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Commission Decision

of 3 October 2002

amending for the 11th time Decision 2000/284/EC establishing the list of approved semen collection centres for imports of equine semen from third countries

(notified under document number C(2002) 3605)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/776/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1282/2002(2), and in particular Article 17(3)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2000/284/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/416/EC(4), established the list of approved semen collection centres for imports of equine semen from third countries.

(2) The competent authorities of Canada requested certain changes to the details provided for approved collection centres for equine semen.

(3) The competent authorities of the United States of America officially informed the Commission of the approval in accordance with the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC of a number of equine semen collection centres.

(4) The competent authorities of New Zealand officially informed the Commission of the approval in accordance with the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC of an equine semen collection centre.

(5) It is appropriate to amend the list of approved centres in the light of new information received from the third countries concerned, and to highlight the amendments in the Annex for clarity.

(6) Decision 2000/284/EC should be amended accordingly.

(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2000/284/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 October 2002.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.

(2) OJ L 187, 16.7.2002, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 94, 14.4.2000, p. 35.

(4) OJ L 150, 8.6.2002, p. 56.

ANNEX

"ANEXO/BILAG/ANHANG/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ/ANNEX/ANNEXE/ALLEGATO/BIJLAGE/ANEXO/LIITE/BILAGA

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Commission Decision

of 24 October 2002

amending for the fourth time Decision 2002/383/EC, concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in France, Germany and Luxembourg

(notified under document number C(2002) 4009)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/839/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2) and, in particular, Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Classical swine fever has occurred in certain bordering areas of France, Germany and Luxembourg.

(2) In view of the trade in live pigs, these outbreaks are liable to endanger the herds of other parts of the Community.

(3) France, Luxembourg and Germany have taken measures within the framework of Directive 2001/89/EC on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(3).

(4) The Commission has adopted Decision 2002/383/EC(4) concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in France, Germany and Luxembourg, which was last amended by Decision 2002/790/EC(5).

(5) In the light of the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the feral and domestic pigs it is appropriate to prolong the measures adopted. Decision 2002/383/EC should be therefore amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 9 of Decision 2002/383/EC the words "20 October 2002" are replaced by the words "20 April 2003" and the words "31 October 2002" are replaced by the words "30 April 2003".

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 October 2002.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.

(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.

(3) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.

(4) OJ L 136, 24.5.2002, p. 22.

(5) OJ L 274, 11.10.2002, p. 38.
Commission Decision

of 15 October 2002

amending Decision 2000/807/EC laying down the codified form and the codes for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to Council Directive 82/894/EEC

(notified under document number C(2002) 3786)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/807/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2000/556/EC(2), and in particular the first indent of Article 5 (2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2000/807/EC(3) lays down the codified form and the codes for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to Directive 82/894/EEC.

(2) Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation(4), provides for the approval of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Trade in Agricultural Products and requires that Switzerland be added to the Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS).

(3) Further infectious salmon anaemia and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia should be included in the list of notifiable diseases in ADNS as these diseases are respectively in list I and list II of Annex A to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991, concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and their products(5), as last amended by Directive 98/45/EC(6).

(4) To permit the notification of outbreaks of classical swine fever in feral pigs to be separated from those in domestic pigs and for different subtypes of classical swine fever to be notified separately, different codes should be given for those diseases.

(5) In order to protect confidentiality of the transmitted information, the Annexes to this Decision should not be published.

(6) Decision 2000/807/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes IV to VII to Decision 2000/807/EC are amended in accordance with the Annexes to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 October 2002.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58.

(2) OJ L 235, 19.9.2000, p. 27.

(3) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 80.

(4) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 12.
Council Decision

of 5 November 2002

appointing Swedish members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Training

(2002/C 279/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Decision of 18 December 1963 laying down the Rules of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Training(1),

Having regard to the lists of candidates submitted to the Council by the Swedish Government,

Whereas:

(1) By its Decision of 30 September 2002(2), the Council appointed members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Training for the period from 30 September 2002 to 29 September 2004, with the exception of the Swedish representatives.

(2) The Swedish members and alternate members of that Committee should be appointed for the remainder of the current term of office, i.e. until 29 September 2004,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Training for the period from 5 November 2002 to 29 September 2004:

I. GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES

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II. REPRESENTATIVES OF WORKERS' ORGANISATIONS

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III. REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATIONS

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Article 2

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

Done at Brussels on 5 November 2002.

For the Council

The President

T. Pedersen

(1) OJ 190, 30.12.1963, p. 3090/63, as amended by the Decision of 9 April 1968 (OJ L 91, 12.4.1968, p. 26).

(2) OJ C 243, 9.10.2002, p. 1.
Council Decision

of 10 December 2002

concerning the implementation of Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission

(2002/968/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP of 11 March 2002 on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM)(1), and in particular Article 9(1)(b), last subparagraph thereof, in conjunction with the second indent of Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,

Whereas the Council should decide on the final budget for the year 2003,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The budget for the EUPM for 2003 shall be EUR 38 million, of which a reference amount of EUR 20 million shall be financed in common from the general budget of the European Union.

2. The management of the expenditure financed by the Community budget specified in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the procedures and rules of the Community applying to budget matters with the exception that any pre-financing shall not remain the property of the Community.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2002.

For the Council

The President

P. S. Møller

(1) OJ L 70, 13.3.2002, p. 1.
Decision of the European Central Bank

of 19 December 2002

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2003

(ECB/2002/12)

(2002/1011/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to Article 106(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right from 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States that have adopted the euro (the participating Member States).

(2) The participating Member States have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2003, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2003

The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2003 as described in the following table:

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Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.

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

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 19 December 2002.

The President of the ECB

Willem F. Duisenberg
Commission Decision

of 13 December 2002

on the list of establishments in the Falkland Islands approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community

(notified under document number C(2002) 4988)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/987/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine, and caprine animals, and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(2), and in particular Articles 4(1) and 18(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Establishments in third countries may only be authorised to export fresh meat to the Community if they satisfy the general and special conditions laid down in Directive 72/462/EEC.

(2) Following a Community mission, it appears that the animal health situation in the Falkland Islands compares favourably with that in the Member States, particularly as regards disease transmission through meat, and that the operation of controls over the production of fresh meat is satisfactory.

(3) For the purpose of Article 4(3) of Directive 72/462/EEC, the Falkland Islands has forwarded details of the establishment which should be authorised to export fresh meat to the Community.

(4) A Community inspection has shown that the hygiene standards of that establishment are satisfactory and that it may therefore be included on the first list of establishments, to be drawn up in accordance with Article 4(1) of Directive 72/462/EEC, from which imports of fresh meat may be authorised. Imports of fresh meat from the establishment set out on the list in the Annex continue to be subject to provisions already laid down, the general provisions of the Treaty and in particular the other Community veterinary regulations regarding health protection.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. The establishment in the Falkand Islands as listed in the Annex is hereby approved for the purposes of exporting fresh meat to the Community.

2. Imports from this establishment shall remain subject to the Community veterinary provisions, and in particular those concerning health protection.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2002.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28.

(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.

ANNEX

Country: The Falkland Islands

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Commission Decision

of 30 January 2002

amending Decision 97/569/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of meat products, to include a Malaysian establishment

(notified under document number C(2002) 328)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/74/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 2001/4/EC(2), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of meat products have been drawn up by Commission Decision 97/569/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2000/555/EC(4).

(2) The Commission has received from Malaysia details of a poultrymeat product establishment, with guarantees that it fully meets the relevant Community health requirements and that should this establishment fail to do so, its export activities to the European Community would be suspended.

(3) A provisional list of establishments producing poultrymeat products may thus be drawn up in respect of Malaysia, and Decision 97/569/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) 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 text in the Annex to this Decision is added to the Annex to Decision 97/569/EC.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2002.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 21.

(3) OJ L 234, 26.8.1997, p. 16.

(4) OJ L 235, 19.9.2000, p. 25.

ANNEX

Malaysia

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Commission Decision

of 11 February 2002

amending Directive 92/33/EEC to extend the derogation relating to import conditions for vegetable propagating and planting material from third countries

(notified under document number C(2002) 427)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/111/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/33/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/29/EC(2), and in particular Article 16(2), second subparagraph, thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Commission is required pursuant to Article 16(1) of Directive 92/33/EEC to decide whether vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, produced in a third country and affording the same guarantees as regards obligations on the supplier, identity, characteristics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspection arrangements, marking and sealing, is equivalent in all these respects to vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed produced in the Community and complying with the requirements and conditions of that Directive.

(2) However, the information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is still not sufficient to enable the Commission to adopt any such decision in respect of any third country at this stage.

(3) In order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted, Member States importing vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, from third countries should be allowed to continue to apply to such products conditions equivalent to those applicable to similar Community products in accordance with Article 16(2) of Directive 92/33/EEC.

(4) The period of application of the derogation provided for to in Article 16(2), first subparagraph, of Directive 92/33/EEC, which was extended until 31 December 2001 by Decision 1999/29/EC, should accordingly be further extended.

(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Materials for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In the first subparagraph of Article 16(2) of Directive 92/33/EEC, the date "31 December 2001" is replaced by "31 December 2004".

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 February 2002.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 8, 14.1.1999, p. 29.
Commission Decision

of 13 March 2002

on the acknowledgement of the establishment and satisfactory entry into operation of the Israeli good laboratory practice (GLP) monitoring system

(2002/227/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 1999/662/EC of 19 July 1999 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on mutual recognition of OECD principles of good laboratory practice (GLP) and compliance monitoring programmes between the European Community and the State of Israel(1), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,

After consulting the Special Committee appointed by the Council,

Whereas:

(1) The first two meetings of the EU-Israel Joint Committee set up by the Agreement were respectively held on 27 November 2000 and 16 November 2001, and allowed for a detailed examination of the setting up of the Israeli national GLP monitoring system.

(2) The additional information requested by the Services of the Commission was provided timely by the Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority (ISRAC) acting as the national GLP monitoring authority.

(3) In accordance with Article 11(2) and Article 11(3) of the Agreement, the Community has to agree that the Israeli GLP monitoring system has been established and has entered into force satisfactorily before the initial period may be terminated,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Community hereby agrees that the Israeli GLP monitoring system has been established and has entered into satisfactory operation during the initial period of the agreement, and that the initial period may thus be terminated with a view to move to the operational phase of the agreement at the latest on 1 May 2002.

Done at Brussels, 13 March 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal Lamy

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 263, 9.10.1999, p. 6.
Commission Decision

of 23 October 2002

concerning a request for exemption submitted by 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

(notified under document number C(2002) 3977)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2002/843/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 Directive 2001/116/EC of the Commission(2), and in particular Article 8(2)(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The request for exemption submitted by Germany on 6 August 2002, which reached the Commission on 19 August 2002, contained the information required by Article 8(2)(c) of Directive 70/156/EEC.

(2) The request concerns the installation on one type of vehicle of category M1 of headlamps with a bend lighting function; whereas bend lighting is a function intended to provide enhanced illumination of the road into bends.

(3) The reasons given in the request, according to which such vehicle types meet the requirements of Annex IV to Directive 70/156/EEC, apart from Council Directive 76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers(3), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/28/EC of 11 June 1997(4), are well founded.

(4) The description of the tests, the results thereof and their compliance with UN/ECE Regulation No 48, as amended recently, ensure a satisfactory level of safety.

(5) The Community Directive concerned will be amended in order to permit the installation of such bend lighting.

(6) The measures provided for by this Decision are 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 request submitted by Germany for an exemption concerning the approval and placing on the market of a type of vehicle of category M1 fitted with bend lighting in accordance with the draft UN/ECE provisions is hereby approved.

Article 2

The validity of the approvals granted in accordance with this Decision shall take effect on 1 October 2002 and shall expire on 30 September 2004.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 23 October 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki Liikanen

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 18, 21.1.2002, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 171, 30.6.1997, p. 1.