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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 98/75

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 April 2006

amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the restricted zones in relation to bluetongue in Italy

(notified under document number C(2006) 1260)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/268/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Article 8(3)(c) and the third paragraph of Article 19 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Directive 2000/75/EC lays down control rules and measures to combat bluetongue in the Community, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones and a ban on animals leaving those zones.

(2) Commission Decision 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue and conditions applying to movements from or through these zones (2) provides for the demarcation of the global geographic areas where protection and surveillance zones (the restricted zones) are to be established by the Member States in relation to bluetongue.

(3) Italy has informed the Commission that no virus has circulated in the provinces of Livorno and Pisa since April 2005.

(4) Consequently, these provinces should be considered free of bluetongue and, on the basis of the substantiated request submitted by Italy, deleted from the areas listed for restricted zones.

(5) Decision 2005/393/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

In Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC, in the part for Zone B, in the row for Toscana, ‘Pisa’ and ‘Livorno’ are deleted.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 April 2006. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.

(2) OJ L 130, 24.5.2005, p. 22. Decision as last amended by Decision 2005/828/EC (OJ L 311, 26.11.2005, p. 37).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217/31

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 August 2006

on the purchase by the Community of marker vaccine against classical swine fever to increase the Community stocks of those vaccines

(notified under document number C(2006) 3461)

(2006/553/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 6(2) and Article 8(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (2), and in particular Article 18(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Classical swine fever is a threat for domestic and feral pigs (wild boar) in the Community.

(2) Outbreaks of classical swine fever in domestic pig holdings can lead to very serious consequences and economic losses in the Community, in particular if they occur in areas with a high density of pigs.

(3) The rules for applying emergency vaccination of domestic and feral pigs and the definition of marker vaccine are laid down in Directive 2001/89/EC.

(4) The Community already has 1 000 000 doses of live attenuated vaccine against classical swine fever in stock and is in the process of purchasing 1 550 000 doses of marker vaccine against classical swine fever.

(5) An emergency vaccination against classical swine fever with marker vaccine that exceeds the number of doses of vaccine that the Community stocks has become more likely in the light of the situation in the Community and especially the situation of the disease in the acceding States.

(6) For the purpose of reinforcing the Community capability to respond quickly to classical swine fever, it is necessary to purchase an adequate number of doses of marker vaccine and to make arrangements for keeping them in stock and having them rapidly available in case of an emergency.

(7) 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

1. The Community shall purchase as soon as possible 7 000 000 doses of marker vaccine against classical swine fever.

2. The Community shall make arrangements for the storage and distribution of the vaccine referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 2

The maximum cost of the measures referred to in Article 1 shall not exceed EUR 7 500 000.

Article 3

The measures provided for in Article 1(2) shall be carried out by the Commission in cooperation with the suppliers designated by call for tender.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2006. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/53/EC (OJ L 29, 2.2.2006, p. 37).

(2) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. Directive as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 61/21

COUNCIL DECISION 2006/172/CFSP

of 27 February 2006

implementing Common Position 2004/852/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Common Position 2004/852/CFSP of 13 December 2004 (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,

Whereas:

(1) On 13 December 2004 the Council adopted Common Position 2004/852/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire in order to implement the measures imposed by the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSC) 1572 (2004), hereinafter referred to as ‘UNSCR 1572 (2004)’, against Côte d'Ivoire.

(2) On 7 February 2006 the Committee established by paragraph 14 of UNSCR 1572 (2004) approved the list of individuals subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 9 and 11 of UNSCR 1572 (2004) and renewed by paragraph 1 of UNSC Resolution 1643 (2005).

(3) The Annex to Common Position 2004/852/CFSP should be completed accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The list of persons set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be inserted in the Annex to Common Position 2004/852/CFSP.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2006. For the Council The President U. PLASSNIK

(1) OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 50. Common Position as last amended by Common Position 2006/30/CFSP (OJ L 19, 24.1.2006, p. 36).
(5)

The Commission officially advised the exporting producers, importers and associations of importers or exporters known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country, users, consumer organisations and the complainant Community producers of the initiation of the investigation. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set out in the notice of initiation and questionnaires were sent to all parties concerned.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 348/52

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 24 November 2006

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2007

(ECB/2006/19)

(2006/889/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to Article 106(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 that have adopted the euro (hereinafter the ‘participating Member States’).

(2) Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2006/495/EC of 11 July 2006 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Slovenia of the single currency on 1 January 2007 (1), the derogation in favour of Slovenia referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession (2) is abrogated with effect from 1 January 2007.

