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DECISION No 76 of 22 February 1973 concerning the conditions for the use of Forms E 402, E 403 and E 404

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS;

Having regard to Article 81 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 under which it is made responsible for dealing with all administrative questions arising from the provisions of Regulations (EEC) Nos 1408/71 and 574/72;

Whereas Decision No 20, published in the Official Journal of the European Communities No 45 of 16 July 1960 has been rendered unvalid by the entry into force of Regulations (EEC) Nos 1408/71 and 574/72, but, taking into account the provisions of the said Regulations, there are grounds for adopting a new decision;

Whereas it is in fact essential to lay down rules concerning the periods of time for renewing certificates for the continuation of studies (Form E 402), apprenticeship certificates (Form E 403) and medical certificates (Form E 404) laid down in the continuation of family allowances beyond the normal age limit in the circumstances defined by national legislations, and also to appoint the doctor qualified to issue the said medical certificate;

HAS DECIDED:

1. The certificate concerning school attendance (Form E 402) shall be required only once per quarter, but institutions shall have the option of requiring this certificate only once a year.

2. The apprenticeship certificate (Form E 403) shall be required only once per quarter, but institutions shall nevertheless be free to require this certificate only once every six months or once a year.

3. The medical certificate to be produced for children incapable of work (Form E 404) shall be renewed not less than once a year.

4. For the issue of the medical certificate mentioned in paragraph 3, a doctor may be appointed by the liaison body should it have no doctor of its own available ; the doctor may be the one treating the patient.

5. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply to the six Founder Member States as from 1 October 1972, and, in accordance with the Treaty of Accession, as from 1 April 1973 for the three new Member States.

The President of the Administrative Commission

J. DONIS
COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 6 June 1974 on the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;

Having regard to the draft from the Commission;

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1);

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;

Whereas certain principles and guidelines should be laid down for the promotion of work relating to the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications,

HAS ADOPTED THIS RESOLUTION:

I. THE COUNCIL

- acknowledges that Directives on the right of establishment, in particular those concerning the liberal professions, are of importance in connection with education policies,

- emphasizes that such Directives should be so drawn up that they do not impede efforts towards educational reform in the Member States of the Community,

- considers it appropriate that education policies should make a positive contribution to freedom of establishment, in particular with regard to the liberal professions.

II. The Council expresses the wish that future work on the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications be guided by the desire for a flexible and qualitative approach. In this connection, the Council agrees with the following guideline:

Given that, despite the differences existing between one Member State and another in training courses, the final qualifications giving access to similar fields of activity are in practice broadly comparable, directives on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications and on the coordination of the conditions of access to the professions should resort as little as possible to the prescription of detailed training requirements.

III. To this effect, inter alia:

- lists of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications recognized as being equivalent should be drawn up,

- Advisory committees, the terms of reference, composition and number of which are still to be determined, should be set up.

IV. The Council hereby instructs the Permanent Representatives Committee to ensure, in cooperation with the Commission, that this Resolution is implemented, particularly within the context of the examination of the draft Directives on the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications. (1)OJ No C 55, 13.5.1974, p. 19.
JOINT DECLARATION of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION,

Whereas from 1 January 1975, the Budget of the Communities will be financed entirely from the Communities' own resources;

Whereas in order to implement this system the European Parliament will be given increased budgetary powers;

Whereas the increase in the budgetary powers of the European Parliament must be accompanied by effective participation by the latter in the procedure for preparing and adopting decisions which give rise to important expenditure or revenue to be charged or credited to the budget of the European Communities,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A conciliation procedure between the European Parliament and the Council with the active assistance of the Commission is hereby instituted.

2. This procedure may be followed for Community acts of general application which have appreciable financial implications, and of which the adoption is not required by virtue of acts already in existence.

3. When submitting its proposal the Commission shall indicate whether the act in question is, in its opinion, capable of being the subject of the conciliation procedure. The European Parliament, when giving its Opinion, and the Council may request that this procedure be initiated.

4. The procedure shall be initiated if the criteria laid down in paragraph 2 are met and if the Council intends to depart from the Opinion adopted by the European Parliament.

