title: Reglement van orde van de Samenwerkingsraad EU-Kirgizstan van 20 juli 1999 - Reglement van orde van de Samenwerkingscomité EU-Kirgizstan

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text: 16. 9. 1999 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen L 244/51 REGLEMENT VAN ORDE VAN DE SAMENWERKINGSRAAD EU-KIRGIZSTAN van 20 juli 1999 (1999/617/EG) DE SAMENWERKINGSRAAD, Gelet op de Overeenkomst inzake partnerschap en samenwer- king tussen de Europese Gemeenschappen en hun lidstaten, enerzĳds, en de Republiek Kirgizstan, anderzĳds (1), onderte- kend in Brussel op 9 februari 1995, hierna „overeenkomst” genoemd, en met name op de artikelen 75 tot en met 79, Overwegende dat de overeenkomst op 1 juli 1999 in werking is getreden, HEEFT HET VOLGENDE REGLEMENT VAN ORDE VASTGESTELD: Artikel 1 Voorzitterschap De Samenwerkingsraad wordt beurtelings voor een periode van twaalf maanden voorgezeten door een lid van de Raad van de Europese Unie, namens de Gemeenschappen en hun lidstaten, en een lid van de regering van de Republiek Kirgizstan. De eerste periode van het voorzitterschap begint evenwel op de datum van de eerste zitting van de Samenwerkingsraad en eindigt op 31 december van hetzelfde jaar. Artikel 2 Zittingen De Samenwerkingsraad komt op gezette tĳden, eens per jaar, op ministersniveau bĳeen. Op verzoek van een der partĳen speciale zittingen van de Samenwerkingsraad kunnen er worden belegd, indien partĳen dat overeenkomen. Tenzĳ partĳen anders besluiten, wordt elke zitting van de Samenwerkingsraad op een door beide partĳen overeenge- komen datum belegd op de plaats waar de Raad van de Euro- pese Unie gewoonlĳk bĳeenkomt. De zittingen van de Samenwerkingsraad worden gezamenlĳk door de secretarissen van de Samenwerkingsraad bĳeenge- roepen. Artikel 3 Vertegenwoordiging De leden van de Samenwerkingsraad mogen, indien zĳ verhin- derd zĳn de zitting bĳ te wonen, door een plaatsvervanger worden vertegenwoordigd. Ieder lid mag normaliter worden vertegenwoordigd door het hoofd van de missie bĳ de Europese Gemeenschappen, het hoofd van de permanente vertegenwoordiging bĳ de Europese Unie, of een hoge ambtenaar. In alle andere gevallen stelt een lid dat zich wenst te doen vertegenwoordigen, de voorzitter vóór de zitting waarin het vertegenwoordigd dient te worden, in kennis van de naam van zĳn vertegenwoordiger. (1) PB L 196 van 28. 7. 1999, blz. 46. De vertegenwoordiger van een lid van de Samenwerkingsraad oefent alle rechten van dat lid uit. Artikel 4 Delegaties De leden van de Samenwerkingsraad mogen door ambtenaren worden vergezeld. Vóór iedere zitting wordt de voorzitter van de Samenwerkings- raad in kennis gesteld van de voorgenomen samenstelling en van het hoofd van de delegatie van beide partĳen. De Samenwerkingsraad kan niet-leden uitnodigen zĳn zittingen bĳ te wonen om informatie te verstrekken over bĳzondere onderwerpen. Artikel 5 Secretariaat Een ambtenaar van het secretariaat-generaal van de Raad van de Europese Unie en een ambtenaar van de missie van de Republiek Kirgizstan bĳ de Europese Gemeenschappen treden gezamenlĳk op als secretarissen van de Samenwerkingsraad. Artikel 6 Documenten Als besprekingen van de Samenwerkingsraad op schriftelĳke ondersteunende documentatie worden gebaseerd, worden de desbetreffende documenten door de beide secretarissen van een nummer voorzien en als documenten van de Samenwerkings- raad verspreid. Artikel 7 Correspondentie Alle correspondentie die voor de Samenwerkingsraad of de voorzitter van de Samenwerkingsraad is bestemd, wordt naar de twee secretarissen van de Samenwerkingsraad gezonden. De beide secretarissen zorgen ervoor dat de correspondentie aan de voorzitter van de Samenwerkingsraad wordt doorge- zonden en, in voorkomend geval, onder de andere leden van de Samenwerkingsraad wordt verspreid als documentatie zoals bedoeld in artikel 6. De te verspreiden correspondentie wordt toegezonden aan het secretariaat-generaal van de Commissie, de permanente vertegenwoordigingen van de lidstaten van de Europese Unie en de missie van de Republiek Kirgizstan bĳ de Europese Gemeenschappen. Correspondentie die uitgaat van de voorzitter van de Samen- werkingsraad wordt door de fungerende secretaris gezonden naar de geadresseerden en, in voorkomend geval, als documen- tatie zoals bedoeld in artikel 6 verspreid onder de andere leden van de Samenwerkingsraad met gebruik van de in de voor- gaande alinea bedoelde adressen. L 244/52 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen 16. 9. 1999 Artikel 8 Agenda van de zittingen 1. De secretarissen van de Samenwerkingsraad stellen voor elke zitting een voorlopige agenda op, op basis van voorstellen van de partĳen. Deze wordt door de fungerende secretaris uiterlĳk 15 dagen voor het begin van de zitting naar de in artikel 7 bedoelde geadresseerden gezonden. De voorlopige agenda omvat de punten waarvoor een van beide secretarissen uiterlĳk 21 dagen voor het begin van de zitting een verzoek tot agendering heeft ontvangen; punten kunnen echter niet op de voorlopige agenda worden geplaatst wanneer de desbetreffende documenten niet uiterlĳk op de dag van verzending van de voorlopige agenda aan de secretarissen zĳn toegezonden. De agenda wordt bĳ het begin van iedere zitting door de Samenwerkingsraad goedgekeurd. Indien de twee partĳen zulks overeenkomen, kan een punt dat niet op de voorlopige agenda staat, als agendapunt worden opgenomen. 2. Met genoemde termĳnen worden bekort wanneer dat bepaald geval noodzakelĳk is. instemming van partĳen kunnen de in lid 1 in een ling”, gevolgd door een nummer, de datum van aanneming en een beschrĳving van het onderwerp. De aanbevelingen van de Samenwerkingsraad worden door de beide secretarissen gewaarmerkt en twee authentieke afschriften worden door de delegatiehoofden van de beide partĳen onder- tekend. De aanbevelingen worden als documenten van de Samenwer- kingsraad aan elk van de in artikel 7 genoemde geadresseerden toegezonden. Artikel 11 Openbaarheid De zittingen van de Samenwerkingsraad zĳn niet openbaar, tenzĳ anders besloten wordt. Elk van beide partĳen kan besluiten tot bekendmaking van de aanbevelingen van de Samenwerkingsraad in zĳn officiële publicatieblad. Artikel 12 Talen Artikel 9 Notulen De officiële talen van de Samenwerkingsraad zĳn de officiële talen van de partĳen. Van elke zitting stellen de beide secretarissen gezamenlĳk zo spoedig mogelĳk ontwerp-notulen op. Gewoonlĳk beraadslaagt de Samenwerkingsraad op basis van in deze talen gestelde documenten. In de notulen worden in het algemeen voor ieder agendapunt de volgende gegevens vermeld: — aan de Samenwerkingsraad voorgelegde documenten; — verklaringen die een lid van de Samenwerkingsraad heeft verzocht op te nemen; — aanbevelingen, overeengekomen verklaringen en aange- nomen conclusies ten aanzien van specifieke punten. De notulen bevatten tevens een lĳst van de leden van de Samenwerkingsraad of van hun vertegenwoordigers die aan de zitting hebben deelgenomen. De ontwerp-notulen worden tĳdens de volgende zitting ter goedkeuring aan de Samenwerkingsraad voorgelegd. De ontwerp-notulen kunnen ook schriftelĳk door beide partĳen worden goedgekeurd. Wanneer de notulen eenmaal zĳn goed- gekeurd, worden daarvan twee authentieke afschriften door de beide secretarissen ondertekend en bĳ de partĳen in de archieven bewaard. Naar elk van de in artikel 7 genoemde geadresseerden wordt een afschrift van de notulen gezonden. Artikel 10 Aanbevelingen De Samenwerkingsraad doet zĳn aanbevelingen in onder- 1. linge overeenstemming tussen de partĳen. In de periode tussen twee zittingen kan de Samenwerkingsraad, indien partĳen zulks overeenkomen, via de schriftelĳke proce- dure aanbevelingen doen. Een schriftelĳke procedure bestaat in een uitwisseling van nota's tussen de beide secretarissen, die in overleg met de partĳen optreden. 