Council Regulation (EC) No 885/2004 of 26 April 2004 adapting Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 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

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 885/2004

of 26 April 2004

adapting Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Treaty on the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union ([^E0001]) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Treaty of Accession’), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded ([^E0002]) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act of Accession’), and in particular Article 57 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulations (EC) No 2003/2003, (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 and 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, No 291/2003/EC, 1999/382/EC, 2000/821/EC, 2003/17/EC and 2003/893/EC are amended as set out in the Annex of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX

I. FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

A. FERTILISERS

Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers.

B. HORIZONTAL AND PROCEDURAL MEASURES

II.   COMPANY LAW

Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE).

III.   AGRICULTURE

PHYTOSANITARY LEGISLATION

Council Decision 2003/17/EC of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries.

In Annex I, the entries for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia are deleted.

IV.   TAXATION

Article 4 (b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b)Turkey, on the basis of bilateral agreements on this matter concluded with this country.’.

V. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

VI.   CULTURE AND AUDIOVISUAL POLICY

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.’.

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.’.

VII.   EXTERNAL RELATIONS

‘LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES SEZNAM PŘÍSLUŠNÝCH VNITROSTÁTNÍCH ORGÁNŮ LISTE OVER KOMPETENTE NATIONALE MYNDIGHEDER LISTE DER ZUSTÄNDIGEN BEHÖRDEN DER MITGLIEDSTAATEN RIIKLIKE PÄDEVATE ASUTUSTE NIMEKIRI ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ ΑΔΕΙΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΩΝ ΜΕΛΩΝ LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES LISTE DES AUTORITÉS NATIONALES COMPÉTENTES ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITÀ NAZIONALI VALSTU KOMPETENTO IESTĀŽU SARAKSTS ATSAKINGŲ NACIONALINIŲ INSTITUCIJŲ SĄRAŠAS AZ ILLETÉKES NEMZETI HATÓSÁGOK LISTÁJA LISTA TA' L-AWTORITAJIET NAZZJONALI KOMPETENTI LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES LISTA WŁAŚCIWYCH ORGANÓW KRAJOWYCH LISTA DAS AUTORIDADES NACIONAIS COMPETENTES SEZNAM PRISTOJNIH NACIONALNIH ORGANOV ZOZNAM PRÍSLUŠNÝCH ŠTÁTNYCH ORGÁNOV LUETTELO TOIMIVALTAISISTA KANSALLISISTA VIRANOMAISISTA FÖRTECKNING ÖVER BEHÖRIGA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER’; (c)in Annex IV, the following is inserted between the entries for Belgium and Denmark: ‘ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu Licenční správa Na Františku 32 110 15 Praha 1 Česká republika Fax + 420-22422 2133’ and, between the entries for Germany and Greece: ‘EESTI Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium Harju 11 15072 Tallinn Eesti Fax +372 6 313 660’ and, between the entries for Italy and Luxembourg: ‘KΥΠΡΟΣ Υπουργείο Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου Μονάδα Έκδοσης Αδειών Εισαγωγής/Εξαγωγής Οδός Ανδρέα Αραούζου Αρ. 6 CY-1421 Λευκωσία Fax +357 22 375 120 LATVIJA Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrija Brīvības iela 55 LV – 1519 Rīga Fax +371 7280882 LIETUVA Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministerija Prekybos departamentas Gedimino pr. 38/2 LT-01104 Vilnius Fax +370 5 262 3974’ and, between the entries for Luxembourg and the Netherlands: ‘MAGYARORSZÁG Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatala (GKM EKH) Margit krt. 85. HU-1024 Budapest II Fax +36-1-336-7302 MALTA Diviżjoni għall-Kummerċ Servizzi Kummerċjali Lascaris Valletta CMR 02 Malta Fax +356 25690299’ and, between the entries for Austria and Portugal: ‘POLSKA Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej Pl. Trzech Krzyży 3/5 00-507 Warszawa Polska Fax +48 (22) 693-40-21, 693-40-22’ and, between the entries for Portugal and Finland: ‘SLOVENIJA Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo Področje ekonomskih odnosov s tujino Kotnikova 5 1000 Ljubljana Slovenija Fax +386 (0)1 478 3611 SLOVENSKO Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky, odbor licencií Mierová 19 827 15 Bratislava 212 Slovensko Fax +421-2 4342 3919’.

