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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 18.11.1996 
COM(96) 585 final 
(Document disponible en 4 versions linguistiques 
uniquement : FR, DE, EN, ESP) 
Draft 
DECISION OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
on specific financial measures to enable the Centre for the Development of Industry to 
continue operating in 1997 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Likely delays in ratifying the second Financial Protocol could leave one of the bodies set up 
by the Lomé Convention, the Centre for the Development of Industry (CDI), unable to 
operate normally next year. The Centre has used up its available budget and will need extra 
funding totally around ECU 15.6 million to pay its way in 1997. 
Any channelling to the CDI of unallocated 7th EDF grants would entail changing the ECU 
60 million upper limit referred to in Article 3(2)(i) of the Financial Protocol. 
As a result, it is proposed to follow last year's example and provide the 8th EDF with an 
advance from unallocated 7th EDF grants. This would give the CDI the bridging funds it 
needs for 1997 until the new Financial Protocol (8th EDF) comes into force. 
DECISION OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
of. 1997 
on specific financial measures to enable the Centre for the Development of Industry to 
continue operating in 1997 
The ACP-EC Council of Ministers, 
Having regard to the fourth ACP-EC Convention signed in Lomé on 15 December 1989 
and the Financial Protocol thereto, in particular Article 3(2)(i) thereof, 
Whereas the Agreement amending the fourth ACP-EC Convention, signed in Mauritius on 
4 November 1995, is unlikely to come into force until 1997; 
Whereas the Centre for the Development of Industry (CDI) lacks the rands needed to 
operate normally in 1997; 
Whereas the unallocated grants from the 7th EDF could be used to meet the CDI's needs 
until the 8th EDF comes into force; 
Whereas the use of such funds may constitute only an advance to the 8th EDF and is 
therefore of a temporary nature, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The funding needed to finance the CDI budget for 1997 shall, as an advance to the 
&h:EDF, be idiawn from unallocated 7th EDF grants. The sum drawn shall not exceed 
Tliis D^isicm siiall enter into force on I |. It shall apply until the date on 
8th EDF comes in*o force. 
lor the ACP^EDC&iBeil of Ministers, 'Rie President 

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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) providing for additional measures for direct support of producer's incomes or for the beef and veal sector (97/C 7/05) COM(96) 606 final - 96/0286(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 26 November 1996)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty of the European Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas, in the light of the continuing serious difficulties in the beef and veal sector resulting from consumer concerns in relation to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and further to those measures which were made to support producers' incomes by Council Regulation (EC) No 1357/96 (1), additional measures for the direct support of producers' incomes or for the beef and veal sector are necessary;

Whereas the amount of aid available to each Member State for direct support of producer incomes or the beef and veal sector shall be distributed according to a key which takes into account, in particular, the size of the beef herd in each Member State; whereas Member States shall distribute the total amount of finance available on the basis of objective criteria, and shall avoid any market distortion;

Whereas, for budgetary reasons, the Community shall finance the expenditure incurred by Member States in relation to the direct support of producer incomes or the beef and veal sector only where such payments are made by a certain deadline,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION:

Article 1

Member States shall use the amounts set out in Annex I to make additional payments, according to objective criteria, to support producers' incomes or the beef and veal sector in their territory, provided that these payments do not cause distortion of competition.

Article 2

1. The measures introduced by Article 1 of this regulation shall be deemed to be intervention intended to stabilize agricultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 (2).

2. The Community shall finance the expenditure incurred by Member States in relation to the payments referred to in Article 1 only where such payments are made by them by 15 October 1997 at the latest.

Article 3

The conversion rate to be applied shall be the agricultural rate valid on 1 December 1996.

Article 4

Any detailed rules necessary for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (3).

Article 5

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

It shall not be applicable before the day the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 1997 has been declared as finally adopted.

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

(1) OJ No L 175, 13. 7. 1996, p. 9.

(2) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.

(3) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.

