Legal provisions of COM(1995)125 - Amendment of Council Regulation 2965/94 setting up a Translation Centre for bodies of the EU - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(1995)125 - Amendment of Council Regulation 2965/94 setting up a Translation Centre for bodies of the EU. |
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| document | COM(1995)125  |
| date | October 30, 1995 |
Article 1
1. Article 2 (1) shall be replaced by the following text:
'Article 2 1. The Centre shall provide the necessary translation services for the operation of the following agencies and offices:
- the European Environment Agency,
- the European Training Foundation,
- the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction,
- the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medical Products,
- the Agency for Health and Safety at Work,
- the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trade marks, designs and models),
- the European Police Office (Europol) and the Europol Drugs Unit.
The Centre and each of the agencies and offices mentioned above shall conclude arrangements covering the ways in which they will cooperate.
2. Agencies and offices set up by the Council other than those referred to in paragraph 1 may have access to the services of the Centre on the basis of arrangements to be concluded with the Centre.
3. The institutions and bodies of the Union which already have their own translation service may, on a voluntary basis, have access to the Centre in accordance with arrangements to be agreed between the parties in order to have recourse to its services.
4. The Centre shall participate fully in the work of the Interinstitutional Committee for Translation.` 2. Article 4 (1) shall be replaced by the following text:
'1. The Centre shall have a Management Board consisting of:
(a) a representative from each of the agencies and offices listed in Article 2 (1); any arrangement referred to in Article 2 (2) may envisage a representation of the agency or office party to that arrangement;
(b) a representative from each of the Member States of the European Union;
(c) two representatives from the Commission; and (d) one representative each from the institutions and bodies which have their own translation services but have concluded agreements with the Centre for collaboration on a voluntary basis.` 3. Article 10 (2) shall be replaced by the following text:
'2. (a) The revenue and expenditure shown in the Centre's budget shall be in balance.
(b) Subject to the provisions set out in subparagraph (c) concerning the start-up period, the revenue shall come from the payments made by the agencies and offices serviced by the Centre and the institutions and bodies with which collaboration has been agreed in return for work performed by it.
(c) In the start-up period, which shall not exceed three financial years:
- the offices and agencies, institutions and bodies serviced by the Centre shall at the start of a financial year make a lump-sum contribution from their budgets which is based on the best possible information and which will be adapted in the light of the actual work performed,
- a contribution may be made from the general budget of the European Communities to the Centre to ensure its operation.` 4. Article 11 shall be replaced by the following text:
'Article 11 1. Before the review provided for in Article 19, any agency or office referred to in Article 2 (1) which is experiencing particular difficulties in connection with the provision of services by the Centre may approach the Centre in order to seek the most appropriate solutions to those difficulties.
2. If it proves impossible to arrive at such solutions within three months, the agency or office in question may send a duly substantiated communication to the Commission, so that the Commission can take the necessary measures and, if appropriate, organize, under the auspices of the centre and with its assistance, more systematic recourse to third parties for translation of the documents concerned.` 5. Article 13 (2) and (3) shall be replaced by the following:
'2. The Management Board shall adopt the statement of estimates accompanied by the establishment plan and shall transmit them immediately to the Commission, which on that basis shall establish the estimates corresponding to the subsidies granted to the agencies and offices listed in Article 2 in the preliminary draft budget which it places before the Council pursuant to Article 203 of the Treaty.
3. The Management Board shall adopt the Centre's budget before the beginning of the financial year, adjusting it where necessary to the payments made by the agencies and offices, institutions and bodies mentioned in Article 2.`
Article 2
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.