CELEX: 41967D0446
Language: en
Date: 1965-04-08 00:00:00
Title: 67/446/EEC: 67/30/Euratom: Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States on the provisional location of certain Institutions and departments of the Communities

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41967D0446

67/446/EEC: 67/30/Euratom: Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States on the provisional location of certain Institutions and departments of the Communities  

Official Journal 152 , 13/07/1967 P. 0018 - 0020 Finnish special edition: Chapter 1 Volume 1 P. 0033  Swedish special edition: Chapter 1 Volume 1 P. 0033 

++++THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES ,  HAVING REGARD TO ARTICLE 37 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  CONSIDERING THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE , AT THE TIME OF SETTING UP A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , IN ORDER TO SETTLE CERTAIN PROBLEMS PECULIAR TO THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG , TO DESIGNATE LUXEMBOURG AS THE PROVISIONAL PLACE OF WORK OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS AND DEPARTMENTS , WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 77 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , ARTICLE 216 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , ARTICLE 189 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK  HAVE DECIDED :  ARTICLE 1  LUXEMBOURG , BRUSSELS AND STRASBOURG SHALL REMAIN THE PROVISIONAL PLACES OF WORK OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITIES .  ARTICLE 2  DURING THE MONTHS OF APRIL , JUNE AND OCTOBER , THE COUNCIL SHALL HOLD ITS SESSIONS IN LUXEMBOURG .  ARTICLE 3  THE COURT OF JUSTICE SHALL REMAIN IN LUXEMBOURG .  THERE SHALL ALSO BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG THE JUDICIAL AND QUASI-JUDICIAL BODIES , INCLUDING THOSE COMPETENT TO APPLY THE RULES ON COMPETITION , ALREADY EXISTING OR YET TO BE SET UP PURSUANT TO THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , OR TO CONVENTIONS CONCLUDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMMUNITIES , WHETHER BETWEEN MEMBER STATES OR WITH THIRD COUNTRIES .  ARTICLE 4  THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ASSEMBLY AND ITS DEPARTMENTS SHALL REMAIN IN LUXEMBOURG .  ARTICLE 5  THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG , WHERE ITS GOVERNING BODIES SHALL MEET AND ALL ITS ACTIVITIES SHALL BE CARRIED ON .  THIS PROVISION RELATES IN PARTICULAR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS PRESENT ACTIVITIES , ESPECIALLY THOSE MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 130 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , TO THE POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF THOSE ACTIVITIES TO OTHER FIELDS AND TO SUCH NEW TASKS AS MAY BE ASSIGNED TO THE BANK .  AN OFFICE FOR LIAISON BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG , WITH THE PARTICULAR TASK OF FACILITATING THE OPERATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND .  ARTICLE 6  THE MONETARY COMMITTEE SHALL MEET IN LUXEMBOURG AND IN BRUSSELS .  ARTICLE 7  THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG . THESE COMPRISE THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR CREDIT AND INVESTMENTS , THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING THE LEVY AND THE ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENTS ATTACHED THERETO .  ARTICLE 8  AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OFFICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES WITH A JOINT SALES OFFICE AND A MEDIUM - AND LONG-TERM TRANSLATION SERVICE ATTACHED SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG .  ARTICLE 9  FURTHER , THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG :   ( A ) THE STATISTICAL OFFICE AND THE DATA-PROCESSING DEPARTMENT ;   ( B ) THE HYGIENE AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY ;   ( C ) THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION , THE DIRECTORATE FOR HEALTH PROTECTION AND THE DIRECTORATE FOR SAFEGUARDS OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ;  AND THE APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .  ARTICLE 10  THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES ARE WILLING TO LOCATE IN LUXEMBOURG , OR TO TRANSFER THERETO , OTHER COMMUNITY BODIES AND DEPARTMENTS , PARTICULARLY THOSE CONCERNED WITH FINANCE , PROVIDED THAT THEIR PROPER FUNCTIONING CAN BE ENSURED .  TO THIS END , THEY REQUEST THE COMMISSION TO PRESENT TO THEM ANNUALLY A REPORT ON THE CURRENT SITUATION CONCERNING THE LOCATION OF COMMUNITY BODIES AND DEPARTMENTS AND ON THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING NEW STEPS TO GIVE EFFECT TO THIS PROVISION , ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN OF THE NEED TO ENSURE THE PROPER FUNCTIOM OF THE COMMUNITIES .  ARTICLE 11  IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , THE COMMISSION IS REQUESTED TO TRANSFER THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN A GRADUAL AND COORDINATED MANNER , TRANSFERRING LAST THE DEPARTMENTS WHICH MANAGE THE COAL AND STEEL MARKETS .  ARTICLE 12  SUBJECT TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS , THIS DECISION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE PROVISIONAL PLACES OF WORK OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , AS DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNMENTS , NOR THE REGROUPING OF DEPARTMENTS OCCASIONED BY THE ESTABLISHING OF A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION .  ARTICLE 13  THIS DECISION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE SAME DATE AS THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .