Joint statement by the Belgian, Luxembourg and Netherlands delegations:

JOINT STATEMENT BY THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION

JOINT STATEMENT BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES CONCERNING ARTICLE 7 (1)

JOINT STATEMENT BY THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION REGARDING ARTICLE 17

Joint Statement concerning the origin rules following the entry into force of the EEA Agreement

Joint Statement for entry into the agreed minutes of the EEA Joint Committee Decision incorporating Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 into the Agreement

(14) On 22 December 2005, the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission adopted a Joint Statement on a European Union Development Policy:

considering that Articles 18 and 103 of the TDCA call for a review of the Agreement within five years of its entry into force; that the Parties conducted a review in 2004 and agreed in a joint statement by the Cooperation Council of 23 November 2004 on the need to make certain amendments to the TDCA;

14.2 By mission statement, two or more Parties may set up a joint operation as referred to in article 24 of the Treaty.

- statement that the Joint Procurement Operator may take decisions on all matters required by the law for a successful conclusion of the procedure for the award of the joint public contract and the possible review procedure related to it, and

However, if an entity becomes a first-time adopter later than its subsidiary (or associate or joint venture) the entity shall, in its consolidated financial statements, measure the assets and liabilities of the subsidiary (or associate or joint venture) at the same carrying amounts as in the separate financial statements of the subsidiary (or associate or joint venture), after adjusting for consolidation and equity accounting adjustments and for the effects of the business combination in which the entity acquired the subsidiary.

In the light of the proposal under paragraph 2 and any written and verbal statements from the official concerned or from witnesses, the Joint Advisory Committee shall deliver by a majority a reasoned opinion stating the measure which it considers appropriate in the light of the facts established at its request.

Each year for five consecutive years from the date of constitution of the joint enterprise or the date on which the Community partner acquired holdings in the enterprise, applicants shall submit to the management authority a report on the implementation of the activity plan, including data on catches and markets of fisheries products, in particular products landed in or exported to the Community, with supporting documents, together with the enterprise's balance sheet and a statement of its net worth.

Dr. Veljko Troha from the Expert Council for Education assessed this brochure as unsuitable for young people, stating that it did not 'take into account our, Slovene, family mentality.'The Association for the Democratization of the Mass Media headed by Prof. Anton Dolenc, a doctor of medicine and the president of the Slovene Medical Association, joined the criticism of the brochure on the grounds that it promoted group sex. Its statement, given by Prof. Anton Dolenc on behalf of the Association, said that 'unnatural forms of sexuality, often involving abuse, ... are mainly practiced by people of different sexual orientation, who should be tolerated and who are also entitled to receive suitable medical treatment.

E. This Joint Statement shall be published in the EEA section of, and the EEA supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities together with the decision regarding Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement.

The majority required for a joint statement on a vote to be considered as representative of a group or a category shall be three-quarters of the members present or represented at the vote in the case of the groups and two-thirds in the case of the categories.

The request to be joined as a party shall be filed in a written reasoned statement.

Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, related final act and joint statements:

Directive 2002/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (vibration) (sixteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) - Joint Statement by the European Parliament and the Council

(3) In accordance with the joint statement of the Council and of the Commission fn on Decision 1999/468/EC, the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers, provided for pursuant to Decision 87/373/EEC, should be adapted in order to bring them into line with the provisions of Articles 3, 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC.

These statements shall be forwarded to the Financial Controller, the Authorising Officer and the Joint Audit Committee.

Further to the Final Act of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders, the Contracting Parties have adopted the following joint statement and taken note of the following unilateral declarations made in respect of the said Convention:

The chairman or another designated member of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee shall make a statement on the joint text.

In respect of the provisions of the 1990 Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985, its related Final Act and Joint Statements:

As far as the provisions of the 1990 Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985, its related Final Act and Joint Statements are concerned:

The chairman or another designated member of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee shall make a statement on the joint text, which shall be accompanied by a report.

Since this procedure is specifically designed to allow the joint expression of divergent views, its use should not be subject to the size of the minority wishing to make a statement.

Where no agreement is reached on a joint text within the Conciliation Committee, the chairman or another designated member of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee shall make a statement.

In connection with the adoption of that Joint Action, the Council issued a statement to the effect that it agreed that the Joint Action represents the first step at European Union level towards combating such corruption, and that additional measures will be implemented at a later stage in the light of the outcome of the assessment which is to take place pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Joint Action.

