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COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 20 February 1995 on groundwater protection (95/C 49/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

EMPHASIZES the special significance of groundwater as an essential component of the water cycle and ecosystems and as one of the most important resources in the provision of drinking water;

IS CONCERNED that groundwater resources in certain areas remain seriously endangered, both qualitatively and quantitatively;

RECALLS its resolution of 25 February 1992 on the future Community groundwater policy (1) calling upon the Commission to submit a detailed action programme for groundwater protection and to draft a proposal for revising Council Directive 80/68/EEC of 17 December 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances (2);

CONFIRMS the points made in the final declaration adopted by the participants at the Ministerial Seminar on groundwater in The Hague on 26 and 27 November 1991;

SUPPORTS the guidelines of the Fifth Action Programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development in the field of groundwater management:

- maintaining the quality of unpolluted groundwater,

- preventing further pollution,

- restoring where appropriate, polluted groundwater;

ADVOCATES emphasis on the following points when formulating the action programme;

- licensing systems and other instruments providing an appropriate national management of (ground) water,

- measures to provide for preventive, far-reaching groundwater protection, inter alia, in view of diffuse sources,

- general provisions for the safety of installations handling substances harmful to water,

- general provisions to promote agricultural practices consistent with groundwater protection;

therefore REQUESTS the Commission to tackle the aforementioned priority tasks and, in cooperation with the Member States, to draw up relevant proposals in compliance with the subsidiarity principle and put them forward in a specific programme that can also form part of the overall policy on water protection demanded by a number of Member States;

REQUESTS the Commission to consider the revision of Directive 80/68/EEC where necessary;

URGES the Commission to expedite its work so that the action programme for the protection of groundwater can be submitted to the Council before the end of the first half of 1995 at the latest.

(1) OJ No C 59, 6. 3. 1992, p. 2.

(2) OJ No L 20, 26. 1. 1980, p. 43. Directive as last amended by Directive 91/692/EEC (OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1991, p. 48).
REPORT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS

on the financial statements of the European Coal and Steel Community as at 31 December 1995

1. This report concerns the reliability of the accounts drawn up by the Commission (the High Authority), in accordance with Article 45c of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.

2. The Court has audited the accounts and financial statements of the European Coal and Steel Community as at 31 December 1995 in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and carried out such checks as it considered necessary.

3. In the Court's opinion, the attached financial statements (balance sheet as at 31 December 1995, profit and loss account for the financial year ending 31 December 1995, statement of the allocation of surplus for the year ending 31 December 1995 and notes relating to the financial statements as at 31 December 1995), which have been drawn up in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, give a true and fair view of the assets and financial situation of the European Coal and Steel Community as at 31 December 1995 and of the results of its operations for the year then ended.

Luxembourg, 28 June 1996.

Bernhard FRIEDMANN

President of the Court of Auditors

Armindo de SOUSA RIBEIRO

Member of the Court of Auditors
COUNCIL RESOLUTION

of 25 July 1996

on access to culture for all

(96/C 242/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Whereas access to culture for citizens in an operational or user capacity is an essential condition for full participation in society,

Aware that, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, promotion of wider access to culture within the Member States is the principal responsability of the Member States,

Emphasizing that all cultures, in their diversity, must also be taken into account and respected,

Aware that geographical, physical, educational, social or economic obstacles may make it more difficult for many citizens to gain access to culture and may increase the incidence of exclusion, particularly among the less-favoured groups of the population,

Noting that knowledge of the conditions of access to culture should be improved and the obstacles thereto identified in order to improve participation in culture by all citizens,

Recognizing the advantages of exchanging information and experience relating to Community programmes,

Bearing in mind that action should be taken to ensure that access to culture is made easier for all citzens,

AGREES to encourage cooperation with the Council of Europe and Unesco, particularly through the interchange of experience in the area of access to culture,

CALLS UPON the Commission to:

