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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 183/12

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 28 June 2013

approving the plan submitted by Croatia for the approval of establishments for the purposes of intra-Union trade in poultry and hatching eggs pursuant to Council Directive 2009/158/EC

(notified under document C(2013) 3988)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2013/346/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 3(1) of Directive 2009/158/EC provides that Member States are to submit to the Commission a plan describing the national measures which they intend to implement to ensure compliance with the rules laid down in Annex II to that Directive for the approval of establishments for the purposes of intra-Union trade in those commodities.

(2) In view of its Accession to the Union on 1 July 2013, Croatia submitted to the Commission its plan in accordance with Article 3(1) of Directive 2009/158/EC. That plan, as amended following suggestions made by the Commission during its examination, fulfils the criteria laid down in Directive 2009/158/EC and permits the objectives of that Directive to be attained, subject to its effective implementation and regular update by Croatia. It should therefore be approved.

(3) 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 plan describing the national measures to be implemented to ensure compliance with the rules set out in Annex II to Directive 2009/158/EC for the approval of establishments for the purposes of intra-Union trade in poultry and hatching eggs provided for in Article 3(1) of that Directive, submitted by Croatia to the Commission on 19 April 2013, is approved.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2013. For the Commission Tonio BORG Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 318/2

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 October 2013

adopting the Council's position on draft amending budget No 8 of the European Union for the financial year 2013

2013/C 318/02

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (1), and in particular Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

— the Union's budget for the financial year 2013 was definitively adopted on 12 December 2012 (2),

— on 26 September 2013, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 8 to the general budget for the financial year 2013,

— the Council's position is taken in conjunction with the adoption of its position on draft amending budget No 9/2013 and is subject to the European Parliament's approval of the agreement on the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020,

— given the fact that draft amending budget No 8 to the general budget for 2013 needs to be adopted without delay, it is justified to shorten, in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Council's Rules of Procedure, the 8-week period for the information of national Parliaments, as well as the 10-day period foreseen for placing the item on the Council's provisional agenda laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council's position on draft amending budget No 8 of the European Union for the financial year 2013 was adopted on 30 October 2013.

This Decision shall apply from the date of the European Parliament's approval of the agreement on the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 and of the Council's position on draft amending budget No 9/2013.

The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council's website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

Done at Brussels, 30 October 2013. For the Council The President L. LINKEVIČIUS

(1) OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 66, 8.3.2013, p. 1, with corrigendum in OJ L 134, 18.5.2013, p. 21.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/52

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 November 2013

adjusting monthly from 1 August 2012 to 1 June 2013 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

(2013/655/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Whereas:

(1) The statistics available to the Commission show that for certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings applicable to remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were last laid down.

(2) In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations in such case those weightings need to be adjusted monthly, with effect from 1 August, 1 October, 1 November, 1 December 2012 and 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2013, respectively,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be adjusted for countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains 10 monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable effective dates for each one of them.

The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation (2) and correspond to the relevant dates referred to in the tables from the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 November 2013. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
COUNCIL DECISION

of 15 November 2013

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco

(2013/720/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) On 22 May 2006 the Council approved the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (1) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Partnership Agreement’) by adopting Regulation (EC) No 764/2006 (2).

(2) The application of the last Protocol to this Partnership Agreement setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Partnership Agreement (3) ended on 20 December 2011.

(3) The Council authorised the Commission to negotiate a new Protocol granting vessels of the Union fishing opportunities in the waters falling within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Morocco as regards fishing. At the end of those negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 24 July 2013.

(4) The new Protocol should be signed subject to its conclusion,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The signature, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Protocol’) is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Protocol. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the Union.

Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2013. For the Council The President R. ŠADŽIUS

(1) OJ L 141, 29.5.2006, p. 4.

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 764/2006 of 22 May 2006 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (OJ L 141, 29.5.2006, p. 1).

(3) Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (OJ L 202, 5.8.2011, p. 3).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/68

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 11 December 2013

refusing the request by Hungary to introduce a Quick Reaction Mechanism special measure derogating from Article 193 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax

(notified under document C(2013) 9007)

(Only the Hungarian text is authentic)

(2013/769/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1), and in particular Article 199b thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By notification registered at the Commission on 27 November 2013, Hungary requested authorisation to introduce a Quick Reaction Mechanism special measure derogating from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC.

(2) According to that notification, it has come to the attention of the national authorities that a number of traders have engaged in tax evasion by not paying VAT to the competent tax authorities.

(3) The requested measure consists in designating the taxable person to whom goods, in this case sugar, are supplied as liable for the payment of VAT instead of the supplier.

(4) On 4 December 2013, the Commission notified the Member States that it had all the information necessary to appraise the request.

(5) On the basis of detailed fraud figures in this sector provided by Hungary, it clearly appears that fraud in the sector was already of a substantive nature in 2011 and 2012.

