title: Communication from the Commission - Poland: Accession Partnership

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text: 29. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 202/63 POLAND: ACCESSION PARTNERSHIP (98/C 202/07) 1. INTRODUCTION recommended the Commission In the opinion which it submitted to the Council in July 1997, in accordance with the provisions of Article O of that the Treaty, negotiations for accession should be opened with Poland. This recommendation derives from the analysis contained in the opinion in which the Commission is of the view that Poland (i) presents stable institutions, guarantees the rule of law, human rights and the protection of minorities, (ii) can be regarded as a functioning market economy able to cope with the competitive pressure and market forces within the Union in the medium term, and (iii) should be capable in the medium term of applying the acquis provided it continues its efforts on its transposition and intensifies its work on its implementation. The Europe Agreement will remain the basis for the European Union’s relations with Poland. However the pre-accession strategy will be reinforced to enable assistance to be directed towards the specific needs of each applicant so as to provide support for overcoming particular problems identified in the opinion. As the Commission indicated in Agenda 2000: ‘The reinforced pre-accession strategy has two main objectives. First, to bring together the different forms of support provided by the Accession the Union Partnerships, and to work together with the applicants, within this framework, on the basis of a clearly defined programme involving commitments by the applicants to particular priorities and to a calendar for carrying them out. Second, to familiarise the applicants with Union policies and procedures through the possibility of their participation in Community programmes. ’ for membership, in a single to prepare framework, its meeting in December 1997 At in Luxembourg the European Council decided the Accession that Partnerships would be the key feature of the enhanced pre-accession strategy, mobilising all forms of assistance to the applicant countries within a single framework. This Accession Partnership has been decided by the Commission, after consulting Poland and on the basis of the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions which have been decided by the Council. 2. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the Accession Partnership is to set out in a single framework the priority areas for further work identified in the Commission’s opinion on Poland’s application for membership of the European Union, the financial means available to help Poland implement these priorities and the conditions which will apply to that assistance. This Accession Partnership provides a framework for a number of policy instruments which will be used to help the candidate countries in their preparations for membership. These will include, inter alia, the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis to be adopted by Poland, the Joint Assessment of Economic Policy Priorities, the Pact against Organised Crime and the internal market road maps. Each of these instruments is different in nature and will be prepared and implemented according to specific procedures. They will not be an integral part of this Partnership but the priorities they contain will be compatible with it. 3. PRINCIPLES The main priority areas identified for each candidate country relate to their ability to assume the obligations of meeting that membership requires: the Copenhagen criteria which state — that the candidate country has achieved stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities, — the existence of a functioning market economy, as well as the capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union, — the ability to take on the obligations of membership, including adherence to the aims of political, economic and monetary union. At its meeting in Madrid, the European Council stressed the need for the candidate countries to adjust their administrative structures to ensure the harmonious operation of Community policies after accession and at Luxembourg it stressed that incorporation of the acquis into legislation is necessary, but not in itself sufficient; it is necessary to ensure that it is actually applied. 4. PRIORITIES AND INTERMEDIATE OBJECTIVES and The Commission’s opinions the Council’s examination of these have highlighted the extent of the efforts which still have to be made in certain areas by the candidate countries to prepare for accession and took the view that none of these countries fully satisfies all of the Copenhagen criteria at the present time. This situation will require the definition of intermediate stages in terms of priorities, each to be accompanied by precise objectives to be set in collaboration with the countries concerned, C 202/64 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 98 the achievement of which will condition the degree of assistance granted and the progress of the negotiations under way with some countries and the opening of new the others. The priorities and negotiations with intermediate objectives have been divided into two groups — short and medium term. Those listed under the short term have been selected on the basis that it is realistic to expect that Poland can complete or take them substantially forward by the end of 1998. In view of the short time span, and taking into account the administrative capacity required to achieve them, the number of priorities selected for the short term has been limited. The priorities listed under the medium term are expected to take more than one year to complete although work may and should also begin on them during 1998. Poland will be invited to draw up a National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis (NPAA) by the end of March which should set out a timetable for achieving these priorities and intermediate objectives and, where possible and relevant, indicate the necessary staff and financial resources. The Accession Partnership indicates that Poland will have to address all issues identified in the opinion. The annex provides a summary checklist of these. Incorporation of the acquis into legislation is not in itself sufficient; it will also be necessary to ensure that it is actually applied to the same standards as those which apply within the Union. In all of the areas listed below there is a need for credible and effective implementation and enforcement of the acquis. Drawing on the analysis of the Commission’s opinion and the Council’s examination of this, the following short and medium-term priorities and intermediate objectives have been identified for Poland. 4. 1. Short term (1998) — Economic reform: establishment of medium-term economic policy priorities and joint assessment within the framework of the Europe Agreement; acceleration of the privatisation/restructuring of State enterprises (including sound telecommunications), and including development of acceleration in a transparent manner of banking privatisation and improving bankruptcy proceedings. financial sector, the the — Industrial restructuring: adoption, by 30 June, and start of implementation of a viable steel sector restructuring programme, pursue restructuring in the coal sector. — Reinforcement of institutional and administrative capacity: in particular improvements in the areas of customs, State aid controls, justice and home affairs (ministries and services), financial control, veterinary and phytosanitary controls (particularly as regards facilities at the external borders), environment, taxation and regional policy. including certification (further alignment of and — Internal market: standardisation legislative measures and conclusion of a European Conformity Assessment Agreement), further alignment in the areas of intellectual and industrial property, public procurement and liberalisation of capital movements, the adoption of a law on State aid, and strengthening of monitoring authority, finalisation of inventory. — Justice and home affairs: develop more effective border management and control systems in particular of the borders with Belarus and the Ukraine and align visa regimes with the European Union. — Agriculture: establish a coherent structural and rural development policy; adoption of implementing Regulations and implementation and enforcement of veterinary and phytosanitary requirements particularly with control arrangements for protecting European Union external borders. In particular, upgrading of certain food processing establishments (milk and meat sectors) and certain testing and diagnostic facilities. inspection regard and the to — Environment: continue transposition of framework legislation, establishment of detailed approximation programmes and implementation strategies related to individual acts. Planning and commencement of implementation of these programmes and strategies. 4. 2. Medium term — Political criteria: further attention to ensuring equal access to public services. — Economic policy: the regular review of joint assessment of economic policy priorities, within the Europe Agreement framework, focusing on satisfying the Copenhagen criteria for membership of the Union and the acquis in the area of economic and monetary policy (coordination of economic policies, submission of convergence programmes, avoidance of excessive deficits); while Poland is not expected to adopt the euro immediately on accession, it is expected to pursue policies which aim to achieve real convergence in accordance with the Union’s objectives of economic and social cohesion, and nominal convergence compatible with the ultimate goal of adoption of the euro. — Reinforcement of institutional and administrative capacity: development of anti-fraud unit and State financial control audit office, strengthening of 29. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 202/65 capacity; improved operation of the judicial system, training for the judiciary in Community law and its application; reinforcement of justice and home affairs institutions (ensuring sufficient and properly trained personnel, in particular police, border guards, ministries and courts), strengthening of parliamentary law-making procedures, improvement of tax gathering capacity, reform of customs and tax administrations to ensure readiness to apply the acquis and the reinforcement of food control administration. development standardisation — Internal market: including completion of alignment of legislation, financial services, public procurement further and of conformity assessment bodies and establishment and operation of a market surveillance system, alignment of technical legislation on industrial products, further improvements in the field of competition (e. g. merger control), efficient enforcement of competition law, audiovisual, property ownership and external frontier control, reinforcement of the anti-trust and State aid authorities, promotion of enterprise development, including SMEs, alignment with the acquis in the fields of telecommunications, consumer protection and the internal energy market. — Justice and home affairs: including development of effective border management and implementation of migration policy and the new asylum system as well as the fight against organised crime (in particular money laundering, drugs and trafficking in human beings) and corruption, implementation of reforms of legislation on aliens, and to align visa policy with that of the European Union and to complete alignment to international conventions, notably in view of the Schengen acquis. — Agriculture: including alignment with the agricultural (including veterinary and phytosanitary acquis matters, in particular external border controls), attention to environmental aspects of agriculture and biodiversity, implementation of structural and rural development policy. Development of the capacity to implement and enforce the common agricultural policy, in particular the fundamental management mechanisms and administrative structures to monitor the agricultural markets and implement structural and rural development measures, adoption and implementation of the veterinary and phytosanitary requirements, upgrading of certain food-processing establishments and testing and diagnostic facilities, restructuring of the agri-food sector. — Fisheries: development of capacity to implement and enforce the common fisheries policy. — Transport: further efforts on alignment with acquis in particular in road transport (market access, safety rules and taxation), and rail, and to provide necessary investment infrastructure, notably extension of trans-European networks. transport for labour market structures and — Employment and social affairs: development of appropriate joint review of employment policies as preparation for participation coordination; in European Union alignment of labour and occupational health and safety legislation and development of enforcement structures, the framework Directive on health and safety at work; enforcement of equal opportunities between women and men; further development of active, autonomous social social dialogue; protection, undertake steps to bring public health standards into line with European Union norms. in particular early adoption of further development of — Environment: the planning including individual capacities, development of monitoring and implementation control structures and and continuous implementation of approximation programmes related legal acts. A particular emphasis to should be given to drinking water, waste water, the waste sector as well as air pollution, including large combustion plants. Environmental protection requirements sustainable development must be integrated into the definition and implementation of national sectoral policies. need and the for — Regional policy and cohesion: completion of legal structures basis, development of administrative and budgetary procedures, financial instruments, monitoring and control mechanisms in order to participate in European Union structural programmes after membership. 5. MAIN INSTRUMENTS FOR COMMUNITY TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 5. 