2. De aanbevelingen van de Samenwerkingsraad in de zin van artikel 75 van de overeenkomst dragen de titel „aanbeve- Artikel 13 Uitgaven De Europese Gemeenschappen en de Republiek Kirgizstan nemen de uitgaven in verband met hun deelneming aan de zittingen van de Samenwerkingsraad voor eigen rekening; dit geldt zowel voor de personeelsuitgaven, de reis- en verbiĳfs- kosten, als de uitgaven voor post en telecommunicatie. De uitgaven voor de vertolking tĳdens de zittingen en de vertaling en het drukken van de documenten komen ten laste van de Europese Gemeenschappen, met uitzondering van de kosten voor vertolking of vertaling uit een van de officiële talen van de Europese Gemeenschappen in het Kirgizisch of het Russisch en van het Kirgizisch of het Russisch in een van de officiële talen van de Europese Gemeenschappen, welke voor rekening van de Republiek Kirgizstan komen. Andere uitgaven met betrekking tot de materiële organisatie van de zittingen, komen ten laste van de partĳ die gastheer is van de zitting. Artikel 14 Samenwerkingscomité 1. Hierbĳ wordt overeenkomstig artikel 77 van de overeen- komst het Samenwerkingscomité opgericht om de Samenwer- kingsraad bĳ te staan in de uitvoering van zĳn taken. Het bestaat uit vertegenwoordigers van de Commissie van de Euro- pese Gemeenschappen en vertegenwoordigers van de leden van de Raad van de Europese Unie enerzĳds, en vertegenwoordigers van de regering van de Republiek Kirgizstan anderzĳds. In beginsel zullen dit hoge ambtenaren zĳn. 16. 9. 1999 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen L 244/53 Het Samenwerkingscomité bereidt de zittingen en beraadslagingen van de Samenwerkingsraad voor, 2. ziet waar passend toe op de uitvoering van de aanbevelingen van de Samenwerkingsraad, en zorgt in algemene zin voor de continuïteit van het partnerschap en het goed functioneren van de overeenkomst. Het zal alle kwesties bespreken die door de Samenwerkingsraad worden voorgelegd, alsmede alle andere problemen die bĳ de dagelĳkse uitvoering van de overeenkomst kunnen rĳzen. Het legt voorstellen voor aanbevelingen ter goedkeuring aan de Samenwerkingsraad voor. Het reglement van orde van het Samenwerkingscomité staat in de bĳlage bĳ het onderhavige 3. reglement van orde. Gedaan te Brussel, 20 juli 1999. Voor de Samenwerkingsraad De Voorzitter L 244/54 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen 16. 9. 1999 REGLEMENT VAN ORDE VAN HET SAMENWERKINGSCOMITÉ EU-KIRGIZSTAN BĲLAGE Artikel 1 Voorzitterschap Artikel 6 Agenda van de vergaderingen Het Samenwerkingscomité wordt beurtelings voor een periode van twaalf maanden voorgezeten door een vertegenwoordiger van de Commissie van de Europese Gemeenschappen, namens de Gemeenschappen en hun lidstaten, en een vertegenwoor- diger van de regering van de Republiek Kirgizstan. De eerste periode van het voorzitterschap begint op de datum van de eerste zitting van de Samenwerkingsraad en eindigt op 31 december van hetzelfde jaar. Gedurende die periode en gedu- rende iedere periode van twaalf maanden daarna wordt het Samenwerkingscomité voorgezeten door de partĳ die het voor- zitterschap van de Samenwerkingsraad bekleedt. Artikel 2 Vergaderingen Het Samenwerkingscomité komt eens per jaar bĳeen en, in overleg tussen de partĳen, wanneer de omstandigheden dat vereisen. Elke vergadering van het Samenwerkingscomité wordt belegd op een tĳdstip en op een plaats die door partĳen zĳn overeen- gekomen. De vergaderingen van het Samenwerkingscomité worden geza- menlĳk door de beide secretarissen bĳeengeroepen. Artikel 3 Delegaties Vóór elke vergadering wordt de voorzitter van het Samenwer- kingscomité in kennis gesteld van de voorgenomen samenstel- ling en het hoofd van de delegaties van partĳen. Artikel 4 Secretariaat Een ambtenaar van de Commissie van de Europese Gemeen- schappen en een ambtenaar van de regering van de Republiek Kirgizstan treden gezamenlĳk op als secretarissen van het Samenwerkingscomité. Alle in deze bĳlage bedoelde correspondentie bestemd voor en afkomstig van de voorzitter van het Samenwerkingscomité wordt naar de secretarissen van het Samenwerkingscomité, naar de secretarissen en de voorzitter van de Samenwerkings- raad en, indien nodig, naar de leden van het Samenwerkingsco- mité gezonden. Artikel 5 Openbaarheid De vergaderingen van het Samenwerkingscomité zĳn niet openbaar, tenzĳ anders besloten wordt. 1. Voor elke vergadering wordt door de secretarissen van het Samenwerkingscomité een voorlopige agenda opgesteld. Deze wordt uiterlĳk 15 dagen voor het begin van de vergade- ring naar de voorzitter en secretarissen van de Samenwerkings- raad en de leden van het Samenwerkingscomité gezonden. De voorlopige agenda omvat de punten waarvoor de voorzitter uiterlĳk 21 dagen voor het begin van de vergadering een verzoek tot agendering heeft ontvangen; punten kunnen echter niet op de voorlopige agenda worden geplaatst wanneer de desbetreffende documenten niet uiterlĳk op de dag van verzen- ding van de voorlopige agenda aan de secretarissen zĳn toege- zonden. De agenda wordt aan het begin van elke vergadering door het Samenwerkingscomité goedgekeurd. Indien partĳen zulks over- eenkomen, kan een punt dat niet op de voorlopige agenda staat als agendapunt worden opgenomen. 2. Met genoemde termĳnen worden bekort wanneer dat bepaald geval noodzakelĳk is. instemming van partĳen kunnen de in lid 1 in een 3. Het Samenwerkingscomité kan deskundigen verzoeken zĳn vergaderingen bĳ te wonen om informatie te verstrekken over specifieke onderwerpen. Artikel 7 Notulen Van elke vergadering worden notulen opgesteld, aan de hand van een samenvatting door de voorzitter van de door het Samenwerkingscomité bereikte conclusies. Na goedkeuring door het Samenwerkingscomité worden de notulen door de voorzitter en de secretarissen ondertekend en bĳ beide partĳen in de archieven bewaard. Een afschrift van de notulen wordt gezonden naar de voorzitter en de secretarissen van de Samenwerkingsraad en de leden van het Samenwer- kingscomité. Artikel 8 Aanbevelingen Het Samenwerkingscomité doet geen aanbevelingen, behalve in de specifieke gevallen waarin het daartoe uit hoofde van artikel 77, lid 2, van de overeenkomst door de Samenwerkingsraad wordt gemachtigd. In dergelĳke gevallen dragen deze besluiten de titel „aanbeveling”, gevolgd door een nummer, de datum van aanneming en de beschrĳving van het onderwerp. Aanbeve- lingen worden in onderlinge overeenstemming tussen de partĳen gedaan. 16. 9. 1999 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen L 244/55 Aanbevelingen van het Samenwerkingscomité worden naar de voorzitter en de secretarissen van de Samenwerkingsraad en de leden van het Samenwerkingscomité gezonden. Elke partĳ kan besluiten de aanbevelingen van het Samenwerkingscomité in haar officiële publicatie bekend te maken. De aanbevelingen van het Samenwerkingscomité worden door de voorzitter en de secretarissen ondertekend. officiële talen van de Europese Gemeenschappen in het Kirgi- zisch en het Russisch en uit het Kirgizisch en het Russisch in een van de officiële talen van de Europese Gemeenschappen, welke voor rekening van de Republiek Kirgizstan komen. Andere uitgaven met betrekking tot de materiële organisatie van de vergaderingen, komen ten laste van de partĳ die gast- heer is van de vergadering. Artikel 9 Uitgaven De Europese Gemeenschappen en de Republiek Kirgizstan nemen de uitgaven in verband met hun deelneming aan de vergaderingen van het Samenwerkingscomité en van de subco- mités en groepen daarvan voor eigen rekening; dit geldt zowel voor de personeelsuitgaven, de reis- en verblĳfskosten, als de uitgaven voor post en telecommunicatie. De uitgaven voor de vertolking tĳdens de vergaderingen en voor de vertaling en het drukken van de documenten komen ten laste van de Europese Gemeenschappen, met uitzondering van de kosten voor vertolking of vertaling uit een van de Artikel 10 Subcomités Het Samenwerkingscomité kan subcomités instellen en de opdrachten daarvoor omschrĳven. Deze worden geacht onder het gezag van het Samenwerkingscomité te werken, waaraan zĳ na elke vergadering verslag uitbrengen. Subcomités doen geen aanbevelingen. Het Samenwerkingscomité kan de opdracht van elk van de subcomités wĳzigen of andere subcomités oprichten om het bĳ te staan in de uitvoering van zĳn taken


