Regulation 2004/885 - Adaptation of Regulation 2003/2003, Council Regulations (EC) No 1334/2000, (EC) No 2157/2001, (EC) No 152/2002, (EC) No 1499/2002, (EC) No 1500/2003 and (EC) No 1798/2003, Decisions No 1719/1999/EC, No 1720/1999/EC, No 253/2000/EC, No 508/2000/EC, No 1031/2000/EC, No 163/2001/EC, No 2235/2002/EC and No 291/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Decisions 1999/382/EC, 2000/821/EC, 2003/17/EC and 2003/893/EC in the fields of free movement of goods, company law, agriculture, taxation, education and training, culture and audiovisual policy and external relations, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia - Main contents

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 168/1

For certain acts which remain valid beyond 1 May 2004 and require adaptation by reason of accession, the necessary adaptations were not provided for in the Act of Accession, or were provided for but need further adaptation. All these adaptations need to be adopted before accession so as to be applicable as from accession.

Pursuant to Article 57(2) of the Act of Accession, such adaptations are to be adopted by the Council in all cases where the Council alone or jointly with the European Parliament adopted the original act.

Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 (3) of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1334/2000 (4), (EC) No 2157/2001 (5), (EC) No 152/2002 (6), (EC) No 1499/2002 (7), (EC) No 1500/2003 (8) and (EC) No 1798/2003 (9), Decisions No 1719/1999/EC (10), No 1720/1999/EC (11), No 253/2000/EC (12), No 508/2000/EC (13), No 1031/2000/EC (14), No 163/2001/EC (15), No 2235/2002/EC (16) and No 291/2003/EC (17) of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Decisions 1999/382/EC (18), 2000/821/EC (19), 2003/17/EC (20) and 2003/893/EC (21) should therefore be amended accordingly,

In Annex I, A.2, No 1, the following is added in column 6, first paragraph, to the text in brackets after ‘Greece’:

‘Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia’;

in Annex I, B.1, B.2 and B.4, the following is added in column 5, point 3, second paragraph, first indent, to the text in brackets after ‘Greece’:

‘Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia’.

Decision No 1719/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 1999 on a series of guidelines, including the identification of projects of common interest, for trans-European networks for the electronic interchange of data between administrations (IDA).

In Article 10, points 1 and 3, the following is deleted:

‘, Cyprus, Malta’.

Decision No 1720/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 1999 adopting a series of actions and measures in order to ensure interoperability of and access to trans-European networks for the electronic interchange of data between administrations (IDA).

In Article 14, points 1 and 3, the following is deleted:

‘, Cyprus, Malta’.

In Annex I, the following is inserted between the entries for Belgium and Denmark:

‘CZECH REPUBLIC:

akciová společnost’

and, between the entries for Germany and Greece:

‘ESTONIA:

aktsiaselts’

and, between the entries for Italy and Luxembourg:

‘CYPRUS:

Δημόσια Εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με μετοχές, Δημόσια Εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με εγγύηση

LATVIA:

akciju sabiedrība

LITHUANIA:

akcinės bendrovės’

and, between the entries for Luxembourg and the Netherlands:

‘HUNGARY:

részvénytársaság

MALTA:

kumpaniji pubbliċi / public limited liability companies’

and, between the entries for Austria and Portugal:

‘POLAND:

spółka akcyjna’

and, between the entries for Portugal and Finland:

‘SLOVENIA:

delniška družba

SLOVAKIA:

akciová spoločnos’;

in Annex II, the following is inserted between the entries for Belgium and Denmark:

‘CZECH REPUBLIC:

akciová společnost,

společnost s ručením omezeným’

and, between the entries for Germany and Greece:

‘ESTONIA:

aktsiaselts ja osaühing’

and, between the entries for Italy and Luxembourg:

‘CYPRUS:

Δημόσια εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με μετοχές,

δημόσια Εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με εγγύηση,

ιδιωτική εταιρεία

LATVIA:

akciju sabiedrība,

un sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību

LITHUANIA:

akcinės bendrovės,

uždarosios akcinės bendrovės’

and, between the entries for Luxembourg and the Netherlands:

