News Service week 3/2011

Table of contents:

I. Official documents

Press releases (33)

Secondary legislation (11)

Commission documents (6)

EP documents (5)

Council documents (15)

Case law

Other EU documents (1)

II. Academic novelties

Courses, congresses, grants and vacancies

New acquisitions

o Peace Palace Library (42)

o Asser Press

Other documents

I. Official documents

Press releases

13/01/11 Commission and Azerbaijan sign strategic gas deal Azerbaijan commits to supplying substantial volumes of gas over the long term to the European Union, while Europe provides access to its market for them.

13/01/11 Joint Declaration on the Establishment of the Southern Corridor

13/01/11 Statement by President Barroso following his meeting with Ilham Aliyev, President

13/01/11 Education : Student mobility programmes strengthen EU-US relationship, says Vassiliou

13/01/11 EU in the world : Enlargement : EU assistance to Serbian nuclear safety

14/01/11 Commission provides €2 million for flood victims in Sri Lanka

14/01/11 Joint statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Štefan Füle on the formation of new government of the Republic of Moldova

14/01/11 Joint statement of the 14.01.2011 on the events in Tunisia

More information on EU-Tunisia relations

17/01/11 Joint statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Štefan Füle on the situation in Tunisia

"The EU will stand side by side with Tunisians as they pursue their peaceful and democratic aspirations. Tunisia wants to be a stable democracy, in full respect of fundamental rights and freedoms".

17/01/11 "The great challenges for the European Union" speech by President Herman VAN ROMPUY at the Warsaw University [Council]

17/01/11 Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, and Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy, made today the following statement: [Rapid]

18/01/11 EU humanitarian aid needs more funding and better co-ordination, say MEPs [European Parliament]

18/01/11 Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Discussion on the Kacin Report and the European integration process of Serbia European Parliament, plenarysession Strasbourg, 18 January 2010 [Rapid]

18/01/11 Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Joint press conference with Foreign Minister Gryshchenko Visit to Ukraine Kiev, 10 January 2010 [Rapid]

18/01/11 Conclusion of two EU agreements with Georgia on visa facilitation and readmission [Council]

18/01/11 European Investment Bank : Haïti : EIB donation contributes to financing modular hospital

19/01/11 A step forward for Serbia's relations with the EU [European Parliament]

19/01/11 Fiji and Papua New Guinea: green light for economic agreement [European Parliament]

19/01/11 Fighting illegal logging in Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon [European Parliament]

19/01/11 Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Remarks at the Official Opening of the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe European Parliament Strasbourg, 19 January 2011 [Rapid]

19/01/11 Commission decision lays the foundation for reinforced international cooperation on the supervision of auditors [Rapid]

19/01/11 Commission decision lays the foundation for reinforced international cooperation on the supervision of auditors – Frequently Asked Questions [Rapid]

19/01/11 Niger: EU to observe the presidential and legislative elections [Rapid]

19/01/11 Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Remarks on Belarus European Parliament Strasbourg, 19 January 2011 [Rapid]

19/01/11 Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission The Sahel region European Parliament Strasbourg, 19 January 2011 [Rapid]

19/01/11 Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Situation of Christians in the context of religious freedom European Parliament Strasbourg, 19 January 2011 [Rapid]

19/01/11 European Agency for the Management of Operational Coordination at the External Borders (FRONTEX) : Joint Operation Agelaus: Children in Irregular Migration

20/01/11 MEPs spell out sanctions EU should take against Belarus authorities [European Parliament]

20/01/11 EU-Libya relations: no blank cheque for Tripoli [European Parliament]

20/01/11 Human rights: Pakistan, Brazil, Iran [European Parliament]

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Secondary legislation and other documents in the Official Journal

Council Regulation (EU) No 25/2011 of 14 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire 1

Council Decision 2011/17/CFSP of 11 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire 31

Council Decision 2011/18/CFSP of 14 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire 36

Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 concerning restrictive measures against certain persons and entities in Côte d'Ivoire apply 8

Twelfth Annual Report according to Article 8(2) of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP

defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment 1

Notice concerning the provisional application of the Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 1

Notice concerning the provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland 2

Notice concerning the provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway 2

Council Decision 2011/27/EU of 12 July 2010 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Moldova in Union programmes 1

Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Moldova in Union programmes 2

Council Decision 2011/28/EU of 12 July 2010 on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Moldova in Union programmes 5

Commission Regulation (EU) No 36/2011 of 18 January 2011 amending for the 143rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban 11

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Commission documents (related SEC-documents to be delivered on request)

COM (2010) 0804 Proposition de DÉCISION DU PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN ET DU CONSEIL accordant une assistance macrofinancière supplémentaire à la Géorgie

Link to the English text: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0804:FIN:EN:PDF

COM (2010) 0814 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union with regard to proposals for amendments of Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0814:FIN:EN:PDF

COM (2011) 0002 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS on the results achieved and on qualitative and quantitative aspects of implementation of the European Refugee Fund for the period 2005-2007

