Council Joint Action

Council Joint Action 2003/92/CFSP

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION of 29 October 2001

Council Joint Action of 11 March 2002 on the European Union Police Mission

Council Joint Action of 20 July 2001 on the establishment of a European Union Satellite Centre

Council Joint Action of 11 March 2002 on the appointment of the EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Council Joint Action of 20 July 2001 on the establishment of a European Union Institute for Security Studies

Council Joint Action 98/428/JHA of 29 June 1998 on the Creation of the European Judicial Network (OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 4).

Council Joint Action of 29 October 2001 regarding a contribution from the European Union to the conflict settlement process in South Ossetia

Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA of 21 December 1998 on making it a criminal offence to participate in a criminal organisation in the Member States of the European Union (7);

Council Joint Action of 12 July 2002 on the European Union's contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons and repealing Joint Action 1999/34/CFSP

Council Joint Action of 21 May 2002 regarding a contribution of the European Union towards reinforcing the capacity of the Georgian authorities to support and protect the OSCE observer mission on the border of Georgia with the Ingush and Chechen Republics of the Russian Federation

Council Joint Action 2003/188/CFSP of 17 March 2003 amending Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission

Council Joint Action 2003/141/CFSP of 27 February 2003 amending Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission

Council Joint Action 2003/92/CFSP of 27 January 2003 on the European Union military operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Council Joint Action 2003/681/CFSP of 29 September 2003 on the European Union Police Mission in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Council Joint Action 2003/473/CFSP of 25 June 2003 regarding a contribution of the European Union to the conflict settlement process in Georgia/South Ossetia

Council Joint Action 96/602/JHA and the provision of Article 47(4) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement should accordingly be repealed,

Council Joint Action 2003/472/CFSP of 24 June 2003 on the continuation of the European Union cooperation programme for non-proliferation and disarmament in the Russian Federation

Council Joint Action 2004/87/CFSP of 26 January 2004 amending Joint Action 2003/681/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (EUPOL Proxima)

Council Joint Action 2002/964/CFSP of 10 December 2002 amending and extending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union to act as Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe(2), is due to expire on 31 December 2003.

(b) "Council Joint Action", a serial number (year/number/CFSP), the date of adoption and the subject matter;

C. Forms of common strategies of the European Council, joint actions and common positions referred to in Article 12 of the Treaty on European Union.

Having regard to the Council Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP of 12 July 2004 on the establishment of the European Defence Agency(1), and in particular Article 11(3)(3.1) thereof,

This financial assistance shall be covered by the Tacis programme and the Community's relevant Council Regulation.

The Luxembourg Government shall make the necessary arrangements with the Contracting Party holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities to convene an Intergovernmental Conference.

c) The High Council will take the necessary measures concerning the Institute's official publications; for this purpose it may use the services of the Official Publications Office of the European Communities.

For the purpose of these Staff Regulations, the authority authorised to conclude contracts (hereinafter referred to as «AACC» ) shall be determined in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP.

Acknowledging that desertification and drought are problems of global dimension in that they affect all regions of the world and that joint action of the international community is needed to combat desertification and/or mitigate the effects of drought,

The Council or Coreper shall decide unanimously, on a case-by-case basis, whether there should be publication in the Official Journal by the Secretary-General or the Deputy Secretary-General of the common strategies, the joint actions and the common positions referred to in Article 12 of the Treaty on European Union.

In taking such action, the Board shall take account of the degree of assurance provided by the safeguards measures that have been applied and shall offer the Community or the State, in so far as either Party is individually concerned, every reasonable opportunity to furnish the Board with any necessary reassurance.

A European law or framework law of the Council shall establish the necessary measures for the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage in accordance with a uniform procedure in all Member States or in accordance with principles common to all Member States.

Bearing in mind, in this regard, the adoption by the European Community of Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 June 1997 amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the co-ordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in member states concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities;

(1) A Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (hereinafter referred to as ` SAPARD` ) providing for a Community financial contribution has been established by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period;(1)

Any dispute arising out of the interpretation or application of this Agreement except a dispute with regard to a finding by the Board under Article 19 or an action taken by the Board pursuant to such a finding, which is not settled by negotiation or another procedure agreed to by the Agency, the Community and the States shall, at the request of any one of them, be submitted to an arbitral tribunal composed of five arbitrators.

