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31992D0520 | 92/520/EEC: Commission Decision of 3 November 1992 amending Decision 89/374/EEC of 2 June 1989 on the organization of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, in order to establish the conditions to be satisfied by the crop and the seed of hybrids of rye
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 3 November 1992
amending Decision 89/374/EEC of 2 June 1989 on the organization of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, in order to establish the conditions to be satisfied by the crop and the seed of hybrids of rye
(92/520/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 Directive 90/654/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13a thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Commission Decision 89/374/EEC (3) a temporary experiment was organized, at Community level, in order to establish the conditions to be satisfied by the crop and the seed of hybrids of rye; whereas according to the abovementioned Decision the experiment should end on 30 June 1992; whereas further data are needed; whereas it is therefore appropriate to extend the experiment until 30 June 1994;
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,
In Article 3 of Decision 89/374/EEC, '30 June 1992` is replaced by '30 June 1994`.
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32000D0739 | 2000/739/EC: Commission Decision of 17 November 2000 amending Decision 1999/283/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries to take account of the animal health situation in South Africa (notified under document number C(2000) 3335) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 17 November 2000
amending Decision 1999/283/EC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries to take account of the animal health situation in South Africa
(notified under document number C(2000) 3335)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/739/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the 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 or meat products from third countries(1), as last amended by Council Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Articles 14 and 22 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries are laid down by Commission Decision 1999/283/EC(3).
(2) Imports of fresh meat from South Africa are only possible from a part of the territory of this country which has been recognised by the European Community as officially free of foot-and-mouth disease.
(3) On 15 September 2000 the competent authorities confirmed on outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, in the free region.
(4) The situation is liable to seriously endanger Community livestock in view of imports of products of biungulate animals.
(5) The competent authorities of South Africa provided sufficient guarantees with regard to the measures taken to control the movement of animals of susceptible species within and out of the infected area, in particular by declaring 16 districts, around the outbreak in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, a control area for foot-and-mouth disease.
(6) It is therefore necessary to redefine the territory of South Africa from which imports into the Community of fresh meat are authorised.
(7) In addition, it appears necessary to clarify, that imports of fresh meat from Namibia are only possible from the territory South of the cordon fences which extend from Palgrave Point in the west to Gam in the east, which has bene recognised by the European Community as officially free of foot-and-mouth disease.
(8) Decision 1999/283/EC must be amended accordingly.
(9) The present Decision must be reviewed in the light of the evolution of the disease situation.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Annex I to Decision 1999/283/EC is replaced by the Annex to the present Decision.
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31998R1502 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1502/98 of 14 July 1998 adopting the forecast supply balance for banana production, consumption, imports and exports for the Community for 1998 (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1502/98 of 14 July 1998 adopting the forecast supply balance for banana production, consumption, imports and exports for the Community for 1998 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 provides for a forecast supply balance to be drawn up each year on the basis of a number of market parameters; whereas the main purpose of the supply balance is to establish the outlook for Community production and consumption and the forecast for imports of traditional ACP bananas, and hence the supply requirements for the Community market and the requisite tariff quota;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The forecast supply balance for banana production, consumption, imports and exports for the Community for 1998 shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31983D0313 | 83/313/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 February 1983 concerning aid to maintain maritime employment granted to fishing undertakings by the French Government (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 February 1983
concerning aid to maintain maritime employment granted to fishing undertakings by the French Government
(Only the French text is authentic)
(83/313/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 regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3443/80 (2), and in particular Article 26 thereof, and to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (3), which replaced Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 with effect from 1 June 1982, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having given notice, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2), to the parties concerned to submit their comments, and having regard to these comments,
I
Whereas, in response to a request made by the Commission on 12 October 1979, the French authorities, in accordance with Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, informed the Commission by letter dated 21 April 1980 of the granting of aid in 1979 and 1980 to fishing undertakings in an attempt to maintain employment in coastal areas;
Whereas this aid amounted, in practice, to FF 0,105 for each litre of gas-oil used; whereas it was granted to all fishing undertakings; whereas the sum set aside for this aid in 1979 and 1980 was FF 53 million;
Whereas it emerged that this aid had been granted regularly in France since 1974; whereas the granting thereof in 1974 and 1975 had been authorized by the Commission; whereas the Commission had raised no objections to its renewal in 1977;
Whereas the French Government stresses that the aim of the aid in question is to mitigate the effects on the fishing fleets of the spectacular increase in running costs, the dwindling of catches the redeployment of fishing activities and the absence of the necessary Community measures, a situation which has resulted in large-scale laying-up and which could in the long term jeopardize employment in coastal areas;
Whereas the French Government has explained that the reference to fuel is used merely as a criterion for granting the aid and that the aid in question is to be considered as employment aid;
Whereas the aid described above falls within the scope of Article 92 to 94 of the EEC Treaty by virtue of the Articles of Regulations (EEC) No 100/76 and (EEC) No 3796/81 referred to above;
Whereas, following initial scrutiny, the Commission took the view that the aid in question, granted since 1974, was no longer temporary aid but operating aid granted with no actual reciprocal commitment on the part of the recipient, that it had a substantial direct impact on competition and trade between the Member States and that it was therefore incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the Treaty; whereas it accordingly decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the Treaty in respect of the above aid and, to this effect, by letter of 22 July 1980, gave the French Government formal notice to submit its comments;
Whereas, in June 1981, the Commission learned of the French Government's intention to continue this aid after 1980 despite the procedure pending under Article 93 (2) and to double the rate; whereas, in response to a request made by the Commission on 3 and 27 July 1981, the French Government stated that the matter was still at the planning stage, and that the Commission would be notified at the appropriate time;
Whereas, in December 1981, the Commission learned that the French Government had in fact decided to double the aid in question with effect from July 1981; whereas, after being asked for confirmation by telex dated 22 December 1981, the French Government confirmed this information by telex dated 8 January 1982 and, in accordance with Article 93 (3) of the EEC
Treaty, notified the extension and doubling of the aid in question for 1982, to be granted on the same basic terms; whereas the level of the aid in question was fixed at FF 0,21 per litre of fuel used and the sum set aside for the purpose was FF 106 million; whereas such notification implies that the aid in question was granted in 1981 without the Commission being notified in advance;
Whereas the Commission decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the Treaty in respect of this new aid, and, to this effect, on 25 February 1982, sent the French Government a letter giving it notice to submit its comments;
Whereas it follows from the above that the French Government clearly failed in its obligations under Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty;
II
Whereas, in its replies to the Commission dated 13 October 1980 and 6 April 1982, the French Government stated that the granting of aid to maintain maritime employment in 1980, 1981 and 1982 does not distort competition, as proven by the regular increase since 1977 of French fishery imports, mostly from elsewhere in the Community, and that the aid in question is not aid for fuel as it is not indexed to the price of oil but, by contrast, is progressive in nature; whereas, despite its being doubled in 1982, the aid has in fact dropped since 1977 in terms of the price of fuel from 17 to 12 %;
Whereas the French Government claims that the aid in question is intended, pending Community decisions, to enable fishing enterprises to adapt to new fishing conditions and to prevent a probable irreversible decline in their activity, and a reduction in their income, or even a loss of jobs in areas which have little industry, are very isolated and are particularly dependent on fishing; whereas such aid is intended to be temporary; whereas, lastly, other Member States in similar situations have adopted measures which are either identical or comparable in effect;
Whereas several Member States and several sectoral organizations have submitted their comments to the Commission; whereas certain Member States and sectoral organizations share the commission's view; whereas other Member States feel that the absence of a common fisheries policy may lead Member States to introduce aids to prevent the current situation from deteriorating; whereas several sectoral organizations would like to see the granting of fisheries aids harmonized within the Community;
III
Whereas the fuel subsidies in question have a direct impact on the production costs of recipients and have given them a definite advantage over the other Community fishermen;
Whereas the fact that the aid in question has been granted since 1974 means that it is no longer temporary; whereas the Commission has made it clear to the Member States, and notably to the French authorities in 1975, that it was not in favour of the idea of extending the aids for fuel which it had authorized in the fisheries sector in 1974 and 1975;
Whereas the fact that French fishery imports are on the increase does not cancel out the impact of aid on intra-Community trade and comptetition;
Whereas the reference made by the French Government to similar aids in other Member States does not appear relevant as the mere existence of an aid scheme in one Member State is never sufficient to justify the granting of similar aid in another Member State;