title: Rules of procedure of the EU-Kyrgyzstan Cooperation Council of 20 July 1999 - Rules of procedure of the EU-Kyrgyzstan Cooperation Committee

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text: 16. 9. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 244/51 RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE EU-KYRGYZSTAN COOPERATION COUNCIL of 20 July 1999 (1999/617/EC) THE COOPERATION COUNCIL, Having regard to the Agreement on Partnership and Co- operation between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part (1), signed in Brussels on 9 February 1995, herein- after referred to as Agreement and in particular Articles 75 to 79 thereof, Whereas that Agreement entered into force on 1 July 1999, HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING RULES OF PROCEDURE: Article 1 Presidency The Cooperation Council shall be presided over alternately for periods of twelve months by a member of the Council of the the Communities and its European Union, on behalf of Member States, and a member of the the Government of Kyrgyz Republic. However, the first period of the Presidency shall begin on the date of the first Council meeting and end on 31 December of the same year. Article 2 Meetings The Cooperation Council shall meet regularly at ministerial level once a year. At the request of either Party, special sessions of the Council may be held if the Parties so agree. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, each session of the Cooperation Council shall be held at the usual venue for meet- ings of the Council of the European Union at a date agreed by both Parties. The meetings of the Cooperation Council are jointly convened by the Secretaries of the Cooperation Council. Article 3 Representation The members of the Cooperation Council may be represented if they are prevented from attending. Each member may normally be represented by the Head of Mission to the European Communities or the Permanent Representation to the European Union or a senior official. In all other cases, a member wishing to be represented shall notify the Chairman of the name of his representative before the meeting at which he is to be so represented. (1) OJ L 196, 28. 7. 1999, p. 46. The representative of a member of the Cooperation Council shall exercise all the rights of that member. Article 4 Delegations The members of the Cooperation Council may be accompanied by officials. Before each meeting, the Chairman of the Cooperation Council shall be informed of the intended composition and of the Head of the Delegation of each Party. The Cooperation Council may invite non-members to attend its meetings to provide information on particular subjects. in order Article 5 Secretariat An official of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and an official of the Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the European Communities shall act jointly as Secretaries of the Cooperation Council. Article 6 Documents When the deliberations of the Cooperation Council are based on written supporting documents, such documents shall be numbered and circulated as documents of the Cooperation Council by the two Secretaries. Article 7 Correspondence All correspondence addressed to the Cooperation Council or to the Chairman of the Council shall be forwarded to both Secre- taries of the Cooperation Council. The two Secretaries shall ensure that correspondence is forwarded to the Chairman of the Cooperation Council and, where appropriate, circulated as documents referred to in Article 6 to other members of the Commission Council. Cor- respondence circulated shall be sent to the General Secretariat of the Commission, the Permanent Representations of the EU Member States and the Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the European Communities. Correspondence from the Chairman of the Cooperation Council shall be sent to the recipients by the respective Secre- tary and, where appropriate, circulated as documents referred to in Article 6 to the other members of the Cooperation Council at the addresses indicated in the preceding paragraph. L 244/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 9. 1999 Article 8 Agenda for the meetings 1. A provisional agenda for each meeting shall be drawn up by the Secretaries of the Cooperation Council on the basis of suggestions by the Parties. It shall be forwarded by the corres- ponding secretary to the addressees referred to in Article 7 not later than 15 days before the beginning of the meeting. The provisional agenda shall include the items in respect of which a request for inclusion in the agenda has been received by either of the two Secretaries not later than 21 days before the beginning of the meeting, save that items shall not be written into the provisional agenda unless the supporting docu- mentation has been forwarded to the Secretaries not later than the date of dispatch of the provisional agenda. The agenda shall be adopted by the Cooperation Council at the beginning of each meeting. An item other than those appearing on the provisional agenda may be placed on the agenda if the two Parties so agree. 2. In agreement with the Parties, the time limits specified in paragraph 1 may be shortened in order to take account of the requirements of a particular case. Article 9 Minutes The recommendations of the Cooperation Council within 2. the meaning of Article 75 of the Agreement shall be entitled ‘recommendation’, followed by a serial number, by the date of their adoption and by a description of their subject. The recommendations of the Cooperation Council shall be authenticated by the two Secretaries and two authentic copies signed by Heads of delegation of the two Parties. Recommendations shall be forwarded to each of the addressees referred to in Article 7 above as documents of the Cooperation Council. Article 11 Publicity Unless otherwise decided, the meetings of the Cooperation Council shall not be public. Each Party may decide on the publication of the recommenda- tions of the Cooperation Council in its respective official publi- cation. Article 12 Languages The official languages of the Cooperation Council shall be the official languages of the Parties. Draft minutes of each meeting shall be drawn up as soon as possible jointly by the two Secretaries. The Cooperation Council shall normally base its deliberations on documentation prepared in these languages. The minutes shall, as a general rule, indicate in respect of each item on the agenda — the documentation submitted to the Cooperation Council; — statements the entry of which has been requested by a member of the Cooperation Council; — the recommendations made, the statements agreed upon and the conclusions adopted on specific items. the The minutes shall also include a list of members of Cooperation Council or their representatives who participed at the meeting. The draft minutes shall be submitted to the Cooperation Council for approval at its next meeting. The draft minutes also can be agreed in writing by both Parties. When approved, two authentic copies of the minutes shall be signed by the two Secretaries and be filed by the Parties. A copy of the minutes shall be forwarded to each of the addressees referred to in Article 7. Article 13 Expenses The European Communities and the Kyrgyz Republic shall each defray the expenses they incur by reason of their participation in the meetings of the Cooperation Council, both with regard to staff, travel and subsistence expenditure and to postal and telecommunications expenditure. Expenditure in connection with interpretation at meetings, translation and reproduction of documents shall be borne by the European Communities, with the exception of expenditure in connection with interpretation or translation from one of the languages of the European Communities into Kyrgyz or Russian, which shall be borne by the Kyrgyz Republic. Other expenditure relating to the material organisation of meetings shall be borne by the Party which hosts the meetings. Article 10 Recommendations Article 14 Committee The Cooperation Council shall make its recommenda- 1. tions by common agreement between the Parties. During the inter-sessional period, the Cooperation Council may make recommendations by written procedure if both Parties so agree. A written procedure consists of an exchange of notes between the two Secretaries, acting in agreement with the Parties. 1. The Cooperation Committee is hereby established in accordance with Article 77 of the Agreement in order to assist the Cooperation Council in carrying out its duties. It shall be composed of representatives of the Commission of the Euro- pean Communities and of representatives of the members of the Council of the European Union on the one hand, and of representatives of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on the other, normally at senior civil servant level. 16. 9. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 244/53 The Cooperation Committee shall prepare the meetings and the deliberations of the Cooperation 2. Council, monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the Cooperation Council where appro- priate and, in general, ensure continuity of the Partnership and the proper functioning of the Agreement. It shall consider any matter referred to it by the Cooperation Council as well as any other matter which may arise in the course of the day-to-day implementation of the Agreement. It shall submit any proposals of recommendations for adoption to the Cooperation Council. The rules of procedure of the Cooperation Committee are attached as Annex to the present rules of 3. procedure. Done at Brussels, 20 July 1999. For the Cooperation Council The President L 244/54 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 9. 1999 RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE EU-KYRGYZSTAN COOPERATION COMMITTEE ANNEX Article 1 Presidency Article 6 Agenda for the meetings The Cooperation Committee shall be presided over alternately for periods of 12 months by a representative of the Commis- sion of the European Communities, on behalf of the Communi- ties and their Member States, and a representative of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. The first period of the Presidency shall begin on the date of the first Cooperation Council meeting and end on 31 December of the same year. For that period and thereafter for each 12 months period, the Cooperation Committee shall be chaired by the Party which holds the Presidency of the Cooperation Council. Article 2 Meetings The Cooperation Committee shall meet once a year and when circumstances require with the agreement of the Parties. Each meeting of the Cooperation Committee shall be held at a time and place agreed by the Parties. The meetings of convened by both Secretaries. the Cooperation Committee are jointly 1. A provisional agenda for each meeting shall be drawn up by the Secretaries of the Cooperation Committee. It shall be forwarded to the Chairman and Secretaries of the Cooperation Council as well as to the members of the Cooperation Committee not later than fifteen days before the beginning of the meeting. The provisional agenda shall include the items in respect of which the Chairman has received a request for inclusion in the agenda not later than twenty-one days before the beginning of the meeting, save that items shall not be written into the provisional agenda unless the supporting documentation has been forwarded to the Secretaries not later than the date of dispatch of the provisional agenda. The agenda shall be adopted by the Cooperation Committee at the beginning of each meeting. An item other than those appearing on the provisional agenda may be placed on the agenda if the two Parties so agree. 2. In agreement with the Parties the time limits specified in paragraph 1 may be shortened in order to take account of the requirements of a particular case. Article 3 Delegations The Cooperation Committee may ask experts to attend its to provide information on particular in order 3. meetings subjects. Before each meeting, the Cooperation Committee shall be informed of the intended composition and the Head of the Delegation of each Party. the Chairman of Article 7 Minutes Article 4 Secretariat An official of the Commission of the European Communities and an official of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic shall act jointly as Secretaries of the Cooperation Committee. All correspondence to and from the Chairman of the Coopera- tion Committee provided for in this Annex shall be forwarded to the Secretaries of the Cooperation Committee and to the Secretaries and the Chairman of the Cooperation Council and where appropriate, the Cooperation Committee. to the members of Article 5 Publicity Unless otherwise decided, the meetings of the Cooperation Committee shall not be public. Minutes shall be taken for each meeting and shall be based on a summing up by the Chairman of the conclusions arrived at by the Cooperation Committee. Upon adoption by the Cooperation Committee, the minutes shall be signed by the Chairman and by the Secretaries and filed by each of the Parties. A copy of the minutes shall be forwarded to the Chairman and Secretaries of the Cooperation Council and to the members of the Cooperation Committee. Article 8 Recommendations The Cooperation Committee shall not make recommendations except in the specific cases where it is empowered by the Cooperation Council under Article 77(2) of the Agreement. In such cases, these acts shall be entitled ‘recommendation’, followed by a serial number, by the date of their adoption and by description of their subject. Recommendations shall be made by common agreement between the Parties. 16. 9. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 244/55 the Cooperation Committee shall be Recommendations of forwarded to the Chairman and Secretaries of the Cooperation Council and to the members of the Cooperation Committee. Each Party may decide on the publication of the recommenda- tions of the Cooperation Committee in its respective official publication. Expenditure in connection with interpreting at meetings, trans- lation and reproduction of documents shall be borne by the European Communities, with the exception of expenditure in connection with interpretation or translation from one of the languages of into Kyrgyz or the European Communities Russian, which shall be borne by the Kyrgyz Republic. The recommendations of the Cooperation Committee shall be signed by the Chairman and the Secretaries. Other expenditure relating to the material organisation of meetings shall be borne by the Party which hosts the meetings. Article 9 Expenses The European Communities and the Kyrgyz Republic shall each defray the expenses they incur by reason of their participation in the meetings of the Cooperation Committee and of its subcommittees and working groups, both with regard to staff, travel and subsistence expenditure and to postal and telecom- munications expenditure. Article 10 Subcommittees The Cooperation Committee may establish subcommittees and define their terms of reference. They shall be considered to work under the authority of the Cooperation Committee, to which they shall report after each one of their meetings. Subcommittees shall not make recommendations. The Cooperation Committee may modify the terms of refer- ence of any subcommittees or set up further subcommittees to assist it in carrying out its duties


