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32013R1058 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1058/2013 of 29 October 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 30.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 288/66
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1058/2013
of 29 October 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R1455 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1455/2006 of 29 September 2006 fixing the export refunds on malt
| 30.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1455/2006
of 29 September 2006
fixing the export refunds on malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2).
(3) The refund applicable in the case of malts must be calculated with amount taken of the quantity of cereals required to manufacture the products in question. The said quantities are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying these rules to the present situation on markets in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on malt listed in Article 1(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32008R0358 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2008 of 22 April 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (Text with EEA relevance)
| 23.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 111/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 358/2008
of 22 April 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission is required, by virtue of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002, when necessary, to adopt measures for the implementation of common basic standards for aviation security throughout the Community. Commission Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 of 4 April 2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (2) was the first act laying down such measures.
(2) The measures provided for by Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 should be reviewed in light of technical developments, operational implications at airports and the impact on passengers. Further research has shown that the benefits of a rulemaking on cabin bag size would not outweigh the operational implications at airports and impact on passengers. This rule, which would apply as from 6 May 2008, should thus be deleted.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Civil Aviation Security,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 May 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999R2083 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2083/1999 of 30 September 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2273/93 determining the intervention centres for cereals
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2083/1999
of 30 September 1999
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2273/93 determining the intervention centres for cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/1999(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
(1) Whereas the intervention centres are determined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2273/93(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1983/98(4); whereas some Member States have asked for that Annex to be amended; whereas those requests should be acceded to;
(2) Whereas the meaures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2273/93 is amended as follows:
1. In the "France" section, the amendments are as follows:
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2. In the "Ăsterreich" section:
the "Enns" centre becomes "Ennsdorf".
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R3328 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3328/92 of 18 November 1992 laying down temporary provisions relating to Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3328/92
of 18 November 1992
laying down temporary provisions relating to Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2467/92 (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1734/92 (4), lays down detailed rules for the application of special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins; whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 requires Member States to issue a certificate of purchase at the minimum price after having carried out the necessary verification; whereas Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 provides for a term of validity of the advance-fixing part of the certificate provided for in Article 6 (4) in Regulation (EEC) No 2036/82 (5), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2206/90 (6), shall run for six months from the month following that during which the application was submitted; whereas Article 19 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 lays down an obligation actually to use the products within the meaning of Article 9 within seven months of the last day in the month in which the application for identification was lodged; whereas Article 22 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 contains provisions for the submission of processing declarations by approved bodies;
Whereas the support system introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 replaces the provisions for peas, field beans and sweet lupins; whereas, in order to avoid any risk of interference between the two support systems, the closing date for requests for certificates of purchase at the minimum price needs to be set at 21 May 1993, advance fixing of the aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins must be suspended for the months from and including July 1993, identification must be discontinued as from 1 July 1993 and the obligation to use the products in question must have been complied with by 30 November 1993; whereas arrangements should be made for processing declarations to be forwarded in July 1993; whereas such declarations shall, pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2036/82, be eligible to receive the aid applicable on the day by which the declaration is lodged;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Dried Fodder,
No request for a certificate of purchase at the minimum price under Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85, can be lodged after 21 May 1993.
For peas, field beans and sweet lupins, the term of validity of the advance-fixing part of the certificate provided for in Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2036/82 shall not extend beyond 30 June 1993 notwithstanding Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85.
1. No identification of peas, field beans or sweet lupins may take place as from 1 July 1993.
2. Notwithstanding Article 19 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 in the case of identifications made before 1 July 1993, the obligation of using the products within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 must have been complied with by 30 November 1993 at the latest.
The processing declarations under Article 22 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 relating to the month of June 1993, which shall be forwarded to the competent authority in July 1993, shall, for the purposes of Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2036/82, be considered to have been received on 30 June 1993.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R0626 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 626/98 of 19 March 1998 setting the intervention thresholds for melons and water melons for the 1998/99 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 626/98 of 19 March 1998 setting the intervention thresholds for melons and water melons for the 1998/99 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2), and in particular Article 27(1) and (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides for the possibility of setting an intervention threshold if the market in a product listed in Annex II thereto is suffering or at risk of suffering from imbalances giving or liable to give rise to too large a volume of withdrawals; whereas such a development would be likely to cause budget problems for the Community;
Whereas intervention thresholds were fixed for melons and water melons for the 1997/98 marketing year by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1109/97 (3); whereas, since the conditions laid down in the abovementioned Article 27 continue to be met for those products, new thresholds should be set for the 1998/99 marketing year and the period to be taken into account for the assessment of the overrun of the thresholds should also be determined;
Whereas, pursuant to the abovementioned Article 27, an overrun of the intervention threshold results in a reduction in the Community withdrawal compensation in the marketing year following the year in which the threshold is exceeded; whereas the consequences of such an overrun should be determined and a reduction in proportion to the size of the overrun, up to a maximum percentage, should be fixed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
1. The intervention thresholds for the 1998/99 marketing year shall be:
- 176 600 tonnes for melons, and
- 197 400 tonnes for water melons.
2. The overrun of the intervention thresholds laid down in paragraph 1 shall be assessed on the basis of withdrawals effected between 1 February 1998 and 31 January 1999.
If the quantity of melons or water melons withdrawn during the period set in Article 1(2) exceeds the relevant threshold set in Article 1(1), the Community withdrawal compensation set in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the following marketing year shall be reduced in proportion to the size of the overrun based on the production used to calculate the relevant threshold.
However, the reduction in the Community compensation shall not exceed 30 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1794 | Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1794/2001 of 10 September 2001 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2001 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
| Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1794/2001
of 10 September 2001
laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2001 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2805/2000(2), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Account should be taken of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Community and weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment to officials serving in third countries should be determined with effect from 1 January 2001.
(2) Under Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council sets the weightings every six months; it will accordingly have to set new weightings for the coming half-years.
(3) The weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 2001 in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of a previous regulation could lead to retrospective adjustments to remuneration (positive or negative).
(4) Provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of these weightings.
(5) Provision should furthermore be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration as a result of these weightings for the period between 1 January 2001 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 2001.
(6) However, in order to mirror the weightings applicable within the European Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities, provision should be made for any such recovery to apply solely to a period of no more than six months preceding the decision and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following the date of that decision,
With effect from 1 January 2001, the weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the month preceding the date referred to in the first paragraph.
In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council shall set weightings every six months. It shall accordingly set new weightings with effect from 1 July 2001.
The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of these weightings.
For the period between 1 January 2001 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings applicable with effect from 1 January 2001, the institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings.
Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall, however, concern only a period of no more than six months preceding the decision and this recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve months from the date of that decision.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004D0931 | 2004/931/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision EUPOL Kinshasa/1/2004 of 9 December 2004 concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of the EU Police Mission in Kinshasa (DRC), EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’
| 31.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 396/61
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUPOL KINSHASA/1/2004
of 9 December 2004
concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of the EU Police Mission in Kinshasa (DRC), EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’
(2004/931/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 25(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 2004/847/CFSP of 9 December 2004 on the launching of the EU Police Mission in Kinshasa (DRC) (1), and in particular Article 5 and 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 5 and 8 of Joint Action 2004/847/CFSP provides that the Council authorises the Political and Security Committee to take the relevant decisions in accordance with Article 25 of the Treaty on European Union, including the powers to appoint, upon a proposal by the Secretary-General/High Representative, a Head of Mission.
(2) The Secretary-General/High Representative has proposed the appointment of Mr Adílio CUSTÓDIO,
Mr Adílio CUSTÓDIO is hereby appointed Head of Mission of the EU Police Mission in Kinshasa (DRC) regarding the Integrated Police Unit (IPU) (EUPOL Kinshasa) from the day the mission will be launched. Until that date, he shall act as the Head of the Planning Team.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
It shall apply until 31 December 2005. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R0886 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 886/2001 of 4 May 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 886/2001
of 4 May 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R1332 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1332/2004 of 20 July 2004 concerning the permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs(Text with EEA relevance)
| 21.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 247/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1332/2004
of 20 July 2004
concerning the permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and in particular Articles 3 and 9d(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 70/524/EEC provides for the authorisation of additives to be used in the Community. The additives referred to in Part II of Annex C to that Directive may be authorised without a time limit subject to certain conditions being satisfied.
(2) The use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus oryzae (DSM 10287) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening and piglets by Regulation (EC) No 1436/98 (2).
(3) The use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Humicola insolens (DSM 10442) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for chickens for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/98 (2).
(4) New data were submitted in support of the applications for authorisation without a time limit of each of these enzyme preparations. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisations are satisfied in each case.
(5) Accordingly, the use of these enzyme preparations should be authorised without a time, under certain conditions.
(6) The assessment of these applications shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additives set out in the Annexes. Such protection should be assured by the application of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (3).
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparations belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’, as set out in Annexes I and II, are authorised for use without a time limit as additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in those Annexes.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999D0055 | 1999/55/EC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1998 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain laser optical reading systems, and the main constituent elements thereof, for use in motor vehicles, originating in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China and Taiwan (notified under document number C(1998) 4329)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1998 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain laser optical reading systems, and the main constituent elements thereof, for use in motor vehicles, originating in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China and Taiwan (notified under document number C(1998) 4329) (1999/55/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
1. Initiation
(1) On 12 September 1997, a complaint was lodged pursuant to Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (hereinafter 'the Basic Regulation`), by the Association for Laser Optical Reading Systems on behalf of Community producers whose collective output represented significantly more than 50 % of the total Community production of certain laser optical reading systems for use in motor vehicles (LORS). The complaint contained sufficient evidence of injurious dumping to justify the opening of an anti-dumping proceeding.
(2) On 25 October 1997, the Commission announced by means of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (3) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the European Community of LORS originating in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China (hereinafter 'the PRC`) and Taiwan and commenced an investigation.
2. Investigation period
(3) The investigation period for the determination of dumping covered the period from l October 1996 to 30 September 1997 (hereinafter referred to as 'the investigation period`). The examination of injury covers the period January 1994 to the end of the investigation period.
B. PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND LIKE PRODUCT
1. General remarks
(4) In the notice of initiation, the Commission had defined the product scope as laser optical reading systems comprising compact disc tuners (CD tuners), disc-changers and car radios with a disc control device (car radio).
(5) The further investigation has firstly established that the above elements taken together cannot be regarded as a 'system` forming one single product, in spite of certain given functional links existing between these elements, as this would require that the elements could only properly function together. Indeed, the car radio can function on its own and does also not contain a laser optical reading mechanism. A CD tuner likewise can function on its own. The disc-changer is the only element which must be linked to one of the other elements in order to function. However, this cannot be considered sufficient to characterise all three elements taken together as a system and thus one single product.
(6) Secondly, the investigation has by the same token established that the product coverage would encompass, with respect to car radios, a large percentage of these elements even if they are used outside the laser optical reading system, i.e. if they would not be used to reproduce CDs.
(7) For these reasons, it is considered that the abovementioned three elements cannot be regarded as one system consisting of one single product. Therefore, given the results of the investigation, it was necessary to assess the three products separately, namely car radios, CD tuners and disc-changers.
2. Car radios
(8) With respect to car radios, the Community industry has agreed on reducing the product concerned by the present proceeding to CD tuners and disc-changers by withdrawing the complaint as far as car radios are concerned. As the investigation has not revealed any Community interest grounds to continue with the proceeding in the absence of a complaint, the proceeding with respect to car radios should thus be terminated in accordance with Article 9(1) of the Basic Regulation.
3. CD tuners
3.1. Product under consideration and like product
(9) CD tuners are products which incorporate in a single housing a compact disc player, able to reproduce (read) digital audio signals (essentially music) stored on one or more CDs, without having the ability to record such audio signals (CN codes 8527 21 20 and 8527 21 70). A CD tuner generally also incorporates a radio broadcast receiver. In this respect it was established that CD tuners manufactured and sold by the Community producers in the Community market are alike, or closely resemble, CD tuners manufactured in and sold for export from the countries concerned to the Community. Furthermore, CD tuners sold in the countries concerned are also alike, or closely resemble, CD tuners sold for export from the countries concerned to the Community. All these products therefore are to be considered a single product within the meaning of Article 1(4) of the Basic Regulation.
3.2. Dumping and injury
(10) The investigation established the existence of dumping and injury. However, given the conclusions as set out below, it is not necessary to detail these findings.
3.3. Causation
(11) Pursuant to Articles 3(6) and 3(7) of the Basic Regulation, it was examined whether the imports concerned have caused material injury or whether the injury was caused by effects other than dumping.
(12) In this respect, the market share of the dumped imports decreased by nine percentage points between 1994 and the investigation period, i.e. from around 61 % to around 52 %, while Community consumption increased by around 129 % during the same period of time. This indicates that the exporters from the countries concerned, while increasing their exports in absolute terms, did not do so to an extent reflecting the massive expansion of the consumption in the Community.
Prices of the exporters have declined by more than 18 % between 1994 and the investigation period. By comparison, the Community industry only reduced their prices by around 8 %.
Limited price undercutting was found for the imports concerned. In addition, it mainly concerned non-homogeneous products with a great variety of features and technical differences and subject to rapid technological development. Therefore, the effects of the undercutting cannot be found to have had a clear material impact on the Community industry's prices.
(13) The Commission has also examined other factors that may have had an effect on the situation of the Community industry.
With respect to other third countries, between 1994 and the investigation period, their import volumes have increased significantly more than both the consumption and the imports from the countries concerned, i.e. by 700 % (from around 67 000 units to around 500 000 units), and their market shares also went up considerably by 16 percentage points, from around 8 % to around 24 %. This shows that these other imports have fully participated in and even increased more quickly than the expansion found for the Community consumption.
As regards prices, limited information gathered from certain cooperating interested parties may indicate that there has been high price undercutting by these imports.
The increase of the market share of the imports from third countries by 16 percentage points, seen in comparison to the loss of market share of the exports from the countries concerned of around nine percentage points, and the loss of the Community industry of two percentage points, demonstrates that the exports from the countries concerned have been more than fully replaced by the imports from the abovementioned third countries. Indeed, it appears that the market shares of both the Community industry and the exporters from the countries concerned suffered from these imports.
(14) In view of the above and particular attention paid to imports from other third countries, it would appear that imports from the countries concerned did not in isolation have a materially injurious impact on the situation of the Community industry. Imports from other third countries have contributed to such an extent to the precarious situation of the Community industry that they should be considered as breaking the causal link between the dumping and the injury found.
3.4. Conclusion
(15) The proceeding with respect to CD tuners should therefore be terminated.
4. Disc-changers
4.1. Product under consideration and like product
(16) With respect to disc-changers, these are sound-reproducing apparatus with a laser reading system usually placed in the boot of a motor vehicle (CN code ex 8519 99 18). They are able to store and process several CDs. In order to function and to reproduce sounds, they must be connected to a 'head` unit with a disc control device (usually a car radio). In this respect the investigation has established that disc-changers manufactured and sold by the Community industry in the Community market are alike, or closely resemble, disc-changers manufactured in and sold for export from the countries concerned to the Community. Furthermore, disc-changers sold in the countries concerned are also alike, or closely resemble, disc-changers sold for export from the countries concerned to the Community. All these products therefore are to be considered a single product within the meaning of Article 1(4) of the Basic Regulation.
4.2. Dumping, injury and causation
(17) The investigation established the existence of injurious dumping. However, given the conclusions as set out below, it is not necessary to detail these findings.
4.3. Community interest
(18) When assessing the Community interest aspects of the present case, the Commission examined the likely costs and benefits that the imposition of measures would have on the economic operators concerned.
The market share of the Community industry started from 0 % in 1996 but still only reached 1,4 % during the investigation period. On the basis of an average duty of 20 % on the imports value of the product concerned, the amount of duties imposed on imports of this product would represent between 6 and 10 times the total value of production of the Community industry during the investigation period. Even if production were to be expanded in accordance with the plans of the Community industry, the total value of production would, in the foreseeable future, only be a fraction of the amount of duties imposed. The above situation results from the fact that around 81 % of the disc-changers sold within the Community during the investigation period originated in the countries under investigation.
In addition, when setting up its production, the Community industry was well aware that it was doing so in an environment of depressed prices. Disc-changers had been on the market for a number of years and have indeed been imported by the Community industry, mainly from Japan. The Community industry only commenced with its Community activity in 1996, when the product was already well-established on the market, i.e. at a very late stage. Under these circumstances it is difficult to assess the future development of the industry and the possible beneficial effect of measures.
Furthermore, the overall advantages to be gained by the Community industry in this particular situation, which are likely to be minimal given the relatively low level of employment immediately affected, must be weighed against the probable disadvantages, in particular for consumers. Indeed, the product under consideration is a widespread consumer electronics product with a large growth potential. It is likely that the imposition of duties would severely limit consumer choice, as many exporters, especially those with high duties, would be likely to withdraw from the Community market. This loss of choice as regards the current variety of models available could not be compensated in the foreseeable future by the Community industry. The current high market presence of these exporters and the fact that they offer a wide model range comprising high quality products would mean that, if they were to withdraw, consumers would be deprived of taking advantage of technological variety and development, without having any viable alternative in the foreseeable future. In this situation it is considered that the interests of consumers are by far outweighing the interests of the Community industry.
In such a situation, it can be considered that the imposition of measures would disproportionately affect importers, traders and consumers of the product concerned.
Conclusion on Community interest
(19) In view of all the above, compelling reasons exist on Community interest grounds not to adopt anti-dumping measures as regards imports of disc-changers from the countries concerned.
4.4. Conclusion
(20) Under these circumstances, the proceeding with respect to disc-changers should be terminated on the grounds of Community interest.
C. TERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDING
(21) The complainants were informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the Commission intended to terminate this proceeding. Subsequently, the complainants made known their views, which were then examined in detail by the Commission,
The anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain laser optical reading systems, and the main constituent elements thereof, for use in motor vehicles, falling within CN codes 8527 21 20, 8527 21 70, and ex 8519 99 18, originating in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China and Taiwan is hereby terminated. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31988D0666 | 88/666/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1988 concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute modifying the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products
| 31.12.1988 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 382/44
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 December 1988
concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute modifying the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products
(88/666/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion, the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products, initialled on 2 October 1986, has been provisionally applied since 1 January 1987 in accordance, for the Community's part, with Decision 88/213/EEC (1);
Whereas that Agreement provides for the possibility of quantitative adjustments to the quotas for certain categories, in order to allow the introduction of the combined nomenclature;
Whereas following consultations between the Community and Hong Kong an Agreed Minute modifying the quotas of category 7 and 78 products provided for in the Agreement was initialled on 29 July 1988;
Whereas pending the completion of the procedures necessary for the conclusion of the Agreement and the Agreed Minute, the Agreed Minute should be applied provisionally, with effect from 1 January 1988, provided that there is a reciprocal provisional application on the part of Hong Kong,
Pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion, the Agreed Minute modifying the Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong shall be applied provisionally in the Community, with effect from 1 January 1988, provided that there is reciprocal provisional application on the part of Hong Kong.
The text of the Agreed Minute is attached to this Decision.
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32008R0708 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 708/2008 of 24 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting certain animals of susceptible species from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
| 25.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 197/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 708/2008
of 24 July 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the conditions for exempting certain animals of susceptible species from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(c), Articles 11 and 12 and the third paragraph of Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 (2) lays down rules for the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of animals, in relation to bluetongue, in and from the restricted zones. It also establishes the conditions for exemptions from the exit ban applicable to movements of susceptible animals, their semen, ova and embryos provided for in Directive 2000/75/EC.
(2) New scientific information recently gathered by several Member States on bluetongue virus pathogenesis indicates that the trans-placental transmission of the bluetongue virus is likely to occur at least for serotype 8. Therefore, the precautionary measures taken to prevent the possible spread of that disease by pregnant animals or certain newborn animals, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2008 (3), should be maintained.
(3) Animals that were immune to the bluetongue infection before artificial insemination or mating, due to vaccination with a modified life vaccine or an inactivated vaccine, are not considered to pose any significant risk as regards that disease provided that sufficient time has elapsed between vaccination and insemination or mating. Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 384/2008, only covers animals vaccinated by inactivated vaccines.
(4) As preliminary scientific information recently obtained does not indicates that there is an additional risk associated with pregnant animals vaccinated with live modified vaccines at least 60 days prior to insemination or mating, it should be possible to exempt all immunised animals vaccinated with either inactivated or modified live vaccines from the exit ban provided that sufficient time has elapsed between vaccination and insemination or mating.
(5) Animals that might not meet all the requirements necessary to move from a holding located in a restricted zone to another holding located outside the restricted zone in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 but that are exported to a third country do not pose an additional risk for the Community health status, since they are not destined for a holding in the Community. Consequently, the requirements for their movement to the exit point as defined in Commission Decision 93/444/EEC of 2 July 1993 on detailed rules governing intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products intended for exportation to third countries (4) should not exceed those applied to animals sent to slaughterhouses in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007. Accordingly, no additional certification concerning the conditions laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 should be required where such animals are accompanied by a certificate in accordance with Decision 93/444/EEC. The reference to Decision 93/444/EEC in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 should therefore be deleted.
(6) If in accordance with animal welfare rules a rest period is foreseen due to the length of the transport for animals moved to a slaughterhouse or exit point, the derogations for movements of such animals should only apply if it is possible that the rest period takes place in a control post located in the same restricted zone of the holding of origin, as only in those cases there is no additional risk associated with such interruption of the direct transport in control posts.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 is amended as follows:
1. Article 8 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 4, point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) the animals are transported
— under veterinary supervision to the slaughterhouse of destination, where they are to be slaughtered within 24 hours of arrival, and
— directly, unless a rest period foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 (5) takes place in a control post situated in the same restricted zone.
(b) the following paragraph 5a is inserted:
(a) no case of bluetongue has been recorded in the holding of origin for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch;
(b) the animals are transported to the exit point
— under official supervision, and
— directly, unless a rest period foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 takes place in a control post situated in the same restricted zone.’