5. The conciliation shall take place in a "Conciliation Committee" consisting of the Council and representatives of the European Parliament. The Commission shall participate in the work of the Conciliation Committee.

6. The aim of the procedure shall be to seek an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council.

The procedure should normally take place during a period not exceeding three months, unless the act in question has to be adopted before a specific date or if the matter is urgent, in which case the Council may fix an appropriate time limit.

7. When the positions of the two institutions are sufficiently dose, the European Parliament may give a new Opinion, after which the Council shall take definitive action.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975.

For the

European Parliament

C. BERKHOUWER

For the Council

G. FITZGERALD

For the Commission

François-Xavier ORTOLI
COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 23 November 1976 concerning measures to simplify agricultural legislation

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the draft resolution submitted by the Commission,

Aware of the difficulties facing both Community and national authorities in connection with the management and implementation of the common agricultural policy, particularly in view of the need to react with increasing rapidity to developments in market conditions,

Desiring to improve the situation as far as possible,

HAS ADOPTED THIS RESOLUTION:

I

The Council stresses the need to ensure that agricultural legislation can be implemented without excessive difficulty both by the national administrations and by the interested parties.

II

The Council takes note of the work undertaken by the Commission with a view to simplifying Community legislation on agriculture and requests the Commission to continue its efforts in this direction, and to report back by 31 December 1977.

III

The Council asks the Commission and the Member States to improve coordination between all the bodies concerned with the preparation and implementation of the agricultural legislation.

IV

The Council 1. notes that Acts to be adopted under the common agricultural policy, in many cases relate to measures justified by compelling economic reasons within the meaning of the Council resolution of 27 June 1974 concerning measures to be taken with a view to simplifying the task of the customs administrations (1) ; it notes that this is mainly due to the essential economic requirements of the common agricultural policy ; it further notes that, as regards the agricultural legislation, the six-week period laid down in the aforementioned resolution for the publication of Acts cannot always be observed, owing to the urgency with which such measures have to be implemented.

2. considers therefore that when this period cannot be observed a reasonable time limit should in any event be provided for to enable account to be taken in each case of the practical requirements of administrative application of these Acts ; this time limit should not in principle be less than one week;

(1) OJ No C 79, 8.7.1974, p. 1. 2. will accordingly ensure that, when adopting its Acts, it leaves the Commission and the Member States adequate time for the preparation, under normal conditions, of the implementing measures arising therefrom and requests the Commission to submit its proposals in good time.

Replacement of a member of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Training

At its meeting on 4 November 1976, the Council of the European Communities decided to appoint Mr Thorgrimsson, Sekretaer, Landsorganisationen, Denmark, as a member of the Advisory Committee on Vocational Training in the "Workers" representatives' category, to replace Mr Baehring.

Mr Thorgrimsson has been appointed for the remainder of Mr Baehring's term of office, that is until 20 June 1978.

Mr Thorgrimsson has been notified of this decision and has accepted his appointment.
Statement on the Directive concerning the coordination of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of the activities of dental surgeons

Council statement on Article 1 (2):

The Council has adopted the idea of full-time instruction since, unlike the Directive on coordination for doctors, this provision makes no reference to a number of hours.

The Council states that a year of full-time instruction means theoretical and practical instruction covering a normal, complete annual course of study at university level comprising the programme of studies given in the Annex to this Directive.
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PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT APPLIED BY THE COMMUNITY ( 1 ) ( 2 )

( POSITION AS ON 1 JULY 1980 )