1. Programming of financial resources The Phare allocation for the period 1995 to 1997 has totalled ECU 526 million. Subject to the approval of the Phare budget for the remaining period, the Commission will confirm the allocations for 1998 and 1999. Financial proposals will be submitted to the Phare Management Committee as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89. Joint financing by the applicant countries will be systematically required for all investment projects. The Commission will work with Poland, the EIB and international financing in particular the EBRD and World Bank, with a view to facilitating the co-financing of projects relating to pre-accession priorities. Financial assistance from the year 2000 onwards will comprise aid for agriculture and a structural instrument which will give priority to measures similar to the Cohesion Fund. In addition Poland will have access to funding from multi-country programmes directly related to the acquis. institutions, C 202/66 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 98 The Phare programme is the main financial instrument of the reinforced pre-accession strategy. Phare’s prime objective is to help prepare Central and East European countries for accession by focusing the assistance it provides on the adoption of the Community acquis and in particular on the priorities identified in this Accession Partnership and in the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis. Each year the Commission will sign a financing memorandum with Poland in which Poland will undertake to meet a number of the priorities the identified Commission will undertake to contribute financially to their realisation. Programming of Community financial assistance will take into account the priorities and timetable of the NPAA. this Accession Partnership and in In addition, the subsequent allocation of financial assistance will be closely tied to the respect by the Polish Government of the commitments made in the NPAA. Certain pre-accession activities can be reinforced now (e. g. support for institution building) but others, such as the financing of major investment projects designed to meet the requirements of the acquis in areas such as environment and nuclear safety will have to be programmed over a period of five to six years. From 1998 Phare assistance will be channelled through the following types of actions: — Institution building (around 30 %), which involves the strengthening of democratic institutions, rule of law, public administration and all entities responsible for public services in order to establish the necessary institutional and administrative structures and train the people required to apply the acquis. Institution building support will be implemented, inter alia, through, training actions, technical assistance and twinning of institutions and administrations in Poland with relevant bodies in the Member States. Initially this twinning will focus on priority areas such as finance, agriculture, environment, justice and home affairs. in covering — Investment support (around 70 %), in order to make the necessary investments possible for the adaptation of Polish infrastructure to the Community acquis. This support will concentrate on: (i) structural actions, agricultural restructuring, regional development and investment in human and intellectual capital, which could include Phare contributions to participation in the research and technological development framework programme; (ii) compliance with Community norms, in particular as regards environment, agriculture, industry, occupational safety and health, transport and telecommunications; (iii) co-financing of large particular scale infrastructure (1) and (iv) small and medium- sized enterprises development (2). 5. 2. Role of international financial institutions the Cooperation between Poland and international financial institutions will receive a new impetus and a new focus through the Accession Partnership. The grant resources made available under the Accession Partnership will serve as seed money and a catalyst for larger amounts of development finance from the IFIs. This process will be developed by the Commission in liaison with the candidate countries, the EIB and the IFIs, in particular the EBRD and the World Bank with a view to facilitating the co-financing of projects relating to pre-accession priorities. Under a new lending mandate covering the period 1997 to 1999, the EIB can make available ECU 3 520 million in Central and Eastern Europe. The new pre-accession facility approved by the EIB’s governors in early 1998 increases this amount to ECU 7 billion. EIB loans shall be used in all sectors eligible for EIB financing to facilitate the accession process. 6. CONDITIONALITY Community assistance will be conditional on respect by Poland of its commitments under the Europe Agreement, further steps towards satisfying the Copenhagen criteria and progress in implementing this Accession Partnership. Failure to respect these general conditions could lead to a decision by the Council on the suspension of financial assistance on the basis of Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 622/98. 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE for inclusion The provision of financial assistance to Poland will depend on the maturity of projects proposed by the Polish Government financing memorandum. Where projects need to be tendered the Commission will only finance those projects which are ready for tendering at the stage of the signature of the financing memorandum. In addition any previous/existing commitments in the same sector must have been fully contracted or be on track. In order to ensure efficient implementation, projects to be financed must not, in in a (1) Concerning investment projects in general, Poland will be required to fulfil the principle of complementarity by means of contributing a minimum amount of 25 % to jointly financed projects. (2) A horizontal facility for SMEs will be available to remedy investment capital available to small the shortage of enterprises. 29. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 202/67 principle, fall below a threshold of ECU 2 to 3 million, in particular in the case of infrastructure projects. If these principles lead to a situation where Poland cannot absorb its full indicative allocation, the allocation will be reduced accordingly. The difference between the indicative and final allocation will be transferred to the horizontal SME and/or facility. No subsequent compensation of this amount will be made. infrastructure large scale the The Government of Poland is invited to put in place an implementation structure which ensures coherence and complementarity between all types of European Union financial assistance and national resources. A national coordinator will be responsible for ensuring a close link the the general accession process and between programming of the Community financial assistance. investment promotion and The Government of Poland will establish (preferably in the Ministry of Finance) during 1998 a national fund for institution building functioning under the responsibility of a National Authorising Officer (NAO). As the central entity through which Phare and other forms of Community financial assistance will be channelled, the national fund will be responsible for the management of these funds under decentralised increase transparency and reduce dispersion of funds. It will have overall responsibility for management of funds including respect of provisions of the financing memorandum and be accountable to the Commission for the use of the funds. It will also ensure and supervise the flow of national and other co-financing resources as set out in the financing memorandum. The detailed functions and responsibilities of the national fund will be set out in the individual financing memoranda. implementation in order to a of policy pursue In cooperation with the Government of Poland, the further Commission will decentralisation of the implementation of the financial assistance where certain pre-conditions are met, and to the extent permitted by the European Communities’ Financial Regulation, in particular Article 105(3). This will be done with the intention to establish, within limits and in a gradual manner, a relationship between the Commission and Poland where responsibility is shared along the lines of the relationship existing with the Member States for implementing the Structural Funds. respect of and compatibility with the basic provisions of the European Community’s public procurement rules and its Financial Regulation, including equal participation in tenders and the provisions of Article 118. Any decision on the use of national procurement rules will be taken by the Commission on a case-by-case basis and will be confirmed in the individual financing memoranda. individual jointly with in the Commission the The monitoring of programme implementation shall be through carried out procedures established financing memoranda. In order to ensure effective monitoring of implementation Phare assistance programme, each Phare programme will incorporate quantified physical and financial objectives which will be specified in the financing memorandum. In order to gauge their effectiveness all operations financed under the Phare programme will be subject to ex-post evaluation to appraise their impact with respect to their objectives. under the of 8. MONITORING The implementation of the Accession Partnership will be monitored in the framework of the Europe Agreement. This will commence in 1998 before the Commission presents its first regular report to the Council reviewing the progress made by Poland including implementation of the Accession Partnership. in the appropriate The relevant sections of the Accession Partnership will be discussed subcommittee. The Association Committee will discuss overall developments, progress and problems in meeting its priorities and intermediate objectives as well as more specific issues referred to it from the subcommittees. The Association Committee will report to the Association Council on the implementation of the Accession Partnership. The Phare Management Committee will ensure that financing decisions are compatible with the Accession Partnerships. In this context, the possibility of applying national procurement procedures in the tendering and contracting of Phare projects may be explored by the Commission, if so requested by the Government of Poland, in particular in the field of investment. The Commission’s decision on this matter will be inter alia, taken examination of the Polish national procurement law for following, The Accession Partnership will be amended as necessary in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 622/98. The Commission will propose a review of this partnership before the end of 1999 and at regular intervals include consideration of the need to further specify intermediate objectives in the light of the progress made by Poland in meeting the objectives set out in this partnership. thereafter. These reviews will C 202/68 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 98 ANNEX Poland will have to address all issues identified in the opinion. The purpose of this Annex is to provide a summary checklist of these issues. These are formulated as recommendations for action. They are listed in the order in which they appear in the opinion without any ranking in terms of importance or urgency. The priority areas for action by each candidate are set out as priorities and intermediate objectives in the Accession Partnership itself. 1. Political criteria Efforts should be made to enhance the judicial system, to maintain the freedom of the press and the rights of journalists, to improve the treatment of claims for compensation regarding property seized and to intensify the fight against corruption. Particular measures must be taken to enhance the protection of privacy and the inviolability of the home. The ‘lustration laws’ and their application remains an important issue. 2. Economic criteria The liberalisation process should be completed by removing commercial monopolies while strengthening the regulatory bodies set up to ensure the good functioning of the market. Particular efforts are needed to complete the restructuring and privatisation of State owned enterprises, in particular in the steel, energy and telecommunications sectors. Special attention must be paid to preserving macroeconomic stability and avoiding overheating of the economy. The maintenance of the current stability orientated monetary and exchange rate policy and the implementation of the new law on the Central Bank will play an important role. Particular attention is required in the completion of reform in the pension and social security systems. Continued attention is also required in reforming the agriculture, banking and financial services sectors, and in the alignment of trade policy. 3. Ability to assume the obligations of membership 3. 1. Internal market without frontiers The four freedoms G e n e r a l f r a m e w o r k — efforts must be made to accelerate law reform in the field of public procurement, for instance as regards the utilities sector, and the White Paper Stage II measures. In the field of intellectual and industrial property, special attention must be paid to legislation and effective implementation. As regards Company Law full compatibility with the first and 12th Directives must be ensured. Improvements must be made in the protection of personal data, notably by the establishment of an independent supervisory authority. Efforts are required to improve the application of the Europe Agreement in the field of trade. F r e e m o v e m e n t o f g o o d s — Poland needs to accelerate work to adopt framework legislation which will enable it to implement the European Union system. Standardisation and conformity assessment infrastructures need to be strengthened and adoption of the new approach Directives take place. Negotiations for a European Conformity Assessment Agreement should accelerate this process. As regards other sectoral legislation, efforts should be made to complete the harmonisation of Directives on motor vehicles and chemicals and to improve the compatibility of laws on pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs. A market surveillance mechanism will have to be set up to become fully operational, once technical legislation is fully harmonised. F r e e m o v e m e n t o f c a p i t a l — restrictions concerning acquisition of real estate by non-residents must be clarified and where necessary aligned. F r e e m o v e m e n t o f s e r v i c e s — banking legislation must be reviewed and amended where necessary, to fulfil European Union requirements. 29. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 202/69 F r e e m o v e m e n t o f p e r s o n s — as regards mutual recognition of professional qualifications, efforts must be made to ensure the necessary legislative and enforcement measures. Further efforts must be made to ensure the necessary legislative and enforcement measures as regards the coordination of social security schemes. Competition The Competition Act needs to be further adjusted, in particular to improve merger control and to strengthen the powers of the Office for Competition. In the field of State aid, a comprehensive inventory of all existing aid must be established and continuously updated in accordance with Community practice. A national legal framework on State aid, covering the monitoring and admissibility of State aid must be created. A review of all existing aid measures should be undertaken and those measures which are not compatible with the Europe Agreement must be modified or abolished (including incompatible State aid granted to firms operating in the Special Economic Zones). New aid measures must be effectively monitored on a systematic basis. Certain exclusive rights and State monopolies which are not compatible with the Community acquis must be progressively adjusted and/or abolished. 3. 2. Innovation Education, training and youth In order to meet the needs of the market economy and to achieve progress in competitiveness and quality of production, efforts must be made to ensure considerable investment in curriculum reform, teacher training, text books, equipment and buildings. Research and technological development Improvements must be made in the level of innovation in the economy as well as in the links between research institutes, industry and small and medium-sized enterprises. Telecommunications Substantial changes in both policy and legislation will be needed to secure compliance with European Union Directives, in particular to create a properly constituted regulatory authority and to remove restrictions on foreign participation in the Polish operating and manufacturing markets for telecommunications. At the same time, the acquis now requires governments to ensure that a modern telephone service is available everywhere at an affordable price. Meeting this obligation will require significant investment in the system. Audiovisual The existing legislation will need to be amended in particular with regard to the questions of freedom of reception, promotion of European works, certain advertising rules and the protection of minors. 3. 3. Economic and fiscal affairs Economic and monetary union Efforts to reduce inflation by a credible monetary and exchange rate policy should be continued. The restructuring of the financial sector should be completed. Taxation Adjustments must be made to VAT legislation in accordance with European Union requirements to ensure a consistent application. In some respects, existing legislation discriminates against imports. Particular efforts need to be made as regards the scope of exemption from VAT, the VAT refund scheme for foreign taxable persons, the VAT rate structure and the right of deduction of VAT charged on international services. Significant discrepancies between the Polish excise regime and the European Union requirements need to be addressed. In the field of excise duties particular attention should be given to the setting up of a warehousing system for the movement of goods under duty suspension arrangements. Tax structures and the level of excise rates need to be aligned with the Community model. Statistics Some effort is still needed in the field of the establishment of registers, and regarding regional statistics. C 202/70 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 98 3. 4. Sectoral policies Industry To enhance competitiveness, further efforts should be made to pursue policies aimed at promoting open and competitive markets and taking on the instruments which make up European Community industrial policy, relating both to the operation of markets (product specification and market access, trade policy, State aids and competition policy) and measures related to industry’s capacity to adapt to change (stable macroeconomic environment, technology, training, etc. ). Further efforts are required to restructure certain industrial sectors such as steel, where a viable restructuring plan is needed and coal. Agriculture Substantial efforts must be made to ensure the alignment of Polish legislation with European Union requirements to ensure that a coherent structural and rural development policy is capable of dealing with the problem of Poland’s agricultural structure. The implementation and enforcement of veterinary and phytosanitary requirements and the upgrading of establishments to meet European Community standards needs attention, particularly with regard to the inspection and control arrangements for protecting the European Union external borders. The strengthening of the administrative structures to ensure the necessary capacity to implement and enforce the policy instruments of the common agricultural policy requires attention. Efforts are needed regarding restructuring of the agro-food sector to improve its competitive capacity and the upgrading of certain food processing establishments (milk and meat sectors) and certain testing and diagnostic the implementation and enforcement of the policy instruments of the common agricultural policy including the import arrangements. The agri-food sector must be further restructured to ensure its competitive capacity. facilities. Administrative structures must be strengthened to ensure Fisheries The fisheries administration must be strengthened to ensure the effective implementation of the common fisheries policy, in particular as regards the conservation and the management of resources, the implementation of a monitoring and control system, the management of the common organisation of the market in the fishery and aquaculture sector, the implementation of a structural policy in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, the keeping of a fishing vessel register, the collection of statistical data as well as the implementation of European Union fishery policy on environmental protection. Energy Current efforts for alignment must be maintained in particular with regard to the adjustment of monopolies, including import and export issues, access to networks, energy pricing and State interventions. Special attention must be paid to restructuring of the solid fuels sector, energy efficiency, environmental norms, and to emergency preparedness including the building up of mandatory oil stocks. Transport Efforts must be made to ensure the necessary legislation and effective implementation in road haulage (access to the profession, weights and dimensions, safety rules, road tax), the maritime sector (safety), and air transport. Financial transparency must be provided in the rail sector. Steps must be taken to ensure the future extension of the trans-European networks. Inspection bodies, in particular for transport safety, should be strengthened. At a national level there is a need to develop specific strategies for transport infrastructure development and financing. Small and medium-sized enterprises Steps must be taken to further refine and increase the coherence of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) policy, to simplify legislation and the administrative environment to make it more SME-friendly, to strengthen support infrastructures, to improve the tax environment and to develop SMEs’ access to financing. 3. 5. Economic and social cohesion Employment and social affairs Legislation must be realigned with European Union requirements in such areas as occupational health and safety, labour law and equal opportunities. Social reform must be pursued while investments in the public health system need to be significantly enhanced. Active labour market policies must be further developed and jointly reviewed as preparation for participation in European Union coordination. An active, autonomous social dialogue and social protection must be developed. The administrative structures must be strengthened to ensure effective implementation of legislation. 29. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 202/71 Regional policy and cohesion A differentiated policy addressing regional disparities must be introduced and the administrative and budgetary structures required to manage integrated European Community structural actions after membership must be established. 3. 6. Quality of life and environment Environment Steps must be taken to ensure the full transposition of the environmental acquis as well as substantial progress in effective compliance. Particular efforts must be made to achieve full European Union compatibility of the waste, water and nature legislation and to ensure the transposition of the framework Directives dealing with air, waste, water and the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive. Investments must be strengthened, in particular as regards large combustion plants, the water sector, industry, urban air pollution, solid and hazardous waste management and management of municipal waste. A considerable effort must be made to develop adequate implementation and enforcement structures. Public awareness with regard to the environment must be stimulated. Consumer protection Legislation must be amended in such areas as protection of economic interests, sales away from business premises, distance selling, package travel, timeshare property, unfair terms of consumer contracts, consumer credit, misleading advertising, indication of prices and product safety. A strong and independent consumer movement, sustained by public authorities, will need to be developed. 3. 7. Justice and home affairs (JHA) Progress concerning border management and control must be continued. The effective implementation of the Geneva Convention and the 1967 Protocol as well as the Law of Refugees must be ensured. The fight against organised crime must be intensified including in the fields of production and trafficking in drugs, trafficking in women, money laundering, smuggling of and trafficking in stolen cars and arms. Anti-drugs legislation and systems must be further enhanced. Steps must be taken to ensure ratification of international conventions in the JHA field. Particular attention must be paid to ensuring the necessary resources for institutional development including improved coordination between responsible services. Corruption needs to be addressed and accountability and technical effectiveness enhanced. The functioning of the judiciary should be improved. Cooperation between services, including those responsible for combating organised crime needs to be improved. Important work remains to be done on issues such as aliens law, and the visa system with regard to the NIS and other non-associated neighbours. 3. 8. External policies Trade and international economic relations Preparations must be made for applying, on accession, the Community’s various cooperation and preferential agreements, multilateral and bilateral commercial policy commitments and its autonomous commercial defence instruments. At the same time, national legislation in the field must be repealed. Development Preparations must be made for applying, on accession, the Lomé trade regime to the ACP States and participating together with the other Member States, in financing the European Development Fund. Customs Customs legislation must be aligned with that of the European Community and fully applied. The organisation and duties of staff must be aligned with those of a modern customs administration. A major effort must be made to ensure that the customs services are fully conversant with the legislation. An effort must be made to introduce computerised systems for full participation in the customs union and the internal market. Particular attention must be paid to preparing the customs administrations for the operation of all the customs procedures with economic impact, the system of tariff suspensions and the administration of tariff quotas and ceilings. Strategic planning has to take account of the reinforcement of border posts along the external frontier that Poland has with countries other than European Union Member States at the time of accession. C 202/72 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 98 3. 9. Financial questions The necessary financial management and control mechanisms must be established to ensure satisfactory implementation of Community policies. The existing accounting system as well as the customs system should be amended to ensure the efficient administration of the ‘own resources’ system. The reliability of the national accounts must be ensured with a view to the accurate calculation of the GNP resource. 4. Administrative capacity to apply the acquis To ensure the effective implementation and enforcement of the acquis, major reform efforts must be made to strengthen Poland’s administrative structures in virtually all European Union relevant sectors. Special efforts must be made to strengthen the authorities ensuring the correct application of Community requirements in the Single Market and the customs authorities. The regulatory and monitoring bodies must be strengthened in such fields as competition, securities, insurance, banks, money laundering, public procurement, consumer protection, transport safety as well as standards and certification, the labour inspectorate, veterinary and phytosanitary controls and food control. Increased efforts must be made for the upgrading of staff qualifications on European Union-related issues and efficient public management in general. This must include the elaboration of a comprehensive national training strategy for civil servants and the impartial implementation of the Civil Service Act. The judicial system must be strengthened in terms of resources and relevant expertise. A comprehensive upgrading of judges, in particular in European Union matters, must be carried out


