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Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part one - Substantive amendments - Article 2.26

The Treaty establishing the European Community shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

Article 129 shall be replaced by the following:

'Article 129

1. A high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities.

Community action, which shall complement national policies, shall be directed towards improving public health, preventing human illness and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to human health. Such action shall cover the fight against the major health scourges, by promoting research into their causes, their transmission and their prevention, as well as health information and education.

The Community shall complement the Member States' action in reducing drugs-related health damage, including information and prevention.

2. The Community shall encourage cooperation between the Member States in the areas referred to in this Article and, if necessary, lend support to their action.

Member States shall, in liaison with the Commission, coordinate among themselves their policies and programmes in the areas referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission may, in close contact with the Member States, take any useful initiative to promote such coordination.

3. The Community and the Member States shall foster cooperation with third countries and the competent international organisations in the sphere of public health.

4. The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189b and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives referred to in this Article through adopting:

(a) measures setting high standards of quality and safety of organs and substances of human origin, blood and blood derivatives; these measures shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures;

(b) by way of derogation from Article 43, measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields which have as their direct objective the protection of public health;

(c) incentive measures designed to protect and improve human health, excluding any harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States.

The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may also adopt recommendations for the purposes set out in this Article.

5. Community action in the field of public health shall fully respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care. In particular, measures referred to in paragraph 4(a) shall not affect national provisions on the donation or medical use of organs and blood.`
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part one - Substantive amendments - Article 2.43

The Treaty establishing the European Community shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

Article 188c shall be amended as follows:

(a) The second subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

'The Court of Auditors shall provide the European Parliament and the Council with a statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions which shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.`;

(b) The first subparagraph of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

'2. The Court of Auditors shall examine whether all revenue has been received and all expenditure incurred in a lawful and regular manner and whether the financial management has been sound. In doing so, it shall report in particular on any cases of irregularity.`;

(c) Paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:

'3. The audit shall be based on records and, if necessary, performed on the spot in the other institutions of the Community, on the premises of any body which manages revenue or expenditure on behalf of the Community and in the Member States, including on the premises of any natural or legal person in receipt of payments from the budget. In the Member States the audit shall be carried out in liaison with national audit bodies or, if these do not have the necessary powers, with the competent national departments. The Court of Auditors and the national audit bodies of the Member States shall cooperate in a spirit of trust while maintaining their independence. These bodies or departments shall inform the Court of Auditors whether they intend to take part in the audit.

The other institutions of the Community, any bodies managing revenue or expenditure on behalf of the Community, any natural or legal person in receipt of payments from the budget, and the national audit bodies or, if these do not have the necessary powers, the competent national departments, shall forward to the Court of Auditors, at its request, any document or information necessary to carry out its task.

In respect of the European Investment Bank's activity in managing Community expenditure and revenue, the Court's rights of access to information held by the Bank shall be governed by an agreement between the Court, the Bank and the Commission. In the absence of an agreement, the Court shall nevertheless have access to information necessary for the audit of Community expenditure and revenue managed by the Bank.`
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 8.I.9

The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

Article 108 shall be amended as follows, to include Article 1, Article 2 as amended by Article 5 of this Treaty, and Article 3(1) of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to the Council Decision of 20 September 1976; Annex II of that Act shall continue to be applied:

(a) in the place of paragraphs 1 and 2, which lapsed in accordance with Article 14 of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament, there shall be inserted the text of Articles 1 and 2 of the said Act as paragraphs 1 and 2; the new paragraphs 1 and 2 shall read as follows:

'1. The representatives in the European Parliament of the peoples of the States brought together in the Community shall be elected by direct universal suffrage.

2. The number of representatives elected in each Member State shall be as follows:

Belgium // 25

Denmark // 16

Germany // 99

Greece // 25

Spain // 64

France // 87

Ireland // 15

Italy // 87

Luxembourg // 6

Netherlands // 31

Austria // 21

Portugal // 25

Finland // 16

Sweden // 22

United Kingdom // 87.

