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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 182/28

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 July 2011

on the position to be taken by the European Union, within the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee, on the rules of procedure to be adopted by it in accordance with Article 19(4) of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of the carriage of goods and on customs security measures

(2011/409/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to the Agreement of 25 June 2009 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of the carriage of goods and on customs security measures (1) (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’),

Having regard to Council Decision 2009/556/EC of 25 June 2009 concerning the provisional application and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of the carriage of goods and on customs security measures (2), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

Article 19(4) of the Agreement states that the joint committee set up by that Agreement (hereinafter ‘the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee’) must adopt its rules of procedure,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Sole Article

The position to be taken by the European Union within the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee on the rules of procedure to be adopted in accordance with Article 19(4) of the Agreement shall be laid down in the attached draft decision of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee.

Done at Brussels, 11 July 2011. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 199, 31.7.2009, p. 24.

(2) OJ L 199, 31.7.2009, p. 22.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/1

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 July 2011

on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand amending the Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment between the European Community and New Zealand

(2011/464/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) The Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment between the European Community and New Zealand (1) (the Agreement on Mutual Recognition) entered into force on 1 January 1999 (2).

(2) On 8 July 2002, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with New Zealand with a view to amending the Agreement on Mutual Recognition. The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand amending the Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment between the European Community and New Zealand (the Agreement) in Brussels on 29 June 2009.

(3) As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community.

(4) The Agreement should be signed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The signing of the Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand amending the Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment between the European Community and New Zealand (the Agreement) is hereby authorised on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement (3).

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 subject to its conclusion.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 18 July 2011. For the Council The President M. DOWGIELEWICZ

(1) OJ L 229, 17.8.1998, p. 62.

(2) OJ L 5, 9.1.1999, p. 74.

(3) The text of the Agreement will be published together with the Decision on its conclusion.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 294/1

COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 November 2011

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the 2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement

(2011/731/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 192 and 207 thereof, read 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 27 January 2006 the negotiating conference established under the aegis of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) approved the text of the 2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement (‘the 2006 Agreement’).

(2) The 2006 Agreement was negotiated to replace the International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1994 (‘the 1994 Agreement’) as extended, which will remain in force until the entry into force of the 2006 Agreement.

(3) The 2006 Agreement has been open for signature since 3 April 2006 and will remain so until 1 month after its final entry into force. Consent to be bound by that Agreement shall be expressed either by definitive signature or by ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

(4) The objectives of the 2006 Agreement are consistent with both the common commercial policy and the environmental policy.

(5) The European Community was a party to the 1994 Agreement. The 2006 Agreement will continue to promote the European Union’s sustainable development objectives.

(6) The Community signed the 2006 Agreement on 2 November 2007. All the Member States have expressed their intention to ratify it.

(7) As the compulsory contributions by the consumer members of the International Tropical Timber Organisation are assessed primarily in terms of the volume of tropical timber they import, the Union will contribute to the Administrative Account of the International Tropical Timber Organisation, once the 2006 Agreement enters into force, while the Member States, as well as the Union, will be able to make voluntary financial contributions to the planned actions via the voluntary contribution accounts of the Organisation.

(8) The 2006 Agreement should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The 2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement (1) (‘the 2006 Agreement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the instrument of approval on behalf of the Union with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in accordance with Article 36(2) of the 2006 Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 8 November 2011. For the Council The President J. VINCENT-ROSTOWSKI

(1) The text of the Agreement has been published in OJ L 262, 9.10.2007, p. 8, together with the decision on signing and provisional application.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 324/37

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 1 December 2011

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2012

(ECB/2011/21)

(2011/816/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) 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 Member States whose currency is the euro have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2012, 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 2012

The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro in 2012 as described in the following table:

(EUR million) Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2012 Belgium 196,0 Germany 668,0 Estonia 12,7 Ireland 31,2 Greece 25,4 Spain 250,0 France 310,0 Italy 128,4 Cyprus 13,1 Luxembourg 35,0 Malta 10,5 Netherlands 63,8 Austria 264,0 Portugal 28,5 Slovenia 26,0 Slovakia 32,2 Finland 60,0

Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the Member States whose currency is the euro.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 289/30

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 25 October 2011

on 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/2011/003 DE/Arnsberg and Düsseldorf automotive from Germany)

(2011/724/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) Germany submitted an application on 9 February 2011 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in five enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 29 (‘Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers’) in the NUTS II regions of Arnsberg (DEA5) and Düsseldorf (DEA1) and supplemented it by additional information up to 28 April 2011. 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 4 347 868.

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

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 4 347 868 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 25 October 2011. For the European Parliament The President J. BUZEK For the Council The President M. DOWGIELEWICZ

(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 263/11

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 27 September 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/2010/027 NL/Noord-Brabant Division 18 from the Netherlands)

(2011/654/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 on 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) The Netherlands submitted an application on 20 December 2010 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in 14 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (Printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the NUTS II region of Noord-Brabant (NL41) in the Netherlands and supplemented it by additional information up to 7 March 2011. 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 667 823.

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

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 667 823 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

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

Done at Strasbourg, 27 September 2011. For the European Parliament The President J. BUZEK For the Council The President M. DOWGIELEWICZ

(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 209/18

Corrigendum to Political and Security Committee Decision EUPOL COPPS/1/2012 of 3 July 2012 on the appointment of the Head of the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)

( Official Journal of the European Union L 186 of 14 July 2012 )

In the contents on the cover and on page 31, number of the Decision:

for:

‘(2012/383/EU)’,

read:
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 59/43

Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Decision 2012/830/EU of 7 December 2012 on an additional financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2012

( Official Journal of the European Union L 356 of 22 December 2012 )

On page 82, Annex I should read as follows:
(2)

the following Articles are inserted: "Article 3a 1. The import, purchase or transport of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products shall be prohibited. The Union shall take the necessary measures in order to determine the relevant items to be covered by this provision. 2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and reinsurance, related to the import, purchase, or transport of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products. Article 3b 1. The import, purchase or transport of Iranian petrochemical products shall be prohibited. The Union shall take the necessary measures in order to determine the relevant items to be covered by this provision. 2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance, as well as insurance and reinsurance, related to the import, purchase, or transport of Iranian petrochemical products Article 3c 1. The prohibitions set out in Article 3a shall be without prejudice to the execution, until 1 July 2012, of contracts concluded before 23 January 2012 or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, to be concluded and executed not later than 1 July 2012. 2. The prohibitions set out in Article 3a shall be without prejudice to the execution of obligations provided for in contracts concluded before 23 January 2012 or in ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such obligations where the supply of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products or the proceeds derived from their supply are for the reimbursement of outstanding amounts with respect to contracts concluded before 23 January 2012 to persons or entities within the territories of Member States or under their jurisdiction, where those contracts specifically provide for such reimbursements. Article 3d 1. The prohibitions set out in Article 3b shall be without prejudice to the execution, until 1 May 2012, of contracts concluded before 23 January 2012 or in ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, to be concluded and executed not later than 1 May 2012. 2. The prohibitions set out in Article 3b shall be without prejudice to the execution of obligations provided for in contracts concluded before 23 January 2012 or in ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such obligations where the supply of petrochemical products or the proceeds derived from the supply of these products are for the reimbursement of outstanding amounts with respect to contracts concluded before 23 January 2012 to persons or entities within the territories of Member States or under their jurisdiction, where those contracts specifically provide for such reimbursements.";
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 9/15

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUPOL COPPS/1/2011

of 20 December 2011

extending the mandate of the Head of the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)

(2012/28/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 Decision 2010/784/CFSP of 17 December 2010 on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) (1), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Decision 2010/784/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PCS) is authorised, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising the political control and strategic direction of EUPOL COPPS, including in particular the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.

(2) On 15 December 2009, upon a proposal by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affaires and Security Policy (HR), the PSC appointed by Decision EUPOL COPPS/2/2009 (2) Mr Henrik MALMQUIST as Head of Mission of EUPOL COPPS.

(3) The HR has proposed that the mandate of Mr MALMQUIST as Head of EUPOL COPPS be extended from 1 January 2012 until 30 June 2012,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The mandate of Mr Henrik MALMQUIST as Head of the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) is hereby extended from 1 January 2012 until 30 June 2012.

Article 2

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

It shall apply until 30 June 2012.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2011. For the Political and Security Committee The Chairperson O. SKOOG

(1) OJ L 335, 18.12.2010, p. 60.

(2) OJ L 330, 16.12.2009, p. 78.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 50/49

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 10 February 2012

amending Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of Denmark and Panama

(notified under document C(2012) 678)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/111/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in animals. For that purpose, the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof (‘countries or regions’) is according to Article 5(1) and Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 to be determined by classification into one of three categories depending on the BSE risk involved, namely a negligible BSE risk, a controlled BSE risk and an undetermined BSE risk.

(2) The Annex to Commission Decision 2007/453/EC of 29 June 2007 establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk (2) lists countries or regions according to their BSE risk status.

(3) The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) plays a leading role in the categorisation of countries or regions according to their BSE risk and employs criteria equivalent to those established in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. The list in the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC takes account of Resolution No 18 – Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Members – adopted by the OIE in May 2010 regarding the BSE status of Member States and third countries (3).

(4) In May 2011, the OIE adopted Resolution No 17 – Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Members. That Resolution recognised Denmark and Panama as having a negligible BSE risk. The list in the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC should therefore be amended to be brought into line with that Resolution as regards those countries (4).

(5) Decision 2007/453/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) 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

The Annex to Decision 2007/453/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, 10 February 2012. For the Commission John DALLI Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 84.

(3) See pp. 40 and 158 of Report of the General Session 23-28 May 2010 at http://www.oie.int/eng/session2011/A_FR_2010PUB.pdf

(4) See pp. 49 and 149 of Report of the General Session 22-27 May 2011 at http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/About_us/docs/pdf/A_FR_2011_PUB.pdf
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 41/17

COUNCIL DECISION

of 10 February 2012

appointing a Finnish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

(2012/86/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 Finnish Government,

Whereas:

(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.

(2) An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Riitta MYLLER,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

— Ms Sanna PARKKINEN, Liperin kunnanvaltuuston jäsen,

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012. For the Council The President C. ANTORINI

(1) OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2) OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.