he may place before the Commission any proposal to amend this Regulation, the Implementing Regulation, the rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal, the fees regulations and any other rules applying to Community trade marks after consulting the Administrative Board and, in the case of the fees regulations and the budgetary provisions of this Regulation, the Budget Committee;

The Office shall, as a matter of course, notify those concerned of decisions and summonses and of any notice or other communication from which a time limit is reckoned, or of which those concerned must be notified under other provisions of this Regulation or of the implementing regulation, or of which notification has been ordered by the President of the Office.

The United States confirms that, in the event of a question regarding the possible compatibility of provisions of this Agreement and of other bilateral executive agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other similar instruments, it stands ready to consult promptly with the Community with a view to a satisfactory resolution of the question.

the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty nor to products covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products(8) except, as from 1 February 2002 and subject to the adoption by the Commission of the necessary implementing arrangements, for fisheries products:

The European Community states that, under the provisions of the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 228 (7) thereof, in so far as provisions of bilateral executive agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other similar instruments that may have been previously concluded between any of the Member States of the Community and the United States are incompatible with those of this Agreement, the latter shall govern in so far as the incompatibility concerns the exclusive competence of the Community as exercised through Community legislation referring to controlled chemical substances.

The European Community states that, under the provisions of the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 228 (7) thereof, in so far as provisions of bilateal executive agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other similar instruments that may have been previously concluded between any of the Member States of the Community and the United States are incompatible with those of this Agreement, the latter shall govern in so far as the incompatibility concerns the exclusive competence of the Community as exercised through Community legislation referring to controlled chemical substances.

STATISTICAL OBLIGATIONS, EXECUTORY POWERS AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Detailed provisions for the responsibilities of the executing agents are laid down in Annex IV on Implementation and Management Procedures.

The Commission shall ensure that the Central Unit is operated in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and its implementing rules.

A draft Administrative Budget shall be prepared by the Executive Director under the supervision of the Executive Board in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article 19.

The Executive Board shall consist of eight exporting Members and eight importing Members elected for each coffee year in accordance with the provisions of Article 18.

WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION , AND HENCE TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY PROCEDURE FOR THE TIMELY ADOPTION OF IMPLEMENTING MEASURES;

Each Member of the Executive Board shall be entitled to cast the number of votes received by it under the provisions of paragraphs 6 and 7 of Article 18.

In case of acceptance by the Council of an invitation by a Member to host the meeting of the Executive Board, the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 12 concerning Council sessions shall also apply.

The Commission shall adopt the necessary provisions for implementing this Article in the form of an implementing Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 72 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93(6).

Such intergovernmental organization shall not be eligible for election to the Executive Board under the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 17 but may participate in the discussions of the Executive Board on matters within its competence.

On the decision of the Committee taken by virtue of the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, the Executive Secretary shall invite the competent administrations of the States and the organizations referred to in the said paragraph 2 to be represented by observers at the sessions of the Committee.

To allow the Agreements approved by the Council to be implemented as from 1 January 2003, the Commission adopted temporary implementing provisions in Regulation (EC) No 2378/2002(7), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 611/2003(8).

In the case of a vote on matters within its competence, and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 20, the votes which its Member States are entitled to cast in the Executive Board may be cast collectively by any one of those Member States.

Any change to be made to the list indicated in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the Commission for transmission to the ICCAT Executive Secretariat, the same provisions applying, at least 10 working days before the farms begin fattening activities on bluefin tuna in the ICCAT Convention area.

Any change to be made to the list indicated in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the Commission for transmission to the ICCAT Executive Secretariat, the same procedure applying, at least 10 working days before the vessel begins fishing activity in the Convention area.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the instrument permitting enforcement of the claim may, where appropriate and in accordance with the provisions in force in the Member State in which the requested authority is situated, be accepted as, recognised as, supplemented with, or replaced by an instrument authorising enforcement in the territory of that Member State.

The Commission shall provide the Member States, by 15 September of each year at the latest with a full report on the inspections carried out by the Commission in the preceding calendar year, together with an assessment of the results of the inspections and an account of any improvements in national enforcement arrangements which have been recommended.

on the expiry of 12 months from the date of their communication by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, the amendments to Annex I shall become effective for those Parties to this Convention which have not submitted a notification in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4(c) of this Article, provided that at least 16 Parties have not submitted such a notification;

Whereas the sanctions provided in the event of non-compliance with the obligations set out in this Regulation are without prejudice to the possibility of the ESCB establishing appropriate enforcement provisions in its relations with counterparties, including the partial or total exclusion of an institution from monetary policy operations in the case of serious infringements of the minimum reserve requirements;

From the date on which the instrument permitting enforcement of recovery of the claim has been directly recognised or accepted, recognised, supplemented or replaced in accordance with Article 8, interest will be charged for late payment under the laws, regulations and administrative provisions in force in the Member State in which the requested authority is situated and shall also be remitted to the Member State in which the applicant authority is situated.

If the Council finds that a Member is in breach of its obligations under this Agreement, it may, without prejudice to other enforcement measures provided for in other Articles of this Agreement, by a distributed two-thirds majority vote, suspend such Members voting rights in the Council and its right to have its votes cast in the Executive Board until it fulfils its obligations, or the Council may decide to exclude such Member from the Organization under the provisions of Article 50.

Any question of interpretation or application of the provisions of this Agreement arising between any Member and the Fund or between Members shall be submitted to the executive board for decision.

If under an executive instrument a thing or property is to be partitioned by means of sale, such sale shall be governed by the provisions of the present Law applying to execution upon immovable or movable property, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties.

On the expiry of 90 days from the date of its communication to all Parties by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, an amendment to any such Annex shall become effective for those Parties which have not submitted to the Depositary a notification in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5, provided that at least 16 Parties have not submitted such a notification.

shall enter into force on the day after the publication of the by-law referred to in the second paragraph of the preceding Article. On the day the present Law enters into force, the provisions of the Law on Execution Proceedings (Official Gazette of the SFRY, Nos. 20/78, 6/92, 74187, 57/89, 20/90 and 27/90), with the exception of the provisions on the performance of execution and the interim protection of claims by persons in an official capacity, or by employees of the court who are directly involved in the carrying-out of individual acts of execution or protection, shall cease to be valid in the Republic of Slovenia.

The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs of the present Article shall not apply in the event that a family apartment house or apartment is sold in execution proceedings for the repayment of a claim arising from a loan raised for the construction or purchase of this family apartment house or apartment, or for the repayment of a claim secured by a contractual mortgage in this house or apartment.

Notwithstanding the provisions on the protection of personal and other data, government bodies, other statutory authorities and legal persons, as well as sole traders, shall be obliged, upon a court order, to produce data relating to the debtor, his movable and immovable property, his assets deposited with organisations for money transactions, and other , data required for the successful completion of execution proceedings free of charge.