- carry out a Europe-wide survey to ascertain more clearly the facts about access to culture and the needs felt by citizens, and, in particular, young people and those experiencing different forms of exclusion; this survey will be based on existing experience and statistics. It will help to target more accurately measures concerning access to culture for citizens within Community programmes,

- submit to the Council, by the end of 1997, the outcome of that survey in the form of a report on access to culture for all.
Information from the Commission - Nomination of members of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries



Official Journal C 338 , 08/11/1997 P. 0007 - 0007



Nomination of members of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (97/C 338/03) In accordance with Articles 4 and 6 (1) of Commission Decision 93/619/EC, relating to the institution of a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, the Commission decided on 5 November 1997 to appoint as members of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries the following persons whose term of office shall expire two years after the date of their nomination: ARDIZZONE, G. D. CAMIÑAS, J. A. CONNOLLY, P. COSTA MONTEIRO, C. ELTINK, G. ERNST, P. FONTENEAU, A. FRANQUESA, R. GONZÁLES-GARCÉS, A. GUSTAVSSON, T. KUIKKA, S. KUNZLIK, P. LOKKEGAARD, J. MESSINA, G. MICKWITZ, P. MOGUEDET, P. MOTH-POULSEN, T. PERRADEA, Y. PESTANA, G. PFEIFER, N. POLET, H. SJÖSTRAND, B. SMIT, J. STERGIOU, K. I. STOKES, K. TSERPES, G. VANHEE, W. WEBER, W.
RECOMMENDATION No 21 of 28 November 1996 concerning the application of Article 69 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 to unemployed persons accompanying their spouses employed in a Member State other than the competent State (97/C 67/03)

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS,

Having regard to Article 81 (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, under which it is responsible for dealing with all administrative questions and questions of interpretation arising from the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and subsequent regulations,

Whereas under the terms of Article 69 (1) and employed or self-employed person who is wholly unemployed and who goes to one or more Member States other than the competent State in order to seek employment is allowed, subject to certain conditions and limits, to retain his entitlement to unemployment benefits;

Whereas one of the conditions set out in subsection (a) of the said paragraph is that the person concerned must have remained available to the employment services of the competent State for at least four weeks after becoming unemployed.

Whereas the final sentence of subsection (a) does, however, allow the competent services or institutions to authorize the job-seeker's departure before four weeks have expired;

Whereas this authorization should not be denied to persons who, while meeting the other conditions set out in Article 69 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, wish to accompany their spouse who has taken a job in another Member State;

Acting in accordance with the provisions of Article 80 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS to the competent services and institutions that:

1. authorization of departure before four weeks have expired as provided for in the final sentence of Article 69 (1) (a) shall be granted to an employed or self-employed person who is wholly unemployed, meets all the other conditions laid down in Article 69 (1) and is accompanying his/her spouse who has taken a job in a Member State other than the competent State;

2. this recommendation shall apply from the first day of the month following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Chairman of the Administrative Commission

Denis CROWLEY
Corrigendum to the communication from the Commission of 22 July 1998 on the marketing authorisation procedures for medicinal products (Official Journal of the European Communities C 229 of 22 July 1998) (1999/C 29/10)

On page 14, in the fourth paragraph of point 5 in Chapter E the reference to Article 7a of Directive 75/319/EEC must be replaced to read Article 7a of Directive 65/65/EEC.

The reference in the final sentence of the same paragraph must read Article 11 of Directive 75/319/EEC.
EC/US VETERINARY AGREEMENT (98/C 122/01)

When adopting the Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in trade in live animals and animal products (1), the Council approved the following declaration:

'The Council takes note of the exchange of letters between the Commission and the United States Department of Agriculture and agrees to include these letters in its minutes.

The Council stresses that these letters are an essential element of its decision relating to the approval of the EC/US Veterinary Agreement.

The Council and the Commission consider that the political commitments set out in these letters are essential to ensure a proper, balanced and full implementation of the Agreement.

The Commission undertakes, that in accordance with the procedure foreseen in Article 4 of the Council Decision, it will utilize the provisions of Article 14 of the Agreement to deal with any problems of implementation which arise, bearing in mind, in particular, the importance attached by the Council in its decision to the letters from the United States. The Commission also undertakes that, should problems of the nature referred to above prove impossible to resolve, it will take the necessary procedural steps to enable the Council to take the action foreseen under Article 16 of the Agreement and will use the resources on which the Community may call pursuant to Article 2 of this Agreement.

In any case it is clear that the Commission needs to take a number of implementing decisions within the framework of the Standing Veterinary Committee. The Commission foresees that the implementation into national legislation will take a few months, in conformity with Article 8 of the Agreement, from the moment of the signing of the Agreement. During this period the Commission will closely monitor the implementation on the US side.

The Council agrees to publish this declaration and the abovementioned letters in the Official Journal of the European Communities (series C).`

(1) OJ L 118, 21.4.1998, p. 1.
REPORT on the financial statements of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EAEMP - London) for the financial year ended 31 December 1997, together with the Agency's reply (98/C 406/05)

1.1. This report is addressed to the Management Board of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products in conformity with Article 57(10), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 (1).

1.2. The Court has examined the financial statements of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products for the financial year ended 31 December 1997. In accordance with Article 57(7), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93, the budget was implemented on the responsibility of the Executive Director. This responsibility included the drawing-up and presentation of the financial statements (2) in accordance with the internal financial provisions, as provided for in Article 57(11), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93. The Court of Auditors is required under Article 188c of the Treaty establishing the European Community to examine these accounts.

1.3. The Court performed its audit in accordance with its auditing policies and standards. These have been adapted from generally accepted international auditing standards to reflect the specific characteristics of the Community context. Accordingly, the Court carried out such tests of the accounting records and other audit procedures as it deemed necessary in the circumstances. By means of this audit, the Court obtained a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed below.

1.4. This examination has enabled the Court to obtain reasonable assurance that the annual accounts for the financial year which ended on 31 December 1997 are reliable and that the underlying transactions, taken as a whole, are legal and regular.

This report was adopted by the Court of Auditors in Luxembourg at the Court meeting of 29 October 1998.

For the Court of Auditors

Bernhard FRIEDMANN

President

Table 1 Balance sheet for the financial year 1997

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Source: Prepared by the Court of Auditors on the basis of the Agency's data.

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(1) OJ L 214, 24.8.1993, p. 1.

(2) As required under Article 57(9) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93, the accounts for all the Agency's revenue and expenditure for the financial year 1997 were drawn up on 24 March 1998 and forwarded to the Agency's Management Board, the Commission and the Court of Auditors. These accounts were received by the Court on 31 March 1998. A summarised version of these financial statements is presented in the tables attached to this report.

REPLY OF THE AGENCY

The document entitled 'Preliminary observations with a view to drawing up a report on the financial statements of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products for the financial year ending on 31 December 1997` does not call for any comments from us and we can accept it without any modification.
COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS of 24 September 1998 concerning the European Audiovisual Conference: 'Challenges and opportunities of the digital age` (98/C 306/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

1) Welcomes the Presidency, Commission and British Screen Advisory Council (BSAC) joint initiative in holding in Birmingham on 6 to 8 April 1998 the European Audiovisual Conference entitled 'Challenges and opportunities of the digital age` (the 'Birmingham Conference`);

2) Recognises that issues covered by the four Working Groups at the Birmingham Conference are key audiovisual policy priorities;

3) Welcomes constructive and innovative ideas for future orientations from the reports of the said four Working Groups;

4) Accepts the need for further work by Member States, the Commission and the Council, within their respective responsibilities, to evaluate those ideas, prioritise them and decide on the need for further action;

5) Urges the Commission and the Austrian Presidency to take forward the follow-up from the Birmingham Conference in that context;

6) Notes in particular the opportunity presented by:

- the planned half-term review of MEDIA II, which should explore ways of encouraging a strong and competitive programme industry, taking account of the European cultural diversity and the particular conditions in small language areas. The professionals expressed interest in the creation of financial tools for attracting private capital and in the promotion of European audiovisual productions on external markets,

