais apli- cáveis na importação dos melaços no sector do açúcar Código NC Montante em ecus do preço representativo por 100 kg líquido do produto em causa Montante em ecus do direito adicional por 100 kg líquido do produto em causa Importe em ecus do direito a aplicar na importação devido à suspensão referida no artigo 5º do Regulamento (CE) nº 1422/95 por 100 kg líquido do produto em causa (2) 1703 10 00 (1) 1703 90 00 (1) 8,18 11,35   0,03 0,00 (1) Fixação para a qualidade-tipo tal como definida no artigo 1º do Regulamento (CEE) nº 785/68, alterado. (2) Este montante substitui, nos termos do artigo 5º do Regulamento (CE) nº 1422/95, a taxa dos direitos da Pauta Aduaneira Comum fixada para esses produtos