(c) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
2. In Annex III, Section A is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32009R0190 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 190/2009 of 11 March 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 12.3.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 67/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/2009
of 11 March 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 2009.
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32006R1005 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1005/2006 of 30 June 2006 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing
| 1.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/42
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1005/2006
of 30 June 2006
fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(c), (d) and (g) of that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the sugar market, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(3) The first subparagraph of Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund according to destination.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that comply with the requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2).
(5) The negotiations within the framework of the Europe Agreements between the European Community and Romania and Bulgaria aim in particular to liberalise trade in products covered by the common organisation of the market concerned. For those two countries export refunds should therefore be abolished.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
1. Export refunds as provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the conditions provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
2. To be eligible for a refund under paragraph 1 products must meet the relevant requirements laid down in Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2006.
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32003R0318 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2003 of 19 February 2003 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2003
of 19 February 2003
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 of 26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for eggs(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 5/2001(2), and in particular Article 10(3) and Article 20(1) and (4), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 45/2003(4), lays down the necessary provisions for the implementation of marketing standards in the egg sector.
(2) Article 31(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 refers to checks carried out in the packing centres on graded eggs ready for dispatch and not to checks on eggs leaving the packing centres. Therefore, an amendment of the current wording of Article 31(1)(a) should be made accordingly in order to avoid any confusion or misinterpretation.
(3) In order to ensure proper land management and to prevent a build-up of harmful diseases, the open-air runs for laying hens may need to be rotated. Birds should be given even access to the whole paddock area and, where rotation on extensive free range system with at least 10 m2 per hen is practised, each bird should be ensured at all times at least 2,5 m2.
(4) It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 31(1)(a), the introductory phrase "on dispatch from the packing centre:" is replaced by the phrase "at the packing centre, ready for dispatch:";
2. in Annex III, the third indent of point (a) is replaced by the following:
"- the open-air runs must at least satisfy the conditions specified in Article 4(1)(3)(b)(ii) of Council Directive 1999/74/EC whereby the maximum stocking density is not greater than 2500 hens per hectare of ground available to the hens or one hen per 4 m2 at all times; however, where at least 10 m2 per hen is available and where rotation is practised and hens are given even access to the whole area over the flock's life, each paddock used must at any time assure at least 2,5 m2 per hen,
- the open-air runs do not extend beyond a radius of 150 m from the nearest pophole of the building; however an extension of up to 350 m from the nearest pophole of the building is permissible provided that a sufficient number of shelters and drinking troughs within the meaning of that provision are evenly distributed throughout the whole open-air run with at least four shelters per hectare."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32007D0437 | 2007/437/EC: Commission Decision of 19 June 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of haloxyfop-R in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance (notified under document number C(2007) 2548) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 23.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 163/22
COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 June 2007
concerning the non-inclusion of haloxyfop-R in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance
(notified under document number C(2007) 2548)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/437/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that a Member State may, during a period of 12 years following the notification of that Directive, authorise the placing on the market of plant protection products containing active substances not listed in Annex I of that Directive that are already on the market two years after the date of notification, while those substances are gradually being examined within the framework of a programme of work.
(2) Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (2) and (EC) No 703/2001 (3) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the second stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and establish a list of active substances to be assessed with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. That list includes haloxyfop-R.
(3) For haloxyfop-R the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 and (EC) No 703/2001 for a range of uses proposed by the notifier. Moreover, those Regulations designate the rapporteur Member States which have to submit the relevant assessment reports and recommendations to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 451/2000. For haloxyfop-R the rapporteur Member State was Denmark and all relevant information was submitted on 21 November 2003.
(4) The assessment report was peer reviewed by the Member States and the EFSA and presented to the Commission on 28 July 2006 in the format of the EFSA conclusion regarding the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance haloxyfop-R (4). This report was reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 24 November 2006 in the format of the Commission review report for haloxyfop-R.
(5) During the evaluation of this active substance, a number of concerns were identified. The risk assessment for groundwater contamination could not be concluded. In particular it was found that the use of haloxyfop-R, in the scenarios presented by the notifier, led to the appearance of a number of metabolites which are persistent and can leach easily into the water table, with potentially negative effects on drinking water. This raised concerns which could not be resolved on the basis of the data presented within the legal deadlines by the notifier. Moreover, based on the available data, concerns remain as regards the risk assessment for mammals. Consequently, it was not possible to conclude on the basis of the information available that haloxyfop-R met the criteria for inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(6) The Commission invited the notifier to submit its comments on the results of the peer review and on its intention or not to further support the substance. The notifier submitted its comments which have been carefully examined. However, despite the arguments advanced, the above concerns remained unsolved, and assessments made on the basis of the information submitted and evaluated during the EFSA expert meetings have not demonstrated that it may be expected that, under the proposed conditions of use, plant protection products containing haloxyfop-R satisfy in general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(7) Haloxyfop-R should therefore not be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(8) Measures should be taken to ensure that authorisations granted for plant protection products containing haloxyfop-R are withdrawn within a fixed period of time and are not renewed and that no new authorisations for such products are granted.
(9) Any period of grace granted by a Member State for the disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of plant protection products containing haloxyfop-R, should be limited to 12 months in order to allow existing stocks to be used in one further growing season.
(10) This Decision does not prejudice the submission of an application for haloxyfop-R according to the provisions of Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC in view of a possible inclusion in its Annex I.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Haloxyfop-R shall not be included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
Member States shall ensure that:
(a) authorisations for plant protection products containing haloxyfop-R are withdrawn by 19 December 2007;
(b) no authorisations for plant protection products containing haloxyfop-R are granted or renewed from the date of publication of this Decision.
Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall be as short as possible and shall expire on 19 December 2008 at the latest.
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32002R0580 | Council Regulation (EC) No 580/2002 of 25 March 2002 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic on fishing off the coast of Gabon for the period 3 December 2001 to 2 December 2005
| Council Regulation (EC) No 580/2002
of 25 March 2002
on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic on fishing off the coast of Gabon for the period 3 December 2001 to 2 December 2005
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37, in conjunction with Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(1),
Whereas:
(1) Under the Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic on fishing off the coast of Gabon(2), the two Parties have held negotiations with a view to determining amendments or additions to be made to that Agreement at the end of the period of validity of the Protocol annexed thereto.
(2) As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the above Agreement for the period from 3 December 2001 to 2 December 2005 was initialled on 20 September 2001.
(3) It is in the Community's interest to approve this Protocol.
(4) The allocation of the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined,
The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic on fishing off the coast of Gabon for the period 3 December 2001 to 2 December 2005 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation(3).
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
- tuna seiners:
>TABLE>
- surface longliners:
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- trawlers:
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If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.
The Member States whose vessels fish under the Protocol shall be required to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught in the Gabonese fishing zone in accordance with the detailed rules provided by Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas(4).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003R2325 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2325/2003 of 17 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2561/2001 aiming to promote the conversion of fishing vessels and of fishermen that were, up to 1999, dependent on the fishing agreement with Morocco
| Council Regulation (EC) No 2325/2003
of 17 December 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2561/2001 aiming to promote the conversion of fishing vessels and of fishermen that were, up to 1999, dependent on the fishing agreement with Morocco
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament(1),
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement on the relations as regards sea fishing between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco became null and void on 30 November 1999. Consequently, more than 400 fishing vessels and about 4300 fishermen operating in that context were forced to stop their fishing activities at that date.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2561/2001(3) introduced derogations from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999(4) for shipowners and fishermen who were, up to 1999, dependent on the fishing agreement with Morocco, applicable to certain types of premiums and public aid granted by administrative decision between 1 July 2001 and 30 June 2003. The same Regulation introduced a specific action to supplement the measures taken in the context of Structural Fund assistance in the Member States concerned due to the non-renewal of the fisheries agreement with Morocco.
(3) The fishermen affected by the non-renewal of that fisheries agreement may find themselves unemployed following conversion of their vessel to another activity in the same way as fishermen whose vessel has permanently stopped its activity. In order to ensure that all fishermen are treated equally, the provisions stipulating that individual lump sums may be paid to fishermen only provided the fishing vessel on which they were employed has permanently stopped its activities should be derogated from.
(4) The minimum period of less than one year referred to in Article 12(4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 during which the fisherman may not work as a fisherman again without being required to pay back the premium received pro rata temporis should be calculated from 1 January 2002, the date from which temporary cessation payments may no longer be paid, and not from the date on which the premium was actually paid.
(5) In view of the deadlines currently in force, in order to be able to apply the abovementioned amendments, the time limits for the date of the administrative decision, the final date for eligibility of expenditure and the final date for presenting the request for payment of the balance should all be extended by 12 months,
Regulation (EC) No 2561/2001 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, point (d) shall be replaced by the following:
"(d) in the case of an individual lump sum payment to a fisherman:
(i) the maximum eligible cost referred to in Article 12(3)(b) and (c) shall be increased by 20 %;
(ii) the requirement laid down in Article 12(3)(b) that beneficiaries must have been employed on a fishing vessel which has permanently ceased its activity within the meaning of Article 7 shall not apply;
(iii) the period of less than one year referred to in Article 12(4)(c) shall run from 1 January 2002;"
(b) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
"2. The derogation rules laid down in paragraph 1 shall apply only to premiums and public aid that have been granted under an administrative decision by the authorities referred to in Article 6, taken between 1 July 2001 and 30 June 2003. This period shall be extended to 30 June 2004 for the premiums referred to in Article 12(3)(a), (b) and (c)."
2. in Article 5, paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:
"4. The expenses actually paid by the final beneficiary from 1 July 2001 shall be eligible for the Community contribution under this measure. The deadline for eligibility of the expenditure shall be 31 December 2003. That date shall be 31 December 2004 for the premiums referred to in Article 12(3)(a), (b) and (c).
The last date for submission to the Commission of the request for payment of the balance shall be 30 June 2004. That date shall be 30 June 2005 for the premiums referred to in Article 12(3)(a), (b) and (c)."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32007R0126 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 126/2007 of 12 February 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 13.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 41/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 126/2007
of 12 February 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 February 2007.
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32003D0609 | 2003/609/EC: Commission Decision of 18 August 2003 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products from Saint Pierre et Miquelon (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2977)
| Commission Decision
of 18 August 2003
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products from Saint Pierre et Miquelon
(notified under document number C(2003) 2977)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/609/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An inspection has been carried out on behalf of the Commission in Saint Pierre et Miquelon to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community.
(2) The requirements in the legislation of Saint Pierre et Miquelon on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC.
(3) In particular, the "Direction des Services de l'Agriculture: Services Vétérinaires (DSA)" belonging to the "Ministère français de l'agriculture et de la pêche", is capable of effectively verifying the implementation of the legislation in force.
(4) The DSA has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the standards for health controls and monitoring of fishery products as set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding the fulfilment of hygienic requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive.
(5) It is appropriate to lay down detailed provisions concerning fishery products imported into the Community from Saint Pierre et Miquelon, in accordance with Directive 91/493/EEC.
(6) It is also necessary to draw up a list of approved establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores, and a list of freezer vessels equipped in accordance with the requirements of Council Directive 92/48/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the minimum hygiene rules applicable to fishery products caught on board of certain vessels in accordance with Article 3(1)(a)(I) of Directive 91/493/EEC(3). These lists should be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the DSA to the Commission.
(7) It is appropriate for the present Decision to be applied 45 days after its publication providing for the necessary transitional period.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The "Direction des Services de l'Agriculture: Services Vétérinaires (DSA)" of the "Ministère français de l'agriculture et de la pêche", shall be the competent authority in Saint Pierre et Miquelon identified for the purposes of verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery products imported into the Community from Saint Pierre et Miquelon shall meet the requirements set out in Articles 3, 4 and 5.
1. Each consignment shall be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate in accordance with the model in Annex I and comprising a single sheet, duly completed, signed and dated.
2. The certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
3. The certificate shall bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the DSA, and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of the endorsements.
The fishery products shall come from approved establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores, or from registered freezer vessels listed in Annex II.
All packages shall bear the words "SAINT PIERRE ET MIQUELON" and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters, except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods.
This Decision shall apply from 4 October 2003.
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32009R0939 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2009 of 7 October 2009 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from 25 September to 2 October 2009 under subquota III in the context of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 for common wheat of a quality other than high quality
| 8.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 264/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/2009
of 7 October 2009
fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from 25 September to 2 October 2009 under subquota III in the context of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 for common wheat of a quality other than high quality
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 (3) opens an overall annual tariff quota of 2 989 240 tonnes of common wheat of a quality other than high quality. That quota is divided into three subquotas.
(2) Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 divides subquota III (order number 09.4125) into four quarterly subperiods and has fixed the quantity at 594 596 tonnes for subperiod 4, for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2009.
(3) Based on the notification made under Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008, the applications lodged between 25 September 2009 at 13.00 and 2 October 2009 at 13:00 (Brussels time) in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of that Regulation relate to quantities in excess of those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities applied for should be laid down.
(4) Import licences should no longer be issued under subquota III as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 for the current quota,
1. Each import licence application in respect of subquota III as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 and lodged between 25 September 2009 at 13.00 and 2 October 2009 at 13:00 (Brussels time) shall give rise to the issue of a licence for the quantities applied for, multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 2,911522 %.
2. The issue of licences for the quantities applied for from 2 October 2009 at 13:00 (Brussels time) falling within subquota III as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 is hereby suspended for the current quota.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31989L0002 | Commission Directive 89/2/EEC of 15 December 1988 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 15 December 1988
amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
(89/2/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 88/506/EEC (2), and in particular Article 2 (1b) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 88/380/EEC (3) makes provision for including hybrids of rye within the scope of Directive 66/402/EEC and empowers the Commission to adopt the necessary amendments to the definitions in Article 2 (1) of that Directive; whereas Directive 88/380/EEC also empowers the Commission to make amendments to the Annexes to Directive 66/402/EEC in order to establish the conditions to be satisfied by the crop and the seed of hybrids of rye;
Whereas, owing to the increased importance in the Community of hybrid varieties of rye, the amendments to the definitions should be adopted now;
Whereas the amendments to the Annexes depend upon the results of a temporary experiment organized pursuant to Article 13a of Directive 66/402/EEC and cannot yet be made;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Directive 66/402/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 2 (1) (Ca), in the introductory words, 'rye', is inserted after 'rice,';
2. In Article 2 (1) (E), in the introductory words, 'canary grass and rye, other than hybrids in each case, sorghum,' is replaced by 'canary grass, other than hybrids, rye, sorghum,'.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 July 1990.
They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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32015D0251 | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/251 of 13 February 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (notified under document C(2015) 710) Text with EEA relevance
| 17.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 41/46
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/251
of 13 February 2015
amending Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States
(notified under document C(2015) 710)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (3), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU (4) lays down animal health control measures in relation to African swine fever in certain Member States. The Annex to that Decision demarcates and lists certain areas of those Members States differentiated by the level of risk based on the epidemiological situation. That list includes certain areas of Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
(2) Article 11 of Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU, providing for a prohibition on the dispatch to other Member States and third countries of fresh pig meat and of certain pig meat preparations and pig meat products from areas listed in the Annex, should be reviewed in order to improve its consistency as regards derogations applicable to exports to third countries.
(3) Since October 2014, a few cases of African swine fever in wild boar were reported at the border between Estonia and Latvia, in both Member States in an area included in Part I of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU. Two cases were reported in Lithuania in Kaunas and Kupiškis.
(4) The evolution of the current epidemiological situation should be considered in the assessment of the risk represented by the animal health situation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In order to focus animal health control measures and to prevent the spread of African swine fever, as well as to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade by third countries, the Union list of areas subject to the animal health control measures provided for in Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU should be amended to take into account the current animal health situation as regards that disease situation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
(5) It is therefore necessary to amend the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU to include in Part II of that Annex the relevant areas of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
(6) Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 11, paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
(2) the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
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32004R0173 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 173/2004 of 30 January 2004 fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 134th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 173/2004
of 30 January 2004
fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 134th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter of intervention stocks that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 134th individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 2004.
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31989R1254 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1254/89 of 3 May 1989 fixing, for the 1989/90 marketing year, inter alia, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1254/89
of 3 May 1989
fixing, for the 1989/90 marketing year, inter alia, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the market in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1069/89 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (3), 3 (4) and 4 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contribution which the Community intends to make to the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to assure the availability of supplies and ensure that they reach consumers at reasonable prices;
Whereas, in order to attain these objectives, the target price for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into account in particular the resultant level of the intervention price, ensures a fair remuneration for beet and sugar-cane producers while at the same time respecting consumers' interests, and which is likely to maintain the balance between the prices of the principal agricultural products;
Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar market, the risks involved in this trade are relatively slight; whereas, consequently, when the intervention price for sugar is being fixed, the difference between the target price and the intervention price may be fixed at a relatively low level;
Whereas the intervention prices to be fixed for the 1989/90 marketing year will be lower than those for the 1988/89 marketing year; whereas, in order to avoid any depreciation in stock which remain free at the end of the latter year and which form part of the quotas of those eligible for reimbursement for storage costs for such stocks under Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 it should be provided that if such stocks are disposed of between 1 July and 30 September 1989, they shall continue to benefit from the price for the 1988/89 marketing year;
Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of the intervention price and of the costs of processing and delivering the beet to factories and be based on an estimated Community yield of 130 kilograms of white sugar per tonne of beet at 16 % sugar content;
Whereas the production of sugar-cane and raw cane-sugar in the French overseas departments always encounters difficulties that are peculiar to the crop, environmental and operating conditions of this sector; whereas these crops represent an essential component of the economy of the French overseas departments; whereas, pursuant to Article 227 (2) of the Treaty, the Council is to take care, within the framework of the procedures provided for by the Treaty, that the economic and social development of the French overseas departments is made possible; whereas, moreover, Italy is carrying out a restructuring of the sugar-beet sector and sugar production by means of restructuring plans under Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty; whereas, under these circumstances, Italy should be authorized to continue to grant, for the 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketing years, national aid on downward-sliding terms as compared with the overall financial commitment already authorized for aid for the 1988/89
marketing year; whereas it is neverthelses desirable that, for the marketing years concerned and without prejudice to Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty, the authorization to adjust this aid should be maintained when the aid is linked to restructuring plans; whereas, for the aforesaid reasons, provision should also be made for the extension, pending the decisions to be adopted for sugar under the programme of options specific to the remote and insular nature of the French overseas departments, 'Poseidom', of the system of national aid authorized by Article 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 applicable to the cane and sugar produced in the French overseas departments,
1. The target price for white sugar shall be ECU 55,89 per 100 kilograms.
2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be ECU 53,10 per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit areas of the Community with the exception of Spain.
However, for white sugar forming part of quotas in stocks which are free at 24.00 on 30 June 1989 in the hands of those eligible for the reimbursement for storage costs for such stocks under Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and disposed of during the period 1 July to 30 September 1989, the intervention price shall be fixed at ECU 54,18 for the areas referred to in the first subparagraph.
The basic price for beet, applicable in the Community with the exception of Spain and Portugal, shall be ECU 40,07 per tonne delivered at the collection centre.
Standard quality beet shall:
(a) be of sound, genuine and merchantable quality;
(b) have a sugar content of 16 % at the reception point.
1. The Italian Republic, during the 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketing years, and the French Republic shall be authorized to grant, under the terms of paragraphs 2 to 4, adjustment aid to sugar-beet, sugar-cane and, where such is the case, sugar producers.
2. In Italy, the aid referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted only in respect of the quantity of sugar produced within the limit of the A and B quotas of each sugar-producing undertaking.
For this production, the maximum amount of the aid may not:
(a) per 100 kilograms of white sugar, exceed 23,64 % of the intervention price for white sugar fixed in accordance with Article 3 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 for the marketing year in question and
(b) for the 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketing years, exceed 90 and 80 % respectively of the overall financial commitment in ecus already authorized for the 1988/89 marketing year by Article 46 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) NO 1785/81.
3. However, the Italian Republic may adjust the aid referred to in paragraph 2 where this is necessitated by exceptional requirements connected with current plans for restructuring the sugar sector in Italy. In applying Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty, the Commission shall assess in particular whether such aid is consistent with the restructuring plans.
4. In France, the aid referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted only in respect of a quantity of white sugar produced in the overseas departments not exceeding the basic quantity allocated to those departments as reduced by the A quota transfer of 30 000 tonnes of white sugar made in 1981/82 pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81. Such aid may not exceed ECU 6,04 per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar.
The arrangements applied by the French Republic will be re-examined in the context of the decision establishing a programme of options specific to the remote and insular nature of the French overseas departments, 'Poseidom'.
5. In addition, during the 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketing years, the Italian Republic shall be authorized, when the interest rate granted in July to the most solvent applicant is higher, by 3 % or more, than the interest rate used to calculate the reimbursement referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, to cover the effect of this difference on the storage costs by a national aid.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31975D0752 | 75/752/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 November 1975 exempting the United Kingdom from applying Council Directive No 70/458/EEC to certain vegetable species (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 November 1975 exempting the United Kingdom from applying Council Directive No 70/458/EEC to certain vegetable species (Only the English text is authentic) (75/752/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to the Council Directive of 29 September 1970 (1) on the marketing of vegetable seed, as last amended by the Council Directive of 11 December 1973 (2), and in particular Article 42 thereof;
Having regard to the request from the United Kingdom;
Whereas the Commission has already granted to the United Kingdom, by its Decisions No 73/188/EEC (3) and No 74/363/EEC (4), exemption in respect of certain species;
Whereas seed of Anthriscus cerefolium L. Hoffm. has no significance for the United Kingdom, although it is marketed there ; whereas the Directive permits exemption to be granted in respect of the species concerned without imposing any special requirement;
Whereas the species Capsicum annuum L., Solanum melongena L. and Valerianella locusta (L.) Betcke, are not normally cultivated in the United Kingdom ; whereas the seeds of these species are not propagated or marketed there;
Whereas during such time as these conditions obtain it is appropriate to exempt the United Kingdom from applying the provisions of this Directive to the species in question;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The United Kingdom is hereby exempted from applying the provisions of the Council Directive of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed, with the exception of Articles 16 (1) and 30 (1), to the species listed below:
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31987R0559 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 559/87 of 23 February 1987 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing rights and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 October 1986 to 28 February 1988
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 559/87
of 23 February 1987
on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing rights and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 October 1986 to 28 February 1988
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 155 (2) (b) and 167 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, pursuant to Article 17 (2) of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal (3), as amended by the Agreement signed on 21 January 1982 (4), and by the Agreement signed on 20 November 1985 (5), both parties have conducted negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the said Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol;
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a Protocol laying down the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the abovementioned Agreement for the period from 1 October 1986 to 28 February 1988 was initialled on 1 October 1986;
Whereas, under the terms of Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of Accession, it is for the Council to determine the procedures appropriate to take into consideration all or part of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts decisions, case by case, particularly with a view to the conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries; whereas in the case in point, the procedure in question should be determined;
Whereas it is in the interest of the Community to conclude that Protocol,
The Protocol laying down the fishing rights and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 1 October 1986 to 28 February 1988 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation.
