title: Council Regulation (EC) No 1223/98 of 4 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71

text: 13. 6. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1223/98 of 4 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in Articles 51 and 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), submitted following consultation of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, Having regard to the opinion of liament (2), the European Par- Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), to employed persons, (1) Whereas it is appropriate to make certain amend- ments to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security to self-employed schemes persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (4) and to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 laying down the procedure implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (5); whereas these amend- ments are linked to changes which Member States have made to their social security legislation; to employed persons, for (2) Whereas it is necessary to amend Articles 29 and 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and Articles 29, 30, (1) OJ C 290, 24. 9. 1997, p. 28. (2) OJ C 152, 18. 5. 1998. (3) OJ C 73, 9. 3. 1998, p. 42. (4) OJ L 149, 5. 7. 1971, p. 2. Regulation updated by Regulation (EC) No 118/97 (OJ L 28, 30. 1. 1997, p. 1) and last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1290/97 (OJ L 176, 4. 7. 1997, p. 1). (5) OJ L 74, 27. 3. 1972, p. 1. Regulation updated by Regulation (EC) No 118/97 (OJ L 28 30. 1. 1997, p. 1) and last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1290/97 (OJ L 176, 4. 7. 1997, p. 1). 31, 93 and 95 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 fol- lowing the amending of Articles 95 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 by Regulation (EC) No 3095/95 (6), which replaces lump-sum reimbursement per family by lump-sum reimbursement per person; (3) Whereas it is necessary to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 of section ‘G. IRELAND’ of Part I of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 to take account of changes to Irish social security and social services legislation; (4) Whereas changes to Austrian legislation make it necessary to delete the reference to the childbirth in Part II of allowance in section ‘K. AUSTRIA’ Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71; ‘H. ITALY’, (5) Whereas it would be appropriate to adapt sections ‘G. ‘J. NETHERLANDS’ and ‘M. IRELAND’, FINLAND’ of Annex IIa to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 to take account of changes in Irish, Italian, Dutch and Finnish legislation; (6) Whereas changes to Irish and Dutch legislation make it necessary to amend the references to legisla- tion in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, section ‘G. IRELAND’ of Part A, section ‘ J. NETHER- subparagrah (b), of Part A, and para- LANDS’, graph 1(f) of Part D; (7) Whereas it is necessary to delete paragraph 1 of section ‘B. DENMARK’ of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 to take account of the amending of Danish unemployment insurance legislation; (6) OJ L 335, 30. 12. 1995, p. 1. L 168/2 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 6. 98 (8) Whereas it is necessary, pursuant to the case-law of the Court of Justice (in particular the judgment in Case C-251/94 Lafuente Nieto), to adapt paragraph 4(b) of section ‘D. SPAIN’ of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, in line with internal provisions, where the basic pension amount is calculated on the basis of past contributions; (9) Whereas it is necessary to complete paragraph 7 of section ‘E. FRANCE’ of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 by a reference to the family al- lowance for the employment of a registered child- minder; (10) Whereas it is necessary to amend paragraph 5 of section ‘G. IRELAND’ of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 to take account of the method of calculating remuneration for the granting of sickness and unemployment benefits; (11) Whereas changes to Dutch legislation relating to survivors and incapacity for work in respect of self- employed workers make it necessary to adapt section ‘J. NETHERLANDS’ of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71; (12) Whereas it is necessary to clarify the application of Finnish legislation on the national pension; whereas a new paragraph 4 must be added to section ‘M. FINLAND’ of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71; (13) Whereas administrative reorganisations in Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Finland make it necessary to adapt sections ‘B. DENMARK’ of Annexes 2, 3, 4 and 10, ‘F. ‘G. IRELAND’ of GREECE’ of Annexes 1, 2 and 10, Annexes 2, 3 and 4, ‘H. ITALY ’ of Annexes 2, 3 and 10, ‘J. NETHER- LANDS’ of Annexes 2, 3, 4 and 10, ‘K. AUSTRIA’ of Annexes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 10, ‘M. FINLAND’ of Annexes 2, 3, 4 and 10 to Regulation (EEC) No 574/72; ‘I. LUXEMBOURG’ of Annex 10, (14) Whereas it is necessary to adapt items ‘9. BELGIUM- ‘87. NETHERLANDS’, LUXEMBOURG-SWEDEN’, NETHERLANDS- UNITED KINGDOM’ and ‘103. SWEDEN-UNITED KINGDOM’ of Annex 5 to Regulation (EEC) No 574/72; ITALY-NETHERLANDS’, ‘77. ‘93. it (15) Whereas is necessary to amend section ‘K. of Annex to Regulation (EEC) AUSTRIA’ the amending of No 574/72 to take account of Austrian legislation on sickness and maternity bene- fits; 9 (16) Whereas, in order to attain the objective of free movement for workers in the field of social security, it is necessary and appropriate to amend the rules relating to the coordination of national social se- curity schemes through a Community legal instru- ment that is binding and directly applicable in each Member State; (17) Whereas this is consistent with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 3b of the Treaty, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 shall be amended as follows: 1. Article 29(1)(a) shall be replaced by the following: Article 1 ‘(a) benefits in kind shall be provided by the institution of the place of residence of the members of the family in accordance with the provisions of the legislation which that institution administers, the cost being borne by the institution determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 27 or Article 28(2); if the place of residence is situated in the competent Member State, benefits in kind shall be provided, and the cost borne, by the competent institution;’. 2. In Article 31(a), the words ‘the institution of the pensioner’s place of residence’ shall be replaced by ‘the institution of the place of residence of the pensioner or the members of his family;’. 3. In Annex I, Part I, section ‘G. IRELAND’: (a) in paragraph 1, the words ‘Section 5 and 37 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1981’ shall be replaced by ‘Sections 9, 21 and 49 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993’; (b) in paragraph 2, the words ‘Section 17A of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1981’ shall be replaced by ‘Sections 17 and 21 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993’. 13. 6. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/3 4. In Annex II, Part II, section ‘K. AUSTRIA’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘K. AUSTRIA None’. 