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Proposal for a Council Decision repealing Decision 94/939/EC providing further macro-financial assistance for the Slovak Republic

(96/C 84/07)

COM(96) 9 final - 96/0018(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 24 January 1996)

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, submitted after consulting the Monetary Committee,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas, by Decision 94/939/EC (1), the Council approved further marcro-financial assistance for the Slovak Republik of up to ECU 130 million in the form of a medium-term loan facility;

Whereas, however, the Commission and the Slovak authorities have not made sufficient progress in agreeing on the economic policy conditions to be attached to this facility, in particular on an early removal of the 10 % surcharge on imports of consumer goods introduced by the Slovak Republic in March 1994;

Whereas furthermore the Slovak Government decided in June 1995 to cancel the shares-for-vouchers mass privatization scheme; whereas this and other decisions of the Government have resulted in a slow formulation and implementation of privatization and other key structural reform policies;

Whereas the mid-term review of the economic programme agreed between the Slovak Government and the IMF and supported by a 'stand-by arrangement` has not been completed; whereas discussions between the Slovak authorities and the World Bank on an 'Enterprise and Financial Sector Adjustment Loan` have been discontinued;

Whereas the balance of payments situation and foreign exchange reserve position of the Slovak Republic have strengthened substantially; whereas the Slovak Republic's access to the international private capital markets has considerably improved;

Whereas the strengthening of the country's external financial position has allowed the Slovak Republic to stop making purchases under the 'stand-by arrangement` approved by the IMF on 22 July 1994;

Whereas, in these circumstances, there is no ground for the implementation of Community macro-financial assistance for the Slovak Republik; whereas this assistance should therefore be discontinued;

Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the adoption of this Decision, powers other than those of Article 235,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole article

Decision 94/939/EC is hereby repealed.

(1) OJ No L 366, 31. 12. 1994, p. 30.
Amended proposal for a Council Directive on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (1) (96/C 162/06) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(96) 115 final - 95/0012(SYN)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 25 March 1996)

INITIAL PROPOSAL

AMENDED PROPOSAL

Article 7 becomes Article 8

Article 8 becomes Article 9

Article 9 becomes Article 10

Article 10 becomes Article 11

Article 11 becomes Article 12

(1) OJ No C 80, 1. 4. 1995, p. 9.
Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain foodstuffs

(96/C 186/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(96) 50 final - 95/0085(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 6 May 1996)

In response to the opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 16 January 1996 on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain foodstuffs COM(95) 126 - 95/0085 (COD) (1) and in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 189A of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, the Commission has decided to amend the abovementioned proposal as follows:

The table in the Annex is replaced by the following table:

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(1) OJ No C 134, 1. 6. 1995, p. 20.
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 93/53/EEC introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases

(96/C 242/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(96) 279 final - 96/0158(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 20 June 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 of 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 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 (1) concerning animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products, as last amended by Directive 95/22/EC (2) lays down the animal health conditions for the placing on the market of aquaculture fish susceptible to the diseases listed in its Annex A; whereas this list includes viral diseases such as IHN and VHS, as well as gyrodactylosis caused by the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris;

Whereas Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993 introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases (3), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, lays down control measures for infectious salmon anemia (ISA), infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), and viral haemorrhagic septecemia (VHS);

Whereas the measures provided for in Directive 93/53/EEC are designed for the control of viral diseases; whereas those measures are not appropriate for gyrodactylosis;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 93/53/EEC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following text:

'Article 1

This Directive defines the minimum Community measures for the control of the fish diseases referred to in Article 2, points 1 and 2.`;

2. in Article 2, point 1 is replaced by the following text:

'1. List I diseases: infectious salmon anaemia as referred to in Annex A, list I to Council Directive 91/67/EEC;`

3. in Article 2, point 2 is replaced by the following text:

'2. List II diseases: infectious haematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, as referred to in Annex A, list II to Directive 91/67/EEC;`.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 July 1997. They shall forthwith notify the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

(1) OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 175, 19. 7. 1993, p. 23.
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 1600/92 and (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira, and the Canary Islands respectively with regard to certain agricultural products (96/C 290/11) COM(96) 408 final - 96/0206(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 26 July 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 Regulations (EEC) Nos 1600/92 (1) and (EEC) No 1601/92 (2) of 15 June 1992, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (3), provide for the application of the specific supply arrangements for the archipelagos of Madeira and the Canary Islands with regard to bovine animals intended for fattening and consumption locally, and to certain fresh or chilled pigmeat and certain processed meat products, up to the end of the 1995/96 marketing year for beef and veal;