‘HUNGARY:

részvénytársaság,

korlátolt felelősségű társaság

MALTA:

kumpaniji pubbliċi / public limited liability companies

kumpaniji privati/private limited liability companies’

and, between the entries for Austria and Portugal:

‘POLAND:

spółka akcyjna,

spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością’

and, between the entries for Portugal and Finland:

‘SLOVENIA:

delniška družba,

družba z omejeno odgovornostjo

SLOVAKIA:

akciová spoločnos',

spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným’.

Decision No 2235/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2002 adopting a Community programme to improve the operation of taxation systems in the internal market (Fiscalis programme 2003-2007).

Article 4(b) is replaced by the following:

Council Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 of 7 October 2003 on administrative cooperation in the field of value added tax and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 218/92.

In Article 2(1), the following is inserted between the entries for Belgium and Denmark:

and, between the entries for Germany and Greece:

and between the entries for Italy and Luxembourg:

and between the entries for Luxembourg and the Netherlands:

and between the entries for Austria and Portugal:

and between the entries for Portugal and Finland:

Council Decision 1999/382/EC of 26 April 1999 establishing the second phase of the Community vocational training action programme ‘Leonardo da Vinci’.

Decision No 253/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 January 2000 establishing the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education ‘Socrates’.

Decision No 1031/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2000 establishing the ‘Youth’ Community action programme.

Decision No 291/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 February 2003 establishing the European Year of Education through Sport 2004.

Decision No 508/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 February 2000 establishing the Culture 2000 programme.

In Article 7, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘The Culture 2000 programme shall be open to participation by the countries of the European Economic Area and also to participation by the associated countries of central and eastern Europe in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Association Agreements or in the additional Protocols to the Association Agreements relating to participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries.’.

Council Decision 2000/821/EC of 20 December 2000 on the implementation of a programme to encourage the development, distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works (MEDIA Plus – Development, Distribution and Promotion) (2001-2005).

Article 11(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.   The Programme shall be open to the participation of Turkey and those EFTA countries which are members of the EEA Agreement, on the basis of supplementary appropriations, in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with those countries.’.

Decision No 163/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001 on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA-Training) (2001-2005).

Article 8(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.   The Programme shall be open to the participation of Turkey and those EFTA countries which are members of the EEA Agreement, on the basis of supplementary appropriations, in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with those countries.’.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 of 22 June 2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology.

In Annex II, Part 3, the list of countries is replaced by the following:

Council Regulation (EC) No 152/2002 of 21 January 2002 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 190/98.

The following Article is added after Article 4:

‘Article 4a

As regards release for free circulation in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia as of 1 May 2004 of the steel products covered by this Regulation and shipped before 1 May 2004, an import document shall not be required provided that the goods were shipped before 1 May 2004 and that the bill of lading or another transport document deemed to be equivalent by Community authorities proving the shipment date, has been presented.’.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1499/2002 of 20 June 2002 concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2002 (double-checking system).

Council Decision 2003/893/EC of 15 December 2003 on trade in certain steel products between the European Community and Ukraine.

The following Article is added after Article 2:

‘Article 2a

As regards release for free circulation in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia as of 1 May 2004 of the steel products covered by this Decision, an import authorisation shall be required, even if the steel products were shipped before that date. If the steel products were shipped to one of these Member States before 1 May 2004, the import authorisation shall be granted automatically, without quantitative limitation, on presentation of the bill of lading or another transport document deemed to be equivalent by the Community licensing offices proving the shipment date and after approval from the Commission's office responsible for the management of licences (SIGL). If the steel products are shipped to one of these Member States on 1 May 2004 or after that date, they shall be subject to the specific rules governing quantitative limits as defined in this Decision.’.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1500/2003 of 18 February 2003 on administering the double-checking system without quantitative limits in respect of the export of certain steel products from the Russian Federation to the European Community.