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2010/2186(DEC) 2009 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency ESA

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CONT STAVRAKAKIS Georgios (icon: S&D S&D) MACOVEI Monica (icon: PPE PPE), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (icon: ALDE ALDE), STAES Bart (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
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2011/09/27
   Final act published in Official Journal
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PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Euratom Supply Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2009.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2011/596/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2009.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2009.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 10 May 2011 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 10/05/2011).

A parallel decision, adopted on the same day, approves the closure of this Agency's accounts.

2011/05/10
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2011/05/10
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2011/05/10
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 528 votes to 79, with 36 abstentions a decision to grant discharge to the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency for implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2009.

Noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts. However, it makes a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted (in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies - see DEC/2010/2271 ):

Parliament notes that, in 2009, the Agency did not receive any subsidy to cover its operations and that the Commission bore all expenses incurred by the Agency for the implementation of the 2009 budget; notes that this situation has persisted since the creation of the Agency in 2008. In the absence of an autonomous budget, the Agency is de facto integrated into the Commission. Parliament points out, nevertheless, that this situation is at odds with the Agency's Statutes and that it raises the issue of the need to maintain the Agency in its current form and organisation. It notes, however, the Agency's reply explaining that the present situation reflects the balance between, on the one hand, a clear relationship with the Commission (for example the Commission may issue directives and it appoints the Director-General of the Agency) and, on the other hand, a degree of legal and financial autonomy (for example, the Agency co-signs all commercial contracts related to the procurement of nuclear materials, which allows it to ensure that the policy on diversification of the sources of supply is applied) and that, furthermore, this balance is in accordance with the Euratom Treaty;

Parliament notes that the Director-General acknowledges the problem and has detailed the initial actions taken as requested by the discharge authority. Parliament calls on the Director-General to keep the discharge authority informed on further steps taken and progress made.

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2011/05/10
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2011/04/14
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2011/04/14
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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2011/04/11
   EP - Vote in committee
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Georgios STAVRAKAKIS (S&D, EL) on discharge to be granted to the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency for implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 200 9.

Noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, MEPs approve the closure of the Agency’s accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies (see DEC/2010/2271 ):

status of the Agency: Members note that in 2009 the Agency did not receive any subsidy to cover its operations and that the Commission bore all expenses incurred by the Agency for the implementation of the 2009 budget; notes that this situation has persisted since the creation of the Agency in 2008. In the absence of an autonomous budget, the Agency is de facto integrated into the Commission. Members point out, nevertheless, that this situation is at odds with the Agency's Statutes and that it raises the issue of the need to maintain the Agency in its current form and organisation . They note, however, the Agency's reply explaining that the present situation reflects the balance between, on the one hand, a clear relationship with the Commission (for example the Commission may issue directives and it appoints the Director-General of the Agency) and, on the other hand, a degree of legal and financial autonomy (for example, the Agency co-signs all commercial contracts related to the procurement of nuclear materials, which allows it to ensure that the policy on diversification of the sources of supply is applied) and that, furthermore, this balance is in accordance with the Euratom Treaty; internal audit : Members note that the Agency has selected its own internal auditor, who took up his duties only on 1 July 2009. They also note the letter from the Director-General which acknowledges the problem and details the initial actions taken as requested by the discharge authority. They call on the Director-General to keep the discharge authority informed on further steps taken and progress made.

2011/03/09
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2011/02/04
   EP - Committee draft report
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2011/02/03
   CSL - Document attached to the procedure
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Based on the observations contained in the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2009, as well as on the Court of Auditor’s report and the Agency’s replies to the Court’s observations, the Council recommends that the Parliament grant the Director General of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2009.

The Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, on the one hand, the Agency's annual accounts present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position as at 31 December 2009 and the results of operations and cash-flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that, on the other hand, the underlying transactions for the financial year ended on 31 December 2009 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.

However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor’s report call for a certain number of observations to be taken into account when granting discharge, particularly on the following points:

financial autonomy : the Council notes the Court's observation that the Agency has not received a budget since 2008, whereas, according to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, it should have financial autonomy, and the Court's opinion that the Commission and the Agency should take measures to regularise this situation.

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2010/10/07
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2010/09/16
   CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Court of Auditors of its report on the annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA).

CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks and objectives conferred on it by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Court of Auditors, in the context of the discharge procedure, addresses to the European Parliament and the Council a Statement of Assurance on the reliability of the annual accounts, as well as of the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them of each EU institution, body or agency, on the basis of an external, independent audit.

This audit also covered the annual accounts of the Euratom Agency (ESA).

In the Court’s opinion, the Agency’s annual accounts presented “fairly, in all material respects”, its financial position as of 31 December 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of its Financial Regulation.

The Court also stated that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year ended 31 December 2009 were, “in all material respects, legal and regular ”.

The report also included comments on the Agency’s budgetary and financial management, together with the Agency’s replies. The main comments are as follows:

The Court’s comments:

The issue of the financial independence of the Agency: the provisions of Article 54 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community provides for the Agency’s financial autonomy. In fact, the Agency has not, since 2008, received a budget. In those circumstances, the European Commission has directly discharged the Agency’s expenses. In the Court’s view, this situation is at odds with the Statutes of the Agency

The Agency’s reply : the present situation reflects the necessary balance in accordance with the Euratom Treaty between: i) the clear relationship with the European Commission (e.g. the Commission may issue directives and appoints the Director-General of the Agency), and ii) a level of legal and financial autonomy (e.g. the Agency co-signs all commercial contracts related to the procurement of nuclear materials, which allows it to ensure the policy of diversification of the sources of supply). This provides for initiatives that will reinforce the effectiveness and efficiency of the activities of the Agency. The Agency will consider the most appropriate measures to take into account the Court’s comments.

2010/07/20
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure.

Analysis of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA).

CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU’s General Budget, including the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA).

In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

· description of ESA’s tasks: ESA, which is located in Luxembourg, was created in 1958. A Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2008 replaced the preceding Statutes of the Agency. The Agency’s main tasks are to provide the Union with expertise on the market in nuclear materials and services and to monitor it ;

· ESA’s budget for the 2009 financial year : in 2009, the Agency did not receive any subsidy to cover its operations. The Commission bore the costs incurred by the Agency for implementing the 2009 activities.

2010/07/19
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
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PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure.

Analysis of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA).

CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU’s General Budget, including the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA).

In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

· description of ESA’s tasks: ESA, which is located in Luxembourg, was created in 1958. A Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2008 replaced the preceding Statutes of the Agency. The Agency’s main tasks are to provide the Union with expertise on the market in nuclear materials and services and to monitor it ;

· ESA’s budget for the 2009 financial year : in 2009, the Agency did not receive any subsidy to cover its operations. The Commission bore the costs incurred by the Agency for implementing the 2009 activities.

2010/03/23
   EP - STAVRAKAKIS Georgios (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in CONT

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A7-0144/2011 - Georgios Stavrakakis - Vote unique #

2011/05/10 Outcome: +: 528, -: 79, 0: 36
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64
43
30
42
17
19
20
23
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12
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10
13
16
8
8
6
6
6
4
19
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Czechia PPE

