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Bruselj, 12.8.2005

KOM(2005) 372 končno

2005/0152 (AVC)

Predlog

SKLEP SVETA

o sklenitvi Dodatnega protokola k Sporazumu o trgovini, razvoju in sodelovanju med Evropsko skupnostjo in njenimi državami članicami na eni strani in Republiko Južno Afriko na drugi strani zaradi pristopa Češke republike, Republike Estonije, Republike Ciper, Republike Latvije, Republike Litve, Republike Maržarske, Republike Malte, Republike Poljske, Republike Slovenije in Slovaške republike k Evropski uniji

(predložena s strani Komisije)

OBRAZLOŽITVENI MEMORANDUM

1. maja 2004 je k Evropski uniji pristopilo deset novih držav članic. V skladu s členom 6(2) Akta o pristopu Češke republike, Republike Estonije, Republike Ciper, Republike Latvije, Republike Litve, Republike Madžarske, Republike Malte, Republike Poljske, Republike Slovenije in Slovaške republike ter o prilagoditvi pogodb, na katerih temelji Evropska unija (v nadaljnjem besedilu „Akt o pristopu“), je treba pristop novih držav članic k Sporazumu o trgovini, razvoju in sodelovanju (STRS) z Republiko Južno Afriko odobriti s sklenitvijo protokola k navedenemu sporazumu. Člen 6(2) določa poenostavljeni postopek, s katerim se protokoli sklenejo med Svetom Evropske unije, ki soglasno deluje v imenu držav članic, in zadevno tretjo državo. Ta postopek ne posega v pristojnosti Skupnosti.

Zato je Komisija s pogajanji dosegla ta dodatni protokol, za ES v imenu Evropske skupnosti in za nacionalno pristojnost v imenu držav članic, na podlagi pogajalskih smernic, ki jih je Svet sprejel 26. aprila 2004, in v posvetovanju z odborom predstavnikov držav članic.

Dodatni protokol določa potrebne tehnične prilagoditve STRS, ki izhajajo iz pristopa novih pogodbenic, zlasti glede:

- institucionalnih določb: protokol vključuje vrsto prilagoditev zaradi pristopa novih držav članic k temu mešanemu sporazumu in zaradi povečanega števila uradnih jezikov;

- določb o trgovini: STRS predvideva liberalizacijo trgovine med Evropsko unijo in Republiko Južno Afriko, ki je v nekaterih primerih omejena na tarifne kvote; Te tarifne kvote so bile preverjene na osnovi tradicionalnih trgovinskih tokov med novimi državami članicami na eni in Republiko Južno Afriko na drugi strani. Dodatni protokol jih prilagaja, kjer je to potrebno;

- pravil o poreklu blaga: večjezične določbe v Protokolu 1 h STRS o opredelitvi pojma „izdelki s poreklom“ in načinih upravnega sodelovanja so bile spremenjene z vključitvijo jezikov novih držav članic.

Dosežen je bil protokol, kot je določen zgoraj, in v dogovoru z Republiko Južno Afriko.

Dne 28. februarja 2005 je Svet sprejel sklep[1] o podpisu in začasni uporabi protokola. Protokol je bil podpisan 25. junija 2005 v Pretoriji.

Ta predlog je namenjen Sklepu Sveta o sklenitvi protokola.

2005/0152 (AVC)

Predlog

SKLEP SVETA

o sklenitvi Dodatnega protokola k Sporazumu o trgovini, razvoju in sodelovanju med Evropsko skupnostjo in njenimi državami članicami na eni strani in Republiko Južno Afriko na drugi strani zaradi pristopa Češke republike, Republike Estonije, Republike Ciper, Republike Latvije, Republike Litve, Republike Maržarske, Republike Malte, Republike Poljske, Republike Slovenije in Slovaške republike k Evropski uniji

