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Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 93/113/EC concerning the use and marketing of enzymes, micro-organisms and their preparations in animal nutrition (97/C 95/04) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(96) 715 final - 97/0014(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 9 January 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,

Whereas Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 96/66/EC (2), lays down the principles relating to the admission and the use of additives;

Whereas Council Directive 93/113/EC of 14 December 1993 on the use and marketing of enzymes, micro-organisms and their preparations in animal nutrition (3) authorizes the Member States to permit provisionally the use and marketing of the products in question provided that, on the basis of available scientific evidence, they do not present any danger to human or animal health;

Whereas Directive 93/113/EEC requires the Commission to decide before 1 January 1997 on case files submitted by the Member States before 1 January 1996 for the purpose of obtaining Community authorization pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC;

Whereas the large number of case files submitted by the Member States makes it impossible to decide, in full knowledge of the facts, on all the authorization applications by 31 December 1996; whereas the date by which the Commission must decide should thus be postponed by one year so that the Commission and the Member States have sufficient time to give serious consideration to the files submitted to them,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

The date of 1 January 1997 in Article 5 of Directive 93/113/EC is replaced by 1 January 1998.

Article 2

This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States

(1) OJ No L 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 272, 25. 10. 1996, p. 32.

(3) OJ No L 334, 31. 12. 1993, p. 17.
Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

fixing the amounts of aid for seeds for the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 marketing years (97/C 101/16)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,

Whereas the present situation and the outlook on the Community market for seeds listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 that will be sold during the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 marketing years do not offer the assurance of a fair return to producers; whereas part of their costs should therefore be met by the granting of aid;

Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that the aid shall be fixed, taking into account, on the one hand, the need to ensure a balance between the volume of production required in the Community and the possible outlets for that production and, on the other hand, the prices of the products on external markets;

Whereas the application of these provisions results in the fixing of the amounts of aid applicable for the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 marketing years at the levels set out in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 marketing years the amounts of the aid granted for seeds referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at . . .

For the Council

. . .

(1) OJ No L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.

ANNEX

1998/99 AND 1999/2000 MARKETING YEARS Aid applicable in the Community

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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) apportioning the quantities of grain provided for under the Food Aid Convention 1995 (97/C 112/05) COM(97) 18 final - 97/0026(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 4 March 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security (1), and in particular Article 21 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas the Food Aid Convention 1995 has applied provisionally in the Community since 1 July 1995; whereas Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 did not enter into force until 8 July;

Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 requires the Commission to coordinate Community and Member States' operations for the purposes of the Regulation; whereas it has presented a proposed breakdown of national aid to this end and this is published in the Annex; whereas this should be decided on by the Representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council and adopted together with the Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The 1 755 000 tonnes of grain constituting the minimum annual contribution to be made by the Community and its Member States pursuant to the Food Aid Convention 1995 shall be apportioned as follows for the lifetime of the current version of that Convention:

(a) Community operations: 983 800 tonnes;

(b) national operations: 771 200 tonnes.

Article 2

The breakdown of quantities for national operations provided for in Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 and published in the Annex to this Regulation must be decided on by the Representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council and adopted at the same time as this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ No L 166, 5. 7. 1996, p. 1.

ANNEX

PROPOSED BREAKDOWN OF AMOUNTS ALLOCATED UNDER NATIONAL FOOD-AID OPERATIONS UNDER THE FOOD AID CONVENTION

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Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending, for the benefit of unemployed persons, Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to the members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (1) (97/C 161/05) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 158 final - 96/0004(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 18 April 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Following the opinion of the European Parliament, the first recital should be amended as follows:

'Whereas account should be taken of the fact that possibilities of finding work within a reasonable period of time have been considerably reduced; whereas it is therefore necessary to provide for the retention beyond the current three-month period of the right to unemployment benefits when an unemployed worker goes to another Member State to look for work or to take part in training.`

Following the opinion of the European Parliament, the following recital should be inserted between the third and fourth recitals:

'Whereas the exception for Belgium currently provided for in Article 69 (4) should no longer be maintained, in the light of the restrictive interpretation given by the Court of Justice to this provision in its judgment of 13 June 1996 in case C-170/95, Spataro;`,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Sole Article

Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 is amended as follows:

6. The text of Article 69 is replaced by the following:

'A wholly unemployed person who was formerly employed or self-employed and who satisfies the conditions of the legislation of a Member State for entitlement to benefits, account being taken where appropriate of the provisions of Article 67, and who goes to one or more other Member States in order to seek employment there or to take part in training there shall retain his entitlement to such benefits under the conditions laid down in Article 69a and within the limits determined by Article 69b`.

7. Paragraph 7 of the proposed Article 69b will be deleted.

9. The proposed text of Article 71 (1) (b), first subparagraph, is replaced by the following:

'An unemployed person who has become wholly unemployed and who makes himself available to the employment services in the territory of the competent State shall receive benefits in accordance with the provisions of the legislation of the competent State as if he resided in the territory of that State; these benefits shall be provided by the competent institution. If the competent State is Luxembourg, the institution of the place of residence shall, for a transitional period of five years after the entry into force of this paragraph, refund to the institution of that State half the amount of the benefits provided to the frontier worker within the meaning of Article 1 (b), within the limit of the amount to which the unemployed person would have been entitled if he had made himself available to the employment services of the State of residence.`

(1) OJ No C 68, 6. 3. 1996, p. 11.
Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins (1) (97/C 189/06) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 210 final - 96/0234(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 12 May 1997)

On 25 September 1996, the Commission presented to the Council a proposal to amend Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins. The proposal was based on Article 43 of the Treaty. As a result of a Commission review, the initial proposal is amended as follows:

The following points are added to Article 1:

3. The title is replaced by:

'European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins`.

4. the Decision citations are replaced by:

'THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189b of the Treaty,

(1) OJ No C 331, 6. 11. 1996, p. 12.`

5. An extra recital is added before the other recitals:

'whereas implementation of the single market requires, for the purposes of health protection in the veterinary and plant health sectors harmonized monitoring of product health; whereas this requirement applies in particular to marine biotoxins;`

6. At the end of the recitals the words 'HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION` are replaced by 'HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION`.

(1) OJ No C 331, 6. 11. 1996, p. 12.
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 17.06.1997 
COM(97) 308 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
on the replacement of members 
of the European Social Fund Committee 
(presented by the Commission) 

COUNCIL DECISION 
of 
on the replacement of members 
of the European Social Fund Committee 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) no 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down 
provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the 
activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the 
European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular 
Article 28, third paragraph, thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, in a Decision of 
23 October 1995 (2) appointed the members and alternate members of the European Social 
Fund Committee for the period ending on 22 October 1998; 
Whereas members' seats have fallen vacant; 
Whereas alternate members' seats have fallen vacant; 
Whereas it concerns the category of representatives of the Government; 
Whereas it concerns the category of representatives of the Employers; 
Whereas it concerns the category of representatives of Labour; 
Whereas members of the European Social Fund Committee should be appointed to fill 
the vacant seats, 
(1)OJ No L 374, 31.12.1988, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) 
No 3193/94 (OJ No L 337, 24.12.94, p. 11). 
(2)OJNoC296, 10.11.1995, p. 7. 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The following are hereby appointed members of the European Social Fund Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, 
which runs until 22 October 1998: 
Representing: Member: Replacing: 
DENMARK 
DENMARK 
IRELAND 
PORTUGAL 
SWEDEN 
SWEDEN 
SWEDEN 
UNITED KINGDOM 
UNITED KINGDOM Labour 
The Government 
The Government 
The Government 
Labour 
The Government 
The Employers 
The Government 
The Employers Full 
Alternate 
Full 
Full 
Full 
Full 
Full 
Alternate 
Alternate Mrs. Marie Louise KNUPPERT 
Mr. Allan PHILIPS 
Mr. HughHAYDEN 
Mrs. Ana VALE 
Mr. LeifDERGEL 
Mrs. Anne-Marie QVARFORT 
Mrs. Karin EKENGER 
Mrs. Anne-Marie LAWLOR 
Mr. Rhian CHILCOTT Mr. I. WISTISEN 
Mr. A. KNUDSEN 
Mrs. Freda NOLAN 
Mrs. M. C. MEDEIROS SOARES 
Mr. Anders FORSMAN 
Mrs. Erika THELNING 
Mrs. Ingrid JERNECK 
Mrs. JuneMILLIGAN 
Mr. AlanARMITAGE 
Article 2 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 

ISSN 0254-1475 
COM(97) 308 final 
DOCUMENTS 
EN 05 01 
Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-294-EN-C 
ISBN 92-78-21487-6 
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 
L-2985 Luxembourg
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 of 8 February 1993 establishing a European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (97/C 335/16) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 489 final - 97/0259(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 7 October 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and, in particular, Article 235 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas, on 8 February 1993, the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 (1) establishing a European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction ('the Centre`);

Whereas the financial provisions governing the decentralized agencies established by the Community should be harmonized;

Whereas is it desirable for the power to grant discharge to be assigned to the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Management Board,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 11 (11) of Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 is replaced by the following:

'11. The European Parliament shall, on the recommendation of the Management Board, give a discharge to the Director of the Centre in respect of the implementation of the budget.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ L 36, 12. 2. 1993, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3294/94 (OJ L 341, 30. 12. 1994, p. 7).
Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) on measures to promote and market quality beef and veal and on publicity measures on the labelling of beef and veal and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2067/92 (1) (97/C 364/06) COM(97) 518 final - 97/0058(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 24 October 1997)

Document COM(97) 70 final, sent by the Commission to the Council on 19 March 1997, is hereby amended as follows:

1. The author of the Regulation is replaced by the following:

'THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION`.

2. The first citation is replaced by the following:

'Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 129a thereof`.

3. The following new recital is added:

'Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee`

4. The following recital is inserted after the second recital:

'Whereas, in accordance with Article 129a of the Treaty, the Community contributes to the attainment of high level of consumer protection through specific action which supports and supplements the policy pursued by the Member States to protect the health, safety and economic interests of consumers and to provide adequate information to consumers`.

5. The formula adopting the Regulation is replaced by:

'HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION`

6. The first paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:

'The Community may part-finance measures undertaken in the Community accordance by trade and intertrade organizations to promote quality Community beef and veal identified in with existing rules.`

7. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

'The Community may part-finance suitable promotional measures undertaken by trade and intertrade organizations to promote quality Community beef and veal in third countries.`

8. In the second sentence of Article 5, the word 'However` is deleted.

9. The following new Article 9 is inserted and Articles 9 and 10 of the original proposal are renumbered Articles 10 and 11:

'Each year, the Commission shall present to the Council and to the European Parliament a report on the application of this Regulation. The first report shall be presented one year after the entry into force of this Regulation.`

10. The signature is replaced by the following:

'For the European Parliament

For the Council`

(1) OJ C 149, 17. 5. 1997.
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 (MEDA) as regards the procedure for adopting the appropriate measures where an essential element for the continuation of support measures for a Mediterranean Partner is lacking (97/C 386/05) COM(97) 516 final - 97/0298(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 11 November 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 provides that the said Regulation is based on the respect for democratic principles and the rule of law and also for human rights and fundamental freedoms, which constitute an essential element thereof, the violation of which element will justify the adoption of appropriate measures;

Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 provides that the definitive procedure for adopting the appropriate measures where an essential element for the continuation of support measures to a Mediterranean Partner is lacking shall be determined by 30 June 1997;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 to determine such a procedure;

Whereas the Treaty has not provided, for the adoption of this Regulation, powers other than those of Article 235 of the EC Treaty,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 is replaced by the following:

'When an essential element for the continuation of support measures to a Mediterranean Partner is missing, the Council may, on a proposal from the Commission, acting by a qualified majority, decide on appropriate measures`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 of 21 December 1995 on the establishment of a pilot project on satellite tracking in the NAFO Regulatory Area (98/C 6/07) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 671 final - 97/0346(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 8 December 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 of 21 December 1995 on the establishment of a pilot project on satellite tracking in the NAFO Regulatory Area (1), Member States are carrying out a pilot project on satellite tracking of vessels fishing in the Regulatory Area from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1997;

Whereas on 19 September 1997 the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted a proposal to prolong the pilot project on satellite tracking to 31 December 1998;

Whereas, in accordance with Article XI of the NAFO Convention and in the absence of objections, the proposal will become a measure binding on the NAFO Contracting Parties as from 25 November 1997;

Whereas steps should be taken to implement the proposal at Community level;

Whereas as a matter of urgency and common concern this Regulation should apply from 1 January 1998,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 is hereby amended as follows:

In Article 1 (1) the date '31 December 1997` is replaced by '31 December 1998`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 11.