‘LISTA DE LAS AUTORIDADES NACIONALES COMPETENTES SEZNAM PŘÍSLUŠNÝCH VNITROSTÁTNÍCH ORGÁNŮ LISTE OVER KOMPETENTE NATIONALE MYNDIGHEDER LISTE DER ZUSTÄNDIGEN BEHÖRDEN DER MITGLIEDSTAATEN RIIKLIKE PÄDEVATE ASUTUSTE NIMEKIRI ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ ΑΔΕΙΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΩΝ ΜΕΛΩΝ LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES LISTE DES AUTORITÉS NATIONALES COMPÉTENTES ELENCO DELLE COMPETENTI AUTORITÀ NAZIONALI VALSTU KOMPETENTO IESTĀŽU SARAKSTS ATSAKINGŲ NACIONALINIŲ INSTITUCIJŲ SĄRAŠAS AZ ILLETÉKES NEMZETI HATÓSÁGOK LISTÁJA LISTA TA' L-AWTORITAJIET NAZZJONALI KOMPETENTI LIJST VAN BEVOEGDE NATIONALE INSTANTIES LISTA WŁAŚCIWYCH ORGANÓW KRAJOWYCH LISTA DAS AUTORIDADES NACIONAIS COMPETENTES SEZNAM PRISTOJNIH NACIONALNIH ORGANOV ZOZNAM PRÍSLUŠNÝCH ŠTÁTNYCH ORGÁNOV LUETTELO TOIMIVALTAISISTA KANSALLISISTA VIRANOMAISISTA FÖRTECKNING ÖVER BEHÖRIGA NATIONELLA MYNDIGHETER’; (d)in Appendix IV, the following is inserted between the entries for Belgium and Denmark: ‘ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu Licenční správa Na Františku 32 110 15 Praha 1 Česká republika Fax + 420 22422 1561’ and, between the entries for Germany and Greece: ‘EESTI Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium Harju 11 15072 Tallinn Eesti Fax +372 6 313 660’ and, between the entries for Italy and Luxembourg: ‘KΥΠΡΟΣ Υπουργείο Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου Μονάδα Έκδοσης Αδειών Εισαγωγής/Εξαγωγής Οδός Ανδρέα Αραούζου Αρ. 6 CY-1421 Λευκωσία Fax +357 22 375 120 LATVIJA Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrija Brīvības iela 55 Rīga LV – 1519 Fax +371 7280882 LIETUVA Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministerija Prekybos departamentas Gedimino pr. 38/2 LT-01104 Vilnius Fax +3705 262 3974’ and, between the entries for Luxembourg and the Netherlands: ‘MAGYARORSZÁG Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatala (GKM EKH) Margit krt. 85. HU-1024 Budapest II Fax +36-1-336-7302 MALTA Diviżjoni għall-Kummerċ Servizzi Kummerċjali Lascaris Valletta CMR 02 Malta Fax +356 25690299’ and, between the entries for Austria and Portugal: ‘POLSKA Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej Pl. Trzech Krzyży 3/5 00-507 Warszawa Polska Fax +48 (22) 693-40-21, 693-40-22’ and, between the entries for Portugal and Finland: ‘SLOVENIJA Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo Področje ekonomskih odnosov s tujino Kotnikova 5 1000 Ljubljana Slovenija Fax +386 (0)1 478 3611 SLOVENSKO Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky, odbor licencií Mierová 19 827 15 Bratislava 212 Slovensko Fax +421-2 4342 3919’.

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[^E0002]: OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.

[^E0003]: OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1.

[^E0004]: OJ L 159, 30.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 149/2003 (OJ L 30, 5.2.2003, p. 1).

[^E0005]: OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 1.

[^E0006]: OJ L 25, 29.1.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

[^E0007]: OJ L 227, 23.8.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1445/2003 (OJ L 206, 15.8.2003, p. 1).

[^E0008]: OJ L 216, 28.8.2003, p. 1.

[^E0009]: OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 1.

[^E0010]: OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision No 2046/2002/EC (OJ L 316, 20.11.2002, p. 4).

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[^E0012]: OJ L 28, 3.2.2000, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision No 451/2003/EC (OJ L 69, 13.3.2003, p. 6).

[^E0013]: OJ L 63, 10.3.2000, p. 1.

[^E0014]: OJ L 117, 18.5.2000, p. 1.

[^E0015]: OJ L 26, 27.1.2001, p. 1.

[^E0016]: OJ L 341, 17.12.2002, p. 1.

[^E0017]: OJ L 43, 18.2.2003, p. 1.

[^E0018]: OJ L 146, 11.6.1999, p. 33. Decision as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

[^E0019]: OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 82.

[^E0020]: OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10. Decision as amended by Decision 2003/403/EC (OJ L 141, 7.6.2003, p. 23).

[^E0021]: OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 84.

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