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COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION of 30 May 1994 concerning a discontinuation of certain economic and financial relations with Haiti (94/313/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 73g thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 94/315/CFSP of 30 May 1994 concerning the common position defined on the basis of Article J.2 of the Treaty on European Union regarding the reduction of economic relations with Haiti (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS:

1. The Member States and the Commission will inform each other and concert regarding the measures to be taken in order to implement Article 1 (2) of Decision 94/315/CFSP and exchange all relevant information concerning the implementation of this recommendation.

2. The funds and financial resources referred to in paragraph 4 of United Nations Security Council resolution 917 (1994) should be construed as meaning funds or financial resources of whatever kind or origin including, but not limited to, cash, liquid assets, payment claims, guarantees and documentary credits, funds derived or generated from real property, investments, shares, bonds and other securities, as well as gold and other precious metals.

3. Member States are to ensure that, subject to the granting of authorization by their competent authorities, the measures which they take do not apply to:

(a) exceptions requested by President Aristide and the Prime Minister-in-Office, Mr Malval;

(b) payments of due interest or of similar remuneration on the funds and financial resources referred to in point 2, provided that they take place within the Community and are made to the persons or bodies entitled thereto;

(c) the debiting of accounts in relation to the maintenance of deposits or in relation to other financial services rendered in respect of those accounts.

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1994

For the Council

The President

G. MORAITIS

(1) See page 10 of this Offical Journal.
Council Recommendation

of 12 March 2001

concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1995) (Eighth EDF) for the financial year 1999

(2001/207/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention, signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989, as amended by the Agreement signed at Mauritius on 4 November 1995,

Having regard to Council Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community(1), as revised in the interim by Decision 97/803/EC(2),

Having regard to the Internal Agreement on the financing and administration of Community aid(3), signed in Brussels on 20 December 1995, and in particular Article 33(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Financial Regulation of 16 June 1998 applicable to the Eighth European Development Fund(4), and in particular Articles 69 to 74 thereof,

Having examined the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the European Development Fund (1995) (Eighth EDF) as at 31 December 1999 and the Court of Auditors' report relating to the financial year 1999 together with the Commission's replies(5),

Whereas:

Pursuant to Article 33(3) of the Internal Agreement, the discharge for the management of the European Development Fund (1995) (Eighth EDF) must be given to the Commission by the European Parliament on a recommendation from the Council.

The overall implementation by the Commission of the operations of the European Development Fund (1995) (Eighth EDF) during the financial year 1999 has been satisfactory,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the European Parliament give the Commission a discharge in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1995) (Eighth EDF) for the financial year 1999.

Done at Brussels, 12 March 2001.

For the Council

The President

B. Ringholm

(1) OJ L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 329, 29.11.1997, p. 50.

(3) OJ L 156, 29.5.1998, p. 108 and Corrigendum OJ L 173, 18.6.1998, p. 54.

(4) OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 53.

(5) OJ C 342, 1.12.2000, p. 205.
Council Recommendation

of 13 June 2002

regarding cooperation between the competent national authorities of Member States responsible for the private security sector

(2002/C 153/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Whereas:

(1) The seminars of private security experts held in Madrid from 13 to 17 November 2000 and in Brussels on 6 and 7 September 2001 have submitted their conclusions.

(2) The activities of the private security sector have a bearing on the prevention of crime and the safeguarding of public security.

(3) The stream of information generated by the activities of private security firms is of significance in these fields.

(4) Cooperation between the competent national authorities of the Member States responsible for the private security sector needs to be encouraged and facilitated with regard to the handling of those streams of information,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS that Member States:

1. encourage and facilitate cooperation and collaboration between national authorities responsible for the private security sector with a view to:

(a) exchanging experience in the handling of information supplied by private security firms in accordance with national law, which is material to public security;

(b) establishing best practices in the handling of information which is supplied by private security firms and is material to public security;

2. organise, for the abovementioned purposes at least every two years, a meeting of the national authorities responsible for the private security sector.

Done at Luxembourg on 13 June 2002.

For the Council

The President

M. Rajoy Brey
Council Recommendation

of 7 March 2003

concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1984) (Sixth EDF) for the financial year 2001

(2003/178/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Third ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé on 8 December 1984,

Having regard to Council Decision 86/283/EEC of 30 June 1986 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community(1),

Having regard to the Internal Agreement on the financing and administration of Community aid(2), signed in Brussels on 19 February 1985, as amended by Decision 86/281/EEC(3), and in particular Article 29(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Financial Regulation of 11 November 1986 applicable to the Sixth European Development Fund(4), and in particular Articles 66 to 73 thereof,

Having examined the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the European Development Fund (1984) (Sixth EDF) as at 31 December 2001 and the Court of Auditors' report relating to the financial year 2001 together with the Commission's replies(5),

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 29(3) of the Internal Agreement, the discharge for the management of the European Development Fund (1984) (Sixth EDF) must be given to the Commission by the European Parliament on a recommendation from the Council.

(2) The overall implementation by the Commission of the operations of the European Development Fund (1984) (Sixth EDF) during the financial year 2001 has been satisfactory,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the European Parliament give the Commission a discharge in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1984) (Sixth EDF) for the financial year 2001.

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2003.

For the Council

The President

N. Christodoulakis

(1) OJ L 175, 1.7.1986, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 86, 31.3.1986, p. 210.

(3) OJ L 178, 2.7.1986, p. 13.

(4) OJ L 325, 20.11.1986, p. 42.

(5) OJ C 295, 28.11.2002, p. 289.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 9/1

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION

of 28 December 2004

complementary to Recommendation 96/129/EC on the European firearms pass

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/11/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second indent of Article 211,

Whereas:

(1) Council Directive 91/477/EEC of 18 June 1991 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (1) provides for the introduction of a European firearms pass.

(2) In Commission Recommendation 93/216/EEC of 25 February 1993 on the European firearms pass (2) and in Commission Recommendation 96/129/EC of 12 January 1996 supplementing Recommendation 93/216/EEC on the European firearms pass (3), the Commission invited the Member States to introduce this document in accordance with a model annexed to the Recommendations.

(3) This model for the European firearms pass needs to be modified to take account of the accession of the new Member States,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS:

Article 1

The Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic shall introduce the European firearms pass in accordance with the model annexed to this Recommendation.

Article 2

The other Member States, which issue the European firearms pass in accordance with the model annexed to Recommendation 96/129/EC, shall gradually introduce the pass in accordance with the model annexed to the present Recommendation as the stocks of the old pass are exhausted and by 1 May 2006 at the latest.

Done at Brussels, 28 December 2004. For the Commission Günter VERHEUGEN Vice-President

(1) OJ L 256, 13.9.1991, p. 51.

(2) OJ L 93, 17.4.1993, p. 39.

(3) OJ L 30, 8.2.1996, p. 47.
1.

For the purposes of this Recommendation the following definitions are applied: (a) ‘management of copyright and related rights for the provision of legitimate online music services at Community level’ means the provision of the following services: the grant of licences to commercial users, the auditing and monitoring of rights, the enforcement of copyright and related rights, the collection of royalties and the distribution of royalties to right-holders; (b) ‘musical works’ means any musical work or other protected subject matter; (c) ‘repertoire’ means the catalogue of musical works which is administered by a collective rights manager; (d) ‘multi-territorial licence’ means a licence which covers the territory of more than one Member state; (e) ‘collective rights manager’ means any person providing the services set out in point (a) to several right-holders; (f) ‘online rights’ means any of the following rights: (i) the exclusive right of reproduction that covers all reproductions provided for under Directive 2001/29/EC in the form of intangible copies, made in the process of online distribution of musical works; (ii) the right of communication to the public of a musical work, either in the form of a right to authorise or prohibit pursuant to Directive 2001/29/EC or a right to equitable remuneration in accordance with Directive 92/100/EEC, which includes webcasting, internet radio and simulcasting or near-on-demand services received either on a personal computer or on a mobile telephone; (iii) the exclusive right of making available a musical work pursuant to Directive 2001/29/EC, which includes on-demand or other interactive services; (g) ‘right-holder’ means any natural or legal person that holds online rights; (h) ‘commercial user’ means any person involved in the provision of online music services who needs a licence from right-holders in order to provide legitimate online music services; (i) ‘reciprocal representation agreement’ means any bilateral agreement between collective rights managers whereby one collective rights manager grants to the other the right to represent its repertoire in the territory of the other.
4.