title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector

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text: 30. 6. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 185/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1370/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV. 6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Whereas, in the framework of the World Trade Organiza- tion, the Community has undertaken to open tariff quotas for certain products in the poultrymeat sector; whereas as a result, detailed rules for the application of those quotas for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 should be laid down; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1514/97 (3), provides for the administration of those quotas for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998; whereas provision should be made for their administration for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are the Management in accordance with the opinion of Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, the import tariff quotas listed in Annex I are opened for the product groups and under the conditions indicated therein. ’ 2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 June 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1. (2) OJ L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 136. (3) OJ L 204, 31. 7. 1997, p. 16. L 185/16 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 6. 98 (tonnes) Tariff quotas 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 3 720 2 400 468 600’ ANNEX ‘ANNEX I Group No CN code Applicable duty (ECU/tonne) P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 0207 11 10 0207 11 30 0207 11 90 0207 12 10 0207 12 90 0207 13 10 0207 13 20 0207 13 30 0207 13 40 0207 13 50 0207 13 60 0207 13 70 0207 14 20 0207 14 30 0207 14 40 0207 14 60 0207 14 10 0207 24 10 0207 24 90 0207 25 10 0207 25 90 0207 26 10 0207 26 20 0207 26 30 0207 26 40 0207 26 50 0207 26 60 0207 26 70 0207 26 80 0207 27 30 0207 27 40 0207 27 50 0207 27 60 0207 27 70 131 149 162 149 162 512 179 134 93 301 231 504 179 134 93 231 795 170 186 170 186 425 205 134 93 339 127 230 415 134 93 339 127 230


title: 98/410/GUSP: Rådets beslut av den 29 juni 1998 om förlängning av tillämpningen av gemensam åtgärd 97/875/GUSP om stöd för den demokratiska övergångsprocessen i Demokratiska republiken Kongo

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Congo
EU aid
democratisation
joint action
national election
organisation of elections

text: 1. 7. 98 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning L 187/3 R(cid:143)DETS BESLUT av den 29 juni 1998 om f(cid:148)rl(cid:132)ngning av till(cid:132)mpningen av gemensam (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rd 97/875/GUSP om st(cid:148)d f(cid:148)r den demokratiska (cid:148)verg(cid:134)ngsprocessen i Demokratiska republiken Kongo (98/410/GUSP) EUROPEISKA UNIONENS R(cid:143)D HAR FATTAT DETTA BESLUT med beaktande av F(cid:148)rdraget om Europeiska unionen, s(cid:132)rskilt artikel J 3 i detta, och med beaktande av f(cid:148)ljande: Gemensam (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rd 97/875/GUSP av den 19 december 1997, beslutad av r(cid:134)det p(cid:134) grundval av artikel J 3 i F(cid:148)rdraget om Europeiska unionen, avseende den demo- kratiska (cid:148)verg(cid:134)ngsprocessen i Demokratiska republiken Kongo (1) (DRK) upph(cid:148)r att g(cid:132)lla den 30 juni 1998. St(cid:148)det fr(cid:134)n unionen (cid:132)r betingat av DRK:s regerings och institutioners engagemang f(cid:148)r en (cid:148)verg(cid:134)ng till demokrati. Unionen har uttryckt oro (cid:148)ver den nuvarande situationen i DRK och DRK:s regerings avsikter men har nyligen noterat en viss positiv utveckling, som t. ex. att en konsti- tutionell f(cid:148)rsamling har utsetts. Unionen (cid:132)r (cid:132)ven i framtiden beredd att st(cid:148)dja en utveck- ling mot demokrati i DRK och d(cid:132)rf(cid:148)r b(cid:148)r till(cid:132)mpningen av gemensam (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rd 97/875/GUSP f(cid:148)rl(cid:132)ngas ytterligare ett (cid:134)r. H(cid:142)RIGENOM F(cid:153)RESKRIVS F(cid:153)LJANDE. Artikel 1 Gemensam (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rd 97/875/GUSP skall f(cid:148)rl(cid:132)ngas till och med den 30 juni 1999. Artikel 2 Detta beslut tr(cid:132)der i kraft samma dag som det antas. Artikel 3 Detta beslut skall offentligg(cid:148)ras i Officiella tidningen. Utf(cid:132)rdat i Luxemburg den 29 juni 1998. P(cid:134) r(cid:134)dets v(cid:132)gnar R. COOK Ordf(cid:148)rande (1) EGT L 357, 31. 12. 1997, s. 1


title: COMMON POSITION (EC) No 43/98 adopted by the Council on 29 June 1998 with a view to the adoption of Directive 98/.../EC of the European Parliament and Council of ... on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access

eurovoc_concepts:
European standard
access to information
pay television
right to justice
technical standard

text: C 262/34 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 8. 98 COMMON POSITION (EC) No 43/98 adopted by the Council on 29 June 1998 with a view to the adoption of Directive 98/. /EC of the European Parliament and Council of. on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (98/C 262/03) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 57(2), 66 and 100a thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189b of the Treaty (3), 1. Whereas the objectives of the Community as laid down in the Treaty include creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe and ensuring economic and social progress, by eliminating the barriers which divide them; 2. Whereas the provision of cross-border broadcasting and information society services may contribute, from the individual point of view, to the full effectiveness of freedom of expression as a fundamental right and, from the collective point of view, to the achievement of the objectives laid down in the Treaty; 3. Whereas for the the Treaty provides is also a specific manifestation free movement of all services which are normally provided for remuneration; whereas this right, as applied to broadcasting and information society in services, Community law of a more general principle, namely freedom of expression as enshrined in Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental explicitly Freedoms; whereas recognizes the right of citizens to receive and that Article impart information regardless of frontiers and whereas any restriction of that right must be based on due consideration of other legitimate interests deserving of legal protection; 4. Whereas the undertook a Commission wide-ranging consultation based on the Green Paper ‘Legal Protection of Encrypted Services in the Internal Market’; whereas the results of that consultation confirmed the need for a Community legal instrument ensuring the legal protection of all those services whose remuneration relies on conditional access; 5. Whereas in its the European Parliament, Resolution of 13 May 1997 on the Green Paper (4), called on the Commission to present a proposal for a Directive covering all encoded services in respect of which encoding is used to ensure payment of a fee, and agreed that this should services information provided at a distance by electronic means and at the individual request of a service receiver, as well as broadcasting services; include society 6. Whereas the opportunities offered by digital technologies provide the potential for increasing consumer choice and contributing to cultural pluralism, by developing an even wider range of services within the meaning of Articles 59 and 60 of the Treaty; whereas the viability of those services will often depend on the use of conditional access in order to obtain the remuneration of the service provider; whereas, accordingly, the legal protection of service providers against illicit devices which allow access to these services free of charge seems necessary in order to ensure the economic viability of the services; (1) OJ C 314, 16. 10. 1997, p. 7. (2) OJ C 129, 27. 4. 1998, p. 16. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 30 April 1998 (OJ C 152, 18. 5. 1998, p. 64), Council Common Position of 29 June 1998, and Decision of the European Parliament of. (not yet published in the Official Journal). 7. Whereas the issue was recognized by the Commission Communication on ‘A European Initiative in Electronic Commerce’; importance of this (4) OJ C 167, 2. 6. 1997, p. 31. 19. 8. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 262/35 internal frontiers in which 8. Whereas, in accordance with Article 7a of the Treaty, the internal market is to comprise an area the without free movement of services and goods is ensured; whereas Article 128(4) of the Treaty requires the Community to take cultural aspects into account in its action under other provisions of the Treaty; whereas by virtue of Article 130(3) of the Treaty, the Community must, through the policies and activities it pursues, contribute to creating the conditions necessary for the competitiveness of its industry; 9. Whereas this Directive is without prejudice to possible future Community or national provisions meant to ensure that a number of broadcasting services, recognised as being of public interest, are not based on conditional access; 10. Whereas this Directive is without prejudice to the cultural aspects of any further Community action concerning new services; 11. Whereas the disparity between national rules concerning the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access is liable to create obstacles to the free movement of services and goods; 15. Whereas, therefore, the legal framework for the creation of a single audiovisual area laid down in Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (1) should be supplemented with reference to conditional access techniques as laid down in this Directive, in order, not least, to ensure equal treatment of the suppliers of cross-border broadcasts, regardless of their place of establishment; 16. Whereas, in accordance with Council Resolution of 29 June 1995 on the effective uniform application of Community law and on the penalties applicable for breaches of Community law in the internal market (2), Member States are required to take action to ensure that Community law is duly applied with and same thoroughness as national law; effectiveness the 17. Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of the Treaty, Member States are required to take all appropriate measures to guarantee the application and effectiveness of Community law, in particular by ensuring that the sanctions chosen are effective, dissuasive and proportionate and the remedies appropriate; to these remove 12. Whereas the application of the Treaty is not sufficient internal market obstacles; whereas those obstacles should therefore be removed by providing for an equivalent level of protection between Member States; whereas this implies an approximation of the national rules relating to the commercial activities which concern illicit devices; 13. Whereas those commercial activities which concern illicit devices include commercial communications covering all forms of advertising, direct marketing, sponsorship, sales promotion and public relations promoting such products and services; 14. Whereas those activities commercial are detrimental to consumers who are misled about the origin of illicit devices; whereas a high level of consumer protection is needed in order to fight against this kind of consumer fraud; whereas Article 129a(1) of the Treaty provides that the Community should contribute to the achievement of a high level of consumer protection by the measures is adopts pursuant to Article 100a thereof; 18. Whereas the the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States should be limited to what is needed in order to achieve the objectives of the internal market, in accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in the third paragraph of Article 3b of the Treaty; 19. Whereas the distribution of illicit devices includes transfer by any means and putting such devices on the market for circulation inside or outside the Community; 20. Whereas this Directive is without prejudice to the application of any national provisions which may prohibit the private possession of illicit devices, to the application of Community competition rules and the application of Community rules concerning intellectual property rights; to 21. Whereas national law concerning sanctions and remedies for infringing commercial activities may (1) OJ L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23. Directive as amended by Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 202, 30. 7. 1997, p. 60). (2) OJ C 188, 22. 7. 1995, p. 1. C 262/36 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 8. 98 provide that the activities have to be carried out in the knowledge or with reasonable grounds for knowing that the devices in question were illicit; 22. Whereas the sanctions and remedies provided for under this Directive are without prejudice to any other sanction or remedy for which provision may be made under national law, such as preventive measures in general or seizure of illicit devices; whereas Member States are not obliged to provide criminal sanctions for infringing activities covered by this Directive; whereas Member States’ provisions for actions for damages are to be be in conformity with their national legislative and judicial systems; 23. Whereas this Directive is without prejudice to the application of national rules which do not fall within the field herein coordinated, such as those adopted for the protection of minors, including those in compliance with Directive 89/552/EEC, or national provisions concerned with public policy or public security, — information society services within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (1), or the provision of conditional access to the above services considered as a service in its own right; (b) ‘conditional access’ shall mean any technical measure and/or arrangement whereby access to the protected service in an intelligible form is made conditional upon prior individual authorization; (c) ‘conditional access device’ shall mean any equipment or software designed or adapted to give access to a protected service in an intelligible form; (d) ‘associated service’ shall mean installation, maintenance or replacement of conditional access devices, as well as the provision of commercial communication services in relation to them or to protected services; the (e) ‘illicit device’ shall mean any equipment or software designed or adapted to give access to a protected the service authorization of the service provider; form without intelligible in an HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: (f) ‘field coordinated by this Directive’ shall mean any provision relating to the infringing activities specified in Article 4. Article 1 Scope The objective of this Directive is to approximate provisions in the Member States concerning measures against illicit devices which give unauthorised access to protected services. Article 2 Definitions Article 3 Internal market principles 1. Each Member State shall take the measures necessary to prohibit on its territory the activities listed in Article 4, and to provide for the sanctions and remedies laid down in Article 5. 2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States may not: For the purposes of this Directive: (a) restrict (a) ‘protected service’ shall mean any of the following services, where provided against remuneration and on the basis of conditional access: — television broadcasting, as defined in Article 1(a) of Directive 89/552/EEC, — radio broadcasting, meaning any transmission by wire or over the air, including by satellite, of radio programmes the public, reception by intended for the provision of protected services, or in another associated services, which originate Member State; or (b) restrict the free movement of conditional access devices for reasons falling within the field coordinated by this Directive. (1) OJ L 109, 26. 4. 1983, p. 8. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 96/139/EC (OJ L 32, 10. 2. 1996, p. 31). 19. 8. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 262/37 Article 4 Infringing activities Member States shall prohibit on their territory all of the following activities: (a) the manufacture, import, distribution, sale, rental or possession for commercial purposes of illicit devices; (b) the installation, maintenance or replacement for commercial purposes of an illicit device; (c) the use of commercial communications to promote illicit devices. Article 5 Sanctions and remedies 1. The sanctions shall be effective, dissuasive and proportionate to the potential impact of the infringing activity. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that providers of protected services whose interests are affected by an infringing activity as specified in Article 4, carried out on their territory, have access to appropriate remedies, including bringing an action for damages and obtaining an injunction or other preventive measure, and where appropriate, applying for disposal outside commercial channels of illicit devices. Article 6 Implementation When Member States adopt such measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field coordinated by this Directive. Article 7 Reports every three years Not later than five years after the entry into force of this Directive, and the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee concerning this the Directive accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for adapting it in the light of technical and economic developments. implementation of thereafter, Article 8 Entry into force This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 9 Addressees This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [. ] (1). They shall notify them to the Commission forthwith. For the European Parliament For the Council The President The President Done at. (1) 18 months after the date of publication. C 262/38 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 8. 98 STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL’S REASONS I. INTRODUCTION 1. On 23 September 1997, the Commission submitted a proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access. The proposal is based on Articles 57(2), 66 and 100a of the EC Treaty. 2. The European Parliament delivered its first-reading Opinion on 30 April 1998. The Economic and Social Committee delivered its Opinion on 25 February 1998. Further to the European Parliament’s Opinion, the Commission submitted an amended proposal on 20 May 1998. 3. The Council adopted its common position, under Article 189b of the Treaty, on 29 June 1998. II. OBJECTIVE The purpose of the proposal is to ensure an adequate level of legal protection to television, radio broadcasting and information society services whose remuneration depends on ‘conditional access’ techniques such as encryption and electronic locks. Such services include pay-TV, video-on-demand, audio-on-demand and electronic publishing. The Member States will be obliged to prohibit, and provide appropriate sanctions against, a wide range of commercial piracy activities which allow the circumvention of conditional access techniques and give unauthorised access to protected service. III. THE COMMON POSITION 1. General comments The Council’s common position is in line with the objective and the content of the Commission proposal to ensure an adequate level of legal protection of a broad range of services that are provided against remuneration and on the basis of ‘conditional access’ techniques. 2. Specific comments The Council considered that a number of changes should be made to the Commission’s proposal. However, these changes do not substantially alter objectives nor content of the proposal. These changes are summarised hereafter: (a) P r i n c i p a l c h a n g e s m a d e t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n p r o p o s a l (i) Scope (Article 1) The Council deemed it necessary to introduce a new article to make the scope of the Directive clearer and more precise. In order to give further examples of national measures not covered by the Directive, recital 23 has been extended. 19. 8. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 262/39 (ii) Definitions (Article 2) The Council considered it appropriate for reasons of legal certainty to make the definitions clearer and easier to read. Therefore the following modifications were made: — the words ‘against remuneration’ have been moved from (b) to (a), — the text of (d) has been clarified, — the definition of ‘unauthorised access’ has been merged into the definition of ‘illicit device’ in (e), — previous (g) has been reworded and clarified. (iii) Infringing activities (Article 4) This Article, which deals with various infringing activities related to illicit devices, illicit services and illicit promotion, states that only commercial activities are unlawful, it being understood that Member States are free to take measures at national level against private possession. In order to clarify the provision of infringing activities and avoid possible loopholes a reference to ‘rental’ and ‘distribution’ of illicit devices has been added in the list of infringing activities. The Council also considered it appropriate to clarify what is meant by ‘distribution’ in a new recital 19. In order to make sure that infringements require intention (i. e. have to be committed knowingly), the Council also included a new recital 21. (iv) Sanctions and remedies (Article 5) Article 5(2) sets out various remedies that can be invoked by service providers in the Member States. The following modifications to the Commission proposal relate to the nature of legal regimes in different Member States rather than to the content of the proposal: — to make the text clearer ‘service providers’ has been replaced by ‘providers of protected services’, — in order to take into account the different meaning of the notion of ‘injunction’ in the different national legal regimes, the common position is completed with a specific reference to ‘other preventive measures’, — the notion of ‘seizure’ has been replaced by ‘disposal outside commercial channels’, since ‘seizure’ can in certain legal systems only be executed under criminal law, — in order to clarify these issues further, a new recital 22 has been added. (b) C o u n c i l p o s i t i o n o n t h e E u r o p e a n P a r l i a m e n t ’ s a m e n d m e n t s (i) Amendments included in whole or in part in the common position The Council retained eleven amendments (Nos 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 19, 23 and 24) proposed by the European Parliament. — Amendments 1, 6, 8, 12 and 23 have been incorporated verbatim. However, it should be noted that amendment No 23 has been incorporated in a new recital 13 instead of an Article, C 262/40 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 8. 98 — Amendments 2, 7, 13, 15, 19 and 24 have been adopted in spirit with slight modifications. Amendment No 2 is modified to reflect the exact wording of the Treaty; amendment No 7 is supplemented by the words ‘possible future’ before community or national provisions, since no such legislation exists at the moment; amendment No 13 is modified in order to maintain coherence with the original proposal; in amendment No 15 the words ‘measures by Member States’ have been replaced by ‘national provisions’; amendments Nos 19 and 24 are reflected in spirit. (ii) Amendments not incorporated in the common position In declining to include amendments Nos 5, 9, 11, 18, 20, 21, 22 and part of 23 in its common position, the Council endorsed the Commission’s position as set out in its amended proposal. As regards the remaining amendments, the Council was guided by the following considerations: — Amendments Nos 3, 4, 10, 16, 17 and 25: the Council did not deem it advisable to insert these amendments which related to the use of conditional access for reasons other than the protection of remuneration, since they are not covered by the objectives of the proposal, — Amendment No 14: the Council took the view that it was inappropriate to add a recital that included such a specific reference to the content of this Commission’s Communication