The final statement of the fees due for the fishing period shall be drawn up jointly by the European Commission and the Guinean Ministry of Fisheries at the end of each calendar year, taking account of the advances and fees indicated above.

reports on the accounting and financial standing of the tenderer (or of each party to a joint venture), Such as profit and loss statements, balance sheets and auditor's reports for the past five years, an estimated financial projection for the next two years, and an authority from the tenderer (or authorized representative of a joint venture) to seek references from the tenderer's bankers; and

As soon as the general budget has been finally adopted by the budgetary authority the EC Commission shall communicate to the EEA Joint Committee the amounts which are entered therein 'for information` both in the statement of revenue and of expenditure corresponding to the participation of the EFTA States.

In the light of the proposal under paragraph 2 and any written and verbal statements from the official concerned or from witnesses, the Joint Advisory Committee shall deliver by a majority a reasoned opinion stating the measure which it considers appropriate in the light of the facts established at its request.

The Russian Federation shall associate itself with the provisions of the Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including its Annex on the mission statement for EUPM, adopted by the Council of the European Union on 11 March 2002, as amended by the Joint Actions 2003/141/CFSP of 27 February 2003 and 2003/188/CSFP of 17 March 2003, in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the following Articles.

Switzerland shall associate itself with the provisions of Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina including its Annex on the mission statement for EUPM, adopted by the Council of the European Union on 11 March 2002, in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the following Articles.

The Republic of Iceland shall associate itself with the provisions of Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina including its Annex on the mission statement for EUPM, adopted by the Council of the European Union on 11 March 2002, in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the following Articles.

The Director shall send the financial statements, including the revenue and expenditure account, the balance sheet, explanatory notes and the report on the annual accounts, as provided for in Article 36(1) of the europol Convention, the Council and the Joint Audit Committee and, for information, to the Management Board and the Financial Committee by 31 May of the following year at the latest.

CONSIDERING the Joint Declaration adopted in Luxembourg on 9 April 1984 by Ministers of the EFTA countries and the Member States of the Community and the Commission of the European Communities, and the statement adopted in Brussels on 2 February 1988 by Ministers of the EFTA countries and Ministers of the Member States of the Community with the aim of creating a dynamic European economic area of benefit their countries;

The final statement of the fees due in respect of a fishing year shall be drawn up jointly by the Commission of the European Communities and the Secretary of State for Fisheries of Mozambique, taking into account available scientific opinion, particularly of ORSTOM, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the Institute of Fisheries Research (IIP), and any statistical data which can be gathered by an international fishing organization in the Indian Ocean.

"5. Each year for five consecutive years from the date of constitution of the joint enterprise or the date on which the Community partner acquired holdings in the enterprise, applicants shall submit to the management authority a report on the implementation of the activity plan, including data on catches and markets of fisheries products, in particular products landed in or exported to the Community, with supporting documents, together with the enterprise's balance sheet and a statement of its net worth.

The purpose of the audit, carried out by the Joint Audit Committee in accordance with generally accepted international auditing standards, based on records and performed on the spot, shall be to establish that the financial statements present fairly the financial position of Europol at 31 December, that all revenue has been received and all expenditure incurred in a lawful and regular manner, in accordance with the terms of the Europol Convention, the budget and this Regulation, in particular Article 2, and that the financial management has been sound.

a statement of the strategy and priorities for joint Community and national action; their specific objectives, quantified where they lend themselves to quantification; evaluation of the expected impact in accordance with Article 41(2); an indication of how this strategy and these priorities have taken account of the indicative guidance referred to in Article 10(3), the economic policies, the strategy for developing employment through improving the adaptability and skills of people and, where appropriate, the regional policies of the Member State concerned;

a statement of the strategy and priorities for joint Community and national action; their specific objectives, quantified where they lend themselves to quantification; an evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, in accordance with Article 41(2); an indication of how this strategy and these priorities have taken account of the indicative guidelines referred to in Article 10(3), the economic policies, the strategy for developing employment through improving the adaptability and skills of people and, where appropriate, the regional policies of the Member State concerned;

However, if an entity becomes a first-time adopter later than its subsidiary (or associate or joint venture) the entity shall, in its consolidated financial statements, measure the assets and liabilities of the subsidiary (or associate or joint venture) at the same carrying amounts as in the separate financial statements of the subsidiary (or associate or joint venture), after adjusting for consolidation and equity accounting adjustments and for the effects of the business combination in which the entity acquired the subsidiary.

At the moment of the adoption of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 81/2003, the following Joint Statement should be adopted as well: