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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/949

of 26 June 2020

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Council Decision 2014/928/EU (2), the Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part (3), to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (‘the Protocol’) has been signed, subject to its conclusion.

(2) The Protocol should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (4) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union and its Member States.

Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, the instrument of approval provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 June 2020. For the Council The President A. METELKO-ZGOMBIĆ

(1) Consent of 28 April 2016 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) Council Decision 2014/928/EU of 8 October 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (OJ L 365, 19.12.2014, p. 1).

(3) The text of the Agreement is published in OJ L 321, 20.11.2012, p. 3.

(4) The text of the Protocol was published in OJ L 365, 19.12.2014, p. 3, together with the decision on its signing.
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investigate the alleged failure of the Commission to enforce effectively, and of the Member States to implement and to enforce effectively, Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 outside the Union, in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber) of 23 April 2015 in Case C-424/13; in its judgment, the Court of Justice recalled that Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 imposes severe obligations not only on transport of live vertebrate animals taking place entirely within the territory of the European Union, but also on transport operations having their points of departure within that territory and their destination in a third country. In the same judgment, the Court held that compliance should be ensured by Member States’ competent authorities when they authorise journeys taking place in third countries,
(5)

‘Decree-Law No 10-G/2020 of 26 March’ and ‘Decree-Law No 27-B/2020 of 19 June’, which are referred to in Portugal’s request of 11 August 2020, have been the basis for the introduction of a number of measures to address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes the new and simplified special support for the maintenance of employment contracts through the temporary interruption of work or reduction of normal working time. This measure is similar to the measure referred to in recital (4) but has simplified procedures to allow swifter access to funds. The measure provides a benefit to eligible firms to cover 70 % of the employees’ compensation, with employees’ compensation equalling two-thirds of their normal gross salary, as well as the exemption from the employer’s social security contributions. This two-thirds correction is subject to a lower limit equal to the national minimum salary and an upper limit equal to three times the national minimum salary. Eligible firms must have suspended their business activity or experienced revenue losses of at least 40 % in the period of 30 days preceding the request for support, compared with the same month of the previous year or with the monthly average of the two months prior to that period. The measure has been extended a number of times, including by revising the calculation of employees’ compensation to four-fifths of their normal gross salary and introducing the phasing-out of relief for social security contributions of benefitting firms. Since the relief of social security contributions constitutes forgone revenue for the government, for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2020/672, it can be considered to be equivalent to public expenditure.
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/1420

of 15 October 2018

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’), was signed in Brussels on 17 July 1995. The Agreement entered into force on 1 March 1998.

(2) The Republic of Croatia became a Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013.

(3) In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Agreement is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Agreement (‘the Protocol’). Under a simplified procedure, a protocol is to be concluded between the Council, acting unanimously on behalf of the Member States, and the third country concerned.

(4) On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned in view of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Union. The negotiations with the Republic of Tunisia were concluded successfully on 11 May 2018.

(5) Therefore, the Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States and should be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, 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 and its Member States.

Article 3 The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from 1 July 2013, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion.

Article 4 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Luxembourg, 15 October 2018. For the Council The President F. MOGHERINI

(1) OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 2.
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/1382

of 25 September 2020

appointing a member, proposed by the Republic of Austria, of the Committee of the Regions

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 Austrian Government,

Whereas:

(1) On 10 December 2019, 20 January 2020, 3 February 2020 and 26 March 2020 the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2019/2157 (1), (EU) 2020/102 (2), (EU) 2020/144 (3) and (EU) 2020/511 (4) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025. On 8 June 2020, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2020/766 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 1 February 2020 to 25 January 2025 (5). On 30 July 2020, the Council adopted a further Decision (EU) 2020/1153 appointing members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (6).

(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Hanspeter WAGNER,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following is hereby appointed as member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025: — Ms Carmen KIEFER, Member of a Local Executive holding an electoral mandate: Local Council of the municipality of Kuchl in Salzburg.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 25 September 2020. For the Council The President M. ROTH

(1) Council Decision (EU) 2019/2157 of 10 December 2019 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 78).

(2) Council Decision (EU) 2020/102 of 20 January 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 20, 24.1.2020, p. 2).

(3) Council Decision (EU) 2020/144 of 3 February 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 32, 4.2.2020, p. 16).

(4) Council Decision (EU) 2020/511 of 26 March 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 113, 8.4.2020, p. 18).

(5) Council Decision (EU) 2020/766 of 8 June 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 1 February 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 187, 12.6.2020, p. 3).

(6) Council Decision (EU) 2020/1153 of 30 July 2020 appointing members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 256, 5.8.2020, p. 12).
Official Journal of the European Union

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/2023

of 4 December 2020

on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 194 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.

(2) Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend Annex IV to the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1485 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Annex IV to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee (4).

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2020. For the Council The President M. ROTH

(1) OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6.

(2) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1485 of 2 August 2017 establishing a guideline on electricity transmission system operation (OJ L 220, 25.8.2017, p. 1).