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0002:FIN:EN:PDF

COM (2011) 0003 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION establishing the position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the International Sugar Council as regards the extension of the International Sugar Agreement 1992

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0003:FIN:EN:PDF

COM (2011) 0004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION establishing the position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the International Grains Council with respect to the extension of the Grains Trade Convention 1995

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0004:FIN:EN:PDF

COM (2011) 0007 Joint proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0007:FIN:EN:PDF

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EP documents

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on ‘The implementation of the European neighbourhood policy and in particular the Eastern partnership initiative: modernisation, reforms and administrative capacity of the local and regional authorities of the Republic of Moldova’ (own-initiative opinion) 46

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on ‘Local and regional government in Georgia and the development of cooperation between Georgia and the EU’ 51

Charles Goerens

11 janvier 2011 PE 456.669v01-00 DEVE_DT(2011)456669

Commission du développement DOCUMENT DE TRAVAIL

l'avenir de l'appui budgetaire de l'UE en faveur des pays en developpement

Documents in dossier DEVE/7/04394

Niccolò Rinaldi

17 January 2011 PE 452.829v02-00 INTA_AD(2011)452829

Committee on International Trade OPINION

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, amending the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation

Documents in dossier INTA/7/02945

Angelika Niebler

14 January 2011 PE 452.560v02-00 ITRE_AD(2011)452560

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy OPINION

Relations of the European Union with the Gulf Cooperation Council

Documents in dossier ITRE/7/04269

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Council documents

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13/01/11 Council of the European Union : Keynote speech by President of the European Council Herman VAN ROMPUY at '2011 - Challenges for the EU' Europe House - London [64 KB] (See p. 6)

11/01/2011 18239/10 Operational Framework on Aid Effectiveness - Consolidated text

11/01/2011 5122/11 Ninth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-9) -

Adoption of Council conclusions

12/01/2011 5185/11 Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of 'EURODAC' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EC) No […/…] [establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a

stateless person] (Recast version)

12/01/2011 13568/1/04 Libya (information from the Commission) REV 1

12/01/2011 5932/1/04 Libya: Recommendation from the Commission to the Council in order to authorise the Commission to open negotiations with the Government of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya for the

conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement - State of play REV 1

12/01/2011 17403/10 COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Protocol extending to customs security measures the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality

of Andorra

12/01/2011 17405/10 Protocol extending to customs security measures the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic

Community and the Principality of Andorra

12/01/2011 17401/10 COUNCIL DECISION on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Protocol extending to customs security measures the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality of

Andorra

12/01/2011 5199/11 Communication from the Commission to the Council concerning the Memoranda of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks and Birds of Prey under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory

Species of Wild Animals

12/01/2011 5199/11 Annex to the Communication from the Commission to the Council concerning the Memoranda of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks and Birds of Prey under the Convention on the

Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ADD 1

12/01/2011 5199/11 Annex to the Communication from the Commission to the Council concerning the Memoranda of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks and Birds of Prey under the Convention on the

Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ADD 2

14/01/2011 17405/1/10 Protocol extending to customs security measures the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European

Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra REV1

14/01/2011 5122/11 Ninth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-9) -

Adoption of Council conclusions COR 1

18/01/2011 5325/11 Request for access to documents related to Parliament´s opinion concerning the Council decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania - Approval of

a reply*

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Case law

No recent additions. All case law to be found at: http://curia.europa.eu.

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Other EU documents

From: Frontex:

Frontex signs Working Arrangement with Cape Verde WARSAW, January 17 – Frontex and the National Police of Cape Verde signed a Working Arrangement in Brussels on Friday, January 14. more

13/01/2011 RABIT Operation - Situational UpdateOn the basis of operational data gathered during the implementation of Operation RABIT, Frontex confirms further decreases in the number of irregular migrants detected at the Greek-Turkish land... more

16/01/2011 FRAN Quarterly | Q03 2010 / (26 pp.)At the EU level illegal migration increased between the second and third quarters of 2010, beyond what might be expected from seasonal increases at this time of year.

 The increase in detections of illegal border-crossing at the EU level is almost exclusively the result of increased pressure in Greece, where around four-fifths of all detections in the EU were reported. This unprecedented peak in illegal border-crossings at the Greek land border with Turkey is the result of a shift from the sea to the land border with Turkey, plus a large increase in the absolute number of migrants of many different nationalities using Turkey as an entry point to illegally enter the EU.

fran_q03_2010_public_version.pdf

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II. Academic novelties

Courses, congresses and other events, grants and vacancies

No recent additions.

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New acquisitions

Peace Palace Library:

Always in the List of ''Also-Rans'' : Turkey's Rivals in EU-Turkey Relations / Armaǧan Emre Çakir. - Abingdon [etc.] : Routledge. - 2011. [ISBN: 9780415579636]. [In: Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations : a Sisyphean Story / ed. by Armağan Emre Çak�lr, ISBN 9780415579636].