title: Komission asetus (EY) N:o 1579/1999, annettu 20 päivänä heinäkuuta 1999, tuonnin kiinteistä arvoista tiettyjen hedelmien ja vihannesten tulohinnan määrittämiseksi

eurovoc_concepts:
agri-monetary policy
citrus fruit
fruit vegetable
import price
pip fruit
stone fruit

formats: pdf print

text: L 188/4 FI Euroopan yhteisöjen virallinen lehti 21. 7. 1999 I (Säädökset, jotka on julkaistava) KOMISSION ASETUS (EY) N:o 1579/1999, annettu 20 päivänä heinäkuuta 1999, tuonnin kiinteistä arvoista tiettyjen hedelmien ja vihannesten tulohinnan määrittämiseksi EUROOPAN YHTEISÖJEN KOMISSIO, joka ottaa huomioon Euroopan yhteisön perustamissopimuksen, 2) edellä mainittujen perusteiden mukaisesti tuonnin kiin- teät arvot on vahvistettava tämän asetuksen liitteessä esitetylle tasolle, koskevista ottaa huomioon hedelmien ja vihannesten tuontĳärjestelmän soveltamista säännöistä 21 päivänä joulukuuta 1994 annetun komission asetuksen (EY) N:o 3223/94 (1), sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muutettuna asetuksella (EY) N:o 1498/98 (2), ja erityisesti sen 4 artiklan 1 kohdan, yksityiskohtaisista ON ANTANUT TÄMÄN ASETUKSEN: 1 artikla sekä katsoo, että 1) asetuksessa (EY) N:o 3223/94 säädetään Uruguayn kier- roksen monenvälisten kauppaneuvottelujen tulosten mukaisesti komission vahvistamista kolmansien maiden tuonnin kiinteiden arvojen perusteista liitteissä määritel- tävien tuotteiden ja ajanjaksojen osalta, ja Asetuksen (EY) N:o 3223/94 4 artiklassa tarkoitetut tuonnin kiinteät arvot vahvistetaan liitteessä olevassa taulukossa merki- tyllä tavalla. 2 artikla Tämä asetus tulee voimaan 21 päivänä heinäkuuta 1999. Tämä asetus on kaikilta osiltaan velvoittava, ja sitä sovelletaan sellaisenaan kaikissa jäsenval- tioissa. Tehty Brysselissä 20 päivänä heinäkuuta 1999. Komission puolesta Franz FISCHLER Komission jäsen (1) EYVL L 337, 24. 12. 1994, s. 66. (2) EYVL L 198, 15. 7. 1998, s. 4. 21. 7. 1999 FI Euroopan yhteisöjen virallinen lehti L 188/5 LIITE tuonnin kiinteistä arvoista annettu 20 päivänä heinäkuuta 1999, komission asetukseen vihannesten hedelmien tiettyjen ja tulohinnan määrittämiseksi CN-koodi 0709 90 70 0805 30 10 0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 0808 20 50 0809 10 00 0809 20 95 0809 40 05 Kolmannen maan koodi (1) Tuonnin kiinteä arvo (EUR/100 kg) 052 999 382 388 524 528 999 388 400 508 512 524 528 804 999 388 512 528 804 999 052 064 091 999 052 400 616 999 052 064 624 999 47,6 47,6 54,7 55,2 62,7 55,1 56,9 82,2 58,1 81,4 74,5 55,7 71,8 99,8 74,8 89,9 78,6 69,0 72,3 77,5 152,4 75,6 51,0 93,0 179,4 198,3 204,1 193,9 76,0 84,4 219,1 126,5 (1) Komission asetuksessa (EY) N:o 2317/97 (EYVL L 321, 22. 11. 1997, s. 19) vahvistettu maanimikkeistö. Koodi ”999” tarkoittaa ”muuta alkuperää”


title: Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 1598/1999 af 20. juli 1999 om fastsættelse af, i hvilket omfang der kan accepteres ansøgninger indgivet i juli 1999 om importlicenser for kød i forbindelse med de toldkontingenter for oksekød, der i forordning (EF) nr. 1279/98 er fastsat for Republikken Polen, Republikken Ungarn, Den Tjekkiske Republik, Den Slovakiske Republik, Republikken Bulgarien og Rumænien

eurovoc_concepts:
Central and Eastern Europe
beef
import licence
tariff quota

text: 21. 7. 1999 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende L 188/51 KOMMISSIONENS FORORDNING (EF) Nr. 1598/1999 af 20. juli 1999 i hvilket omfang der kan accepteres ansøgninger indgivet i om fastsættelse af, juli 1999 om importlicenser for kød i forbindelse med de toldkontingenter for oksekød, der i forordning (EF) nr. 1279/98 er fastsat for Republikken Polen, Republikken Ungarn, Den Tjekkiske Republik, Den Slovakiske Republik, Republikken Bulgarien og Rumænien KOMMISSIONEN FOR DE EUROPÆISKE FÆLLESSKABER HAR — seks berørte lande for den anden periode, dvs. perioden 1. oktober til 31. december 1999 — under henvisning til traktaten om oprettelse af Det Europæiske Fællesskab, UDSTEDT FØLGENDE FORORDNING: under henvisning til Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 1279/ 98 af 19. juni 1998 om gennemførelsesbestemmelser for de toldkontingenter for oksekød, som ved Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 3066/98 er fastsat for Republikken Polen, Republikken Ungarn, Den Tjekkiske Republik, Den Slovakiske Republik, Republikken Bulgarien og Rumænien (1), særlig artikel 4, stk. 4, og ud fra følgende betragtninger: (1) (2) I artikel 1 og 2 i forordning (EF) nr. 1279/98 er det fastsat, hvor store mængder fersk, kølet eller frosset oksekød med oprindelse i Polen, Ungarn, Tjekkiet, for Polens Slovakiet, Bulgarien og Rumænien samt i vedkommende en tilsvarende mængde kød udtrykt forarbejdede produkter, der kan indføres på vægt af særlige betingelser til 30. for perioden fra 1. september 1999; der er ansøgt om importlicenser for større mængder fersk, kølet eller frosset oksekød med oprindelse i Rumænien og Tjekkiet, end at alle ansøg- ninger kan imødekommes fuldt ud; ansøgningerne om oksekød med oprindelse i Polen og Ungarn og forar- bejdet kød med oprindelse i Polen skal nedsættes proportionalt efter artikel 4, stk. 4, i nævnte forordning; juli hvis der i kontingentperioden ansøges om importli- censer for første, anden eller tredje periode, som fastsat i foregående betragtning for mindre mængder end de disponible mængder, lægges de overskydende mængder til de disponible mængder for den følgende periode, jf. artikel 2 i forordning (EF) nr. 1279/98; i betragtning af de resterende mængder fra den første periode bør det fastlægges, hvor store mængder der er til rådighed for de Artikel 1 1. Hver importlicensansøgning, der er indgivet for perioden fra 1. juli til 30. september 1999 i forbindelse med de kontin- genter, der er omhandlet i forordning (EF) nr. 1279/98, imøde- kommes i følgende omfang: a) 96,2623 % af de ønskede mængder produkter henhørende under KN-kode 0201 og 0202 med oprindelse i Ungarn b) 100 % af de ønskede mængder produkter henhørende under KN-kode 0201 og 0202 med oprindelse i Rumænien og Tjekkiet c) 1,3694 % af de ønskede mængder produkter henhørende under KN-kode 0201, 0202, 1602 50 31 og 1602 50 39 med oprindelse i Polen. 2. De mængder, der er disponible for den i artikel 2 i forordning (EF) nr. 1279/98 omhandlede periode fra 1. oktober til 31. december 1999, udgør: a) oksekød henhørende under KN-kode 0201 og 0202: — 2 730 tons kød med oprindelse i Ungarn — 1 039 tons kød med oprindelse i Tjekkiet — 840 tons kød med oprindelse i Slovakiet — 120 tons kød med oprindelse i Bulgarien — 884 tons kød med oprindelse i Rumænien b) 2 880 tons oksekød under KN-kode 0201 og 0202 med oprindelse forarbejdede i Polen eller 1 345,79 tons produkter under KN-kode 1602 50 31 eller 1602 50 39 med oprindelse i Polen. Artikel 2 (1) EFT L 176 af 20. 6. 1998, s. 12. Denne forordning træder i kraft den 21. juli 1999. L 188/52 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende 21. 7. 1999 Denne medlemsstat. forordning er bindende i alle enkeltheder og gælder umiddelbart i hver Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 20. juli 1999. På Kommissionens vegne Franz FISCHLER Medlem af Kommissionen