Whereas there have been certain administrative difficulties in the introduction of these arrangements which have led to delays in their implementation; whereas, furthermore, the aforementioned Regulations provide for the drafting of an assessment report, accompanied where necessary by appropriate proposals, at the end of the first four years of application;

Whereas pending any conclusions to be drawn from that assessment and to avoid any sudden interruption in the application of these measures detrimental to trade flows between the outermost regions and the rest of the Community, their application should be extended temporarily to 30 June 1997;

Whereas for the same reasons application of the specific supply arrangements for seed potatoes should also be extended in the case of Madeira;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 5 (1) the words 'During the 1992/93 to 1995/96 marketing years for beef and veal` are replaced by 'During the 1992/93 to 1996/97 marketing years for beef and veal`.

2. In Annex II, the words 'For the 1992/93 to 1995/96 marketing years` in the column 'Description of the products` for seed potatoes are replaced by 'For the 1992/93 to 1996/97 marketing years`.

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 5 (1) the words 'During the marketing years for beef and veal 1992/93 to 1995/96` are replaced by 'During the 1992/93 to 1996/97 marketing years for beef and veal`.

2. In the Annex, the words 'For the 1992/93 to 1995/96 marketing years` in the column 'Description of the products` for pigmeat and processed meat products are replaced by 'For the 1992/93 to 1996/97 marketing years`.

Article 3

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 July 1996.

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

(1) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.

(3) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending European Parliament and Council Decision No 1254/96/EC laying down a series of guidelines on trans-European energy networks (96/C 298/04) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(96) 390 final - 96/0203(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 25 July 1996)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 129d thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

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

Whereas the list of projects of common interest needs to be updated periodically in line with developments in interconnected energy networks inside the European Community and outside and in the light of the process of enlargement and, more generally, the strengthening of energy links with third countries,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The projects listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the indicative list of projects of common interest contained in the Annex to European Parliament and Council Decision No 1254/96/EC of 5 June 1996 laying down a series of guidelines on trans-European energy networks (1).

Article 2

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

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(1) OJ No L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 147.

ANNEX

TRANS-EUROPEAN ENERGY NETWORKS Projects to be added (1) to the indicative list of projects of common interest annexed to Decision No 1254/96/EC (2)

ELECTRICITY NETWORKS

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(d) >TABLE>

GAS NETWORKS

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(1) This decision is without prejudice to the assessment of the environmental impact of the projects.

(2) Decision No 1254/96/EC of the European Parliament and the Council laying down a series of guidelines for trans-European energy networks (OJ No L 161, 29. 6. 1996).
Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 91/629/EEC concerning the protection of calves (1) (97/C 95/01) COM(96) 599 final - 96/0029(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 22 November 1996)

On 24 January 1996 the Commission presented the above proposal to the Council.

Following the opinion of the European Parliament delivered at its sitting of 20 September 1996, the original proposal is amended as follows:

- The following recital is added:

'Whereas Declaration No 24 annexed to the final act of the Treaty on European Union calls the European institutions and on the Member States, when drafting and implementing Community legislation, to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals.`

- In Article 1 (1) a new paragraph is added:

'3a. Any individual pens for calves (except those for the isolation of sick animals) must not have solid walls, but must have perforated sides which allow direct visual and tactile contact between the calves.`

(1) OJ No L 85, 22. 3. 1996, p. 19.
Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

fixing the basic price and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price for sheepmeat for the 1998 marketing year (97/C 101/10)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1589/96 (2), and in particular Article 3 (1) and (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 the basic price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89;

Whereas, when the basic price for sheep carcases is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy; whereas the main objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in particular, to guarantee a fair standard of living for the farming community and to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices; whereas these factors result in the price for the 1998 marketing year being fixed at the level laid down in this Regulation;

Whereas the weekly seasonally adjusted amounts applicable to the basic price should be fixed in the light of experience gained during the 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 marketing years concerning private storage,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1998 marketing year, the basic price for sheepmeat is hereby fixed at ECU 504,07/100 kg carcase weight.

Article 2

The basic price referred to in Article 1 is hereby seasonally adjusted in accordance with the table set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from the beginning of the 1998 marketing year.

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

Done at . . .

For the Council

. . .

(1) OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 25.