Whereas intra-Community trade in fishery products for human consumption is substantial and accounts for approximately 30 % of total landings for human consumption in the Community as a whole; whereas, for its part, the French market receives approximately 60 % of its requirements from the landings made by its own fishermen, approximately 20 % from imports from non-member countries and approximately 20 % from imports from the other Member States, and France exports 16 % of its production, approximately two-thirds of which goes to the other Member States;
Whereas the aid in question is simply an aid for fuel and cannot be considered as employment aid; whereas there is no requirement regarding the use of the aid and, in particular, no link with the level of employment in the recipient undertakings;
Whereas the fact that the aid in question is not indexed to the price of oil does not mean that it is not aid for fuel;
Whereas the absence of Community decisions on the reform of the common fisheries policy does not constitute a valid reason for Member States to grant national aids;
Whereas, moreover, for a number of years all Community fishermen have been faced with a very sharp increase in the price of fuel; whereas competition on the Community market in fishery products is very keen; IV
Whereas it follows from the above that the aid introduced by the French Government is likely to affect trade between the Member States and to distort or threaten to distort competition within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty;
Whereas Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty states that aids fulfilling the criteria laid down therein are incompatible in principle with the common market; whereas exceptions to this incompatibility, which are the only exceptions relevant to the case in point, are set out in paragraph 3 of the said Article and lay down the objectives followed in the Community's interest and not only in the interest of individual sectors of the national economy; whereas these exceptions are to be strictly interpreted when scrutinizing any aid programme of a regional or sectoral nature or any individual case of application of general aid schemes; whereas exceptions may be allowed only in cases where the Commission can establish that the aid is necessary for achievement of one of the objectives set out in these provisions;
Whereas to allow such exceptions in respect of aids which do not offer such a compensatory advantage would amount to allowing trade between Member States to be affected and competition to be distorted without justification on grounds of Community interest and would result in unfair advantages for certain Member States;
Whereas it has not been possible to establish the existence of such a compensatory advantage in the case in point; whereas the French Government was unable to provide any evidence, and the Commission could find none, that the aids in question fulfilled the conditions required for allowing one of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty;
Whereas the aid in question is clearly not designed to promote or facilitate the development of certain areas; whereas, on regional criteria, Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) is accordingly inapplicable;
Whereas such aids constitute neither an important project of common European interest nor measures capable of remedying a serious disturbance in the French economy; whereas Article 92 (3) (b) of the Treaty is accordingly inapplicable;
Whereas aid for fuel, intended as it is to reduce the cost of certain inputs, constitutes an operating aid with no lasting impact on the economic situation of the recipients; whereas, in general, the Commission has always been opposed to such aid, since, as a rule, such aid does not in itself fulfil the conditions for eligibility for the exception provided for in Article 92 (3) (c) of the EEC Treaty, since it is not likely to facilitate the development of certain activities within the meaning of that provision;
Whereas, in its communication to the Council of 25 May 1978 on sectoral aid policy, the Commission made it clear that temporary aids to mitigate the social consequences of a crisis situation must be linked with restructuring objectives for the sector in question and subject to action by recipients to facilitate conversion; whereas this does not apply in the case of the aid in question;
Whereas it follows from the above that the aid in question does not fulfil the conditions required for eligibility for one of the exceptions under Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty,
The aid to maintain maritime employment as granted to fishing undertakings in France form 1979 to 1982 is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the EEC Treaty. Such aid must accordingly no longer be granted.
The French Republic shall inform the Commission, within one month of the notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply therewith.
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32010D0792 | 2010/792/EU: Commission Decision of 20 December 2010 extending the transitional period concerning the acquisition of agricultural land in Hungary Text with EEA relevance
| 21.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 336/60
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2010
extending the transitional period concerning the acquisition of agricultural land in Hungary
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/792/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular point 2 of Chapter 3 of Annex X thereto,
Having regard to the request made by Hungary,
Whereas:
(1) The 2003 Act of Accession provides that Hungary may maintain in force, under the conditions laid down therein, for a 7-year period following the accession, expiring on 30 April 2011, prohibitions on the acquisition of agricultural land by natural persons who are non-residents or non-nationals of Hungary and by legal persons. This is a temporary exception to the free movement of capital as guaranteed by Articles 63 to 66 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. This transitional period may only be extended for a further 3 years.