5. Annex IIa shall be amended as follows: (a) in section ‘B. DENMARK’, a new point shall be added as follows: ‘(c) The temporary benefit for unemployed persons who have been taken on in a “flexible job” for 12 months (ledighedsydelse) (Law No 455 of 10 June 1997)’; (b) in section ‘F. GREECE’, points (d), (e), (g), (h) and (i) shall be replaced by the following: ‘(d) allowance for persons suffering from congenital haemolytic anaemia (Law 2362/1995; common ministerial order G4a/F. 167/2073/82 and common ministerial order P47/F. 222/225 oik. 4711/94); (e) allowance for the deaf and dumb (Exceptional law 421/37; common ministerial order D 8b 423/73, common ministerial order G4/F/11. 2/oik. 1929/82 and common ministerial order G4/F. 422/oik. 1142/85); (g) allowance for spasmophiliacs (Decree-law 162/73; common ministerial order G4a/F. 224/oik. 1434/84); (h) allowance for persons suffering form a serious mental disability (Decree-law 162/73; common ministerial order G4/F. 12/oik. 1930/82, common ministerial order G4b/F. 423/oik. 1167/84 and common ministerial order G4b/ F. 423/oik. 82/oik. 529/85); (i) allowance for the blind (Law 958/79)’; (c) in section ‘G. IRELAND’, subparagraphs (a) to (g) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(a) unemployment assistance (Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993, Part III, Chapter 2); (b) old age and blind pensions (non-contributory) (Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993, Part III, Chapters 4 and 5); (c) widow’s (non-contributrory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension and orphan’s (non-contributory) (Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993, Part III, Chapter 6 as amended by Part V of the Social pension. Welfare Act 1997); (d) one-parent family payment (Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993, Part III, Chapter 9); (e) carer’s allowance (Social Welfare (consolidation) Act 1993, Part III, Chapter 10); (f) family income supplement (Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993, Part V); (g) disability allowance (Social Welfare Act 1996, Part IV). ’; (d) the following subparagraph shall be added to section ‘H. ITALY’: ‘(h) social allowance (Law No 335 of 8 August 1995)’; (e) in section ‘J. NETHERLANDS’, the word ‘None’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘incapacity benefits for disabled young people (Law of 24 April 1997)’; (f) in section ‘M. FINLAND’, subparagraph (d) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(d) labour market support (Labour Market Support Act 1542/93)’. 6. Annex III shall be amended as follows: (a) in Part A, item ‘98. AUSTRIA-SWEDEN’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘98. AUSTRIA-SWEDEN Convention on social security of 21 March 1996’; (b) in Part B, item ‘98. AUSTRIA-SWEDEN’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘98. AUSTRIA-SWEDEN Article 5 of the Convention on social security of 21 March 1996’. L 168/4 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 6. 98 7. Annex IV shall be amended as follows: (a) in part A, the text of section ‘G. IRELAND’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘G. IRELAND Part II, Chapter 15, of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993’; (b) in part A, section ‘J. NETHERLANDS’ subparagraph (b) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(b) Law of 24 April 1997 on insurance against incapacity for work by self-employed persons (WAZ), as amended’; (c) in part C, the text of ‘G. IRELAND’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘G. IRELAND All applications for retirement pensions, old age (contributory) pensions, widow’s (contributory) pension and widower’s (contributory) pension’; (d) in part D, paragraph 1(f) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(f) the Netherlands survivors’ pension under the Law of 21 December 1995 on general insurance for surviving dependants’. 8. Annex VI shall be amended as follows: (a) in section ‘B. DENMARK’, paragraph 1 shall be deleted; (b) in section ‘D. SPAIN’, paragraph 4(b) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(b) the amount of the pension obtained shall be increased by the amount of the increases and revalorisations calcu- lated for each subsequent year, for pensions of the same nature’; (c) paragraph 7 of section ‘E. FRANCE’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘7. Notwithstanding Articles 73 and 74 of the Regulation, the housing allowances, the home childcare allowance, the family allowance for the employment of a registered child-minder and the parental child-rearing allowance shall be granted only to persons concerned and to members of their families residing in French territory’; (d) paragraph 5 of section ‘G. IRELAND’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘5. For the purpose of calculating the earnings for the granting of sickness benefit or unemployment benefit under Irish legislation, an amount equal to the average weekly wage in that year, of male and female employed persons, as applicable, shall, notwithstanding Articles 23(1) and 68(1) of the Regulation, be credited to the employed person in respect of each week of employment completed as an employed person under the legislation of another Member State during the prescribed period’; (e) in section ‘J. NETHERLANDS’: (1) in paragraph 2(f): (i) the first paragraph shall be replaced as follows: ‘(f) by way of derogation from the provisions of Article 45(1) of the law on general old-age insurance (AOW) and Article 63(1) of the general law on insurance for surviving dependants (ANW), the spouse of an employed person or of a self-employed person covered by a compulsory insurance scheme, residing in a Member State other than the Netherlands, shall be authorised to take out voluntary insurance under that legislation, but only for the periods after 2 August 1989 during which the employed person or self-em- ployed person is or was compulsorily insured under the abovementioned legislation. This authorisation ceases on the date of termination of the compulsory insurance of the employed person or self-employed person’; (ii) in the second, fourth and fifth paragraphs the words ‘general legislation on insurance for widows and orphans’ shall be replaced by ‘general law on insurance for surviving dependants’; (2) in paragraph 3: (i) the following heading shall be added: ‘3. Application of the Netherlands general law on insurance for surviving dependants’; (ii) Subparagraph (a) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(a) any employed person or self-employed person who is no longer subject to Dutch legislation on general insurance for surviving dependants shall be deemed to be insured under such legislation when the risk materialises, for the purposes of the implementation of the provisions of Chapter III of Title III of the 13. 6. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/5 Regulation, if that person is insured under the legislation of another Member State for the same risk or, failing that, in the case where a survivor’s benefit is due pursuant to the legislation of another Member State. The latter condition shall be deemed to have been fulfilled, however, in the case referred to in Article 48(1)’; (iii) the first paragraph of subparagraph (b) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(b) where, pursuant to subparagraph (a), a widow has the right to a widow’s pension under Dutch legislation on general insurance for surviving dependants, that pension shall be calculated in accordance with Article 46(2) of the Regulation’; (iv) subparagraph (d) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(d) for the purposes of Article 46(2) of the Regulation, only periods of insurance completed after the age of 15 years under Dutch legislation shall be taken into account as periods of insurance’; (3) in paragraph 4: (i) the following heading shall be added: ‘4. Application of the Netherlands laws relating to incapacity for work’; (ii) in subparagraph (a), the following shall be inserted after ‘Law of 11 December 1975 relating to incapacity for ‘and the Law of 24 April 1997 on insurance against incapacity for work by self-employed work (AAW)’: persons’; (iii) in subparagraph (b)(ii): — the words ‘Law of 11 December 1975 (AAW)’ shall be replaced by: ‘Law of 24 April 1997 on insurance against incapacity for work by self-employed persons’, — the sentence: ‘If the amount of the benefit calculated pursuant to the provisions of (i) is less than that resulting from application of the provisions of (ii), the last mentioned benefit shall be payable’ shall be deleted; (iv) in subparagraph (c): — in the first paragraph, the words ‘abovementioned law of 11 December 1975 (AWW)’ shall be replaced by: ‘Law of 24 April 1997 on insurance against incapacity for work by self-employed persons’, — after the third indent a fourth indent shall be added, as follows: ‘— periods of insurance completed in accordance with the Law of 24 April 1997 on insurance against incapacity for work for self-employed persons (WAZ)’; (f) in section ‘K. AUSTRIA’, a new paragraph shall be added as follows: ‘5. The provisions of Article 22(1)(a) of the Regulation shall also apply to persons with sickness insurance coverage under an Austrian law on protection for special victims (Versorgungsgesetze)’; (g) the following new paragraph shall be added to section ‘M. FINLAND’: ‘4. An employed or self-employed person who is no longer insured under the National Pensions scheme is regarded, when applying the provisions of Title III, Chapter 3 of this Regulation, as retaining the status of an insured person if, when the risk materialises, he or she was insured under the legislation of another Member State or, if this was not the case, he or she is entitled, in respect of the same risk, to a pension under the legisla- tion of another Member State. However, the latter requirement is deemed to have been fulfilled in the case referred to in Article 48(1)’. Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 shall be amended as follows: 1. Article 29 shall be amended as follows: Article 2 (a) in paragraph 1, the words ‘residing in the same Member State’ shall be added after ‘a pensioner and the members of his family’; (b) in paragraphs 2 and 5, the words ‘residing in the same Member State’ shall be added after ‘members of his family’. L 168/6 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 6. 98 2. Article 30 shall be amended as follows: (a) in the heading, the words ‘outside the competent Member State’ shall be inserted after ‘who are resident’; (b) paragraph 1 shall be amended as follows: — the second sentence shall be replaced by the following: ‘This certified statement, which shall be issued by the institution or by one of the institutions responsible for paying the pension, or, where applicable, the institution empowered to decide on entitlement to benefits in kind, shall remain valid as long as the institution of the place of residence of the members of the family has not been notified of its cancellation’, — the following sentence shall be inserted after the second sentence: ‘If the members of the family do not present a certified statement, the institution of the place of residence shall, in order to obtain it, contact the institution or institutions responsible for paying the pension or, where applicable, the institution empowered to do so’; (c) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following: ‘3. The institution which has issued the certified statement referred to in paragraph 1 shall inform the institu- tion of the place of residence of the members of the family of the suspension or withdrawal of the pension. The institution of the place of residence of the members of the family may, at any time, request the institution which has issued the certified statement to supply it with any information related to entitlement to benefits in kind’; (d) the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 4: The institution of the place of residence shall inform the institution which issued the statement referred to in ‘5. paragraph 1 of any registration it has carried out, in accordance with the provisions of that paragraph’. 3. In Article 31 the following sentence shall be added at the end of paragraph 3: ‘If the latter reside in the territory of a Member State other than that of the pensioner, the certified statement provided for in paragraph 1 shall be issued by the institution of their place of residence, which, for the purposes of paragraph 2, shall be considered to be the competent institution’. 4. In Article 93(1) and (2), the words ‘Article 29(1)’ shall be deleted. 5. Article 95 shall be amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the words ‘and Article 29(1)’ shall be added after ‘Articles 28(1) and 28(a)’; (b) in paragraph 3(b), the words ‘pensioners and members of their family referred to in Article 28(2)’ shall be replaced by ‘pensioners, and/or members of their family, referred to in Article 28(2) or Article 29(1)’. 6. Annex 1 shall be amended as follows: (a) the following paragraphs are added to section ‘F. GREECE’: ‘4. Upouqc ˜or Ehmij ˜gr Al ˜umgr (Ministry of National Defence, Athens) 5. Upouqc ˜or Ehmij ˜gr Paide˜iar jai Hqgsjeul ˜atym (Minister for Education and Religious Affairs, Athens)’; (b) in section ‘G. IRELAND,’ paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, Dublin’; (c) section ‘K. AUSTRIA’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘K. AUSTRIA 1. Bundesminister f(cid:129)r Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales (Federal Minister for Labour, Health and Social Affairs), Wien 2. Bundesminister f(cid:129)r Umwelt, Jugend und Familie (Federal Minister for the Environ- ment, Youth and the Family), Wien’. 7. Annex 2 shall be amended as follows: (a) in section ‘B. DENMARK’, paragraphs 2(a) and 3(a), the words ‘Direktoratet for Social Sikring og Bistand (National Office for Social Security and Welfare), København’ in the right-hand column shall be replaced by: ‘Den Sociale Sikringsstyrelse (Social Security Administration), København’. 13. 6. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/7 (b) in section ‘F. GREECE’: (1) in items 1 to 6, subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be renumbered (a), (b) and (c) respectively; (2) the following subparagraphs shall be inserted into item 1: ‘(d) special scheme for public service employees: (i) civil servants: (ii) local government employees: (iii) military personnel on active service: Upouqce˜io Uce˜iar (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Athens) jai Pq ˜omoiar, Ah ˜gma Tale˜io Uce˜iar Dglotij ˜ym jai Joimotij ˜ym Upakk ˜gkym (TUDJU) Ah ˜gma (Health Fund for Employees of Municipalities and Communities, TYDKY, Athens) Upouqce˜io Ehmij ˜gr Al ˜umgr, Ah ˜gma (Ministry of National Defence, Athens) (iv) military personnel on active service in the Harbour Guard: Upouqce˜io Elpoqij ˜gr Mautik˜iar, the Merchant Navy, Piraeus). (Ministry of (e) Special car scheme for higher and technological institutions’ students: Eidij ˜o s ˜ustgla peq˜ihakxgr voitgt ˜ym jai spoudast ˜ym AEI jai TEI. The higher and tech- nological institution (AEI and TEI) on a case-by- case basis’; (c) in section ‘G. IRELAND’, in paragraph 2, the current text shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. Cash benefits: (a) Unemployment benefits: (b) Old-age and death (pensions): (c) Family benefits: (d) Invalidity benefits and maternity benefits: (e) Other cash benefits: (d) in section ‘H. ITALY’: Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Dublin, including the provincial offices responsible for unemployment benefits Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Pension Services Office, Sligo Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Child Benefit Section, St. Oliver Plunkett Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Social Welfare Services Office, Longford Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Dublin’; (1) in paragraph 1. A, subparagraphs (b)(ii) and (c)(ii), the words ‘Cassa marittima (the maritime fund with which the person concerned is registered)’ in the right-hand column shall be replaced by: ‘IPSEMA (Istituto di previdenza del settore maritimo — Social Welfare Institution in the maritime sector)’; (2) in paragraph 2. A, subparagraphs (b)(ii) and (c)(ii), the words ‘Cassa marittima (the maritime fund with which the person concerned is registered)’ in the right-hand column are replaced by: ‘IPSEMA (Istituto di previdenza del settore marittimo — Social Welfare Institution in the maritime sector)’; L 168/8 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 6. 98 (3) in paragraph 3. B, subparagraph (d) shall be deleted; (4) in paragraph 4, the words ‘Cassa marittima (the maritime fund with which the person concerned is registered)’ in the right-hand column shall be replaced by: ‘IPSEMA (Istituto di previdenza del settore marittimo — Social Welfare Institution in the maritime sector)’; (e) in section ‘J. NETHERLANDS’: (1) in paragraphs 1(b), 2(a)(i) and 4, the words ‘Bedrijfsvereniging (Professional and Trade Association) with which the insured person’s employer is insured’ shall be replaced by: ‘Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Social Security Institution) via the agency with which the insured person’s employer is registered’; (2) in paragraph 2(a)(ii), the words ‘Bedrijfsvereniging (Professional and Trade Association) with which the insured person would be insured if he had personnel in his employ’ shall be replaced by: ‘Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Social Security Institution) via the agency with which the insured person would be registered if he had personnel in his employ’; 3. in paragraphs 2(b) and 6(b), the words ‘Nieuwe Algemene Bedrijfsvereniging (New General Professional and Trade Association), Amsterdam’ shall be replaced by: ‘Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Social Security Institution) via GAK Nederland BV, Amsterdam’; (f) in section ‘K. AUSTRIA’ paragraph 4 shall be replaced as follows: ‘4. Family benefits: (a) Family benefits with the exception of Karenzgeld Finanzamt (Tax Office) (parental leave allowance): (b) Karenzgeld (parental leave allowance): (g) in section ‘M. FINLAND’: (1) Paragraph 1(b) shall be amended as follows: (i) a new subparagraph shall be inserted, as follows: ‘(ii) social insurance institution rehabilitation: Gebietskrankenkasse (Regional Health Insurance Fund) responsible for the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned’; Kansanel(cid:132)kelaitos/Folkpensionsanstalten Insurance Institution), Helsinki’; (Social (ii) the present paragraph 1(b)(ii), shall become paragraph 1(b)(iii); (2) in paragraph 4, in the right-hand column, the words ‘Kansanel(cid:132)kelaitos/Folkpensionsanstalten (Social Insurance Institution), Helsinki, or’ shall be deleted; (3) in paragraph 5(a), in the right-hand column, between the words ‘Kansanel(cid:132)kelaitos/Folkpensionsanstalten (Social Insurance Institution), Helsinki’ and the word ‘or’, the following shall be added: ‘and Ahvenanmaan maakunnan ty(cid:148)voimatoimikunta/Arbetskraftskommissionen i landskapet (cid:143)land (Employ- ment Commission in the Province of (cid:143)land)’; (4) a new paragraph shall be added, as follows: ‘7. Special non-contributory benefits: 8. Annex 3 shall be amended as follows: Kansanel(cid:132)kelaitos/Folkpensionsanstalten (Social In- surance Institution), Helsinki’; (a) in section ‘B. DENMARK’, part ‘I. INSTITUTIONS OF THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE’, subparagraphs (b) and (c), the words ‘Direktoratet for Social Sikring og Bistand, (National Office for Social Security and Welfare), København’ in the right-hand column shall be replaced by: ‘Den Sociale Sikringsstyrelse (Social Security Department) København’; 13. 6. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/9 (b) in section ‘G. IRELAND’ in paragraph 2, the current text shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. Cash benefits: (a) Unemployment benefits: (b) Old-age and death (pensions): (c) Family benefits: (d) Invalidity benefits and maternity benefits: (e) Other cash benefits: (c) in section ‘H. ITALY’: Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Dublin including the provincial offices responsible for unemployment benefits Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Pension Services Office, Sligo Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Child Benefit Section, St Olivier Plunkett Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Social Welfare Services Office, Longford Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs Dublin’; (1) in paragraph 1. A, subparagraph (b)(ii), in the right-hand column, the words ‘Cassa marittima competetente per territorio (the maritime fund responsible for the area)’ shall be replaced by: ‘IPSEMA (Istituto di previdenza del settore marittimo — Social Welfare Institution in the maritime sector)’; (2) in paragraph 3. B, subparagraph (d) shall be deleted; (d) in section ‘J. NETHERLANDS’: 1. in paragraphs 1(b), 2(b) and 4, in the right-hand column, the words ‘Nieuwe Algemene Bedrijfsvereniging (New General Professional and Trade Association) Amsterdam’ shall be replaced by: ‘Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Social Security Institution) via GAK Netherlands BV, Amsterdam’; 2. in paragraph 2(a), in the right-hand column, the words ‘Bedrijfsvereniging (Professional and Trade Association)’ shall be replaced by: ‘Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Social Security Institution) via GAK Netherlands BV, Amsterdam’; (e) in section ‘K. AUSTRIA’: (1) paragraph 1 shall be replaced as follows: ‘1. Sickness insurance: (a) for the application of: (i) Article 27 of the Regulation: the competent institution (ii) Article 31 of the Regulation and Article 31(1) of the implementing Regulation in relation to the institution of the place of residence of a pensioner mentioned in Article 27 of the Regulation: (iii) Article 31 of the Regulation and Article 31(1) of the implementing Regulation in relations to the institution of the place of residence of member of the family living in the competent State: the competent institution the competent institution L 168/10 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 6. 98 (b) in all other cases: the Gebietskrankenkasse (Regional Health In- surance Fund) competent for the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned or, in the event of treatment in a hospital or clinic for which the a Landesfonds Landesfonds competent for the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned’; (Land fund) responsible, is (2) in paragraph 3(a), the text of the right-hand column shall be replaced by: ‘Gebietskrankenkasse (Regional Health Insurance Fund) competent for the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned or, in the event of treatment at a hospital or clinic for which a Landesfonds (Land fund) is responsible, the Landesfonds competent for the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned or the Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt (General Accident Insurance Institution), Wien, which may also grant benefits’; (3) paragraph 5 shall be replaced as follows: ‘5. Family benefits (a) Family benefits with the exception of Karenz- geld (parental leave allowance): Finanzamt (Tax Office) competent for the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned (b) Karenzgeld (parental leave allowance): Gebietskrankenkasse (Regional Health Insurance Fund) competent for the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned’; (f) in section ‘M. FINLAND’: (1) paragraph 1(b)(i) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(i) Health insurance reimbursements insurance institution rehabilitation: and social Kansanel(cid:132)kelaitos/Folkpensionsanstalten Insurance Institution)’; (Social (2) paragraph 3 shall be replaced as follows: ‘3. Industrial accidents and occupational diseases liitto/ Tapaturmavakuutuslaitosten: Olycksfallsf(cid:148)rs(cid:132)kringsanstalternas f(cid:148)rbund (Federa- tion of Accident Insurance Institutions), Helsinki’; (3) in paragraphs 1(a), 2(a), 4(a) and (b)(i) and 5, in the right-hand column, the word ‘Helsinki’ after the name of the institution shall be deleted. 9. Annex 4 shall be amended as follows: (a) in section ‘B. DENMARK’, paragraphs 1(b), 2, 3 and 5, the words ‘Direktoratet for Social Sikring og Bistand (National Office for Social Security and Welfare), København’ in the right-hand column shall be replaced by: ‘Den Sociale Sikringsstyrelse (Social Security Directorate), København’; (b) in section ‘G. IRELAND’ paragraph 2, the existing text shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. Cash benefits (a) Old-age and death (pensions): (b) Family benefits: (c) Invalidity benefits and maternity benefits: Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Pension Services Office, Sligo Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Child Benefit Section, St Oliver Plunkett Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Social Welfare Services Office, Longford 13. 6. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/11 (d) Other cash benefits: Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Dublin’; (c) in section ‘J. NETHERLANDS’ paragraph 1(b), in the right-column, the words ‘Algemene Bedrijfsvereniging, (New General Professional and Trade Association), Amsterdam’ shall be replaced as follows: ‘Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Social Security Institution) via GAK Nederland BV, Amsterdam’; (d) in section ‘K. AUSTRIA’: (1) the text of paragraph 2 shall be replaced as follows: ‘2. Unemployment insurance Landesgesch(cid:132)ftsstelle Wien des Arbeitsmarktser- vice, Wien (Regional Office of the Labour-Market Service, Vienna)’; (2) the text of paragraph 3. ‘Family benefits’, shall be replaced as follows: ‘3. Family benefits (a) Family benefits with the exception of Karenz- geld (parental leave allowance): (b) Karenzgeld (parental leave allowance): Jugend und Bundesministerium f(cid:129)r Umwelt, Familie, Wien (Federal Ministry of the Environ- ment, Youth and the Family, Vienna); Bundesministerium f(cid:129)r Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales (Federal Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs), section III, Wien’; (e) in section ‘M. FINLAND’: (1) in paragraph 1, the words ‘death grants’ in the left-hand column shall be replaced by ‘employment pensions’; (2) paragraph 2 shall be deleted. 10. Annex 5 shall be amended as follows: (a) in section ‘9. BELGIUM-NETHERLANDS’ subparagraph (a) shall be deleted, and subparagraph (b), (c), and (d) shall become subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) respectively; (b) in section ‘77. ITALY-NETHERLANDS’ the following subparagraph (c) shall be added: ‘(c) the Agreement of 24 December 1996/27 February 1997 on Article 36(3) and Article 63(3) of the Regulation’; (c) section ‘87. LUXEMBOURG-SWEDEN’ shall de replaced by: ‘87. LUXEMBOURG-SWEDEN Arrangement of 27 November 1996 on the reimbursement of expenditure in the field of social security’; (d) in section ‘93. NETHERLANDS-UNITED KINGDOM’ subparagraph (b) and (c) shall be deleted, and subparagraph (d) shall become subparagraph (b); (e) section ‘103. SWEDEN-UNITED KINGDOM’ shall be replaced by: ‘103. SWEDEN-UNITED KINGDOM The arrangement of 15 April 1997 concerning Article 36(3) and Article 63(3) of the Regulation (reimburse- ment or waiving of reimbursement of the cost of benefits in kind) and Article 105(2) of the implementing Regulation (waiving of refunds of the costs of administrative checks and medical examinations)’. 11. In Annex 9, section ‘K. AUSTRIA’ shall be replaced by the following: ‘K. AUSTRIA The average annual cost of benefits in kind shall be calculated by taking into consideration the benefits provided by the Gebietskrankenkassen (Regional Health Insurance Funds) and the Landesfonds (bodies responsible for hospital treatment at Land level)’. 12. Annex 10 shall be amended as follows: (a) in section ‘B. DENMARK’: (1) in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 7(b), in the right-hand column, the words ‘Direktoratet for Social Sikring og Bistand (National Office for Social and Welfare), København’ shall be replaced by: ‘Den Sociale Sikringsstyrelse (Social Security Directorate), København’; L 168/12 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 6. 98 (2) paragraph 2, left-hand column, shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. For the purposes of Articles 14(1)(b) and (2)(a), 14a(1)(b) and 14b(1) and (2) of the Regulation:’; 3. paragraph 5 shall be replaced by the following: ‘5. For the purposes of applying Articles 80(2), 81 and 84(2) of the implementing Regulation: The unemployment insurance fund the person was for most recently affiliated to. The Direktoratet Arbejdsløshedsforsikringen (National Office for Insurance against Unemployment), København, if the person has not been affiliated to an unemploy- ment insurance fund’; (b) in section ‘E. FRANCE’, paragraph 5 shall be replaced by the following: ‘5. For the purposes of applying Articles 14(1)(b), 14a(1)(b) and 17 of the Regulation: (i) in general: Centre de s(cid:130)curit(cid:130) sociale des travailleurs migrants (Social Security Centre for Migrant Workers) (ii) agricultural schemes (employed and self-em- ployed persons): Minist(cid:138)re de l’agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture), Paris’; (c) in section ‘F. GREECE’ paragraph 7(c) shall be replaced as follows: ‘(c) Other benefits: (i) for the employed, government employees: self-employed and local (ii) for civil servants: (iii) for military personnel on active service: (iv) for military personnel on active service in the Harbour Guard: (v) for AEI and TEI students: ˜Idqula Joimymij ˜ym Asvak˜iseym (Social surance Institute, Athens) In- Upouqce˜io Uce˜iar (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Athens) jai Pq ˜omoiar, Ah ˜gma Upouqce˜io Ehmij ˜gr Al ˜umgr, Ah ˜gma (Ministry of National Defence, Athens) Upouqce˜io Elpoqij ˜gr Mautik˜iar, Peiqai ˜ar (Ministry of the Merchant Navy, Piraeus) Upouqce˜io Ehmij ˜gr Paide˜iar jai Hqgsjeu- l ˜atym, Ah ˜gma (Ministry of Education and Reli- gious Affairs, Athens)’; (d) in section ‘G. IRELAND’ in paragraphs 1, 2, 3(b) and 4(a), the words ‘Department of Social Welfare, Dublin’ in the right hand column shall be replaced by: ‘Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Dublin’; (e) in section ‘H. ITALY’ paragraph 3, the text in both columns of the fourth entry entitled ‘for midwives’ shall be deleted; (f) in paragraph 3 of section ‘I. LUXEMBOURG’, in the right-hand column, the words ‘Inspection g(cid:130)n(cid:130)rale de la s(cid:130)cu- rit(cid:130) sociale (General Inspectorate for Social Security), Luxembourg’ shall be replaced by: ‘Centre commun de la s(cid:130)curit(cid:130) sociale (Joint Social Security Centre), Luxembourg’; (g) in section ‘J. NETHERLANDS’: (1) in paragraph 3, the words ‘Nieuwe Algemene Bedrijfsverenigning (New General Professional and Trade Associ- ation), Amsterdam’ in the right-hand column shall be replaced as follows: ‘Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Social Security Institution) via GAK Nederland BV, Amsterdam’; (2) in paragraph 4(b), the words ‘Algemeen Werkloosheidsfonds (General Unemployment Fund), Zoetermeer’, in the right-hand column, shall be replaced by: ‘Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Social Security Institution) via GAK Nederland BV, Amsterdam’; 13. 6. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/13 (h) in section ‘K. AUSTRIA’: (1) paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be replaced by: ‘1. For the purpose of applying Articles 14(1)(b), 14a(1)(b) and 17 of the Regulation: Bundesminister f(cid:129)r Arbeit, Gesundheit und Sozi- ales (Federal Minister for Labour, Health and Social Affairs), Wien, in agreement with the Bundesmi- nister f(cid:129)r Umwelt, Jugend und Familie (Federal Minister the Environment, Youth and the Family), Wien for 2. For the purpose of applying Articles 11, 11a, 12a, 13 and 14 of the implementing Regulation: (a) When the person concerned is subject to the competent sickness insurance scheme Austrian legislation: (b) In all other cases: Hauptverband der (cid:148)sterreichischen Versicherung- str(cid:132)ger (Central Association of Austrian Social In- surance Institutions), Wien 3. For the application of Article 14d(3) of the Regu- the competent institution’; lation: (2) paragraph 6 shall be replaced by: ‘6. For the purpose of applying Articles 85(2) and 86(2) of the implementing Regulation in relation to Karenzgeld (parental leave allowance): Gebietskrankenkasse (Regional Health Insurance Fund) competent for the last place of residence or stay of the person concerned’; (i) in section ‘M. FINLAND’: (1) paragraph 5 shall be replaced by the following: ‘5. For the purpose of applying Article 41 of the implementing Regulation: El(cid:132)keturvakeskus/Pensionsskyddscentralen (Central Pension Security Institute), Helsinki’; (2) paragraph 6 shall be deleted. 13. In Annex 11, section ‘F. GREECE’, entries 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall be deleted. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day of the month following its 1. publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 1(7)(d), (8)(e)(1), and (8)(e)(2)(i) to (iv) shall apply with effect from 1 July 1996. Article 2(7)(e), (8)(d), (9)(c) and (12)(g), shall apply with effect from 1 March 1997. Article 1(5)(e), (7)(b) and (8)(e)(3)(ii) to (iv), shall apply with effect from 1 January 2. 3. 4. 1998. Article 1(1) and (2), and Article 2(1) to (5) shall apply with effect from 1 January 5. 1998, but in relation to the French Republic from 1 January 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 4 June 1998. For the Council The President D. BLUNKETT


title: Kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 1170/98 av den 4 juni 1998 om de anbud som meddelats för export av vete inom ramen för den anbudsinfordran som avses i förordning (EG) nr 1079/98

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text: L 162/26 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 5. 6. 98 KOMMISSIONENS F(cid:153)RORDNING (EG) nr 1170/98 av den 4 juni 1998 om de anbud som meddelats f(cid:148)r export av vete inom ramen f(cid:148)r den anbuds- infordran som avses i f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1079/98 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 (EEG) nr 1766/92 av den 30 juni 1992 om den gemensamma organisationen av (cid:132)ndrad genom spannm(cid:134)l (1), marknaden f(cid:148)r kommissionens f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 923/96 (2), senast med beaktande av kommissionens f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1501/95 av den 29 juni 1995 om vissa till(cid:132)mpningsf(cid:148)re- skrifter f(cid:148)r r(cid:134)dets f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 1766/92 vad avser beviljande av exportbidrag och de (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rder som skall vidtas vid st(cid:148)rningar inom spannm(cid:134)lssektorn (3), senast (cid:132)ndrad genom f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 2052/97 (4), s(cid:132)rskilt artikel 4 i denna, och med beaktande av f(cid:148)ljande: En anbudsinfordran f(cid:148)r bidrag och/eller avgift f(cid:148)r export av vete till alla tredje l(cid:132)nder med undantag av Ceuta, Melilla och vissa AVS-stater har inletts genom kommis- sionens f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1079/98 (5). I enlighet med artikel 4 i f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1501/95 kan kommissionen p(cid:134) grundval av meddelade anbud och i enlighet med det f(cid:148)rfarande som f(cid:148)reskrivs i artikel 23 i f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 1766/92, besluta att inte fullf(cid:148)lja anbudsinfordran. S(cid:132)rskilt med h(cid:132)nsyn till de kriterier som avses i artikel 1 i f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1501/95 (cid:132)r det inte uppenbart att ett h(cid:148)gsta exportbidrag eller en l(cid:132)gsta exportavgift skall fast- st(cid:132)llas. 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 spannm(cid:134)l. H(cid:142)RIGENOM F(cid:153)RESKRIVS F(cid:153)LJANDE. Artikel 1 De anbud som meddelats fr(cid:134)n och med den 29 maj till och med den 4 juni 1998 inom ramen f(cid:148)r den anbuds- infordran f(cid:148)r exportbidrag eller avgift f(cid:148)r vete som avses i f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1079/98 skall inte fullf(cid:148)ljas Artikel 2 Denna f(cid:148)rordning tr(cid:132)der i kraft den 5 juni 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 4 juni 1998. P(cid:134) kommissionens v(cid:132)gnar Franz FISCHLER Ledamot av kommissionen (1) EGT L 181, 1. 7. 1992, s. 21. (2) EGT L 126, 24. 5. 1996, s. 37. (3) EGT L 147, 30. 6. 1995, s. 7. (4) EGT L 287, 21. 10. 1997, s. 14. (5) EGT L 154, 28. 5. 1998, s. 24


title: Accordo tra le Comunità europee e il governo degli Stati Uniti d'America in merito all'utilizzazione dei principi della «comitas gentium» attiva nell'applicazione del loro diritto della concorrenza

