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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/29

COUNCIL DECISION

of 26 April 2010

appointing nine members of the Court of Auditors

(2010/246/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 286(2) thereof,

Having regard to the opinions of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1) The terms of office of Mr Jan KINŠT, Ms Kersti KALJULAID, Mr Igors LUDBORŽS, Ms Irena PETRUŠKEVIČIENĖ, Mr Gejza HALÁSZ, Mr Josef BONNICI, Mr Jacek UCZKIEWICZ, Mr Vojko Anton ANTONČIČ and Mr Július MOLNÁR expire on 6 May 2010.

(2) New appointments should therefore be made,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Sole Article

The following are hereby appointed members of the Court of Auditors for the period from 7 May 2010 to 6 May 2016:

— Mr Jan KINŠT,

— Ms Kersti KALJULAID,

— Mr Igors LUDBORŽS,

— Ms Rasa BUDBERGYTĖ,

— Mr Szabolcs FAZAKAS,

— Mr Louis GALEA,

— Mr Augustyn KUBIK,

— Mr Milan Martin CVIKL,

— Mr Ladislav BALKO.

Done at Luxembourg, 26 April 2010. For the Council The President M. Á. MORATINOS

(1) Opinions delivered on 25 March 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 106/13

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 April 2010

amending Decision 2006/636/EC fixing the annual breakdown by Member State of the amount for Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

(notified under document C(2010) 2517)

(2010/236/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (1), and in particular Article 69(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2009/379/EC of 11 May 2009 setting the amounts which, pursuant to Council Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 378/2007, (EC) No 479/2008 and (EC) No 73/2009 are made available to the EAFRD and the amounts available for EAGF expenditure (2) has been amended by Commission Decision 2010/237/EU (3).

(2) Following the amendment of Decision 2009/379/EC by Decision 2010/237/EU the amounts made available to EAFRD should be adapted in the annual breakdowns of Community support for rural development.

(3) Commission Decision 2006/636/EC (4) should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2006/636/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2010. For the Commission Dacian CIOLOȘ Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 117, 12.5.2009. p. 10.

(3) See page 16 of this Official Journal.

(4) OJ L 261, 22.9.2006, p. 32.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 118/63

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 May 2010

amending Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Ireland in the list of regions where an approved national control programme for Aujeszky’s disease is in place

(notified under document C(2010) 2983)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2010/271/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules applicable to intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine. Article 9 of that Directive lays down criteria for approving compulsory national control programmes for certain contagious diseases, including Aujeszky’s disease.

(2) Commission Decision 2008/185/EC of 21 February 2008 on additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria to provide information on this disease (2) lays down the additional guarantees for movements of pigs between Member States. Those guarantees are linked to the classification of Member States according to their disease status.

(3) Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC lists Member States or regions thereof where approved national control programmes for Aujeszky’s disease are in place.

(4) Ireland has submitted supporting documentation to the Commission as regards the Aujeszky’s disease status of that Member State. A national control programmes for Aujeszky’s disease has been implemented in Ireland for several years.

(5) The Commission has examined the documentation submitted by Ireland and has found that the national control programme in that Member State complies with the criteria laid down in Article 9(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC. Accordingly, Ireland should be included in the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC.

(6) For the sake of clarity, it is necessary to make certain minor amendments to the entry for Spain in the list in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC.

(7) Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 May 2010. For the Commission John DALLI Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.

(2) OJ L 59, 4.3.2008, p. 19.
2.

Members of the Scientific Committees, scientific advisors from the Pool and external experts shall be entitled to an indemnity for acting as Rapporteur as follows: (a) the indemnity shall be modulated, depending on the workload related to the complexity of the matter, the length of the period needed to complete the opinion, the amount and accessibility of data and scientific literature and information to be collected and processed and the extent and complexity of public and stakeholder consultations and contacts with other bodies, in light of the following indicative criteria: Amount Indicative criteria EUR 385 — Simple and routine issue — Opinion based on examination of a dossier, with limited data search and limited literature examination — No public consultation — No more than five months between first and last meeting EUR 770 — Complex issue — Opinion based on significant data and literature search and examination — Stakeholder and/or public consultation with limited feedback examination workload — From five to nine months between the first and the last meeting EUR 1 155 — Very complex issue — Need for very extensive data and literature search and analysis — Extensive and complex consultations with stakeholder, the public and other scientific bodies, with important feedback to be examined — More than nine months between the first and the last meeting (b) in each specific case, on the basis of the criteria mentioned in point (a), the Commission shall indicate in the request for an opinion which of the amounts for the indemnity of the Rapporteur applies. The choice of the applicable amount may be modified by the Commission during the preparatory work for the requested opinion if that is justified by unforeseen changes in relation to the relevant criteria.’
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 123/3

COUNCIL DECISION

of 10 May 2010

appointing one German member of the European Economic and Social Committee

(2010/278/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,

Having regard to Decision 2006/524/EC, Euratom (1),

Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,

Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,

Whereas a member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Wilfried WOLLER,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Mr Egbert BIERMANN, Hauptvorstand IG BCE (Main Executive Board of the Industrial Union of Mining, Chemical and Energy Workers), is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2010.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 10 May 2010. For the Council The President M. Á. MORATINOS

(1) OJ L 207, 28.7.2006, p. 30.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 149/11

COUNCIL DECISION 2010/329/CFSP

of 14 June 2010

amending and extending Joint Action 2007/405/CFSP on the European Union police mission undertaken in the framework of reform of the security sector (SSR) and its interface with the system of justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUPOL RD Congo)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28 and 43(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 12 June 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action 2007/405/CFSP (1) establishing a European Union police mission within the framework of reform of the security sector (SSR) and its interface with the system of justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUPOL RD Congo).

(2) On 23 June 2008, the Council adopted Joint Action 2008/485/CFSP (2) amending and extending Joint Action 2007/405/CFSP until 30 June 2009.

(3) On 15 June 2009, the Council adopted Joint Action 2009/466/CFSP (3) amending and extending Joint Action 2007/405/CFSP until 30 June 2010. Joint Action 2009/466/CFSP provided that the Council would establish a new financial reference amount in order to cover expenditure related to the mission for the period from 1 November 2009 to 30 June 2010, which was done with Joint Action 2009/769/CFSP (4) amending Joint Action 2007/405/CFSP.

(4) On 13 April 2010, following consultation with the Congolese authorities and other parties concerned, the Political and Security Committee endorsed an extension of the mission for 3 months, namely from 1 July 2010 until 30 September 2010.

(5) The mandate of the mission is being carried out in a security context that is liable to deteriorate and to undermine the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as defined in Article 24 TEU.

(6) Joint Action 2007/405/CFSP should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Joint Action 2007/405/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

1. in Article 9(1), the following subparagraph shall be added: ‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mission for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 September 2010 shall be EUR 2 020 000’;

2. in Article 16, the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following: ‘It shall expire on 30 September 2010’.

Article 2

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

Done at Luxembourg, 14 June 2010. For the Council The President C. ASHTON

(1) OJ L 151, 13.6.2007, p. 46.

(2) OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 44.

(3) OJ L 151, 16.6.2009, p. 40.

(4) OJ L 274, 20.10.2009, p. 45.
‘ANNEX

Bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes

European Central Bank

Spanish Central Bank

Italian Central Bank

University of Cornell (New York State, United States of America)

Department of Political Science, Baruch College, New York City University (New York State, United States of America)

German Central Bank

Employment Analysis Unit, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission

Tel Aviv University (Israel)

World Bank

Center of Health and Wellbeing (CHW) of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, New Jersey, United States of America

The University of Chicago (UofC), Illinois, United States of America

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Family and Labour Studies Division of Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Econometrics and Statistical Support to Antifraud (ESAF) Unit, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Support to the European Research Area (SERA) Unit, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Canada Research Chair of the School of Social Science in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies at York University, Ontario, Canada

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, USA

Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego, USA

Directorate for Research, Studies and Statistics (Direction de l’Animation de la Recherche, des Études et des Statistiques – DARES) in the Ministry of Labour, Labour Relations and Solidarity, Paris, France

The Research Foundation of State University of New York (RFSUNY), Albany, USA

Finnish Centre for Pensions, (Eläketurvakeskus – ETK), Finland

Directorate for Research, Studies, Assessment, and Statistics (Direction de la Recherche, des Études, de l’Évaluation et des Statistiques – DREES) in the Ministry of Labour, social dialogue and solidarity, the Ministry of Health, youth and sports and the Ministry of Budget, public accounts and state reform, Paris, France

Duke University (DUKE), North Carolina, USA

Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kansaneläkelaitos – KELA), Finland

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), Israel

Federal Public Service Social Security, Belgium

Sabanci University, Tuzla/Istanbul, Turkey

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Directorate Economic Service and Structural Reforms, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission’
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/10

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EULEX/1/2010

of 27 July 2010

concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO

(2010/431/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

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

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP of 4 February 2008 on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO (1), and in particular Article 12(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 4 February 2008 the Council adopted Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP establishing the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO (hereinafter referred to as EULEX KOSOVO).

(2) On 8 June 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/322/CFSP (2) extending the duration of EULEX KOSOVO until 14 June 2012.

(3) Pursuant to Article 12(2) of Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising political control and strategic direction of EULEX KOSOVO, including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr Xavier BOUT DE MARNHAC is hereby appointed Head of Mission of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO with effect from 15 October 2010.

Article 2

Political and Security Committee Decision EULEX/1/2008 of 7 February 2008 concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX Kosovo (3) is hereby repealed.

Article 3

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

It shall apply until 14 October 2011.

Done at Brussels, 27 July 2010. For the Political and Security Committee The President W. STEVENS

(1) OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 92.

(2) OJ L 145, 11.6.2010, p. 13.

(3) OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 99.
(3)

Since the circumstances justifying these derogations still apply and there is no new information giving cause for revision of the specific conditions, the authorisation for derogations should be extended. Moreover, experience has been gained from information collected by the Member States in accordance with Article 2 of Decision 2002/499/EC, as well as on the basis of contacts with the Republic of Korea. Furthermore, appropriate mechanisms are established in this Decision to ensure the monitoring of the conditions of application of the derogations. Therefore it is appropriate to extend the authorisations for derogations granted in this Decision for a longer period than the ones granted by previous Decisions, and namely until 31 December 2020.
in Article 10(1) the first sentence is replaced by the following:

‘1. The PSC shall exercise, under the responsibility of the Council and the HR, political control and strategic direction of EUPM.’;
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/26

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 December 2010

appointing a Slovak member of the Committee of the Regions

(2010/798/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 Slovak Government,

Whereas:

(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU and 2010/29/EU appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015 (1).

(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Juraj BLANÁR,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as a member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:

Mr Pavol FREŠO

predseda Bratislavského samosprávneho kraja

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2010. For the Council The President J. SCHAUVLIEGE

(1) OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22 and OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/40

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 December 2010

amending Council Directive 2008/90/EC to extend the derogation relating to import conditions for fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production from third countries

(notified under document C(2010) 8992)

(2010/777/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Directive 2008/90/EC of 29 September 2008 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 12(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Commission is required pursuant to Article 12(1) of Directive 2008/90/EC to decide whether fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants produced in a third country and affording the same guarantees as regards obligations on the supplier, identity, characteristics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspection arrangements, marking and sealing are equivalent in all these respects to fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants produced in Union and complying with the requirements and conditions of that Directive.

(2) However, the information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is still not sufficient to enable the Commission to adopt any such decision in respect of any third country at this stage.

(3) In order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted, Member States importing fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants from third countries should continue to be allowed to apply conditions equivalent to those applicable to similar Union products in accordance with Article 12(2) of Directive 2008/90/EC.

(4) It is appropriate to allow the application of such conditions for a period that is consistent with the transitional period referred to in Article 21 of Directive 2008/90/EC.

(5) The period of application of the derogation provided for in Directive 2008/90/EC for such imports should consequently be extended until 31 December 2018.

(6) Directive 2008/90/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Propagating Material and Plants of Fruit Genera and Species,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In the first subparagraph of Article 12(2) of Directive 2008/90/EC, the date ‘31 December 2010’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2018’.

Article2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 December 2010. For the Commission John DALLI Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 267, 8.10.2008, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 34/24

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 February 2010

on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Greece, Portugal and Finland concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2007 financial year

(notified under document C(2010) 425)

(Only the Finnish, Greek, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)

(2010/58/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2008/397/EC (2) and Commission Decision 2009/86/EC (3) cleared, for the 2007 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Greek paying agency ‘OPEKEPE’, the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFAP’ and the Finnish paying agency ‘MAVI’.

(2) Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Greek paying agency ‘OPEKEPE’, the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFAP’ and the Finnish paying agency ‘MAVI’.

(3) In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The accounts of the Greek paying agency ‘OPEKEPE’, the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFAP’ and the Finnish paying agency ‘MAVI’ concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in respect of the 2007 financial year, are hereby cleared.

The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State under each rural development programme pursuant to this Decision, including those resulting from the application of Article 33(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, are set out in Annex.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic, the Portuguese Republic and the Republic of Finland.

Done at Brussels, 1 February 2010. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 139, 29.5.2008, p. 40.

(3) OJ L 33, 3.2.2009, p. 35.