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Estonia S&D

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Malta S&D

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Cyprus S&D

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3

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Greece Verts/ALE

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Finland Verts/ALE

2

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2011/03/09 CONT 4 amendments...
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  • date: 2011-02-03T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=5892%2F11&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 05892/2011 summary: Based on the observations contained in the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2009, as well as on the Court of Auditor’s report and the Agency’s replies to the Court’s observations, the Council recommends that the Parliament grant the Director General of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2009. The Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, on the one hand, the Agency's annual accounts present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position as at 31 December 2009 and the results of operations and cash-flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that, on the other hand, the underlying transactions for the financial year ended on 31 December 2009 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor’s report call for a certain number of observations to be taken into account when granting discharge, particularly on the following points: financial autonomy : the Council notes the Court's observation that the Agency has not received a budget since 2008, whereas, according to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, it should have financial autonomy, and the Court's opinion that the Commission and the Agency should take measures to regularise this situation. type: Document attached to the procedure body: CSL
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  • date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00 type: Non-legislative basic document published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/sec/2010/0963/COM_SEC(2010)0963_EN.pdf title: SEC(2010)0963 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=SECfinal&an_doc=2010&nu_doc=963 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA). CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU’s General Budget, including the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: · description of ESA’s tasks: ESA, which is located in Luxembourg, was created in 1958. A Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2008 replaced the preceding Statutes of the Agency. The Agency’s main tasks are to provide the Union with expertise on the market in nuclear materials and services and to monitor it ; · ESA’s budget for the 2009 financial year : in 2009, the Agency did not receive any subsidy to cover its operations. The Commission bore the costs incurred by the Agency for implementing the 2009 activities.
  • date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Georgios STAVRAKAKIS (S&D, EL) on discharge to be granted to the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency for implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 200 9. Noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, MEPs approve the closure of the Agency’s accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies (see DEC/2010/2271 ): status of the Agency: Members note that in 2009 the Agency did not receive any subsidy to cover its operations and that the Commission bore all expenses incurred by the Agency for the implementation of the 2009 budget; notes that this situation has persisted since the creation of the Agency in 2008. In the absence of an autonomous budget, the Agency is de facto integrated into the Commission. Members point out, nevertheless, that this situation is at odds with the Agency's Statutes and that it raises the issue of the need to maintain the Agency in its current form and organisation . They note, however, the Agency's reply explaining that the present situation reflects the balance between, on the one hand, a clear relationship with the Commission (for example the Commission may issue directives and it appoints the Director-General of the Agency) and, on the other hand, a degree of legal and financial autonomy (for example, the Agency co-signs all commercial contracts related to the procurement of nuclear materials, which allows it to ensure that the policy on diversification of the sources of supply is applied) and that, furthermore, this balance is in accordance with the Euratom Treaty; internal audit : Members note that the Agency has selected its own internal auditor, who took up his duties only on 1 July 2009. They also note the letter from the Director-General which acknowledges the problem and details the initial actions taken as requested by the discharge authority. They call on the Director-General to keep the discharge authority informed on further steps taken and progress made.
  • date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2011-144&language=EN title: A7-0144/2011
  • date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=20008&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20110510&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2011-179 title: T7-0179/2011 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 528 votes to 79, with 36 abstentions a decision to grant discharge to the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency for implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2009. Noting that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts. However, it makes a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted (in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies - see DEC/2010/2271 ): Parliament notes that, in 2009, the Agency did not receive any subsidy to cover its operations and that the Commission bore all expenses incurred by the Agency for the implementation of the 2009 budget; notes that this situation has persisted since the creation of the Agency in 2008. In the absence of an autonomous budget, the Agency is de facto integrated into the Commission. Parliament points out, nevertheless, that this situation is at odds with the Agency's Statutes and that it raises the issue of the need to maintain the Agency in its current form and organisation. It notes, however, the Agency's reply explaining that the present situation reflects the balance between, on the one hand, a clear relationship with the Commission (for example the Commission may issue directives and it appoints the Director-General of the Agency) and, on the other hand, a degree of legal and financial autonomy (for example, the Agency co-signs all commercial contracts related to the procurement of nuclear materials, which allows it to ensure that the policy on diversification of the sources of supply is applied) and that, furthermore, this balance is in accordance with the Euratom Treaty; Parliament notes that the Director-General acknowledges the problem and has detailed the initial actions taken as requested by the discharge authority. Parliament calls on the Director-General to keep the discharge authority informed on further steps taken and progress made.
  • date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Euratom Supply Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2009. NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2011/596/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2009. CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2009. This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 10 May 2011 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 10/05/2011). A parallel decision, adopted on the same day, approves the closure of this Agency's accounts. docs: title: Decision 2011/596 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32011D0596 title: OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0206 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2011:250:TOC
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  • date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/sec/2010/0963/COM_SEC(2010)0963_EN.pdf celexid: CELEX:52010SC0963:EN type: Non-legislative basic document published title: SEC(2010)0963 type: Non-legislative basic document published body: EC commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/ title: Budget Commissioner: ŠEMETA Algirdas
  • date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: MACOVEI Monica Luisa group: ALDE name: GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan group: Verts/ALE name: STAES Bart group: GUE/NGL name: SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2010-03-23T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: S&D name: STAVRAKAKIS Georgios body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Industry, Research and Energy committee: ITRE
  • date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: MACOVEI Monica Luisa group: ALDE name: GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan group: Verts/ALE name: STAES Bart group: GUE/NGL name: SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo responsible: True committee: CONT date: 2010-03-23T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgetary Control rapporteur: group: S&D name: STAVRAKAKIS Georgios body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Industry, Research and Energy committee: ITRE type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2011-144&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A7-0144/2011 body: EP type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=20008&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20110510&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2011-179 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T7-0179/2011 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32011D0596 title: Decision 2011/596 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2011:250:TOC title: OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0206
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