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1999/734/EC: Council Decision of 8 November 1999 appointing Swedish members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 1999-11-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Sweden, appointment of staff

17. 11. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 296/21

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 November 1999

appointing Swedish members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions

(1999/734/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,

Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1998 (1)
appointing the members and alternate members of
the
Committee of the Regions,

Whereas seats as members of the Committee of the Regions
have become vacant following the resignation of Ms Eva-Lisa
Birath-Lindvall, Ms Christina Tallberg, Ms Margot Wikström,
Mr Göran Färm and Mr Bernth Johnson and the seats as
alternate members of
the Regions have
become vacant following the resignation of Ms Ann Beskow,
Ms Ulla Olander, Ms Ulla Norgren, Mr Åke Bengtsson, Mr Lars
Bjurström, Mr Arne Jonsson and Mr Siwert Nordwall, notified
to the Council on 8 July 1999, 5, 14 and 15 October 1999
respectively;

the Committee of

Having regard to the proposal from the Swedish Government,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

1. Ms Ann Beskow, Ms Anneli Stark, Mr Uno Aldegren, Mr
Rune Hjälm and Mr Aldo Iskra are hereby appointed full
members of the Committee of the Regions in place of Ms

Eva-Lisa Birath-Lindvall, Ms Christina Tallberg, Ms Margot
Wikström, Mr Göran Färm and Mr Bernth Johnson respectively
for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until
25 January 2002.

2. Ms Lena Celion, Ms Lisbeth Rydefjärd, Ms Christina Tall-
berg, Mr Bernth Johnson, Mr Hans Klintbom, Mr Jens Nilsson
and Mr Malin Risberg are hereby appointed alternate members
of the Committee of the Regions in place of Ms Ann Beskow,
Ms Ulla Olander, Ms Ulla Norgren, Mr Åke Bengtsson, Mr Lars
Bjurström, Mr Arne Jonsson and Mr Siwert Nordwall respec-
tively for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which
runs until 25 January 2002.

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1999.

For the Council

The President

S. NIINISTÖ

(1) OJ L 28, 4.2.1998, p. 19.
1999/746/EC: Commission Decision of 8 November 1999 amending for the third time Decision 1999/293/EC concerning certain protective measures against bluetongue in parts of Greece (notified under document number C(1999) 3604) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Greek text is authentic)
Date: 1999-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, animal disease, health control, intra-EU trade, sheep, veterinary inspection

L 298/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19. 11. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 November 1999

amending for the third time Decision 1999/293/EC concerning certain protective measures against
bluetongue in parts of Greece

(notified under document number C(1999) 3604)

(Only the Greek text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/746/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

the measures provided for in this Decision are in accord-
ance with the opinion of
the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In the first and second paragraphs of Article 1 of Decision
the phrase ‘the prefectures of Dodekanisa,
1999/293/EC,
Samos, Evros, Rodopi, Xanthi, Serres, Drama and Kavala’
is
replaced by ‘the prefectures of Dodekanisa, Samos, Evros,
Rodopi, Xanthi, Serres, Drama, Kavala, Chalkidiki and Lesvos’.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last
amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article
10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

following outbreaks of bluetongue on certain islands in
south-eastern Greece, the Commission adopted protec-
tive measures by Decision 1999/293/EC (3), as
last
amended by Decision 1999/683/EC (4);

considering the extension of the outbreak, those meas-
ures were extended to the prefectures of Evros, Rodopi,
Xanthi, Serres, Drama and Kavala by Decision 1999/
623/EC (5) and Decision 1999/683/EC;

new data indicate that the bluetongue virus is circulating
in the prefectures of Chalkidiki and Lesvos;

Decision 1999/293/EC should therefore be amended to
include the prefectures of Chalkidiki and Lesvos;

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 114, 1.5.1999, p. 55.
(4) OJ L 270, 20.10.1999, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 245, 17.9.1999, p. 52.