(4) See document ST 12933/20 at http://register.consilium.europa.eu
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/2137

of 15 December 2020

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee established by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the establishment of a Special Committee on Services

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 15 October 2008 and has been provisionally applied since 29 December 2008.

(2) Pursuant to Article 230(4) of the Agreement, the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee may set up and oversee any special committee to deal with matters falling within its competence.

(3) In order to deal more efficiently with all matters of the Agreement that relate to trade in services, the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee intends to adopt a decision establishing a Special Committee on Services.

(4) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee as the decision establishing a Special Committee on Services will have legal effects in the Union.

(5) The position of the Union within the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee as regards the establishment of a Special Committee on Services should therefore be based on draft Decision of the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 1. The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee established by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the establishment of a Special Committee on Services shall be based on the draft Decision of the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee (2). 2. Minor changes to the draft Decision of the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the CARIFORUM-EU Trade and Development Committee without further decision of the Council.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 15 December 2020. For the Council The President J. KLOECKNER

(1) OJ L 289, 30.10.2008, p. 3.

(2) See document ST 13287/20 on http://register.consilium.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 December 2020

appointing the Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board

(2020/C 445/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Decision No 235/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,

Having regard to the approval of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) By its Decision of 18 December 2017 (2) the Council appointed Mr Enrico GIOVANNINI as the Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board for a period of three years from 1 February 2018.

(2) The term of office of Mr Enrico GIOVANNINI will expire on 31 January 2021. It is therefore necessary to appoint a new Chairperson to take office upon expiry of that term of office.

(3) Article 3(3) of Decision No 235/2008/EC states that the Chairperson is not to be a current member of either a National Statistical Office or the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Mr Aurel SCHUBERT is hereby appointed as the Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board for a period of three years from 1 February 2021.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2020. For the Council The President M. ROTH

(1) OJ L 73, 15.3.2008, p. 17.

(2) Council Decision of 18 December 2017 appointing the Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (OJ C 439, 20.12.2017, p. 7).
Official Journal of the European Union

Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/856 of 25 May 2021 determining the date on which the European Public Prosecutor’s Office assumes its investigative and prosecutorial tasks

( Official Journal of the European Union L 188 of 28 May 2021 )

On the cover page and on page 100, the title of the Decision:

for:

‘Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/856 of 25 May 2021 determining the date on which the European Public Prosecutor’s Office assumes its investigative and prosecutorial tasks’,

read:

‘Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/856 of 26 May 2021 determining the date on which the European Public Prosecutor’s Office assumes its investigative and prosecutorial tasks’.

On page 102, the introductory sentence to the signature:

for:

‘Done at Brussels, 25 May 2021.’,

read:
Official Journal of the European Union

Corrigendum to Council Decision (EU) 2021/515 of 22 March 2021 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Australia pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union

( Official Journal of the European Union L 104 of 25 March 2021 )

1. In the title on the Contents page and in the title on page 27:

for:

‘… between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Australia pursuant to …’,

read:

‘… between the European Union and Australia pursuant to …’.

2. On page 27, in recital 2:

for:

‘… between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Australia pursuant to …’,

read:

‘… between the European Union and Australia pursuant to …’.

3. On page 27, in Article 1:

for:

‘… between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Australia pursuant to …’,

read:
Official Journal of the European Union

Corrigendum to Decision (EU) 2021/1758 of the European Central Bank of 21 September 2021 amending Decision ECB/2007/7 concerning the terms and conditions of TARGET2-ECB (ECB/2021/43)

( Official Journal of the European Union L 354 of 6 October 2021 )

On page 40, Annex II, point 10:

for:

‘paragraph 8(4)(b)’,

read:
Official Journal of the European Union

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 January 2021

on public holidays in 2022 for staff of the European institutions in Brussels and Luxembourg

(2021/C 24 I/01)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS), laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68, (1) and in particular Article 61 of the Staff Regulations and Articles 16 and 91 of the CEOS,

Having regard to the joint rules establishing the list of public holidays of officials of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The list of public holidays in 2022 for staff in Brussels and Luxembourg should be adopted pursuant to Article 61 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and Articles 16 and 91 of the CEOS.

(2) In 2022, Easter Sunday falls on 17 April.

(3) In 2022, 24 December falls on a Saturday.

(4) On 18 November 2020, the Heads of Administration were consulted for their opinion on the list of public holidays for 2022,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article The public holidays in 2022 for staff in Brussels and Luxembourg are as follows: 14 April Maundy Thursday 15 April Good Friday 18 April Easter Monday 9 May Anniversary of the Declaration by President Schuman in 1950 26 May Thursday, Ascension Day 27 May Day after Ascension Day 6 June Whit Monday 23 June* Luxembourg National Holiday *for staff in Luxembourg 21 July* Belgian National Holiday *for Staff in Brussels 15 August Assumption 1 November All Saints’ Day 2 November All Souls’ Day 23 December to 30 December 6 end-of-year days TOTAL 2022 17 days

Done at Brussels, 11 January 2021. For the Commission Johannes HAHN Member of the Commission

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

(2) Consolidated version of the Staff Regulations published by the Commission in January 2003, p. IV-2.