10. 11. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 268/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2610/95 of 30 October 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 2965/94 setting up a Translation Centre for bodies of the European Union THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (3), Whereas the main task of the Translation Centre set up by Regulation (EC) No 2965/94 (%) is still to satisty the translation needs of the agencies and offices listed in that Regulation ; whereas any risk of surplus work for the Centre should be avoided at all costs since it might have negative implications for the operation of those agencies and offices and for the staff actually needed for rational functioning of the Centre; Whereas the essential objective of the Centre is the search for the most rational and economic use of the means available while maintaining the necessary standard and quality of the translations, without in any case ruling out the possibility of recourse to the market; Whereas it is necessary to strengthen administrative colla- boration between the institutions and bodies of the Union with a view to rationalizing working methods and making overall savings by avoiding superfluous work and the crea- tion of expensive parallel structures; Whereas translation constitutes one of the sectors of acti- vity where such interinstitutional collaboration can be strengthened ; Whereas the aim of the interinstitutional collaboration should be to enable the Centre to carry out, in the medium term, any activities the amalgamation of which has been decided on in accordance with the rules in force ; Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend the scope of the services provided by the Centre to enable those insti- () OJ No C 43, 9. 6. 1995, p. 25. () OJ No C 269, 16. 10. 1995. () OJ No L 314, 7. 12. 1994, p. 1. tutions and bodies of the Union which already have a translation service to have access to the Centre’s services, on a voluntary basis and with the aim of absorbing any surplus work which may arise ; Whereas, in order to avoid any confusion over the extent of the enlargement of the scope of Regulation (EC) No 2965/94, it is necessary to replace in it the word ‘bodies’ by the term ‘agencies and offices’ wherever neces- sary ; Whereas the treaty does not provide specific powers of action for the adoption of this Regulation, other than those contained in Article 235, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 2965/94 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 2 (1) shall be replaced by the following text : Article 2 1. The Centre shall provide the necessary transla- tion services for the operation of the following agen- cies and offices : — the European Environment Agency, — the European Training Foundation, — the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, — the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medical Products, — the Agency for Health and Safety at Work, — the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trade marks, designs and models), — the European Police Office (Europol) and the Europol Drugs Unit. The Centre and each of the agencies and offices mentioned above shall conclude arrangements covering the ways in which they will cooperate.