With a view to taking into consideration the interests of the Canary Islands, the Protocol referred to in Article 1 and, in so far as is necessary for its application, the provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the conservation and management of fishery resources shall also apply to vessels which sail under the flag of Spain, which are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers of the competent authorities at local level ('registros de base') in the Canary Islands, under the conditions defined in Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 570/86 of 24 February 1986 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation in trade between the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary Islands (6).
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol, in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004D0198 | 2004/198/EC: Commission Decision of 27 February 2004 amending Decision 2002/794/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to poultrymeat, poultrymeat products and poultrymeat preparations intended for human consumption and imported from Brazil (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 557)
| Commission Decision
of 27 February 2004
amending Decision 2002/794/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to poultrymeat, poultrymeat products and poultrymeat preparations intended for human consumption and imported from Brazil
(notified under document number C(2004) 557)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/198/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/2003(2), and in particular Article 53(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries(3), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Decision 2002/794/EC(4) all consignments of poultrymeat, poultrymeat products and poultrymeat preparations imported from Brazil must be sampled in order to demonstrate the absence of nitrofurans.
(2) Decision 2002/794/EC should be reviewed, according to Article 6 thereof, in the light of the guarantees offered by the competent authorities of Brazil and on the basis of the results of the test carried out by the Member States.
(3) The competent authorities of Brazil have submitted to the Commission on 27 May 2003 an action plan, which was considered satisfactory by the Commission.
(4) The Food and Veterinary Office concluded in its mission report(5) that the implementation and enforcement of this action plan were carried without important deficiencies.
(5) Since 12 August 2003, the Commission, through the RASFF system, did not receive any relevant notification of nitrofuran in poultrymeat, poultrymeat products or poultrymeat preparations from Brazil.
(6) The frequency of sampling and testing shall therefore be reduced.
(7) Decision 2002/794/EC should be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 2 of Decision 2002/794/EC, the text of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following text:
"1. Member States shall, using appropriate sampling plans and detection methods, subject 20 % of the consignments of poultrymeat, poultrymeat products and poultrymeat preparations imported from Brazil to a chemical test in order to ensure that the products concerned do not present a hazard to human health. This test must be carried out, in particular, with a view to detecting the presence of nitrofurans and their metabolites."
This Decision shall apply from 9 March 2004.
Member States shall amend the measures they apply to imports in order to bring them into line with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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31996D0381 | 96/381/EC: Commission Decision of 20 June 1996 approving the measures to be implemented as regards bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 June 1996 approving the measures to be implemented as regards bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal (Text with EEA relevance) (96/381/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof,
Whereas according to the second subparagraph of Article 9 (1) of Directive 89/662/EEC and the second subparagraph of Article 10 (1) of Directive 90/425/EEC, the Member State of origin shall implement on its territory the appropriate measures to prevent all situations which may constitute a serious hazard to animals or to human health;
Whereas, to protect animal and human health in the Community, the Commission adopted Decision 94/474/EC of 27 July 1994 concerning certain protection measures relating to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and repealing Decisions 89/469/EEC and 90/200/EEC (4), as last amended by Decision 95/287/EC (5), Decision 92/290/EEC of 14 May 1992 concerning certain protection measures relating to bovine embryos in respect of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United Kingdom (6), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, Decision 94/381/EC of 27 June 1994 concerning certain protection measures with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the feeding of mammalian derived protein (7), as amended by Decision 95/60/EC (8), Decision 94/382/EC of 27 June 1994 on the approval of alternative heat treatment systems for processing animal waste of ruminant origin, with a view to the inactivation of spongiform encephalopathy agents (9), as amended by Decision 95/29/EC (10), and Decision 96/239/EC of 27 March 1996 on emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (11), as amended by Decision 96/362/EC (12);
Whereas, upon the publication in March 1996 of new information on certain cases of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease where the link to BSE could not be ruled out, Community bodies have recognized that decisive action must be taken in order to control and finally eradicate BSE;
Whereas Portugal has had cases of BSE in its native cattle;
Whereas in April 1996 Portugal presented to the Commission a plan laying down supplementary measures to control and eradicate BSE in Portugal, hereafter referred to as 'the plan`;
Whereas the principal elements of the plan are:
(a) compulsory slaughter of animals identified as imported from the United Kingdom, all animals in herds where cases of BSE have occurred and all animals in other herds identified as belonging to the same birth cohort as affected animals;
(b) an improved system of health monitoring of holdings with bovine animals and intensified surveillance of the feed manufacturing industry to prevent the possible use of meat-and-bone meal;
Whereas a programme to control BSE and reduce the number of future cases should concentrate on removal of animals most likely to have been exposed to infected meat-and-bone meal in accordance with the principle laid down in point 6 of the conclusions of the Council meeting of 1 to 3 April 1996;
Whereas the Council concluded that such an option should be open to Member States other than the United Kingdom on a case-by-case basis;
Whereas, however, there are factors in Portugal which make it difficult in practice to identify animals within herds that are most likely to have been exposed to infected meat-and-bone meal in view of low herd size and the lack of full data for the identification of high-risk groups;
Whereas, consequently, the Commission can accept under these particular circumstances and in order to restore consumer confidence that a whole herd slaughter policy be adopted for Portugal in relation to BSE to be financed with a Community contribution on the basis of the same principles and in accordance with the same procedure as laid down in points 8 and 9 of the conclusions of the Council meeting of 1 to 3 April 1996;
Whereas the Commission, in accordance with point 9 of those Council conclusions, has adopted Regulation (EC) No 716/96 (13), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 835/96 (14), and Regulation (EC) No 717/96 (15), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 841/96 (16), in order to provide market support;
Whereas a similar measure will be proposed in order to provide for financial assistance to Portugal for the present plan;
Whereas the plan amended on 12 June 1996 will contribute to the reduction in the number of BSE cases and increase the controls relating to the disease, and it should therefore be approved;
Whereas the Commission should carry out Community inspections in Portugal to verify the application of the measures approved by this Decision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The plan regarding bovine spongiform encephalopathy presented in April 1996 by Portugal, as amended on 12 June 1996, is hereby approved.
Portugal shall bring into force by 30 June 1996 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to implement the plan referred to in Article 1.
1. Portugal shall notify the Commission of any intentions to modify the plan referred to in Article 1.
2. This Decision shall be re-examined as soon as possible following a notification as provided for in paragraph 1.
The Commission shall carry out Community inspections on the spot in Portugal to verify the effective implementation of the plan.
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32001R2012 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2012/2001 of 12 October 2001 on the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying-in, storage and disposal
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2012/2001
of 12 October 2001
on the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying-in, storage and disposal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 of 12 February 1988 on the method and the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying-in, storage and disposal(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2623/1999(4), lays down that the uniform interest rate used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures is to correspond to the three months' and twelve months' forward Euribor rates with a weighting of one third and two thirds respectively.
(2) The Commission fixes this rate before the beginning of each EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year on the basis of the rates recorded in the six months preceding fixing.
(3) Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 lays down that if the rate of interest costs borne by a Member State is lower for at least six months than the uniform interest rate fixed for the Community a specific interest rate is to be fixed for that Member State. The Member State notified these costs to the Commission before the end of the accounting year; where no costs are notified by a Member State, the rate to be applied is determined on the basis of the reference interest rates set out in the Annex to the said Regulation.
(4) The interest rates for the 2002 accounting year must be set, in line with those provisions.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
For expenditure incurred during the 2002 EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year, the interest rate referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be 4,4 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 October 2001.
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31996R0690 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 690/96 of 16 April 1996 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 690/96 of 16 April 1996 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 482/96 (3), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 1996.
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31989R4056 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/89 of 19 December 1989 amending for the ninth time Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 4056/89 of 19 December 1989 amending for the ninth time Regulation (EEC) N° 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources(1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) N° 170/83 provides that the conservation measures necessary to achieve the aims set out in Article 1 are to be formulated in the light of the available scientific advice;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3094/86(2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 2220/89(3), lays down the general technical rules for the catching and landing of the biological resources found in Community waters;
Whereas it is appropriate, for practical reasons, to make a minor adjustment, in the Firth of Clyde (ICES sub-area VI), to the line separating the zone in which the minimum mesh size is 80 millimetres and that in which it is 90 millimetres;
Whereas, in the light of the latest scientific advice, provision should be made for an increase in mesh size when fishing in region 3 for N°rway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and prawns (Parapenaeus longirostris, Aristeus antennatus and Aristaeomorpha foliacea);
Whereas it is necessary to reduce catches of small-sized hake, the stock of which in region 3 is fished in close association with N°rway lobster; whereas recent experiments using the selective trawl for N°rway lobster fishing have suggested that this type of gear can substantially reduce the number of small-sized hake caught, without affecting catches of the target species; whereas use of the selective trawl can also result in an improvement in the quality of the fish caught and, consequently, in increased incomes for fishermen; whereas use of the selective trawl in the N°rway lobster fisheries in region 3 should therefore be encouraged;
Whereas, in the light of the latest scientific advice, it is necessary to increase the minimum landing size for bass so as to protect the juvenile part of bass stocks as part of the efficient long-term management of resources in regions 2 and 3;
Whereas the results of the latest experiments on the selectivity of trawls used for fishing megrim and little sole show that the minimum landing sizes applicable to these two species do not correspond with the minimum mesh sizes specified for region 3 and the landing sizes should therefore be reduced,
Regulation (EEC) N° 3094/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1.In Annex I, in region 2, the entries which refer to West of Scotland and Rockall (ICES sub-area VI) shall be replaced by the entry given in Annex I to this Regulation.
2.In Annex I, for region 3, the entries shown for the entire region and for the following authorized target species:
-prawn (Parapenaeus longirostris, Aristeus antennatus and Aristaeomorpha foliacea), and -N°rway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) shall be replaced by the entries given in Annex II to this Regulation.
3.In Annex II, the data concerning the minimum sizes for megrim (Lepidorhambus spp.), bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and for little sole (Dicologoglossa cuneata) shall be replaced by the data set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(2), shall apply from 1 April 1990.
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32014D0133 | 2014/133/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 11 March 2014 rejecting the refusal of authorisations of biocidal products containing bromadiolone notified by Germany in accordance with Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2014) 1362) Text with EEA relevance
| 13.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 11 March 2014
rejecting the refusal of authorisations of biocidal products containing bromadiolone notified by Germany in accordance with Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2014) 1362)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/133/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular Article 36(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) contained the list of active substances approved at Union level for use in biocidal products. Commission Directive 2009/92/EC (3) added the active substance bromadiolone for use in products belonging to product-type 14, Rodenticides, as defined in Annex V to Directive 98/8/EC.
(2) In accordance with Article 8 of Directive 98/8/EC, the companies Pelgar International Limited and Unichem d.o.o. (‘the applicants’) submitted applications to the United Kingdom for authorisation of biocidal products containing bromadiolone as a wax block formulation (‘the contested products’). The United Kingdom authorised before 1 September 2013 the contested products for a number of uses including professional application in and around buildings and in sewers. A number of Member States have subsequently authorised the contested products through mutual recognition.
(3) The German competent authority for biocidal products received applications for mutual recognition of authorisations according to Article 4(1) of Directive 98/8/EC for the contested products.
(4) Germany has notified the Commission, the other Member States and the applicants of its proposal to refuse the authorisations in accordance with Article 4(4) of Directive 98/8/EC, as Germany considers that the contested products do not meet the requirements of Article 5(1) of Directive 98/8/EC with regard to effects on human health.
(5) According to the notifications, Germany disagrees with the evaluation carried out by the United Kingdom regarding the dermal absorption value used in such evaluation (0,04 %). Germany considers this value as inappropriate according to OEDC standards on in vitro dermal absorption methods (4) and pointed out that based on a more conservative value of 0,36 % as per these standards the assessment results in an unacceptable dermal exposure to bromadiolone for professional users.
(6) For each notification, the Commission invited the other Member States and the applicants to submit comments to the notification in writing within 90 days in accordance with Article 27(1) of Directive 98/8/EC. Comments were submitted within that deadline by the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and one of the applicants. The notification was also discussed between Commission representatives and representatives of Member States’ Competent Authorities for biocidal products in the meeting of the Product Authorisation and Mutual Recognition Facilitation Group of 14 May 2013.
(7) From the abovementioned discussions and comments, it follows that the United Kingdom carried out the evaluation of the dermal absorption in a way which is compatible with the latest agreed EU guidance (5), pursuant to which the possibility of reading across existing data from the active substance approval is accepted.
(8) First, the United Kingdom used a dermal absorption value from a study considered as reliable in the context of the EU approval of the active substance bromadiolone, to which the applicants held the required letter of access from the data owner. Second, the dermal absorption study from which that value was obtained was carried out with a similar bait formulation to that of the contested products, as recommended by the abovementioned guidance.
(9) Finally, the United Kingdom evaluated the product with the benefit of expert judgment to justify that the specific conditions of the study from which the dermal absorption value was obtained resembled more closely the actual exposure conditions for professional users loading wax blocks in bait stations. This approach is compatible with the abovementioned guidance and the common principles for the evaluation of dossiers for biocidal products as provided for by paragraph 12 of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(10) In the light of the above arguments, the Commission supports the conclusions of the assessment carried out by the United Kingdom and the other Member States having authorised the contested products through mutual recognition that they do not have unacceptable effects on human health, as required by Article 5(1) of Directive 98/8/EC. The Commission therefore considers that the request by Germany to refuse the authorisations cannot be justified on the grounds put forward.
(11) Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 shall apply to the contested products in accordance with the provisions of Article 92(2) of that Regulation. Since the legal basis for this Decision is Article 36(3) of that Regulation, this decision should be addressed to all Member States by virtue of Article 36(4) of that Regulation.
(12) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
The proposal by Germany to refuse the authorisations granted by the United Kingdom of the products mentioned in the Annex, is rejected.
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31989R3793 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3793/89 of 15 December 1989 authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must in respect of the 1989/90 wine year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3793/89
of 15 December 1989
authorizing the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must in respect of the 1989/90 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (2), and in particular Articles 32 (5) and 81 thereof,
Whereas the forward estimate drawn up for the 1989/90 wine year indicates that the quantities of table wine available at the beginning of the wine year exceeds by more than four months' supply those normally used up over the year; whereas the conditions for authorization of long-term storage contracts specified in Article 32 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 are therefore met;
Whereas the abovementioned forward estimate indicates the existence of surpluses for all types of table wine and for table wines which stand in close economic relationship to those types of table wine; whereas it should therefore be made possible for long-term contracts to be concluded for those types of table wine; whereas it is necessary by the same token to open this possibility for grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must;
Whereas Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides that only producers fulfilling the obligations laid down in Article 35 and, where appropriate, Articles 36 and 39 of that Regulation during a reference period to be determined may qualify for the intervention measures; whereas that period must therefore be specified;
Whereas Article 6 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 of 29 April 1983 on storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2753/89 (4), specifies that table wines eligible for long-term storage contracts shall be classified into two categories on the basis of their characteristics with regard to quality; whereas this possibility need not be used in view of te fairly homogenous characteristics of wines from the 1989 harvest;
Whereas it is necessary, for the purposes of possible implementation of Article 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, to know the maximum quantity of table wine subject to storage contract which may be distilled as provided for in the said Article; whereas producers should therefore be required to provide intervention agencies with the necessary information, which they are then to pass on to the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
1. During the period 16 December 1989 to 15 February 1990 private long-term storage contracts may be concluded, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83, for:
- all types of table wine and for table wines in close economic relationship to such table wine, provided that the conditions of Article 6 (4) of that Regulation are met, and
- grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must.
2. In accordance with Article 47 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 producers who, during the 1987/88 wine year, were subject to the obligations laid down in Articles 35, 36 or 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 wine year shall not be entitled to benefit from the measures provided for in this Regulation unless they provide evidence that they have complied with their obligations during the reference periods laid down in Article 18 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2352/89 (6), and Article 22 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2351/89 (8).
The minimum quality conditions that must be met by table wines which may be the subject of a storage contract shall be as set out in the Annexes hereto.
1. Producers who, within the limits laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83, wish to conclude a long-term storage contract for a table wine shall, when submitting the application for conclusion of a contract, advise the intervention agency of the total quantity of table wine they have produced during the current wine year.
For this purpose the producer shall submit a copy of the production declaration(s) drawn up pursuant to Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3929/87 (1).
2. The Member States shall inform the Commission, not later than 10 May 1989, of the maximum quantity of table wine subject to long-term storage contract which may be distilled as provided for in Article 42 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 16 December 1989.
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32013R0649 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 649/2013 of 8 July 2013 derogating from Regulations (EC) No 1122/2009 and (EU) No 65/2011 as regards the reduction of the amounts of the aid for late submission of single applications in relation to alpine pastures in mountain areas of Austria for 2013
| 9.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 649/2013
of 8 July 2013
derogating from Regulations (EC) No 1122/2009 and (EU) No 65/2011 as regards the reduction of the amounts of the aid for late submission of single applications in relation to alpine pastures in mountain areas of Austria for 2013
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (1), and in particular Article 91 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (2), and in particular Article 142(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector (3) provides, in its Article 23(1), for reductions to be applied in the case of late submission of an aid application as well as of documents, contracts or declarations which are constitutive for the eligibility for the aid.
(2) According to Article 8(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 of 27 January 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as regards the implementation of control procedures as well as cross-compliance in respect of rural development support measures (4), Articles 22 and 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 apply mutatis mutandis to payment claims under Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011.
(3) Austria has implemented a system of single aid application which covers, pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, several direct payment applications and certain applications for aid granted under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
(4) In accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 and Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011, Austria has fixed 15 May 2013 as the latest day until which single applications for 2013 can be submitted.
(5) In order to enable the implementation of the control system the third subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 requires Member States to ensure that agricultural parcels are reliably identified and to require the single application to be accompanied by documents identifying the parcels.
(6) In response to deficiencies related to the determination of the eligible area of agricultural parcels, which were detected in the past, Austria has started updating its Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) for alpine pastures as defined by Austria within the mountain areas designated pursuant to Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
(7) Austria has experienced exceptional circumstances in weather conditions of the winter season 2012/2013 preventing the authorities from ending up the process of updating the LPIS for agricultural parcels of alpine pastures in those mountain areas before the launch of the single application process. The necessary rapid field visits of those parcels in high altitude have been delayed by heavy and late-season snowfalls. Consequently, farmers intending to submit a single application relating to agricultural parcels of alpine pastures will be provided with the updated information about the parcels later than foreseen.
(8) This situation has affected the ability of applicants to submit single aid applications and payment claims relating to agricultural parcels of alpine pastures in Austria within the time limits provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 and Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011.
(9) Due to those difficulties, the application process in 2013 is expected to start later than the date on which the process started in the previous years for farmers with agricultural parcels of alpine pastures. The information submitted by the Austrian authorities to the Commission on their capacity to finalise the update of the LPIS for those areas shows that a derogation until 28 June 2013 is necessary to enable all farmers and beneficiaries concerned to submit their single applications.
(10) By way of derogation from Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 it is therefore appropriate not to apply reductions on grounds of late submission of single applications in respect of those farmers who submitted their single applications relating to at least one agricultural parcel of alpine pasture as defined by Austria within the mountain areas designated pursuant to Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 by 28 June 2013 at the latest.
(11) Similarly, by way of derogation from Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 and in respect of payment claims under Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 relating to at least one agricultural parcel of alpine pastures as defined by Austria within the mountain areas designated pursuant to Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, it is appropriate not to apply reductions on grounds of late submission of payment claims which were submitted by 28 June 2013 at the latest.
(12) Since the derogations should cover the single applications and payment claims submitted for aid year 2013, it is appropriate that this Regulation applies retroactively.
(13) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of the Rural Development Committee and the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
By way of derogation from Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009, in respect of the application year 2013, no reductions on grounds of late submission shall apply to those farmers who submitted a single application relating to at least one agricultural parcel located in alpine pastures as defined by Austria within the mountain areas designated pursuant to Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 by 28 June 2013 at the latest. Such single applications submitted after the 28 June 2013 shall be considered inadmissible.
By way of derogation from Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011, in respect of the application year 2013, no reductions provided for in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 shall apply in respect of payment claims under Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 relating to at least one agricultural parcel located in alpine pastures as defined by Austria within the mountain areas designated pursuant to Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on grounds of late submission of payment claims if those payment claims were submitted by 28 June 2013 at the latest. Such payment claims submitted after the 28 June 2013 shall be considered inadmissible.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 1 January 2013.
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32002R2047 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2047/2002 of 19 November 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2047/2002
of 19 November 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 November 2002.
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31991D0040 | 91/40/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1990 amending Decision 88/222/EEC recognizing certain Member States or regions of certain Member States as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San José Scale)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1990 amending Decision 88/222/EEC recognizing certain Member States or regions of certain Member States as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San José Scale) (91/40/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 91/271/EEC (2), and in particular Annex III, part B (8) and Annex IV, part A (14a), (2) second indent thereof,
Whereas under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC from 16 April to 30 September, in the case of origin in the Northern Hemisphere, and from 16 October to 31 March, in the case of origin in the Southern Hemisphere, plants of certain genera, other than fruit, seeds and parts of plants used for decoration, originating in or coming from countries or, in the case of certain Member States, regions other than those recognized as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San José Scale), may not be introduced in certain Member States;
Whereas, under other provisions of the said Directive, plants of the same genera, other than fruit, seeds and parts of plants used for decoration, which originate in or coming from countries where the aforementioned harmful organism is known to occur, may be introduced into the Member States only when they are either subjected to fumigation or other appropriate treatment against that organism, or when they originate in regions recognized as being free from the aforementioned harmful organism;
Whereas by Commission Decision 88/222/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 90/603/EEC (4), certain Member States or regions of certain Member States were recognized as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus;
Whereas it has appeared from official information supplied by the Federal Republic of Germany that the list of Laender which are free from San José Scale has to be modified, taking into account the situation in respect of the absence of San José Scale in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas it has appeared from official information supplied by the Portuguese Republic that the list of distritos which are free from San José Scale has to be modified in this country;
Whereas therefore the list of relevant regions should be amended accordingly;
Wheras the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Article 1
Decision 88/222/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto. Article 2
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32007R0576 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 576/2007 of 25 May 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 26.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 135/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 576/2007
of 25 May 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May 2007.
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32007D0067 | Commission Decision of 18 December 2006 allowing Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for the new active substance tritosulfuron (notified under document number C(2006) 6573) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 6.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 32/164
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 December 2006
allowing Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for the new active substance tritosulfuron
(notified under document number C(2006) 6573)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/67/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in June 2001 Germany received an application from BASF AG for the inclusion of the active substance tritosulfuron in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 2002/268/EC (2) confirmed that the dossier was complete and could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annex II and Annex III to that Directive.
(2) Confirmation of the completeness of the dossier was necessary in order to allow it to be examined in detail and to allow Member States the possibility of granting provisional authorisations, for periods up to three years, for plant protection products containing the active substance concerned, while complying with the conditions laid down in Article 8(1) of Directive 91/414/EEC and, in particular, the condition relating to the detailed assessment of the active substance and the plant protection product in the light of the requirements laid down by that Directive.
(3) For this active substance, the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(2) and (4) of Directive 91/414/EEC, for the uses proposed by the applicant. The rapporteur Member State submitted the draft assessment report to the Commission on 5 September 2002.
(4) Following submission of the draft assessment report by the rapporteur Member State, it has been found to be necessary to request further information from the applicant and to have the Rapporteur Member State examine that information and submit its assessment. Therefore, the examination of the dossier is still ongoing and it will not be possible to complete the evaluation within the timeframe provided for in Directive 91/414/EEC.
(5) As the evaluation so far has not identified any reason for immediate concern, Member States should be given the possibility of prolonging provisional authorisations granted for plant protection products containing the active substance concerned for a period of 24 months in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of Directive 91/414/EEC so as to enable the examination of the dossier to continue. It is expected that the evaluation and decision-making process with respect to a decision on possible Annex I inclusion for tritosulfuron will have been completed within 24 months.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Member States may extend provisional authorisations for plant protection products containing tritosulfuron for a period not exceeding 24 months from the date of adoption of this Decision.
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32003R0748 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2003 of 28 April 2003 fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the second invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 604/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2003
of 28 April 2003
fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the second invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 604/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Tenders have been invited for certain quantities of beef fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 604/2003(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 of 4 October 1979 on detailed rules of application for to disposal of beef bought in by intervention agencies and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 216/69(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95(5), the minimum selling prices for meat put up for sale by tender should be fixed, taking into account tenders submitted.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The minimum selling prices for beef for the second invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 604/2003 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 22 April 2003 are as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April 2003.
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32015R0310 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/310 of 26 February 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the single European sky and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2014 Text with EEA relevance
| 27.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 56/30
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/310
of 26 February 2015
amending Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 laying down requirements on data link services for the single European sky and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2014
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the interoperability of the European Air Traffic Management network (the interoperability Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 3(1) and (5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 (2) lays down requirements for the coordinated introduction of data link services based on air-ground point-to-point data communications.
(2) Air navigation service providers and operators have reported technical issues when implementing Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, particularly disconnections, known as Provider Aborts (‘PAs’), of existing air-ground data communications enabling the operations of data link services (‘DLS’) and which are beyond acceptable performance levels. For that reason certain air navigation service providers have already taken mitigation measures, consisting of the restriction of DLS operations to aircraft equipped with specific avionics through so-called ‘white lists’, so as to address potential safety impacts of those PAs in the operations of data link service.
(3) At the request of the Commission, the European Aviation Safety Agency (‘EASA’) conducted an investigation (3) to identify the root cause or causes of those technical issues and to recommend measures to address them. The investigation revealed that the random PA occurrences could not be attributed to a single, predictable cause but rather to a combination of factors related to the radio frequency environment and to the current single frequency implementation of the data link infrastructure. It was found that this excessive rate of random PAs causes a degradation in the network performance potentially presenting aviation safety risks by increasing the pilots and controllers' workload and creating confusion leading to a loss of situational awareness.
(4) EASA concluded in its investigation report that acceptable data link performance levels can only be established by deploying a multi-frequency infrastructure, which is also to be optimised for radio frequency interference prevention. It recommended establishing and implementing a plan of actions to further investigate the identified technical issues and to validate the necessary technical solutions. However, these measures require time and EASA therefore recommended to reconsider the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 and the timeframes of that Regulation. EASA also recommended that the implementation of the plan of actions be preferably performed by the deployment manager as referred to in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 409/2013 (4).
(5) In addition, with a view to addressing specifically the aviation safety aspect of DLS operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, on 23 May 2014 EASA issued Safety Information Bulletin No 2014-14, which recommends that operators revert from data to voice when confronted with a high level of PAs.
(6) In line with the EASA recommendations, the Commission instructed the SESAR Joint Undertaking (‘SJU’) to draft a work plan for further investigation of the identified issues and for carrying out the specific actions recommended by EASA. The work plan, as presented by the SJU, includes two phases of studies and remedial actions deemed necessary in relation to, in particular, the data link ground infrastructure issues and the finding and validation of technical airborne solutions. The preliminary results and remedial actions are expected by 2016, while further validation may require two more years.
(7) Therefore, particularly due to the observed technical difficulties and shortcomings in the performance of the deployed DLS infrastructure, which have already led to certain mitigation measures being enacted, and their potential impact on aviation safety and given that the necessary studies and actions to identify and remedy them are expected to be completed during the course of 2018, the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 should be deferred.
(8) For the same reasons referred to in recital 7, and in order to retain the consistency of the requirements set out in Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, certain other timeframes provided for in that Regulation should also be amended.
(9) In order to provide and operate data link services built on the required validated ground DLS capability, the dates of application for the requirements relating to the ground equipage for the airspace defined in Parts A and B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 should be amended so as to ensure that the ground infrastructure is available 24 months before the date of application of the requirements relating to the airborne side. However, Member States responsible for the airspace defined in Part B of that Annex have already been provided with a longer period to implement the required DLS ground infrastructure. Therefore it is no longer justified to differentiate, in terms of dates of application, between airspace defined in Parts A and B of that Annex.
(10) In addition, the date by which the operators are required to ensure that the aircraft concerned have the capacity to operate the DLS in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 should be adjusted, in order that it corresponds to the amended date of application of that Regulation. Moreover, in respect of this requirement concerning the capacity to operate the DLS, it is also no longer justified to distinguish between aircraft on the basis of the date of their individual certificate of airworthiness. However, the exemptions to this requirement for certain categories of aircraft, as well as the specific rule concerning new transport type State aircraft, should be retained and the relevant dates should be adjusted accordingly, so as to retain the practical effect of those rules. Only with respect to the exemption relating to aircraft with an individual certificate of airworthiness first issued before 1 January 2014 and fitted with data link equipment certified against one of the relevant Eurocae documents the current dates should be retained, at least for the time being, in the absence of clear and convincing data justifying their adjustment.
(11) The measures set out in this Regulation, in particular the amendment to the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, are, subject to the need to adequately address any aviation safety issues that may arise in this connection, without prejudice to the existing possibilities in the context of the modulation of air navigation charges referred to in Article 16 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 391/2013 (5) or the allocation of air traffic flow management (ATFM) slots in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 255/2010 (6) to take account of the fact that certain operators may already have equipped, or will equip on a voluntary basis before the amended date of application of the Regulation, their aircraft with the capacity to operate DLS and that certain air traffic service providers have already implemented DLS ground infrastructure.
(12) Pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2014 (7), the Croatian airspace is to be added to the airspace in which Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 applies. However, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2014 only applies from 5 February 2016. Considering the current amendment to Regulation (EC) No 29/2009, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2014 should, for reasons of clarity, be repealed and the amendment enacted by that Regulation should be inserted in this Regulation.
(13) Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(14) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee, established by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8),
Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 1, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
(2) in Article 3, paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:
(a) aircraft with an individual certificate of airworthiness first issued before 1 January 2014 and fitted with data link equipment certified against the requirements of one of the Eurocae documents specified in point (10) of Annex III;
(b) aircraft which have an individual certificate of airworthiness first issued before 31 December 2003 and which will cease operation in the airspace referred to in Article 1(3) before 31 December 2022;
(c) State aircraft;
(d) aircraft flying in the airspace referred to in Article 1(3) for testing, delivery or for maintenance purposes or with data link constituents temporarily inoperative under conditions specified in the applicable minimum equipment list required by point (1) of Annex III and Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its implementing rules.
(3) in Article 15, in the second paragraph, the words ‘7 February 2013’ are replaced by ‘5 February 2018’;
(4) in Annex I, in Part B, the following is inserted after ‘— Warszawa FIR,’: ‘— Zagreb FIR,’.
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2014 is repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32014R0588 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 588/2014 of 2 June 2014 amending Annexes III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for orange oil, Phlebiopsis gigantea , gibberellic acid, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain FE 9901, Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus , Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus, Bacillus firmus I-1582, s-abscisic acid, L-ascorbic acid and Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus in or on certain products Text with EEA relevance
| 3.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 164/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 588/2014
of 2 June 2014
amending Annexes III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for orange oil, Phlebiopsis gigantea, gibberellic acid, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain FE 9901, Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus, Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus, Bacillus firmus I-1582, s-abscisic acid, L-ascorbic acid and Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus in or on certain products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For gibberellic acid maximum residue levels (MRLs) were set in Part A of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. For Phlebiopsis gigantea, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain FE 9901, Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus, Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus, Bacillus firmus I-1582, orange oil, s-abscisic acid, L-ascorbic acid and Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus, no specific MRLs were set nor were the substances included in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, so the default value of 0,01 mg/kg laid down in Article 18(1)(b) of that Regulation applies'.
(2) As regards Phlebiopsis gigantea
(2), Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain FE 9901 (3), Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (4), Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus (5), Bacillus firmus I-1582 (6) and Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (7) the European Food Safety Authority, (the Authority) concluded that these substances are not pathogenic to humans and do not require a quantitative consumer risk assessment. In view of that conclusion, the Commission considers that the inclusion of such substances in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 is appropriate.
(3) For orange oil (8), the Authority could not conclude on the dietary risk assessment for consumers as some information was not available and further consideration by risk managers was required. Orange oil is naturally occurring in plants and is used as a flavouring agent for medicine and food. In view of this it is considered appropriate to include this substance temporarily in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 pending submission of EFSA's reasoned opinion in accordance with Article 12(1).
(4) For gibberellic acid (9), the Authority could not conclude on the dietary risk assessment for consumers as some information was not available and further consideration by risk managers was required. Gibberellic acid is naturally occurring in a wide range of plants. The Authority did not propose MRLs for grapes as residues were shown to be below the LOQ in treated and control samples and since it would not be possible to distinguish between exogenous and natural occurring gibberellins. In view of these reasons it is considered appropriate to include this substance temporarily in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 pending submission of EFSA's reasoned opinion in accordance with Article 12(1).
(5) For s-abscisic acid (10), the Authority could not conclude on the dietary risk assessment for consumers as some information was not available and further consideration by risk managers was required. S-abscisic acid is naturally occurring in plants. In view of this it is considered appropriate to include this substance temporarily in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 pending submission of EFSA's reasoned opinion in accordance with Article 12(1).
(6) As regards L-ascorbic acid, the Authority concluded (11) that its inclusion in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 is appropriate.
(7) Based on the scientific opinion and conclusions of the Authority and taking into account the factors relevant to the matter under consideration, the appropriate modifications to the MRLs fulfil the relevant requirements of Article 5(1) and Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 the column for gibberellic acid is deleted.
2. In Annex IV, the entries: ‘orange oil (12)’, ‘Phlebiopsis gigantea’, ‘gibberellic acid (12)’, ‘Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain FE 9901’, ‘Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus’, ‘Spodoptera exigua nuclear polyhedrosis virus’, ‘Bacillus firmus I-1582’, ‘s-abscisic acid (12)’, ‘L-ascorbic acid’, and ‘Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus’ are added, in alphabetical order.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32014D0099 | 2014/99/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 February 2014 setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020 (notified under document C(2014) 974)
| 20.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 50/22
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 18 February 2014
setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020
(notified under document C(2014) 974)
(2014/99/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (1), and in particular Article 90(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund support the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal in all regions corresponding to level 2 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (hereinafter referred to as ‘NUTS level 2’), which was established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2007 (3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 90(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 it is necessary that the Commission sets up a list of regions fulfilling the respective criteria of each of the three categories of regions (less developed regions, transition regions and more developed regions) at NUTS level 2.
(3) Pursuant to Article 90(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 it is also necessary that the Commission sets up the list of Member States that are eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund and a list of Member States that shall receive support from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis.
(4) According to point 32 of the Conclusions on the multiannual financial framework 2014-20 adopted by the European Council of 7/8 February 2013, at the request of a Member State, NUTS level 2 regions which have been merged by Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 (4), and where the application of the modified NUTS classification results in changes in the eligibility category status of one or more of the regions concerned, shall be part of the category determined at the level of the modified NUTS region. Consequently this Decision should be coherent with these Conclusions.
(5) For reasons of transparency, the codes and names of the NUTS level 2 regions applicable from 1 January 2012 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 should also be included into the annexes to this Decision.
(6) The list of eligible regions and Member States should therefore be set up accordingly,
The regions under the less-developed category eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) are listed in Annex I.
The regions under the transition category eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF are listed in Annex II.
The regions under the more-developed category eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF are listed in Annex III.
The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund are listed in Annex IV.
The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis are listed in Annex V.
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31992D0015 | 92/15/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1991 authorizing certain Member States to apply intra- Communit surveillance to imports originating in third countries which have been put into free circulation in the Community and which may be the subject of protective measures pursuant to Article 115 of the EEC Treaty (Only the Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1991 authorizing certain Member States to apply intra-Communit surveillance to imports originating in third countries which have been put into free circulation in the Community and which may be the subject of protective measures pursuant to Article 115 of the EEC Treaty (Only the Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese texts are authentic) (92/15/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 87/433/EEC (1) of 22 July 1987, on surveillance and protective measures which Member States may be authorized to take pursuant to Article 115 of the EEC Treaty, and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof,
Whereas Decision 87/433/EEC requires Member States to have prior authorization from the Commission before introducing intra-Community surveillance of the imports concerned;
Whereas the Commission, by Decision 91/18/EEC (2) and other relevant decisions, authorized the Member States to introduce such surveillance;
Whereas almost all those decisions are due to expire on 31 December 1991;
Whereas certain Member States have submitted applications to the Commission for authorization to extend the application of some of these surveillance measures and to introduce new surveillance measures not covered by the abovementioned decisions;
Whereas the Commission has closely studied, on a case-by-case basis, these applications in accordance with the criteria laid down by Decision 87/433/EEC taking into account the plan of action established by the Community for the completion of the internal market as from 1 January 1993;
Whereas these criteria must be applied strictly due to the imminence of this date and to the exception nature of intra-Community surveillance measures with regard to the principle of the free movement of goods;
Whereas the authorization to introduce intra-Community surveillance measures should be restricted to a limited number of cases where there is a real risk of extensive deflection of trade which could lead to serious difficulties in the sectors concerned;
Whereas, under these circumstances, the Member States should be authorized to make subject to intra-Community surveillance imports of the products listed in the Annex until 30 June 1992,
The Member States named in the Annex are authorized, in so far as each is concerned, to apply, until 30 June 1992 and in accordance with Decision 87/433/EEC, intra-Community surveillance of the products listed in the said Annex.
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32004R0523 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 523/2004 of 19 March 2004 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 523/2004
of 19 March 2004
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme(3). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling EUR 31,962/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2004.
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31993D0377 | Commission Decision of 22 June 1993 terminating the proceeding to review anti-dumping measures applicable to certain imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 June 1993 terminating the proceeding to review anti-dumping measures applicable to certain imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China
(93/377/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Articles 9 and 14 thereof,
After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation,
Whereas:
A . PREVIOUS PROCEDURE (1) By Regulation (EEC) No 3433/91 (2), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of gas-fuelled of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters falling within CD code ex 9613 10 00 and originating, inter alia, in the People's Republic of China. The rate applicable to products originating from that country was set at 16,9 %.
B. REVIEW (2) In January, the Commission received submissions from Policity Industrial Ltd, Capital Industries Ltd and Gladstrong Investments Ltd (companies incorporated in Hong Kong and participants in joint-venture manufacturing operations in the People's Republic of China) and from Sanshui Huafa Industry & Chemcials Co., Ltd (a company introducing itself as being located in the People's Republic of China), manufacturers of the product in question, stating their intention to export the product concerned from China to the Community in the near future and requesting the establishing of individual anti-dumping duty rates for their exports.
Those companies provided, on request, evidence that they did not export the product concerned to the Community during the period covered by the previous investigation into dumping (calendar year 1989), and that they were not related to or associated with the Chinese export branches or other Chinese manufacturers of this product for which dumping was found during the original investigation period. One of the companies started exporting to the Community after the end of the investigation period.
(3) By a notice published on 11 March 1992 (3) the Community, after consultation within the Advisory Committee and in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, initiated a review of Regulation (EEC) No 3433/91 in so far as it concerned imports of pocket flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China.
(4) Accordingly, the Commission officially advised the exporters and importers known to be concerend, as well as the representatives of the exporting country. It sent questionnaires to the parties directly concerend and gave them the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing.
(5) Neither Policity Industrial Ltd, one of the exporters having requested the review, nor four producers in China, alleged to be potential exporters to the Community, replied to the questionnaire sent to them by the Commission. The other three companies having requested the review, as well as three Chinese producers related to them, replied to the questionnaire.
(6) One of the companies having solicited the review requested and was granted a hearing. The Commission informed all the companies having cooperated in the review proceeding of the results of the investigation and the Commission's considerations in this respect. The Commission also granted these companies a period within which to submit further comments and their comments were taken into consideration where appropriate.
(7) The investigation period for the review was calendar year 1991.
C. RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION (8) The Commission considered it necessary to examine whether the exporters having requested the review are companies which are independent of the Chinese State in reaching their business decisions. This would distinguish the exporters from those exporters subject of the original investigation and would entitle them to individual treatment.
According to the consistent practice of the Community with regard to exports from a non-market economy country, that individual treatment is appropriate only in exceptional cases where the producer concerned has shown that its business decisions are taken independently of the State authorities. In this connection, the sole fact that a company has the status of a joint venture, with a shareholding by a foreign investor, has not as such been considered sufficient by the Community to justify individual treatment.
Indeed, individual dumping margins or anti-dumping duties are inappropriate when the State, through any form of control on the exporters concerned, can take advantage of differentiation of the anti-dumping duty and thus undermine the effectiveness of the measures taken.
In examining whether this requirement is met, the Commission found the following:
1. Policity Industrial Ltd, Hong Kong
(9) Neither Policity Industrial Ltd, Hong Kong, nor its allegedly relate company in China, Dongguan Poly Action Plastics & Metal Mfg Co Ltd, submitted any information concerning their business activities to the Commission. It could not therefore be established whether the Chinese company operated outside the influence of the State authorities. No evidence of changed circumstances could therefore be found.
2. Capital Line Industries Ltd, Hong Kong
(10) From the information made available to the Commission by the company, it appeared that Capital Line Industries Ltd, Hong Kong, holds 30 % of the capital of the Chinese producer Dong Guan Lighter Factory, the remaining 70 % of shares being owned by Chinese State-owned companies.
(11) The fact that State-owned companies have the majority shareholding in the Chinese manufacturer of lighters led the Commission to conclude that the Dong Guan Lighter Factory could not be considered an independent company operating outside the influence of the State authorities.
3. Gladstrong Investments Ltd, Hong Kong
(12) From the data submitted by the company, it appeared that Gladstrong Investments Ltd, Hong Kong, is a participent in four joint-venture manufacturing operations in the People's Republic of China. While Gladstrong holds directly or indirectly a maximum of 40 % of the capital of those companies, it appeared that the remaining capital (at least 60 %), was controlled by companies in which State authorities held the majority of shares.
(13) The Commission therefore considered that none of the four Chinese producers with which Gladstrong Investments Ltd, Hong Kong, was associated could be considered an independent company free of State control.
4. Sanshui Huafa Industry & Chemicals Co., Ltd, Hong Kong
(14) From the information made available to the Commission by the company, it appeared that Sanshui Huafa Industry & Chemicals Co., Ltd is in fact located in Hong Kong and is 50 % and is 50 % owned by a Hong Kong company and 50 % by a company which itself is 100 % owned by the State of the People's Republic of China.
