Decision No 779/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 establishing for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III programme) as part of the General Programme Fundamental Rights and Justice
Date: 2007-06-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, action programme, child protection, violence, woman, young person

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DECISIONS ADOPTED JOINTLY BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE
COUNCIL

DECISION No 779/2007/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 20 June 2007

establishing for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against
children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III
programme) as part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 152 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions
(2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Treaty lays down that in the definition and imple-
mentation of all Community policies and activities a high
level of human health has to be ensured; Article 3(1)(p)
thereof requires Community action to include a contri-
bution to the attainment of a high level of health
protection.

Community action should complement national policies
directed towards
improving public health, obviating
sources of danger to human health.

Physical,
and psychological
children, young people and women,

sexual

violence
against
including threats

(1) OJ C 69, 21.3.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 192, 16.8.2006, p. 25.
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 5 September 2006 (not yet
published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 5
March 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Position
of the European Parliament of 22 May 2007 (not yet published in
the Official Journal).

(4)

(5)

(6)

of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty,
whether occurring in public or private life, constitute a
breach of their right to life, safety, freedom, dignity and
physical and emotional integrity and a serious threat to
the physical and mental health of the victims of such
violence. Such violence, being so widespread throughout
the Community, constitutes a genuine violation of funda-
mental rights, a health scourge and an obstacle to the
enjoyment of safe, free and just citizenship.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as
a state of complete physical, mental and social well being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
According to a 1996 WHO Assembly resolution,
violence is a leading worldwide public health problem.
In its report on violence and health of 3 October 2002
WHO recommends promoting primary prevention
responses,
victims of
violence and increasing collaboration and exchange of
information on violence prevention.

strengthening

responses

for

These principles are recognised in numerous conventions,
the main international
declarations and protocols of
organisations
the United
such as
and institutions
the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Nations,
the World Conference on Women and the World
Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children.

fundamental

the protection of

to dignity, equality and solidarity.

The fight against violence should be placed within the
context of
rights, as
recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the
European Union (4) and the accompanying explanations,
bearing in mind its status, which recognises, inter alia, the
right
includes a
number of specific articles relating to protection and
equal
promotion of physical and mental
treatment for men and women, the rights of the child
and non-discrimination, as well as recognising the prohi-
bition of inhuman or degrading treatment, slavery and
forced labour, and child labour. It recognises that a high
level of human health protection is necessary in the
definition and
all Community
implementation of
policies and activities.

integrity,

It

(4) OJ C 364, 18.12.2000, p. 1.

(7)

(8)

(9)

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to

and

inter alia,

draw up

implement

The Commission has been called upon by the European
action
Parliament
programmes to combat such violence,
in its
Resolutions of 19 May 2000 on the communication
from the Commission to the Council and the European
‘For further actions in the fight against traf-
Parliament:
ficking in women’ (1); of 20 September 2001 on female
genital mutilation (2); of 17 January 2006 on strategies to
prevent the trafficking of women and children who are
vulnerable to sexual exploitation (3); and of 2 February
2006 on the current situation in combating violence
against women and any future action (4).

(12)

Violence against women takes many forms ranging from
domestic violence, which is prevalent at all
levels of
society, to harmful traditional practices associated with
the exercise of physical violence against women, such as
genital mutilation and honour-related crimes, which
constitute a particular form of violence against women.

(13)

Children, young people or women who witness a near
relative being assaulted should be regarded as victims of
violence in accordance with the programme established
by this Decision (the programme).

The Community action programme set up by Decision
No 293/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 24 January 2000 adopting a programme of
Community action (Daphne programme) (2000 to 2003)
on preventive measures to fight violence against children,
young people and women (5) has helped to raise
awareness within the European Union and to increase
and consolidate cooperation between organisations in
the Member States active in combating violence.

The Community action programme set up by Decision
No 803/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 21 April 2004 adopting a programme of
to prevent and
Community action (2004 to 2008)
combat violence against children, young people and
women and to protect victims and groups at
risk
(Daphne II programme) (6) further developed the results
already achieved by the Daphne programme; according
to Article 8(2) of Decision No 803/2004/EC the
Commission shall
take the necessary steps to ensure
the consistency of the annual appropriations with the
new financial perspectives.

(10)

is desirable to ensure continuity for

It
the projects
supported by the Daphne and Daphne II programmes.

(14) With regard to the prevention of violence,

of

and

and

sexual

exchange

dissemination

exploitation perpetrated

including
abuse
against
children, young people and women and the protection
of victims and groups at risk, the European Union can
bring added value to the actions predominantly to be
undertaken by Member States by the following means:
the
information,
experience and good practices;
the promotion of an
innovative approach; the joint establishment of priorities;
the development of networking as appropriate;
the
selection of Community-wide projects including projects
supporting free-phone child helplines and hotlines for
missing and sexually exploited children; the motivation
and mobilisation of all parties concerned; and Europe-
wide awareness-raising campaigns against violence. These
actions should also encompass support
for children,
young people and women who are victims of trafficking
in human beings.

(15) As the root-causes and consequences of violence can
often be effectively addressed by local and regional orga-
nisations acting in cooperation with their counterparts
from other Member States,
the programme should
attach due weight
to the preventive measures and
actions in support of victims taking place at a local
and regional level.

(11)

It is important and necessary to recognise the serious
immediate
violence
and long-term implications of
against children, young people and women for their
physical and mental health and for their psychological
and social development, as well as for the equal oppor-
tunities of those concerned, for individuals, families and
communities, and the high social and economic costs to
society as a whole.

(16)

(1) OJ C 59, 23.2.2001, p. 307.
(2) OJ C 77 E, 28.3.2002, p. 126.
(3) OJ C 287 E, 24.11.2006, p. 75.
(4) OJ C 288 E, 25.11.2006, p. 66.
(5) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

information at

Since the objectives of this Decision, namely to prevent
and combat all forms of violence against children, young
people and women, cannot be sufficiently achieved by
the Member States because of the need for an exchange
of
the Community level and for the
Community-wide dissemination of good practices, and
can be better achieved at Community level due to the
need for a coordinated and multidisciplinary approach
the
and by
in
programme,
accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out
in Article 5 of
In accordance with the
principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article,
this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in
order to achieve those objectives.

scale or
the Community may adopt measures,

the Treaty.

impact of

reason of

the

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(17)

(18)

This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the
programme, a financial envelope constituting the prime
reference, within the meaning of point 37 of the Inter-
institutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the
European Parliament, the Council and the Commission
on
financial
management (1), for the budgetary authority during the
annual budgetary procedure.

budgetary

discipline

sound

and

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25
June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the
general budget of the European Communities (2), here-
inafter ‘the Financial Regulation’, and Commission Regu-
lation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December
2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on
the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget
of the European Communities (3), which safeguard the
Community’s
interests, have to be applied,
the principles of simplicity and
taking into account
consistency in the choice of budgetary instruments, a
limitation on the number of cases where the Commission
retains direct responsibility for their implementation and
management, and the required proportionality between
the amount of resources and the administrative burden
related to their use.

financial

(19) Appropriate measures should also be taken to prevent
irregularities and fraud and the necessary steps should
be taken to recover funds lost, wrongly paid or incor-
rectly used in accordance with Council Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on
the protection of the European Communities’ financial
interests (4),
EC)
No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-
spot
the
Commission in order to protect the European Commu-
nities’ financial interests against fraud and other irregula-
rities (5) and Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of
the
the Council of 25 May
European Parliament and of
1999 concerning
the
conducted by
European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) (6).

carried out by

and inspections

investigations

Regulation

(Euratom,

Council

checks

(21)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council
Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures for
implementing powers
the exercise of
conferred on the Commission (7).

(22)

a key element

The balanced participation of women and men in the
decision-making process
in the
is
substantive equality between women
achievement of
and men. The Member States should,
therefore, use
their best endeavours to achieve a gender balance in
the
referred to in
Article 10,

composition of

committee

the

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1.
Building on the policies and objectives laid down in the
Daphne and Daphne II programmes, this Decision establishes a
specific programme to prevent and combat violence against
children, young people and women and to protect victims
III programme), hereinafter
risk (Daphne
and groups
at
‘the programme’, as part of
the general
referred to as
programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’,
to
in order
contribute to a high level of protection from violence so as
to enhance the protection of physical and mental health.

The programme shall cover the period from 1 January

2.
2007 to 31 December 2013.

For the purposes of the programme, the term ‘children’
3.
covers an age range of 0-18 years, in accordance with interna-
tional instruments concerning the rights of the child.

(20)

The Financial Regulation requires a basic act
provided to cover operating grants.

to be

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC, Euratom) No 478/2007 (OJ L 111, 28.4.2007, p. 13).
(4) OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 36, 10.2.1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2.
(6) OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 1.

However, projects with actions particularly designed for
4.
‘teenagers’ (13 to 19
beneficiary groups such as, for example,
years old) or people from 12 to 25 years old, shall be
considered as targeting the category of ‘young people’.

(7) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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Article 2

General objectives

1.
The aim of the programme shall be to contribute to the
protection of children, young people and women against all
forms of violence and to attain a high level of health protection,
well-being and social cohesion.

the

general

Community,

2. Without prejudice to the objectives and powers of the
European
the
programme shall contribute, especially where it concerns
children, young people and women, to the development of
Community policies, and more specifically to those related to
public health, human rights and gender equality, as well as to
actions aimed at protection of children’s rights, and the fight
against trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation.

objectives

of

Article 3

Specific objective

The programme shall have the specific objective of contributing
to the prevention of, and the fight against, all forms of violence
occurring in the public or the private domain against children,
young people and women,
including sexual exploitation and
trafficking in human beings, by taking preventive measures
and by providing support and protection for victims and
groups at
the
following transnational actions, or other types of actions as
referred to in Article 4:

shall be achieved by means of

risk. This

(d)

identifying and enhancing actions contributing to positive
treatment of people at risk of violence, namely following an
approach that encourages respect for them and promotes
their well-being and self-fulfilment;

(e) setting up and supporting multidisciplinary networks with a
view to strengthening cooperation between NGOs and other
organisations active in this field;

(f) ensuring the expansion of evidence-based information and
the knowledge base, the exchange, identification and disse-
mination of
including
through research, training, study visits and staff exchange;

information and good practice,

(g) designing and testing awareness-raising and educational
materials
regarding the prevention of violence against
children, young people and women, and supplementing
and adapting those already available for use in other geogra-
phical areas or for other target groups;

(h) studying phenomena related to violence and its impact,
both on victims and on society as a whole, including the
health-care, social and economic costs, in order to address
the root causes of violence at all levels of society;

(i) developing and implementing support programmes

for
victims and people at risk and intervention programmes
for perpetrators, whilst ensuring the safety of victims.

(a) assisting and encouraging non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) and other organisations active in this field, as
referred to in Article 7;

Article 4

Types of actions

(b) developing and implementing awareness-raising actions
targeting specific audiences, such as specific professions,
the general
competent authorities,
public and groups at risk, with a view both to improving
understanding of and promoting the adoption of zero
tolerance towards violence, and to encouraging support
for victims and the reporting of incidences of violence to
the competent authorities;

identified sectors of

(c) disseminating the results obtained under the Daphne and
Daphne II programmes, including their adaptation, transfer
and use by other beneficiaries or in other geographical
areas;

in Articles 2 and 3,

With a view to pursuing the general and specific objectives set
out
the
following types of actions, under the conditions set out in the
annual work programmes:

the programme shall support

(a) specific actions taken by the Commission, such as studies
and research, opinion polls and surveys, development of
indicators and methodologies, collection, development and
dissemination of data and statistics, seminars, conferences
and experts meetings, organisation of public campaigns and
events, development and maintenance of a helpdesk service
and websites, preparation and dissemination of information
materials (including IT applications and training resources),
establishment and facilitation of a stakeholder think-tank
providing expert advice related to violence, support
to
other networks of national experts, and analytical, moni-
toring and evaluation activities;

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(b) specific

interest
transnational projects of Community
involving at least two Member States under the conditions
set out in the annual work programmes;

The main target groups of the programme shall be, inter
2.
alia,
teachers and educational staff, social workers,
families,
police and border guards,
local, national and military autho-
rities, medical and paramedical staff, judicial staff, NGOs, trade
unions and religious communities.

(c) support to the activities of NGOs or other organisations,
pursuing an aim of general European interest regarding the
general objectives of the programme set out in Article 2
under
annual work
set out
programmes.

conditions

in the

the

Article 5

Participation of third countries

The following countries may participate in the actions of the
programme:

(a) countries with which the European Union has signed a

Treaty of Accession;

(b) candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy,
in accordance with the general principles and the general
terms and conditions for the participation of those countries
in Community programmes laid down, respectively, by the
framework agreement and by decisions of the Association
Councils;

(c) EFTA States that are parties to the EEA Agreement,
accordance with the provisions of that Agreement;

in

(d) the countries of the western Balkans, in accordance with the
arrangements to be established with those countries under
the framework agreements on the general principles for
their participation in Community programmes.

Projects may associate candidate countries not participating in
the programme where
to their
preparation for accession, or other third countries not partici-
the
pating in the programme where it serves the aim of
projects.

this would contribute

Article 7

Access to the programme

level, university departments

Access to the programme shall be open to private or public
organisations and institutions (local authorities at the appro-
priate
and research centres)
working to prevent and combat violence against children,
young people and women or to protect against such violence
or to provide support for victims or to implement targeted
actions to promote rejection of such violence or to encourage
attitude and behaviour change towards vulnerable groups and
victims of violence.

Article 8

Types of intervention

1.

Community funding may take the following legal forms:

— grants,

— public procurement contracts.

2.
Community grants shall be awarded following consid-
eration of applications arising from calls for proposals, save
in duly substantiated exceptional cases of urgency or where
the characteristics of the beneficiary leave no other choice for
a given action. Community grants shall be provided through
operating grants and grants to actions. The maximum rate of
co-financing shall be specified in the annual work programmes.

Furthermore, expenditure may be made available for
3.
procurement
through
complementary measures,
in which case Community funds shall cover the
contracts,
purchase of services and goods, directly related to the aims of
the programme. This shall cover, inter alia, expenditure on infor-
mation and communication, preparation,
implementation,
monitoring, checking and evaluation of projects, policies,
programmes and legislation.

public

Article 6

Article 9

Beneficiary and target groups

Implementing measures

The programme shall benefit children, young people and

1.
women who are, or risk becoming, victims of violence.

The Commission shall

1.
assistance in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

implement

the Community

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To implement

the programme,

the Commission shall,
2.
within the limits of the general objectives of the programme
in Article 2, adopt an annual work programme
set out
specifying
a
objectives,
description of accompanying measures envisaged in Article 8
and if necessary a list of other actions. The annual work
programme shall establish the minimum percentage of annual
expenditure to be awarded to grants.

priorities,

thematic

specific

its

The

annual work programme

3.
adopted in
accordance with the management procedure referred to in
Article 10(2).

shall be

4.
The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Decision in relation to all other matters shall be adopted
in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in
Article 10(3).

The evaluation and award procedures relating to grants to
5.
actions shall take into account, inter alia, the following criteria:

(a)

the general and specific objectives as specified in Articles 2
and 3 and measures taken in the different areas as specified
in Article 3 and conformity with the annual work
programme;

(b) the quality of the proposed action regarding its conception,

organisation, presentation and expected results;

(d) geographic impact of the activities carried out;

(e) citizen involvement

in the organisation of

the bodies

concerned;

(f) cost effectiveness ratio of the activity proposed.

Article 10

Committee

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the
provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at two months.

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the
provisions of Article 8 thereof.

(c)

the amount requested for Community financing and its cost
effectiveness as to expected results;

4.

The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

(d) the impact of

the expected results on the general and
specific objectives of the programme defined in Articles 2
and 3 and on measures taken in the different areas as
specified in Article 3;

(e)

innovation.

The applications for operating grants, referred to in Article

6.
4(c), shall be assessed in the light of:

(a) consistency with the programme objectives;

(b) quality of the planned activities;

(c)

likely multiplier effect on the public of these activities;

Article 11

Complementarity

Framework

and ‘Solidarity

and Safeguarding Liberties’

1.
Synergies and complementarity with other Community
instruments will be sought, particularly the general programmes
‘Security
and
Management of Migration Flows’, the Seventh Research and
Development
the
programmes on health protection, ‘Employment and Social Soli-
darity — PROGRESS’ and ‘Safer Internet Plus’. Complementarity
will also be sought with the European Institute for Gender
Equality. The statistical element of
information on violence
will be developed in collaboration with Member States, using
as necessary the Community Statistical Programme.

Programme

as well

as

and

share

The programme may

2.
resources with other
Community instruments, in particular the general programmes
‘Security
and
Management of Migration Flows’ and the Seventh Research
to
and Development
implement
the
programmes.

in order
all

actions meeting

Safeguarding

‘Solidarity

Liberties’,

Programme

Framework

objectives

the

of

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Operations financed under this Decision shall not receive
3.
the same purpose from other Community
assistance for
financial
instruments. The Commission shall ensure that the
beneficiaries of the programme provide the Commission with
information about funding received from the general budget of
the European Union and from other sources, as well as infor-
mation about ongoing applications for funding.

Article 12

Funding

this
The financial envelope for the implementation of
1.
Decision is set at EUR 116,85 million for the period set out
in Article 1.

for

The allocations

the actions provided for

2.
in the
programme shall be entered in the annual appropriations of
the European Union. The available
the general budget of
annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary
authority within the limits of the financial framework.

Article 13

Monitoring

any

shall

ensure

the programme,

action financed by

the
For
1.
Commission
submits
that
technical and financial reports on the progress of work. A
final report shall also be submitted within three months of
action. The Commission shall
the
the
determine the form and content of the reports.

completion of

beneficiary

the

resulting

from the

The Commission shall ensure that

the contracts and
2.
the
agreements
programme will provide in particular
supervision and
financial control by the Commission (or any representative
authorised by it), if necessary by means of on-the-spot checks,
including sample checks, and audits by the Court of Auditors.

implementation

for

of

The Commission shall take every other step necessary to
5.
verify that the actions financed are carried out properly and in
compliance with the provisions of
this Decision and the
Financial Regulation.

Article 14

Protection of Community financial interests

fraud, corruption and any other

1.
The Commission shall ensure that, when actions financed
under this Decision are implemented, the financial interests of
the Community are protected by the application of preventive
illegal
measures against
activities, by effective checks and by the recovery of
the
irregularities are detected, by
amounts unduly paid and,
if
effective, proportional and dissuasive penalties,
in accordance
with Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95, Regulation
(Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, and with Regulation (EC) No
1073/1999.

For

under

actions

financed

the Community

2.
the
programme, Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 and Regu-
lation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 shall apply to any infrin-
including infrin-
gement of a provision of Community law,
gements of a contractual obligation stipulated on the basis of
the programme, resulting from an act or omission by an
economic operator, which has, or would have, the effect of
the European Union or
prejudicing the general budget of
budgets managed thereunder by an unjustified item of expen-
diture.

3.
The Commission shall reduce, suspend or recover the
amount of financial assistance granted for an action if it finds
irregularities, including non-compliance with the provisions of
this Decision or the individual decision or the contract or
agreement granting the financial support in question, or if it
transpires that, without Commission approval having being
sought,
the action has been subjected to a change which
conflicts with the nature or implementing conditions of the
project.

3.
For a period of five years following the last payment in
respect of any action, the Commission shall require that the
financial assistance keeps available for
beneficiary of
the
the supporting documents regarding expen-
Commission all
diture on the action.

4.
If the time limits have not been observed or if only part of
the allocated financial assistance is justified by the progress
made with implementing an action,
the Commission shall
request
the beneficiary to submit observations within a
specified period. If the beneficiary does not give a satisfactory
answer, the Commission may cancel the remaining financial
assistance and demand repayment of sums already paid.

4.
On the basis of the results of the reports and sample
checks referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission
shall,
if necessary, adjust the scale or the conditions of allo-
cation of the financial assistance originally approved and also
the timetable for payments.

5.
Any undue payment shall be repaid to the Commission.
Interest shall be added to any sums not repaid in good time
under the conditions laid down by the Financial Regulation.

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Article 15

Evaluation

Article 16

Publication of projects

1.
The programme will be monitored regularly in order to
follow the implementation of activities carried out thereunder.

The Commission shall annually publish a list of the projects
financed under the programme together with a brief description
of each project.

The Commission shall ensure the regular,

2.
external evaluation of the programme.

independent,

Article 17

Transitional measures

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament

3.
and the Council:

Decision No 803/2004/EC is hereby
commenced pursuant
governed by it, until their completion.

repealed. Actions
to that Decision shall continue to be

(a) an interim evaluation report on the results obtained and the
qualitative and quantitative aspects of the implementation of
the programme not later than 31 March 2011 accompanied
by a list of the projects and measures financed;

Article 18

Entry into force

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

(b) a communication on the continuation of the programme

Done at Strasbourg, 20 June 2007.

not later than 31 May 2012;

(c) an ex-post evaluation report, on the implementation and
results of the programme not later than 31 December 2014.

For the European Parliament
The President

For the Council
The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

G. GLOSER