Comparative Perspectives of Constitutional Asylum : a Short Commentary to Federico Lenzerini's Paper / George Katrougalos. - 2010. [In: The Italian Yearbook of International Law, ISSN 0391-5107]. [vol. 19/j2009, iss. , pp. 163-169].

De EU en de crisis : lessen en leringen / Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken. - Den Haag : Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken (AIV). - 2010.

Economic Dimension : the Turkish Economy from the 1960s to EU Accession / Tevfik F. Nas. - Abingdon [etc.] : Routledge. - 2011. [ISBN: 9780415579636]. [In: Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations : a Sisyphean Story / ed. by Armağan Emre Çak�lr, ISBN 9780415579636].

Elite Opinion Dimension : Behind the Scenes of Turkey's Protacted Accession Process : European Elite Debates / Nathalie Tocci. - Abingdon [etc.] : Routledge. - 2011. [ISBN: 9780415579636]. [In: Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations : a Sisyphean Story / ed. by Armağan Emre Çak�lr, ISBN 9780415579636].

Emerging Experimentalism in EU Environmental Governance / Ingmar von Homeyer. – Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

EU cross-border gathering and use of evidence in criminal matters : towards mutual recognition of investigative measures and free movement of evidence? / G. Vermeulen, W. De Bondt, Y. Van Damme. - Antwerpen ; Apeldoorn [etc.] : Maklu. - 2010.

EU Governance of GMOs : Political Struggles and Experimentalist Solutions? / Patrycja Da̧browska. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. By Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

Experimentalist Governance in EU External Relations : Enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy / Elsa Tulmets. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

Experimentalist Governance in Justice and Home Affairs / Jörg Monar. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

Experimentalist Governance in the European Energy Sector / Burkard Eberlein. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

Experimentalist governance in the European Union : towards a new architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010.

Fifty years of EU-Turkey relations : a Sisyphean story / ed. by Armaǧan Emre Çak�lr. - Abingdon [etc.] : Routledge. - 2011. [ISBN: 0415579635].

Identity Dimension : Postwesternisation : a Framework for Understanding Turkey-EU Relations / Chris Rumford and Hasan Turunç. - Abingdon [etc.] : Routledge. - 2011. [ISBN: 9780415579636]. [In: Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations : a Sisyphean Story / ed. by Armağan Emre Çak�lr, ISBN 9780415579636].

Innovating European Data Privacy Regulation : Unintended Pathways to Experimentalist Governance / Abraham Newman. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

Learning from Difference : the New Architecture of Experimetalist Governance in the EU / Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

Networked Competition Governance in the EU : Delegation, Decentralization, or Experimentalist Architecture? / Yane Svetiev. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

On Middle Ground : European Community Law and Public International Law / R. Schütze. - The Hague : Hague Academic Press. - 2009. [ISBN: 9789067042888]. [In: Highest Courts and the Internationalisation of Law : Challenges and Changes / ed. by Sam Muller and Marc Loth ; assistant ed., Jantine de Goei, ISBN 9789067042888].

Public Opinion Dimension : Turkey in the EU? : an Empirical Analysis of European Public Opinion on Turkeys ''Protracted'' Accession Process / Ebru Ş. Canan-Sokullu and Çiǧdem Kentmen. - Abingdon [etc.] : Routledge. - 2011. [ISBN: 9780415579636]. [In: Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations : a Sisyphean Story / ed. by Armağan Emre Çak�lr, ISBN 9780415579636].

Responding to Catastrophe : Towards a New Architecture for EU Food Safety Regulation? / Ellen Vos. - Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. By Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

Rule, Brittania! : a Proposed Revival of the British Antisuit Injunction in the E.U. Legal Framework / Will Hueske. - 2009. [In: The George Washington International Law Review, ISSN 1534-9977]. [vol. 41, iss. 2, pp. 433-463].

Security Dimension : a Clash of Security Cultures? : Differences between Turkey and the European Union revisited / Pinar Bilgin. - Abingdon [etc.] : Routledge. - 2011. [ISBN: 9780415579636]. [In: Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations : a Sisyphean Story / ed. by Armağan Emre Çak�lr, ISBN 9780415579636].

The Role of Evaluation in Experimentalist Governance : Learning by Monitoring in the Establishment of the Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice / Olivier De Schutter. -

Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press. - 2010. [ISBN: 9780199572496]. [In: Experimentalist Governance in the European Union : Towards a New Architecture / ed. by Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin, ISBN 9780199572496].

TheEU's Capacity for Further Enlargement / Advisory Council on International Affairs. - Den Haag : Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken (AIV). - 2010.

Trade Dress Distinctiveness in the United States : Wal-Mart, Progeny and Comparison with European Standards / Vlotina Liakatou. - 2010. [In: European Intellectual Property Review, ISSN 0142-0461]. [vol. 32, iss. 12, pp. 622-634].

Asser Press:

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