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COM(95) 537 final 
95/0099 (CNS) 
Amended proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
AMENDING 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) NO 2965/94 OF 28 NOVEMBER 1994 
SETTING UP A TRANSLATION CENTRE FOR BODIES OF THE 
EUROPEAN UNION 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2) 
of the EC-Treaty) 

AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) NO 2965/94 OF 28 NOVEMBER 1994 
SETTING UP A TRANSLATION CENTRE FOR BODIES OF THE 
EUROPEAN UNION 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Following the opinion éeliv«@d by the Europ®an Parliament on 20 September 1995 the 
Commission hereby suferaks to the Council an amended proposal which incorporates all 
amendments presented by Parliament. 
Amendment n° 1, which aims at avoiding a parallel structure of coordination and at using 
the Translation Centre for interinstitutionnal collaboration in the medium term in areas 
on which all the bodies concerned are agreed, is accepted as a logical and useful 
expansion of the Commission proposal. 
Amendments n° 2 and 3 logically follow from amendment n° 1, and amendments ne 4 and 
6 take account of the fact that if the Centre k to perform work for the institutions the 
latter must be in a position to contribute to the revenue of the Centre. The Commission 
therefore accepts these amendments as well. 
Amendment n° 5 is accepted as it has proved éifffoult ill practice to apply the percentage 
approach enshrined in the original Regulation. It therefore makes sense to provide thai 
the contributing bodies should contribute a lump sum from their budgets at the start of 
the financial year. 
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Proposal for a Council Regulation 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 
2965/94 of 28 November 1994 setting up a 
Translation Centre for bodies of the 
European Union' Amended proposal following the opinio , <: 
the European Parliament" 
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 it is necessary to strengthen the 
administrative collaboration between the 
institutions and bodies of the Union with a view 
to rationalising working methods and making 
overall savings; 
Whereas translation constitutes one of the 
sectors of activity where such interinstitutional 
collaboration can be strengthened; 
Whereas the Translation Centre set up by 
Council Regulation (EC) No 2965/943 should 
form an integral part of such interinstitutional 
collaboration in the translation domain; unchanged 
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Whereas the Translation Centre set up by 
Council Regulation (EC) No 2965/944 should 
form an integral part of such interinstitutional 
collaboration in the translation domain; 
whereas one of the aims of such integration 
shall be to avoid the development of a parallel 
structure for collaboration between the 
translation services, and in the medium term to 
use the Centre for such activities; 
OJ C143, 9 June 1995, p. 25 
EP 193.732 
OJ L 314, 7 December 1994, p. 1 
OJ L314, 7 December 1994, p. 1 
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Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend the 
scope of the services provided by the Centre to 
enable those institutions and bodies of the 
Union which already have a translation service 
to have access to the Centre's services; 
Whereas, in order to avoid any confusion over 
the broader scope of the Regulation, it is 
necessary to replace, in the earlier text of the 
Regulation, the word "bodies" by the term 
"agencies and offices" wherever necessary; 
Whereas the Treaty does not provide specific 
powers of action for the adoption of this 
Regulation, other than those contained in 
Article 235, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
CHAPTER ONE 
Amendment to Council Regulation (EC) No 
2965/94 of 28 November 1994 setting up a 
Translation Centre for the bodies of the 
European Union 
Article 1 
1 .Article 2(1) is amended as follows: 
l.The Centre shall provide the necessary 
translation services for the operation of the 
following agencies and offices: 
-the European Environment Agency; 
-the European Training Foundation; 
-the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs 
and Drug Addiction; 
-the European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medical Products; 
-the Agency for Health and Safety at Work; 
-the Office for Harmonization in the Internal 
Market (trademarks, designs and models); 
-the European Police Office (Europol) and the 
European Drugs Unit. 
j The Centre and each of the agencies and offices 
mentioned above shall make arrangements 
covering the ways in which they will cooperate. 
| 2.Article 2(2) is amended as follows: 
] 2. Agencies and offices set up by the Council 
other than those referred to in paragraph 1 may 
have access to the services of the Centre on the 
basis of arrangements to be agreed with the 
Centre. unchanged 
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3. A new Article 2(3) is inserted as follows: 
3. The institutions and bodies of the Union 
which already have their own translation service 
may have access to the services of the Centre 
on a reciprocal basis, to be determined in 
accordance with arrangements to be agreed 
between the parties. 
