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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1952

of 13 October 2022

on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Special Committee on Geographical Indications and Trade in Wines and Spirits established by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Special Committee

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (1) (the ‘Agreement’) was signed by the Union and its Member States on 10 June 2016. It applies provisionally between the Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa, of the other part, from 10 October 2016, and between the Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mozambique, of the other part, from 4 February 2018.

(2) The Special Committee on Geographical Indications and Trade in Wines and Spirits (the ‘Special Committee’) was established by the Agreement.

(3) Pursuant to the Agreement, the Special Committee is to determine its own rules of procedure.

(4) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Special Committee, as the decision on the adoption of its rules of procedure will have legal effects on the Union.

(5) The position of the Union within the Special Committee as regards the adoption of its rules of procedure should be based on the draft Decision of that Committee attached to this Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Special Committee on Geographical Indications and Trade in Wines and Spirits, established by Article 13 of Protocol 3 to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of its rules of procedure shall be based on the draft decision of that Committee attached to this Decision.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2022. For the Council The President P. BLAŽEK

(1) OJ L 250, 16.9.2016, p. 3.
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/2003

of 13 October 2022

on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in the International Grains Council with respect to amending the Rules of Procedure under the Grains Trade Convention, 1995, as regards the external auditor’s contract period

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Grains Trade Convention, 1995 (‘the Convention’), was concluded by the Union by means of Council Decision 96/88/EC (1) and entered into force on 1 July 1995. The Convention was initially concluded for a period of three years and has since been regularly extended.

(2) The Rules of Procedure under the Convention (‘the Rules of Procedure’) were approved by the International Grains Council on 6 July 1995.

(3) Rule 31, point (a), of the Rules of Procedure lays down that an independent external auditor is to be designated for three years, which may be renewed once, for a maximum of two years.

(4) On 14 April 2022, the Secretariat of the International Grains Council proposed to amend Rule 31, point (a), with a view to increasing the period of designation of the independent external auditor from three to five years, which may be renewed once, for a maximum of three years. The objective of the amendment is to offer a longer contract period for potential auditors, who would in return offer more competitive prices for their services.

(5) It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in the International Grains Council with respect to the amendment of the Rules of Procedure concerning the contract period of the external auditor. The proposed amendment aims at improving the financial sustainability of the International Grains Council and is therefore in the interest of the Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in the International Grains Council shall be to vote in favour of amending Rule 31, point (a), of the Rules of Procedure under the Grains Trade Convention, 1995, in accordance with the proposal submitted by the Secretariat of the International Grains Council on 14 April 2022, with the objective of increasing the contract period of the external auditor.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2022. For the Council The President P. BLAŽEK

(1) Council Decision 96/88/EC of 19 December 1995 concerning the approval by the European Community of the Grains Trade Convention and the Food Aid Convention, constituting the International Grains Agreement 1995 (OJ L 21, 27.1.1996, p. 47).
COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 November 2022

adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2022

(2022/C 446/02)

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) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (1), and in particular Article 44 thereof,

Whereas:

— the Union’s budget for the financial year 2022 was definitively adopted on 24 November 2021 (2),

— on 5 October 2022, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 5 to the general budget for the financial year 2022,

— the Council needs to proceed without delay with the adoption of its position on draft amending budget No 5 to the general budget for 2022, in view of urgently making available sufficient appropriations, among others, (a) to reinforce the emergency measures under the Food Chain strand of the Single Market Programme; (b) to frontload and reinforce the Union Civil Protection Mechanism to continue channelling in-kind assistance to Ukraine and leasing helicopters and other light planes to increase the Union’s preparedness for aerial firefighting; and (c) to reinforce administrative expenditure and pensions in heading 7 as a result of high inflation and rapidly rising energy prices. It is therefore justified to provide for an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article The Council’s position on draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2022 is hereby adopted. The full text is available for consultation or download on the Council’s website: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/

Done at Brussels, 21 November 2022. For the Council The President Z. NEKULA

(1) OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 45, 24.2.2022, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2539

of 13 December 2022

on the appointment of the EU Force Commander for the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2022/59 (BiH/34/2022)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

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

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2004/570/CFSP of 12 July 2004 on the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 6(1) of Joint Action 2004/570/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to take the relevant decisions on the appointment of the EU Force Commander for the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Operation ALTHEA) (the ‘EU Force Commander’).

(2) On 10 January 2022, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2022/59 (2), appointing Major General Anton WESSELY as the EU Force Commander.

(3) On 13 October 2022, the Austrian military authorities recommended the appointment of Major General Helmut HABERMAYER to succeed Major General Anton WESSELY as the EU Force Commander as from 20 January 2023.

(4) The Operation Commander for Operation ALTHEA supported the recommendation from the Austrian military authorities.

(5) On 24 November 2022, the EU Military Committee agreed to the recommendation from the Austrian military authorities.

(6) Decision (CFSP) 2022/59 should therefore be repealed.