The supplier of Sanshui Huafa Industry & Chemicals Co., Ltd, Hong Kong, is a producer in China called 'Guang Dong Sanshui Huafa Industry & Chemicals Co., Ltd' whose stock is shared equally (50-50) between the same companies which own Sanshui Huafa Industry & Chemicals Co., Ltd, Hong Kong.
(15) The fact that Guang Dong Sanshui Huafa Industry & Chemicals Co., Ltd is 50 % owned by a State controlled company in China means that the State authorities are able to block the business decisions of the company and thus exercise a significant degree of control.
5. Conclusion
(16) For the reasons given above, no individual treatment can be granted to any of the Chinese companies involved in the review.
(17) One company submitted an offer of undertaking. However, since individual treatment is not appropriate for that company, the offer could not be considered.
D. TERMINATION OF REVIEW PROCEEDING (18) In those circumstances, the proceeding to review the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to certain imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China should be terminated without any change to the measures in force.
(19) No objections to this course of action were raised in the Advisory Committee,
The proceeding to review anti-dumping measures under Regulation (EEC) No 3433/91 in respect of certain imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters falling within CN code ex 9613 10 00 and originating in the People's Republic of China, is hereby terminated. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32005R0641 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2005 of 27 April 2005 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries
| 28.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 107/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 641/2005
of 27 April 2005
opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the Community’s international obligations in the context of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (2), it is necessary to create the conditions to import a certain quantity of maize into Spain.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3) lays down the special additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the invitation to tender.
(3) In view of the current market demand in Spain, an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize is appropriate.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on maize to be imported into Spain.
2. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
The invitation to tender shall be open until 23 June 2005. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of invitation to tender.
Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued within the meaning of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32014R0072 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 72/2014 of 27 January 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013 as regards deductions from the 2013 Portuguese quota for redfish in NAFO area 3LN
| 28.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 23/31
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 72/2014
of 27 January 2014
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013 as regards deductions from the 2013 Portuguese quota for redfish in NAFO area 3LN
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (1), and in particular Article 105(1), (2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013 (2), the Portuguese fisheries industry discovered a mistake in the published 2012 catch figures for redfish in NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization) area 3LN.
(2) The Portuguese fisheries authorities noticed that the catch reports on which these 2012 catch figures are based were not correctly transmitted to the Commission. This was confirmed by an independent audit.
(3) On the basis of the corrected data transmitted by Portugal on 14 November 2013, it appears that the Portuguese quota for redfish in NAFO area 3LN (RED/N3LN) was overfished by a lower amount than that taken into account for the purpose of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013.
(4) The deduction from the 2013 Portuguese quota for redfish in NAFO area 3LN should therefore be corrected as regards figures concerning the overfishing of the quota concerned.
(5) Considering that this Implementing Regulation is amending deductions already operated on the redfish in NAFO area 3LN quota for 2013, its provisions should apply retroactively from the date of entry into force of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013.
(6) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 770/2013 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
However, it shall apply from 15 August 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999L0103 | Directive 1999/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 January 2000 amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement
| DIRECTIVE 1999/103/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 24 January 2000
amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion from the commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty(3),
Whereas:
(1) At international level the 19th Conférence générale des poids et mesures (1991) extended the list of SI prefixes to be used for multiples and submultiples of SI units.
(2) The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has revised the principles and rules regarding quantities and units as laid down in the international standard ISO 31; rules for the practical use of the SI system are given by the international standard ISO 1000.
(3) The text of Council Directive 80/181/EEC(4) should be brought into line with these international agreements and standards.
(4) Certain third countries do not accept on to their market products marked exclusively in the legal units established by Directive 80/181/EEC; companies exporting their products to these countries will be disadvantaged if supplementary indications are disallowed after 31 December 1999; supplementary indications in non-legal units should therefore be authorised for a further period.
(5) The application of Directive 80/181/EEC should be re-examined and the appropriate measures taken with a view to the use of a global system; the procedure of Article 18 of Council Directive 71/316/EEC(5), should apply where appropriate,
Directive 80/181/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 3(2), "31 December 1999" shall be replaced by "31 December 2009".
2. The following Article shall be added: "Article 6a
Issues concerning the implementation of this Directive and, in particular, the matter of supplementary indications shall be further examined, and if necessary the appropriate measures adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18 of Council Directive 71/316/EEC(6)."
3. The Annex shall be amended as follows:
(a) In Chapter I, the text under the table in point 1.1.1 shall be replaced by the following: "Celsius temperature t is defined as the difference t = T - T0 between the two thermodynamic temperatures T and T0 where T0 = 273,15 K. An interval or difference of temperature may be expressed either in kelvins or in degrees Celsius. The unit 'degree Celsius' is equal to the unit 'kelvin'."
(b) The definitions of the SI supplementary units following the table in point 1.2.1 shall be replaced by the following: "Unit of plane angle
The radian is the angle between two radii of a circle which cut off on the circumference an arc equal in length to the radius.
(International standard ISO 31 - 1: 1992)
Unit of solid angle
The steradian is the solid angle of a cone which, having its vertex in the centre of a sphere, cuts off on the surface of the sphere an area equal to that of a square with sides of length equal to the radius of the sphere.
(International standard ISO 31 - 1: 1992)."
(c) The table in point 1.3 shall be replaced by the following:
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(d) Point 3 shall be replaced by the following: "3. UNITS USED WITH THE SI, WHOSE VALUES IN SI ARE OBTAINED EXPERIMENTALLY
>TABLE>
Note:
The prefixes and their symbols listed in 1.3 may be used in conjunction with these two units and with their symbols."
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 9 February 2001. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. Member States shall lay down the procedure for such reference.
Without prejudice to Directive 80/181/EEC, Member States shall, after 31 December 1999, authorise or continue to authorise the use of the supplementary indications referred to in Article 3 of that Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32001R2442 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2442/2001 of 13 December 2001 laying down the revised production estimate for unginned cotton for the 2001/02 marketing year and the resulting new provisional reduction in the guide price
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2442/2001
of 13 December 2001
laying down the revised production estimate for unginned cotton for the 2001/02 marketing year and the resulting new provisional reduction in the guide price
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 19(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme(3) provides that the revised production estimate for unginned cotton referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 and the resulting new provisional reduction in the guide price are to be established before 1 December of the marketing year concerned.
(2) Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 provides that the revised production estimate is to be established by taking account of the progress of the harvest. On the basis of data available for the 2001/02 marketing year, that revised estimate should be as set out below.
(3) The second subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 provides that from 16 December following the start of the marketing year, the amount of the advance is to be determined based on the revised production estimate, plus at least 7,5 %. In view of the most recent figures for the 2001/02 marketing year on quantities placed in supervised storage notified by the Member States in accordance with Article 15(4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 and the uncertainty on the Greek market, as a safety margin, a percentage increase of 11 % for Greece and 7,5 % for Spain and Portugal should be applied.
(4) The new provisional reduction in the guide price is calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, but by replacing actual production by the revised production estimate plus at least 7,5 %. That reduction should therefore be as set out below.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Natural Fibres,
1. For the 2001/02 marketing year, the revised production estimate for unginned cotton shall be:
- 1146787 tonnes for Greece,
- 325000 tonnes for Spain,
- 756 tonnes for Portugal.
2. For the 2001/02 marketing year, the new provisional reduction in the guide price shall be:
- EUR 45,390/100 kg for Greece,
- EUR 21,473/100 kg for Spain,
- EUR 0/100 kg for Portugal.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1953 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1953/2005 of 29 November 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 30.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1953/2005
of 29 November 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 November 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R1119 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1119/2008 of 12 November 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 13.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 302/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1119/2008
of 12 November 2008
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 November 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012D0190 | 2012/190/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 4 April 2012 amending Decisions 2008/603/EC, 2008/691/EC and 2008/751/EC as regards the temporary derogations from the rules of origin laid down in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 to take account of the special situation of Mauritius, Seychelles and Madagascar with regard to preserved tuna and tuna loins (notified under document C(2012) 2321)
| 12.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 4 April 2012
amending Decisions 2008/603/EC, 2008/691/EC and 2008/751/EC as regards the temporary derogations from the rules of origin laid down in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 to take account of the special situation of Mauritius, Seychelles and Madagascar with regard to preserved tuna and tuna loins
(notified under document C(2012) 2321)
(2012/190/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 of 20 December 2007 applying the arrangements for products originating in certain states which are part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements (1), and in particular Article 36(4) of Annex II thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 17 July 2008 the Commission adopted Decision 2008/603/EC (2) granting a temporary derogation from the rules of origin laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 to take account of the special situation of Mauritius with regard to preserved tuna and tuna loins. By Commission Implementing Decision 2011/377/EU (3) extension of that temporary derogation was granted until 31 December 2011. On 6 October 2011 Mauritius requested in accordance with Article 36 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 a new derogation from the rules of origin set out in that Annex. According to the information received from Mauritius the catches of raw tuna remain unusually low even compared to the normal seasonal variations. Given that the abnormal situation since 2008 remains unchanged and because of the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean a new derogation should be granted with effect from 1 January 2012.
(2) On 14 August 2008 the Commission adopted Decision 2008/691/EC (4) granting a temporary derogation from the rules of origin laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 to take account of the special situation of Seychelles with regard to preserved tuna. By Implementing Decision 2011/377/EU extension of that temporary derogation was granted until 31 December 2011. On 17 November 2011 Seychelles requested in accordance with Article 36 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 a new derogation from the rules of origin set out in that Annex. According to the information provided by Seychelles the catches of raw tuna remain very low even compared to the normal seasonal variations. Furthermore, the threat of piracy results in a reduced number of fishing days in lucrative but high risk areas. Given that the abnormal situation since 2008 remains unchanged, a new derogation should be granted with effect from 1 January 2012.
(3) On 18 September 2008 the Commission adopted Decision 2008/751/EC (5) granting a temporary derogation from the rules of origin laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 to take account of the special situation of Madagascar with regard to preserved tuna and tuna loins. By Implementing Decision 2011/377/EU extension of that temporary derogation was granted until 31 December 2011. On 25 October 2011 Madagascar requested in accordance with Article 36 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 a new derogation from the rules of origin set out in that Annex. According to this information sourcing of raw originating tuna remains difficult due to the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean. Given that the abnormal situation since 2008 remains unchanged, a new derogation should be granted with effect from 1 January 2012.
(4) Decisions 2008/603/EC, 2008/691/EC and 2008/751/EC applied until 31 December 2011. It is necessary to ensure continuity of importations from the ACP countries to the Union as well as a smooth transition to the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern and Southern Africa States on the one part and the European Community and its Member States on the other part (ESA-EU Interim Economic Partnership Agreement). Decisions 2008/603/EC, 2008/691/EC and 2008/751/EC should therefore be extended from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.
(5) It would be inappropriate to grant derogations in accordance with Article 36 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 which exceed the annual quota granted to the ESA region under the ESA-EU Interim Economic Partnership Agreement. Consequently the quota amounts for 2012 should be set at 3 000 tonnes of preserved tuna and 600 tonnes of tuna loins for Mauritius, 3 000 tonnes of preserved tuna and 600 tonnes of tuna loins for Seychelles and 2 000 tonnes of preserved tuna and 500 tonnes of tuna loins for Madagascar.
(6) In the interest of clarity, it is appropriate to set out explicitly that the only non-originating materials to be used for the manufacture of preserved tuna and tuna loins of CN code 1604 14 16 should be tuna of HS Headings 0302 or 0303, in order for the preserved tuna and tuna loins to benefit from the derogation.
(7) Decisions 2008/603/EC, 2008/691/EC and 2008/751/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Decision 2008/603/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
4. the Annex is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision.
Decision 2008/691/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
4. the Annex is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.
Decision 2008/751/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
4. the Annex is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2012.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 |
32012R0481 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 481/2012 of 7 June 2012 laying down rules for the management of a tariff quota for high-quality beef
| 8.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 148/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 481/2012
of 7 June 2012
laying down rules for the management of a tariff quota for high-quality beef
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 144(1) and Article 148, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 (2) opened on a multiannual basis an autonomous import tariff quota for the import of 20 000 tonnes of high-quality beef. That Regulation has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 464/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) which increases the import tariff quota to 21 500 tonnes from the first day of the month following its publication, and to 48 200 tonnes as from 1 August 2012. Tariff quotas for agricultural products are to be managed in conformity with Article 144(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 464/2012 provides that the tariff quota is to be managed by the Commission by means of implementing acts, to be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (4).
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 of 13 July 2009 providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for high-quality beef (5) lays down rules for the administration of the tariff quota concerned by applying the simultaneous examination method of import licence applications, as referred to in Article 144(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. Recent experience with the administration of the Union tariff quota for high-quality beef has shown a need to improve the management of this tariff quota. Experience in the use of the first-come, first-served management system referred to in Article 144(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 has been positive in other agricultural sectors. Therefore, in the interest of administrative simplification and in order to avoid any speculative behaviour, the tariff quota concerning the import of high-quality beef originating in third countries should be managed in accordance with Articles 308a and 308b and Article 308c(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (6), which lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations. Where imports are managed in accordance with those rules, no import licences should be required any more.
(3) In order to ensure a regular flow of imports, it is appropriate to sub-divide the annual tariff quota into quarterly sub-periods. Appropriate order numbers should be fixed in line with Article 308a(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 establishes that the quota year runs from 1 July to 30 June. In order to ensure a swift transfer from the current simultaneous examination method to the first-come, first-served management system the new management method should apply as from 1 July 2012.
(5) The quantity available for the first quarterly sub-period (1 July to 30 September 2012) should be calculated on a pro-rata basis taking into account the volume of the annual tariff quota applicable until 31 July 2012 and the new increased volume of the annual tariff quota applicable as of 1 August 2012.
(6) The release into free circulation of the goods imported under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 should be subject to the presentation of a certificate of authenticity issued by the competent authority of the exporting third country. The issue of such certificates of authenticity should guarantee that the imported goods qualify as high quality beef as defined in this Regulation.
(7) For reasons of clarity, Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 should be repealed and replaced by a new implementing regulation.
(8) Since the new management system is to apply as from 1 July 2012, licences applied for in June 2012 under Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 should not be issued.
(9) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
Subject matter and scope
1. This Regulation lays down rules for the management of an annual Union tariff quota for high-quality beef provided for in Regulation (EC) No 617/2009, hereinafter referred to as ‘the tariff quota’. The tariff quota period, volume and duty shall be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. This Regulation shall apply to high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef that fulfils the requirements laid down in Annex II.
For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘frozen meat’ means meat with an internal temperature of – 12 °C or lower when it enters the customs territory of the European Union.
Management of the tariff quota
1. The tariff quota shall be managed on a first-come, first-served basis in accordance with Articles 308a and 308b and Article 308c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. No import licences shall be required.
2. The tariff quota shall be managed as a parent tariff quota under order number 09.2201 with four quarterly sub-tariff quotas under order number 09.2202.
The benefit from the tariff quota can be granted only by applying for order number 09.2202 referring to the sub-tariff quotas.
3. The drawings on the sub-tariff quotas until 30 September, 31 December and 31 March shall be stopped respectively on the fifth working day of the Commission in November, February and May. Their unused balances shall be added to the quantities for the quarterly sub-tariff quotas starting respectively on 1 October, 1 January and 1 April. No unused balance at the end of a quota year shall be transferred to another quota year.
Certificates of authenticity
1. In order to benefit from the tariff quota, a certificate of authenticity issued in the third country concerned, together with a customs declaration for release for free circulation for the goods concerned, shall be presented to the Union’s customs authorities.
2. The certificate of authenticity referred to in paragraph 1 shall be established in accordance with the model set out in Annex III.
3. On the reverse side of the certificate of authenticity it shall be stated that the meat originating in the exporting country fulfils the requirements laid down in Annex II.
4. A certificate of authenticity shall be valid only if it is duly completed and endorsed by the issuing authority.
5. A certificate of authenticity shall be considered to have been duly endorsed if it states the date and place of issue and if it bears the stamp of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or persons empowered to sign it.
6. The stamp may be replaced by a printed seal on the original of the certificate of authenticity and any copies thereof.
7. The validity of a certificate of authenticity shall expire at the latest on 30 June following the date of its issue.
Issuing authorities in third countries
1. The issuing authority referred to in Article 3 shall:
(a) be recognised as such by the competent authority of the exporting country;
(b) undertake to verify entries in the certificates of authenticity.
2. The following information shall be notified to the Commission:
(a) the name and address, if possible including e-mail and internet address, of the authority or authorities recognised to issue the certificates of authenticity referred to in Article 3;
(b) specimen of the stamps used by the issuing authority or authorities;
(c) the procedures and criteria followed by the issuing authority or authorities in order to establish whether the requirements laid down in Annex II are fulfilled.
Third country notifications
When the requirements laid down in Annex II are fulfilled, the Commission shall publish the name of the issuing authority or authorities concerned in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union or by any other appropriate means.
On-the-spot checks in third countries
The Commission may request the third country to authorise representatives of the Commission to carry out, where required, on-the-spot checks in that third country. Those checks shall be performed jointly with the competent authorities of the third country concerned.
Repeal
Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 is repealed.
Transitional measures
Licence applications submitted in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 during the first seven days of June 2012 shall be rejected on the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The securities lodged in relation with those applications shall be released.
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2012.
However, Article 8 shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
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32013R0219 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 219/2013 of 12 March 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 13.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 69/23
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 219/2013
of 12 March 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0614 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 614/2006 of 19 April 2006 establishing a prohibition of fishing for black scabbardfish in ICES VIII, IX, X (Community waters and international waters) by vessels flying the flag of France
| 21.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 108/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 614/2006
of 19 April 2006
establishing a prohibition of fishing for black scabbardfish in ICES VIII, IX, X (Community waters and international waters) by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 and 2006 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep sea stocks in waters where catch limitation are required (3), lays down quotas for 2005 and 2006.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0893 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 893/2009 of 25 September 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 838/2009 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2009
| 26.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 254/97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 893/2009
of 25 September 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 838/2009 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2009
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2009 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 838/2009 (3).
(2) As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5/tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EC) No 838/2009.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 838/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 838/2009 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 26 September 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32010D0248 | 2010/248/: Council Decision of 26 April 2010 adjusting the allowances provided for in Decision 2003/479/EC and Decision 2007/829/EC concerning the rules applicable to national experts and military staff on secondment to the General Secretariat of the Council
| 1.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/31
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 April 2010
adjusting the allowances provided for in Decision 2003/479/EC and Decision 2007/829/EC concerning the rules applicable to national experts and military staff on secondment to the General Secretariat of the Council
(2010/248/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 41(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 15(7) of Council Decision 2003/479/EC (1) and Article 15(6) of Council Decision 2007/829/EC (2) provide that the daily and monthly allowances are to be adjusted each year without retroactive effect on the basis of the adaptation of the basic salaries of European Union officials in Brussels and Luxembourg.
(2) On 23 December 2009, the Council adopted Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1296/2009 adjusting with effect from 1 July 2009 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients applied thereto (3), which applies an adjustment of 1,85 %,
1. In Article 15(1) of Decision 2003/479/EC and Article 15(1) of Decision 2007/829/EC, the amounts EUR 30,75 and EUR 122,97 shall be replaced by EUR 31,32 and EUR 125,25 respectively.
2. In Article 15(2) of Decision 2003/479/EC and in Article 15(2) of Decision 2007/829/EC the table shall be replaced by the following:
‘Distance between place of origin and place of secondment Amount in EUR
0-150 0,00
> 150 80,50
> 300 143,12
> 500 232,59
> 800 375,71
> 1 300 590,40
> 2 000 706,72’
3. In Article 15(4) of Decision 2003/479/EC the amount EUR 30,75 shall be replaced by EUR 31,32.
This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the month following its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0076 | 2014/76/EU: Council Decision of 11 February 2014 appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
| 12.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 41/18
COUNCIL DECISION
of 11 February 2014
appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
(2014/76/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 255 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a(1) thereof,
Having regard to the initiative by the President of the Court of Justice on 25 November 2013,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a panel is to be set up in order to give an opinion on candidates’ suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and the General Court before the Governments of the Member States make the appointments (hereafter referred to as the ‘panel’).
(2) The panel is to comprise seven persons chosen from among former members of the Court of Justice and the General Court, members of national supreme courts and lawyers of recognised competence, one of whom is to be proposed by the European Parliament.
(3) Account should be taken of a balanced membership of the panel, both in geographical terms and in terms of representation of the legal systems of the Member States.
(4) The members of the panel and its President should therefore be appointed,
For a period of four years from 1 March 2014, the following shall be appointed members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union:
Mr Jean-Marc SAUVÉ, President
Mr Luigi BERLINGUER
Ms Pauliine KOSKELO
Lord MANCE
Mr Péter PACZOLAY
Mr Christiaan TIMMERMANS
Mr Andreas VOSSKUHLE
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 2014. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0354 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 354/2005 of 1 March 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 2.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 56/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 354/2005
of 1 March 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0194 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 194/2012 of 8 March 2012 fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2012 fishing year
| 9.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 71/10
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 194/2012
of 8 March 2012
fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2012 fishing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/2000 of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of private storage aid for certain fishery products (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Private storage aid should not exceed the sum of technical and financial costs recorded in the Union during the fishing year preceding the year in question.
(2) To discourage long-term storage, to shorten payment times and to reduce the burden of controls, private storage aid should be paid in one single instalment.