(2) On 10 September 2010, Hungary requested to extend the transitional period concerning the acquisition of agricultural land by 3 years.
(3) The main reason for the transitional period was the need to safeguard the socioeconomic conditions for agricultural activities following the introduction of the single market and the transition to the common agricultural policy in Hungary. In particular, it aimed to meet concerns raised about the possible impact on the agricultural sector of liberalising the acquisition of agricultural land due to initial large differences in land prices and income compared with Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom (hereinafter ‘the EU-15’). The transitional period was also designed to ease the process of privatisation and restitution of agricultural land to farmers, and the Commission, in its Report of 16 July 2008 on the Review of the transitional measures for the acquisition of agricultural real estate set out in the 2003 Accession Treaty (hereinafter the ‘Mid-Term Review’) already emphasised the importance of the completion of this policy by the end of the foreseen transitional period. (1)
(4) Despite the increasing convergence of land prices in Hungary with those prevailing in the EU-15 after Hungary’s accession to the European Union, a 3- to 20-fold difference in average land prices still persists according to information submitted by Hungary. Although the complete convergence in land prices was neither expected nor seen as a necessary condition for terminating the transitional period, the noticeable differences in prices between Hungary and EU-15 are such as they may still hinder smooth progress towards price convergence. Similarly, the gap between the income of agricultural workers and farmers in Hungary and income in the EU-15 decreased but continues to exist. Furthermore, according to data from Eurostat, the agricultural sector of Hungary was hit relatively severely by the recent global financial and economic crisis with real agricultural income per worker falling by the highest rate in the Union (about 30 per cent against a Union average of about 12 per cent) in 2009. Lower income has been coupled with worse credit conditions relative to those in most of the EU-15 countries, both as regards nominal interest rates and the volume of credit available for farmers. The expected increased presence in Hungary of new financial institutions from EU-15 after the accession of Hungary was hampered by the financial and economic crisis.
(5) Although the restitution process has advanced during the transitional period, it encountered difficulties in particular since 2008, and has thus not yet been completed. A similar trend can be observed as regards privatisation of agricultural land. The lack of certainty of property rights as well as underdeveloped credit and insurance facilities for farmers further weaken the Hungarian agricultural land market and still hinder its proper functioning.
(6) Against this background, it can be anticipated, as do the Hungarian authorities, that the lifting of the restrictions on 1 May 2011 would exert pressure on the land prices in Hungary. Moreover, taking into account the high number of participants, the very fragmented ownership structure of the agricultural land market, which has not changed significantly since accession, and the predominance of land leasing, the impact would likely be felt throughout the entire sector. Therefore, a threat of serious disturbances on the Hungarian agricultural land market upon the expiry of the transitional period exists.
(7) An extension of 3 years to the transitional period referred to in point 2 of Chapter 3 of Annex X to the Act of Accession should therefore be granted.
(8) In order to fully prepare the market for liberalisation, it continues to be of utmost importance, even amid adverse economic circumstances, to foster the improvement of factors such as credit and insurance facilities for farmers, and the restitution and privatisation of agricultural land during the transitional period, as already emphasised in the Mid-Term Review.
(9) Increased inflow of foreign capital into the agricultural land market also presents potential benefits for this market in Hungary. As emphasised in the Mid-Term Review, foreign investment in the agriculture sector would also have important long-term effects on the provision of capital and know-how, on the functioning of land markets and on agricultural productivity. The progressive loosening of the restrictions on foreign ownership during the transitional period would also contribute to preparing the market for full liberalisation,
The transitional period concerning the acquisition of agricultural land in Hungary referred to in point 2 of Chapter 3 of Annex X to the 2003 Act of Accession shall be extended until 30 April 2014.
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32000D0693 | 2000/693/EC: Commission Decision of 25 October 2000 on withdrawing the references of standard EN 703 'Agricultural machinery - Silage cutters - Safety' from the list of references of standards in the framework of implementing Directive 98/37/EC (notified under document number C(2000) 3104) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 25 October 2000
on withdrawing the references of standard EN 703 "Agricultural machinery - Silage cutters - Safety" from the list of references of standards in the framework of implementing Directive 98/37/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 3104)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/693/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 98/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery(1), as amended by Directive 98/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee set up by Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations(3),
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Directive 98/37/EC, as amended, provides that machinery may be placed on the market and put into service only if it does not endanger the health or safety of persons and, where appropriate, domestic animals or property, when properly installed and maintained and used for its intended purpose.
(2) Machinery which conforms to harmonised standards, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, is presumed to satisfy the essential health and safety requirements referred to in Article 3 of Directive 98/37/EC, as amended.
(3) Member States are required to publish the references of the national standards which transpose the harmonised standards.
(4) The references of harmonised standard EN 703:1995 "Agricultural Machinery - Silage cutters - Safety" were published in the Official Journal of the European Communities C 229 of 8 August 1996 in the framework of implementing Directive 98/37/EC, as amended.
(5) At present, this standard still gives a presumption of conformity.
(6) Italy has noted that many fatal accidents have occurred in its territory following the use of silage cutters manufactured in accordance with standard EN 703. Consequently, Italy has taken the view that this standard did not satisfy the essential health and safety requirements of the Directive and that its references should be withdrawn from publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities in order to no longer give a presumption of conformity with the Directive.
(7) Technical Committee CEN/TC 144 examined this problem and started work on revising this standard. In view of the significant difficulties it encountered in this revision, it has concluded that it will be several years before the revised standard can be ratified.
(8) Given the anticipated delay, it is proposed that the references of this standard be withdrawn immediately in order to avoid it being used as a harmonised standard in the future,
The references of standard EN 703 "Agricultural machinery - Silage cutters - Safety" are withdrawn from publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Consequently, the use of this standard no longer gives a presumption of conformity with the essential health and safety requirements of Directive 98/37/EC, as amended.
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31987D0087 | 87/87/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on Oils and Fats
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on Oils and Fats (87/87/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the Advisory Committee on Oils and Fats was set up by Commission Decision 67/388/EEC (1), replaced by Commission Decision 73/421/EEC (2), as last amended by Decision 83/77/EEC (3);
Whereas following the accession of new Member States to the Community, the number of seats on the Committee should be increased and they should be reallocated; whereas the procedure for the replacement of members should also be adjusted;
Whereas the provisions concerning the Advisory Committee on Oils and Fats have been amended several times and have therefore become difficult to apply; whereas they should therefore be consolidated;
Whereas the Commission should seek the views of producers, traders and consumers on matters arising in connection with the operation of the common organization of the market in oils and fats;
Whereas all the occupations directly involved in the implementation of the market organization in question, and also consumers, must have an opportunity to participate in the drafting of the opinions requested by the Commission;
Whereas the trade associations concerned and the consumer groups in the Member States have set up organizations at Community level which are in a position to represent those concerned in all the Member States,
1. There shall be attached to the Commission an Advisory Committee on Oils and Fats, hereinafter called the 'Committee'.
2. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: agricultural producers, cooperatives, the oil-seed processing and vegetable-oil using industries, traders in olive oil and oil seeds, agricultural
(4) OJ No 119, 20. 6. 1967, p. 2343/67.
(5) OJ No L 355, 24. 12. 1973, p. 40.
(6) OJ No L 51, 24. 2. 1983, p. 34.
workers and workers in the food and feed manufacturing industries and consumers.
3. The Committee shall consist of two separate Sections, composed of members of the Committee:
- the Olive and Olive Products Section,
- the Oil Seed and Oil Seed Products Section.
1. The Committee or either of its separate Sections may be consulted by the Commission on any problem concerning the operation of Regulations on the common organization of the market in oils and fats, and in particular on measures to be adopted by the Commission under those Regulations.
2. The chairman of the Committee may indicate to the Commission the desirability of consulting the Committee or the separate Sections on any matter within the latter's competence on which its opinion has not been sought. He shall do so, in particular, at the request of one of the interests represented.
1. The Committee shall consist of 68 members.
2. Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows:
(a) Olive and Olive Products Section:
- 12 to agricultural producers and cooperatives in the
sector,
- four to representatives of the olive-oil producing
industries,
- three to representatives of the olive-oil trade,
- three to representatives of agricultural workers and of workers in the olive-oil industry,
- two to consumers' representatives;
(b) Oil Seed and Oil Seed Products Section:
- 22 to agricultural producers and cooperatives in the
sector,
- 10 to representatives of the oil-seed processing and
vegetable-oil using industries, of whom:
- six shall represent industries producing oils other than olive oil,
- one shall represent the margarine industry,
- one shall represent industries using edible oils,
- one shall represent industries using oils for industrial purposes,
- one shall represent industries using oil cake,
- three to representatives of the oil-seed trade.
- three to representatives of agricultural workers and of workers in the food and feed manufacturing industries,
- six to consumers' representatives.
1. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission on proposals from the trade workers' organizations set up at Community level which are most representative of the interests specified in Article 1 (2) and whose activities come within the scope of the common organization of the market in oils and fats; consumers' representatives shall be appointed on proposals from the Consumers' Advisory Committee.
Those bodies shall for each seat to be filled put forward the names of two candidates of different nationality.
2. The term of office for members of the Committee shall be three years. Their appointments may be renewed. Members shall not be remunerated for their services.
After expiry of the three years members of the Committee shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed.
In the event of the resignation or decease of a member or a request from the body having proposed a member that he be replaced, he shall be replaced in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1.
3. A list of the members of the Committee shall be published by the Commission, for information purposes, in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
After consulting the Commission, each Section shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman for a period of three years.
The vice-chairman may not represent the same interest as the chairman.
Election shall be, in the case of the first ballot, by a two-thirds majority of the members present and, in the case of subsequent ballots, by a simple majority of the members
present. In the event of a tie, the Commission shall provide a chairman on a temporary basis.
The chairmen of the two Sections shall alternately chair the Committee for half of its term of office.
The Committee or Section may, in accordance with the same procedure, elect other officers. In that case, the officers other than the chairman shall include not more than one representative of each interest represented on the Committee or Section.
The officers shall prepare and organize the work of the Committee or Sections.
1. Only the Commission representatives, the members of the Committee or Sections, or persons replacing them in their absence, and persons invited in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 may participate in or attend meetings.
2. Should a member be unable to attend a meeting, the organization or organizations to which a seat is allocated may appoint a person to take his place. This person shall be selected from a list drawn up by mutual agreement between the Commission and the organization or organizations in question and containing a number of names equal to half the total numbers of members representing the organization or organizations in question.
This number shall be not less than one and not more
than 12.
The secretariat of the Committee must be informed of such replacement of a member at least seven days before a meeting.
3. At the request of an organization to which one or more seats are allocated, the chairman may, in agreement with the Commission staff, invite its general secretary or a member of its secretariat to attend the meetings of the Committee or Sections as an observer.
Should he be unable to attend, however, the general secretary may have his seat as an observer taken by another person designated by him.
Observers shall not have the right so speak. They may, however, be invited to do so by the chairman in agreement with the Commission staff.
4. At the request of an organization to which one or more seats are allocated, and when the matters on the agenda are of a highly technical nature outside the normal framework of the deliberations of the Committee or Section, the chairman may, in agreement with the Commission staff, invite one or more experts to take part in the deliberations of the Committee or Section.
The Commission may, on its own initiative, invite any person particularly well qualified in one of the subjects on the agenda to take part in the deliberations of the Committee or Sections as an expert.
However, experts shall participate only in the discussion of the matter concerning which they were invited to attend.
In agreement with the Commission staff, the Committee or Sections may set up working groups to facilitate their work.
1. The Committee and its Sections shall be convened
by the Commission and shall meet at Commission headquarters. Meetings of the officers shall be convened by the chairman by arrangement with the Commission.
2. Representatives of the Commission departments concerned shall take part in meetings of the Committee, its Sections, its officers and the working groups.
3. Secretarial services for the Committee, its Sections, its officers and the working groups shall be provided by the Commission.
The Committee and the Sections shall discuss matters on which the Commission has requested an opinion. No vote shall be taken.
The Commission may, when seeking the opinion of the Committee or of either of its Sections, set a time limit within which such opinion shall be given.
The views expressed by the various interests represented shall be included in a report forwarded to the Commission.
In the event of unanimous agreement being reached in the Committee or in the Section concerned on the opinion to be given, the Committee or the Section, as the case may be, shall formulate joint conclusions and attach them to the report.
The outcome of discussions in the Committee or the Sections shall on request be communicated by the Commission to the Council and to the Management Committees.
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Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 214 of the Treaty, where the Commission informs them that the opinion requested or the question raised is on a matter of a confidential nature, members of the Committee shall be under an obligation not to disclose information which has come to their knowledge through the work of the Committee or its Sections or of the working groups.
