Draft DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION, THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS amending Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom on the organisation and operation of the Publications Office of the European Union
Date: 2011-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU institution, Publications Office of the European Union, competence of the institution, operation of the Institutions

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 7.12.2011 
SEC(2011) 1507 final 

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE 
COMMISSION, THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE 
COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS 

amending Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom on the organisation and operation of the 
Publications Office of the European Union 

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE 
COMMISSION, THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE 
COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS 

amending Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom on the organisation and operation of the 
Publications Office of the European Union  

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, 

THE COUNCIL, 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 

THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,  

THE COURT OF AUDITORS,  

THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, 

THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, 

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,  

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

It is necessary to revise Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom of the European Parliament, 
the  Council,  the  Commission,  the  Court  of  Justice,  the  Court  of  Auditors,  the 
European  Economic  and  Social  Committee  and  the  Committee  of  the  Regions  of  26 
June  2009  on  the  organisation  and  operation  of  the  Publications  Office  of  the 

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European Union1 in order to adapt it to the provisions of the Treaties as amended by 
the  Treaty  of  Lisbon  and,  in  particular,  to  add  the  European  Council  as  a  signatory 
institution. 

(2) 

The Management Committee of the Publications Office has agreed, at its meeting on 2 
July 2010, that the European Council become a signatory institution and, on 14 April 
2011, that Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom should therefore be amended,  

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom is amended as follows: 

Article 1 

1. 

The  title  shall  be  replaced  by  ‘Decision  of  the  European  Parliament,  the  European 
Council, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, 
the  Court  of  Auditors,  the  European  Economic  and  Social  Committee  and  the 
Committee  of  the  Regions  on  the  organisation  and  operation  of  the  Publications 
Office of the European Union’. 

2. 

The list of enacting institutions and bodies shall be replaced by the following:  

‘THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,  

THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,  

THE COUNCIL,  

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  

THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,  

THE COURT OF AUDITORS, 

THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE,  

THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS’. 

3. 

In Article 1(1) the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:  

‘1. The task of the Publications Office of the European Union (hereinafter the 
Office), which is an interinstitutional office, shall be to publish the publications 
of  the  institutions  of  the  European  Union  and  the  European  Atomic  Energy 
Community under optimum conditions.’ 

4. 

Article 4 paragraph 6  shall be replaced by the following:  

‘6. The institutions may conclude service agreements with the Office in order 
to  define  the  methods  of  their  cooperation.  The  European  External  Action 
Service  may  also  cooperate  with  the  Office  and,  for  this  purpose,  conclude  a 
service agreement.’  

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OJ L 168, 30.06.2009, p. 41. 

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5. 

Article 6 paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:  

‘1.  A  Management  Committee  shall  be  established,  within  which  all  the 
signatory  institutions  are  represented.  The  Management  Committee  shall  be 
made up of the Registrar of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the 
Secretaries-General  of  the  other  institutions  or  their  representatives.  The 
European  Central  Bank  shall  take  part  in  the  work  of  the  Management 
Committee as an observer. The European Central Bank shall be represented by 
the Secretary to its Executive Board or by their appointed substitute.’  

6. 

The list of signatories shall be replaced by the following: 

‘For the European Parliament,  

For the European Council,  

For the Council,  

For the European Commission,  

For the Court of Justice of the European Union,  

For the Court of Auditors,  

For the European Economic and Social Committee,  

For the Committee of the Regions’ 

Article 2 

This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Union. 

Done at …, […] 

For the European Parliament   

 The President  

For the Council  

 The President  
[…] 

For the Commission  

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 The President  
[…] 

For the Court of Justice of the European Union  

 The President  
[…] 

For the Court of Auditors 

 The President  
[…] 

the  European  Economic  and  Social 

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Committee 

 The President  
[…] 

For the Committee of the Regions  

 The President  
[…] 

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