SVET EVROPSKE UNIJE JE –

ob upoštevanju Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske skupnosti in zlasti člena 310 Pogodbe v povezavi z drugim stavkom prvega pododstavka člena 300(2) in drugim pododstavkom člena 300(3) Pogodbe,

ob upoštevanju Akta o pristopu iz leta 2003 in zlasti člena 6(2) Akta,

ob upoštevanju predloga Komisije,

ob upoštevanju privolitve Evropskega parlamenta,

ob upoštevanju naslednjega:

(1) 25. junija 2005 je bil v skladu s Sklepom Sveta 2005/206/ES[2] v imenu Evropske skupnosti in držav članic podpisan Dodatni protokol k Sporazumu o trgovini, razvoju in sodelovanju med Evropsko skupnostjo in njenimi državami članicami na eni strani in Republiko Južno Afriko na drugi strani zaradi pristopa desetih novih držav članic k Evropski uniji.

(2) Do začetka veljavnosti se Dodatni protokol začasno uporablja od 1. maja 2004.

(3) Dodatni protokol je treba skleniti –

SKLENIL:

Člen 1

Dodatni protokol k Okvirnemu sporazumu o trgovini, razvoju in sodelovanju med Evropsko skupnostjo in njenimi državami članicami na eni strani in Republiko Južno Afriko na drugi strani zaradi pristopa Češke republike, Republike Estonije, Republike Ciper, Republike Latvije, Republike Litve, Republike Madžarske, Republike Malte, Republike Poljske, Republike Slovenije in Slovaške republike k Evropski uniji se odobri v imenu Evropske skupnosti in njenih držav članic.

Besedilo Dodatnega protokola[3] je priloženo temu sklepu.

Člen 2

Predsednik Sveta v imenu Evropske skupnosti in njenih držav članic predloži uradno obvestilo iz člena 9(2) Dodatnega protokola.

V Bruslju,

Za Svet

Predsednik

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Policy area(s): 21 DEV Activity: 21 03 Geographical Cooperation |

TITLE OF ACTION: |

1. BUDGET LINE(S) + HEADING(S)

None

2. OVERALL FIGURES

2.1. Total allocation for action (Part B): N/A

2.2. Period of application:

From 1 May 2004

2.3. Overall multi-annual estimate of expenditure:

(a) Schedule of commitment appropriations/payment appropriations (financial intervention) (see point 6.1.1)

€ million ( to three decimal places)

Year 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 and subs. Years | Total |

Commitments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

Payments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

(b) Technical and administrative assistance and support expenditure (see point 6.1.2)

Commitments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

Payments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

Subtotal a+b |

Commitments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 |

Payments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

(c) Overall financial impact of human resources and other administrative expenditure (see points 7.2 and 7.3)

Commitments/ payments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

TOTAL a+b+c |

Commitments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 |

Payments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

2.4. Compatibility with financial programming and financial perspective

[X] Proposal is compatible with existing financial programming.

Proposal will entail reprogramming of the relevant heading in the financial perspective.

Proposal may require application of the provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement.

2.5. Financial impact on revenue: [4]

[X] Proposal has no financial implications (involves technical aspects regarding implementation of a measure)

OR

Proposal has financial impact – the effect on revenue is as follows:

(NB All details and observations relating to the method of calculating the effect on revenue should be shown in a separate annex.)

(€ million to one decimal place)

Prior to action [Year n-1] | Situation following action |

Non-comp | Diff | NO | NO | NO | N° [4] |

4. LEGAL BASIS

Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part,

Treaty of Accession of the ten New Member States to the Community.

5. DESCRIPTION AND GROUNDS

5.1. Need for Community intervention [5]

5.1.1. Objectives pursued

Accession of the new Member States to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation (TDCA) with the Republic of South Africa by the conclusion of a protocol to this Agreement.

5.1.2. Measures taken in connection with ex ante evaluation

No specific ex ante evaluation has been conducted.

5.1.3. Measures taken following ex post evaluation

No specific ex post evaluation has been conducted.

5.2. Action envisaged and budget intervention arrangements

5.3. Methods of implementation

Implementation methods will be consistent with the general implementation rules of the TDCA.

