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COMMISSION DECISION of 4 March 1998 amending Decision 97/467/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of rabbit meat and farmed game meat (Text with EEA relevance) (98/219/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by Council Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,

Whereas provisional lists of establishments producing rabbit meat and farmed game meat have been drawn up by Commission Decision 97/467/EC (3) as last amended by Commission Decision 98/103/EC (4);

Whereas New Zealand and Croatia have sent a list of establishments producing rabbit meat and farmed game meat and for which the responsible authorities certify that the establishments are in accordance with Community rules;

Whereas a provisional list of establishments producing rabbit meat and farmed game meat can thus be drawn up for New Zealand and Croatia;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to this Decision is added to the Annex of Decision 97/467/EC.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 20 February 1998.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 13, 16. 1. 1997, p. 33.

(3) OJ L 199, 26. 7. 1997, p. 57.

(4) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 96.

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COMMISSION DECISION of 29 July 1998 amending Council Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricultural statistics (notified under document number C(1998) 2135) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/514/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 96/411/EC of 25 June 1996 on improving Community agricultural statistics (1), as amended by Decision 98/3/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas preserving the quality of the rural environment is one of the objectives of rural development policy;

Whereas adequate instruments should be made available in order to provide reliable statistical information in this field;

Whereas to that end Decision 96/411/EC should be amended by the replacement of Annex II thereto;

Whereas the measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion delivered by the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II of Decision 96/411/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1998.

For the Commission

Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 162, 1. 7. 1996, p. 14.

(2) OJ L 1, 3. 1. 1998, p. 9.

ANNEX

'ANNEX II

AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NEW OR INCREASING NEEDS

Topics

1. Farm structure survey: adapting the list of characteristics to take account of new needs.

2. Rapid estimates of sowings and planting intentions at the beginning of the winter for principal crops.

3. Improvement to and rapid provision of the production statistics in certain sectors (fruit and vegetables, wine, eggs and poultry, flowers).

4. Improved statistics on consumption and on stock levels and changes for main products with a view to regular production of supply balances at the European level.

5. Livestock feed: overcoming certain delays in the fodder balances.

6. Development of better harmonised Community forestry statistics.

7. Agricultural price statistics: new selection of the absolute agricultural price series taking into account the technical progress and economic changes.

8. Statistical data on rural development and on the environmental impact of agriculture.

Methodology

9. Improved and new methods to allow Member States to meet more efficiently existing and new information needs e.g. light surveys, administrative data, panels, remote sensing.`
COUNCIL DECISION of 19 March 1998 on the sharing of the costs of preparing film masters for the uniform format for residence permits (98/243/JHA)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article K.8(2), second paragraph, second indent thereof,

Having regard to the Joint Action of 16 December 1996 adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, concerning a uniform format for residence permits (1), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas adoption by the Council of the technical specifications referred to in Article 2(1) of that Joint Action entails the creation of film masters for the uniform format for residence permits;

Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands has declared its willingness to prepare the film masters on behalf of the other Member States;

Whereas the cost of preparing the film masters incurred by the Kingdom of the Netherlands must be shared among the Member States,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is hereby empowered to prepare the film masters for the uniform format for residence permits on behalf of the Member States.

Article 2

The total cost of preparing film masters for the uniform format for residence permits, which amounts to ECU 124 667, shall be financed from Member States' contributions. The financial contribution to be made by each individual Member State shall be calculated on the basis of the proportion of its gross national product to the total sum of Member States' gross national products which serves as the basis for the financing of the general budget of the European Communities for 1997 (2). 'Gross national product` within the meaning of this Article shall be as defined by Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom of 13 February 1989 on the harmonisation of the compilation of gross national product at market prices (3).

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 1998.

For the Council

The President

J. STRAW

(1) OJ L 7, 10.1.1997, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 44, 14.2.1997, p. 127.

(3) OJ L 49, 21.2.1989, p. 26.
COMMISSION DECISION of 27 February 1998 to authorise Italy to apply the requirements of section A of Article 4 of Council Directive 64/433/EEC to certain slaughterhouses which handle not more than 2 000 livestock units per year (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/202/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat (1) as last amended by Directive 95/23/EC (2), and in particular Article 4(D) thereof,

Whereas Directive 64/433/EEC makes it possible for Member States to request for authorisation to apply the requirements of section A of Article 4 to certain slaughterhouses which handle not more than 2 000 livestock units per year;

Whereas Italy has sent a request to be authorised to apply the above mentioned regulations for certain slaughterhouses;

Whereas these slaugherhouses are situated in regions such as mountain areas suffering from special geographical constraints;

Whereas these regions are affected by supply difficulties because there are no other establishments to slaughter animals in order to supply the population of these remote geographical areas with meat;

Whereas agricultural activities in these regions are based on animal production and the distances for the transport of the slaughter animals are too long;

Whereas the measures laid down in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Italy is authorised to apply to requirements of section A of Article 4 of Directive 64/433/EEC to slaughterhouses listed in the Annex of this Decision.

Article 2

This derogation is granted on the condition that

- the establishments are situated in areas to which access is difficult because transport infrastructure and links with the rest of the country are inadequate to ensure adequate supplies or with particular geographical difficulties,

- the transport distance for slaughter animals of their region to a slaughterhouse approved according to Article 10 of Directive 64/433/EEC is longer than the transport distance to the establishments in the annex and the transport takes more than one hour under normal conditions,

- the animals slaughtered originate in the region where the slaughterhouse is located,

- the throughput of the slaughterhouses is only raised to a level which still guarantees production in compliance with the hygiene rules and the maximum throughput does not exceed 2 000 livestock units per year,

- at least one official veterinarian is permanently present during production hours.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 20 February 1998.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Italy.

Done at Brussels, 27 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64.

(2) OJ L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 7.

ANNEX

LIST OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES

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COUNCIL DECISION of 30 April 1998 designating the representative organisations of producers and workers required to draw up lists of candidates for the representation of producers and workers on the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community (98/C 156/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Article 18 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,

Whereas the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community, whose term of office expired on 3 March 1998, should be renewed;

Whereas in the first place the representative organisations of producers and workers, which are required to draw up lists of twice as many candidates as there are seats allotted to them, should be designated;

Whereas notifications have been sent by the Governments of the Member States;

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The representative organisations of producers and workers listed in the table annexed to this Decision are hereby designated to draw up lists of candidates on the basis of which the members representating producers and workers on the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community shall be appointed in numbers equal to those shown in the aforesaid table in respect of those same organisations.

Article 2

The appointment of representative organisations of French workers and a representative organisation of UK workers shall be the subject of a later decision.

Article 3

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

Done at Luxembourg, 30 April 1998.

For the Council

The President

T. JOWELL

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Corrigendum to Commission Decision 1999/90/EC of 25 January 1999 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards membranes (Official Journal of the European Communities L 29 of 3 February 1999)

On page 39, Article 3 shall read as follows:

'Article 3

The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex III shall be indicated in mandates for harmonised standards.`
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 1999/569/EC of 28 July 1999 on the basic parameters for the command-and-control and signalling subsystem relating to the trans-European high-speed rail system

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 216 of 14 August 1999)

On page 23, in Article 1, second line:

for: "27095 MHz",

read: "27,095 MHz".
COUNCIL DECISION of 31 December 1998 adopting the Statutes of the Economic and Financial Committee (1999/8/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 153 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,

Whereas in accordance with Article 109c(2) of the Treaty an Economic and Financial Committee will be set up at the start of the third stage;

Whereas the Council adopted on 21 December 1998 a Decision on the composition of the Economic and Financial Committee (1);

Recalling that on 16 June 1997 the European Council adopted a resolution on the establishment of an exchange-rate mechanism in the third stage of economic and monetary union (2);

Recalling that on 13 December 1997 the European Council adopted a resolution on economic policy coordination in the third stage of economic and monetary union and on Articles 109 and 109b of the Treaty (3);

Recalling that, in these resolutions, a certain role was foreseen for the Economic and Financial Committee;

Whereas, therefore, the Statutes of the Economic and Financial Committee should be adopted,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Statutes of the Economic and Financial Committee are hereby adopted.

The text of the Statutes is set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall take effect as from 1 January 1999.

Done at Brussels, 31 December 1998.

For the Council

The President

R. EDLINGER

(1) OJ L 358, 31. 12. 1998, p. 109.

(2) OJ C 236, 2. 8. 1997, p. 5.

(3) OJ C 35, 2. 2. 1998, p. 1.
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 January 1999 amending Decision 97/252/EC drawing up provisional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States are to authorise imports of milk and milk-based products for human consumption (notified under document number C(1998) 4540) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/52/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as amended by Decision 98/603/EC (2), and in particular Article 2(1) and (4) thereof,

Whereas Commission Decision 95/340/EC (3), as last amended by Decision 96/584/EC (4), determines the countries from which Member States are to authorise imports of milk and milk-based products;

Whereas the health and veterinary certification requirements for imports of milk and milk-based products from the countries appearing on that list have been laid down in Commission Decision 95/343/EC (5), as last amended by Decision 97/115/EC (6);

Whereas Commission Decision 97/252/EC (7), as last amended by Decision 98/394/EC (8), determines provisional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States are to authorise imports of milk and milk-based products for human consumption;

Whereas the Commission has received from Iceland, Estonia and Poland lists of establishments with guarantees that they fully meet the appropriate Community health requirements and that should an establishment fail to do so its exports to the Community will be suspended;

Whereas a Community inspection visit to Estonia has shown that one establishment meets the requirements laid down in Community legislation;

Whereas a Community inspection visit to Poland has shown that the manufacturing processes for certain products in five establishments meet the requirements laid down in Community legislation;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 97/252/EC is supplemented for Iceland, Estonia and Poland by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 289, 28. 10. 1998, p. 36.

