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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 33/7

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 27 December 2013

amending Decision ECB/2010/21 on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank

(ECB/2013/52)

(2014/55/EU)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 26.2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Decision ECB/2010/21 (1) lays down the rules for drawing up the annual accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB).

(2) Article 24 of Decision ECB/2010/21 stipulates that if a specific accounting treatment is not laid down in Decision ECB/2010/21 and in the absence of a decision to the contrary of the Governing Council, the ECB shall follow valuation principles in accordance with the International Accounting Standards (IAS) as adopted by the European Union, which are relevant to the ECB’s activities and accounts.

(3) The ECB applies IAS 19 Employee Benefits for recognising actuarial gains and losses of post-employment benefits under the ‘corridor’ approach.

(4) IAS 19 was revised and is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013. Under the revised IAS 19, the ‘corridor’ approach has been eliminated.

(5) Annex I to Decision ECB/2010/21 should be amended to provide for the reporting of remeasurement results of the net defined benefit liability (asset) in respect of post-employment benefits on the liability side of the ECB’s balance sheet under item 14 ‘Revaluation accounts’.

(6) Decision ECB/2010/21 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Amendment

Annex I to Decision ECB/2010/21 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on 30 December 2013.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 27 December 2013. The President of the ECB Mario DRAGHI

(1) Decision ECB/2010/21 of 11 November 2010 on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank (OJ L 35, 9.2.2011, p. 1).
COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 April 2013

drawing up a list of three temporary Judges for the Civil Service Tribunal

(2013/181/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 257 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 62c thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 979/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 relating to temporary Judges of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation of the President of the Court of Justice of 10 December 2012,

Whereas:

(1) The Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, provides for the possibility of attaching temporary Judges to the specialised courts in order to cover the absence of Judges who, while not suffering from disablement deemed to be total, are prevented from participating in the disposal of cases for a lengthy period of time.

(2) Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 979/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 relating to temporary Judges of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal provides that the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the President of the Court of Justice, is to draw up a list of three persons appointed as temporary Judges. Those Judges are to be chosen from among former members of the Court of Justice of the European Union who are able to place themselves at the disposal of the Civil Service Tribunal. They are to be appointed for a period of four years and may be reappointed. The list is also to determine the order in which temporary Judges are to be called upon to perform their duties.

(3) A list of three temporary Judges of the Civil Service Tribunal should be established,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 A list of three temporary Judges of the Civil Service Tribunal is hereby drawn up. It shall be composed of: — Mr Haris TAGARAS, former judge of the Civil Service Tribunal, — Mr Arjen W.H. MEIJ, former Judge of the General Court, — Ms Verica TRSTENJAK, former Advocate General of the Court of Justice and former Judge of the General Court. This list is drawn up in the order in which the temporary Judges are, where necessary, to be called upon to perform their duties.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 22 April 2013. For the Council The President E. GILMORE

(1) OJ L 303, 30.10.2012, p. 83.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 177/25

COUNCIL DECISION

of 25 June 2013

on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement, on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics

(2013/333/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 338(1), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) ("the EEA Agreement") entered into force on 1 January 1994.

(2) Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 30 thereto.

(3) Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement contains specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics.

(4) Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the European statistical programme 2013-17 (3) sets the financial envelope for 2013 for the implementation of the European statistical programme 2013-17. The financial allocation for the period 2014 to 2017 is yet to be decided upon.

(5) The EEA statistical programme 2013 should be based on Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 and should include those programme elements which are necessary for the description and monitoring of all relevant economic, social and environmental aspects of the European Economic Area.

(6) Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) That amendment should apply from 1 January 2013 in order to allow for this extended cooperation from that date.

(8) The position of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee should be based on the attached draft Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2013. For the Council The President E. GILMORE

(1) OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6.

(2) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 39, 9.2.2013, p. 12.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 204/2

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 July 2012

on the conclusion of the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of the Republic of South Africa

(2013/408/Euratom)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to the approval of the Council,

Whereas:

The Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of the Republic of South Africa should be concluded,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of the Republic of South Africa is hereby approved on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

A Member of the Commission is hereby authorised to sign the Agreement and to carry out all necessary steps for the entry into force of this Agreement to be concluded on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 257/2

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 September 2013

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Bilateral Oversight Board under the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety, concerning Decision No 0004 amending Annex 1 to the Agreement

(2013/475/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Council Decision 2011/719/EU of 7 March 2011 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety (1) entered into force on 1 May 2011.

(2) Pursuant to Article 3.C.2 of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety (2) (‘the Agreement’), the Bilateral Oversight Board established by Article 3.A of the Agreement may amend the annexes to the Agreement in accordance with Article 19.B thereof.

