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EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 181/32

COUNCIL DECISION

of 24 July 1995

accepting Resolution No 49 on short-term measures to ensure the security and the efficient functioning of the TIR transit regime

(95/285/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Resolution No 49 contains measures both to ensure the correct implementation of the 1975 TIR Convention and to prevent and detect fraud in goods transported under the TIR regime;

Whereas, by virtue of its content and pending revision of the TIR Convention, the said Resolution is of the greatest to the Community; whereas, it should therefore be accepted with immediate effect,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Resolution No 49 on short-team measures to ensure the security and the efficient functioning of the TIR transit regime, adopted on 3 March 1995 by the Working Party of the UN Economic Commission for Europe on Customs Questions affecting Transport, is hereby accepted on behalf of the Community with immediate effect.

The text of the Resolution is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to notify the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe of the Community's acceptance, with immediate effect, of the Resolution referred to in Article 1.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 12 July 1995 appointing the Ombudsman of the European Union (95/376/EC, Euratom, ECSC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

- having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 8d, second paragraph, and 138e thereof,

- having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 20d thereof,

- having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 107d thereof,

- having regard to its decision of 9 March 1994 on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties (1),

- having regard to Rule 159 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the calls for nominations of 30 July 1994 (2) and 23 May 1995 (3),

- having regard to the nominations forwarded pursuant to Article 6 (2) of the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties and Rule 159(3) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the hearings of the nominees in the committee responsible,

- having regard to the list of admissible nominations,

- having regard to its votes of 11 and 12 July 1995,

appoints Mr Jacob Magnus Soederman Ombudsman of the European Union.

Done at Strasbourg, 12 July 1995.

For the European Parliament The President Klaus HAENSCH
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CORRIGENDUM TO: - 96/182/EC: Commission Decision of 21 February 1996 laying down special animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the importation of certain categories of fresh poultrymeat from Israel and certain animal health restrictions after such imports (Text with EEA relevance)



Official Journal L 079 , 29/03/1996 P. 0030
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 96/362/EC of 11 June 1996 amending Decision 96/239/EC on emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 139 of 12 June 1996)

Page 19:

In the new version of Article 1 of Decision 96/239/EC contained in point 1 of Article 1 of Commission Decision 96/362/EC, the seventh indent of paragraph 1 should read as follows:

'- meat meal, bone meal and meat-and-bone meal derived from mammals.`
COMMISSION DECISION of 13 December 1995 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred in 1995 by Finland and Sweden for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (96/3/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 89/631/EEC of 27 November 1989 on a Community financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by Member States for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Decision 94/207/EC (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,

Whereas, in accordance with Decision 89/631/EEC, the Commission has received applications for Community financial contributions from Finland and Sweden towards expenditure to be incurred during 1995;

Whereas the applications refer to expenditure for the acquisition or modernization of vessels, aircraft and land vehicles including their equipment, systems for the detection and recording of fishing activities and systems for recording and transmitting catch data and other relevant information;

Whereas such expenditure will help to develop monitoring and supervision facilities for the proper implementation of the Community's fishery resources conservation arrangements;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The expenditure foreseen for 1995 shown in the Annex, corresponding to an amount of ECU 2 306 032 is eligible for a financial contribution under Decision 89/631/EEC. The Community contribution shall be 50 % of the eligible expenditure.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 1995.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 364, 14. 12. 1989, p. 64.

(2) OJ No L 101, 20. 4. 1994, p. 9.

ANEXO - BILAG - ANHANG - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE - ANEXO - LIITE - BILAGA

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COMMISSION DECISION of 19 December 1995 amending Decision 93/13/EEC laying down the procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products from third countries (96/32/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 14 (1) thereof,

Whereas Commission Decision 93/13/EEC (2), as last amended by Decision 94/305/EC (3), lays down certain procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products from third countries;

Whereas, the current rules applying to weight limits for products which are contained in travellers' personal luggage and intended for personal consumption must be adjusted to take account of some specific situations as regards fish caught for recreation in Norway or Russia and introduced into Sweden and Finland;

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 following paragraph is added to Article 5 of Decision 93/13/EEC:

'4. However, for fish caught for recreation and introduced into Finland or Sweden from Norway or Russia in the personal luggage of travellers for direct consumption by private individuals, the weight limit provided for in paragraph 1 is put at a maximum of 15 kg or one fish of any weight.`

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 December 1995.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 9, 15. 1. 1993, p. 33.

(3) OJ No L 133, 28. 5. 1994, p. 50.
COMMISSION DECISION of 19 December 1995 amending, because of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, Decisions 79/491/EEC and 80/765/EEC laying down a code and standard rules for the transcription into machine-readable form of the data relating to the basic surveys and intermediate statistical surveys of areas under vines (96/20/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 of 5 February 1979 concerning statistical surveys of areas under vines (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3205/93 (2), and in particular Article 4 (2) and (4), Article 5 (5) and (6) and Article 6 (4) and (7) thereof,

Whereas Article 2 (2), Article 5 (5) and Article 6 (4) and (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 require the Member States to submit to the Commission the information collected in the framework of the basic and intermediate surveys of areas under vines in the form of a schedule of tables broken down by geographical units which shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the said Regulation, i. e. by a Commission Decision following an opinion from the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics;

Whereas Article 4 (4) and Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EEC) 357/79 require those Member State which process their survey results electronically to submit these results in a machine-readable form; whereas the codes for transmitting survey results are also determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the said Regulation;

Whereas the Commission laid down the codes for the schedule of tables and geographical units by its Decisions 79/491/EEC (3) and 80/765/EEC (4) regarding basic surveys and intermediate surveys respectively;

Whereas, because of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, it is therefore necessary to amend Annex II to Decision 79/491/EEC and Annex II to Decision 80/765/EEC concerning the geographical units in question and the codes to be used in transmission of the survey results;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Because of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, Annex II to Decision 79/491/EEC and Annex II to Decision 80/765/EEC shall be expanded in accordance with the Annex to this Decision as from 1 January 1996.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 December 1995.

For the Commission

Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 124.

(2) OJ No L 289, 24. 11. 1993, p. 4.

(3) OJ No L 129, 28. 5. 1979, p. 9.

(4) OJ No L 213, 16. 8. 1980, p. 34.

ANNEX

The following is to be added at the end of Annex II to Decisions 79/491/EEC and 80/765/EEC, after Portugal:

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COMMISSION DECISION of 12 January 1996 authorizing Sweden to maintain its national measures as regards infectious pancreatic necrosis and bacterial kidney disease in application of Article 12 (4) of Council Directive 91/67/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (96/94/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1), as last amended by Council Directive 95/22/EC (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,

Whereas Sweden has presented programmes for the control of a number of animal diseases and has submitted an application for additional trade guarantees to the Commission; whereas the applications have been examined by the Commission; whereas a more detailed examination is necessary in the case of the application relating to infectious pancreatic necrosis and bacterial kidney disease;

Whereas it is necessary to extend the special measures which apply to trade in fish to Sweden while this examination is being carried out;

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

Sweden is authorized to maintain its national measures relating to infectious pancreatic necrosis and bacterial kidney disease until 31 December 1996.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 January 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 1.
COMMISSION DECISION of 14 February 1996 concerning the dates to be fixed by Member States for the submission of 'area` aid applications under the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (the 'integrated system`) (Only the Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (96/169/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3235/94 (2), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,

Whereas Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 provides that the Commission may authorize Member States to fix a final date for the submission of an 'area` aid application between 1 April and the dates referred to in Articles 10, 11 and 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (3); whereas Member States must justify their choice of date, in particular by providing the Commission with a detailed working plan which demonstrates that the proposed date allows the time required for all relevant data to be made available for the proper administrative and financial management of the aid and for the necessary checks to be carried out;

Whereas certain Member States have submitted to the Commission applications for the authorization of dates after 31 March accompanied by the relevant working plans; whereas the Commission has studied these applications, taking particular account of the experience acquired in the implementation of the integrated system in 1995 by the Member States concerned as well as proposals for improvements in working methods contained in the plans submitted by Member States;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision conform with the opinion of the Committee on the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Commission hereby authorizes the Member States listed in the Annex hereto to fix the final dates mentioned there for the submission of the 'area` aid applications in 1996.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 14 February 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 338, 28. 12. 1994, p. 16.

(3) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12.

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EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 36/29

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 November 1993

concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation relating to the amendment of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure

(96/155/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 15 (2) of the Convention between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit procedure (1), empowers the Joint Committee set up by that Convention to make recommendations for amendments to the Convention;

Whereas the Convention has been amended to allow for the accession of new Contracting Parties;

Whereas the amendments in question are set out in recommendation No 1/93 of the Joint Committee; whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters relating to that recommendation should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation relating to the amendment of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.

Done at Brussels, 22 November 1993. For the Council The President Ph. MAYSTADT

(1) OJ No L 226, 13. 8. 1987, p. 2.
COUNCIL DECISION of 11 March 1996 confirming Commission Regulation (EC) No 2914/95 introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in certain third countries (96/208/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22 December 1994 on the common rules for imports and repealing Regulation (EC) No 518/94 (1), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof,

Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 2914/95 (2), the Commission took measures introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in certain third countries;

Whereas a Member State has referred the Commission's decision to the Council in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16 (7) and (8) of Regulation (EC) No 3285/94;

Having taken cognizance of the reasons for Regulation (EC) No 2914/95,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2914/95 of 18 December 1995 introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain iron and steel products covered by the ECSC and EC Treaties originating in certain third countries, is hereby confirmed.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 1996.

For the Council

The President

L. DINI

(1) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 53. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 139/96 (OJ No L 21, 27. 1. 1996, p. 7).

(2) OJ No L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 23.
COMMISSION DECISION of 19 February 1996 amending Decision 95/357/EC drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on products and animals from third countries detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the veterinary experts of the Commission and repealing Decision 95/24/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (96/187/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular, Article 9 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (2), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas Commission Decision 95/357/EC (3), as last amended by Decision 96/36/EC (4), draws up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on products and animals from third countries;

Whereas certain border inspection posts have been inspected by the Commission's departments; whereas, in addition, the Member States may propose that posts included in the list be withdrawn or that new posts be included therein, these new posts having to be inspected before inclusion in the list;

Whereas, in view of the results of the inspections and the proposals by the competent authorities of Member States, Commission Decision 95/357/EC must be amended accordingly;

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 95/357/EC is amended as follows:

1. in the part concerning the United Kingdom:

(a) the information relating to the border inspection posts of Manchester and Bristol is replaced by the following:

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(b) the border inspection post of North Killingholme Wharf and relating information is deleted.

2. in the part concerning Germany, the information relating to the border inspection posts Bremerhaven and Furth im Walde is replaced by the following:

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Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 February 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 56.

(3) OJ No L 211, 6. 9. 1995, p. 43.

(4) OJ No L 10, 13. 1. 1996, p. 42.