(7) On 12 and 13 December 2002, the Copenhagen European Council adopted a declaration stating that the ‘Berlin plus’ arrangements and the implementation thereof will apply only to those Member States of the Union which are NATO members or are in the Partnership for Peace programme, and which have consequently concluded bilateral security agreements with NATO,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Major General Helmut HABERMAYER is hereby appointed EU Force Commander for the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Operation ALTHEA) as from 20 January 2023.

Article 2 Decision (CFSP) 2022/59 is repealed.

Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on 20 January 2023.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2022. For the Political and Security Committee The Chairperson D. PRONK

(1) OJ L 252, 28.7.2004, p. 10.

(2) Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2022/59 of 10 January 2022 on the appointment of the EU Force Commander for the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2021/5 (BiH/32/2022) (OJ L 10, 17.1.2022, p. 77).
DECISION (EU) 2022/548 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 24 March 2022

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from France – EGF/2021/007 FR/Selecta

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 Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 (1), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources (2), and in particular point 9 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The objectives of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) are to demonstrate solidarity and promote decent and sustainable employment in the Union by providing support for workers made redundant and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased in the case of major restructuring events and assisting them in returning to decent and sustainable employment as soon as possible.

(2) The EGF is not to exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 186 000 000 (in 2018 prices), as laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 (3).

(3) On 12 October 2021, France submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of worker’s displacements in Selecta in France. It was supplemented by additional information provided in accordance with Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. That application complies with the conditions for a financial contribution from the EGF as laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691.

(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of EUR 4 074 296 in respect of the application submitted by France.

(5) In order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the EGF, this Decision should apply from the date of its adoption,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2022, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers shall be mobilised to provide the amount of EUR 4 074 296 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 24 March 2022.

Done at Brussels, 24 March 2022. For the European Parliament The President R. METSOLA For the Council The President C. BEAUNE

(1) OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48.

(2) OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 28.

(3) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 11).
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3
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DECISIONNo3-59
of21January1959
onthedesignationoftheunitofaccountusedindecisions,recommendations ,opinions
andcommuniques oftheHighAuthority
THEHIGHAUTHORITY , theEuropeanPaymentsUnionincludedecisions
takenafterconsultation withorontheassentor
unanimousassentoftheCouncilofMinisters; HavingregardtoArticles8,14and26oftheTreaty;
WiththeunanimousassentoftheCouncilof
Ministers;
DECIDES :
SoleArticleWhereasnumerousdecisions,recommendations ,
opinionsorcommuniquesoftheHighAuthorityrefer
totheunitofaccountoftheEuropeanPayments
Union(EPUunitofaccount);
WhereastheAgreementrelatingtotheEuropean
PaymentsUnionceasedtohaveeffecton27Decem­
ber1958and,instead,theEuropeanMonetary
Agreementsignedon4August1955enteredintoforce
on27December1958;
WhereasthatAgreementestablishesaunitofaccount
ofidenticalvaluewiththeEPUunitofaccountand
thusrepresenting0*88867088grammesoffinegold;
Whereas,insuchcircumstances ,itisnecessaryto
designatehenceforwardtheunitsofaccountusedin
thedecisions,recommendations ,opinionsandcom­
muniquesoftheHighAuthoritybytheexpression
unitsofaccountoftheEuropeanMonetaryAgreement
(EMA);
WhereasthedecisionsoftheHighAuthorityinwhich
referencehasbeenmadetotheunitofaccountofWheredecisions,recommendations ,opinionsorcom­
muniquesoftheHighAuthorityrefertounitsof
accountoftheEuropeanPaymentsUnion(EPUunits
ofaccount)thoseunitsofaccountshall,witheffect
from27December1958,betakentomeanunitsof
accountoftheEuropeanMonetaryAgreement (EMA
unitsofaccount).
ThisDecisionwasconsideredandadoptedbythe
HighAuthorityatitsmeetingon21January1959.
FortheHighAuthority
ThePresident
PaulFINET
DECISION No 663/68 ECSC OF THE COMMISSION of 29 May 1968 amending Recommendation No 1-64 of the High Authority of 15 January 1964 addressed to the Governments of the Member States concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to Articles 2 to 5, 8, 14, 57, 71, 74, 81 and 86 of and Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community;

Having regard to Recommendation No 1-64 of the High Authority of 15 January 1964 addressed to the Governments of the Member States concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (Official Journal of the European Communities, No 8, 22 January 1964, p. 99-106);

Having regard to the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT);

Having regard to the Protocol signed at Geneva on 30 June 1967 following multilateral negotiations held within the framework of GATT;

Whereas Recommendation No 1-64 of the High Authority was drawn up, as indicated in the preamble thereto, so as to be fully compatible with constructive participation by the Community in multilateral tariff negotiations within GATT;

Whereas the Member States, assisted by the High Authority, with which they worked in close co-operation, negotiated and concluded the Geneva Protocol of 30 June 1967, thereby assuming an obligation to alter tariffs on, among other products, those iron and steel products which are the subject of Recommendation No 1-64;

Whereas Recommendation No 1-64 of the High Authority must therefore be amended to the extent necessary to enable the Member States to fulfil their obligations under that Protocol;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 2 (1) of Recommendation No 1-64 of the High Authority of 15 January 1964 shall be amended to read as follows:

1 "This Recommendation shall not apply where, in respect of specific tariff headings of individual Member States, it would entail disregard of bound tariff concessions granted to Contracting Parties to the GATT or of the obligations assumed by the Member States under the Geneva Protocol of 30 June 1967."

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to the Governments of the Member States and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall enter into force as regards each Government from the time of notification.

Done at Brussels, 29 May 1968.

For the Commission

The President

Jean REY
29.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL361/9
DECISION No3540/73/ECSCOFTHECOMMISSION
of19December 1973
authorizingpricealignementsforcertainironandsteelproductsfallingwithin
thescopeoftheECSCTreatyandintendedforIreland
IrishSteelHoldingsLtdandtowhichthisDecision
doesnotapply,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.Communitysteel-industryundertakings areauth­
orizedforsalesontheIrishmarketofironandsteel
productsfallingwithinthescopeoftheECSCTreaty
toaligntheirpriceswiththeprice-listbasedon
anotherpointwhichsecuresthebuyerthemostadvan­
tageousdeliveredterms.
2.Thisauthorization shallnotapplytoironand
steelproductsfallingwithinthefollowingheadings
andsubheadingsoftheCommonCustomsTariff:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtoArticle60oftheTreatyestablishing
theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyontheAccessionofthe
newMemberStatestotheEuropeanCommunities ,
andinparticularArticle134oftheActjoinedtothe
Treaty;
HavingregardtotheStatementoftheGovernmentof
Ireland;
WhereastheprovisionsofArticle134(2)ofthesaid
Actforbiduntil31December1977Communitysteel­
industryundertakingstoaligntheirpricesforsalesin
Irelandwiththelowerdeliveredpriceschargedby
otherCommunityundertakings savewhenauthoriza­
tionhasbeengivenbytheCommission ;
Whereas,initsStatementof12June1973,theIrish
GovernmentsuggestedtotheCommissionthatsteel­
industryundertakings beauthorizedtoaligntheir
pricesforironandsteelproductsintendedforIreland
whichdonotformpartoftheproductrangeofIrish
SteelHoldingsLtdatpresentthesoleIrishsteel
producer ;
Whereasinordertoavoiddisadvantaging Irishsteel
usersitisplainlyfairthat,asregardssalesbyCommu­
nityundertakingsofironandsteelproductswhichdo
notformpartoftheproductrangeoftheIrishunder­
taking,alignmentshouldbepermittedasprovidedfor
inArticle60(2)(b)oftheTreaty;whereas,therefore,
thegrantingofthisauthorization isjustified;
Whereasitisnecessarytospecifythetariffheadings
andsubheadingswhichcovertheproductrangeof73.10—014
73.10—026
73.10—042
73.10—168
73.10—176
73.10—21673.11—076
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73.13—057
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73.13—53073.11—012(ProfilsU)
73.11—032(ProfilsU)
73.11—236(ProfilsU)
73.11—064
Artide2
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.Itshallceasetobeapplicableon31December
1977.
ThisDecisionshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavicr ORTOLI
COMMISSION DECISION No 1870/75/ECSC of 17 July 1975 relating to the requirement that steelmaking undertakings disclose certain information on employment

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 47 thereof;

Whereas the steel market is currently undergoing a marked recession;

Whereas it is essential, under these circumstances, that the Commission should follow very closely the repercussions of this recession on the level of employment with a view to taking any measures that may prove necessary;

Whereas for the fulfilment of this task, the Commission must have at its disposal the most recent data on employment, and information on anticipated trends in employment;

Whereas, therefore, there is reason to impose on the steelmaking undertakings, for as long as the situation so requires, the obligation to declare their levels of employment, as well as any redundancies or measures to reduce working time;

Whereas those undertakings whose production volume exempts them from payment of the levy may also be exempted from the obligations resulting from this Decision,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Undertakings carrying on a manufacturing activity in the iron and steel sector shall supply the Commission with monthly returns concerning the existing and forecast employment situation. Such returns shall, in particular, include the following data: - Number of personnel employed

- Recruitments

- Redundancies

- Measures to reduce working time.

Article 2

Returns shall reach the Commission not later than the 25th of each month, and shall contain the data on the situation for the previous month and the forecast data for the month to follow. The first return shall reach the Commission not later than 25 August 1975 and shall contain data in respect of the situation in July 1975 and forecasts for September 1975.

Returns shall be made on a form as shown in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

Those undertakings which, pursuant to Decisions Nos. 2/52 of 23 December 1952 and 6/65 of 17 March 1965, are exempt from payment of the levy, shall likewise be exempt from the obligations set out in Article 1 of this Decision.

This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 July 1975.

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

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