- the consultation on the Commission's Green Paper on convergence which will enable the Commission to formulate the announced action plan at the end of 1998, taking into account the existing regulatory framework, and the possible needs of developing digital services as they emerge.
List of table wines described as 'Landwein`, 'vin de pays`, 'vino tipico`, 'ïíïìáóßá êáôÜ ðáñÜäïóç` or 'ïßíïò ôïðéêüò`, 'vino de la tierra`, 'vinho regional`, in accordance with Article 2 (3) (i) of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 (Published pursuant to Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90) (1999/C 46/08)

(This list cancels and replaces the list published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 344 of 15 November 1996, page 151.)

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COUNCIL ACT

of 29 April 1999

appointing the Director and Deputy Directors of Europol

(1999/C 149/03)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Convention based on Article K.3 of the Treaty on the European Union, on the etablishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention)(1), and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Management Board,

Whereas it is for the Council, acting unanimously, to appoint the Director and Deputy Directors of Europol;

Taking into account the agreement reached at the meeting of the Council of 3 and 4 December 1998,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

As from the moment to the taking-up of activities of Europol, Mr Jürgen Storbeck is appointed Director of Europol for a period of five years.

Article 2

1. As from the moment of the taking-up of activities of Europol, Mr Willy Bruggeman is appointed as Deputy Director of Europol for a period of four years.

2. As from the moment of the taking-up of activities of Europol, Mr Gilles Leclair is appointed as Deputy Director of Europol for a period of four years.

3. As from the moment of the taking-up of activities of Europol, Mr Emanuele Marotta is appointed as Deputy Director of Europol for a period of three years.

4. As from the moment of the taking-up of activities of Europol, Mr Georges Rauchs is appointed as Deputy Director of Europol for a period of three years.

5. As from the moment of the taking-up of activities of Europol, Mr David Lawrence Valls-Russell is appointed as Deputy Director of Europol for a period of four years.

Article 3

This decision shall enter into force on the day following its adoption by the Council.

It shall be published in the Official Journal.

Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1999.

For the Council

The President

W. MÜLLER

(1) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 1.
Information from the Commission - Communication on the appointment of new members and the Chairman of the European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development (Text with EEA relevance)



Official Journal C 115 , 28/04/1999 P. 0004 - 0004



Communication on the appointment of new members and the Chairman of the European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development (1999/C 115/05) (Text with EEA relevance) Pursuant to Decision of 16 April 1999, the Commission has appointed Paolo Costa, Grazia Francescato, Jill Johnstone, Jernej Stritih, Rob Van der Horst and Barbara Young as members of the European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development until 28 February 2001, and has designated Mr Jens Kampmann, current member of the Forum, as Chairman of the European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development for a period of two years.
Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Parliament and Council Directive 94/27/EC of 30 June 1994 amending for the twelfth time Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations(1)

(1999/C 205/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

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NOTE:

- any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European standardisation organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC(2), as amended by Directive 98/48/EC;

- publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Communities does not imply that the standards are available in all the Community languages;

- the Commission ensures the updating of this list.

(1) OJ L 188, 22.7.1994.

(2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992, on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature

(1999/C 166/06)

Binding tariff information ceases to be valid from this day if it becomes incompatible with the interpretation of the customs nomenclature as a result of the following international tariff measures:

Amendments to the Harmonised System explanatory notes and the compendium of classification opinions approved by the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC document No 42.100: report of the 21th Session of the HS Committee):

AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO BE DONE UNDER AN ARTICLE 8 PROCEDURE OF THE HS CONVENTION AND CLASSIFICATION OPINIONS EDITED BY THE HS COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION (21ST SESSION OF THE HSC IN MARCH 1998) DOC 42.100

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Information regarding the contents of these measures can be obtained from the Directorate-General of Taxation and Customs Union of the Commission of the European Communities (Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels).