Decision 2009/496 - 2009/496/EC, Euratom: Decision of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 26 June 2009 on the organisation and operation of the Publications Office of the EU - Main contents
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2009/496/EC,Euratom: Decision of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 26 June 2009 on the organisation and operation of the Publications Office of the European Union| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2009/496 |
| CELEX number i | 32009D0496 |
| Document | 26-06-2009 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 30-06-2009; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 01 Volume 005,OJ L 168, 30.6.2009 |
| Effect | 26-06-2009; Entry into force Date of document 01-07-2009; Takes effect Date pub. + 1 See Art 16 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
30.6.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 168/41 |
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION, THE COURT OF JUSTICE, THE COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
of 26 June 2009
on the organisation and operation of the Publications Office of the European Union
(2009/496/EC, Euratom)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
THE COUNCIL,
THE COMMISSION,
THE COURT OF JUSTICE,
THE COURT OF AUDITORS,
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE,
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Whereas:
(1) |
Article 8 of the Decision of the representatives of the governments of the Member States of 8 April 1965 on the provisional location of certain institutions and departments of the Communities (1) provided for an Office for Official Publications of the Communities (hereinafter the Office) to be located in Luxembourg. That provision was last implemented by Decision 2000/459/EC, ECSC, Euratom (2). |
(2) |
The rules and regulations applicable to officials and other servants of the European Communities apply to the Office. Account should be taken of the recent amendments to those rules and regulations. |
(3) |
Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) (hereinafter the Financial Regulation) contains specific provisions concerning the operation of the Office. |
(4) |
Major technological advances are taking place in publishing and these need to be taken into account in the way the Office operates. |
(5) |
For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to repeal Decision 2000/459/EC, ECSC, Euratom and to replace it by this Decision, |
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Publications Office
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1.The task of the Publications Office of the European Union (hereinafter the Office), which is an interinstitutional office, shall be to publish the publications of the institutions of the European Communities and the European Union under optimum conditions.
To this end it shall, firstly, enable the institutions to fulfil their obligations to publish legislative texts and, secondly, contribute to the technical formulation and implementation of information and communication policies within its areas of competence.
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2.The Office shall be managed by its Director following the strategic guidelines set by the Management Committee. Apart from the provisions of this Decision which are specific to the interinstitutional role of the Office, the Office shall apply the administrative and financial procedures of the Commission. In establishing those procedures, the Commission shall take account of the specific nature of the Office.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
1. |
‘publishing’ means any action necessary for the design, checking, allocation of international standard numbers and/or catalogue numbers, production, cataloguing, indexation, distribution, promotion, sale, storage and archiving of publications in any shape or form and by any means, present or future; |
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‘publications’ means all texts, published on whatever medium and in whatever format, bearing an international standard number and/or a catalogue number; |
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‘mandatory publications’ means publications published pursuant to the Treaties or other legislative texts; |
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‘non-mandatory publications’ means any publications edited under the prerogatives of any institution; |
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