ANNEX

1998 MARKETING YEAR

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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3650/90 on measures to strengthen the application of the common quality standards for fruit and vegetables in Portugal (97/C 208/05) COM(97) 261 final - 97/0152(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 4 June 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 a programme of measures to improve the application of the common quality standards for fruit and vegetables and to strengthen the arrangements for checking compliance with those standards must be implemented in Portugal over a five-year period in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3650/90 (1);

Whereas the Portuguese programme was approved by the Commission on 4 April 1992 and whereas Portugal has fallen behind in implementing the measures provided for in that programme, which expires on 4 April 1997, for reasons connected with restructuring of the administration;

Whereas on 14 October 1996 the Portuguese authorities requested the Commission for an extension of the programme to 31 December 1999;

Whereas, in order to allow Portugal to continue implementing the measures already approved by the Commission, the time limit for implementation of the programme should be extended to 30 September 1999 and all measures, including Community financing, should be fully settled by 15 November 1999,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3650/90 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In the first subparagraph of Article 1 (1), the words 'over a five-year period` are replaced by 'by 30 September 1999`.

2. Article 3 (1) is replaced by the following:

'1. The Community shall contribute 80 % of eligible expenditure as defined pursuant to Article 4 incurred in carrying out the measures referred to in Article 2.

The programme provided for in Article 1 must be fully implemented by 30 September 1999 and settled, including Community financing, by 15 November 1999.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 22.
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending the validity of the programme to promote international cooperation in the energy sector - Synergy programme - as established by Council Regulation (EC) No 701/97 (97/C 337/13) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 488 final - 97/0251 (CNS)

(submitted by the Commission on 2 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 701/97 of 14 April 1997 adopting a programme to promote international cooperation in the energy sector - Synergy programme (1) - and in particular Article 3 thereof, provides for implementation of the Synergy programme to start on 1 January 1997 and end on 31 December 1997;

Whereas the declaration annexed to the Council minutes states that should it be impossible to adopt the framework energy programme provided for by Article 3 (3) of the abovementioned Regulation before the end of 1997, the Council will decide on the question of extension of the Synergy programme at the appropriate time;

Whereas the Commission communication entitled 'An overall view of energy policy and actions` concludes that an effort is needed to improve the transparency of Community energy policy and marks a first step towards a proposal for a framework energy programme;

Whereas the Council Presidency's conclusions of 27 May 1997 supported the Commission in its intention to continue with its analyses to define a pluriannual programme, covering all Community energy action, with a view to present proposals on the basis of the treaties and the allocation of responsibilities before the end of 1997;

Whereas it is necessary to extend the Synergy programme for one year, on a transitional basis, until the programme is incorporated into the new framework energy programme;

Whereas the Treaty provides no powers for adoption of this Regulation other than those provided by Article 235 of the EC Treaty,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Sole Article

1. The provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 701/97 of 14 April 1997 adopting a programme to promote international cooperation in the energy sector - Synergy programme - until 31 December 1997 shall be extended for one year from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1998.

2. The budgetary authority shall determine the appropriation for 1998 in accordance with the financial perspectives and budget discipline.

3. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 104, 22. 4. 1997, p. 1.
Proposal for a Council Directive extending Council Directive 96/34/EC of 3 June 1996, on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by Unice, CEEP and the ETUC, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (97/C 335/10) COM(97) 457 final - 97/0239(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 23 September 1997)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 100 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 Council, acting in accordance with the Agreement on social policy annexed to Protocol 14 on social policy annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof, adopted on 3 June 1996 Council Directive 96/34/EC, on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by Unice, CEEP and ETUC (1); whereas that Directive does not, therefore, apply to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

Whereas the Amsterdam European Council held on 16 and 17 June 1997, noted with approval the agreement of the Intergovernmental Conference to incorporate the Agreement on social policy in the EC Treaty and also noted that a means had to be found to give legal effect to the wish of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to accept the Directives which have already been adopted on the basis of that Agreement before the signature of the Amsterdam Treaty; whereas the present Directive seeks to achieve this aim by applying Council Directive 96/34/EC to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

Whereas the fact that Council Directive 96/34/EC is not applicable in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland directly affects the functioning of the common market; whereas the implementation of the framework agreement, and in particular the principle of reconciliation of parental and professional responsibilities for working parents, in all the Member States will improve the functioning of the common market;

Whereas the implementation of the framework agreement aims, in particular, at achieving the objective of equal treatment between men and women with regard to labour opportunities and treatment at work, and reconciliation of working and family life;

Whereas the adoption of this Directive will make Directive 96/34/EC applicable in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Without prejudice to Article 2, Directive 96/34/EC on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by Unice, CEEP and the ETUC, shall apply to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Article 2

In Article 2 of Directive 96/34/EC, the following paragraph is inserted:

'1(a) As regards the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the date of 3 June 1998 in paragraph 1 shall be . . . (*).

(*) Two years after the adoption of the present Directive`.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

(1) OJ 145, 19. 6. 1996, p. 4.