(3) The twelve current participating Member States and Slovenia have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2007, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2007

The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2007 as described in the following table:

(EUR million) Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2007 Belgium 117,5 Germany 635,0 Greece 76,9 Spain 480,0 France 362,0 Ireland 81,0 Italy 366,9 Luxembourg 45,0 Netherlands 71,2 Austria 166,0 Portugal 110,0 Slovenia 104,7 Finland 60,0

Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 24 November 2006. The President of the ECB Jean-Claude TRICHET

(1) OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 25.

(2) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.
(10)

On 14 March 2006, the Council adopted its opinion on the January 2006 update of the convergence programme of Poland. The update aimed at a slow reduction of the general government deficit (by about 0,3 % of GDP annually on average in the period 2006 to 2008) in order to meet the budgetary convergence criteria by the end of the legislature (i.e. by the end of 2009). Also, while deficit outcomes and projections for the years 2004 to 2006 were again revised downward, due to measures taken by the government, stronger economic growth as well as statistical revisions, the programme confirmed the deficit target for 2007 at 2,2 % of GDP (with the cost of the pension reform not included). Given the upward revision of the pension reform cost to 2 %, due to better-than-expected labour market developments and higher participation in the new pension system, the 2007 deficit target including this cost was 0,4 percentage points of GDP higher than in the previous update (4,1 % of GDP compared to 3,7 % of GDP). The Council pointed to various risks attached to the budgetary consolidation strategy, such as relatively favourable growth assumptions in the last year of the programme period (2008), relatively optimistic assumptions about tax elasticities and possible difficulties with expenditure control in the face of social spending pressures. The Council concluded that ‘the convergence programme envisages some progress, but not the effective correction of the excessive deficit in 2007’. In addition, the Council mentioned that the planned adjustment in the structural balance (i.e. the cyclically-adjusted balance net of one-off and other temporary measures calculated by the Commission services on the basis of the information provided in the programme according to the commonly agreed methodology) was planned to improve on average by 0,25 % of GDP per year over the programme period.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 355/103

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 December 2006

on the continuation in the year 2007 of Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting material of Prunus domestica L. and of Malus Mill. under Council Directive 92/34/EEC started in 2003 and 2004

(2006/933/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/34/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants, intended for fruit production (1),

Having regard to Commission Decision 2002/745/EC of 5 September 2002 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting material of fruit plants under Council Directive 92/34/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Decision 2003/894/EC of 11 December 2003 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting material of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, Malus Mill. and Rubus idaeus L. pursuant to Council Directive 92/34/EEC (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Decision 2002/745/EC sets out the arrangements for the comparative trials and tests to be carried out under Directive 92/34/EEC as regards Prunus domestica L. from 2003 to 2007.

(2) Tests and trials carried out in 2003 to 2006 should be continued in 2007.

(3) Decision 2003/894/EC sets out the arrangements for the comparative trials and tests to be carried out under Directive 92/34/EEC as regards Malus Mill. from 2004 to 2008.

(4) Tests and trials carried out in 2004 to 2006 should be continued in 2007,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2003 on propagating and planting material of Prunus domestica L. shall be continued in 2007 in accordance with Decision 2002/745/EC.

Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2004 on propagating and planting material of Malus Mill. shall be continued in 2007 in accordance with Decision 2003/894/EC.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2006. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2005/54/EC (OJ L 22, 26.1.2005, p. 16).

(2) OJ L 240, 7.9.2002, p. 65.

(3) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 88.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 214/15

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2007/512/EC of 15 February 2007 on the signing, on behalf of the Community, and on the provisional application of the Arrangement between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the modalities of the participation by those States in the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union

( Official Journal of the European Union L 188 of 20 July 2007 )

In the title of the Decision, both on the cover page and on page 17, and also in the closing formula on page 18:

for:

‘15 February 2007’,

read:

‘17 October 2006’.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 8/69

DECISION OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF EUROPOL

of 5 December 2006

agreeing to the conditions and procedures laid down by Europol adapting the amounts mentioned in the Appendix to the Decision of the Europol Management Board of 16 November 1999 regarding taxes applicable to salaries and emoluments paid to Europol staff members for the benefit of Europol

(2007/33/EC)

THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF EUROPOL,

Having regard to the Protocol drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 41(3) of the Europol Convention, on the privileges and immunities of Europol, the members of its organs, the deputy directors and employees of Europol (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Council decided on 4 December 2006 to adapt the salaries and emoluments for Europol officials with 1,6 % with retroactive effect as of 1 July 2005.

(2) The Management Board decided on 5 December 2006 to effect an increase in the amounts mentioned in Article 4 of the Appendix to the Decision of the Management Board of 16 November 1999 (2) by the same percentage and as of the same date as determined by the Council Decision of 4 December 2006 mentioned under point 1.

(3) In accordance with the same decision of the Management Board of 5 December 2006, the values thus established should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2005:

1. The value mentioned in the first sentence of Article 4 of the Appendix to the Decision of the Europol Management Board of 16 November 1999 shall be replaced by EUR 112,00.

2. The values in euro units of the table included in Article 4 of the Appendix to the Decision of the Europol Management Board of 16 November 1999 shall be replaced by the following: 8 % to amounts between EUR 112,00 and EUR 1 972,82; 10 % to amounts between EUR 1 972,83 and EUR 2 717,25; 12,5 % to amounts between EUR 2 717,26 and EUR 3 114,12; 15 % to amounts between EUR 3 114,13 and EUR 3 536,55; 17,5 % to amounts between EUR 3 536,56 and EUR 3 933,45; 20 % to amounts between EUR 3 933,46 and EUR 4 318,14; 22,5 % to amounts between EUR 4 318,15 and EUR 4 715,00; 25 % to amounts between EUR 4 715,01 and EUR 5 099,71; 27,5 % to amounts between EUR 5 099,72 and EUR 5 496,58; 30 % to amounts between EUR 5 496,59 and EUR 5 881,29; 32,5 % to amounts between EUR 5 881,30 and EUR 6 278,16; 35 % to amounts between EUR 6 278,17 and EUR 6 663,47; 40 % to amounts between EUR 6 663,48 and EUR 7 060,35; 45 % to amounts above EUR 7 060,36.

Article 2

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

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force the day following its adoption.

Done at The Hague, 5 December 2006. Kari RANTAMA Chairman of the Management Board

(1) OJ C 221, 19.7.1997, p. 2.

(2) OJ C 65, 28.2.2001, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 1/4

COUNCIL DECISION

of 1 January 2007

appointing Members of the Commission of the European Communities

(2007/1/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and in particular Article 45 thereof,

Having regard to the Opinions of the European Parliament,

By common accord with the President of the Commission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed Members of the Commission for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 October 2009:

Ms Meglena KUNEVA

Mr Leonard ORBAN.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2007.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 22/14

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 January 2007

authorising Romania to apply a reduced rate of VAT to certain labour-intensive services referred to in Article 106 of Directive 2006/112/EC

(2007/50/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the 2005 Treaty of Accession (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession (2), and in particular Article 55 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (3), and in particular Article 106 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Council may authorise Member States to apply a reduced rate of VAT to certain labour-intensive services, which must meet the conditions provided for in Directive 2006/112/EC and be included in the list given in Annex IV thereto.

(2) Directive No 2006/112/EC extended the period of application of the reduced rates of VAT until 31 December 2010. It enables Member States, both those wishing to avail themselves for the first time of the facility provided for, and those wishing to change the list of services to which they have applied the said provision in the past, to submit their request to the Commission.

(3) This is intended to make it possible for all Member States to take part under the same conditions in the trial of reduced rates for labour-intensive services. It is therefore appropriate to grant the acceding States, from their accession to the European Union, the same possibility of applying a reduced rate of VAT to certain labour-intensive services.

(4) By letter dated 31 March 2006, Romania submitted a request to apply a reduced rate of VAT to certain labour-intensive services covered by the said trial.

(5) To ensure equality among the Member States, this Decision should apply from the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

(6) This Decision will have no impact on the Communities' own resources derived from VAT,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Under Article 55 of the 2005 Act of Accession, read in conjunction with Articles 106 and 108 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Romania is authorised to apply, from the entry into force of the 2005 Treaty of Accession until 31 December 2010, the reduced rates provided for in Article 98 to the following services, referred to in points 1 and 4 of Annex IV to Directive 2006/112/EC:

(a) minor services of repairing clothing and household linen (including mending and alteration);

(b) domestic care services.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the date of entry into force of the 2005 Treaty of Accession, and shall cease to have effect on 31 December 2010.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Romania.

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2007. For the Council The President P. STEINBRÜCK

(1) OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 11.

(2) OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 203.

(3) OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1. Directive as amended by Directive No 2006/138/EC (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 92).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 32/64

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 August 2006

concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the Government of Japan and the European Atomic Energy Community for co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy

(2007/58/EURATOM)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

Having regard to the Council Decision of 27 February 2006, approving the conclusion by the Commission of an Agreement between the Government of Japan and the European Atomic Energy Community for co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy,

Whereas the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the European Atomic Energy Community for co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the Government of Japan and the European Atomic Energy Community for co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy is hereby approved on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

Text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Commissioner for Energy shall, with regard to the Community, give the notification provided for in Article 17(1) of the Agreement.