(6) Therefore, it has been established that the fraud identified is not of a sudden nature within the meaning of Article 199b of Directive 2006/112/EC.

(7) The requested derogation should therefore not be granted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Hungary may not introduce the requested Quick Reaction Mechanism special measure derogating from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to Hungary.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2013. For the Commission Algirdas ŠEMETA Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 284/22

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 9 October 2013

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/025 IT/Lombardia from Italy)

(2013/526/EU)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to 30 December 2011 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.

(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

(4) Italy submitted an application on 30 December 2011 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in two enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 26 (‘Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products’) in the NUTS II region of Lombardia (ITC4) and supplemented it by additional information up to 12 March 2013. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 1 164 930.

(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Italy,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 164 930 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 9 October 2013. For the European Parliament The President M. SCHULZ For the Council The President V. LEŠKEVIČIUS

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 8/17

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 12 December 2012

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2012/005 SE/Saab from Sweden)

(2013/18/EU)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

(2) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

(3) Sweden submitted an application on 25 May 2012 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Saab Automobile SA, one of its subsidiaries and 16 of its suppliers, and supplemented it by additional information up to 20 August 2012. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 5 454 560.

(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Sweden,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 5 454 560 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 12 December 2012. For the European Parliament The President M. SCHULZ For the Council The President A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 221/26

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2014/415/EU of 24 June 2014 on the arrangements for the implementation by the Union of the solidarity clause

( Official Journal of the European Union L 192 of 1 July 2014 )

On the cover, in the table of contents:

for:

‘2014/415/EU Council Decision of 24 June 2014 on the arrangements for the implementation by the Union of the solidarity clause’,

read:

‘Council Decision 2014/415/CFSP of 24 June 2014 on the arrangements for the implementation by the Union of the solidarity clause’;

on page 53, in the title:

for:

‘COUNCIL DECISION of 24 June 2014 on the arrangements for the implementation by the Union of the solidarity clause (2014/415/EU)’,

read:
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 297/41

Corrigendum to Council Implementing Decision 2014/24/CFSP of 20 January 2014 implementing Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus

( Official Journal of the European Union L 16 of 21 January 2014 )

On page 33, Annex:

for:

‘In the Annex to Decision 2012/642/CFSP, entry No. 210 shall be replaced by the following:’

,

read:

‘In the Annex to Decision 2012/642/CFSP, entry No 199 shall be replaced by the following:’

;

on page 33, Annex, table, first column:

for:

‘210’

,

read:

‘199.’

.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/101

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2014/451/EU of 26 May 2014 on the signing and conclusion of the Participation Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya)

( Official Journal of the European Union L 205 of 12 July 2014 )

On page 2, in the title:

for:

‘COUNCIL DECISION of 26 May 2014 on the signing and conclusion of the Participation Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya) (2014/451/EU)’

,

read:

‘COUNCIL DECISION 2014/451/CFSP of 26 May 2014 on the signing and conclusion of the Participation Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya)’

.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 40/56

COUNCIL DECISION 2014/72/CFSP

of 10 February 2014

updating and amending the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision 2013/395/CFSP

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 27 December 2001, the Council adopted Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (1).

(2) On 25 July 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/395/CFSP (2) updating and amending the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP.

(3) In accordance with Article 1(6) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, it is necessary to review at regular intervals the names of persons, groups and entities in the list to ensure that there are grounds for keeping them therein.

(4) This Decision sets out the result of the review that the Council has carried out in respect of persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply.

(5) The Council has determined that there are no longer grounds for keeping a certain group in the list of persons, groups and entities to which Article 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply.

(6) The Council has concluded that the persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of that Common Position, that a decision has been taken with respect to them by a competent authority within the meaning of Article 1(4) of that Common Position, and that they should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for therein.

(7) The list of the persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply should be updated accordingly, and Decision 2013/395/CFSP should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The list of persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Decision 2013/395/CFSP is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2014. For the Council The President C. ASHTON

(1) Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93).

(2) Council Decision 2013/395/CFSP of 25 July 2013 updating and amending the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision 2012/765/CFSP (OJ L 201, 26.7.2013, p. 57).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/59

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 January 2014

appointing three United Kingdom alternate members of the Committee of the Regions

(2014/46/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal of the United Kingdom Government,

Whereas:

(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.

(2) Three alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Kathy POLLARD, Ms Mary ROBINSON and Ms Sharon TAYLOR,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed as alternate members to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:

— Ms Sherma BATSON, Councillor, Stevenage Borough Council,

— Ms Gillian FORD, Councillor, London Borough of Havering,

— Ms Kathy POLLARD, Councillor, Babergh District Council.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2014. For the Council The President G. STOURNARAS

(1) OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2) OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.