Building upon the policy conclusions identified for each individual euro area Member State based on their National Reform Programmes, action for all euro area countries is needed most urgently in policy areas that would improve the functioning of EMU and contribute to address persistent divergences in inflation, competitiveness and growth. On the budgetary side, while progress is being made to reduce deficits, some countries need to accelerate the pace of structural budgetary consolidation and continue reforming pension and health care systems in order to address the budgetary impact of ageing populations. Furthermore, the quality of public finances should be improved, in particular with the intention of enhancing productivity and innovation, thereby contributing to economic growth and fiscal sustainability. To ensure more dynamic and efficient internal adjustment mechanisms in EMU, markets should be made to function better, through enhanced competition and liberalisation, namely to ensure better mobility of production factors, a rapid adaptation of prices and wages to shocks, and stronger trade integration. It is essential to foster innovation and productivity growth. Within a monetary union, a firm commitment to stability-conducive wage developments is also important to secure competitiveness and employment over the medium and longer term. The regular review of the functioning of price and (public and private) wage setting must therefore be continued. More attention must be paid to labour mobility in the euro area countries. Both financial and product markets have a key role to play in smoothing internal adjustment. The forthcoming Internal Market Review will be of particular importance for the euro area, as well as a rapid implementation of the Services Directive and full implementation of the Financial Services Action Plan. Improvements in competition in the services markets would further contribute to smoothen adjustment in EMU. Against this background, the euroarea Member States are recommended to, together with their specific country recommendations: — make use of the favourable cyclical conditions to aim at or pursue ambitious budgetary consolidation towards their medium-term objectives in line with the Stability and Growth Pact, hence striving to achieve an annual structural adjustment of at least 0,5 % of GDP as a benchmark, — improve the quality of public finance by reviewing public expenditures and taxation, with the intention to enhance productivity and innovation, thereby contributing to economic growth and fiscal sustainability, — effectively implement measures that improve competition, especially in services, and step up measures that promote the full integration of financial markets and the competition in retail financial services, — improve flexibility and security on labour markets, inter alia, by better aligning wage and productivity developments, balancing employment protection and security in the market and enacting measures to promote labour mobility across borders and between occupations.
(9)

Those general principles may be of more relevance to certain categories of financial undertakings than others, in the light of existing regulations and common practices in the financial services industry. These principles should apply in parallel to any rule or regulation governing a specific financial sector. In particular, fees and commissions received by intermediaries and external service providers in case of outsourced activities should not be addressed, since the compensation practices relating to such fees and commissions are already partially covered by particular regimes, in particular Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments (2) and Directive 2002/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2002 on insurance mediation (3). Furthermore, this Recommendation is without prejudice to the rights, where applicable, of social partners in collective bargaining.
3.

Member States are encouraged to include the following actions, as part of the strategic research agenda and of the implementation plan: (a) identifying and exchanging information on relevant national programmes and research activities; (b) reinforcing joint foresight exercises and technology assessment capacities, in order to ensure that emerging and new threats are constantly monitored and regularly reported; (c) exchanging information, resources, best practices, methodologies and guidelines; (d) identifying areas or research activities that would benefit from coordination or joint calls for proposals or pooling of resources; (e) defining the procedures for research to be undertaken jointly in the areas referred to in point (d); (f) sharing, where appropriate, existing research infrastructures or developing new facilities; (g) exporting and disseminating knowledge, innovation and interdisciplinary approaches to other parts of Europe and worldwide and ensuring the effective use of research outputs to enhance European competitiveness and policy making; (h) encouraging better collaboration between the public and private sectors, together with open innovation between different business sectors; (i) considering the changing needs of consumers and those of the agri-food industry in the Union when setting the objectives for related programmes.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 45/16

COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION

of 16 February 2010

concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (ninth EDF) for the financial year 2008

(2010/103/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) and amended by the Agreement signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2),

Having regard to the Internal Agreement (3) on the financing and administration of Community aid under the Financial Protocol to ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Internal Agreement’, setting up, amongst others, the ninth European Development Fund (ninth EDF), and in particular Article 32(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Financial Regulation of 27 March 2003 applicable to the ninth European Development Fund (4), and in particular Articles 96 to 103 thereof,

Having examined the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the ninth EDF as at 31 December 2008 and the Court of Auditors’ report concerning the financial year 2008 together with the Commission’s replies (5),

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 32(3) of the Internal Agreement, the discharge for the financial management of the ninth EDF is to be given to the Commission by the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Council.

