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2006/836/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Medicines Agency, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/107

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

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

(2006/836/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year

2004 (1),

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

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 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal
products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (4), and in par-
ticular Article 68 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 the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0101/2006),

1.

2.

3.

Grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency for the implementa-
tion 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 Medicines 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. 17.
(2) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(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).
Composition of the EFTA Court
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, appointment of staff

C 100/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.4.2006

COMPOSITION OF THE EFTA COURT

(2006/C 100/04)

1. Composition of the Court

Upon nomination by the Government of Norway, Mr Henrik Bull was appointed as Judge of the EFTA
Court by common accord of the three Contracting Parties to the Agreement between the EFTA States on
the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (the ESA/Court Agreement) for the
period from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2011, to succeed Mr Per Tresselt. At a public sitting of the
EFTA Court on 12 January 2006, Mr Henrik Bull took the oath prescribed in Protocol 5, Article 2 of the
ESA/Court Agreement.

2. Election of the President of the Court

On 12 January 2006, after the appointment of the new judge to the EFTA Court, Mr Carl Baudenbacher
was re-elected as President for the EFTA Court pursuant to Article 30 of the ESA/Court Agreement for the
period from 12 January 2006 to 31 December 2008.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 645/2006 of  27 April 2006  fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, butter oil, export refund

28.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 115/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 645/2006

of 27 April 2006

fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March
2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for
a permanent tender.

Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender
procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk
products (3)
the

and following an examination of

tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender,
it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the
tendering period ending on 25 April 2006.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

the permanent

For
tender opened by Regulation (EC)
No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 25 April
2006,
the products
that Regulation shall be as
referred to in Article 1(1) of
shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

the maximum amount of

refund for

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 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 409/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 5).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1814/2005 (OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 3).

L 115/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.4.2006

ANNEX

Product

Export refund Code

(EUR/100 kg)

Maximum amount of export refund for export
to the destinations referred to in the second
subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 581/2004

Butter

Butter

Butteroil

ex 0405 10 19 9500

ex 0405 10 19 9700

ex 0405 90 10 9000

100,00

106,70

127,50
Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement — EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, energy technology, environmental protection, gas, greenhouse gas, power plant, reduction of gas emissions, research and development

C 100/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.4.2006

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I
of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections

(2006/C 100/02)

Date of adoption: 30 November 2005

EFTA State: Norway

Aid No: Case 57702

Title: Scheme for research and development concerning gas technologies with improved environmental
performance (‘Gassnova’)

Objective: The principal objective of the scheme is to strengthen the intensity of R&D concerning gas-
fired power stations with carbon dioxide capture and storage in order to reduce CO2 emissions from such
power-stations

Legal basis: Decision No 352 to the Storting (2002-2003), Decision No 69 to the Storting (2003-2004),
Proposition No 250 to the Storting (2003-2004), decision No 549, Budget resolution No 9 to the Storting
(2004-2005) from the Committee for Energy and Environment, Royal decree of 17.12.2004 concerning
the establishment and decision on by-laws and authority for the administrative agency Gassnova, and
Regulation on amendments to Regulation of 16.12.1977, No 14 and Regulation of 16.12.1977, No 15

Budget/Duration: The aid scheme will be financed through annual dividends of a dedicated fund of NOK
2 billion (approximately EUR 253 million). The annual dividends of the fund constitute NOK 91,8 million
(approximately EUR 12 million). The duration of the scheme is ten years

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://www.eftasurv.int/fieldsofwork/fieldstateaid/stateaidregister