(3) OJ L 200, 24. 8. 1995, p. 38.

(4) OJ L 255, 9. 10. 1996, p. 20.

(5) OJ L 200, 24. 8. 1995, p. 52.

(6) OJ L 42, 13. 2. 1997, p. 16.

(7) OJ L 101, 18. 4. 1997, p. 46.

(8) OJ L 176, 20. 6. 1998, p. 28.

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EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 11/37

COUNCIL DECISION

of 26 November 1998

on the position to be taken by the European Community on the rules concerning the conduct of the conciliation of transit disputes to be adopted by the Energy Charter Conference

(1999/37/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Article 3(2) of Council and Commission Decision 98/181/EC, ECSC, Euratom (1),

Having regard to the initiative from the Commission,

Whereas the Energy Charter Treaty was signed on 17 December 1994 by the European Communities and their Member States;

Whereas the European Communities and a large majority of their Member States deposited their instruments of approval or ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty on 16 December 1997 with the Depositary, the Government of the Portuguese Republic;

Whereas the remaining Member States will ratify the Energy Charter Treaty soon;

Whereas the Energy Charter Treaty entered into force on 16 April 1998;

Whereas Article 7 of the Energy Charter Treaty provides that each Contracting Party is to take the necessary measures to facilitate the transit of energy materials and products consistent with the principle of freedom of transit and without distinction as to the origin, destination or ownership of such energy materials and products or discrimination as to pricing on the basis of such distinctions, and without imposing any unreasonable delays, restrictions or charges;

Whereas the said Article also contains provisions which are applicable to a dispute over any matter arising from transit;

Whereas Article 7 of the Energy Charter Treaty provides that the Charter Conference is to adopt standard provisions concerning the conduct of conciliation and the compensation of conciliators;

Whereas draft rules concerning the conduct of the conciliation of transit disputes were discussed at the Charter Conference held on 23/24 April 1998; whereas the Charter Conference agreed that these draft rules should serve as guidance pending their formal approval;

Whereas the Charter Conference to be held on 3/4 December 1998 should formally adopt these draft rules as finalized in the meantime;

Whereas the Community should approve these draft rules in the Charter Conference,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The rules concerning the conduct of the conciliation of transit disputes, as set out in the Annex, shall be approved on behalf of the Community in the Charter Conference (2).

Done at Brussels, 26 November 1998. For the Council The President M. BARTENSTEIN

(1) OJ L 69, 9. 3. 1998, p. 1.

(2) These rules were formally adopted by the Charter Conference on 3 December 1998.
COMMISSION DECISION of 11 December 1998 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part (notified under document number C(1998) 4008) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/101/ECSC, Euratom)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,

Whereas, pending the entry into force of the partnership and cooperation Agreement signed in Luxembourg on 22 April 1996, it is necessary to approve the Interim Agreement signed in Brussels on 8 October 1997 between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, on trade and trade-related matters;

Whereas the conclusion of the Interim Agreement is necessary to attain the objectives of the Community set out in Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and whereas the Treaty did not make provision for all the cases covered by this Decision;

Having consulted the Consultative Committee and with the assent and approval of the Council, given on 13 October 1998,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Interim Agreement between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan of the other part, on trade and trade-related matters, together with the Protocol and the declarations, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

These text are attached to this Decision (1),

Article 2

The President of the Commission shall give the notification provided for in Article 32 of the Interim Agreement on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 1998.

For the Commission

Hans VAN DEN BROEK

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 285, 22. 10. 1998, p. 2, et seq.
COUNCIL DECISION of 22 February 1999 appointing a member of the Committee of the Regions (1999/161/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 198a thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 98/110/EC of 26 January 1998 (1), appointing members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas a seat as a member of the Committee has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Peter J. Peacock, notified to the Council on 4 January 1999;

Having regard to the proposal from the United Kingdom Government,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Mr Lewis Smith is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Peter J. Peacock for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2002.

Done at Luxembourg, 22 February 1999.

For the Council

The President

H.-F. von PLOETZ

(1) OJ L 28, 4. 2. 1998, p. 19.