title: Kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 1370/98 av den 29 juni 1998 om ändring av förordning (EG) nr 1251/96 om öppnande och förvaltning av tullkvoter för fjäderfäkött

text: 30. 6. 98 ‹ SV ‹ Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning L 185/15 KOMMISSIONENS F(cid:153)RORDNING (EG) nr 1370/98 av den 29 juni 1998 om (cid:132)ndring av f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1251/96 om (cid:148)ppnande och f(cid:148)rvaltning av tull- kvoter f(cid:148)r fj(cid:132)derf(cid:132)k(cid:148)tt EUROPEISKA GEMENSKAPERNAS KOMMISSION HAR ANTAGIT DENNA F(cid:153)RORDNING med beaktande av F(cid:148)rdraget om uppr(cid:132)ttandet av Euro- peiska gemenskapen, med beaktande av r(cid:134)dets f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1095/96 av den 18 juni 1996 om genomf(cid:148)randet av medgivandena i lista CXL som fastst(cid:132)llts sedan f(cid:148)rhandlingarna enligt GATT artikel XXIV. 6 avslutats (1), s(cid:132)rskilt artikel 1 i denna, och med beaktande av f(cid:148)ljande: sig att (cid:148)ppna tullkvoter Inom ramen f(cid:148)r v(cid:132)rldshandelsorganisationen har gemen- skapen f(cid:148)rbundit f(cid:148)r vissa produkter inom sektorn f(cid:148)r fj(cid:132)derf(cid:132)k(cid:148)tt. Det b(cid:148)r d(cid:132)rf(cid:148)r f(cid:148)r uppr(cid:132)ttas perioden fr(cid:134)n och med den 1 juli 1998 till och med den 30 juni 1999. till(cid:132)mpningsf(cid:148)reskrifter f(cid:148)r dessa kvoter I kommissionens f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1251/96 (2), senast (cid:132)ndrad genom f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1514/97 (3), f(cid:148)reskrivs f(cid:148)rvaltning av dessa tullkvoter f(cid:148)r perioden fr(cid:134)n och med den 1 juli 1997 till och med den 30 juni 1998. Det (cid:132)r l(cid:132)mpligt att f(cid:148)reskriva f(cid:148)rvaltning av dessa f(cid:148)r perioden fr(cid:134)n och med den 1 juli 1998 till och med den 30 juni 1999. De (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rder som f(cid:148)resl(cid:134)s i denna f(cid:148)rordning (cid:132)r f(cid:148)renliga med yttrandet fr(cid:134)n F(cid:148)rvaltningskommitt(cid:130)n f(cid:148)r (cid:132)gg och fj(cid:132)derf(cid:132)k(cid:148)tt. H(cid:142)RIGENOM F(cid:153)RESKRIVS F(cid:153)LJANDE. Artikel 1 F(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1251/96 (cid:132)ndras enligt f(cid:148)ljande: 1. Artikel 1 skall ers(cid:132)ttas med f(cid:148)ljande: ”Artikel 1 F(cid:148)r perioden 1 juli 1998–30 juni 1999 skall de importtullkvoter som avses i bilaga I (cid:148)ppnas f(cid:148)r de produktgrupper som d(cid:132)r anges, p(cid:134) de villkor som d(cid:132)r anges. ” 2. Bilaga I skall ers(cid:132)ttas med bilagan till den h(cid:132)r f(cid:148)rord- ningen. Artikel 2 Denna f(cid:148)rordning tr(cid:132)der i kraft den 1 juli 1998. Denna f(cid:148)rordning (cid:132)r till alla delar bindande och direkt till(cid:132)mplig i alla medlemsstater. Utf(cid:132)rdad i Bryssel den 29 juni 1998. P(cid:134) kommissionens v(cid:132)gnar Franz FISCHLER Ledamot av kommissionen (1) EGT L 146, 20. 6. 1996, s. 1. (2) EGT L 161, 29. 6. 1996, s. 136. (3) EGT L 204, 31. 7. 1997, s. 16. L 185/16 ‹ SV ‹ Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 30. 6. 98 BILAGA ”BILAGA I (ton) Tullkvoter 1. 7. 1998– 30. 6. 1999 3 720 2 400 468 600” Gruppnummer KN-nummer Tull ecu/ton P 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 0207 11 10 0207 11 30 0207 11 90 0207 12 10 0207 12 90 0207 13 10 0207 13 20 0207 13 30 0207 13 40 0207 13 50 0207 13 60 0207 13 70 0207 14 20 0207 14 30 0207 14 40 0207 14 60 0207 14 10 0207 24 10 0207 24 90 0207 25 10 0207 25 90 0207 26 10 0207 26 20 0207 26 30 0207 26 40 0207 26 50 0207 26 60 0207 26 70 0207 26 80 0207 27 30 0207 27 40 0207 27 50 0207 27 60 0207 27 70 131 149 162 149 162 512 179 134 93 301 231 504 179 134 93 231 795 170 186 170 186 425 205 134 93 339 127 230 415 134 93 339 127 230


title: Council Decision of 29 June 1998 appointing members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives

eurovoc_concepts:
advisory committee (EU)
alternate
appointment of staff
midwife
vocational training

text: C 222/6 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 7. 98 COUNCIL DECISION of 29 June 1998 appointing members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives (98/C 222/03) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Council Decision 80/156/EEC of 21 January 1980 setting up an Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives(cid:216)(˛), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of 1994, and in particular Article 165(1) thereof, Whereas under the terms of Article 3 of that Decision the said Committee shall consist of three experts from each Member State and an alternate for each of these experts; whereas under the terms of Article 4 of that same Decision the terms of office of these experts and alternates shall be three years; Whereas by its Decision of 7 November 1995(cid:216)(ˇ) the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives for the period from 23 October 1995 to 22 October 1998; Whereas the Belgian and Italian Governments have each submitted a list of candidates for the appointment, replacement or renewal of the terms of office of the members and alternate members of that Committee, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: The following are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives for the period to 22 October 1998: Sole Article A. Experts from the practising profession Member Alternate Belgium Ms Dominique PORRET Ms Aline BRUURS B. Experts from the institutions responsible for the training of midwives Member Alternate Belgium Italy Mr Guido DE HERDT Prof. Salvatore MANCUSO Ms JACOBS Dottoressa Daniela CALISTRI (˛)(cid:217)OJ L 33, 11. 2. 1980, p. 13. (ˇ)(cid:217)OJ C 292, 7. 11. 1995, p. 2. 16. 7. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 222/7 C. Experts from the competent authorities of the Member States Member Alternate Belgium Mr Richard MARTIN Ms Anniek DECOCK Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1998. For the Council The President R. COOK COUNCIL DECISION of 29 June 1998 appointing an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (98/C 222/04) Having regard to Council Decision 80/156/EEC of 21 January 1980 setting up an Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives(cid:216)(˛), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Whereas, by its Decision of 23 October 1995(cid:216)(ˇ), the Council appointed Ms Claudie VIATTE an alternate member of the Committee for the period ending 22 October 1998; Whereas Ms Claudie VIATTE, the French Government has nominated Mr Claude PLANCHOU to replace HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Mr Claude PLANCHOU is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Midwives in place of Ms Claudie VIATTE, for the remainder of her term of office, which ends on 22 October 1998. Sole Article Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1998. For the Council The President R. COOK (˛)(cid:217)OJ L 33, 11. 2. 1980, p. 13. (ˇ)(cid:217)OJ C 292, 7. 11. 1995, p. 2


title: Kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 1372/98 av den 29 juni 1998 om ändring av förordning (EEG) nr 2168/92 om tillämpningsföreskrifter för de särskilda åtgärderna för Kanarieöarna avseende utsädespotatis (prognos)

eurovoc_concepts:
Canary Islands
EU aid
potato
seed
supply balance sheet
tariff exemption

text: 30. 6. 98 ‹ SV ‹ Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning L 185/19 KOMMISSIONENS F(cid:153)RORDNING (EG) nr 1372/98 av den 29 juni 1998 om (cid:132)ndring av f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 2168/92 om till(cid:132)mpningsf(cid:148)reskrifter f(cid:148)r de s(cid:132)rskilda (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rderna f(cid:148)r Kanarie(cid:148)arna avseende uts(cid:132)despotatis (prognos) EUROPEISKA GEMENSKAPERNAS KOMMISSION HAR ANTAGIT DENNA F(cid:153)RORDNING H(cid:142)RIGENOM F(cid:153)RESKRIVS F(cid:153)LJANDE. med beaktande av F(cid:148)rdraget om uppr(cid:132)ttandet av Euro- peiska gemenskapen, Artikel 1 med beaktande av r(cid:134)dets f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 1601/92 av den 15 juni 1992 om s(cid:132)rskilda (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rder f(cid:148)r Kanarie(cid:148)arna r(cid:148)rande vissa jordbruksprodukter (1), senast (cid:132)ndrad genom f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 2348/96 (2), s(cid:132)rskilt artikel 3. 4 i denna, och med beaktande av f(cid:148)ljande: Vid till(cid:132)mpning av artiklarna 2 och 3 i f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 1601/92 fastst(cid:132)lldes i kommissionens f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 2168/92 (3), senast (cid:132)ndrad genom f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1494/97 (4), kvantiteten uts(cid:132)despotatis i den prognostise- rade f(cid:148)rs(cid:148)rjningsbalansen f(cid:148)r Kanarie(cid:148)arna f(cid:148)r reglerings- (cid:134)ret 1997/98. Det (cid:132)r l(cid:132)mpligt att fastst(cid:132)lla den prognosti- serade f(cid:148)rs(cid:148)rjningsbalansen f(cid:148)r reglerings(cid:134)ret 1998/99. Denna f(cid:148)rs(cid:148)rjningsbalans b(cid:148)r uppr(cid:132)ttas efter (cid:148)arnas behov och med s(cid:132)rskild h(cid:132)nsyn till det traditionella handelsfl(cid:148)- det. Vid till(cid:132)mpningen av artikel 3. 2 i f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 1601/92 (cid:132)r det l(cid:132)mpligt att f(cid:148)r reglerings(cid:134)ret 1998/99 fast- st(cid:132)lla det st(cid:148)d som avser f(cid:148)rs(cid:148)rjningen av uts(cid:132)despotatis f(cid:148)r Kanarie(cid:148)arna vilken avs(cid:132)nts fr(cid:134)n resten av gemenska- pen, p(cid:134) s(cid:134) s(cid:132)tt att det s(cid:132)kerst(cid:132)lls att denna f(cid:148)rs(cid:148)rjning sker p(cid:134) villkor som f(cid:148)r slutanv(cid:132)ndaren motsvarar den f(cid:148)rdel som f(cid:148)ljer av tredje lands tullbefrielse vid import av uts(cid:132)- despotatis. Dessa st(cid:148)d b(cid:148)r fastst(cid:132)llas med h(cid:132)nsyn s(cid:132)rskilt till f(cid:148)rs(cid:148)rjningskostnader p(cid:134) v(cid:132)rldsmarknaden. F(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 2168/92 (cid:132)ndras p(cid:134) f(cid:148)ljande s(cid:132)tt: 1. Artikel 1 skall ers(cid:132)ttas med f(cid:148)ljande: ”Artikel 1 F(cid:148)r till(cid:132)mpningen av artiklarna 2 och 3 i f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 1601/92 skall den kvantitet uts(cid:132)despotatis enligt KN-nummer 0701 10 00 i den prognostiserade f(cid:148)rs(cid:148)rjningsbalansen som omfattas av befrielse fr(cid:134)n tull vid import till Kanarie(cid:148)arna eller som ber(cid:132)ttigar till gemenskapsst(cid:148)d n(cid:132)r det g(cid:132)ller produkter fr(cid:134)n (cid:148)vriga gemenskapen fastst(cid:132)llas till 12 000 ton f(cid:148)r perioden fr(cid:134)n och med den 1 juli 1998 till och med den 30 juni 1999. ” 2. Artikel 2 ers(cid:132)tts med f(cid:148)ljande: ”Artikel 2 Det st(cid:148)d som f(cid:148)reskrivs i artikel 3. 2 i f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 1601/92 f(cid:148)r Kanarie(cid:148)arnas f(cid:148)rs(cid:148)rjning med uts(cid:132)- despotatis, avs(cid:132)nd fr(cid:134)n gemenskapsmarknaden och i (cid:148)verensst(cid:132)mmelse med den prognostiserade balansen, skall fastst(cid:132)llas till 4,226 ecu per 100 kg. ” Artikel 2 Denna f(cid:148)rordning tr(cid:132)der i kraft samma dag som den i Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella offentligg(cid:148)rs tidning. De (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rder som f(cid:148)reskrivs i denna f(cid:148)rordning (cid:132)r f(cid:148)renliga med yttrandet fr(cid:134)n F(cid:148)rvaltningskommitt(cid:130)n f(cid:148)r uts(cid:132)de. Den skall till(cid:132)mpas fr(cid:134)n och med den 1 juli 1998. Denna f(cid:148)rordning (cid:132)r till alla delar bindande och direkt till(cid:132)mplig i alla medlemsstater. Utf(cid:132)rdad i Bryssel den 29 juni 1998. P(cid:134) kommissionens v(cid:132)gnar Franz FISCHLER Ledamot av kommissionen (1) EGT L 173, 27. 6. 1992, s. 13. (2) EGT L 320, 11. 12. 1996, s. 1. (3) EGT L 217, 31. 7. 1992, s. 44. (4) EGT L 202, 30. 7. 1997, s. 33


title: Verordening (EG) nr. 1375/98 van de Commissie van 29 juni 1998 houdende opening van tariefcontingenten voor de invoer van bijzondere preferentiële ruwe rietsuiker uit de ACS-staten en uit India voor de voorziening van raffinaderijen gedurende de periode van 1 juli 1998 tot en met 28 februari 1999

eurovoc_concepts:
ACP countries
India
cane sugar
import
sugar industry
tariff quota