6. FINANCIAL IMPACT

6.1. Total financial impact on Part B - (over the entire programming period)

(The method of calculating the total amounts set out in the table below must be explained by the breakdown in Table 6.2. )

6.1.1. Financial intervention

No financial interventions foreseen.

Commitments (in € million to three decimal places)

Breakdown | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | [n+5 and subs. Years] | Total |

No actions planned : | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |

TOTAL |

6.1.2. Technical and administrative assistance, support expenditure and IT expenditure (commitment appropriations) |

[Year n] | [n+1] | [n+2] | [n+3] | [n+4] | [n+5 and subs. years] | Total |

1) Technical and administrative assistance |

a) Technical assistance offices |

b) Other technical and administrative assistance: - intra muros: - extra muros: of which for construction and maintenance of computerised management systems |

Subtotal 1 |

2) Support expenditure |

a) Studies |

b) Meetings of experts |

c) Information and publications |

Subtotal 2 |

TOTAL |

6.2. Calculation of costs by measure envisaged in Part B (over the entire programming period)[6]

The actions and measures to be funded will be defined by the feasibility study.

Commitments (in € million to three decimal places)

Breakdown | Type of outputs (projects, files ) | Number of outputs (total for years 1…n) | Average unit cost | Total cost (total for years 1…n) |

1 | 2 | 3 | 4=(2X3) |

Action 1 - Measure 1 - Measure 2 Action 2 - Measure 1 - Measure 2 - Measure 3 etc. |

TOTAL COST |

If necessary explain the method of calculation

7. IMPACT ON STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE

No impact on staff or administrative expenditure is anticipated.

7.1. Impact on human resources

Types of post | Staff to be assigned to management of the action using existing and/or additional resources | Total | Description of tasks deriving from the action |

Number of permanent posts | Number of temporary posts |

Officials or temporary staff | A B C | If necessary, a fuller description of the tasks may be annexed. |

Other human resources |

Total |

7.2. Overall financial impact of human resources

Type of human resources | Amount (€) | Method of calculation * |

Officials Temporary staff |

Other human resources (specify budget line) |

Total |

The amounts are total expenditure for twelve months.

7.3. Other administrative expenditure deriving from the action

Budget line (number and heading) | Amount € | Method of calculation |

Overall allocation (Title A7) A0701 – Missions A07030 – Meetings A07031 – Compulsory committees 1 A07032 – Non-compulsory committees 1 A07040 – Conferences A0705 – Studies and consultations Other expenditure (specify) |

Information systems (A-5001/A-4300) |

Other expenditure - Part A (specify) |

Total |

The amounts are total expenditure for twelve months.

1 Specify the type of committee and the group to which it belongs.

I. Annual total (7.2 + 7.3) II. Duration of action III. Total cost of action (I x II) | € years € |

(In the estimate of human and administrative resources required for the action, DGs/Services must take into account the decisions taken by the Commission in its orientation/APS debate and when adopting the preliminary draft budget (PDB). This means that DGs must show that human resources can be covered by the indicative pre-allocation made when the PDB was adopted.

Exceptional cases (i.e. those where the action concerned could not be envisaged when the PDB was being prepared) will have to be referred to the Commission for a decision on whether and how (by means of an amendment of the indicative pre-allocation, an ad hoc redeployment exercise, a supplementary/amending budget or a letter of amendment to the draft budget) implementation of the proposed action can be accommodated.)

8. FOLLOW-UP AND EVALUATION

8.1. Follow-up arrangements

Follow-up arrangements will be no different from those already planned in the TDCA.

8.2. Arrangements and schedule for the planned evaluation

Arrangements for evaluation will be no different from those already planned in the TDCA.

9 ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES

Fraud prevention and protection measures will be no different from those already planned in the TDCA.

[1] UL L 68, 15.3.2005, str. 32.

2 UL L 68, 15.3.2005, str. 32.

3 UL L 68, 15.3.2005, str. 33.

[2] For further information, see separate explanatory note.

[3] For further information, see separate explanatory note.

[4] For further information, see separate explanatory note.