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COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 July 2014
appointing a German member and two German alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2014/506/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the GermanGovernment,
Whereas:
(1)
On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015 (1). On 10 July 2012, by Council Decision 2012/377/EU (3), Dr Zsuzsa BREIER was appointed as member until 25 January 2015.
(2)
A member's seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Dr Zsuzsa BREIER.
(3)
An alternate member's seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Michael REUTER.
(4)
An alternate member's seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Mark WEINMEISTER as member of the Committee of the Regions.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
a)
as member:
-
Mr Mark WEINMEISTER, Staatssekretär für Europaangelegenheiten (Land Hessen)
and
b)
as alternate members:
-
Ms Ursula HAMMANN, Mitglied des Hessischen Landtags
-
Ms Sabine WASCHKE, Mitglied des Hessischen Landtags.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 23 July 2014.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 8 July 2014
concerning the removal of the name of a temporary Judge of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal from the list drawn up by Decision 2013/181/EU
(2014/444/EU, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 257 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 62c thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 979/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 relating to temporary Judges of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
By letter of 7 March 2014, Mr Haris TAGARAS resigned from his post as a temporary Judge of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Civil Service Tribunal’).
(2)
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 979/2012 provides that a temporary Judge's name must be removed from the list of temporary Judges on his resignation.
(3)
It is therefore appropriate to adopt a decision concerning the removal of Mr Haris TAGARAS' name from the list of temporary Judges of the Civil Service Tribunal drawn up by Decision 2013/181/EU (2),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The name of Mr Haris TAGARAS, former Judge of the Civil Service Tribunal, shall be removed from the list of temporary Judges of the Civil Service Tribunal drawn up by Article 1 of Decision 2013/181/EU.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 2014.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 May 2014
on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in Hungary
(2014/264/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (1), in particular Article 25 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA (2), in particular Article 20 and Chapter 4 of the Annex thereto,
Whereas:
(1)
According to the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties.
(2)
Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is applicable and the Council must unanimously decide whether the Member States have implemented the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision.
(3)
Article 20 of Decision 2008/616/JHA provides that decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision 2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With respect to automated data exchange in accordance with Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot run.
(4)
According to Chapter 4, point 1.1, of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data category.
(5)
Hungary has completed the questionnaire on data protection and the questionnaire on Vehicle Registration Data (VRD).
(6)
A successful pilot run has been carried out by Hungary with the Netherlands.
(7)
An evaluation visit has taken place in Hungary and a report on the evaluation visit has been produced by the Dutch/Lithuanian evaluation team and forwarded to the relevant Council Working Group.
(8)
An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning VRD has been presented to the Council,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purposes of automated searching of vehicle registration data (VRD), Hungary has fully implemented the general provisions on data protection of Chapter 6 of Decision 2008/615/JHA and is entitled to receive and supply personal data pursuant to Article 12 of that Decision as from the day of the entry into force of this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 6 May 2014.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1393/2013
of 13 December 2013
establishing a prohibition of fishing for redfish in EU and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EU) No 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2013.
(2)
According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2013.
(3)
It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2013 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2013.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 November 2014
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established under the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, as regards the amendment of Annex II to that Agreement on the coordination of social security schemes
(2014/790/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 48, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons (1) (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 21 June 1999 and entered into force on 1 June 2002.
(2)
Article 18 of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee established under Article 14 of the Agreement (‘the Joint Committee’) may, by decision, adopt amendments to Annex II to the Agreement on the coordination of social security schemes.
(3)
In order to maintain the consistent application of the legal acts of the Union and to avoid administrative and possible legal difficulties, Annex II to the Agreement needs to be amended to include new legal acts of the Union to which the Agreement does not currently refer.
(4)
It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee as regards the amendment of Annex II to the Agreement.
(5)
The position of the Union within the Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established under Article 14 of the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons (‘the Joint Committee’) shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
Minor technical changes to the draft Decision may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union within the Joint Committee without the need for a further Council Decision.
Article 2
After its adoption, the Decision of the Joint Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 10 November 2014.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 March 2013
establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Sugar Council as regards the extension of the International Sugar Agreement 1992
(2013/139/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
The International Sugar Agreement 1992 was concluded by Council Decision 92/580/EEC (1) and entered into force on 1 January 1993 for a period of three years until 31 December 1995. Since then, it has been regularly extended for further periods of two years. It was last extended by decision of the International Sugar Council in June 2011 and remains in force until 31 December 2013. A further extension is in the interest of the Union. The Commission, which represents the Union within the International Sugar Council, should therefore be authorised to vote in favour of such extension,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the International Sugar Council shall be to vote in favour of the extension of the International Sugar Agreement 1992 for a further period of up to two years.
The Commission is hereby authorised to express that position within the International Sugar Council.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 2013.
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1016/2012
of 6 November 2012
implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (1), and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 23 March 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
(2)
In accordance with Council Decision 2012/687/CFSP of 6 November 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (2), an additional entity should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The entity listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Section B of Part I of the list set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 November 2012.
DECISION (EU) 2015/41 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 17 December 2014
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management
(application EGF/2013/006 PL/Fiat Auto Poland S.A., from Poland)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (1), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 (2), and in particular Article 23, second paragraph, thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (3), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (4), and in particular point 13 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2)
The EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices), as laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013.
(3)
On 29 July 2013, Poland submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Fiat Auto Poland S.A. and 21 suppliers and downstream producers, and supplemented it by additional information up to 16 June 2014. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 1 259 610.
(4)
The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Poland,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 259 610 in commitment and payment appropriations.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Strasbourg, 17 December 2014.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 12 August 2013
concerning the amounts transferred for the financial year 2014 from the national support programmes in the wine sector to the Single Payment Scheme, as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
(notified under document C(2013) 5180)
(Only the English, French, Greek, Maltese and Spanish texts are authentic)
(2013/430/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), in particular Article 103za in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 103n of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the allocation of the available Union funds as well as the budgetary limits for the national support programmes in the wine sector are set out in Annex Xb to that Regulation.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 103o of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, Member States had the possibility to decide, by 1 December 2012, to provide support to vine-growers for the financial year 2014 by allocating payment entitelments within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Title III of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (2).
(3)
Member States intending to provide support in accordance with Article 103o of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 have notified the corresponding amounts. For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish those amounts.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The amounts transferred from the national support programmes provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 to the Single Payment Scheme provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 for the financial year 2014 are as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Malta and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 12 August 2013.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 8 September 2014
appointing an Italian member of the Committee of the Regions
(2014/656/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Italian Government,
Whereas:
(1)
On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2)
A member's seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Mercedes BRESSO.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following is hereby appointed as member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
-
Mr Francesco PIGLIARU, Presidente della Regione Sardegna.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 8 September 2014.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 478/2013
of 23 May 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 as regards representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 143 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 614/2009 of 7 July 2009 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (3) lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixes representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin.
(2)
Regular monitoring of the data used to determine representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for egg albumin shows that the representative import prices for certain products should be amended to take account of variations in price according to origin.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 should be amended accordingly.
(4)
Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 May 2013.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1149/2014
of 28 October 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2)
The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 October 2014.