text: 30. 6. 98 ‹ ‹NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen L 185/43 VERORDENING (EG) Nr. 1375/98 VAN DE COMMISSIE van 29 juni 1998 houdende opening van tariefcontingenten voor de invoer van bijzondere preferenti(cid:137)le ruwe rietsuiker uit de ACS-staten en uit India voor de voorziening van raffinaderijen gedurende de periode van 1 juli 1998 tot en met 28 februari 1999 DE COMMISSIE VAN DE EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN, Gelet op het Verdrag tot oprichting van de Europese Gemeenschap, Gelet op Verordening (EEG) nr. 1785/81 van de Raad van 30 juni 1981 houdende een gemeenschappelijke ordening der markten in de sector suiker (1), laatstelijk gewijzigd bij Verordening (EG) nr. 1599/96 (2), en met name op artikel 14, lid 2, en artikel 37, lid 6, Overwegende dat in artikel 37 van Verordening (EEG) nr. 1785/81 is bepaald dat, met het oog op een adequate voorziening van de raffinaderijen in de Gemeenschap, tijdens de verkoopseizoenen 1995/1996 tot en met 2000/ 2001 een bijzonder, verlaagd recht wordt toegepast bij invoer van ruwe rietsuiker van oorsprong uit staten waarmee de Gemeenschap preferenti(cid:137)le leveringsovereen- komsten heeft gesloten; dat de Gemeenschap dergelijke overeenkomsten op dit ogenblik alleen maar, namelijk bij Besluit 95/284/EG van de Raad (3), heeft gesloten met enerzijds de ACS-staten die partij zijn bij de aan de Vierde ACS-EEG-overeenkomst gehechte Protocol nr. 8 betref- fende suiker, en anderzijds de Republiek India; van het Overwegende dat overeenkomstig genoemd artikel 37 van Verordening (EEG) nr. 1785/81 aan de hand van een jaar- lijkse communautaire voorzieningsbalans wordt vastge- steld hoeveel bijzondere preferenti(cid:137)le suiker moet worden ingevoerd en dat een tariefcontingent met een bijzonder, verlaagd recht, zoals bedoeld in de genoemde overeen- komsten, moet worden geopend om gedurende een gedeelte verkoopseizoen 1998/1999 in de behoeften van de communautaire raffinaderijen te voor- zien; dat de productievooruitzichten van ruwe rietsuiker nu beschikbaar zijn voor het verkoopseizoen 1998/1999; dat het bijgevolg dienstig is in dit stadium een dergelijk contingent te openen voor een gedeelte van het verkoop- seizoen; dat het, gelet op de veronderstelde maximale raffinagebehoeften per lidstaat en de volgens de voorzie- ningsbalans ontbrekende hoeveelheden, dienstig is per raffinerende lidstaat te voorzien in invoervergunningen voor de periode van 1 juli 1998 tot en met 28 februari 1999; Overwegende dat in vorengenoemde overeenkomsten is bepaald dat de betrokken raffinadeurs een minimumaan- (1) PB L 177 van 1. 7. 1981, blz. 4. (2) PB L 206 van 16. 8. 1996, blz. 43. (3) PB L 181 van 1. 8. 1995, blz. 22. koopprijs moeten betalen die gelijk is aan de gegaran- deerde prijs voor ruwe suiker, verlaagd met de voor het betrokken verkoopseizoen vastgestelde aanpassingssteun; dat het derhalve dienstig is deze minimumprijs vast te stellen met inachtneming van de voor het verkoopseizoen 1998/1999 geldende elementen; Overwegende dat de in deze verordening vervatte maatre- gelen in overeenstemming zijn met het advies van het Comit(cid:130) van beheer voor suiker, HEEFT DE VOLGENDE VERORDENING VASTGESTELD: Artikel 1 Voor de periode van 1 juli 1998 tot en met 28 februari 1999 worden in het kader van Besluit 95/284/EG de volgende twee tariefcontingenten geopend voor de invoer van voor raffinage bestemde ruwe suiker: a) een tariefcontingent van 255 000 ton, uitgedrukt in witte suiker, van oorsprong uit de in deze verordening bedoelde ACS-staten, houdende volgnummer 09. 4098; en b) een tariefcontingent van 10 000 ton, uitgedrukt in witte suiker, van oorsprong uit de Republiek India, houdende volgnummer 09. 4099. Artikel 2 Voor de in artikel 1 bedoelde hoeveelheden wordt toegepast van 5,41 1. een bijzonder, verlaagd invoerrecht ECU per 100 kg ruwe suiker van de standaardkwaliteit. 2. Onverminderd het bepaalde in artikel 7 van Veror- dening (EG) nr. 1916/95 van de Commissie (4) betalen de raffinadeurs uit de Gemeenschap gedurende de in artikel 1 bedoelde periode minimaal 49,68 ECU per 100 kg ruwe suiker van de standaardkwaliteit. Artikel 3 De hierna genoemde lidstaten worden gemachtigd de volgende ontbrekende hoeveelheden, uitgedrukt in witte suiker, in te voeren in het kader van de in artikel 1 vast- gestelde contingenten en onder de in artikel 2, lid 1, vast- gestelde voorwaarde: (4) PB L 184 van 3. 8. 1995, blz. 18. L 185/44 ‹ ‹NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen 30. 6. 98 a) 45 000 ton voor Finland; b) 15 000 ton voor Europees Frankrijk; c) 190 000 ton voor continentaal Portugal; Artikel 4 Deze verordening treedt in werking op de dag van haar bekendmaking in het Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen. d) 15 000 ton voor het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Zij is van toepassing met ingang van 1 juli 1998. Deze verordening is verbindend in al haar onderdelen en is rechtstreeks toepasselijk in elke lidstaat. Gedaan te Brussel, 29 juni 1998. Voor de Commissie Franz FISCHLER Lid van de Commissie


title: Közös álláspont (1998. június 29.) amelyet a Tanács az Európai Unióról szóló szerződés J.2. cikke alapján fogadott el Sierra Leone-ról

eurovoc_concepts:
Sierra Leone
UN Security Council
UNO
international sanctions
marketing restriction
restriction of liberty

text: 58 HU Az Európai Unió Hivatalos Lapja 18/1. kötet 31998E0409 1998. 7. 1. AZ EURÓPAI KÖZÖSSÉGEK HIVATALOS LAPJA L 187/1 KÖZÖS ÁLLÁSPONT (1998. június 29. ) amelyet a Tanács az Európai Unióról szóló szerződés J. 2. cikke alapján fogadott el Sierra Leone-ról (98/409/KKBP) AZ EURÓPAI UNIÓ TANÁCSA, katonai jellegű felszerelést, valamint a fentiek alkatrészeit, az 1171 (1998) számú ENSZ BT-határozatnak (1) megfelelően be kell tiltani, kivételek és a figyelembevételével. cikkben meghatározott 2. 3. tekintettel az Európai Unióról szóló szerződésre, és különösen annak J. 2. cikkére, 2. cikk mivel 1998. június 5-én az Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezetének Biz- tonsági Tanácsa (ENSZ BT) elfogadta az 1171 (1998) számú hatá- rozatot, amelyben üdvözölte Sierra Leone kormányának az ország békés és biztonságos körülményeinek visszaállítására, a hatékony közigazgatás és demokratizálódási folyamat helyreállítására, vala- mint a nemzeti megbékélés előmozdítására irányuló erőfeszí- téseit; mivel az említett határozatban az ENSZ BT sajnálatát fejezte ki Sierra Leone jogszerű kormányzatának tekintélye elleni folyama- tos ellenállás miatt, és hangsúlyozta, hogy minden lázadónak mie- lőbb be kell fejeznie a támadásokat, fel kell adnia ellenállását, és le kell tennie a fegyvert; Az 1. cikkben említett megszorításokat nem kell alkalmazni Sierra Leone kormányzatára, feltéve, hogy az ilyen szállítmányok az ENSZ és tagállamai ellenőrzése alá tartoznak az 1171 (1998) számú ENSZ BT-határozat (2) és (4) bekezdésével összhangban. 3. cikk Az 1. cikkben említett megszorításokat nem kell alkalmazni a Nyugat-Afrikai Államok Gazdasági Közösségének (NYAÁGK) vagy az Egyesült Nemzetek katonai megfigyelő csoportjának kizárólag Sierra Leone-ban történő felhasználására értékesített vagy szállított fegyverekre és azok tartozékaira. 4. cikk mivel az ENSZ Biztonsági Tanácsának előző, 1132 (1997) számú határozatával bevezetett tilalmakat eltörölték; mivel az 1171 (1998) számú határozatot az Európai Unió egészében végre kell hajtani, A tagállamok belső jogukkal összhangban megakadályozzák a volt katonai junta és az Egyesült Forradalmi Front (EFF) vezető tagjainak országukba történő be- vagy azon történő átutazását. ELFOGADTA EZT A KÖZÖS ÁLLÁSPONTOT: 1. cikk Mindenféle fegyver és ahhoz kapcsolódó anyagok Sierra Leone történő értékesítését vagy szállítását, beleértve a részére fegyvereket és a lőszereket, katonai járműveket és felszerelést, (1) Az 1171 (1998) számú ENSZ BT-határozat (2) bekezdése előírja, hogy olyan termékek szállítása Sierra Leone kormánya részére, ame- lyek embargó alá esnek, egy listán megnevezett belépési pontokon keresztül történjen; ezt a listát a nevezett kormány eljuttatja az ENSZ főtitkárának, aki az Egyesült Nemzetek valamennyi államát haladék- talanul értesíti erről a listáról. Az 1171 (1998) számú ENSZ BT-határozat (4) bekezdése előírja, hogy minden olyan, Sierra Leone-ba irányuló, embargó alá tartozó termék kivitelét be kell jelenteni az 1132 (1997) számú határozattal létrehozott biztonsági tanácsi bizottságának, valamint azt, hogy Sierra Leone kormányzatának meg kell jelölnie, nyilvántartást vezet- nie és értesítést küldenie az említett bizottságnak minden, a kormány által importált fegyverről és azok tartozékairól, továbbá azt, hogy az említett bizottságnak rendszeresen tájékoztatnia kell az ENSZ BT-t az ilyen értesítések kézhezvételéről. 18/1. kötet HU Az Európai Unió Hivatalos Lapja 59 Az ezen intézkedés által érintett személyeket az Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezetének Biztonsági Tanácsa 1171 (1998) számú határozatának (5) bekezdésével összhangban jelölik ki. A kivételek az említett határozat ugyanazon (5) bekezdésével összhangban engedélyezhetők (1). Az első bekezdés semmiképpen sem kötelezhet egyetlen tagállamot sem arra, hogy állampolgáraitól megtagadja az ország területére történő belépést. 6. cikk Ez a közös álláspont 1998. június 5-én lép hatályba. 7. cikk Ezt a közös álláspontot a Hivatalos Lapban ki kell hirdetni. Kelt Luxembourgban, 1998. június 29-én. 5. cikk A 97/826/KKBP (2) közös álláspont hatályát veszti. a Tanács részéről az elnök R. COOK (1) Az 1171 (1998) számú ENSZ BT-határozat (5) bekezdése előírja, hogy az 1132 (1997) számú ENSZ BT-határozattal létrehozott biz- tonsági tanácsi bizottság megjelöli azokat a személyeket, akikre a belépési és átutazási szigorítások vonatkoznak, és engedélyezheti szá- mukra egy bizonyos állam területére történő belépést vagy azon tör- ténő átutazást. (2) HL L 344. , 1997. 12. 15. , 6. o