Article 2 
1. Article 4(1) is amended as follows: 
1. The Centre shall have a Management Board 
consisting of: 
(a) a representative from each of the agencies 
and offices listed in Article 2(1); any 
arrangement referred to in Article 2(2) 
may envisage a representation of the 
agency or office party to that 
arrangement; 
(b) a representative from each of the Member 
States of the European Union; 
and 
(c) two representatives from the 
Commission. unchanged 
New Article 2(4) 
The Centre shall participate as a full member in 
the work of the interinstitutional committee for 
translation in all areas covered by the 
collaboration. This collaboration shall also seek 
to have the activities whose amalgamation has 
been agreed between the institutions, offices 
and agencies carried out in the medium term 
via the Centre. 
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(b) a representative from each of the 
Member States of the European Union; 
(c) two representatives from the Commission 
and 
d) one representative each from the 
institutions, agencies and offices 
which have their own translation 
services but have concluded 
agreements with the Centre for 
collaboration on a reciprocal basis. 
Article 3 
1. Article 10(2) is amended as follows: 
2.(a) The revenue and expenditure shown in 
the Centre's budget shall be in balance. 
(b) Subject to the provision set out in 
subparagraph (c) concerning the start-up 
period, the revenue shall come from the 
payments made by the agencies and 
offices serviced by the Centre in return 
for work performed by it. 
(c) In the start-up period, which shall not 
exceed three budgetary exercises: 
- the offices and agencies serviced by 
the Centre shall contribute a lump 
sum contribution which will be a 
percentage of their budget, based on 
the best possible information, and 
which will be adapted in the light of 
the actual work performed; 
- a contribution may be made from the 
general budget of the European 
Communities to the Centre to ensure 
its operation. 
Article 4 
1. Article 11(1) is amended as follows: 
1. Before the review provided for in Article 19, 
any agency or office referred to in Article 2(1) 
which is experiencing particular difficulties in 
connection with the provision of services by the 
Centre may approach the Centre in order to 
seek the most appropriate solutions to those 
difficulties. 
2. Article 11(2) is amended as follows: 
2. If it proves impossible to arrive at such 
solutions within three months, the agency or 
office in question may send a duly substantiated 
communication to the Commission, so that the 
Commission can take the necessary measures 
and, if appropriate, organize, under the 
auspices of the Centre and with its assistance, 
more systematic recourse to third parties for 
translation of the documents concerned. unchanged 
(b) Subject to the provision set out in 
subparagraph (c) concerning the start-up 
period, the revenue shall come from the 
payments made by the agencies and offices 
serviced by the Centre and the institutions 
with which collaboration has been agreed in 
return for work performed by it. 
(c) In the start-up period, which shall not 
exceed three financial years: 
- the offices, agencies and institutions 
serviced by the Centre shall at the start 
of a financial year make a lump sum 
contribution from their budgets, based 
on the best possible information, and 
which will be adapted in the light of the 
actual work performed; 
- a contribution may be made from the 
general budget of the European 
Communities to the Centre to ensure its 
operation. 
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Article 5 
1. Article 13(2) is amended as follows: 
2. The Management Board shall adopt the 
statement of estimates accompanied by the 
establishment plan and shall transmit them 
immediately to the Commission, which on that 
basis shall establish the estimates corresponding 
to the subsidies granted to the agencies and 
offices listed in Article 2 in the preliminary 
draft budget which it places before the Council 
pursuant to Article 203 of the Treaty. 
2. Article 13(3) is amended as follows: 
3. The Management Board shall adopt the 
Centre's budget before the beginning of the 
financial year, adjusting it where necessary to 
the payments made by the agencies and offices 
mentioned in Article 2. 
CHAPTER II 
Final provisions 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 
seventh 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 Brussels 
For the Council 
The President unchanged 
3. The Management Board shall adopt the 
Centre's budget before the beginning of the 
financial year, adjusting it where necessary to 
the payments made by the agencies, offices and 
institutions mentioned in Article 2. 
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