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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 260/21

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 October 2010

authorising a laboratory in Russia to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines

(notified under document C(2010) 6684)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2010/591/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Decision 2000/258/EC designates the laboratory of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments de Nancy (‘AFSSA, Nancy’), as the specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines. That Decision also lays down the duties of that laboratory.

(2) In particular, AFSSA, Nancy is to appraise the laboratories in Member States and third countries for the purposes of their authorisation to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.

(3) The competent authority of Russia has submitted an application for approval of one laboratory in that third country to perform those serological tests.

(4) AFSSA, Nancy has carried out an appraisal of that laboratory and provided the Commission with a favourable report of that appraisal on 19 February 2010.

(5) That laboratory should therefore be authorised to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets.

(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

The following laboratory is authorised to perform the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets, as provided for in Article 3(2) of Decision 2000/258/EC:

‘Federal Centre for Animal Health (FGI “ARRIAH”), 600901 Vladimir, Urjvets, Russia’.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 15 October 2010.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 October 2010. For the Commission John DALLI Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/5

COUNCIL DECISION

of 7 September 2010

amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska

(2010/484/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2010/6 of the European Central Bank of 1 July 2010 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska (1),

Whereas:

(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.

(2) The mandate of the current external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska ended after the audit for the financial year 2009. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2010.

(3) Národná banka Slovenska has selected Ernst & Young Slovakia, spol. s.r.o. as its external auditors for the financial years 2010 to 2014.

(4) The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that Ernst & Young Slovakia, spol. s.r.o. should be appointed as the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska for the financial years 2010 to 2014.

(5) It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Decision 1999/70/EC (2) accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 1(16) of Decision 1999/70/EC shall be replaced by the following:

‘16. Ernst & Young Slovakia, spol. s.r.o. are hereby approved as the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska for the financial years 2010 to 2014.’.

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 7 September 2010. For the Council The President D. REYNDERS

(1) OJ C 184, 8.7.2010, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 266/61

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUSEC/2/2010

of 8 October 2010

on the appointment of the Head of Mission for the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo)

(2010/610/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the Article 38, thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2010/565/CFSP of 21 September 2010 on the European mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo) (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas pursuant to Article 8 of Decision 2010/565/CFSP the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC), inter alia, to take decisions regarding the appointment of the Head of Mission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr António MARTINS is hereby appointed Head of Mission for the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo).

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 October 2010.

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2010. For the Political and Security Committee The Chairperson W. STEVENS

(1) OJ L 248, 22.9.2010, p. 59.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 312/25

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 November 2010

on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Germany and Spain concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2009 financial year

(notified under document C(2010) 8223)

(Only the German and Spanish texts are authentic)

(2010/722/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2010/263/EU (2) cleared for the 2009 financial year the accounts of all the paying agencies, except for the German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Bayern’, ‘Hessen’, ‘Rheinland-Pfalz’, ‘Thüringen’, ‘IBH’ and ‘Helaba’, the Spanish paying agencies ‘Andalucia’ and ‘Asturias’, the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’, and the Romanian paying agency ‘PARDF’.

(2) Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Hessen’, ‘IBH’, ‘Helaba’ and ‘Thüringen’, and the Spanish paying agencies ‘Andalucia’ and ‘Asturias’.

(3) In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The accounts of the German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Hessen’, ‘IBH’, ‘Helaba’ and ‘Thüringen’, and the Spanish paying agencies ‘Andalucia’ and ‘Asturias’ concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in respect of the 2009 financial year, are hereby cleared.

The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State under each rural development programme pursuant to this Decision, including those resulting from the application of Article 33(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, are set out in Annex.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Spain.

Done at Brussels, 26 November 2010. For the Commission Dacian CIOLOŞ Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 113, 6.5.2010, p. 14.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 308/53

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 November 2010

establishing the European Union Ecolabelling Board

(notified under document C(2010) 7961)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2010/709/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Under Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, the EU Ecolabel criteria are to be established with the assistance of a European Union Ecolabelling Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘EUEB’).

(2) For the acceptance of the EU Ecolabel scheme by the general public, it is essential that organisations such as environmental non-governmental organisations and consumer organisations be members of the EUEB as interested parties together with the competent bodies of the Member States.

(3) Commission Decision 2000/730/EC of 10 November 2000 establishing the European Union Ecolabelling Board and its rules of procedure (2) should be replaced,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The European Union Ecolabelling Board, hereinafter referred to as ‘EUEB’, is hereby established.