ANNEX

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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (97/C 25/07) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(96) 684 final - 96/0309(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 13 December 1996)

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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 (1) adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), requires Community fishing vessels to communicate to the Commission and simultaneously to their competent national authorities certain information regarding their activities in the NAFO regulatory area;

Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted a recommendation on 13 September 1996 to amend the hail system;

Whereas, pursuant to Article XI of the NAFO Convention, the recommendation has become binding upon the Community as from 13 November 1996;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No 189/92, in order to oblige Community fishing vessels to comply with this new measure,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added to point 1.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 189/92:

'- target species`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of 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 21, 30. 1. 1992, p. 4.
à it COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 17 01.1997 
COM(97)5 final 
96/0129 (COD) 
Amended proposal for a 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
relating to the maximum design speed 
of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2) 
of the EC-Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Following the opinion of the European Parliament1 of 10 December 1996 on the proposal 
for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the maximum design speed of 
wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors2 and in accordance with Article 189(a)(2) of the 
EC Treaty, the Commission has decided to amend the abovementioned proposal. 
The Commission accepts the substance of the amendments to introduce: 
a new recital 5a regarding improvement and harmonization of all safety aspects such 
as the installation of safety belts (amendment 1); 
a new recital 5c to the effect that pollution from tractors should be the subject of future 
Community legislation (amendment 3). 
The Commission rejects the amendments to introduce: 
- a new recital 5b to the effect that Member Stales should examine the need for the 
introduction of technical controls for tractors at regular intervals (amendment 2). 
The Commission prefers to abide by Article I ()()a of the Treaty, which forms the basis 
of this proposal which is concerned only with design standards for new tractors. Once 
tractors arc in use, their regular technical control comes under Article 75 on transport. 
The Commission can therefore only take due note of Parliament's wish to provide for 
regular controls of this kind and will consider, in the framework of the appropriate 
procedures, what proposals should be drafted; 
- a new Article la dealing with both Community and national type-approval 
requirements for tractors (amendment 4). 
The Commission cannot accept the first three sentences of this amendment, since their 
content is already included in the Directives to be amended by this proposal for a 
Directive, or the fourth sentence, which concerns tractors with speeds in excess of 
40 km/h, which by definition are not covered by that Directive and are the subject of 
national legislation in accordance with Article 10 of framework 
Directive 74/150/EEC. Furthermore, the specifications in the Community Directives 
do not relate to tractors with speeds in excess of 40 km/h. 
i hoc. PF 254 AW. 
" OJC 186, 2A.6.IW6. 
Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive 
on the maximum design speed of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors 
Initial text Amended text 
(Amendment 1 ) 
New recital 5(a) 
whereas it is necessary to improve and 
harmonize all safety uspcctà-sueh as the 
installation of safety belts: 
(Amendment 3) 
New recital 5(c) 
whereas pollution from tractors, should be 
the subject Ol fuluie Community 
legislation. 

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Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 79/112/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (97/C 106/03) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 20 final - 97/0027(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 10 February 1997)

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,

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

Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189b of the Treaty,

Whereas Article 6 (3) of Directive 79/112/EEC lays down that 'in the case of beverages containing more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol, the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, shall, before the expiry of a period of four years following notification of this Directive, determine the rules for labelling ingredients`;

Whereas the Commission's earlier proposals in response to this mandate (1) failed to win the agreement of the Member States;

Whereas account should be taken of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities concerning the labelling of alcoholic beverages (2);

Whereas it is for the Community legislator to adopt the measures deriving from that case-law,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Article 6 (3) of Directive 79/112/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:

'3. The rules for labelling the ingredients of beverages containing more than 1,2 % alcohol by volume shall be adopted within a period of three years starting on 1 July 1998

(a) in the case of

- wines (*), including sparkling wines (**), liqueur wines and semi-sparkling wines (***) offered for sale to the consumer,

- partially fermented grape must (**),

- spirituous beverages (****),

- aromatized wines (*****),

within the framework of the specific Community provisions applicable to them;

b) in the case of other products, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.

The rules adopted in accordance with these procedures shall enter into force simultaneously for the beverages covered by points (a) and (b) of this paragraph.

For all these products the list of ingredients shall be preceded by the words "prepared with . . .".

(*) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89, OJ No L 232, 9. 8. 1989, p. 13.

(**) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2333/92, OJ No L 231, 13. 8. 1992, p. 9.

(***) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3895/91, OJ No L 368, 31. 12. 1991, p. 1.

(****) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89, OJ No L 160, 12. 6. 1989, p. 1.

(*****) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, OJ No L 149, 14. 6. 1991, p. 1.`

Article 2

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

(1) OJ No C 281, 26. 10. 1982, p. 3 and OJ No C 122, 14. 5. 1992, p. 12.

(2) Judgment of 12. 3. 1987 in Case 178/84 (Beer Purity Law), and in particular grounds 35 and 36.
Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

fixing the monthly price increases for paddy rice for the 1997/98 marketing year (97/C 101/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) 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, when the amounts of the monthly increases are fixed, account should be taken on the one hand of the storage costs and the financing charges for storing rice in the Community and on the other hand of the need to ensure that the disposal of stocks of rice is in line with market requirements,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1997/98 marketing year, the monthly increases provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be ECU 2/t for the intervention price.