In the event of amendments to this paragraph, the number of representatives elected in each Member State must ensure appropriate representation of the peoples of the States brought together in the Community.`;

(b) after the new paragraphs 1 and 2, there shall be inserted the text of Article 3(1) of the aforesaid Act as paragraph 3; the new paragraph 3 shall read as follows:

'3. Representatives shall be elected for a term of five years.`;

(c) the existing paragraph 3 as amended by Article 4 of this Treaty shall become paragraph 4;

(d) paragraph 4 as added by Article 4 of this Treaty shall become paragraph 5.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part one - Substantive amendments - Article 2.3

The Treaty establishing the European Community shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

Article 3 shall be amended as follows:

(a) the existing text shall be numbered and become paragraph 1;

(b) in new paragraph 1, point (d) shall be replaced by the following:

'(d) measures concerning the entry and movement of persons as provided for in Title IIIa;`;

(c) in new paragraph 1, the following new point (i) shall be inserted after point (h):

'(i) the promotion of coordination between employment policies of the Member States with a view to enhancing their effectiveness by developing a coordinated strategy for employment;`

(d) in new paragraph 1, the existing point (i) shall become point (j) and the subsequent points shall be renumbered accordingly;

(e) the following paragraph shall be added:

'2. In all the activities referred to in this Article, the Community shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women.`
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Protocol annexed to the Treaty of the European Community - Protocol on protection and welfare of animals

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

DESIRING to ensure improved protection and respect for the welfare of animals as sentient beings,

HAVE AGREED UPON the following provision which shall be annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

In formulating and implementing the Community's agriculture, transport, internal market and research policies, the Community and the Member States shall pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals, while respecting the legislative or administrative provisions and customs of the Member States relating in particular to religious rites, cultural traditions and regional heritage.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.III.1

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

III. PROTOCOLS AND OTHER ACTS

The following protocols and acts shall be repealed:

(a) Protocol amending the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities;

(b) Protocol on German internal trade and connected problems;

(c) Protocol on certain provisions relating to France;

(d) Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;

(e) Protocol on the treatment to be applied to products within the province of the European Coal and Steel Community in respect of Algeria and the overseas departments of the French Republic;

(f) Protocol on mineral oils and certain of their derivatives;

(g) Protocol on the application of the Treaty establishing the European Community to the non-European parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands;

(h) Implementing Convention on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the Community;

- Protocol on the tariff quota for imports of bananas (ex 08.01 of the Brussels Nomenclature);

- Protocol on the tariff quota for imports of raw coffee (ex 09.01 of the Brussels Nomenclature).
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.18

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

In the title of Chapter 2, the word 'Elimination` shall be replaced by 'Prohibition`.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 6.I.12

The Treaty establishing the European Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

'Article 12

Customs duties on imports and exports and charges having equivalent effect shall be prohibited between Member States. This prohibition shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.`.
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Part two - Simplification - Article 8.I.2

The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, including the annexes and protocols thereto, shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purpose of deleting lapsed provisions of the Treaty and adapting in consequence the text of certain of its provisions.

I. TEXT OF THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY

In the introductory part to the first paragraph of Article 93, the words 'Member States shall abolish between themselves, one year after the entry into force of this Treaty, all customs duties . . .` shall be replaced by 'Member States shall prohibit between themselves all customs duties . . .`.
Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certa in related acts - Declarations Adopted By The Conference - Declaration on the Court of Auditors



Official Journal 080 , 10/03/2001 P. 0080 - 0080



18. Declaration on the Court of Auditors The Conference invites the Court of Auditors and the national audit institutions to improve the framework and conditions for cooperation between them, while maintaining the autonomy of each. To that end, the President of the Court of Auditors may set up a contact committee with the chairmen of the national audit institutions.
5. Declaration on Article 67 of the Treaty establishing the European Community

The High Contracting Parties agree that the Council, in the decision it is required to take pursuant to the second indent of Article 67(2):

- will decide, from 1 May 2004, to act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 in order to adopt the measures referred to in Article 62(3) and Article 63(3)(b);

- will decide to act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 in order to adopt the measures referred to in Article 62(2)(a) from the date on which agreement is reached on the scope of the measures concerning the crossing by persons of the external borders of the Member States.

The Council will, moreover, endeavour to make the procedure referred to in Article 251 applicable from 1 May 2004 or as soon as possible thereafter to the other areas covered by Title IV or to parts of them.
ANNEX XV

Maximum additional appropriations referred to in Article 32(1) of the Act of Accession

Based on the accession of 10 new Member States by 1 May 2004, the maximum additional enlargement-related appropriations for commitments for agriculture, structural operations, internal policies and administration, as agreed in the conclusions of the European Council in Copenhagen, shall be the amounts set out in the table below:

Maximum enlargement-related appropriations for commitments (mio. Euros 1999 prices) 2004-2006 (for 10 new Member States)

| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |

Heading 1 Agriculture | 1,897 | 3,747 | 4,147 |

Of which: | | | |

1a — Common Agricultural Policy | 327 | 2,032 | 2,322 |

1b — Rural development | 1,570 | 1,715 | 1,825 |

Heading 2 Structural actions after capping | 6,070 | 6,907 | 8,770 |

Of which: | | | |

Structural fund | 3,453 | 4,755 | 5,948 |

Cohesion Fund | 2,617 | 2,152 | 2,822 |

Heading 3 Internal Policies and additional transitional expenditure | 1,457 | 1,428 | 1,372 |

Of which: | | | |

Existing policies | 846 | 881 | 916 |

Transitional Nuclear safety measures | 125 | 125 | 125 |

Transitional Institution building measures | 200 | 120 | 60 |

Transitional Schengen measures | 286 | 302 | 271 |

Heading 5 Administration | 503 | 558 | 612 |

Total Maximum Appropriations for commitments (Heading 1, 2, 3 and 5) | 9,927 | 12,640 | 14,901 |

This is without prejudice to the EU-25 ceiling for category 1a for 2007-2013 set out in the Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council on 18 November 2002, concerning the conclusions of the European Council meeting in Brussels on 24 and 25 October 2002.

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40. Declaration by the Government of the Republic of Poland on interpretation of the derogation from the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/82/EC and in Directive 2001/83/EC

Poland considers that the pharmaceutical products on the list in Appendix A to Annex XII of this Act with marketing authorisations can be marketed in Poland.

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Article 41

If transitional measures are necessary to facilitate the transition from the existing regime in the new Member States to that resulting from the application of the common agricultural policy under the conditions set out in this Act, such measures shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 42(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector [23], or as appropriate, in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets or the relevant committee procedure as determined in the applicable legislation. The transitional measures referred to in this Article may be taken during a period of three years following the date of accession and their application shall be limited to that period. The Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may extend this period.

The transitional measures relating to implementation of the instruments concerning the common agricultural policy not specified in this Act which are required as a result of accession shall be adopted prior to the date of accession by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission or, where they affect instruments initially adopted by the Commission, they shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure required for adopting the instruments in question.

[23] OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.

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4. AGRICULTURE

1. 31991 R 2092: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1), as last amended by:

- 32002 R 0473: Commission Regulation (EC) No 473/2002 of 15.3.2002 (OJ L 75, 16.3.2002, p. 21).

By way of derogation from Article 6(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, the unlimited use of domestic peat in organic farming shall be permitted in Estonia for a period of 18 months from the date of accession.

By way of derogation from Article 6(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, the use of potassium permanganate for the treatment of all crops and soil in organic farming shall be permitted in Estonia for a period of 18 months from the date of accession.

By way of derogation from Article 6(1), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, the use in organic farming of seed and vegetative propagating material not produced by the organic production method shall be permitted in Estonia until 1 January 2006.

2. 31999 R 1254: Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21), as last amended by:

- 32001 R 2345: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001 of 30.11.2001 (OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29).

By way of derogation from Article 3(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, Estonia may until the end of the year 2006 consider cows of the breeds listed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes [2], as eligible for the suckler cow premium under Subsection 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, provided they have been covered or inseminated by bulls of a meat breed.

3. 31999 R 1255: Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48), as last amended by:

- 32002 R 0509: Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002 of 21.3.2002 (OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15).

By way of derogation from Article 38(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, Estonia may during the marketing year 2004/2005 grant national payments for milk cows up to the level granted in the year before the date of accession.

Estonia shall submit a report to the Commission on the implementation of these State aid measures, indicating the form of the aid and the amounts.

[2] OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 30.

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Article 2

1. This Treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the Italian Republic by 30 April 2004 at the latest.

2. This Treaty shall enter into force on 1 May 2004 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date.

If, however, the States referred to in Article 1(1) have not all deposited their instruments of ratification in due time, the Treaty shall enter into force for those States which have deposited their instruments. In this case, the Council of the European Union, acting unanimously, shall decide immediately upon such adjustments as have become indispensable to Article 3 of this Treaty, to Articles 1, 6(6), 11 to 15, 18, 19, 25, 26, 29 to 31, 33 to 35, 46 to 49, 58 and 61 of the Act of Accession, to Annexes II to XV and their Appendices to that Act and to Protocols 1 to 10 annexed thereto; acting unanimously, it may also declare that those provisions of the aforementioned Act, including its Annexes, Appendices and Protocols, which refer expressly to a State which has not deposited its instrument of ratification have lapsed, or it may adjust them.

3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the institutions of the Union may adopt before accession the measures referred to in Articles 6(2) second subparagraph, 6(6) second subparagraph, 6(7) second and third subparagraphs, 6(8) second and third subparagraphs, 6(9) third subparagraph, 21, 23, 28(1), 32(5), 33(1), 33(4), 33(5), 38, 39, 41, 42 and 55 to 57 of the Act of Accession, Annexes III to XIV to that Act, and Protocol 2, Article 6 of Protocol 3, Article 2(2) of Protocol 4, Protocol 8 and Articles 1, 2 and 4 of Protocol 10 annexed thereto. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of this Treaty.

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