Article 2

1. The members of the EUEB shall be appointed by the Commission.

2. The EUEB shall be composed of the representatives of the Competent Bodies of each Member State, of the representatives of the Member State of the European Economic Area and of the representatives of the following organisations:

(a) Bureau Européen des Consommateurs (BEUC);

(b) EUROCOOP;

(c) European Environmental Bureau (EEB);

(d) Business Europe;

(e) European Association of Craft, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME);

(f) EUROCOMMERCE.

3. The Commission may amend the membership of the EUEB as appropriate.

Article 3

1. Each member of the EUEB shall designate a contact person.

2. The meetings of the EUEB shall be chaired by its President.

3. The EUEB shall adopt its rules of procedure in consultation with the Commission.

4. The Commission shall reimburse travel and, where appropriate, subsistence expenses for members in connection with the EUEB’s activities within the limits of the annual budget allocated to such expenditure.

Article 4

Decision 2000/730/EC is repealed.

Article 5

This Decision shall apply from 1 October 2010.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2010. For the Commission Janez POTOČNIK Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 293, 22.11.2000, p. 24.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 322/42

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 November 2010

designating the European Capital of Culture for the year 2015 in Belgium

(2010/757/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019 (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,

Having regard to the Selection Panel reports of February 2010 regarding the selection process of the European Capitals of Culture in Belgium,

Whereas:

Considering that the criteria referred to in Article 4 of Decision No 1622/2006/EC are entirely fulfilled,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mons is designated as ‘European Capital of Culture 2015’ in Belgium.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 18 November 2010. For the Council The President F. LAANAN

(1) OJ L 304, 3.11.2006, p. 1.
(1)

The legal framework for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section, the Financial Instrument for the Fisheries Guidance (hereinafter ‘the Structural Funds’) and for the Cohesion Fund is largely established although it has been subject to frequent adjustments. Programming involves the preparation of multiannual development plans in several stages, with each stage constituting a 7-year period. Each programming period is governed by a set of individual Regulations which are based on the same general principles but introduce certain new rules specifically designed for the programming period concerned. The relevant provisions governing the 2007-2013 programming period are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund (4), Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 498/2007 of 26 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (5), Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/2006 of 14 December 2006 concerning irregularities and the recovery of sums wrongly paid in connection with the financing of the common agricultural policy and the organisation of an information system in this field and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 595/91 (6) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006 of 7 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as regards the implementation of control procedures as well as cross-compliance in respect of rural development support measures (7).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 286/16

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 20 October 2010

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/2009/023 PT/Qimonda from Portugal)

(2010/660/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 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) Portugal submitted an application on 17 December 2009 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Qimonda Portugal SA, and supplemented it by additional information up to 28 April 2010. 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 2 405 671.

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 2 405 671 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 20 October 2010. For the European Parliament The President J. BUZEK For the Council The President O. CHASTEL

(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 342/18

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 15 December 2010

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/2010/005 ES/Comunidad Valenciana Natural Stone from Spain)

(2010/806/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 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) Spain submitted an application on 9 March 2010 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in 66 enterprises operating in NACE Revision 2 Division 23 (manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products) in a single NUTS II region, Comunidad Valenciana (ES52), and supplemented it with additional information up to 25 May 2010. 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 1 422 850.

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 422 850 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 15 December 2010. For the European Parliament The President J. BUZEK For the Council The President O. CHASTEL

(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 318/43

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 24 November 2010

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/2009/030 NL/Drenthe Division 18 from the Netherlands)

(2010/746/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 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) The Netherlands submitted an application on 30 December 2009 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in two enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the NUTS II region Drenthe (NL13) and supplemented it with additional information up to 6 May 2010. 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 453 632.

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 453 632 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 24 November 2010. For the European Parliament The President J. BUZEK For the Council The President O. CHASTEL

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

(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
‘(11)

In accordance with Article 5 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the TEU and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Denmark does not participate in the elaboration and implementation of decisions and actions of the Union which have defence implications. Denmark does not participate in the implementation of this Decision and therefore does not participate in the financing of this operation,’.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/20

Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Decision 2011/762/EU of 24 November 2011 authorising the placing on the market of yeast beta-glucans as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council

( Official Journal of the European Union L 313 of 26 November 2011 )

On page 44, in Annex II, the following title is added before the table: