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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 29/2012 of 10 February 2012 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, access to information, environmental protection, environmental standard, prevention of pollution, revision of an agreement




L_2012161EN.01003601.xml










21.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 161/36








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 29/2012
of 10 February 2012
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2011 of 2 December 2011 (1).












(2)


Commission Decision 2010/728/EU of 29 November 2010 establishing a questionnaire to be used for reporting on the implementation of Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Decision 2010/728/EU repeals Commission Decision 2006/194/EC (3) which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be deleted from the Agreement,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 1fc (Commission Decision 2006/194/EC) of Annex XX to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32010 D 0728: Commission Decision 2010/728/EU of 29 November 2010 establishing a questionnaire to be used for reporting on the implementation of Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) (OJ L 313, 30.11.2010, p. 13).’.


Article 2
The text of Decision 2010/728/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 11 February 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 28/2012 of 10 February 2012 (4), whichever is the later.


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 45.

(2)  
            OJ L 313, 30.11.2010, p. 13.

(3)  
            OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 65.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

(4)  See page 34 of this Official Journal.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 19/2012 of 10 February 2012 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, bank, credit, credit institution, economic recession, financial market, pay, revision of an agreement




L_2012161EN.01002501.xml










21.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 161/25








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 19/2012
of 10 February 2012
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex IX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 117/2011 of 21 October 2011 (1).












(2)


Directive 2010/76/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 amending Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC as regards capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations, and the supervisory review of remuneration policies (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent shall be added in points 14 (Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 31 (Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the Agreement:






‘—



32010 L 0076: Directive 2010/76/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 (OJ L 329, 14.12.2010, p. 3).’.






Article 2
The text of Directive 2010/76/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 11 February 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 341, 22.12.2011, p. 81.

(2)  
            OJ L 329, 14.12.2010, p. 3.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.
Opinion of the European Central Bank of 10 February 2012 on the minimum reserves regime (CON/2012/7)
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: Romania, foreign-exchange reserves, monetary policy, national law

EN 

ECB-PUBLIC 

OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK 

of 10 February 2012 

on the minimum reserves regime 

(CON/2012/7) 

Introduction and legal basis 

On  13  January  2012,  the  European  Central  Bank  (ECB)  received  a  request  from  Banca  Naţională  a 

României (BNR) for an opinion on a draft BNR regulation on the minimum reserves regime (hereinafter 

the ‘draft regulation’). 

The ECB’s competence to deliver an opinion is based on Articles 127(4) and 282(5) of the Treaty on the 

Functioning of the European Union and on Article 2(2) of Council Decision 98/415/EC of 29 June 1998 

on  the  consultation  of  the  European  Central  Bank  by  national  authorities  regarding  draft  legislative 
provisions1, as the draft regulation relates to instruments of monetary policy. In accordance with the first 

sentence of Article 17.5 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank, the Governing Council 

has adopted this opinion. 

Purpose of the draft regulation 

The draft regulation repeals the requirement under the minimum reserve regime2 to only take into account 

the  initially  set  maturity  and  ignore  its  subsequent  extensions/renewals,  when  calculating  the  residual 

maturity of liability items included in the reserve base.   

According  to  the  Explanatory  Memorandum  to  the  draft  regulation,  current  and  prospective  domestic 

macroeconomic and financial conditions require a less restrictive minimum reserves regime.   

The ECB has no comments on this draft regulation. 

This opinion will be published on the ECB’s website.  

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 10 February 2012. 

[signed] 

The President of the ECB 

Mario DRAGHI 

1  
2  

OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 42.  
BNR  Regulation  No  6/2002  on  the  minimum  reserve  regime  (Monitorul  Oficial  al  României,  Part  One,  No  566,  
1.8.2002).
2012/79/EU: Council Decision of 10 February 2012 appointing an Austrian member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, European Committee of the Regions, appointment of members








L_2012040EN.01000801.xml










14.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 40/8








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 10 February 2012
         
appointing an Austrian member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/79/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the Austrian Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015. On 26 April 2010, Mr Markus WALLNER was appointed as member until 25 January 2015 by Council Decision 2010/242/EU (3), following the end of the term of office of Mr Herbert SAUSGRUBER.












(2)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the electoral mandate on the basis of which Mr Markus WALLNER was appointed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is hereby reappointed to the Committee of the Regions as member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






—


Mr Markus WALLNER, Landeshauptmann von Vorarlberg (change of mandate).






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.


For the Council


The President

C. ANTORINI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.

(3)  
            OJ L 107, 29.4.2010, p. 20.
2012/86/EU: Council Decision of 10 February 2012 appointing a Finnish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Finland, appointment of members








L_2012041EN.01001701.xml










15.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 41/17








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 10 February 2012
         
appointing a Finnish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/86/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Finnish Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.












(2)


An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Riitta MYLLER,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as an alternate member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






—


Ms Sanna PARKKINEN, Liperin kunnanvaltuuston jäsen,






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.


For the Council


The President

C. ANTORINI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
Special Report No 16/2011 ‘EU Financial assistance for the decommissioning of nuclear plants in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia: Achievements and Future Challenges’
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU aid, Lithuania, Slovakia, decommissioning of power stations, financial aid, nuclear power station








C_2012037EN.01002601.xml










10.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/26





Special Report No 16/2011 ‘EU Financial assistance for the decommissioning of nuclear plants in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia: Achievements and Future Challenges’
2012/C 37/09
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 16/2011 ‘EU Financial assistance for the decommissioning of nuclear plants in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia: Achievements and Future Challenges’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://www.eca.europa.eu
A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





European Court of Auditors




Unit ‘Audit: Production of Reports’




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1615 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




Tel. +352 4398-1




E-mail: euraud@eca.europa.eu




or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.
Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 10 February 2012 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Bank of Greece (ECB/2012/1)
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: Greece, appointment of members, audit, central bank, self-employed person








C_2012048EN.01000101.xml










18.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 48/1





RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 10 February 2012
to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Bank of Greece
(ECB/2012/1)
2012/C 48/01
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and national central banks are audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.










(2)


The mandate of the Bank of Greece’s external auditors will end following the audit for the financial year 2011. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2012.










(3)


The Bank of Greece has selected KPMG Certified Auditors A.E. as its external auditors for the financial years 2012 to 2016,




HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that KPMG Certified Auditors A.E. should be appointed as the external auditors of the Bank of Greece for the financial years 2012 to 2016.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 10 February 2012.


The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 21/2012 of 10 February 2012 amending Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, administrative formalities, electronic signature, freedom to provide services, revision of an agreement, right of establishment, services contract, single market, standardisation, technical barriers to trade




L_2012161EN.01002701.xml










21.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 161/27








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 21/2012
of 10 February 2012
         
amending Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex X to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 97/2011 of 30 September 2011 (1).












(2)


Commission Decision 2011/130/EU of 25 February 2011 establishing minimum requirements for the cross-border processing of documents signed electronically by competent authorities under Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point shall be inserted after point 1b (Commission Decision 2009/767/EC) of Annex X to the Agreement:






‘1c.



32011 D 0130: Commission Decision 2011/130/EU of 25 February 2011 establishing minimum requirements for the cross-border processing of documents signed electronically by competent authorities under Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market (OJ L 53, 26.2.2011, p. 66).’.






Article 2
The text of Decision 2011/130/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 11 February 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 318, 1.12.2011, p. 35.

(2)  
            OJ L 53, 26.2.2011, p. 66.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 24/2012 of 10 February 2012 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EC conformity marking, European Economic Area, rail network, revision of an agreement, trans-European network, vehicle on rails




L_2012161EN.01002901.xml










21.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 161/29








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 24/2012
of 10 February 2012
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 165/2011 of 19 December 2011 (1).












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 201/2011 of 1 March 2011 on the model of declaration of conformity to an authorised type of railway vehicle (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point shall be inserted after point 37de (Commission Decision 2011/155/EU) of Annex XIII to the Agreement:






‘37df.



32011 R 0201: Commission Regulation (EU) No 201/2011 of 1 March 2011 on the model of declaration of conformity to an authorised type of railway vehicle (OJ L 57, 2.3.2011, p. 8).’.






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 201/2011 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 11 February 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 57.

(2)  
            OJ L 57, 2.3.2011, p. 8.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012037EN.01002001.xml










10.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/20





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 February 2012
2012/C 37/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3288




JPY


Japanese yen


102,63




DKK


Danish krone


7,4320




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83665




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8045




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2103




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,6300




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,985




HUF


Hungarian forint


290,90




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6989




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1971




RON


Romanian leu


4,3535




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3331




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2295




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3219




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,3056




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5896




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6548




KRW


South Korean won


1 483,80




ZAR


South African rand


10,0959




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3717




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5857




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 855,69




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0004




PHP


Philippine peso


56,132




RUB


Russian rouble


39,5546




THB


Thai baht


40,861




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2882




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8765




INR


Indian rupee


65,5830






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-98/11 P: Order of the General Court of 10 February 2012 — AG v Parliament (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Dismissal at the end of the probationary period — Time-limit for bringing action — Lateness — Appeal clearly unfounded)
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Parliament, dismissal, servant (EU)








C_2012089EN.01002401.xml










24.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 89/24





Order of the General Court of 10 February 2012 — AG v Parliament
(Case T-98/11 P) (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Officials - Dismissal at the end of the probationary period - Time-limit for bringing action - Lateness - Appeal clearly unfounded)
2012/C 89/39
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: AG (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Rodrigues, A. Blot and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: S. Seyr and V. Montebello-Demogeot, agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) of 16 December 2010 in Case F-25/10 AG v Parliament, not yet reported in the ECR, seeking to have that order set aside.

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal as dismissed as clearly unfounded.










2.


AG is ordered to pay, apart from its own costs, the costs incurred by the European Parliament.






(1)  OJ C 120, 16.4.2011.