The Council acts in its legislative capacity within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 207(3)of the EC Treaty when it adopts rules which are legally binding in or for the Member States, by means of regulations, directives, framework decisions or decisions, on the basis of the relevant provisions of the Treaties, with the exception of discussions leading to the adoption of internal measures, administrative or budgetary acts, acts concerning interinstitutional or international relations or non-binding acts (such as conclusions, recommendations or resolutions).

Any natural or legal person may, under the same conditions, institute proceedings against a decision addressed to that person or against a decision which, although in the form of a regulation or a decision addressed to another person, is of direct and individual concern to the former.

The standard summary form referred to in Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 is hereby established, in the form set out in the Annex to this Decision.

(1) The placing on the market of salatrims as novel food ingredients for use in energy-reduced bakery products and confectionery was authorised by Commission Decision 2003/867( fn ), under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council( fn ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003( fn ).

(2) Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 requires the Member States to submit to the Commission the information collected in the framework of intermediate surveys of areas under vines in the form of a schedule of tables broken down by geographical units which shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the said Regulation, i.e. by a Commission Decision following an opinion from the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics.

(4) The outcome of these consultations is an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and the Kingdom of Morocco, which is attached to this Decision, providing for a temporary derogation from Protocol No 1 to the Association Agreement and introducing for the period from 1 October 2002 to 31 May 2003 only arrangements similar to those laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2264/2001.

The Council acts in its legislative capacity within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 207(3) of the EC Treaty when it adopts rules which are legally binding in or for the Member States, by means of regulations, directives, framework decisions or decisions, on the basis of the relevant provisions of the Treaties, with the exception of discussions leading to the adoption of internal measures, administrative or budgetary acts, acts concerning inter-institutional or international relations or non-binding acts (such as conclusions, recommendations or resolutions).

WHEREAS the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2002 to 2006) (hereinafter referred to as "the Sixth EC Framework Programme") was adopted by Decision No 1513/2002/EC(2) and Regulation (EC) No 2321/2002(3) of the European Parliament and of the Council, and by Council Decisions 2002/834/EC(4), 2002/835/EC(5) and 2002/836/EC(6) and the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for nuclear research and training activities, also contributing to the creation of the European Research Area (2002 to 2006) was adopted by Council Decision 2002/668/Euratom(7), Council Regulation (Euratom) No 2322/2002(8) and Council Decisions 2002/837/Euratom(9) and 2002/838/Euratom(10) (hereinafter referred to as "the Sixth EC and Euratom Framework Programmes");

The contract which shall be concluded between the competent body and each applicant in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 shall be in the form set out in the Annex to this Decision.

The exemption takes the form of a decision by the Commission declaring Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68, Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty or Article 53(1) of the EEA Agreement to be inapplicable to the arrangements described in the decision.

The placing on the market of salatrims as novel food ingredients for use in energy-reduced bakery products and confectionery was authorised by Commission Decision 2003/867(2), under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003(4).

Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 requires the Member States to submit to the Commission the information collected in the framework of intermediate surveys of areas under vines in the form of a schedule of tables broken down by geographical units which shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the said Regulation, i.e. by a Commission Decision following an opinion from the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics.

Where the competent authority finds that the total number of applications deemed admissible pursuant to Article 4 (1) relates, for a product group, to an area greater than that provided for in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/97, where necessary altered in accordance with Article 4 (3) of this Regulation, the Member State shall determine, in the form of one or more decisions and on the basis of criteria which it shall define in accordance with Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/97, the areas which shall be eligible for the grubbing up premium, and it shall notify them to the applicants without delay.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria(1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, and the corresponding provisions of the Council Regulations and Decisions relating to the Baltic states and the other central and eastern European countries concerned,

In the Community field, a basic act may take the form of a regulation, a directive, a decision( fn ) within the meaning of Article 249 of the EC Treaty or a decision sui generis.

The outcome of these consultations is an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and the Kingdom of Morocco, which is attached to this Decision, providing for a temporary derogation from Protocol No 1 to the Association Agreement and introducing for the period from 1 October 2002 to 31 May 2003 only arrangements similar to those laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2264/2001.