Brussels, 14/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Some of the main legislative acts published in the EU Official Journal on Wednesday 14 January 2009 are as follow:
Statistics (L9)
Commission Regulation 19/2009 of 13 January 2009 implementing Regulation 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards the definition of a job vacancy, the reference dates for data collection, data transmission specifications and feasibility studies
Commission Regulation 20/2009 of 13 January 2009 adopting the specifications of the 2010 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation 577/98
Taxation (L9)
Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC
Industry (L9)
Commission Directive 2009/1/EC of 7 January 2009 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Directive 2005/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability
External relations (L9)
Decision 1/2008 of the EU-Jordan Association Council of 10 November 2008 on the establishment of a tariff dismantling schedule for products appearing in Annex IV to the Association Agreement
Decision 1/2008 of the EU-Morocco Association Council of 26 November 2008 setting up a customs cooperation committee and adopting the rules of procedure for the economic dialogue group, amending the rules of procedure of certain subcommittees of the Association Committee
Defence (L9)
Council Decision of 8 December 2008 appointing the Chairman of the Military Committee of the European Union: General Hakan Syren is appointed for a three year period as from 6 November 2009
Economy (L9)
Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation
Administrative procedures (C9A)
Notice of open competitions to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) of Bulgarian, Cypriot, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Romanian, Slovak and Slovenian citizenship in the field of public health:
EPSO/AD/144/09 - Public health
EPSO/AD/145/09 - Food safety (policy and legislation)
EPSO/AD/146/09 - Food safety (audit, inspection and evaluation). (L.C./transl.rh)