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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Brussels, 7.12.2011 
SEC(2011) 1507 final 
  
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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE 
COMMISSION, THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE 
COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS 
amending Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom on  the organisation and operation of the 
Publications Office of the European Union 
 
 
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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN P ARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE 
COMMISSION, THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE 
COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EURO PEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMI TTEE OF THE REGIONS 
amending Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom on  the organisation and operation of the 
Publications Office of the European Union  
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, 
THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,  THE COURT OF AUDITORS,  THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, 
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,  Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to the Treaty establishi ng the European Atomic Energy Community, 
Whereas: 
(1) It is necessary to revise Decision 2009/496/ EC, Euratom of the European Parliament, 
the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the 
European Economic and Social Committee an d the Committee of the Regions of 26 
June 2009 on the organisation and operation  of the Publications Office of the 
 
 3European Union1 in order to adapt it to the provi sions of the Treaties as amended by 
the Treaty of Lisbon and, in particular, to  add the European Council as a signatory 
institution. 
(2) The Management Committee of the Publicati ons Office has agreed, at its meeting on 2 
July 2010, that the European Council become a signatory institution and, on 14 April 2011, that Decision 2009/496/EC, Eurato m should therefore be amended,  
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1 
Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom is amended as follows: 
1. The title shall be replaced by ‘Decision of the European Parliament, the European 
Council, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee and the 
Committee of the Regions on the organisa tion and operation of the Publications 
Office of the European Union’. 
2. The list of enacting institutions and bodi es shall be replaced by the following:  
‘THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,  THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,  THE COUNCIL,  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,  THE COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE,  THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS’. 
3. In Article 1(1) the first subparagrap h shall be replaced by the following:  
‘1. The task of the Publications Office of the European Union (hereinafter the 
Office), which is an interinstitutional office, shall be to publish the publications of the institutions of the European Un ion and the European Atomic Energy 
Community under optimum conditions.’ 
4. Article 4 paragraph 6  shall be  replaced by the following:  
‘6. The institutions may conclude servi ce agreements with the Office in order 
to define the methods of their coop eration. The European External Action 
Service may also cooperate with the O ffice and, for this purpose, conclude a 
service agreement.’  
                                                
 
1 OJ L 168, 30.06.2009, p. 41. 
 
 45. Article 6 paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:  
‘1. A Management Committee shall be established, within which all the 
signatory institutions are represented. The Management Committee shall be made up of the Registrar of the Court of  Justice of the European Union and the 
Secretaries-General of the other institutions or their representatives. The European Central Bank shall take part in the work of the Management Committee as an observer. The European Central Bank shall be represented by the Secretary to its Executive Board or by their appointed substitute.’  
6. The list of signatories shall be  replaced by the following: 
‘For the European Parliament,  For the European Council,  For the Council,  For the European Commission,  For the Court of Justice of the European Union,  For the Court of Auditors,  For the European Economic and Social Committee,  For the Committee of the Regions’ 
Article 2 
This Decision shall take effect on the da y following that of its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Union . 
Done at …, […] 
 For the European Parliament   
      The President  
 For the Council  
      The President  
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 For the Commission  
   
 
 5  The President  
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 For the Court of Justice of the European Union  
      The President  
 […] 
  
 For the Court of Auditors 
      The President  
 […] 
 For the European Economic and Social 
Committee 
  
  
  The President  
 […] 
  
 For the Committee of the Regions  
      The President  
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