(3) In order not to hinder the operation of the intervention system in the year 2012, this Regulation should apply retroactively from 1 January 2012.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 2012 fishing year the amount of private storage aid, referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation shall be as follows:
— : first month : EUR 219 per tonne,
— : second month : EUR 0 per tonne.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
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31990D0637 | 90/637/EEC: Council Decision of 22 October 1990 concerning the conclusion of a protocol renewing the cooperation agreement between the European economic community and the kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade
| 12.12.1990 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 347/23
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 October 1990
concerning the conclusion of a Protocol renewing the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade
(90/637/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the conclusion of a Protocol renewing the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community, and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade (1) is in their mutual interest;
Whereas the said Protocol should be approved,
The Protocol renewing the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement referred to in Article 1 in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985R3804 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3804/85 of 20 December 1985 drawing up the list of areas under vines in certain Spanish regions where table wines may have an actual alcoholic strength which is lower than Community requirements
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3804/85
of 20 December 1985
drawing up the list of areas under vines in certain Spanish regions where table wines may have an actual alcoholic strength which is lower than Community requirements
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 91 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 126 of the Act of Accession provides that table wines coming from certain areas under vines on 1 January 1985 in certain regions of Spain may, until the end of 1995, have an actual alcoholic strength of non less than 7 % vol;
Whereas, to ensure compliance with the objectives of the common organization of the market, it is necessary to make provision that the said areas are not extended and that only wines coming from these areas may have an actual alcoholic strength which a lower than Community requirements;
whereas, in order to do this, the list of these areas should be drawn up by province;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal, the institutions of the Communities may adopt, before accession, the measures referred to in Article 91 of the Act of Accession.
Only table wines coming from areas under vines in Spain on 1 January 1985 and listed in the Annex hereto may, until 31 December 1985, have an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 7 % vol.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986, subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R1892 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1892/95 of 29 June 1995 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997 the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1892/95 of 29 June 1995 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997 the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article 228 (2) and (3) first subparagraph,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea (2), the two Parties conducted negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol;
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the abovementioned Agreement for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997 was initialled on 30 June 1994;
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve the Protocol,
The Protocol establishing, for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997, the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009D0897 | 2009/897/EC: Council Decision of 30 November 2009 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on the short-stay visa waiver
| 8.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 321/39
COUNCIL DECISION
of 30 November 2009
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on the short-stay visa waiver
(2009/897/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular point 2(b)(i) of Article 62, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the European Community an Agreement with the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on the short-stay visa waiver (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’).
(2) The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community on 28 May 2009 and has been provisionally applied since that date, subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2009/481/EC (2).
(3) The Agreement should be approved.
(4) The Agreement establishes a Joint Committee for the management of the Agreement, which should adopt its rules of procedure. It is appropriate to provide for a simplified procedure for the establishment of the Community position on the adoption of those rules of procedure.
(5) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and without prejudice to Article 4 of the said Protocol, these Member States are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on the short-stay visa waiver (3) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 8(1) of the Agreement (4).
The Community shall be represented by the Commission, assisted by experts from Member States, in the Joint Committee of experts established by Article 6 of the Agreement.
The position of the Community within the Joint Committee of experts with regard to the adoption of its rules of procedure as required under Article 6(4) of the Agreement shall be taken by the Commission after consultation with a special committee designated by the Council.
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32002R2102 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2102/2002 of 28 November 2002 prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of France
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2102/2002
of 28 November 2002
prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December 2001 fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2000/2002(4), lays down quotas for cod for 2002.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions VIIb to k, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.11 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have exhausted the quota allocated for 2002. France has prohibited fishing for this stock from 31 October 2002. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions VIIb to k, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.11 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 2002.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions VIIb to k, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.11 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 31 October 2002.
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31995D0291 | 95/291/EC: Commission Decision of 18 July 1995 on special financial contributions from the Community for the eradication of Newcastle disease in Portugal (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 18 July 1995 on special financial contributions from the Community for the eradication of Newcastle disease in Portugal (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (95/291/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
Whereas outbreaks of Newcastle disease occurred in Portugal in 1993 and 1994; whereas the appearance of this disease is a serious danger to the Community's poultry and, in order to help eradicate the possibility of compensating for the losses suffered;
Whereas, as soon as the presence of Newcastle disease was officially confirmed the Portuguese authorities took appropriate measures which included the measures as listed in Article 3 (2) of Decision 90/424/EEC; whereas such measures were notified by the Portuguese authorities;
Whereas the conditions for Community financial assistance have been met;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
For outbreaks of Newcastle disease which occurred during 1993 and 1994 Portugal may obtain Community financial assistance. The financial contribution by the Community shall be:
- 50 % of the costs incurred by Portugal in compensating owners for the slaughter, destruction of poultry and poultry products as appropriate,
- 50 % of the costs incurred by Portugal for the cleaning and disinfection of holdings and equipment,
- 50 % of the costs incurred by Portugal in compensating owners for the destruction of contaminated feedingstuffs and contaminated equipment.
1. The Community financial contribution shall be granted after supporting documents have been submitted.
2. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sent by Portugal no later than six months from the notification of this Decision.
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32007D0088 | 2007/88/EC: Commission Decision of 8 February 2007 on the allocation to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of three additional fishing days for enhanced observer coverage in accordance with Annex IIA to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 (notified under document number C(2007) 365)
| 10.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/4
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 February 2007
on the allocation to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of three additional fishing days for enhanced observer coverage in accordance with Annex IIA to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006
(notified under document number C(2007) 365)
(Only the Dutch and English texts are authentic)
(2007/88/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of stocks, applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular point 11 of Annex IIA thereto,
After consulting the Scientific Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries,
Whereas:
(1) Point 8.2 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 specifies the maximum number of days per year for which a Community vessel may be present within any one of the areas as defined in point 2 of that Annex having carried on board one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 of that same Annex.
(2) Point 11 of Annex IIA enables the Commission to allocate three additional fishing days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4 of that Annex on the basis of an enhanced programme of observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry.
(3) The Netherlands and the United Kingdom have submitted such an enhanced programme of observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry.
(4) In view of the programmes submitted, three additional days at sea should be allocated to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom for the period between 1 February 2006 and 31 January 2007 for the vessels involved in the submitted enhanced programmes of observer coverage.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
The maximum number of days specified under point 8.2 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall for vessels carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4 of that Annex IIA, be increased by three days for vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or the United Kingdom and involved in the submitted enhanced programmes of observer coverage referred to in point 11.1. of that Annex.
1. Seven days after the notification of the present Decision in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom shall submit to the Commission the exhaustive list of vessels selected for the samples related to the submitted enhanced programmes.
2. Only the vessels selected for the sampling plans, and which have participated until the end of the submitted enhanced programmes foreseen for the year 2006, will benefit from the allocation of additional days as laid down in Article 1.
Two months after the end of the submitted enhanced programmes for the year 2006, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom shall provide a report to the Commission on the outcomes of the programmes for the covered species and areas.
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32003R2260 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2260/2003 of 22 December 2003 establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the second quarter of 2004 under the arrangements provided for by the Free Trade Agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2260/2003
of 22 December 2003
establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the second quarter of 2004 under the arrangements provided for by the Free Trade Agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 of 29 September 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1853/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The applications for import licences lodged for the first quarter of 2004 are for quantities less than the quantities available and can therefore be met in full.
(2) The quantity available for the following period should be determined,
1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 January to 31 March 2004 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.
2. For the period 1 April to 30 June 2004, applications may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 for import licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.
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31991R2079 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2079/91 of 12 July 1991 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2079/91 of 12 July 1991 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3926/90 of 20 December 1990 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1991 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 793/91 (4), provides for cod quotas for 1991;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of ICES division II b by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal have reached the quota allocated for 1991,
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions II b by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Portugal for 1991.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES division II b by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
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31995R2247 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/95 of 25 September 1995 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to trade in fruit and vegetables between Spain and the Community, with the exception of Portugal, as regards certain fruit and vegetables
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2247/95 of 25 September 1995 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to trade in fruit and vegetables between Spain and the Community, with the exception of Portugal, as regards certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 of 23 October 1989 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fresh fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 997/95 (4), establishes the list of products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector from 1 January 1990; whereas tomatoes, artichokes and melons are included in the list;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3308/91 (6), lays down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism, hereinafter called the 'STM`, to fresh fruit and vegetables;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1369/95 (7) lays down that the periods referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be up to 24 September 1995 for the above products; whereas in view of expected exports from Spain to the rest of the Community, with the exception of Portugal, and of the Community market situation, a period I should be fixed for the products in question excepting tomatoes; whereas, on the basis of the abovementioned criteria a period II should be determined for tomatoes from 2 October until 5 November 1995; whereas indicative ceilings should be determined pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 for short periods given the sensitivity of this product;
Whereas it should be stipulated that the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 relating to statistical monitoring, to the use of exit documents for Spanish consignments and to the various communications from the Member States apply in order to ensure that the STM operates;
Whereas the need for accurate information justifies communication on the statistical monitoring of trade at more frequent intervals;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
1. For artichokes and melons falling within the CN codes listed in the Annex hereto the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in that Annex.
2. For tomatoes falling within CN codes 0702 00 35, 0702 00 40 and 0702 00 45:
- the indicative ceilings provided for in Article 83 (1) of the Act of Accession, and - the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
1. For consignments from Spain to the rest of the Community market, with the exception of Portugal, of the products referred to in Article 1, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89, with the exception of Articles 5 and 7 thereof, shall apply.
However, the notification provided for in Article 2 (2) of that Regulation shall be made each Tuesday at the latest in respect of quantities consigned during the preceding week.
2. The notification provided for in the first paragraph of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 for products mentioned in Article 1 (2) subject to a period II or to a period III shall be forwarded to the Commission on Tuesday each week at the latest in respect of the preceding week.
During the application of a period I, those notifications shall be made once a month, on the fifth day of each month at the latest in respect of data from the preceding month; where appropriate, that notification shall bear the word 'nil`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September 1995.
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31984D0158 | 84/158/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 March 1984 provisionally suspending approval of an establishment appearing on the list of establishments in Argentina approved for the purpose of importation of fresh meat into the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 March 1984
provisionally suspending approval of an establishment appearing on the list of establishments in Argentina approved for the purpose of importation of fresh meat into the Community
(84/158/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas a list of establishments in Argentina approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community was drawn up initially by Commission Decision of 25 November 1980, and was amended and published by Decision 81/91/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 84/29/EEC (4);
Whereas a routine inspection carried out under Article 3 of Commission Decision 83/196/EEC (5) in Argentina in February 1984 has revealed that the level of hygiene in an establishment already approved by the Community does not comply with the provisions of Directive 72/462/EEC and that serious facts within the meaning of Article 5 of that Directive have been brought to light in this establishment;
Whereas the Member States have been informed by the Commission of the serious facts found in this establishment, as required by Article 5 of Council Directive 72/462/EEC;
Whereas it is necessary to suspend, provisionally, approval by the Community of this establishment until a final decision is taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Directive 72/462/EEC,
1. The approval of the Argentine establishment 'COAGRO' (veterinary approval number 2066) listed in the Annex to Decision 84/29/EEC is hereby suspended.
2. The suspension of approval shall remain valid until a final decision is taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Directive 72/462/EEC.
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32007R0063 | Commission Regulation (EC) Νo 63/2007 of 25 January 2007 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
| 26.1.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) Νo 63/2007
of 25 January 2007
fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 provide that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regulations and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on the world market on the other. The same Articles provide that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on the markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports, and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market.
(3) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/95 (3) on the import and export system for products processed from cereals and from rice defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund on these products is being calculated.
(4) The refund to be granted in respect of certain processed products should be graduated on the basis of the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch content of the individual product concerned, this content being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic product actually incorporated in the processed product.
(5) There is no need at present to fix an export refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of potential exports and in particular the nature and origin of these products. For certain products processed from cereals, the insignificance of Community participation in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export refund at the present time.
(6) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(7) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(8) Certain processed maize products may undergo a heat treatment following which a refund might be granted that does not correspond to the quality of the product; whereas it should therefore be specified that on these products, containing pregelatinised starch, no export refund is to be granted.
(9) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January 2007.
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31993D0398 | Commission Decision of 14 July 1993 concerning the importation into the Community of fresh pigmeat, pigmeat products, live pigs, and porcine embryos from Hungary and amending Decisions 82/8/EEC, 91/449/EEC and 92/322/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 14 July 1993 concerning the importation into the Community of fresh pigmeat, pigmeat products, live pigs, and porcine embryos from Hungary and amending Decisions 82/8/EEC, 91/449/EEC and 92/322/EEC
(93/398/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat and meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (2), and in particular Articles 6, 11, 15, 16, 21a and 22 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 92/438/EEC (4), and in particular Article 18 (7) thereof,
Having regard Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (5), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (6) and in particular
Article 19
(7) thereof,
Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from Hungary were established by Commission Decision 82/8/EEC (7), as last amended by Decision 93/393/EEC (8);
Whereas the model for the veterinary certification for import of meat products from Hungary was established by Commission Decision 91/449/EEC (9), as last amended by Decision 93/393/EEC;
Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of domestic animals of the bovine and porcine species from Hungary were established by Commission Decision 92/322/EEC (10), as last amended by Decision 93/393/EEC;
Whereas as a result of outbreaks of classical swine fever the Commission adopted Decision 93/393/EEC concerning the importation into the Community of fresh pigmeat, pigmeat products, live pigs, and porcine embryos from Hungary and amending Decisions 82/8/EEC, 91/449/EEC and 92/322/EEC which regionalized Hungary in order to allow certain imports from this country with the exception of the counties of Bekes, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Breeg and Haidu-Bihar;
Whereas missions have been carried out in Hungary and further epidemiological information has been received in relation to the counties of Bekes and Hajdu-Bilhar which demonstrates that the situation with regard to classical swine fever has improved in these counties;
Whereas it is now possible to authorize certain imports from the counties of Bekes and Hajdu-Bihar;
Whereas furthermore it is necessary to adapt all the veterinary certificates for fresh meat for Hungary in accordance with Commission Decision 93/242/EEC of 30 April 1993 concering the importation into the Community of certain live animals and their products originating in certain European countries in relation to foot-and-mouth disease (11) as last amended by Decision 93/372/EEC (12);
Whereas it is necessary to amend Decisions 82/8/EEC, 91/449/EEC, 92/322/EEC and revoke 93/393/EEC accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Member States shall authorize imports of domestic animals of the porcine species, fresh meat and meat products from such animals from the territory of Hungary except from the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg.
However Member States shall authorize from the abovementioned counties meat products which have undergone heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of 3,00 or more or which have otherweise been treated to ensure an internal temperature of not less than 70 °C, or have undergone treatment consisting in natural fermentation and maturation of not less than nine months for hams weighing not less than 5,5 kg and having the following characteristics:
- aW value of not more than 0,93,
- pH value of not nore than 6.
2. Member States shall not authorize the importation of:
- embryos of domestic animals of the porcine species form the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg in Hungary,
- wild boards and their products from the counties of Bekes, Hajdu-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg in Hungary.
Decision 82/8/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 and 4 are deleted;
2. Annexes A and B are replaced by the Annexes to this Decision.
Annex A, part II of Decision 91/449/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
after the words 'Hungary (excluding' the words 'in the case of products derived from the meat of swine slaughtered after 1 September 1992, the county of Bekes and in the case of swine slaughtered after 1 May 1993, the counties of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg and Hajdu-Bihar)' are replaced by 'in the case of products derived from the meat of swine slaughtered after 1 May 1993, the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg).'
Decision 92/322/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Annexes C and D the words 'the counties of Bekes, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg and Hajdu-Bihar' are replaced by 'the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg'.
2. In Annexes C and D, section V (1), the words 'the counties of Bekes, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg and Hajdu-Bihar' are replaced by 'the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg'.
Decision 93/393/EEC is hereby revoked.
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32001D0181 | 2001/181/EC: Commission Decision of 22 February 2001 amending Annex I to Council Decision 91/666/EEC establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines and updating Decision 2000/112/EC with regard to distribution between antigen banks of antigen reserves (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 425)
| Commission Decision
of 22 February 2001
amending Annex I to Council Decision 91/666/EEC establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines and updating Decision 2000/112/EC with regard to distribution between antigen banks of antigen reserves
(notified under document number C(2001) 425)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/181/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11 December 1991 establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines(1), as last amended by Decision 1999/762/EC(2), and in particular Articles 7 and 9 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999(4), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In conformity with Decision 91/666/EEC, the purchase of antigens is a part of the Community action to establish Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines.
(2) Annex I to Decision 91/666/EEC details the quantities and subtypes of antigen of the foot-and-mouth disease virus to be stored in Community antigen reserves.
(3) Forced by the epidemiological situation and following the advice of the World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Pirbright, United Kingdom, and the advice of an expert group established to review certain provisions of Directive 85/511/EEC(5), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the Community has made purchases of subtypes and quantities of foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens.
(4) By Commission Decision 93/590/EC of 5 November 1993 for the purchase by the Community of foot-and-mouth disease antigens within the framework of the Community action concerning reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines(6), as last amended by Decision 2000/112/EC(7), arrangements were made for purchase of A5, A22 and O1 foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens.
(5) By Commission Decision 97/348/EC of 23 May 1997 for the purchase by the Community of foot-and-mouth disease antigens and for the formulation, production, bottling and distribution of vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease(8), as last amended by Decision 2000/112/EC, arrangements were made for the purchase of A22-Iraq, C1 and ASIA1 foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens.
(6) By Commission Decision 2000/77/EC of 17 December 1999 for the purchase by the Community of foot-and-mouth disease antigens and for the formulation, production, bottling and distribution of vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease(9), arrangements were made for purchase of certain quantities of A Iran 96, A Iran 99, A Malaysia 97, SAT 1, SAT 2 (East African and Southern African strains) and SAT 3 foot-and-mouth disease virus antigen.
(7) By Commission Decision 2000/569/EC of 8 September 2000 for the purchase by the Community of foot-and-mouth disease antigens and for the formulation, production, bottling and distribution of vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease(10), arrangements were made for purchase of additional quantities of A22-Iraq, O1-Manisa, ASIA 1-Shamir, A Malaysia 97, SAT 1, SAT 2 (East African and Southern African strains) and SAT 3 foot-and-mouth disease virus antigen.
(8) It appears necessary to align Annex I to Decision 91/666/EEC to the purchases made by the Community in the light of the epidemiological development.
(9) It appears also appropriate to update the Annex to Decision 2000/112/EC detailing the distribution between antigen banks of antigen reserves established within the framework of the Community action concerning reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines and amending Decisions 93/590/EC and 97/348/EC.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Annex I to Decision 91/666/EEC is replaced by Annex I to this Decision.
The Annex to Decision 2000/112/EC is replaced by Annex II to this Decision.
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31992D0500 | 92/500/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 October 1992 imposing a fine pursuant to Article 15 (1) of Council Regulation No 17 on CSM NV (Case IV/33.791 - CSM - ex IV/33.638 - Sugar) (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 October 1992 imposing a fine pursuant to Article 15 (1) of Council Regulation No 17 on CSM NV (Case IV/33.791 - CSM - ex IV/33.638 - Sugar) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (92/500/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof,
Having given the undertaking in question the opportunity to make known its views of the objections raised by the Commission, pursuant to Article 19 (1) of Regulation No 17 and Commission Regulation No 99/63/EEC of 25 July 1963 on the hearings provided for in Article 19 (1) and (2) of Council Regulation No 17 (2),
After consulting the Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions,
Whereas:
I. THE FACTS
(1) By decision of 6 December 1990, adopted pursuant to Article 14 (3) of Regulation No 17, the Commission ordered CSM NV (hereinafter referred to as CSM) to submit to an investigation. The decision was notified to CSM on 12 December 1990. In the body of the decision it was explained that the verification was ordered because the Commission had been informed of allegations that NV Centrale Suiker Maastschappij had participated in arrangements or concerted practices with certain other Community producers concerning the marketing of sugar.
The Commission officials charged with the investigation began carrying it out immediately after the decision had been notified. This included examination of the 12 documents specified in Annex I (3). The Commission officials intended to take copies of those documents which related to the exchange of information between CSM and Suiker Unie concerning the purchasing of sugar beet, as well as the passing on of information eminating from Tiense Suikerraffinaderij NV which involved its purchase prices for sugar beet. However, CSM prevented them from doing so. It stated that it was not prepared to give copies of the documents in question because it could not reasonably be argued that the documents could prove any fact covered by the subject matter of the investigation, as specified in the written authorization presented by the abovementioned Commission officials.
The Commission officials took minutes of the above. These were signed by CSM. Extracts from the documents allowing only their identification were annexed to the minutes.
The investigation was continued on the following day, 13 December 1990. In the course of that day, CSM stated that it was now prepared to allow copies to be taken of four of the abovementioned 12 documents. It stated that it had been mistaken about the content of the four documents. The Commission officials took copies of them and confirmed this in writing (Annex II to this Decision) (3).
On 19 May 1991 the Commission decided to initiate a proceeding against CSM pursuant to Regulation No 17. On 13 June 1991 a decision was adopted pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Regulation No 17 imposing a periodic penalty payment on CSM and a statement of objections sent in the context of the abovementioned proceeding.
On 14 June 1991, as a result of the Commission Decision imposing a periodic penalty payment, CSM declared its readiness, although protesting that it had no choice, to allow the Commission to make copies of the documents referred to in Annex I to the Decision and not included in Annex II.
These copies were made at the offices of CSM on 2 July 1991.
On 12 July 1991 the Commission received a reply under the abovementioned proceeding. CSM declined a hearing.
(2) By letter of 21 December 1990 CSM asked the Commission to return the copy of a business document concerning sugar-beet prices which the Commission officials had taken during the investigation. The grounds advanced for the request were the same as those given in the statement recorded in the abovementioned minutes.
The Commission provisionally refused this request since the inquiries in the proceeding which led to the investigation at the premises of CSM have not yet been completed. It could not, consequently, be established with certainty that the document was not relevant to the investigation. In any case, the document is not, according to the Commission, one that is obviously not related to the subject matter of the investigation as specified in the decision of 6 December 1990.
II. LEGAL ASSESSMENT
1. Article 14 of Regulation No 17
Pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation No 17, the Commission may, in carrying out the duties assigned to it by Article 89 and by provisions adopted pursuant to Article 87 of the Treaty, undertake all necessary investigations into undertakings. To this end, the officials authorized by the Commission are empowered, inter alia, to examine the books and other business records of the undertaking and to take copies of or extracts from these books and business records.
Pursuant to Article 14 (3) of the same Regulation, undertakings are required to submit to investigations ordered by decision of the Commission.
The decision of 6 December 1990 requires CSM to allow the Commission officials charged with the investigation to examine the business records specified by them and to take copies of such business records. CSM failed to comply with this requirement in respect of all of the documents listed in Annex I.
The fact that, in the case of the documents in Annex II, on the second day of the investigations, and in the case of the other documents, after receiving the Commission Decision imposing periodic penalty payments, CSM nevertheless allowed the Commission to take the necessary copies where it had previously refused to let it do so, has no bearing on this infringement. The obligation incumbent on an undertaking to submit to an investigation ordered by a decision adopted pursuant to Article 14 (3) of Regulation No 17 is not satisfied even if the undertaking's refusal to let officials charged with the investigation by the Commission to exercise their powers is only temporary. Any other interpretation would jeopardize the effectiveness of the investigation.
CSM's view that the documents in question cannot prove any facts covered by the subject matter of the investigation, as specified in the Commission's decision of 6 December 1990, is unacceptable. It cannot be deduced either from Article 14 of Regulation No 17 of from the abovementioned Commission decision that the undertaking's obligation to cooperate in the investigation is limited to supplying such documents as it considers relevant. It has consistently been held in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities that it is for the Commission to determine which business records must be presented for examination and from which any copies of extracts are to be taken (Cases 155/79, AM& S v. Commission (1) and 46/87, Hoechst v. Commission (2); confirmed, with regard to requests for information under Article 11 of Regulation No 17, by Case 374/87, Orkem v. Commission (3)).
CSM however considers that an undertaking's obligation to cooperate in an investigation is limited by the subject matter and purpose of the investigation as defined in the Commission decision. CSM concludes that it is up to the undertakings themselves to judge the extent to which they are required to cooperate. Both of these positions are supported, in CSM's view, by the abovementioned Hoechst judgment.
The Commission does not call into question that in the first instance it is up to the company itself to assess its rights in the framework of a verification in the case of dispute. However, at issue is the question how an undertaking should assert its rights. The answer is that the undertaking cannot take matters into its own hands but must apply to the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, which alone is competent to supervise the Commission's conduct.
Of course, the Commission officials charged with the investigation have only such powers as are specified in Article 14 of Regulation No 17 and in the investigation decision. They are under an obligation not to examine business records, or to stop examining such records, if they are obviously or in the Commission officials' opinion not related to the subject matter of the investigation.
However, such documents are not, in the Commission's opinion, involved in this instance. Nor does CSM's minuted statement justifying its refusal to have copies taken, provide any evidence that the relevant documents are obviously not related to the subject matter of the investigation as specified in the decision of 6 December 1990. The exchange of information concerning the purchasing of sugar beet, which is itself a major component in the cost price of the final product, could, by virtue of Commission Decision 82/895/EEC (4) in Case UGAL/BNIC, constitute an infringement of the competition rules of the EEC Treaty in relation to the marketing of sugar.
However, only the Court of First Instance of the European Communities is entitled to review the lawfulness of an investigation decision and of the associated actions by the Commission officials charged with the investigation. If those officials take copies of or extracts from business records which, in the opinion of the undertaking concerned, are not related to the subject matter of the investigation, the undertaking can ask the Commission to return the copies or extracts taken. The undertaking is also able to apply to have the investigation decision declared void. At all events, the Commission is not allowed to make use of evidence which it acquired on the basis of an unlawful investigation decision or outside the scope of any such decision (orders of the President of the Court of Justice of 26 March and 28 October 1987 in Cases 46/87R (5) and 85/87R (6)).
2. Article 15 of Regulation No 17
Pursuant to Article 15 (1) (c) of Regulation No 17, the Commission may by decision impose on an undertaking a fine of from 100 to 5 000 units of account where, intentionally or negligently, the undertaking refuses to submit to an investigation ordered by decision issued in implementation of Article 14 (3).
CSM has not submitted, within the meaning of that provision, to the investigation ordered by the Commission by decision of 6 December 1990, since it prevented the Commission officials charged with the investigation (as explained above) from taking copies of the documents referred to in Annex I.
Consequently, the Commission considers that there are grounds for imposing a fine on CSM. In setting the amount of this fine, account is taken of the fact that, on the second day of the investigation, CSM at its own initiative allowed the Commission officials to take copies of the four documents referred to in Annex II. It is therefore assumed that in respect of these documents the infringement of Article 14 of Regulation No 17 occured through negligence. Moreover, it cannot be disputed that CSM otherwise cooperated in the investigation. On the other hand, CSM intentionally prevented copies of the other documents from being taken, and allowed such copies to be taken only when threatened with the imposition of periodic penalty payments. Even if CSM had been mistaken about the content and extent of its obligations, in respect of these further documents there can be no question of negligence since CSM acted in full knowledge of all relevant facts,
CSM NV failed to submit fully to the investigation ordered by the Commision in its decision of 6 December 1990 adopted pursuant to Article 14 (3) of Regulation No 17 by temporarily preventing the taking of copies of the documents specified in Annex I.
A fine of ECU 3 000 is hereby imposed on CSM NV.
The fine imposed by Article 2 shall be paid, within three months of notification of this Decision, to the following bank account:
No 310-0933000-43,
Banque Bruxelles Lambert,
Agence européenne,
Rond-Point Schuman 5,
B-1040 Brussels.
After the expiry of that period, interest shall be automatically payable at the rate charged by the European Monetary Cooperation Fund for transactions in ecus on the first working day of the month in which this Decision was adopted, plus 3,5 % percentage points, i.e. 14,25 %.
This Decision is addressed to:
CSM NV,
Nienoord 13,
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32000D0719 | 2000/719/EC: Council Decision of 10 November 2000 authorising France to apply an exemption from excise duty for certain mineral oils, when used for specific purposes, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC
| Council Decision
of 10 November 2000
authorising France to apply an exemption from excise duty for certain mineral oils, when used for specific purposes, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC
(2000/719/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/81/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on mineral oils(1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission may authorise any Member State to introduce exemptions or reductions in the excise duty charged on mineral oils for special policy considerations.
(2) The French authorities have informed the Commission that they wish to introduce an exemption from excise duty for gases used as engine fuel in gas powered refuse collection vehicles from 1 January 2000.
(3) This measure extends the coverage of a previously authorised derogation(2) for an exemption from duty for gases used as engine fuel for public transport vehicles and forms part of a programme to reduce atmospheric pollution by providing an incentive for increasing the number of vehicles running on LPG or natural gas.
(4) The other Member States have been informed thereof.
(5) The Commission and Member States consider that, on the basis of the currently available information, there are no indications that the introduction of an exemption from excise duty for gases used as engine fuels in gas powered refuse collection vehicles is likely to give rise to distortions of competition or hinder the operation of the internal market.
(6) This Decision does not prejudice the outcome of any State aid procedures that may be undertaken in accordance with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty.
(7) The Commission regularly reviews reductions and exemptions to check that they are compatible with the operation of the internal market or with Community policy on protection of the environment.
(8) France has requested authorisation to introduce an exemption from excise duty for gases used as fuel in gas powered refuse collection vehicles with effect from 1 January 2000.
(9) The Council will review this decision on the basis of a proposal from the Commission no later than 31 December 2002 when the authorisation granted by this Decision expires,
In accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC and notwithstanding the obligations imposed by Council Directive 92/82/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral oils(3) and in particular the minimum rates laid down in Article 7 thereof, France is hereby authorised to introduce an exemption from excise duty for gases used as engine fuel in gas powered refuse collection vehicles from 1 January 2000 until 31 December 2002.
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32004R0036 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 36/2004 of 9 January 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 36/2004
of 9 January 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January 2004.
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32004D0527 | 2004/527/EC:Council Decision of 28 June 2004 on the request by Burkina Faso to accede to the Protocol on ACP Sugar
| 1.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 232/40
COUNCIL DECISION
of 28 June 2004
on the request by Burkina Faso to accede to the Protocol on ACP Sugar
(2004/527/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Joint Declaration on Protocol 3 on ACP Sugar to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (1) provides that any request from an African, Caribbean or Pacific (ACP) State Contracting Party to the Convention not specifically referred to in that Protocol to participate in its provisions shall be examined.
(2) Burkina Faso is an ACP State Contracting Party to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and it requested in November 2000 to participate in the provisions of the said Protocol.
(3) In a letter of 30 September 2002, the ACP States signified their assent to the accession of Burkina Faso to the said Protocol.
(4) An examination of the request of Burkina Faso has shown that the country is not a net exporter of sugar and is not capable of exporting sugar on a permanent basis.
(5) It is appropriate to transmit this conclusion to Burkina Faso by letter,
The request by Burkina Faso to accede to Protocol 3 on ACP sugar to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement is not accepted.
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31997R2520 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 of 15 December 1997 adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards the combined nomenclature codes for tomatoes and table grapes
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2520/97 of 15 December 1997 adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards the combined nomenclature codes for tomatoes and table grapes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 of 5 February 1979 on the procedure for adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2086/97 of 4 November 1997 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (3) amends the combined nomenclature, in particular as regards tomatoes and table grapes;
Whereas the table in Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 18 October 1996 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (4) should be adapted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The table in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 is hereby amended as follows:
>TABLE>
is replaced by:
>TABLE>
>TABLE>
is replaced by:
>TABLE>
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1998.
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32011R0591 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 591/2011 of 16 June 2011 establishing a prohibition of fishing for northern prawn in the NAFO 3L zone by vessels flying the flag of any Member State, except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
| 21.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 161/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 591/2011
of 16 June 2011
establishing a prohibition of fishing for northern prawn in the NAFO 3L zone by vessels flying the flag of any Member State, except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters (2), lays down quotas for 2011.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member States referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2011.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member States referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2011 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member States referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32014D0426 | 2014/426/EU: Commission Decision of 1 July 2014 authorising the United Kingdom to derogate from certain common aviation safety rules pursuant to Article 14(6) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2014) 4355) Text with EEA relevance
| 3.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 196/35
COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 July 2014
authorising the United Kingdom to derogate from certain common aviation safety rules pursuant to Article 14(6) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2014) 4355)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/426/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (1), and in particular Article 14(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The United Kingdom notified its intention to grant an approval derogating from the common aviation safety rules contained in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (2). Pursuant to Article 14(7) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, the Commission assessed the need for, and the level of protection emerging from, the proposed derogation, based on the recommendation from the European Aviation Safety Agency (‘the Agency’).
(2) The proposed derogation, notified by the United Kingdom on 2 August 2013, concerns the conversion of the existing national licences for sailplane pilots, set out in Article 4(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011. The United Kingdom argued that the derogation is needed so that the holder of any non-statutory qualification document issued by the British Gliding Association (BGA) may be credited with compliance with the relevant parts of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011, in accordance with the conversion report that has been developed in consultation with the Agency in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011. The derogation would enable the United Kingdom to issue equivalent Part-FCL LAPL(S) or SPL licences and instructor and examiner certificates to the holders of such qualification documents.
(3) The United Kingdom also gave reasons demonstrating that an equivalent level of protection would be achieved should the proposed derogation be granted. Based on the recommendation from the Agency, issued on 8 October 2013, the Commission concluded that the proposed derogation would provide a level of protection equivalent to the one attained by application of the common aviation safety rules, provided certain conditions are met.
(4) In accordance with Article 14(7) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, a decision by the Commission that a Member State may grant a proposed derogation needs to be notified to all Member States, which would also be entitled to apply the measure in question. This Decision should therefore be addressed to all Member States. The description of the derogation, as well as the conditions attached to it, should be such as to enable other Member States to also apply that measure when they are in the same situation, without requiring a further decision by the Commission. For these purposes, considering that the aforementioned conversion report is not publicly available, the United Kingdom should make it available to the other Member States upon their request. In addition, the Member States should exchange information on the application of this measure where they apply it, in accordance with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, as this application may have effects outside the Member States that grant the derogation.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Aviation Safety Agency Committee,
The United Kingdom may grant approvals derogating from Article 4(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 and instead apply the rules laid down in section 1 of the Annex to this Decision, provided that conditions specified in section 2 of that Annex are complied with.
All Member States shall be entitled to apply the measure referred to in Article 1. The United Kingdom shall make the conversion report, referred to in Article 4(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011, available to the other Member States wishing to apply this measure, upon their request. Member States applying this measure shall notify the Commission, the Agency and the national aviation authorities thereof.
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32005R0704 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 704/2005 of 4 May 2005 amending the specification for a designation of origin in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (Mel de Barroso) (PDO)
| 5.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 118/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 704/2005
of 4 May 2005
amending the specification for a designation of origin in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (Mel de Barroso) (PDO)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 9, Article 6(3) and the second indent of Article 6(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the request by Portugal for amendments of the specification for the protected designation of origin Mel de Barroso, registered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2), was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(3).
(2) No statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 has been sent to the Commission and consequently these amendments must be registered and published in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The specification for the designation of origin ‘Mel de Barroso’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
A summary of the main points of the specification is given in Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31993D0232 | 93/232/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 March 1993 approving the Greek programme of agricultural income aid
| COMMISSION DECISION of 31 March 1993 approving the Greek programme of agricultural income aid
(93/232/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 of 21 March 1989 establishing a system of transition aids to agricultural income (1), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3813/89 of 19 December 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of transitional aids to agricultural income (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1110/91 (3), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 2 March 1993 the Greek authorities notified the Commission of its intention to introduce a programme of agricultural income aid; whereas additional information concerning this programme was received by the Commission from the Greek authorities on 22 March 1993;
Whereas the measures provided for in its Decision are in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 and the detailed rules for their application and, in particular, with the aims of the second subparagraph of Article 1 (2) of the said Regulation;
Following consultation with the Management Committee for Agricultural Income Aids on 22 March 1993 on the measures for in its Decision;
Following consultation with the EAGGF Committee on 23 March 1993 on the maximum amounts that may be charged annually to the Community budget as a result of approving the programme,
The programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Greece notified to the Commission by the Greek authorities on 2 March 1993 is hereby approved.
The maximum amounts that may be charged annually to the Community budget as a result of this Decision shall be as follows:
(in ecus)
/* Tables: see OJ */
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31999D0813 | 1999/813/EC: Commission Decision of 16 November 1999 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (notified under document number C(1999) 3758) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 November 1999
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(notified under document number C(1999) 3758)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/813/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), as last amended by the Council Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A Commission expert has conducted an inspection visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
(2) The provisions of legislation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
(3) In the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the "National Fisheries Inspection and Quality Assurance Center (Nafiqacen) of the Ministry of Fisheries" is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force;
(4) The procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in Article 11(4)(a) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to sign it;
(5) Pursuant to Article 11(4)(b) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products giving the name of the third country and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin;
(6) Pursuant to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved/registration establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores must be drawn up; a list of freezer vessels registered in the sense of Directive 92/48/EEC(3) must be drawn up; these list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the Nafiqacen to the Commission; it is therefore for the Nafiqacen to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;
(7) The Nafiqacen has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding the fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval or registration of establishments, facotry vessels, cold stores or freezer vessels of origin;
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The "National Fisheries Inspection and Quality Assurance Center (Nafiqacen) of the Ministry of Fisheries" shall be the competent authority in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery and aquaculture products originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam must meet the following conditions:
1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A hereto;
2. the products must come from approved establishments, factory vessels, cold stores or registered freezer vessels listed in Annex B hereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the word "Vietnam" and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters.
1. Certificates as referred to in Article 2(1) must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Nafiqacen and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.
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32005R1816 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1816/2005 of 7 November 2005 amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 8 November 2005
| 8.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 292/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1816/2005
of 7 November 2005
amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 8 November 2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1799/2005 (3).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1799/2005,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1799/2005 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 November 2005.
It shall apply from 8 November 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32001R2507 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2507/2001 of 20 December 2001 determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2001 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the Community with Slovenia can be accepted
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2507/2001
of 20 December 2001
determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2001 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the Community with Slovenia can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/97 of 26 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreement between the Community and Slovenia(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1006/2001(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The applications for import licences lodged for the first quarter of 2002 are for quantities less than the quantities available and can therefore be met in full.
(2) The surplus to be added to the quantity available for the following period should be determined.
(3) It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to the fact that licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community,
1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 January to 31 March 2002 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 571/97 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.
2. For the period 1 April to 30 June 2002, applications may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 571/97 for import licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
3. Licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010D0618 | 2010/618/EU: Commission Decision of 14 October 2010 concerning the amounts transferred from the national support programmes in the wine sector to the Single Payment Scheme as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (notified under document C(2010) 7042)
| 15.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/18
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 October 2010
concerning the amounts transferred from the national support programmes in the wine sector to the Single Payment Scheme as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
(notified under document C(2010) 7042)
(Only the English, French, Greek, Maltese and Spanish texts are authentic)
(2010/618/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), in particular Article 103za thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 103n of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the allocation of the available Community funds as well as the budgetary limits for the national support programmes in the wine sector are set out in Annex Xb to that Regulation.
(2) Pursuant to Article 103o of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, some Member States have foreseen the transfer of funds to the Single Payment Scheme or have provided for subsequent changes to their national support programmes.
(3) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 (2) provides that the Member States should notify any subsequent transfer to the Single Payment Scheme before 1 December preceding the calendar year in which it will be applicable.
(4) For the sake of clarity and in accordance with Article 103za of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the Commission should publish the amounts notified by the Member States concerned pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 555/2008.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
The amounts transferred from the national support programmes to the Single Payment Scheme in respect of the 2010-2013 financial years are as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Malta and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0137 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 137/2014 of 12 February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
| 13.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 43/47
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 137/2014
of 12 February 2014
amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999 (1), in particular Article 30 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 lays down procedures for the identification of fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing vessels) as well as procedures for establishing a Union list of such vessels. Article 37 of that Regulation provides for actions to be taken against fishing vessels included in that list.
(2) The Union list of IUU fishing vessels was established by Commission Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 (2) and subsequently amended by Implementing Regulations (EU) No 724/2011 (3), (EU) No 1234/2012 (4) and (EU) No 672/2013 (5).
(3) According to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the Union list should comprise fishing vessels included in the IUU vessel lists adopted by regional fisheries management organisations.
(4) All regional fishery management organisations provide for the establishment and regular up-date of IUU vessel lists in accordance with their respective rules (6).
(5) According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, upon the receipt from regional fisheries management organisations of the lists of fishing vessels presumed or confirmed to be involved in the IUU fishing, the Commission shall update the Union list.
(6) The Commission has received the updated lists from the regional fisheries management organisations.
(7) The vessel the ‘Marta Lucia R’, which was on the lists established or amended by Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 724/2011, (EU) No 1234/2012 and (EU) No 672/2013, has been removed from their list by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) at its meeting of 10 to 14 June 2013 and by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) by its circular letter of 20 August 2013. This vessel should be considered as removed from the Union list as of 20 August 2013.
(8) The vessel the ‘RED’, which was on the lists established or amended by Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 724/2011, (EU) No 1234/2012 and (EU) No 672/2013, has been removed from their list by the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) on 14 November 2012, by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) on 21 December 2012 and by the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) at its Compliance Committee Meeting of 11 December 2013. This vessel should be considered as removed from the Union list as of 11 December 2013.
(9) Considering that the same vessel might be listed under different names and/or flags depending on the time of its inclusion on the regional fisheries management organisations lists, the updated Union list should include the different names and/or flags as established by the respective regional fisheries management organisations.
(10) Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Part B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
32005D0215 | 2005/215/EC: Council Decision of 17 February 2005 appointing ten French members and six French alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
| 16.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 69/37
COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 February 2005
appointing ten French members and six French alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2005/215/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the French Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted a Decision appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (1),
(2) Seven seats as members of the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the expiry of the mandates of Mr Jean-Pierre BAZIN (FR), Mr Marc BELLET (FR), Mr Yannick BODIN (FR), Ms Mireille KERBAOL (FR), Mr Robert SAVY (FR) and Mr Jacques VALADE (FR) notified to the Council on 9 April 2004 and of Mr Valéry GISCARD d'ESTAING (FR), notified to the Council on 7 August 2004.
Mr Camille de ROCCA SERRA
Mr Raymond FORNI
Ms Mireille LACOMBE
Mr Jean-Yves LE DRIAN
Mr Martin MALVY
Mr Raymond MARIGNE
Mr Daniel PERCHERON
Mr Alain ROUSSET
Mr Michel THIERS
Mr Adrien ZELLER
are hereby appointed members of the Committee of the Regions,
Mr Pierre BERTRAND
Mr Charles JOSSELIN
Mr Jean-Jacques LOZACH
Ms Nathalie MANET
Mr Jean-Vincent PLACE
are hereby appointed alternate members of the Committee of the Regions, for the remainder of their term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999L0046 | Commission Directive 1999/46/EC of 21 May 1999 amending Council Directive 93/16/EEC to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/46/EC
of 21 May 1999
amending Council Directive 93/16/EEC to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 40, Article 47(1) and (2), first and third sentences, and Article 55 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 93/16/EEC of 5 April 1993 to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 98/63/EC(2), and in particular Article 44a thereof,
(1) Whereas Italy has made a reasoned request for the designations of gynaecology-obstetrics, ophthalmology and respiratory medicine to be amended for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine common to all Member States, and for the designations of clinical biology, microbiology-bacteriology, plastic surgery, gastro-enterology, endocrinology and physiotherapy to be amended for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States;
(2) Whereas Italy has made a reasoned request for the designations of biological chemistry, diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy and geriatrics to be included for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States: whereas, with regard to diagnostic radiology and radiotherpy, the list of specialised medicine common to all the Member States should therefore be amended;
(3) Whereas Spain and Italy have made a reasoned request for community medicine to be included for these Member States in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States;
(4) Whereas the measures laid down by this Directive conform with the opinion of the Committee of Senior Officials on Public Health set up by Council Decision 75/365/EEC(3),
Article 5(3) of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
(a) under "gynaecology-obstetrics", the designation "ostetricia e ginecologia" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "ginecologia e ostetricia";
(b) under "ophthalmology", the designation "oculistica" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "oftalmologia";
(c) under "respiratory medicine", the designation "tisiologia e malattie dell'apparato respiratorio" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "malattie dell'apparato respiratorio";
(d) the following two items are added:
"-
diagnostic radiology
>TABLE>
-
radiotherapy
>TABLE>"
Article 7(2), of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby modified as follows:
(a) under "clinical biology", the designation "patologia diagnostica di laboratorio" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "patologia clinica";
(b) under "microbiology-bacteriology", the designation "microbiologia" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "microbiologia e virologia";
(c) under "biological chemistry", the following is added: ">TABLE>".