title: 2000/75/EC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1999 on State Aid granted by Germany to SKET Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH (notified under document number C(1999) 2538) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the German version is authentic)

eurovoc_concepts:
Germany
State aid
aid for restructuring
industrial restructuring
production aid
working capital

text: 4. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 30/25 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 July 1999 on State Aid granted by Germany to SKET Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH (notified under document number C(1999) 2538) (Only the German version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/75/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) thereof, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, the Industriebeteiligungen GbR) had withdrawn from the restructuring plan at end of 1995, and the Commission had been notified of a new plan with additional aid measures. The new plan envisaged, inter alia, setting up several successor companies to operate the profitable parts of SKET SMM which could be salvaged from the bankrupt company. SKET MAB was one of these successor companies. on called interested Having their comments (1) pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty and Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (2), submit parties to Whereas: I (1) SKET Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH ((cid:145)SKET MAB(cid:146)) is an economic successor to SKET Schwermaschinenbau Magdeburg GmbH, Magdeburg ((cid:145)SKET SMM(cid:146)). On 15 March 1995 the Commission decided to initiate the formal investigation procedure in respect of State Aid granted to SKET SMM (3). The proceedings also concerned SKET SMM subsidiaries Entstaubungstechnik Magdeburg and Drahtziehmaschinenwerk Gr(cid:252)na GmbH, Chemnitz ((cid:145)DZM(cid:146)). SKET SMM had received the aid in question before, and in the course of, its privatisation and restructuring. Prior to that, SKET SMM had already been granted aid to which the Commission had not objected (NN 46/93 and NN 95/93). The proceedings were given the number C 16/95. Magdeburg GmbH, ((cid:145)ETM(cid:146)) (2) On 30 July 1996 the Commission decided to extend the C 16/95 proceedings to include the State Aid paid since the date of the initiation decision and not covered by that decision (4). The investors (Oestmann & Borchert (1) OJ C 79, 14. 3. 1998, p. 4. (2) OJ L 83, 27. 3. 1999, p. 1. (3) OJ C 215, 19. 8. 1995, p. 8; OJ C 298, 9. 10. 1996, p. 2. (4) OJ C 298, 9. 10. 1996, p. 2. (3) proceedings In October 1996 SKET SMM was forced to file for (insolvency Gesamtvollstreckungsverfahren proceedings in the new L(cid:228)nder). The plan which had formed the subject of the initial decision of 30 July had not restored SKET SMM to viability. On 26 June 1997 the Commission adopted the negative final Decision 97/765/EC (5) with regard to the aid for SKET SMM. The insolvency proceedings did not apply to the two subsidiaries ETM and DZM, which were transferred to the Bundesanstalt f(cid:252)r vereinigungsbedingte Sonderaufgaben ((cid:145)BvS(cid:146) (cid:151) the Federal Office for Special Unification- related Tasks). Decision 97/765/EC terminated case C 16/95 only in respect of that part of SKET SMM which was covered by the insolvency proceedings. The case was therefore split into three separate parts as follows: C 16A/95 for SKET SMM, C 16B/95 for ETM and C 16C/95 for DZM. (4) To reflect the new reality that SKET SMM’s successor companies were taking independent courses of action, each of them was allocated a different case number. SKET MAB was given the number NN 122/97. This decision relates only to SKET MAB. (5) On 21 October 1997 the Commission decided to initiate the Article 88(2) procedure in respect of aid granted to SKET MAB, and the file was given the number C 69/97. By letter dated 10 November (SG(97) D9269) the Commission advised the German authorities of its decision. The letter was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 14 March 1998 (6). Although interested parties were invited to submit comments, none were received. (5) OJ L 314, 8. 11. 1997, p. 20. (6) OJ C 79, 14. 3. 1998, p. 4. (6) (7) (8) L 30/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 2. 2000 took By letter dated 2 April 1998 (registered as received by the German the Commission on the same date), authorities advised the Commission that SKET MAB had been privatised and provided some details of the privatisation. By letter dated 25 May (registered as the received by the Commission on the same date), German authorities replied to the Commission’s letter of 11 May and provided additional details on SKET MAB’s privatisation. The Commission sent final questions on 29 October together with an information injunction. A between meeting representatives of the Federal Government, the investors and the Commission to discuss the proposed answers. It emerged from this meeting that the description of the restructuring plan submitted by the German authorities did not tally with the plan approved by the investors. By letter dated 28 January 1999 (registered as received by the Commission on 29 January), the German Government submitted a redrafted restructuring plan. The German authorities submitted further information on the Commission on 5 February) and 16 April (registered as received by the Commission on 19 April). 14 December (registered February received place on by as 1 SKET MuV GmbH began. The five salvaged businesses are: (cid:151) SKET MAB, (cid:151) SKET Walzwerkstechnik GmbH (8), (cid:151) SKET (cid:214)lsaatentechnik GmbH (later renamed Cimbria SKET GmbH) (9), (cid:151) SKET Maschinenbau-EDV GmbH (10), (cid:151) SKET Verseilmaschinenbau GmbH (11). (9) In addition to the above there are two subsidiaries, ETM (12) and DZM (13), which were transferred to the BvS before instituted against SKET SMM. insolvency proceedings were II III the economic SKET MAB’s problems derive from the nature of SKET SMM, from which it emerged. SKET SMM was a conglomerate designed to operate in a centralised command economy. Attempts to privatise it as a single company when environment was transformed into a competitive market were hampered by its cumbersome, fragmented organisational structure. Restructuring of the conglomerate in its entirety began early on but had not been completed when the Commission reached its negative decision on the various aid schemes for SKET SMM notified in 1994. The also concerned the potentially profitable measures components of the conglomerate, including the heavy machinery manufacturing operation. By the time SKET SMM filed for insolvency proceedings in October 1996, the German authorities had modified their original the potentially strategy and had resolved to extract from the conglomerate and to profitable activities continue operating autonomous smaller, them as economic units. of the restructuring ((cid:145)SKET MuV(cid:146)), preparation In order to achieve this, the BvS set up a commercially inactive coordinating company, SKET Management- und Vertriebsgesellschaft GmbH (7) to for supervise privatisation autonomous companies, also owned by the BvS. All were small- or medium-sized enterprises. SKET MuV, acting on the instructions of the BvS, was entrusted with finding investors and negotiating the privatisation of the five salvaged companies. The last of the five companies was privatised in April 1998 and the process of dismantling and commercially five (7) State aid NN 67/97. (10) (11) SKET MAB is based in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1997 it employed some 115 persons, had a turnover of DEM 39 million and a balance sheet total of DEM 54 million. It manufactures heavy machinery of all types to order. Under the proposed restructuring plan it will gain additional downstream operations relating to wind turbine production. SKET MAB was registered as a company in the Magdeburg trade register on 8 November 1996 with a share capital of DEM 50 000. The BvS was the sole shareholder. On 22 November SKET MAB entered into an agreement with the liquidator of SKET SMM to take over that company’s machinery and plant. (12) Under the privatisation contract of January 1998 two investors, the Enercon Group, acting through Aloys Wobben, and the LMB Group, acting through Heinz Buse, each acquired 50 % of the shares in SKET MAB. (13) The Enercon Group is a business group comprising companies owned by Aloys Wobben, in particular Enercon GmbH, a company based in Lower Saxony, (8) State aid C 70/97. (9) Aid to this firm was approved by the Commission in April 1999 (Case NN 125/97). (10) Aid to this firm was approved by the Commission in May 1998 (Case NN 126/97). (11) Aid to this firm was approved by the Commission in November 1998 (Case C 72/97). (12) State aid C 16B/95. (13) Aid to this firm was approved by the Commission in May 1998 (Case C 16C/95). 4. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 30/27 Germany, as well as associated companies. The group and installs wind turbines develops, manufactures worldwide. The Enercon Group is not a SME; in December 1998 it had 1 200 employees and its 1997 turnover amounted to DEM 396 million. Enercon has leader in the wind turbine become a world market market and has the largest market share in Germany. (14) The LMB Group is a business group comprising companies owned by Heinz Buse, in particular Logauer Maschinenbau GmbH and associated companies. Heinz Buse is the majority shareholder in Logauer Maschinenbau GmbH, a company based in Lower Saxony, Germany. purpose the same market as SKET MAB) and machinery (i. e. supplies for wind the Enercon Group with parts turbines. It is not a SME. In 1997 it had a turnover of DEM 88 million. produces general (75 %) It (18) IV (15) On 16 January 1998 a contract was concluded for the sale of shares in SKET MAB between the BvS as vendor and Aloys Wobben and Heinz Buse as purchasers. The sale took the form of an open invitation to tender. After a list of investors had been drawn up by the West Merchant Bank and the privatisation notice had been published in the press, documentation was sent to 44 potential investors. Of those, only eight applied. The investors’ bid was the best submitted. (16) The purchase price of DEM 1 was paid to the BvS. The investors took over a bank guarantee of DEM 5 million from the BvS. The contract featured penalty clauses concerning the number of employees at SKET MAB and the site location. The contract also contained restrictions on profit withdrawals from SKET MAB by the buyers. The Enercon Group also agreed to include two new units in SKET MAB. Although these units were to have a distinct legal status, they would form an integral part of SKET MAB’s operations. (19) V (17) One of the problems faced by the unit which was eventually to become the legally distinct SKET MAB its large integration into a company was and cumbersome conglomerate, SKET SMM, which was designed to operate in a centrally planned economy. This was reflected in SKET SMM’s internal business infrastructure. organisation as well