Before taking any measures, or in cases to which paragraph 4 applies as soon as possible thereafter, the Community or the Republic of Tajikistan, as the case may be, shall supply the Cooperation Council with all relevant information with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties as provided for in Title XI.

(iii) If, as a result of the repeated refusal of the Community to accept the designation of Agency inspectors, inspections to be conducted under this Agreement would be impeded, such refusal shall be considered by the Board, upon referral by the Director-General of the Agency (hereinafter referred to as "the Director-General"), with a view to its taking appropriate action.

(1) A Special Pre-Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (hereinafter referred to as ` SAPARD` ) providing for a Community financial contribution has been established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21 June 1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for Agriculture and Rural Development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period.1

To achieve high levels of safety, environmental protection, energy efficiency, and anti-theft performance within the global community, and to ensure that actions under this Agreement do not promote, or result in, a lowering of these levels within the jurisdiction of Contracting Parties, including the subnational level;

BEARING IN MIND the recommendations made by the experts when presenting the mutual evaluation reports based on Council Joint Action 97/827/JHA of 5 December 1997 establishing a mechanism for evaluating the application and implementation at national level of international undertakings in the fight against organised crime(*1),

The Landscape award of the Council of Europe is a distinction which may be conferred on local and regional authorities and their groupings that have instituted, as part of the landscape policy of a Party to this Convention, a policy or measures to protect, manage and/or plan their landscape, which have proved lastingly effective and can thus serve as an example to other territorial authorities in Europe.

visual observation; collection of environmental samples; utilisation of radiation detection and measurement devices; application of seals and other identifying and tamper indicating devices specified in Subsidiary Arrangements; and other objective measures which have been demonstrated to be technically feasible and the use of which has been agreed by the Board of Governors (hereinafter referred to as 'the Board') and following consultations between the Agency, the Community and the State concerned.

d if, when applying the criteria of paragraph 3 of Article 2 of Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 June 1997 amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the co-ordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities, a broadcaster is deemed to be established in a member State of the European Community, that broadcaster shall also be deemed to be established in that State for the purposes of this Convention.

If the Commission concludes that this objective has been achieved on a sustainable basis, the provisions of paragraph 3 shall cease to apply on 1 January 2001. If the Commission concludes that this objective has not been achieved on a sustainable basis, the Council, acting in accordance with Article 75 of the EC Treaty, may adopt measures, within a Community framework, which ensure equivalent protection of the environment, in particular a 60% reduction of pollution.

A network on Nutrition and Physical Activity composed of experts nominated by the Member States, the WHO and consumer and health NGOs has been established by the Commission services in 2003 to advise the Commission on the development of Community activities to improve nutrition, to reduce and prevent diet-related diseases, to promote physical activity and to fight overweight and obesity.

visual observation; item counting of nuclear material; non-destructive measurements and sampling; utilisation of radiation detection and measurement devices; examination of records relevant to the quantities, origin and disposition of the material; collection of environmental samples; and other objective measures which have been demonstrated to be technically feasible and the use of which has been agreed by the Board and following consultations between the Agency, the Community and the State concerned.

If the Board, upon report of the Director-General, decides that an action by the Community or a State, in so far as either Party is individually concerned, is essential and urgent in order to ensure verification that nuclear material subject to safeguards under this Agreement is not diverted to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, the Board may call upon the Community or that State to take the required action without delay, irrespective of whether procedures have been invoked pursuant to Article 22 for the settlement of a dispute.

If transitional measures are necessary to facilitate the transition from the existing regime in the new Member States to that resulting from the application of the common agricultural policy under the conditions set out in this Protocol, such measures shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 42(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector, or as appropriate, in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets or of the European laws replacing them or the relevant procedure as determined in the applicable legislation.

Taking into account the relevant international legal instruments in this field, and in particular the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocol No. 12 concerning the general prohibition of discrimination, the existing Council of Europe conventions on co-operation in the penal field, in particular the Convention on Cybercrime, the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 21 December 1965, the European Union Joint Action of 15 July 1996 adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, concerning action to combat racism and xenophobia;

Moreover, to reflect the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 of 7 June 2000 laying down financial rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 188/2003 it is necessary to the increase the time limits of validity of financial commitments set out in the Annual Financing Agreements for 2000, 2001 and 2002. For the same reason it is also necessary to adjust the provisions in the Multi-annual Financing Agreement concerning the submission of applications for payment from the Commission;