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COMMISSION DECISION of 16 November 1998 amending Commission Decision 93/467/EEC authorising Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC, in respect of oak (Quercus L.) logs with bark attached, originating in Canada or the United States of America (notified under document number C(1998) 3503) (98/661/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 98/2/EC (2), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,

Having regard to the requests made by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal,

Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, oak (Quercus L.) logs with bark attached, originating in North American countries, may, in principle, not be introduced into the Community because of the risk of introducing Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt., the cause of oak wilt;

Whereas Commission Decision 93/467/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 96/724/EC (4) permits derogations for oak (Quercus L.) logs with bark attached originating in Canada and the United States of America provided that special conditions are satisfied;

Whereas Decision 93/467/EEC as amended stipulated that the authorisation shall expire on 31 December 1998;

Whereas, on the basis of the information available at present, the conditions for the derogation in the aforementioned Decision should be maintained;

Whereas the circumstances justifying the authorisation still obtain;

Whereas the authorisation should therefore be extended for a further limited period;

Whereas the Commission will ensure that Canada and the United States of America make all technical information available which is necessary to continue to monitor the functioning of the protective measures required under the aforementioned technical conditions;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 93/467/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 1(2)(b), '- Vigo` is added after '- Valencia`.

2. In Article 3, '31 December 1998` is replaced by '31 December 2000`.

3. In Annex I, part 7, '96/724/EC` is replaced by '98/661/EC`.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.

(2) OJ L 15, 21. 1. 1998, p. 34.

(3) OJ L 217, 27. 8. 1993, p. 49.

(4) OJ L 329, 19. 12. 1996, p. 47.
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 December 1998 repealing Decision 98/116/EC imposing special measures for the import of fruit and vegetables originating in or consigned from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique (notified under document number C(1998) 3632) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/719/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 93/43/EEC of 14 June 1993 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

After consultation with the Member States,

Whereas Commission Decision 98/116/EC of 4 February 1998 adopting special measures for the import of fruit and vegetables originating in or consigned from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique (2) was adopted following the reporting of cholera at epidemic status in these countries;

Whereas the Scientific Committee for Food expressed an opinion in June 1998 that the risk of human illness in non-cholera regions from exposure to Vibrio cholerae from imported fruit and vegetables from areas where cholera is at endemic or epidemic levels is low;

Whereas no cases of illness with cholera have been reported associated with the consumption of fruit and vegetables imported into the Community from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique or any other countries where cholera is at epidemic or endemic levels;

Whereas sampling at the point of importation into the Community of 10 % of consignments of fruit and vegetables originating in or consigned from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique by the competent authorities of the Member States has revealed very low incidence of contamination with Vibrio cholerae;

Whereas, therefore, Decision 98/116/EC should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 98/116/EC is hereby repealed with effect from 1 November 1998.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 1998.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 175, 19. 7. 1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 31, 6. 2. 1998, p. 28.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 346/64

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 December 1998

concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and Canada for cooperation in the area of nuclear research

(notified under document number C(1998) 4244)

(98/732/Euratom)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the approval of the Council,

Whereas the Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and Canada for cooperation in the area of nuclear research should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and Canada for coopertion in the area of nuclear research is hereby approved on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision (1).

Article 2

The President of the Commission shall give, as regards the Community, the notification provided for in Article 12 of the Agreement.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 15 December 1998. For the Commission Leon BRITTAN Vice-President

(1) See page 65 of this Official Journal.
COMMISSION DECISION of 3 February 1998 amending Commission Decision 88/566/EEC listing the products referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden (98/144/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 of 2 July 1987 on the protection of designations used in marketing of milk and milk products (1) as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 4(2)(b) thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 establishes the principle that the descriptions 'milk` and 'milk products` may not be used for milk products other than those described in Article 2 thereof; whereas, as an exception, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of that Regulation, this principle is not applicable to the designation of products the exact nature of which is known because of traditional use and/or when the designations are clearly used to describe a characteristic quality of the product;

Whereas Commission Decision 88/566/EEC of 28 October 1988 (2) lists the products which benefit from this exception;

Whereas, following the accession to the European Union of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the new Member States submitted lists of the products which they deem to meet, within their own territories, the criteria for the abovementioned exception; whereas the Annex to Decision 88/566/EEC should be completed by including the names of the products from the new Member States, in the relevant languages, which can benefit from the exception;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex of Decision 88/566/EEC is amended as follows:

1. the products listed in point 1 of the Annex to this Decision are added to section II;

2. the new sections X and XI set out in point 2 of the Annex to this Decision are added.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 36.

(2) OJ L 310, 16. 11. 1988, p. 32.

ANEXO - BILAG - ANHANG - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE - ANEXO - LIITE - BILAGA

1. 'Butterhäuptel

Butterschnitzel

Faschiertes Butterschnitzel

Milchmargarine

Magarinestreichkäse`

2. 'X

Jordnötssmör

Kakaosmör

Smörsopp

Kokosmjölk

Ostkex

Magarinost

Smördeg

XI

Kaakaovoi

Maapähkinävoi

Voileipäkeksi

Voitatti

Voileipäkakku`
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 9 June 1998 on the method to be applied for determining the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB/1998/1) (1999/31/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to Article 29 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as the 'Statute`),

Having regard to the contribution of the General Council of the European Central Bank provided in accordance with Article 47.2 of the Statute,

Whereas the statistical data to be used for the determination of the key have been provided by the Commission in accordance with the rules adopted by the EU Council on 5 June 1998 (1);

Whereas the Governing Council of the European Central Bank agreed - recognising the impossibility of adhering to a literal interpretation of Article 29.1 of the Statute - to the application of the original (unrounded) four-decimal-place Commission figures for determining the shares of the national central banks (hereinafter referred to as the 'NCBs`) in the initial key for the capital of the European Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as the 'ECB`) as the most precise and thus fairest method;

Whereas, in the event that the Commission's figures do not equal 100 %, the deviation shall be accommodated by adding 0,0001 percentage point, in ascending order, to the smallest share(s) until exactly 100 % is reached, if the initial total were below 100 %; or by subtracting 0,0001 percentage point, in descending order, from the largest share(s) until exactly 100 % is reached, if the initial total were above 100 %;

Whereas the data provided by the Commission will be subject to a revision in October 1998;

Whereas the weighting of the NCBs in the key may be adjusted in the event that the revised data would result in a change of 0,01 % or more in an NCB's share,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The weighting of the NCBs in the key referred to in Article 29.1 of the Statute shall be as follows:

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Article 2

The key may be revised before the start of Stage Three in the event that the Commission provides revised statistical data to be used for the determination of the key before December 1998 which would result in a change of 0,01 % or more in an NCB's share.

Article 3

This Decision shall take retroactive effect from 1 June 1998.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 9 June 1998.

The President of the ECB

Willem F. DUISENBERG

(1) See Council Decision 98/382/EC (OJ L 171, 17 6. 1998, p. 33).
COMMISSION DECISION of 19 May 1998 amending Decision 97/569/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of meat products (Text with EEA relevance) (98/346/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,

Whereas provisional lists of establishments in third countries producing meat products have been drawn up by Commission Decision 97/569/EC (3) as last amended by Decision 98/220/EC (4);

Whereas New Zealand has sent a list of establishments producing poultry meat products and for which the responsible authorities certify that the establishment is in accordance with the Community rules;

Whereas a provisional list of establishments producing poultry meat products can thus be drawn up for New Zealand; whereas Decision 97/569/EC should therefore be amended accordingly;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I of Decision 97/569/EC is amended as follows:

(a) after point 5 of the legend the following text is added:

'PMP= poultry meat products

RMP= rabbit meat products

FMP= farmed game meat products

WMP= wild game meat products`;

(b) the Annex to this Decision is added to Annex I.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 10 May 1998.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 13, 16. 1. 1997, p. 33.

(3) OJ L 234, 26. 8. 1997, p. 16.

(4) OJ L 82, 19. 3. 1998, p. 47.

ANEXO - BILAG - ANHANG - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE - ANEXO - LIITE - BILAGA

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COMMISSION DECISION of 4 March 1998 amending Decision 97/569/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of meat products (Text with EEA relevance) (98/220/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by Council Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,

Whereas provisional lists of establishments in third countries producing meat products have been drawn up by Commission Decision 97/569/EC (3) as last amended by Commission Decision 98/163/EC (4);

Whereas Chile, Croatia and Slovakia have sent a list of establishments producing poultry meat products and for which the responsible authorities certify that the establishment is in accordance with the Community rules;

Whereas a provisional list of establishments producing poultry meat products can thus be drawn up for Chile, Croatia and Slovakia; whereas Decision 97/569/EC should therefore be amended accordingly;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to this Decision is added to the Annex of Decision 97/569/EC.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 20 February 1998.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 13, 16. 1. 1997, p. 33.

(3) OJ L 234, 26. 8. 1997, p. 16.

(4) OJ L 53, 24. 2. 1998, p. 23.

ANEXO - BILAG - ANHANG - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE - ANEXO - LIITE - BILAGA

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COMMISSION DECISION of 26 January 1998 amending Commission Decision 97/467/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of rabbit meat and farmed game meat (Text with EEA relevance) (98/103/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products and live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by Council Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 2(1) and Article 7 thereof,

Whereas Commission Decision 97/467/EC (3) drew up provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise import of rabbit meat and farmed game meat; whereas the Australian list of establishments drawn up by the aforementioned Decision includes in particular establishments producing ratite meat;

Whereas in accordance with Article 2(1) of Council Decision 95/408/EC, a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of ratite meat, import conditions and certification of ratite meat have to be established before drawing up the provisional lists of third country establishments from which imports of ratite meat are authorised;

Whereas the list of third countries from which Member States are authorised to import ratite meat, the animal health conditions and veterinary certification required for import of this meat in the Community are not established yet;

Whereas for the purposes of coherence, it is necessary to amend the Decision 97/467/EC accordingly;

Whereas Australia has also indicated changes in the list of establishments producing other farmed game meat than meat of ratite; whereas these should be taken into account;

Whereas the measures provided for by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. In Article 1 paragraph 2 of Decision 97/467/EC, the following words 'other than ratite meat` are inserted after the words: '(. . .) meats of farmed game`.

2. In Article 1 of Decision 97/467/EC, the following paragraph is inserted between paragraph 2 and paragraph 3:

'2a. Member States may authorise establishments for import of ratite meat up to 1 October 1998.`

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 97/467/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision with regard to Australia.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 13, 16. 1. 1997, p. 33.

(3) OJ L 199, 26. 7. 1997, p. 57.

ANEXO - BILAG - ANHANG - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE - ANEXO - LIITE - BILAGA

'País: AUSTRALIA / Land: AUSTRALIEN / Land: AUSTRALIEN / ×þñá: ÁÕÓÔÑÁËÉÁ / Country: AUSTRALIA / Pays: AUSTRALIE / Paese: AUSTRALIA / Land: AUSTRALIË / País: AUSTRÁLIA / Maa: AUSTRALIA / Land: AUSTRALIEN

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COMMISSION DECISION of 3 March 1998 concerning the extension of an exemption granted to Germany pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the German text is authentic) (98/206/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/27/EC (2), and in particular Article 8(2)(c) thereof,

Whereas by Decision 96/213/EC (3) the Commission approved the request for an exemption submitted by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of Directive 70/156/EEC concerning one type of gas discharge lamp for two types of headlamp for motor vehicles, meeting the requirements of UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulations Nos 8, 98 and 99, with a view to the granting of EC type approval;

Whereas the request for an extension of the exemption submitted by Germany on 13 October 1997 is justified by the fact that the measures needed to adapt the Directives which were the subject of that exemption have not yet come into force and the exemption should therefore be extended until the entry into force of the adaptations to those directives and, in any case, for a maximum period of 24 months;

Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The exemption granted to Germany by Decision 96/213/EC is hereby extended until the entry into force of the adaptations to the directives concerned and, in any case, for a period not exceeding twenty-four months.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 3 March 1998.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 233, 25. 8. 1997, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 70, 20. 3. 1996, p. 40.
COUNCIL DECISION of 20 July 1998 approving the external auditors of the European Central Bank (98/481/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,

Having regard to the Recommendation of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as the 'ECB`) of 19 June 1998,

Whereas the accounts of the ECB and national central banks are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union;

Whereas the Governing Council of the ECB has recommended Coopers and Lybrand as the external auditors of the ECB,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Coopers and Lybrand are hereby approved as the external auditors of the ECB.

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 1999/34/EC of 9 December 1998 on the procedures for implementing Council Directive 95/57/EC on the collection of statistical information in the field of tourism (Official Journal of the European Communities L 9 of 15 January 1999)

On page 2 of the cover, in the Contents, and on page 23, under the title, the number '1999/34/EC` shall be replaced by '1999/35/EC`.
Corrigendum to Council Decision 1999/307/EC of 1 May 1999 laying down the detailed arrangements for the integration of the Schengen Secretariat into the General Secretariat of the Council

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 119 of 7 May 1999)

On page 50, in recital (10), sixth line, and in Article 4(3), first and second lines:

for: "... following the probationary period...",

read: "... by the end of the probationary period...".