1 . ABBREVIATIONS

A*AUSTRIA*

AD F/M*ADF*

AD S/Z*ADS*

2 AD S/Z*STADARD RATE OF 2 % FOR ADS*

AGR* ( L ) *

AGR R*REDUCED ( L ) *

B/F*BOTTLE*

CH*SWITZERLAND*

CY*CYPRUS*

DK*DENMARK*

DZ*ALGERIA*

E*SPAIN*

ECU*EUROPEAN CURRENCY UNIT ( EX 04.04 AND EX 22.05 ) *

ET*EGYPT*

FO*FAROE ISLANDS*

GB*UNITED KINGDOM*

GR*GREECE*

HL*HECTOLITRE*

% HL*PER HECTOLITRE AND PER % VOLUME OF ALCOHOL*

IL*ISRAEL*

IRL*IRELAND*

IS*ICELAND*

JOR*JORDAN*

KG/BR*KILOGRAM GROSS WEIGHT*

KG/NET*KILOGRAM NET WEIGHT*

KG/TOT/ALC*PER KILOGRAM OF TOTAL ALCOHOL*

LOME*ACP AND OCT*

MA*MOROCCO*

MAL*MALTA*

MAX*WITH A MAXIMUM*

MIN*WITH A MINIMUM*

MOB*VARIABLE COMPONENT*

MOB R*REDUCED VARIABLE COMPONENT*

N*NORWAY*

P*PORTUGAL*

P/ST*PIECE*

RL*LEBANON*

S*SWEDEN*

( S ) * " STANDSTILL " *

SF*FINLAND*

SYR*SYRIA*

TN*TUNISIA*

TR*TURKEY*

U/R*EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT*

YU*YUGOSLAVIA*

II . RATES OF DUTY

COLUMNS WITHOUT ANY FIGURES CORRESPOND TO THE RATES OF THE CCT .

III . RATES OF DUTY APPLICABLE TO THE FAROE ISLANDS

THE RATES OF DUTY SHOWN IN THE LIST ARE APPLIED BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY EXCLUDING DENMARK , WHICH APPLIES A ZERO RATE .

( 1 ) EXCLUDING THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES .

( 2 ) NOTHING IN THIS PUBLICATION OVERRIDES ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS .

TABLES : SEE O.J .
Statement by the Council and the Commission on Article V (14) (h) of the Agreement on government procurement resulting from the multilateral trade negotiations concluded under the GATT

The Council and the Commission state that, as regards the offset procurement referred to in Article V (14) (h) of the Agreement on government procurement, the purchasing entities of the Member States of the EEC may, under the conditions laid down in that provision, earmark such procurement by means of an appropriate clause inserted in the contract which they conclude with the supplier concerned in the third country, for Community manufacturers.
Declarations by Greece provided for in Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes for employed persons and their families moving within the Community

I. Legislation and schemes referred to in Article 4 (1) and (2) of the Regulation

1. Sickness and maternity benefits and death grants (Article 4 (1) (a) and (f) of the Regulation) (i) >PIC FILE= "T0033775">

(ii) Provisions laid down by law and regulation relating to special schemes for certain categories of employed persons (insurance organizations or sickness and maternity insurance branches, including death grants).

(iii) >PIC FILE= "T0033776">

2. Invalidity, old-age and survivors' benefits (Article 4 (1) (b), (c) and (d) of the Regulation) (i) Provisions laid down by law and regulation relating to the general social security scheme (IKA) for employed persons and persons treated as such (branches : retirement, invalidity and survivors).

(ii) Provisions laid down by law and regulation relating to special social security schemes for certain categories of employed persons and concerning invalidity and survivors' benefits.

(iii) >PIC FILE= "T0033777">

3. Benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases (Article 4 (1) (e) of the Regulation) (i) Provisions laid down by law and regulation relating to the sickness and maternity insurance and pensions branches of the general social security scheme (IKA) for employed persons and persons treated as such and concerning benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases.

(ii) Provisions laid down by law and regulation under special social security schemes for employed persons, concerning benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases.

(iii) >PIC FILE= "T0033778">

4. Unemployment benefits (Article 4 (1) (g) of the Regulation)

>PIC FILE= "T0033779">

5. Family benefits (Article 4 (1) (h) of the Regulation)

Provisions laid down by law, regulation and administrative action relating to family benefits for employed persons and family benefits laid down under the national scheme.

II. Benefits provided for in Article 50 of the Regulation

Legislation in respect of minimum invalidity, old-age and survivors' pensions for employed persons and persons treated as such coming under the general scheme and the special social security schemes for employed workers.

III. Benefits provided for in Article 77 of the Regulation

Child supplements laid down by the provisions referred to above under the heading "invalidity, old-age and survivors' benefits paragraphs 1 and 2" as regards invalidity and old-age pensions.

IV. Benefits provided for in Article 78 of the Regulation

Orphans' benefits laid down by the provisions referred to above under the heading "invalidity, old-age and survivors' benefits, paragraphs 1 and 2".
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COMMISSION DECLARATION TO THE COUNCIL

THE COMMISSION NOTES THE FAILURE OF THE COUNCIL TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THE FIXING OF TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES , THEIR ALLOCATION AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING FISHING ACTIVITIES .

IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE COMMUNITY TO DISCHARGE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES WITH REGARD TO CONSERVATION FROM NOW ON UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1982 , THE COMMISSION RECALLS THAT THE MEMBER STATES NOT ONLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADOPT THE NECESSARY MEASURES , SUBJECT TO THEIR APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSION , BUT ALSO HAVE THE DUTY TO TAKE THESE MEASURES IN THE COLLECTIVE INTEREST , THIS BEING A DUTY WHICH THE COMMISSION CAN ASK THEM TO ACCEPT . THESE RIGHTS AND DUTIES FLOW FROM THE TREATY , NAMELY ARTICLE 5 ( DUTY OF COOPERATION AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ) AND ARTICLE 155 ( RIGHT AND OBLIGATION OF SUPERVISION BY THE COMMISSION ) .

WITH A VIEW TO ENSURING THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ENTIRE FISHING FLEET OF THE MEMBER STATES ARE AS ORDERLY AND STABLE AS POSSIBLE , THE COMMISSION WILL , IN CARRYING OUT ITS DUTIES , AND PARTICULARLY WHEN APPROVING NATIONAL CONSERVATION MEASURES , ACT ON THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSALS WHICH IT HAS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL .
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RESOLUTION OF THE ECSC CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

ON THE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY

( ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY AT THE 236TH SESSION OF 22 AND 23 SEPTEMBER 1983 )

THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR LABOUR PROBLEMS OF THE ECSC CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE , MEETING ON 14 SEPTEMBER 1983 , REEXAMINED :

- THE REDUCTION AND REORGANIZATION OF WORKING TIME , AND

- THE SOCIAL SUPPORT MEASURES FOR THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE EUROPEAN STEEL INDUSTRY .

THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ,

1 . NOTING THE DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON 29 JUNE 1983 CONCERNING THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE EUROPEAN STEEL INDUSTRY ;

2 . NOTING THAT THE COUNCIL MEETING WHICH EXAMINED THE STEEL PROBLEMS ON 25 JULY 1983 TOOK NOTE OF THESE DECISIONS AND THAT THESE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY 31 JANUARY 1984 ;

3 . NOTING THE EXTENSION OF THE PRODUCTION QUOTA SYSTEM , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 58 , UNTIL 31 JANUARY 1984 AND THE CONSENSUS WHICH EMERGED FOR FURTHER EXTENDING THESE ARRANGEMENTS UNTIL THE END OF 1985 ;

4 . REITERATING ITS NUMEROUS RESOLUTIONS ON THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE STEEL POLICY AND ON INDUSTRIAL RECONVERSION , AS WELL AS THE INDISSOLUBLE LINK BETWEEN THESE AND RESTRUCTURING IN THE STEEL SECTOR ;

5 . NOTING THE TRADE UNION , EMPLOYER AND COMMUNITY POSITIONS AS REGARDS THE REDUCTION AND REORGANIZATION OF WORKING TIME ,

( A ) SUPPORTS THE POSITION OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITES IN :

- CALLING UPON THE COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT THE SPECIFIC MEASURES AND COMMIT THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN THE NEW SOCIAL PACKAGE , AS A MATTER OF URGENCY ,

- INVITING THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THE NECESSARY FUNDS ( 330 MILLION ECU ) WRITTEN INTO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY BUDGET SO THAT IT CAN ACT EFFECTIVELY ,

- URGING THE MINISTERS MEETING IN COUNCIL TO RELEASE THE 230 MILLION ECU SET ASIDE FOR NON-QUOTA MEASURES BASED ON THE REGIONAL FUND ;

( B ) CALLS UPON THE COMMISSION TO SET ASIDE FOR THE 1983-1986 PERIOD THE RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR MEASURES BASED ON THE SOCIAL FUND AND THE REGIONAL FUND , AND TO BOOST THE AID ENVISAGED FOR RECONVERSION LOANS BY OPTIMIZING THE USE OF ALL THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AT THE COMMUNITY'S DISPOSAL , IN PARTICULAR IN ALL THE REGIONS AFFECTED BY RESTRUCTURING ;

( C ) STRESSES THE NEED , AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY , FOR

- BOLD STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO BOOST AND ENCOURAGE PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY BY STIMULATING THE PRODUCTION OF CAPITAL GOODS AND ENCOURAGING NEW TECHNOLOGIES ,

- WAYS TO BE SOUGHT WHICH WILL FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMMES IN THE INTERESTS OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , WITH SOME OF THE FINANCE COMING FROM THE RELATED REDUCTION IN THE COST OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE COMMUNITY ;

( D ) NOTES THE RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OF 19 MAY 1983 , ITS SPIRIT AND ITS SPECIFIC PROPOSALS , CARRIED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REPORT ON THE WAYS AND MEANS OF TACKLING THE EUROPEAN STEEL CRISIS , AND URGES THE COMMISSION TO PURSUE THE IDEA OF A CONFERENCE ON STEEL WHICH COULD SUPPORT ITS ENDEAVOURS AS REGARDS BOTH ITS INDUSTRIAL RECONVERSION OBJECTIVES AND THE VARIOUS STAGES OF HARMONIZATION IN THE SOCIAL FIELD .
RESOLUTION OF THE ECSC CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE on the social aspects of energy and steel policies (adopted unanimously at the 244th session of 20 and 21 September 1984) (84/C 279/03)

THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE,

having heard the report of its Subcommittee for Labour Problems which met on 14 June 1984 to examine the social aspects of the items discussed at the 242nd session of 17 May 1984 concerning: - Community energy policy,

- the updating of the General Objectives for Steel,

- the progress of Community restructuring policy inthe steel industry,

- the application of the aids code,

renewing its concern already expressed previously about: - the reductions in the workforce arising from therestructuring of the steel and coal industries,

- the continued deterioration of the regionalindustrial fabric in the areas where these industriesare often predominant,

- the human dramas caused by the existence of 12million unemployed in the Community,

recognizing the efforts which the Commission has made in proposing, since 1983, a series of social and reconversion measures with the aim of lessening the social consequences of restructuring in the steel regions and of providing additional social aid for the coal sector;

recalling its resolution of 18 February 1983 (1), which was adopted unanimously, on the social aspects of the General Objectives Steel, 1985, 1. formally asks the Commission to once againrequest the European Parliament and the Councilto provide the ECSC budget annually, for theperiod 1984 to 1986, with the necessary resourcesto allow implementation of the planned andapproved amount for the second social programmefor the steel industry, namely 300 million ECU, aswell as the further 60 million ECU in both 1985and 1986 already requested by the Commission, inaddition to the 60 million ECU already agreed for1984, to provide for social aids for workers in thecoalmining industry;

2. requests the earmarking of further means for theRegional Fund and the Social Fund to ensure theoptimum use of these Community instruments,with a view to new initiatives, particularly in theregions affected by the restructuring of the steeland coal industries;

3. calls for an even more dynamic and better adaptedapproach with regard to Community loans (ECSC,EIB, NCI) for innovational and job-creatingdevelopments in the affected regions, whetherthese be direct loans or global loans, these latterbeing particularly destined for SMEs;

4. requests, in an attempt to reduce unemployment,the intensification of the social dialogue in theMixed Committees set up for this purpose, takinginto account both the concern expressed in theresolution of 18 February 1983 and all the newsocial aspects of restructuring in the steel and coalsectors;

5. asks its President to present this Resolution to theCommission of the European Communities -together with the resolution of 18 February 1983- with a request to forward it to the Presidents ofthe Council and of the European Parliament aswell as to the latter's Committee on Social Affairsand Employment. (1) OJ No C 72, 17.3.1983.