(2) The overall implementation by the Commission of the operations of the ninth EDF during the financial year 2008 has been satisfactory,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the European Parliament give the Commission a discharge in respect of the implementation of the operations of the ninth EDF for the financial year 2008.

Done at Brussels, 16 February 2010. For the Council The President E. SALGADO

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 4.

(3) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355.

(4) OJ L 83, 1.4.2003, p. 1.

(5) OJ C 269, 10.11.2009, p. 257.
(7)

Based on the assessment of the updated convergence programme pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97, the Council is of the opinion that, based on the Commission services 2011 spring forecast, the macroeconomic scenario underpinning the budgetary projections is slightly favourable, in particular regarding the development of domestic demand. The update aims to correct the excessive deficit by the 2011 deadline set by the Council, to be achieved with a surplus of 2 % of GDP thanks to the significant one-off revenues from the pension assets. The budget would turn into a deficit of 2,5 % of GDP in 2012 and thereafter gradually decline to 1,5 % of GDP in 2015, mainly based on expenditure restraint. The update confirms the country's medium-term objective (MTO) for the budgetary position in structural terms, a deficit of 1,5 % of GDP. The consolidation strategy is expected to reduce the budgetary deficit in a structural way and put the debt on a downward path to reach 64 % of GDP by 2015. However, it appears to be rather back-loaded with structural improvement starting only from 2012, whereas the cumulative structural deterioration of over 3 % of GDP over 2010 and 2011 is not in line with the Council Recommendation of July 2009 asking Hungary to achieve a structural adjustment of at least 0,5 % of GDP. The spring forecast shows a deficit of 3,3 % of GDP in 2012, which assumes some implementation risks of 0,5 % of GDP; on this basis it cannot be excluded that the threshold may be breached again in that year unless further measures are taken. In addition, the projected structural deficit path, as recalculated by the Commission, does not provide for the necessary adjustments that would ensure achievement of the MTO by the end of the convergence programme period; in particular, there is no further structural adjustment beyond 2013, though the margin to the MTO is small. Finally, the abolishment of the mandatory private pension pillar results in additional one-off and permanent revenues but also increases the long-term liabilities. The ensuing likely deterioration of the long-term fiscal sustainability taking into account that part of the pension funds' assets are used to finance current expenditure, is partly offset by several announced steps related to the pension system in the context of the structural reform programme (e.g. the partly already implemented parametric changes in the public pillar). According to the Commission's latest assessment, the risks with regards to the long-term sustainability of public finances appear to be medium.
(7)

Based on the assessment of the updated Convergence Programme pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1466/97, the Council is of the opinion that the macroeconomic scenario underpinning the budgetary projections is plausible except for 2012 when it may be slightly too favourable. The Convergence Programme does not include a medium-term objective (MTO) as foreseen by the code of conduct although it can be derived from targets therein. The objective of the budgetary strategy is to bring down the deficit from 9,9 % in 2010-2011 to 1,7 % in 2015-2016, mainly based on expenditure restraint, a strategy consistent with evidence on fiscal consolidations that have supported growth. The Convergence Programme plans to bring the deficit below the 3 % reference value by 2014-2015, the deadline set by the Council. Starting from a debt ratio of 78,7 % in 2010-2011, the budgetary projections in the Convergence Programme foresee the debt ratio increasing to 87,2 % by 2013-2014 before beginning to fall slowly. The average annual fiscal effort over the period of 2010-2011 to 2014-2015 is 1,6 %. This is slightly below that recommended by the Council in December 2009 (1,75 % of GDP) but is nevertheless appropriate given that the effort is being pursued from a significantly lower-than-expected budget deficit in 2009-2010 and is therefore consistent with reducing the headline deficit to below the reference value by 2014-2015. According to the Commission's latest assessment, the risks with regard to the long-term sustainability of public finances appear to be high. The long-term cost of ageing is above the EU average and the current budgetary position compounds the cost of ageing. Based on the current fiscal position, debt would increase to 128 % of GDP by 2020. However, the full implementation of the Convergence Programme would be enough to put debt on a downward path but would still be above 80 % by 2020. Beyond its consolidation plans, the UK Government has announced measures which will support long-run sustainability; these include bringing forward the date of the planned rise in the State Pension Age from 65 to 66 and changes to the method of up-rating certain benefits and tax thresholds.