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11.7.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
179/15
DECISIONS
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION, THE COURT
OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
of 29 June 2012
amending Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom on the organisation and operation of the Publications
Office of the European Union
(2012/368/EU, Euratom)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
European Council become a signatory institution and, on
14 April 2011, that Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom
should therefore be amended,
THE COUNCIL,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Article 1
Decision 2009/496/EC, Euratom is amended as follows:
THE COURT OF AUDITORS,
(1) the title shall be replaced by ‘Decision of the European
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE,
Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the
Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union,
the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS,
Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the
organisation and operation of the Publications Office of
the European Union’;
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
(2) the list of enacting institutions and bodies shall be replaced
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
by the following:
Union,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
‘THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
Energy Community,
THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,
Whereas:
THE COUNCIL,
(1) It
is
necessary
to
amend
Decision
2009/496/EC,
Euratom
of the European Parliament, the Council, the
Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
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 (
THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

1 ) in
order to adapt it to the provisions of the Treaties as
amended by the Treaty of Lisbon and, in particular, to
add the European Council as a signatory institution.
THE COURT OF AUDITORS,
(2) The
Management
Committee
of
the
Publications
Office
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE,
has agreed, at its meeting on 2 July 2010, that the
( 1 ) OJ L 168, 30.6.2009, p. 41.
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS’;

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(3) in Article 1(1) the first subparagraph shall be replaced by
For the European Economic and Social Committee,
the following:
‘1. The task of the Publications Office of the European
For the Committee of the Regions’.
Union (hereinafter the Office), which is an interinstitutional
office, shall be to publish the publications of the institutions
of the European Union and the European Atomic Energy
Article 2
Community under optimum conditions.’;
This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(4) Article 4(6) shall be replaced by the following:
‘6. The institutions may conclude service agreements
with the Office in order to define the methods of their
Done at Brussels and at Luxembourg, 29 June 2012.
cooperation. The European External Action Service may
also cooperate with the Office and, for this purpose,
conclude a service agreement.’;
For the European Parliament
The President
(5) Article 6(1) shall be replaced by the following:
Martin SCHULZ
‘1. A
Management
Committee
shall
be
established,
within
For the Council
which all the signatory institutions are represented. The
Management Committee shall be made up of the Registrar
The President
of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the
Villy SVNDAL
Secretaries-General of the other institutions or their repre
sentatives. The European Central Bank shall take part in the
For the Commission
work of the Management Committee as an observer. The
The President
European Central Bank shall be represented by the Secretary
to its Executive Board or by their appointed substitute.’;
José Manuel BARROSO
For the Court of Justice of the European Union
(6) the list of signatories shall be replaced by the following:
The President
Vassilios SKOURIS
‘For the European Parliament,
For the Court of Auditors
For the European Council,
Vítor Manuel da SILVA CALDEIRA
The President
For the Council,
The President
of the European Economic and Social Committee
For the Commission,
Staffan NILSSON
For the Court of Justice of the European Union,
The President
of the Committee of the Regions
For the Court of Auditors,
Mercedes BRESSO

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