as in its physical into Because it also took social policy objectives account, SKET SMM was grossly overstaffed from a market economy perspective. the unit which was eventually to become SKET MAB suffered from general neglect and underinvestment. Externally, SKET SMM’s integration into and dependency on other centrally planned economies meant that SKET SMM and then SKET MAB sales were disrupted when those economies were subsequently transformed into market economies, with turnover suffering as a result. In addition, but also entity, SKET MAB, the above, one of In view of the key steps in the restructuring involved identifying the core, profitable activity of heavy machinery manufacturing within SKET from the old operation SMM and then extracting it together with the relevant assets and re-establishing it as a going concern. This entailed not only creating a new legal eliminating dependency on other SKET operations, so that future relations between SKET SMM’s successor companies would be based on market principles. It also meant creating separate physical infrastructure for SKET MAB and concentrating activities on the smallest site required. The workforce also needed to be reduced. In addition, various measures had to be undertaken to remedy underinvestment. to preserve the goodwill associated with the SKET name in the traditional sales areas, awarded previously to SKET SMM had to be honoured. At the same time, a new customer base had to be developed for SKET MAB. Following privatisation in the Enercon and LMB Groups, the final phase of the restructuring saw SKET MAB established as a commercial joint venture of its parent companies. certain heavy machinery contracts In order to up and two new setting relation produces the wind-turbine market. SKET’s economic integration into the Enercon Group involved operations: Rotorblattfertigung GmbH ((cid:145)Roma(cid:146)), which makes wind turbine rotors, and Generatorenfertigung und Assembly GmbH ((cid:145)Gema(cid:146)), which assembles generators. These will enhance SKET MAB’s traditional operations by providing it with downstream capabilities These in capabilities do not involve an expansion of SKET MAB’s capacity. Although forming an integral part of SKET MAB in economic terms, these new operations have been given a distinct legal personality for reasons of product liability and protection of industrial know-how. The operations are physically so integrated into SKET MAB’s production process that it would be difficult for them to be sourced from third parties. The Enercon Group provided training in order to familiarise SKET MAB personnel with the new operations. L 30/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 2. 2000 (20) (21) Economic integration into the LMB Group will benefit to managerial SKET MAB by know-how. Heinz Buse is personally involved in SKET MAB’s day-to-day operations. providing access In addition to the reorganisation arrangements described above, provision had to be made for SKET MAB’s capital and financing requirements between the time when from SKET SMM and privatisation. extracted it was (b) financing of working capital and capital assets for SKET MAB: DEM 43,7 million; (c) pre-financing for completion of contracts: DEM 3,7 million; (d) financing SKET MAB’s restructuring: DEM 15,1 million; of post-privatisation (22) The restructuring plan is to be implemented between 1996 and 1999. According to the German authorities, it will be completed on time. (23) The total cost of restructuring SKET MAB is DEM 83,1 million, broken down as follows: (a) DEM 4 million to keep machine production operations running when they were part of the failed SKET SMM; (e) finance to set up the new Roma and Gema downstream operations: DEM 14,7 million; (f) training for SKET MAB employees: DEM 1,9 million. (24) Under the restructuring plan, the firm should be restored to profitability in 1999 (see key data in the following table). The 1999 figures are based on projections made at the time of privatisation. 1997 1998 1999 (Plan) (in DEM) Turnover 39 680 000 45 618 000 66 441 000 Material costs 28 170 200 28 590 000 23 850 000 Personnel costs 12 140 277 15 999 000 27 400 000 Depreciation 1 450 500 2 947 200 Operating result ﬂ 1 249 677 ﬂ 1 218 800 Profit/loss ﬂ 2 226 277 ﬂ 3 760 000 4 521 000 5 071 000 5 291 000 NB: This chart contains only a selection of key data and the columns are not arithmetically complete. (25) It should be noted that the projected growth in turnover is reflected in SKET MAB’s order book and is based on the investors’ involvement. For example, the proportion of turnover from wind turbine production currently amounts to 45 % for 1999. In addition, SKET MAB’s order book clearly shows that its economic future no longer depends upon contracts from other SKET SMM reflect successor companies. Higher personnel costs increased activity and the acquisition of the Roma and Gema downturn in material costs reflects SKET MAB’s ability to negotiate supply contracts on more favourable terms. The two parent companies, Enercon and LMB, which operate in downstream operations. The different markets, are profitable, expanding concerns and have cooperated together for more than twelve years. VI (26) The aid package as notified by the German authorities on privatisation amounted to DEM 57,8 million. The Commission has established that the investors were also granted DEM 3,9 million for the period 1998 to 2000 4. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 30/29 an aid (27th scheme approved under outline the joint Federal Government/L(cid:228)nder programme for scheme for improving regional economic structures). The Commission does not need to reassess this measure but will include the amounts in the evaluation of proportionality. (27) This concerns the following aid measures: Source Type DEM BvS BvS BvS Grant to finance working capital and capital assets 40 000 000 Grant for the purchase of stocks 3 700 000 Loan for SKET SMM’s heavy machinery manufacturing operations and subsequent waiver of repayment 4 000 000 BvS Grant for final restructuring costs 10 100 000 57 800 000 (28) In addition, a contract pre-financing grant of DEM 3,6 million was repaid by the investors as part of the privatisation. The original aid package as notified in July 1997 amounted to DEM 79,2 million. (29) (30) There is no additional aid component to be taken into account, since the Enercon and LMB groups were selected as investors in SKET MAB following an open and unconditional invitation to tender, with the best bid being chosen. investor The million, broken down as follows: contribution amounts to DEM 25,3 Application DEM Investment in SKET MAB 5 000 000 Training costs for SKET MAB employees 1 900 000 Loan repayments plus interest 3 700 000 Investments (Roma and Gema operations of SKET MAB) 13 000 000 Start-up costs (Roma and Gema operations of SKET MAB) 1 700 000 25 300 000 VII (31) The traditional relevant market on which SKET MAB operates is that for the manufacture of made-to-order heavy machinery, of which a significant part (45 % of orders in 1999) is the wind turbine market as a result of the the company’s integration into Enercon and of the Roma restructured SKET MAB is also active on the market for rotor and turbine assembly. operations. Accordingly, and Gema faces (32) As far as its general activity is concerned, SKET MAB’s customers are firms and technical operations in various branches of industry requiring the manufacture of components or complete plants on the basis of plans, designs and specifications. At present, the firm is mainly active on the German market, and it stiff competition from low-wage countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic. However, there is a growing demand for quality and just-in-time production of is complex plants on site, and this market segment growing in importance. SKET MAB has therefore focused on this segment, in which quality, service, logistics and working to deadlines are key factors. The conditions of the market on which SKET MAB operates is determined by demand on downstream markets. On the basis of the Commission has no grounds to change the view it held investigation procedure, when it namely that the market on which SKET MAB operates is not affected by structural overcapacity. information available initiated the formal to it, the (33) One such downstream market is prices the wind turbine for which SKET MAB (including Roma and market, Gema) will produce in particular. Wind power in Europe began in the mid-1970s in the wake of the oil through a slump in the crisis. The industry went mid-1980s, with prompting low energy intensified efforts to reduce costs and improve operating efficiency. In recent years the wind power market has recorded very significant growth, with large markets developing in Denmark and, more recently, Germany, which is now the largest market in the EU and indeed is very in the world. The outlook for this market is positive. Electricity generation from wind power expected to grow rapidly as technological advances and lower costs make it increasingly competitive with mainstream power-generation technologies (14). The Commission has structural overcapacity on this market. found no evidence of (34) With regard to the new activities developed by Gema and Roma, given that there is no structural overcapacity on the wind turbine market, upstream markets, such as (14) Panorama of EU industry 1997, I-50. L 30/30 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 2. 2000 that for the production of parts for the wind turbine market, are also unlikely to suffer from overcapacity. VIII (35) as associated investigation procedure was initiated in The formal the original aid package to SKET MAB respect of the Commission’s doubts concerning the because of compatibility of the aid as restructuring aid with the the common market. In particular, on the basis of the information provided, the Commission held that restructuring plan was the regards too vague costs. The and restructuring measures financial data provided was also insufficient and it was not clear whether the company could be turned into a profitable business within a reasonable period of time. The lack of information on the development of SKET MAB’s capacity also meant that it was hard to identify the impact of the aid on its competitors. The lack of information on the restructuring measures and their cost meant to determine whether the aid was limited to the minimum necessary for the restructuring. The lack of a private investor interested in taking over SKET MAB when the formal investigation procedure was initiated increased the Commission’s doubts. it was also difficult that IX (36) The above aid measures are caught by Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty for the following reasons. (37) SKET MAB is a company operating in a relevant market which extends across Member States, and therefore trade between Member States is affected. Aid by its very nature tends to distort competition. The aid awarded to SKET MAB by the German authorities are therefore caught by Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty. Article 87(2) and (3) of the Treaty provide for the possibility of exempting aid caught by Article 87(1). For the reasons set out below, for exempting the restructuring aid to SKET MAB, a firm in difficulty, is Article 87(3)(c). the sole basis (38) The aid was granted to a company which the BvS had founded when insolvency proceedings were initiated against another economic entity. Although operating via the legal person of SKET SMM GmbH, the latter entity was in reality a cluster of diverse economic operations which had been undergoing restructuring over several years. The new SKET MAB company is a continuation of part of SKET SMM’s heavy machinery operations. The BvS strategy, as modified, was to provide the new company with capital and resources in order to privatise it on a stand-alone basis. The distinguishing feature of this arrangement is that SKET SMM GmbH, which had been in continuous state ownership since 1990, could never have been privatised as a single or group economic unit. These circumstances distinguish the companies present (Auffanggesellschaften) the winding-up of a company which had already been privatised. created in the wake of from those rescue case (39) When it acquired legal personality, SKET MAB, command economy. The the potentially viable operations the heavy machinery manufacturing operation, was not viable as an independent firm. As noted above, SKET SMM’s heavy machinery operation was not founded and operated as a distinct business, but was designed to function in a resulting problems led to the eventual collapse of SKET SMM. Unless could be extracted from SKET SMM for further restructuring as independent concerns, the successor operations would continue to face the same problems. The aid granted to SKET MAB, which took over parts of the assets and resources of a bankrupt company, may be treated as restructuring aid. This is justifiable both in view of the particular historic and economic circumstances of the companies, which were obliged to readjust rapidly from a centralised economic system to a market system, and in view of the role played by the BvS (successor organisation to the Treuhandanstalt) in this re-adjustment. (40) (41) the EC Treaty is relevant. In the light of the above, the Commission takes the view that the exemption provided for in Article 87(3)(c) of the requirements for exemption under this Article, the aid must satisfy the criteria set out in the guidelines on state aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (15). In order to meet the guidelines are met, and it will The Commission considers that rescue and restructuring aid may contribute to the development of economic activities without adversely affecting trade against the Community interest if the conditions set out in Section 3 of therefore authorise such aid under those conditions. Where the restructured are located in firms to be rescued or regional assisted areas, into considerations under Article 88(3)(a) and (c) account the as described in paragraph 3. 2. 3 of guidelines. the Commission will take (15) OJ C 368, 23. 12. 1994, p. 12. 4. 2. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 30/31 (42) The measures to be considered are those notified by the German authorities in 1998, amounting to DEM 57,8 million, loan for pre-financing contracts amounting to DEM 3,6 million plus interest, which were repaid by the investor on privatisation and were intended as restructuring aid. together with the has downsized its premises and workforce as part of the In addition, SKET MAB’s restructuring arrangements. existing machine production capacity did not expand when Gema and Roma were set up. The two new this activity and are operations are downstream of integration into necessary components of successful Enercon and thus crucial to SKET MAB’s return to viability. (43) (44) X (49) To meet the criteria in the guidelines, all restructuring plans must restore companies in difficulty to long-term viability within a reasonable time scale and on the basis of realistic assumptions. the The notice published in the Official European Communities to the German authorities called on interested parties such as competitors to submit their comments. No replies were received. setting out Journal of the letter including integration into faced by the operation which was The problems eventually to become SKET MAB and the measures them are outlined above. The required to address pre-privatisation measures addressed some of those problems and the post-privatisation measures tackle the remainder, the parent companies. Dependency on other SKET SMM successor companies was ended and SKET MAB gained access to new geographic and product markets. The two investor groups are successful operations which also have a good record of working together. SKET MAB’s economic performance is in line with the projections made at the time of privatisation. The investing companies have already made an impact on SKET MAB’s order books liability within a reasonable and the restoration of timescale seems realistic. (50) Although SKET MAB is to be run as a joint venture by these groups are not the Enercon and LMB groups, active on the same markets and the agreement between them as described by the German authorities will not otherwise distort competition in the common market. (51) The Commission concludes that the aid to SKET MAB will not result in undue distortion of competition. XII (45) The Commission concludes that guidelines has been met. this criterion of the XI (46) A further condition for under restructuring aid to be acceptable is that the aid must not give rise to undue distortion of competition. guidelines the (47) In the case of structural excess of production capacity on the relevant market, the guidelines require the aid recipient to reduce capacity on a permanent basis. Where there is no structural excess of production required, but a capacity capacity no reduction is increase is not normally allowed. (52) A further the condition guidelines for under restructuring aid to be acceptable is that the amount and intensity of the aid must be limited to the strict minimum needed for restructuring and must be related to the benefits anticipated from the Community’s point of view. are also expected to make a significant contribution to the restructuring plan from their own resources. Investors (53) In this case, the total aid package from the BvS amounts to DEM 57,8 million. This amount comprises a loan of DEM 43,7 million from the BvS to purchase working and investment capital and to build up stocks of components and acquire equipment from SKET SMM. A further element of the package consists of a loan of DEM 4 million granted by the BvS to the administrator. SKET MAB has also received a loan of DEM 10,1 million to continue restructuring. The DEM 3,99 million granted under the joint Federal Government/L(cid:228)nder scheme must be added to the total amount of new aid for the purpose of assessing whether the aid is in proportion to restructuring costs and benefits. (48) As noted above, the Commission has no evidence that the relevant sectors, the heavy machinery manufacturing operation, of which the wind turbine market forms a sub-part, suffer from a structural excess of production capacity, and therefore SKET MAB is not required to reduce its capacity on a permanent basis. However, it (54) Although the purchase price was only DEM 1, the investors committed themselves to providing DEM 5 million for the restructuring of SKET MAB. They will finance training for SKET MAB employees to the tune of DEM 1,9 million. They agreed to repay a loan of L 30/32 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 2. 2000 DEM 3,6 million granted to SKET MAB and associated interest of DEM 100 000. Since the restructuring plan involves expanding SKET MAB by adding the Roma and Gema operations, the investors’ commitment to these operations must also be taken into account. The investors will put DEM 13 million into Roma and Gema and will finance the start-up costs of DEM 1,7 million. The investors’ contribution to the restructuring is therefore DEM 25,3 million, or DEM 21,31 million, the DEM 3,99 million in joint taking into account to the Federal Government/L(cid:228)nder investors. granted funds (55) (56) The total restructuring costs therefore amount to DEM have 83,1 million, contributed about 25 %. The investors’ contribution may therefore be regarded as reasonable. of which investors private In view of the above, the Commission concludes that the concerns it expressed when it initiated proceedings have been addressed, and that the criterion concerning proportionality of aid has been complied with. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The measures which Germany has implemented for SKET MAB, Magdeburg and the heavy machinery manufacturing operation of SKET SMM amounting to DEM 57,8 million are compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty and Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement. The relevant aid comprises: (a) a grant by the BvS to finance working capital and capital assets (DEM 40 million); (b) a grant by the BvS for the building-up of stocks (DEM 3,7 million); (c) a loan for the heavy machinery manufacturing operation (DEM 4 of SKET SMM and the waiver of repayment million); XIII (d) a grant for the final phase of restructuring (approximately DEM 10,1 million). (57) A further condition of is that the guidelines the Commission will the restructuring plan submitted to and accepted by the Commission must be fully implemented and any obligations laid down by the Commission decision must be discharged. Otherwise, unless the original decision is amended following a new notification from the Member take steps to require the State, recovery of the aid. Important parts of the restructuring plan, such as the setting-up of Roma and Gema, have already have been the remaining components undertaken to implement within two years. As stated above, the two investor groups have a long history of cooperation, so there is little reason to assume that they will dissolve the joint venture. the German Government has provided assurances that all possible measures will be taken to ensure that the plan is carried out. The Commission therefore concludes that this part of the guidelines has also been complied with. implemented. In addition, investors The Article 2 The loan of DEM 3,6 million which Germany granted to SKET MAB and which was repaid by the investors in SKET MAB is compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty and Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement. Article 3 Germany implementation of the restructuring plan. detailed submit shall a annual report on Article 4 XIV This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. (58) aid measures detailed above The Commission finds that Germany has unlawfully implemented the in violation of Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty. However, in view of the above, the Commission concludes that, in so far as these measures comply with the guidelines on restructuring aid, they are compatible with the common market, Done at Brussels, 20 July 1999. For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission


title: Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1582/1999 της Επιτροπής, της 20ής Ιουλίου 1999, για καθορισμό του μέγιστου ποσού της επιστροφής κατά την εξαγωγή της λευκής ζάχαρης για την 48η τμηματική δημοπρασία που πραγματοποιείται στο πλαίσιο της διαρκούς δημοπρασίας του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1574/98

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text: L 188/10 EL Επίσηµη Εφηµερίδα των Ευρωπαϊκών Κοινοτήτων 21. 7. 1999 ΚΑΝΟΝΙΣΜΟΣ (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1582/1999 ΤΗΣ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗΣ της 20ής Ιουλίου 1999 για καθορισµό του µέγιστου ποσού της επιστροφής κατά την εξαγωγή της λευκής ζάχαρης για την 48η τµηµατική δηµοπρασία που πραγµατοποιείται στο πλαίσιο της διαρκούς δηµοπρασίας του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1574/98 Η ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΩΝ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΩΝ, Έχοντας υπόψη: τη συνθήκη για την ίδρυση της Ευρωπαϊκής Κοινότητας, τον κανονισµό (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 1785/81 του Συµβουλίου, της 30ής Ιουνίου 1981, περί κοινής οργανώσεως αγοράς στον τοµέα της ζάχαρης (1), όπως τροποποιήθηκε τελευταία από τον κανονισµό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1148/98 της Επιτροπής (2), και ιδίως το άρθρο 17 παράγραφος 5 δεύτερο εδάφιο στοιχείο β), Εκτιµώντας: (1) (2) ότι, δυνάµει του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1574/98 της Επι- τροπής, της 22ας Ιουλίου 1998, περί διαρκούς δηµοπρα- σίας για τον καθορισµό των εισφορών ή/και των επιστροφών κατά την εξαγωγή λευκής ζάχαρης (3), όπως τροποποιήθηκε από τον κανονισµό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1489/1999 (4), την εξαγωγή της ζάχαρης αυτής· ότι, κατά τις διατάξεις του άρθρου 9 παράγραφος 1 του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1574/98, καθορίζεται ένα µέγιστο ποσό επιστροφής κατά την εξαγωγή, κατά περίπτωση, για την εν λόγω τµηµατική δηµοπρασία, αφού ληφθούν υπόψη, (3) (4) ιδίως, η κατάσταση και η προβλεπόµενη εξέλιξη της αγοράς της ζάχαρης στην Κοινότητα και στη διεθνή αγορά· ότι, µετά από εξέταση των προσφορών, πρέπει να θεσπι- στούν για την 48η τµηµατική δηµοπρασία οι διατάξεις που αναφέρονται στο άρθρο 1· ότι τα µέτρα που προβλέπονται στον παρόντα κανονισµό είναι σύµφωνα µε τη γνώµη της επιτροπής διαχείρισης ζάχαρης, ΕΞΕ∆ΩΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΑ ΚΑΝΟΝΙΣΜΟ: Άρθρο 1 Για την 48η τµηµατική δηµοπρασία λευκής ζάχαρης, που πραγµα- τοποιείται σύµφωνα µε τον κανονισµό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1574/98, το ανώτατο ποσό της επιστροφής κατά την εξαγωγή καθορίζεται σε 49,011 EUR/100 kg. Ο παρών κανονισµός αρχίζει να ισχύει στις 21 Ιουλίου 1999. Άρθρο 2 Ο παρών κανονισµός είναι δεσµευτικός ως προς όλα τα µέρη του και ισχύει άµεσα σε κάθε κράτος µέλος. Βρυξέλλες, 20 Ιουλίου 1999. Για την Επιτροπή Franz FISCHLER Μέλος της Επιτροπής (1) ΕΕ L 177 της 1. 7. 1981, σ. 4. (2) ΕΕ L 159 της 3. 6. 1998, σ. 38. (3) ΕΕ L 206 της 23. 7. 1998, σ. 7. (4) ΕΕ L 172 της 8. 7. 1999, σ. 27


title: Verordening (EG) nr. 1583/1999 van de Commissie van 20 juli 1999 met betrekking tot de afgifte op 30 juli 1999 van invoercertificaten voor producten uit de sector schapen- en geitenvlees op grond van de in het kader van de GATT/WTO vastgestelde algemene tariefcontingenten voor het derde kwartaal van 1999

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text: 21. 7. 1999 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen L 188/11 VERORDENING (EG) Nr. 1583/1999 VAN DE COMMISSIE van 20 juli 1999 met betrekking tot de afgifte op 30 juli 1999 van invoercertificaten voor producten uit de sector schapen- en geitenvlees op grond van de in het kader van de GATT/WTO vastgestelde algemene tariefcontingenten voor het derde kwartaal van 1999 DE COMMISSIE VAN DE EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN, Gelet op het Verdrag tot oprichting van de Europese Gemeen- schap, Gelet op Verordening (EG) nr. 2467/98 van de Raad van 3 november 1998 houdende een gemeenschappelĳke ordening der markten in de sector schapen- en geitenvlees (1), (3) Gelet op Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 van de Commissie van 26 juni 1995 tot vaststelling van bepalingen van Verordening (EEG) nr. 3013/89 van de Raad inzake de invoer en de uitvoer van producten van de sector schapen- en geitenvlees (2), laat- stelĳk gewĳzigd bĳ Verordening (EG) nr. 344/1999 (3), en met name op artikel 16, lid 4, (1) Overwegende dat bĳ Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 in titel II. B de uitvoeringsbepalingen zĳn vastgesteld met betrekking tot de invoer van producten van de GN-codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 en 0204 op grond van de in het kader van de GATT/WTO vastge- stelde algemene tariefcontingenten; dat overeenkomstig artikel 16, lid 4, van Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 dient te worden bepaald in welke mate kan worden ingegaan op de voor het derde kwartaal van 1999 ingediende aanvragen om invoercertificaten; (2) indien de hoeveelheden waarvoor Overwegende dat, certificaataanvragen zĳn ingediend groter zĳn dan de hoeveelheden die op grond van artikel 15 van Verorde- ning (EG) nr. 1439/95 kunnen worden ingevoerd, de gevraagde hoeveelheden overeenkomstig artikel 16, lid 4, onder b), van die verordening met een uniform percentage dienen te worden verlaagd; Overwegende dat, indien de hoeveelheden waarvoor certificaten zĳn aangevraagd kleiner zĳn dan of gelĳk zĳn aan de overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/ 95 vastgestelde hoeveelheden, alle certificaataanvragen kunnen worden ingewilligd; (4) Overwegende dat in Duitsland aanvragen zĳn ingediend voor producten van oorsprong uit Namibië, HEEFT DE VOLGENDE VERORDENING VASTGESTELD: Artikel 1 Duitsland geeft op 30 juli 1999 de in titel II. B van Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 bedoelde invoercertificaten af waarvoor in de periode van 1 tot en met 10 juli 1999 aanvragen zĳn inge- diend. Voor de producten van GN-code 0204 worden de gevraagde hoeveelheden van oorsprong uit de Namibië volledig toegekend. Deze verordening treedt in werking op 21 juli 1999. Artikel 2 Deze verordening is verbindend in al haar onderdelen en is rechtstreeks toepasselĳk in elke lidstaat. Gedaan te Brussel, 20 juli 1999. Voor de Commissie Franz FISCHLER Lid van de Commissie (1) PB L 312 van 20. 11. 1998, blz. 1. (2) PB L 143 van 27. 6. 1995, blz. 7. (3) PB L 43 van 17. 2. 1999, blz. 6