do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0362 - C6-0282/2005 - 2005/0154(CNS))
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, aquaculture, consumer protection, fish disease, fish product, health legislation, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 296 E/105

Thursday 27 April 2006

— having regard to Rules 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture and Education (A6-0079/2006),

Approves the conclusion of the Unesco Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity

1.
of Cultural Expressions;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, to the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and to Unesco.

P6_TA(2006)0152

Veterinary expenditure *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal
for a Council decision amending
Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0362 — C6-0282/2005 —
2005/0154(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0362) (1),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0282/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A6-0067/2006),

1.

2.

3.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if

4.
substantially;

it intends to amend the Commission proposal

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.

This Decision shall apply from 30 June 2007.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

Amendment 1
ARTICLE 2
2006/397/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of  27 April 2006  on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of  7 November 2002  between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of  6 May 1999  on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: Austria, Bulgaria, EU financial instrument, Romania, aid to disaster victims, commitment of expenditure, flood, general budget (EU), natural disaster

L 154/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.6.2006

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 27 April 2006

on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional
the Council and the
Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament,
Commission on the financing of
the European Union Solidarity Fund supplementing the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the
budgetary procedure

(2006/397/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament,
the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund supplementing
the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary
procedure (1), and in particular point 3 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European
Union Solidarity Fund (2),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the Fund) to show solidarity
with the population of regions struck by disasters.

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within
the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.

(4)

Bulgaria, Romania and Austria submitted applications to mobilise the Fund, concerning five disasters
caused by flooding,

(1) OJ C 283, 20.11.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 154/21

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2006, the European Union Solidarity
Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 106 357 627 in commitment and payment appro-
priations.

Article 1

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

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2006.

For the European Parliament

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

For the Council

The President

H. WINKLER
2006/828/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/85

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for
Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2004

(2006/828/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug

Addiction for the financial year 2004 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Monitoring
Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2004, together wit the Centre's replies (2),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 14 March 2006 (5972/2006 — C6-0093/2006),

— having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
the European Communities (3), and in particular

Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Article 185 thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 of 8 February 1993 on the establishment of a
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (4), and in particular Article 11a thereof,

— having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the
framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European
Communities (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

— having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee

on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0097/2006),

1.

2.

3.

Grants discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
for the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2004;

Sets out its comments in the resolution below;

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to
the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, the Council, the
Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Union (L series).

The President

Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY

(1) OJ C 269, 28.10.2005, p. 44.
(2) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 89.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 36, 12.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1651/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003,

p. 30).

(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1261/2005 (OJ L 201,

2.8.2005, p. 3).
2006/426/EC: Council Decision of  27 April 2006  on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain aspects of air services
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina, agreement (EU), air transport, signature of an agreement

22.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 169/47

COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 April 2006

on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and
Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain aspects of air services

(2006/426/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 80(2),
with the first sentence of
300(2) thereof,

establishing the European
in conjunction
the first subparagraph of Article

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 5 June 2003, the Council authorised the Commission
to open negotiations with third countries on the replace-
ment
bilateral
agreements by a Community agreement.

provisions

existing

certain

of

in

The Commission has negotiated on behalf of
the
Community an agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina
on certain aspects of air services, hereinafter referred to
as ‘the Agreement’, in accordance with the mechanisms
and directives in the Annex to the Council's decision
authorising the Commission to open negotiations with
third countries on the replacement of certain provisions
in existing bilateral
a Community
agreement.

agreements by

signing of

The
the Agreement between the European
Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain aspects
the
of
Community, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.

approved on behalf of

is hereby

services

air

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of
the Community subject to its conclusion.

Article 3

Pending its entry into force, the Agreement shall be applied
provisionally from the first day of the first month following
the date on which the Parties have notified each other of the
completion of the necessary procedures for this purpose.

Article 4

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to make the
notification provided in Article 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2006.

(3)

The Agreement
applied, subject to its conclusion at a later date,

should be signed and provisionally

For the Council
The President

L. PROKOP
Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2006 of  27 April 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 115/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.4.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 641/2006

of 27 April 2006

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
fruit and vegetables (1), and in
import arrangements
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

for

Whereas:

standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(2)

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 115/3

to Commission Regulation of 27 April 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 10 20

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
999

052
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

508
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

388
512
524
528
720
999

142,3
100,4
139,0
127,2

129,4
129,4

127,1
48,7
87,9

37,7
36,1
51,2
42,0
64,3
46,3

30,4
57,9
44,2

86,4
117,0
94,7
81,2
78,1
68,2
92,9
97,9
114,7
92,3

94,6
74,7
29,4
78,3
51,8
65,8

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

27.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 100/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

26 April 2006

(2006/C 100/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

MTL

PLN

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

RON

Romanian leu

1,2425

142,87

7,4601

0,696

9,3135

1,5776

92,87

7,797

1,9558

0,5761

28,417

15,6466

265,78

3,4528

0,696

0,4293

3,8873

3,4747

SIT

SKK

TRY

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

NZD New Zealand dollar

SGD

Singapore dollar

239,58

37,26

1,6505

1,6623

1,4058

9,6355

1,9734

1,974

KRW South Korean won

1 176,09

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,6541

9,9673

7,299

Indonesian rupiah

10 949,53

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,5233

64,486

34,036

46,863

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2006/844/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Aviation Safety Agency, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

L 340/128

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2006

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency
for the financial year 2004

(2006/844/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial

year 2004 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Aviation Safety

Agency for the financial year 2004, together with the Agency's replies (2),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 14 March 2006 (5972/2006 — C6-0093/2006),

— having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
the European Communities (3), and in particular

Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Article 185 thereof,

— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
15 July 2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation
Safety Agency (4), and in particular Article 49 thereof,

— having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the
framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European
Communities (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

— having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee

on Transport and Tourism (A6-0104/2006),

1.

2.

3.

Grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the imple-
mentation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2004;

Sets out its comments in the resolution below;

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to
the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency, the Council, the Commission and
the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L
series).

The President

Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY

(1) OJ C 269, 28.10.2005, p. 5.
(2) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 240, 7.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/2003 (OJ L 243,

27.9.2003, p. 5).

(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1261/2005 (OJ L 201,

2.8.2005, p. 3).
2006/817/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004, Section VIIIB — European Data Protection Supervisor
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Data Protection Supervisor, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU), implementation of the budget

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/49

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year
2004, Section VIIIB — European Data Protection Supervisor

(2006/817/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004 (1),

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2004,

Volume III (N6-0027/2005 — C6-0365/2005),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' annual report for the financial year 2004, accompanied by the

replies of the institutions audited (2),

— having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and
regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 248 of
the EC Treaty (3),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 14 March 2006 (5971/2006 — C6-0092/2006),

— having regard to Articles 272(10), 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Arti-
cles 50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,

— having regard to the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the

European Communities (5),

— having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee

on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0117/2006),

1.

2.

3.

Grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge in respect of the implementation of the
budget for the financial year 2004;

Sets out its comments in the resolution below;

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to
the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic
and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman and the European
Data Protection Supervisor and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(L series).

The President

Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY

(1) OJ L 53, 23.2.2004.
(2) OJ C 301, 30.11.2005, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 301, 30.11.2005, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 653/2006 of  27 April 2006  fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, barley, export refund

28.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 115/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 653/2006

of 27 April 2006

fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed.

situation for

the cereal

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005 (2).

In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on
cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of
disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission
may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a
maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 21 to 27 April 2006, pursuant to the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005,
the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be
5,90 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).