As a result, the change in the status with regard to the Union, of the island of Saint-Barthélemy, in response to the democratically expressed request of its elected representatives, should not jeopardise the Union’s interests and should be consistent with the access of the island to autonomous status under national law,

Article 1 of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country (Organic Law 3/1979) states: 'The Basque people, or Euskal Herria, as an expression of its nationality and in order to attain self-government, constitutes itself as an autonomous community within the Spanish state under the name of Euskadi or the Basque Country, in accordance with the Constitution and with the present Statute, which is its fundamental law'.

It is appropriate, in accordance with the autonomy of disputes relating to the European Union civil service by reference to disputes governed by the general law on annulment and damages, to refer to the conditions of admissibility set out in the Staff Regulations.

France’s request reflects the desire expressed by the elected representatives of the island of Saint-Barthélemy, which is a French overseas collectivity, governed by Article 74 of the French Constitution, with autonomy, to obtain a status with regard to the Union which would be better suited to its status under national law, particularly given its remoteness from the mainland, its small insular economy largely devoted to tourism and subject to difficulties in obtaining supplies which hamper the application of some Union standards.

Nothing in this Decision should be construed to affect the autonomy of the secretariats of the networks mentioned in this Decision when they discharge their function as Eurojust staff in accordance with the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council

48. Welcomes, in this regard, the consistent stand of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as regards realising genuine self-government for Tibet within the People's Republic of China through peaceful negotiations, shares his grave concern at the systematic destruction of the Tibetan environment, traditions, culture and religion, at the ever-worsening political situation of the Tibetan people and at the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet, and endorses his appeal for urgent international pressure on Beijing, as expressed in his address to the plenary session of the European Parliament of 24 October 2001; urges China, in this connection, to halt immediately the controversial plan of large-scale immigration to Tibet with regard, in particul ...[+++]ar, to the 20 000 people who are due to move into the Dulan region of Qinghai Province; calls on the Chinese Government to resume direct negotiations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives without preconditions, with a view to defining a new, real statute of full autonomy for Tibet, with the only exceptions being foreign and defence policy;