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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 269/8

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 12 September 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/2011/008 DK/Odense Steel Shipyard from Denmark)

(2012/537/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 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 on 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) Denmark submitted an application on 28 October 2011 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in the Odense Steel Shipyard enterprise, and supplemented it by additional information up to 8 March 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 6 455 104.

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

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 6 455 104 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 12 September 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 4/10

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 13 December 2011

on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument

(2012/3/EU)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 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 the fifth paragraph of point 27 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

After having examined all possibilities for reallocating appropriations under subheading 1a and heading 4, the two arms of the budgetary authority agreed to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument to complement the financing in the 2012 budget, beyond the ceiling of subheading 1a, of EUR 50 million towards the financing of the Europe 2020 Strategy, and beyond the ceiling of heading 4, of EUR 150 million towards the financing of the European Neighbourhood Policy,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 (hereinafter ‘the 2012 budget’), the Flexibility Instrument shall be used to provide the sum of EUR 50 million in commitment appropriations under subheading 1a and EUR 150 million in commitment appropriations under heading 4.

That amount shall be used to complement the financing of:

— EUR 50 million for the Europe 2020 Strategy under subheading 1a,

— EUR 150 million for the European Neighbourhood Policy under heading 4.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 13 December 2011. For the European Parliament The President J. BUZEK For the Council The President M. SZPUNAR

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 8/32

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2013/114/EU of 1 March 2013 establishing the guidelines for Member States on calculating renewable energy from heat pumps from different heat pump technologies pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

( Official Journal of the European Union L 62 of 6 March 2013 )

On pages 32 and 33, in point 3.6, ‘Default values for SPF and Qusable for heat pumps’ tables 1 and 2, the values for HHP (annual equivalent heat pump hours) for reversible (using aerothermal energy) air to air and air to water heat pumps operating in ‘warm’ climates, line 3 and 4 respectively of column 3:

for:

‘480’,

read:

‘120’;

for:

‘470’,

read:

‘120’;

on page 35, in point 4, ‘Calculation example’, the ‘annual equivalent heat pump hours’ (HHP) example for the water to water heat pump in the third row, penultimate column:

for:

‘2 010’,

read:

‘2 070’.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 22/21

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 January 2013

appointing a Swedish member of the Committee of the Regions

(2013/59/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 Swedish 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) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following end of the term of office of Mr Uno ALDEGREN,

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 2015:

— Ms Helene FRITZON, Ledamot i kommunfullmäktige, Kristianstads kommun.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2013. For the Council The President M. NOONAN

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

(2) OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 43/35

COUNCIL DECISION

of 12 February 2013

appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions

(2013/79/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 German 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) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Eva QUANTE-BRANDT,

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 2015:

— Ms Ulrike HILLER, Staatsrätin, Mitglied des Senats der Freien Hansestadt Bremen.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2013. For the Council The President M. NOONAN

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

(2) OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 30/12

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 January 2013

appointing and replacing members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

2013/C 30/06

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975 establishing the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and in particular Article 4 thereof (1),

Having regard to the nomination submitted to the Council by the Commission in the category of Employers’ representatives,

Whereas:

(1) By its Decision of 16 July 2012 (2), the Council appointed the members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 18 September 2012 to 17 September 2015.

(2) A member’s seat is available for Sweden on the Governing Board of the Centre in the category of Employers' representatives,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The following person is hereby appointed as a member of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the remainder of the term of office, which runs until 17 September 2015:

REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATIONS:

SWEDEN Ms Karin THAPPER

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2013. For the Council The President S. COVENEY

(1) OJ L 39, 13.2.1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ C 228, 31.7.2012, p. 3.
(1)

Article 3(1) is hereby amended as follows: (a) points (b) and (c) are replaced by the following: "(b) the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal military equipment or of equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended for humanitarian or protective use or for the protection of civilians, or for institution building programmes of the United Nations (UN) and the European Union, or for European Union and UN crisis management operations, or for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians; (c) the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-combat vehicles which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective use of personnel of the European Union and its Member States in Syria, or for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians;"; (b) the following point is added: "(f) the provision of technical assistance, brokering services and other services for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians,".
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 82/54

COUNCIL DECISION 2013/144/CFSP

of 21 March 2013

amending Decision 2011/172/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Whereas:

(1) On 21 March 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/172/CFSP (1).

(2) On the basis of a review of Decision 2011/172/CFSP, the restrictive measures should be renewed until 22 March 2014.

(3) Decision 2011/172/CFSP should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 5 of Decision 2011/172/CFSP, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

"This Decision shall apply until 22 March 2014.".

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2013. For the Council The President P. HOGAN

(1) OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 63.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 113/22

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 24 April 2013

amending Implementing Decision 2012/715/EU establishing a list of third countries with a regulatory framework applicable to active substances for medicinal products for human use and the respective control and enforcement activities ensuring a level of protection of public health equivalent to that in the Union

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2013/196/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (1), and in particular Article 111b(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 111b(1) of Directive 2001/83/EC a third country may request the Commission to assess whether its regulatory framework applicable to active substances exported to the Union and the respective control and enforcement activities ensure a level of protection of public health equivalent to that of the Union in order to be included in a list of third countries ensuring an equivalent level of protection of public health.

(2) Australia requested, by letter dated 18 September 2012, to be listed in accordance with Article 111b(1) of Directive 2001/83/EC. The equivalence assessment by the Commission confirmed that the requirements of that Article were fulfilled. In exercising this equivalence assessment, account was taken of the agreement on mutual recognition (2) as referred to in Article 51(2) of that Directive between Australia and the Union.

(3) Commission Implementing Decision 2012/715/EU of 22 November 2012 establishing a list of third countries with a regulatory framework applicable to active substances for medicinal products for human use and the respective control and enforcement activities ensuring a level of protection of public health equivalent to that in the Union, in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Decision 2012/715/EU is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 24 April 2013. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67.

(2) OJ L 229, 17.8.1998, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 325, 23.11.2012, p. 15.
(2)

In accordance with Article 12(2) of Decision 2011/137/CFSP, the Council has carried out a complete review of the list of persons and entities set out in Annexes II and IV to that Decision and has concluded that one person should no longer continue to be subject to the restrictive measures provided for in that Decision.
(6)

Based on data provided by the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 following the notification by Lithuania before 1 April 2013 and on the Commission services 2013 spring forecast, the following conclusions are justified: — Having peaked at 9,4 % of GDP in 2009 the general government deficit in Lithuania has been brought down to 7,2 % of GDP in 2010, then to 5,5 % of GDP in 2011, and to 3,2 % of GDP in 2012. This improvement was driven by consolidation measures on the expenditure side, in particular a continued restriction of expenditure growth in accordance with Lithuania's Law on Fiscal Discipline, and favourable cyclical conditions. — Since the deficit of 3,2 % of GDP can be considered to be close to the reference value and Lithuania's debt-to-GDP ratio is below the 60 %-of-GDP reference value in a sustained manner, Lithuania is eligible to for the application of the Stability and Growth Pact provisions in Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 regarding systemic pension reforms. Thus, the direct net cost of the pension reform should be taken into account when assessing the correction of the excessive deficit. As the net costs of Lithuania's systemic pension reform have been 0,2 % of GDP in 2012, as confirmed by the Commission (Eurostat), these costs explain the excess over the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value in 2012. — Lithuania's Convergence Programme for 2012 to 2016 projects the general government deficit to continue falling to 2, 5% of GDP in 2013 and 1,5 % of GDP in 2014, while the Commission services 2013 spring forecast projects an improvement, albeit a slower one, of the general government deficit to 2,9 % of GDP in 2013 and to 2,4 % of GDP in 2014, based on a no-policy-change assumption. Thus, the deficit is set to remain below the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value over the forecast horizon. — The Commission services 2013 spring forecast project the general government gross debt to decrease slightly from 40,7 % of GDP in 2013 to 40,1 % of GDP in 2014.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 185/8

COUNCIL DECISION 2013/352/CFSP

of 2 July 2013

amending Decision 2012/440/CFSP appointing the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28, Article 31(2) and Article 33 thereof,

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

Whereas:

(1) On 25 July 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/440/CFSP (1) appointing Mr Stavros LAMBRINIDIS as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights. The mandate of the EUSR is to expire on 30 June 2014.

(2) Decision 2012/440/CFSP provided the EUSR with the financial reference amount covering the period from 25 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. A new financial reference amount for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 should be established.

(3) Decision 2012/440/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 5(1) of Decision 2012/440/CFSP, the following subparagraph is added:

"The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR in the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 shall be EUR 837 000.".

Article 2

Entry into force

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2013.

Done at Brussels, 2 July 2013. For the Council The President L. LINKEVIČIUS

(1) OJ L 200, 27.7.2012, p. 21.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 175/55

COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 June 2013

amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Suomen Pankki

(2013/325/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 the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,

Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2013/12 of the European Central Bank of 26 April 2013 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Suomen Pankki (1),

Whereas:

(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro 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 Suomen Pankki's external auditors ended following the audit for the financial year 2012. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2013.

(3) Suomen Pankki has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy as its external auditors for the financial years 2013 to 2019.

(4) The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy be appointed as the external auditors of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2013 to 2019.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 1(11) of Decision 1999/70/EC is replaced by the following:

"11. PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy is hereby approved as the external auditors of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2013 to 2019.".

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the ECB.

Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 2013. For the Council The President M. NOONAN

(1) OJ C 126, 3.5.2013, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 201/4

COUNCIL DECISION

of 9 July 2013

adopting the Council's position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2013

2013/C 201/05

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 15 April 2013, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for the financial year 2013.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council's position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2013 was adopted on 9 July 2013.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 July 2013. For the Council The President R. ŠADŽIUS

(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 187/13

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 21 June 2013

amending Decision ECB/2010/29 on the issue of euro banknotes

(ECB/2013/16)

(2013/358/EU)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In view of the accession of Croatia to the European Union and its national central bank (NCB), Hrvatska narodna banka, joining the European System of Central Banks on 1 July 2013, Decision ECB/2013/17 of 21 June 2013 on the national central banks’ percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (1) provides for the expansion of the key for subscription to the capital of the European Central Bank (hereinafter ‘capital key’) and establishes, with effect from 1 July 2013, the new weightings assigned to each NCB in the expanded capital key (hereinafter the ‘capital key weightings’).

(2) Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (2) defines the ‘banknote allocation key’ and refers to Annex I to that Decision, which specifies the banknote allocation key applying since 1 January 2011. Given that new capital key weightings will apply from 1 July 2013, Decision ECB/2010/29 needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 July 2013,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Amendment

1. The final sentence of Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 is replaced by the following: ‘Annex I to this Decision specifies the banknote allocation key applying from 1 July 2013.’.

2. Annex I to Decision ECB/2010/29 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 2013.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 21 June 2013. The President of the ECB Mario DRAGHI

(1) See page 15 of this Official Journal.

(2) OJ L 35, 9.2.2011, p. 26.