(3) It is appropriate to establish the position to be be adopted on the Union’s behalf within the Bilateral Oversight Board in accordance with Article 4(4) of Decision 2011/719/EU with regard to Decision No 0004 of the Bilateral Oversight Board amending Annex 1 to the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Bilateral Oversight Board, as referred to in Article 3.A of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety, with regard to the adoption of a Decision amending Annex 1 to the Agreement, shall be based on the draft Decision No 0004 of the Bilateral Oversight Board, attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 23 September 2013. For the Council The President V. JUKNA

(1) OJ L 291, 9.11.2011, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 291, 9.11.2011, p. 3.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/35

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 October 2013

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the revised Memorandum of Understanding with the United States of America Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union

(2013/523/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Phase 2 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the European Commission Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Communities (the ‘MoU’), agreed between the United States and the European Community on 13 May 2009 and endorsed by the Council of the European Union as an international agreement of the Union, ended on 1 August 2013.

(2) It is in the interest of the Union to extend Phase 2 of the MoU while continuing to seek the termination of the WTO dispute, European Communities – Measures Concerning Meat and Meat Products (Hormones).

(3) The Commission has negotiated draft amendments to the MoU to this effect, pursuant to the negotiating authorisation set out therein.

(4) The revised MoU should be signed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The signing on behalf of the Union of the revised Memorandum of Understanding with the United States of America Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (the ‘revised MoU’) is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said revised MoU.

The text of the revised MoU is attached to this Decision (1).

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the revised MoU on behalf of the Union.

Article 3

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

Done at Luxembourg, 18 October 2013. For the Council The President L. LINKEVIČIUS

(1) The text of the revised MoU will be published together with the decision on its conclusion.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 289/12

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 October 2013

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation

(2013/629/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 79(3), in conjunction with point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 218(6), thereof

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Council Decision 2013/156/EU (1), the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia on readmission of persons residing without authorisation (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 19 April 2013, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(2) The Agreement should be approved.

(3) The Agreement establishes a Joint Readmission Committee which may adopt its rules of procedure. It is appropriate to provide for a simplified procedure for the establishment of the Union position in this case.

(4) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, those Member States are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application.

(5) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia on readmission of persons residing without authorisation is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 23(2) of the Agreement (2).

Article 3

The Commission, assisted by experts from Member States, shall represent the Union in the Joint Readmission Committee established by Article 19 of the Agreement.

Article 4

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

Done at Luxembourg, 22 October 2013. For the Council The President L. LINKEVIČIUS

(1) OJ L 87, 27.3.2013, p. 1.

(2) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 326/44

COUNCIL DECISION

of 2 December 2013

establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization on the accession of the Republic of Yemen to the World Trade Organization

(2013/715/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91, Article 100(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) On 12 April 2000, the Government of the Republic of Yemen applied for accession to the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO), pursuant to Article XII of that Agreement.

(2) A Working Party on the accession of the Republic of Yemen was established on 17 and 19 July 2000 in order to reach agreement on terms of accession acceptable to the Republic of Yemen and all WTO Members.

(3) The Commission, on behalf of the Union, has negotiated a comprehensive series of market opening commitments on the part of the Republic of Yemen which satisfy the Union’s requests.

(4) Those commitments are now embodied in the Protocol of Accession of the Republic of Yemen to the WTO.

(5) Accession to the WTO is expected to make a positive and lasting contribution to the process of economic reform and sustainable development in the Republic of Yemen.

(6) The Protocol of Accession should therefore be approved.

(7) Article XII of the Agreement establishing the WTO provides that the terms of accession are to be agreed between the acceding Member and the WTO, and that the Ministerial Conference of the WTO approves the terms of accession on the WTO side.

(8) Accordingly, it is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf within the Ministerial Conference of the WTO on the accession of the Republic of Yemen to the WTO,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Ministerial Conference of the WTO on the accession of the Republic of Yemen to the WTO is to approve the accession.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 349/109

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 6 December 2013

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2014

(ECB/2013/46)

(2013/796/EU)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(2) and Article 140(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/387/EU of 9 July 2013 on the adoption by Latvia of the euro on 1 January 2014 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right from 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro.

(2) The derogation in favour of Latvia referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession has been abrogated with effect from 1 January 2014.

(3) The 17 Member States whose currency is the euro and Latvia have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2014, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2014

The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro in 2014 as described in the following table:

(EUR million) Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2014 Belgium 24,925 Germany 655 Estonia 11,14 Ireland 48,96 Greece 6,856 Spain 201,24 France 267 Italy 58,36 Cyprus 5,1 Luxembourg 45 Malta 10,04 Netherlands 97,5 Latvia 80,91 Austria 247 Portugal 20,4 Slovenia 12 Slovakia 21,4 Finland 60

Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the Member States whose currency is the euro and Latvia.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 6 December 2013. The President of the ECB Mario DRAGHI

(1) OJ L 195, 18.7.2013, p. 24.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 8/12

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 12 December 2012

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/011 AT/Soziale Dienstleistungen from Austria)

(2013/13/EU)

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 the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to 30 December 2011 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.

(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

(4) Austria submitted an application on 21 December 2011 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in 105 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 88 (‘Social work activities without accommodation’) in the NUTS II region of Steiermark (AT22), and supplemented it by additional information up to 25 June 2012. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 5 200 650.

(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Austria,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 5 200 650 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 12 December 2012. For the European Parliament The President M. SCHULZ For the Council The President A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.