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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 352/63

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 19 December 2012

amending Decision 90/180/Euratom, EEC authorising the Netherlands not to take into account certain categories of transactions and to use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base

(notified under document C(2012) 9567)

(Only the Dutch text is authentic)

(2012/820/EU, Euratom)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Under Article 370 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (2), Member States which, at 1 January 1978, taxed the transactions listed in Annex X, Part A, may continue to tax those transactions; these transactions must be taken into account for the determination of the VAT resources base.

(2) Under Article 371 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Member States which, at 1 January 1978, exempted the transactions listed in Annex X, Part B, may continue to exempt those transactions, in accordance with the conditions applying in the Member State concerned on that date; these transactions must be taken into account for the determination of the VAT resources base.

(3) In the case of the Netherlands, the Commission, on the basis of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89, adopted Decision 90/180/Euratom, EEC (3) authorising the Netherlands, with effect from 1 January 1989, not to take into account certain categories of transactions and to use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base.

(4) Since 1 January 1993, the Netherlands has taxed the transactions referred to in point 5 of Annex X, Part B to Directive 2006/112/EC; the authorisation granted in this connection should be discontinued with effect from that date.

(5) The Commission invited the Netherlands to verify whether those authorisations granted to the Netherlands with no explicit limitation in time, were still needed and to confirm this to the Commission; the Netherlands confirmed that authorisation to use approximate estimates for the transactions mentioned in point 5 of Annex X, Part B to Directive 2006/112/EC was no longer needed.

(6) For the sake of clarity and transparency of Community rules, provisions that have become obsolete or have ceased to have effect should be repealed.

(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Own Resources,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 1 point 2 of Decision 90/180/Euratom, EEC is hereby deleted.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2012. For the Commission Janusz LEWANDOWSKI Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 155, 7.6.1989, p. 9.

(2) OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 99, 19.4.1990, p. 30.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 33/6

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 2 February 2012

on the recognition of the RINA SpA (Italian Register of Shipping) as a classification society for inland waterway vessels

(notified under document C(2012) 402)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/64/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC (1), and in particular Article 10(1) and Part II of Annex VII thereof,

After consulting the Committee referred to in Article 7 of Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the reciprocal recognition of national boat masters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway (2),

Whereas:

(1) By letter of 22 July 2008 Italy submitted an application to the Commission for recognition of the RINA SpA (hereafter RINA) as a classification society within the meaning of the Directive. RINA has its headquarters in Italy.

(2) With the application Italy has submitted the information and documentation needed to verify that the criteria for recognition are met.

(3) A hearing was organised in the joint meeting of experts from the Member States of the European Union and the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (hereinafter ‘CCNR’) on technical requirements for inland waterway vessels in April 2009, where the Italian authority and RINA gave presentations.

(4) The secretariat of the CCNR has been consulted as referred to in Part II paragraph 4 of Annex VII to Directive 2006/87/EC.

(5) The Commission has assessed the compliance of RINA with the criteria of Part I of Annex VII to Directive 2006/87/EC and has concluded that RINA meets them,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The classification society RINA shall be recognised pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 2006/87/EC.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member State(s) which have inland waterways as referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 2006/87/EC and to the Italian Register of Shipping, Via Corsica 12, 16128 Genova, Italy.

Done at Brussels, 2 February 2012. For the Commission Siim KALLAS Vice-President

(1) OJ L 389, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 373, 31.12.1991, p. 29.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 52/2

COUNCIL DECISION

of 14 February 2012

on the position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the request for a WTO waiver on additional autonomous trade preferences granted by the European Union to Pakistan

(2012/114/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(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Union is currently in the process of adopting legislation for granting additional autonomous trade preferences to Pakistan. In the absence of a waiver from the Union’s obligations under paragraph 1 of Article I and Article XIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994), to the extent necessary, the treatment provided by those additional autonomous trade preferences would need to be extended to all other Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is therefore appropriate to request a waiver from paragraph 1 of Article I and Article XIII GATT 1994, to the extent necessary, pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article IX of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization.

(2) The Union submitted such a request for a waiver on 18 November 2010, and subsequently revised it on 26 October 2011 and 19 January 2012, and the WTO General Council is to deliberate thereon.

(3) It is appropriate, therefore, to establish the position to be taken by the Union within the WTO General Council concerning that request,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization is to approve the WTO waiver on additional autonomous trade preferences granted by the European Union to Pakistan.

This position shall be expressed by the Commission.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 153/3

COUNCIL DECISION

of 12 June 2012

on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique

(2012/306/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) On 22 November 2007 the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 1446/2007 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique (1) (the ‘Agreement’). A Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement (2) was attached thereto. That protocol expired on 31 December 2011.

(2) The Union negotiated with Mozambique a new Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique (the ‘Protocol’), providing EU vessels with fishing opportunities in the waters over which Mozambique have sovereignty or jurisdiction in respect of fisheries.

(3) As a result of those negotiations, the Protocol was initialled on 2 June 2011.

(4) In accordance with Council Decision 2012/91/EU (3), the Protocol was signed and is being applied provisionally.

(5) The Protocol should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique (4) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, to the notification provided for in Article 16 of the Protocol, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Protocol (5).

Article 3

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

Done at Luxembourg, 12 June 2012. For the Council The President M. GJERSKOV

(1) OJ L 331, 17.12.2007, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 331, 17.12.2007, p. 39.

(3) OJ L 46, 17.2.2012, p. 3.

(4) The Protocol has been published in OJ L 46, 17.2.2012, p. 4, together with the decision on its signature.

(5) The date of entry into force of the Protocol 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 188/4

COUNCIL DECISION

of 10 July 2012

on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms

(2012/400/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 46 and 48, 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) Protocol 31 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (the ‘EEA Agreement’) contains specific provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.

(2) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to activities outside the four freedoms, including cooperation concerning free movement of workers, coordination of social security systems and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries.

(3) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 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 Brussels, 10 July 2012. For the Council The President V. SHIARLY

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

(2) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/3

COUNCIL DECISION

of 24 July 2012

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in parts and components of motor vehicles between the European Union and the Russian Federation

(2012/429/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(6)(a) 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 2012/106/EU (1), the Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in parts and components of motor vehicles between the European Union and the Russian Federation (‘the Agreement’), was signed on 16 December 2011, subject to its conclusion.

(2) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in parts and components of motor vehicles between the European Union and the Russian Federation, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union (2).

Article 2

The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, to make the notification provided for in Article 13(2) of the Agreement in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Agreement (3).

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2012. For the Council The President A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

(1) OJ L 57, 29.2.2012, p. 14.

(2) The Agreement has been published in OJ L 57, 29.2.2012, p. 15, together with the decision on signing.

(3) 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 337/1

COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 December 2012

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union

(2012/763/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) On 29 January 2007, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania.

(2) Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission within the framework of the negotiating directives adopted by the Council.

(3) Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (the ‘Agreement’) was initialled on 31 May 2012.

(4) The Agreement should be signed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement (1).

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2012. For the Council The President S. CHARALAMBOUS

(1) The text of the Agreement will be published together with the decision on its conclusion.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 4/11

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 13 December 2011

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/2011/005 PT/Norte-Centro Automotive from Portugal)

(2012/4/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 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) Portugal submitted an application on 6 June 2011 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in three enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 29 (‘Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers’) in the NUTS II regions of Norte (PT11) and Centro (PT16), and supplemented it by additional information up to 18 July 2011. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 1 518 465.

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 518 465 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 13 December 2011. For the European Parliament The President J. BUZEK For the Council The President M. SZPUNAR

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

(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/96

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2013/743/EU of 3 December 2013 establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decisions 2006/971/EC, 2006/972/EC, 2006/973/EC, 2006/974/EC and 2006/975/EC

( Official Journal of the European Union L 347 of 20 December 2013 )

On page 1038, Annex II, 3. PART III. PRIORITY ‘SOCIETAL CHALLENGES’, last sentence:

for:

‘Moreover, for each of the challenges, progress shall be assessed against the contribution to the specific objectives which are detailed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 104/2013.’

,

read:

‘Moreover, for each of the challenges, progress shall be assessed against the contribution to the specific objectives which are detailed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013.’

.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 14/18

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 December 2012

appointing four members of the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)

(2013/33/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (1), and in particular Article 65(1) and (4) thereof,

Having regard to the list of candidates drawn up by the Commission on 8 August 2012,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Nikolaos DEDES, born on 15 December 1966, Christophe HUGNET, born on 1 February 1971, Wolf-Dieter LUDWIG, born on 31 January 1952, and Wim WIENTJES, born on 16 September 1937 shall be appointed as members of the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency for a period of three years.

Article 2

The date on which the three-year period referred to in Article 1 will commence shall be determined by the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2012. For the Council The President E. FLOURENTZOU

(1) OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.