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.

Done at . . .

For the Council

. . .

(1) OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Cambodia (97/C 107/04) COM(97) 78 final - 97/0060(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 4 March 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 130y in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) and the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 130u of the Treaty, Community policy in the sphere of development cooperation should foster the sustainable economic and social development of the developing countries, their smooth and gradual integration into the world economy and the alleviation of poverty in these countries;

Whereas the Community should approve, in pursuit of its objectives in the sphere of external relations, the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Cambodia,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Cambodia is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of this Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 21 of the Agreement (1).

Article 3

The Commission, assisted by Representatives of the Member States, shall represent the Community in the Joint Committee provided in Article 14 of the Agreement.

Article 4

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

(1) The date of entry into force of the Cooperation Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Proposal for a Council Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities (97/C 160/11) COM(97) 163 final - 97/0123(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 22 April 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities, and in particular Article 24 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal presented by the Commission after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice,

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors,

Whereas Article 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68, as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) No . . ., lays down the term of office of the members and alternates if any, of the Staff Committee;

Whereas that term of office, which is currently fixed at a maximum of two years, should be replaced by a term of three years to permit fuller implementation of the staff representatives' mandate;

Whereas it is unnecessary to amend the minimum term of office of members of the Staff Committee and their alternates,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The first subparagraph of Article 1 (Section I) of Annex II to the Staff Regulations is replaced by the following:

'The Staff Committee shall comprise the members thereof, together with their alternates if any, whose term of office shall be three years. The institution may, however, decide to fix a shorter term of office, which may not be less than one year. Every official of the institution shall be entitled to vote and stand for election.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 Decision on the approval on behalf of the Community on the amendments to Appendices I and II to the Bonn Convention on the observation of migratory species of wild animals as decided by the fifth meeting of the conference of the parties to the convention (97/C 267/10) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 349 final - 97/0192 (CNS)

(submitted by the Commission on 7 July 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 130r, paragraph 4, in conjunction with Article 228 (2), first sentence, and (3), first subparagraph,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas the European Community is a Party to the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals following Council Decision 82/461/EEC (1);

Whereas at the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, held in Geneva on 10 to 16 April 1997, 21 threatened migratory species were included in Appendix I of the Convention and 22 species were included in Appendix II of the Convention; whereas the Commission has participated in this meeting on behalf of the Community.

Whereas 11 of the species are covered by Council Directive 790/409156/EEC on the conservation of wild birds (2);

Whereas, pursuant to Article XI of the Convention, an amendment to the Appendices of the Convention shall enter into force for all Parties 90 days after the meeting of the Conference of the Parties at which it was adopted, except for those Parties which make a reservation in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Article;

Whereas it is necessary for the Community to approve the amendments to Appendices I and II of the Convention adopted at the Fifth Meeting of the Contracted Parties within the deadline laid down in Article XI of the Convention,

DECIDES AS FOLLOWS:

Single Article

The inclusion of the species Lutra provocax, Lutra felina, Pontoporia blainvillei, Hippocamelus bisulcus, Spheniscus humboldti, Diomedea amsterdamensis, Phoenicoparrus andinus, Phoenicoparrus jamesi, Anser erythropus, Branta ruficollis, Marmaronetta angustirostris, Aythya nyroca, Polysticta stelleri, Aquila clanga, Aquila heliaca, Falco naumanni, Sarothrura ayresi, Chettusia gregaria, Larus atlanticus, Hirundo atrocaerulea, Acrocephalus paludicola in Appendix I of the Convention on the Conservation of the Migratory Species of Wild Animals and of the species Phocoena spinipinnis, Phocoena drioptica, Cephalorhynchus eutropia, Lagenorhynchus obscurus, Spheniscus demersus, Diomedea exulans, Diomedea epomophora, Diomedea irrorata, Diomedea nigripes, Diomedea immutabilis, Diomedea melanophris, Diomedea bulleri, Diomedea cauta, Diomedea chlororhynchos, Diomedea chrysostoma, Phoebetria fusca, Phoebetria palpebrata, Sarothrura ayresi, Crex crex, Amazona tucumana, Hirundo atrocaerulea, Acrocephalus paludicola in Appendix II of this Convention is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.

(1) OJ L 210, 19. 7. 1982, p. 10.

(2) OJ L 103, 25. 4. 1979, p. 1.