(d) under "plastic surgery", the designation "chirurgia plastica" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "chirurgia plastica e ricostruttiva";
(e) under "gastro-enterology", the designation "malattie dell'apparato digerente, della nutrizione e del ricambio" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "gastroenterologia";
(f) under "endocrinology", the designation "endocrinologia" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "endocrionologia e malattie del ricambio";
(g) under "physiotherapy", the designation "fisioterapia" appearing opposite "Italy" is replaced by the designation "medicina fisica e riabilitazione";
(h) under "geriatrics", the following is added: ">TABLE>";
(i) under "Community medicine", the following is added: ">TABLE>".
(j) the items "diagnostic radiology" and "radiotherapy" are deleted.
The following are added to the second group (four years) in Article 26 of Directive 93/16/EEC:
"- diagnostic radiology
- radiotherapy".
The following are deleted from the second group (four years) in Article 27 of Directive 93/16/EEC:
"- diagnostic radiology
- radiotherapy".
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1999 at the latest. They shall inform the Commission as soon as they have done so.
When the Member States adopt these provisions, the provisions shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The arrangements for such reference shall be adopted by the Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011D0080 | 2011/80/EU: Commission Decision of 4 February 2011 authorising the placing on the market of a fish ( Sardinops sagax ) peptide product as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 522)
| 5.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 31/48
COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 February 2011
authorising the placing on the market of a fish (Sardinops sagax) peptide product as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2011) 522)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2011/80/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 28 April 2008 the company of Senmi Ekisu Co. Ltd made a request to the competent authorities of Finland to place a fish (Sardinops sagax) peptide product on the market as a novel food ingredient.
(2) On 12 January 2009 the competent food assessment body of Finland issued its initial assessment report. In that report it came to the conclusion that the fish peptide product may be placed on the market.
(3) The Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to all Member States on 10 March 2009.
(4) Within the 60-day period laid down in Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 reasoned objections to the marketing of the product were raised in accordance with that provision.
(5) Therefore the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was consulted on 14 August 2009.
(6) On 9 July 2010, EFSA (Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies) in the ‘Scientific opinion on the safety of “Sardine Peptide Product” as a novel food ingredient’ (2) came to the conclusion that the fish peptide product was safe under the proposed conditions of use and the proposed levels of intake.
(7) On the basis of the scientific assessment, it is established that the fish peptide product complies with the criteria laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The fish (Sardinops sagax) peptide product as specified in Annex I may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient for the uses listed in Annex II.
The designation of fish (Sardinops sagax) peptide product authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘fish (Sardinops sagax) peptides’.
This Decision is addressed to Senmi Ekisu Co. Ltd, Research & Development Department, 779-2 Noda, Hirano-Cho, Ohzu-City, Ehime 795-0021, Japan. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
32006R1843 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1843/2006 of 14 December 2006 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
| 15.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 355/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1843/2006
of 14 December 2006
fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 12 December 2006.
(3) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 12 December 2006, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 December 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994D0059 | 94/59/EC: Commission Decision of 26 January 1994 concerning the animal health condition and veterinary certification for the importation of meat products from Bahrain and amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC and Commission Decision 91/449/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
| 1.2.1994 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 27/53
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 January 1994
concerning the animal health condition and veterinary certification for the importation of meat products from Bahrain and amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC and Commission Decision 91/449/EEC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(94/59/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on animal health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (2), and in particular Articles 21a and 22 thereof,
Whereas Council Decision 79/542/EEC (3), as last amended by Commission Decision 93/507/EEC (4), draws up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products;
Whereas Commission Decision 91/449/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 93/504/EEC (6), lays down the specimen animal health certificates in respect of meat products imported from third countries;
Whereas, following a Community veterinary mission, it appears that notwithstanding the animal health situation, Bahrain is covered by sufficiently well-structured and organized veterinary services; whereas the production of certain heat-treated meat products for export to the Community will be supervised by an official veterinarian appointed by the Department of Veterinary Services;
Whereas animal health conditions and veterinary certification must be adapted to the animal health situation of the third country concerned;
Whereas guarantees have been given that the fresh meat to be processed in Bahrain derives from establishments approved under the provisions of Directive 72/462/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Member States shall authorize the importation from Bahrain of meat products which have undergone either:
— a heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an Fo value of three or more, or
— a heat treatment so that a centre temperature of at least 80 oC has been achieved.
2. Member States shall not authorize the importation from Bahrain of meat products other than those referred to in paragraph 1.
In Part I of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC, the following line is inserted in accordance with the alphabetic order of the ISO-code:
‘BH Bahrain o o o o o o o o o o (3) (4) o BH’
Decision 91/449/EEC is amended as follows:
1. In Part II of Annex B, the list of countries approved to use the model animal health certificate is hereby amended by the insertion of the following country:
2. In Part II of Annex C, the list of countries approved to use the model animal health certificate is hereby amended by the insertion of the following country:
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994R0548 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 548/94 of 10 March 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 287/94 laying down special measures for the import of olive oil from Tunisia
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 548/94 of 10 March 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 287/94 laying down special measures for the import of olive oil from Tunisia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 75 (4) and 243 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 287/94 of 7 February 1994 laying down special measures for the import of olive oil from Tunisia (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 287/94, provision should be made for the rate at which olive oil originating in Tunisia is to be imported; whereas the present and foreseeable situation regarding supplies to the Community market in olive oil permits the disposal of the quantity anticipated without any risk of disturbance of the market if imports are not concentrated in a short period of each marketing year; whereas provision should be made for import licences to be issued according to a monthly schedule;
Whereas olive oil imported from Tunisia may not exceed a given quantity; whereas the tolerance provided for in Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3519/93 (3), should accordingly be disallowed;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3830/92 (4) provides that as from 1 January 1993 Spain is to apply in trade with third countries the customs duties applied by the Community of 10; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1380/93 (5) lays down a similar provision for Portugal, to apply from 1 April 1993; whereas, as a consequence, it should be made clear that the preferential rate is to apply to imports into those countries of products covered by Regulation (EC) No 287/94;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Olive oil as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 287/94 may be imported as from 1 March each marketing year. Import licences shall be issued for up to 46 000 tonnes per marketing year.
1. Licences may be issued in accordance to the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 287/94 for up to 5 000 tonnes per month in March, April and October and for up to 10 000 tonnes per month in May to September. If the quantity authorized for one month is not wholly used during the month in question, the remainder shall be added to the quantity for the following month but may not be carried over thereafter.
For the purposes of counting the quantity authorized each month, weeks commencing in one month and ending in the following month shall be considered as forming part of the month in which the Thursday falls.
2. The Commission shall inform the Member States as soon as the maximum quantity laid down in Regulation (EC) No 287/94 has been attained.
Import licences as provided for in Article 2 shall be valid for 60 days from their date of issue but shall not be valid beyond 31 October each marketing year.
The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2041/75 of 25 July 1975 (6), concerning import licences without advance fixing of the levy and the time limit for the issue thereof.
Section 20 of import licences as provided for in Article 2 shall bear one of the following:
- Exacción reguladora especial - Reglamento (CE) no 287/94,
- Saerlig afgift - forordning (EF) nr. 287/94,
- Sonderabschoepfung - Verordnung (EG) Nr. 287/94,
- Eidiki eisfora - kanonismos (EK) arith. 287/94,
- Special levy - Regulation (EC) No 287/94,
- Prélèvement particulier - règlement (CE) no 287/94,
- Prelievo particolare - regolamento (CE) n. 287/94,
- Bijzondere heffing - Verordening (EG) nr. 287/94,
- Direito nivelador especial - Regulamento (CE) nº 287/94.
Notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the quantity released for free circulation may not exceed that stated in Sections 17 and 18 of import licences. The figure '0' shall be entered to that end in Section 19 of licences.
For imports into Spain and Portugal of the products mentioned in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 287/94, the preferential rate laid down in that paragraph shall apply.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0751 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 751/2006 of 18 May 2006 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
| 19.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 132/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 751/2006
of 18 May 2006
fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (2), provides that the export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 is equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, including, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; the sucrose content of the product in question is determined in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(3) Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (3), to the products listed in the Annex to the last mentioned Regulation.
(4) According to the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the basic amount of the refund on the other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation exported in the natural state must be equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the one hand, of the difference between the intervention price for white sugar for the Community areas without deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world market and, on the other, of the need to establish a balance between the use of Community basic products in the manufacture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought in under inward-processing arrangements.
(5) According to the terms of Article 30(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the application of the basic amount may be limited to some of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation.
(6) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 makes provision for setting refunds for export in the natural state of products referred to in Article 1(1)(f) and (g) and (h) of that Regulation; the refund must be fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the export refund for products falling within CN code 1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and of the economic aspects of the intended exports; in the case of the products referred to in the said Article (1)(f) and (g), the refund is to be granted only for products complying with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95; for the products referred to in Article 1(1)(h), the refund shall be granted only for products complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(7) The abovementioned refunds must be fixed every month; they may be altered in the intervening period.
(8) The first subparagraph of Article 27(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that refunds on the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation may vary according to destination, where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary.
(9) The significant and rapid increase in preferential imports of sugar from the western Balkan countries since the start of 2001 and in exports of sugar to those countries from the Community seems to be highly artificial in nature.
(10) In order to prevent any abuses associated with the reimportation into the Community of sugar sector products that have qualified for export refunds, refunds for the products covered by this Regulation should not be fixed for all the countries of the western Balkans.
(11) In view of the above, refunds for the products in question should be fixed at the appropriate amounts.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32007R0433 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 433/2007 of 20 April 2007 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds for beef and veal (Codified version)
| 21.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 104/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 433/2007
of 20 April 2007
laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds for beef and veal
(Codified version)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), and in particular Article 33(12) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 of 7 January 1982 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds for beef and veal (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.
(2) Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 laid down general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount thereof.
(3) On account of the market situation in the Community and the scope for selling certain products of the beef and veal sector which may be the object of intervention purchases, it is appropriate to lay down the conditions under which special refunds may be granted for export of such products when they are intended for certain third countries with a view to reducing intervention purchases.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. Products complying with the specific conditions laid down in this Regulation shall be eligible for special export refunds.
2. This Regulation shall apply to fresh or chilled meat, put up in the form of carcases, half-carcasses, compensated quarters, forequarters and hindquarters, exported to certain third countries.
3. Where carcasses or unseparated hindquarters are presented together with the liver and/or kidneys, the carcasse weight shall be reduced by:
(a) 5 kg for the liver and kidneys together;
(b) 4,5 kg for the liver;
(c) 0,5 kg for the kidneys.
1. Eligibility for a special export refund shall be subject to submission of proof that the products exported come from full-grown male cattle.
2. The proof referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided by means of a certificate, a specimen of which is given in Annex I, issued at the request of the party concerned by the intervention agency or any other authority designated for that purpose by the Member State in which the animals were slaughtered.
This certificate shall be presented to the customs authorities at the time of completion of the customs formalities for export and shall be sent via administrative channels to the agency responsible for payment of the refund after completion of the said formalities. Those formalities shall be completed in the Member State in which the animals were slaughtered.
The Member States shall lay down the conditions for checking the products and for issuing the certificate referred to in Article 2. These conditions may include the indication of a minimum quantity.
The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that no substitution of products takes place between the time they are checked and the time they leave the Community's geographical territory or are delivered to the destinations referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (4). These measures shall include identification of each product by means of an indelible mark on each quarter or by individual seal on each quarter. The slaughter and identification shall take place in the abattoir indicated by the party concerned in the application referred to in Article 2(2).
In cases where carcasses or half-carcasses are cut into forequarters and hindquarters at a location other than the abattoir, the authority referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 2(2) may replace the certificate referred to in Article 2, issued in respect of carcasses or half-carcasses, by certificates in respect of quarters, provided that all other requirements regarding the issue thereof have been complied with.
Regulation (EEC) No 32/82 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31984D0508 | 84/508/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1984 on the aid granted by the Belgian Government to a producer of polypropylene fibre and yarn (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 June 1984
on the aid granted by the Belgian Government to a producer of polypropylene fibre and yarn
(Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
(84/508/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having given notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments as provided for in the said Article 93, and having regard to those comments,
Whereas:
I
Following a number of complaints from federations of firms in the synthetic fibre and textile sectors, the Commission, by letters of 26 July 1983 and 3 November 1983, requested information from the Belgian Government in respect of an alleged aid granted to a Belgian textile company for the production of polypropylene fibre and yarn.
By letter dated 18 November 1983, the Belgian Government informed the Commission that in March 1983 an aid had been granted to the largest Belgian textile and carpet group for the purpose of establishing a production plant for polypropylene staple fibre and filament yarn.
According to the Belgian authorities the aid had been granted under the transitional period of three months authorized by the Commission until the end of March 1983 for the 1982 aid programme in favour of the textile and clothing industry. The Commission also was informed that the aid amounted to Bfrs 224 million and took the form of a State participation in the capital of the subsidiary created by the textile and carpet group for the abovementioned purpose. Finally, the Belgian Governmemt indicated that this aid was the only intervention under the 1982 textile programme in favour of the textile and carpet group in question.
By telex dated 5 December 1983 the Commission requested additional information. Partial replies were communicated orally on 20 December 1983 and 11 January 1984.
Having examined the case, the Commission considered that the aid would be incompatible with the common market on the grounds that it would affect trade between Member States to an extent contrary to the common interest. The Commission also considered that in view of the overcapacities in polypropylene staple fibre and filament yarn the creation of any additional capacities should not be encouraged with State aid.
Furthermore, the Commission considered that the aid should have been notified to it in advance under the transitional period authorized for the 1982 textile-aid programme and that neither the textile and carpet group nor its subsidiary concerned were registered on the list of firms submitted to the Commission for the purpose of monitoring the application of the transitional period.
Consequently, the Commission initiated the procedure provided for in the first paragraph of Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty in respect of the aid and by letter of 13 February 1984 gave the Belgian Government notice to submit its comments.
II
The Belgian Government, in submitting by letter dated 13 March 1984 its comments under the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2), did not question the aid character of the intervention and pointed out that State participation reached only 18 % of total investment cost, if including the working capital required for the project in total investment costs. It argued that no advance notification had been required as the project, while being undertaken by a carpet producer, concerned synthetic fibre and yarn and thus products not subject to this notification procedure. Furthermore, it considered that the firm in question had been listed on the document sent to the Commission for the purpose of monitoring the application of the transitional period under the name of the principal owner of the textile and carpet group and his commercial domicile. The Belgian Government also disputed the overcapacity problems in the production of polypropylene fibre and yarn highlighted by the Commission.
The comments of two other Member States, seven federations of firms in the sector and four individual companies, submitted to the Commission under the Article 93 (2) procedure, supported the Commission's view and underlined the overcapacity problems which the polypropylene sector is facing. They highlighted the sensitivity of the sector because of the volume of trade and the degree of competition between Member States. It was also claimed that the aid gave an unfair advantage to the carpet and synthetic-fibre producer in question in competition with other Community manufacturers.
III
The acquisition of shareholdings in companies either by central governments or by public agencies under government authority may in certain cases constitute aid under Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty.
The State intervention in question is explicitly referred to by the Belgian Government as a State aid.
In polypropylene staple fibre and filament yarn there is a high volume of trade and a large degree of competition between Member States. Consequently, trade between Member States is affected by an intervention undertaken by a Member State.
In these circumstances the operation in question constitutes aid within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty.
Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty lays down the principle that aid having the features there described is incompatible with the common market. The exceptions to this principle set out in Article 92 (3) specify objectives in the Community interest transcending the interests of the aid recipient. These exceptions must be construed narrowly when any regional or industry-aid scheme or any individual award under a general aid scheme is scrutinized. In particular they may be applied only when the Commission is satisfied that the free play of market forces alone, without the aid, would not induce the prospective aid recipient to adopt a course of action contributing to attainment of one of the said objectives.
To apply the exceptions to cases not contributing to such an objective would be to give unfair advantages to certain Member States and allow trading conditions between Member States to be affected and competition to be distorted without any justification on grounds of Community interest.
In applying these principles in its scrutiny of individual aid awards, the Commission must satisfy itself that the aid is justified by the contribution the recipient is making to attainment of one of the objectives set out in Article 92 (3), and is necessary to that end. Where this cannot be demonstrated, and especially where the aided investment would take place in any case, it is clear that the aid does not contribute to attainment of the objectives specified in the exceptions but merely serves to bolster the financial position of the recipient firm.
The recipient in the present case cannot be said to be making such a contribution in return for the aid.
The Belgian Government has been unable to give, or the Commission to discover, any justification for a finding that the planned aid falls within one of the categories of exceptions in Article 92 (3).
With regard to the exceptions provided for by Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) for aids which promote or facilitate the development of certain areas, the area in which the recipient undertaking's factory is located is not one where the standard of living is abnormally low or where there is serious underemployment within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (a), nor does the award appear likely to facilitate the development of certain economic areas within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (c), a purpose, moreover, for which it is not intended.
As far as the exceptions in Article 92 (3) (b) are concerned, the measure does not have the feature of a 'project of common European interest' or of a project likely 'to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State', the promotion of which justifies application of this exception clause. Although the economy of Belgium faces social and economic difficulties, these are not the most serious in the Community. In this situation the danger of an escalation of State aids is most immediate and any State aid is most likely to affect trade between Member States.
As to the exceptions in Article 92 (3) (c), there is substantial overcapacity in both staple and filament yarn of polypropylene in the EEC. In 1983, as in the years before, capacity utilization is estimated to have been well below 70 %, which is insufficient for economically viable operation. In Belgium, moreover, the levels of utilization were much lower and stood at 50 % for staple fibre and only 40 % for filament yarn. Any artificial lowering of the establishment costs of a polypropylene plant would therefore weaken the competitive position of existing producers and would have the effect of reducing capacity utilization and depressing prices, to the detriment of, and possible withdrawal from the market of, producers which have hitherto survived owing to restructuring and productivity improvements undertaken from their own resources.
Since polypropylene staple fibre and filament yarn are traded predominantly within the Community, it is unquestionable that the aid would have an adverse effect on trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest, especially as the aid was granted to a firm which is part of the largest single carpet producer in Belgium, and indeed the Community, which exports a very large percentage of its production to the other Member States.
Polypropylene filament yarn is the basic raw material of carpet production. It represents up to 60 % of the production costs of the final product. Assistance for the production of raw materials which are key inputs in producing a final product will considerably affect the costing of and profit margins on the final product. The aid, while having been granted for polypropylene production, must be regarded as directly favouring the manufacture of carpets of the group in question.
The aid in question favours a project under which production capacities for polypropylene fibres and yarn are to be expanded significantly. Under the 1971 and 1977 guidelines for textile and clothing industry aids, established by the Commission in cooperation with Member States, such projects should, in view of the sensitivity of the textile and clothing sector in general, not be supported with public finance. Furthermore, in a sector as sensitive as carpets and tufted carpets and in which the Belgian industry is already a high performer and competitive, an aid for such a purpose would not be in the common interest, particularly as it was granted in favour of the already by far largest Belgian textile firm. Any aid granted for such a purpose would serve only to increase the financial strength of the undertaking in question, giving it an unfair advantage in competition with other Community producers.
In the carpet market, polypropylene and nylon compete with each other. Like polypropylene, nylon has been in a state of severe oversupply in the Community, and strenuous efforts have been made to reduce capacity. The State-aided expansion of polypropylene production in question will counteract these efforts and weaken the Community nylon sector.
It is concluded that the aid in question, in view of the absence of any justification on grounds of the Community interest and the fact that the industry is one in which competition within the Community is very keen, is liable to affect trade to an extent contrary to the common interest. Accordingly, there is no factor which could justify the Commission in exempting the aid from the rule that aids are incompatible with the common market by applying the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (c) of the EEC Treaty.
Therefore, the aid amounting to Bfrs 224 million which was granted in March 1983 in disregard of Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, which requires that a Member State shall notify the Commission in advance of any aid plans, must be withdrawn,
The aid granted in March of 1983 and of which the Belgian Government informed the Commission by letter dated 18 November 1983 in favour of a producer of polypropylene staple fibre and filament yarn is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the EEC Treaty. The said aid shall therefore be withdrawn.
Belgium shall inform the Commission within two months of the date of notification of this Decision of the measures taken to comply therewith.
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31991D0105 | 91/105/EEC: Council Decision of 25 February 1991 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia laying down the arrangements applicable from 1 January 1991 to imports into the Community of untreated olive oil originating in Tunisia
| COUNCIL DECISION of 25 February 1991 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia laying down the arrangements applicable from 1 January 1991 to imports into the Community of untreated olive oil originating in Tunisia (91/105/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia (1), signed on 26 May 1987, and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters negotiated with the Republic of Tunisia concerning imports into the Community of untreated olive oil falling within CN code 1509 10 10 or 1509 10 90 and originating in Tunisia should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia laying down the arrangements applicable from 1 January 1991 to imports into the Community of untreated olive oil originating in Tunisia is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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