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text: L 173/28 ‹ IT ‹ Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee 18. 6. 98 (TRADUZIONE) ACCORDO tra le Comunità europee e il governo degli Stati Uniti d’America in merito all’utilizzazione dei principi della «comitas gentium» attiva nell’applicazione del loro diritto della concorrenza LA COMUNITÀ EUROPEA e LA COMUNITÀ EUROPEA DEL CARBONE E DELL’ACCIAIO da un lato (in prosieguo: «le Comunità europee») e IL GOVERNO DEGLI STATI UNITI D’AMERICA, dall’altro, visto l’accordo del 23 settembre 1991 tra le Comunità europee e il governo degli Stati Uniti d’America in merito all’applicazione delle loro regole di concorrenza e lo scambio di lettere interpretative del 31 maggio e del 31 luglio 1995 in relazione all’accordo stesso (in prosieguo: «l’accordo del 1991»), riconoscendo che l’accordo del 1991 ha contribuito al coordinamento e alla cooperazione, nonché ad evitare conflitti nell’applicazione del diritto della concorrenza, considerando in particolare che l’articolo V dell’accordo del 1991, noto come articolo sulla «comitas gentium» attiva (Positive Comity), invita le parti a cooperare qualora nel territorio di una parte vengano poste in essere attività anticoncorrenziali che pregiudicano gli interessi dell’altra parte, convinti che un’ulteriore esplicitazione dei principi della «comitas gentium» attiva e una loro più ampia applicazione migliorerebbero l’effetto utile dell’accordo del 1991 rispetto a tali attività anticoncorrenziali, e considerando che né il presente accordo né le misure adottate per la sua esecuzione possono essere interpretati in modo da pregiudicare la posizione delle parti con riguardo alle loro competenze giurisdizionali in tema di diritto della concorrenza nel contesto internazionale, HANNO CONVENUTO LE DISPOSIZIONI SEGUENTI: Articolo I Ambito di applicazione e finalità dell’accordo Il presente accordo si applica quando una parte 1. dimostra all’altra parte che vi è motivo di ritenere che sussista quanto segue: a) in tutto il territorio di una delle parti o in una parte rilevante di esso si verificano attività anticoncorrenziali che pregiudicano gli interessi dell’altra parte, e b) dette attività sono vietate dalle regole di concorrenza della parte nel cui territorio si verificano. 2. Il presente accordo ha le seguenti finalità: a) contribuire ad assicurare che i flussi commerciali e di investimento fra le parti e la concorrenza e il benessere dei consumatori nel territorio delle parti non siano ostacolati da attività anticoncorrenziali alle quali le regole di concorrenza di una o di entrambe le parti consentano di rimediare, e b) istituire ai cooperazione procedimenti fini di dell’applicazione più completa ed efficiente possibile delle regole di concorrenza, grazie alle quali le autorità garanti della concorrenza di ciascuna delle parti si risorse per asterranno, di norma, dall’impiegare rimediare eseguite attività principalmente nel territorio dell’altra parte ed a questo principalmente dirette, qualora le autorità garanti della concorrenza dell’altra parte siano in condizione e siano disposte a prendere in esame e ad irrogare proprio ordinamento, contro tali attività. anticoncorrenziali effettive, sanzioni secondo ad il 18. 6. 98 ‹ IT ‹ Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee L 173/29 Articolo II Definizioni fini del presente Ai definizioni: accordo valgono le seguenti 1) «Pregiudizio», è anticoncorrenziali il danno cagionato da attività a) alla capacità delle imprese operanti nel territorio di investire o altrimenti una parte di competere nel territorio dell’altra parte, oppure esportare, b) alla concorrenza nel mercato interno di una parte o nei suoi mercati di importazione. 2) «Parte è richiedente», subisce un pregiudizio per effetto delle attività anticoncorrenziali eseguite in tutto il territorio dell’altra parte o in una parte rilevante di esso. la parte che 3) «Parte richiesta», è la parte nel territorio della quale tali attività anticoncorrenziali risultano eseguite. mediante garanti della concorrenza di una parte. indagini o procedimenti dalle autorità 7) «Attività anticoncorrenziali» sono i comportamenti o i negozi vietati dal diritto della concorrenza di una delle parti. Articolo III Cortesia attiva autorità garanti della Le concorrenza della parte richiedente possono chiedere alle autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiesta di svolgere indagini su attività anticoncorrenziali e, se necessario, porvi rimedio, nell’osservanza delle regole di concorrenza della parte richiesta. presentata essere indipendentemente dal fatto che dette attività violino anche le regole di concorrenza della parte richiedente e dal fatto che le autorità garanti della concorrenza di quest’ultima abbiano già adottato o si apprestino a adottare provvedimenti di applicazione previsti dalle proprie regole di concorrenza. domanda può La 4) «Diritto della concorrenza o regole di concorrenza», Articolo IV sono a) per le Comunità europee, gli articoli 85, 86 e 89 del trattato che istituisce la Comunità europea (CE), l’articolo 65 e l’articolo 66, paragrafo 7 del trattato che istituisce la Comunità europea del carbone e regolamenti di dell’acciaio (CECA) e i applicazione, ad esclusione del regolamento (CEE) n. 4064/89 del Consiglio relativo al controllo delle operazioni di concentrazione tra imprese, e relativi titolo b) per gli Stati Uniti d’America, lo Sherman Act (15 U. S. C. , §§ 1-7), il Clayton Act (15 U. S. C. §§ 12-27, ad eccezione del riferimento alle inchieste in forza del dell’Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act del 1976, 15 U. S. C. § 18a), il Wilson Tariff Act (15 U. S. C. §§ 8-11) e il Federal Trade Commisison Act (15 U. S. C. §§ 41-58, escluse le sezioni tutela dei relative alle funzioni di consumatori), II le tutte altre disposizioni nonché legislative o regolamentari che le parti convengano per iscritto di considerare «diritto della concorrenza o regole di concorrenza» ai fini del presente accordo. 5) «Autorità garanti della concorrenza», sono o sospensione facendo Rinvio affidamento su provvedimenti di applicazione della parte richiesta indagini di che convenire Le autorità garanti della concorrenza delle parti 1. della le possono concorrenza della parte richiedente rinviino o sospendano i provvedimenti di applicazione adottati o che intendono adottare, quando siano in corso provvedimenti di applicazione della parte richiesta. autorità garanti 2. Di norma, le autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiedente rinviano o sospendono i provvedimenti di applicazione di loro competenza in favore di quelli adottati dalle autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiesta se sono soddisfatte le seguenti condizioni: a) le attività anticoncorrenziali di cui trattasi: i) non hanno un impatto diretto, e ragionevolmente prevedibile sui consumatori del territorio della parte richiedente, oppure rilevante impatto ii) quando le attività anticoncorrenziali, implicando un della parte sono eseguite principalmente nel sono siffatto richiedente, territorio principalmente dirette; consumatori dell’altra parte esso sui ad e a) per le Comunità europee, Comunità europee nei conferitele dalle Comunità europee, regole di la Commissione delle limiti delle competenze concorrenza delle b) per gli Stati Uniti, la «Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice» e la «Federal Trade Commission». 6) «Provvedimento di applicazione» è qualsiasi atto di svolto concorrenza esecuzione diritto della del b) vi è e la possibilità la probabilità di svolgere un’indagine esaustiva ed adeguata sul pregiudizio degli interessi della parte richiedente e, se del caso, di eliminarlo o di porvi adeguato rimedio in conformità delle leggi, delle procedure e degli strumenti d’azione della parte richiesta. Le parti convengono che può essere opportuno adottare autonomi provvedimenti di anticoncorrenziali applicazione qualora riguardanti giustifichino i l’irrogazione di sanzioni pecuniarie in entrambi gli ordinamenti; e entrambi territori attività le L 173/30 ‹ IT ‹ Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee 18. 6. 98 c) le autorità garanti della richiesta provvedimenti di applicazione: convengono che concorrenza della parte loro nell’eseguire i i) devolveranno risorse svolgere indagini sulle attività anticoncorrenziali e, se del caso, adotteranno senza indugio provvedimenti di applicazione adeguati; adeguate per ii) si adopereranno il più possibile per sfruttare tutte ragionevolmente le fonti disponibili, eventualmente indicate dalle autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiedente; d’informazione comprese quelle parte queste richiedente, iii) informeranno le autorità garanti della concorrenza qualora lo della ragionevoli circa la richiedano o ad intervalli provvedimenti di dei situazione applicazione intenzioni, proprie e fornendo loro, se del caso, informazioni pertinenti di carattere riservato, previo consenso della fonte tali interessata. L’uso informazioni sono disciplinati dall’articolo V; la divulgazione di propri le circa e iv) notificheranno senza indugio alle autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiedente ogni cambiamento delle loro intenzioni riguardo alle indagini o ai provvedimenti di applicazione; di v) si adopereranno il più possibile per concludere le loro indagini e per trovare un rimedio o iniziare un procedimento entro sei mesi, a decorrere dalla decisione dei o provvedimenti di adottata dalle autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiedente, ovvero entro un termine concordato con le autorità garanti della concorrenza delle parti; applicazione, sospensione rinvio di vi) terranno pienamente informate le autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiedente circa i risultati delle loro indagini e terranno conto dell’opinione i queste prima di addivenire a qualsiasi transazione, di avviare un procedimento, di adottare misure o di concludere l’indagine, e vii) asseconderanno domanda presentata dalle autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiedente. ragionevole ogni 4. Le disposizioni del presente accordo non ostano a che le autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiedente riassumano in un momento successivo autonomi provvedimenti di applicazione precedentemente rinviati o sospesi, ovvero assumano nuovi provvedimenti di applicazione. In tal caso, le autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiedente informano senza indugio le autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiesta circa le loro intenzioni e le loro motivazioni. Se le autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiesta proseguono le loro indagini, le autorità garanti della concorrenza delle due parti coordinano, se del caso, le indagini rispettive secondo i criteri e le procedure di cui all’articolo IV dell’accordo del 1991. Articolo V Riservatezza ed uso delle informazioni Quando, a norma del presente accordo, le autorità garanti della concorrenza di una parte forniscono informazioni alle autorità garanti della concorrenza dell’altra parte ai fini dell’attuazione del presente accordo, tali informazioni vengono usate da dette autorità esclusivamente a tale scopo. Le autorità che le hanno fornite possono tuttavia consentire un uso diverso, previo consenso della fonte interessata, quando le informazioni riservate siano state comunicate a norma dell’articolo IV, paragrafo 2, lettera c) iii) con il consenso di detta fonte. La divulgazione di tali informazioni è disciplinata dall’articolo VIII dell’accordo del 1991 e dallo scambio di lettere interpretative del 31 maggio e 31 luglio 1995. Articolo VI Relazione con l’accordo del 1991 Il presente accordo completa l’accordo del 1991 e deve essere interpretato in modo coerente con le disposizioni di quest’ultimo, il quale resta integralmente in vigore. Articolo VII Diritto vigente L’interpretazione del presente accordo non può essere in contrasto con il diritto vigente delle Comunità europee o degli Stati Uniti d’America oppure dei rispettivi Stati membri o Stati, né essere tale da esigerne modificazioni. Quando le suddette condizioni sono soddisfatte, la parte richiedente che decide di non rinviare o sospendere i propri provvedimenti di applicazione informa le autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte richiesta dei motivi della propria decisione. Le autorità garanti della concorrenza della parte 3. richiedente possono rinviare o sospendere i propri provvedimenti applicazione quando non siano soddisfatte tutte le condizioni di cui al paragrafo 2. di Articolo VIII Entrata in vigore e recesso Il presente accordo entra in vigore alla data della 1. firma. 2. Esso resta in vigore fino al sessantesimo giorno successivo alla data in cui una parte notifica all’altra per iscritto che intende recedere dall’accordo. 18. 6. 98 ‹ IT ‹ Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee L 173/31 IN FEDE DI CHE, i sottoscritti plenipotenziari hanno apposto le proprie firme in calce al presente accordo. FATTO a Bruxelles e Washington, in duplice copia, in inglese. Per la Comunità europea e per la Comunità europea del carbone e dell’acciaio Data: Data: Per il governo degli Stati Uniti d’America Data: Data:


title: Regolamento (CE) n. 1170/98 della Commissione del 4 giugno 1998 relativo alle offerte comunicate nell'ambito della gara per l'esportazione di frumento tenero di cui al regolamento (CE) n. 1079/98

text: L 162/26 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:133) europee 5. 6. 98 REGOLAMENTO (CE) N. 1170/98 DELLA COMMISSIONE del 4 giugno 1998 relativo alle offerte comunicate nell’ambito della gara per l’esportazione di frumento tenero di cui al regolamento (CE) n. 1079/98 LA COMMISSIONE DELLE COMUNIT(cid:211) EUROPEE, visto il trattato che istituisce la Comunit(cid:133) europea, visto il regolamento (CEE) n. 1766/92 del Consiglio, del 30 giugno 1992, relativo all’organizzazione comune dei mercati nel settore dei cereali (1), modificato da ultimo dal regolamento (CE) n. 923/96 della Commissione (2), visto il regolamento (CE) n. 1501/95 della Commissione, del 29 giugno 1995, che stabilisce modalit(cid:133) di applica- zione del regolamento (CEE) n. 1766/92 del Consiglio, riguardo alla concessione delle restituzioni all’esporta- zione e alle misure da adottare in caso di turbative nel settore dei cereali (3), modificato da ultimo dal regola- mento (CE) n. 2052/97 (4), e in particolare l’articolo 4, considerando che una gara per la restituzione e/o la tassa all’esportazione di frumento tenero verso qualsiasi paese terzo, esclusi Ceuta, Melilla ed alcuni paesi ACP, (cid:138) stata indetta con il regolamento (CE) n. 1079/98 della Commissione (5); considerando che, conformemente all’articolo 4 del rego- lamento (CE) n. 1501/95, la Commissione pu(cid:149), in base alle offerte comunicate e secondo la procedura prevista all’articolo 23 del regolamento (CEE) n. 1766/92, decidere di non dar seguito alla gara; considerando che, tenuto conto in particolare dei criteri precisati all’articolo 1 del regolamento (CE) n. 1501/95, non (cid:138) opportuno fissare una restituzione massima o una tassa minima; considerando che le misure previste dal presente regola- mento sono conformi al parere del comitato di gestione per i cereali, HA ADOTTATO IL PRESENTE REGOLAMENTO: Articolo 1 Non (cid:138) dato seguito alle offerte comunicate dal 29 maggio al 4 giugno 1998, nell’ambito della gara per la restituzione o per la tassa all’esportazione di frumento tenero di cui al regolamento (CE) n. 1079/98. Articolo 2 Il presente regolamento entra in vigore il 5 giugno 1998. Il presente regolamento (cid:138) obbligatorio in tutti i suoi elementi e direttamente applicabile in ciascuno degli Stati membri. Fatto a Bruxelles, il 4 giugno 1998. Per la Commissione Franz FISCHLER Membro della Commissione (1) GU L 181 dell’1. 7. 1992, pag. 21. (2) GU L 126 del 24. 5. 1996, pag. 37. (3) GU L 147 del 30. 6. 1995, pag. 7. (4) GU L 287 del 21. 10. 1997, pag. 14. (5) GU L 154 del 28. 5. 1998, pag. 24