In such cases, only Committee members and representatives of the Commission departments concerned may be present at meetings.
1
Commission Decision 73/421/EEC is hereby repealed.
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32010R0329 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 329/2010 of 21 April 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 22.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 100/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 329/2010
of 21 April 2010
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 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 22 April 2010.
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 |
31993D0212 | 93/212/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 March 1993 amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION of 18 March 1993 amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community
(93/212/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (1), as last amended by Directive 90/425/EEC (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/452/EEC (3), as amended by Decision 92/523/EEC (4), established a list of embryo collection teams approved in third countries for the export of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community;
Whereas the competent authorities of Canada and the United States of America have forwarded amendments to the list of teams approved in their territories;
Whereas it is now necessary to amend the list of approved teams as regards Canada and the United States of America;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0406 | 2014/406/EU: Council Decision of 20 June 2014 abrogating Decision 2010/407/EU on the existence of an excessive deficit in Denmark
| 28.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 190/71
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 June 2014
abrogating Decision 2010/407/EU on the existence of an excessive deficit in Denmark
(2014/406/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 126(12) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 July 2010, following a recommendation from the Commission, the Council decided, in Decision 2010/407/EU (1), that an excessive deficit existed in Denmark. The Council noted that according to the data notified by the Danish authorities in April 2010, the general government deficit planned for 2010 was 5,4 % of GDP, thus above the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value. The general government gross debt was expected to reach 45,1 % of GDP in 2010, well below the 60 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value. The general government deficit and debt for 2010 were subsequently revised to 2,5 % of GDP and 42,8 % of GDP, respectively.
(2) On 13 July 2010, in accordance with Article 126(7) of the Treaty and Article 3(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 (2), the Council, based on a recommendation from the Commission, addressed a recommendation to Denmark with a view to bringing the excessive deficit situation to an end by 2013 at the latest. That Council recommendation was made public.
(3) In accordance with Article 4 of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaties, the Commission provides the data for the implementation of the procedure. As part of the application of that Protocol, Member States are to notify data on government deficits and debt and other associated variables twice a year, namely before 1 April and before 1 October, in accordance with Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 (3).
(4) When considering whether a decision on the existence of an excessive deficit ought to be abrogated, the Council is to take a decision on the basis of notified data. Moreover, a decision on the existence of an excessive deficit should be abrogated only if the Commission forecasts indicate that the deficit will not exceed the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value over the forecast horizon (4).
(5) Based on data provided by the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2009, following the notification by Denmark before 1 April 2014, and on the Commission services 2014 spring forecast, the following conclusions are justified:
— The general government deficit stayed within the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value in the period 2010-2013, except in 2012 when the balance was negatively affected by a one-off reimbursement related to pension reform in 2011. The one-off reimbursement is estimated to have weakened the fiscal balance by 1,6 % of GDP in 2012. The general government deficit amounted to 2,5 % of GDP in 2010, 1,9 % of GDP in 2011, 3,8 % of GDP in 2012 and 0,8 % of GDP in 2013. The improvement of the fiscal balance was driven by consolidation measures both on the revenue and expenditure side, in particular through restricted growth in public consumption.
— Denmark's 2014 convergence programme projects a general government deficit of 1,3 % of GDP in 2014 and 2,9 % of GDP in 2015. In the period 2013-2014, public finances have been affected by one-off revenues coming from the restructuring of existing capital pensions, giving the opportunity to pay off tax liability of future capital pensions at a favourable rate. This measure is estimated to boost the fiscal balance by close to 1,8 % of GDP in both years. In 2015, this measure will have no impact, leading to an expected increase in the public finance deficit. The Commission services 2014 spring forecast projects the general government deficit to reach 1,2 % of GDP in 2014 and 2,7 % of GDP in 2015. Thus, the deficit is set to remain below the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value over the forecast horizon.
— After having improved by 0,7 % of GDP in cumulative terms between 2011 and 2013, the structural balance, that is the general government balance adjusted for the economic cycle and net of one-off and other temporary measures, is forecast to deteriorate by 0,8 % of GDP in 2014 (to – 0,2 % of GDP) and by a further 0,3 % of GDP in 2015, based on a no-policy-change assumption.
— The Commission services 2014 spring forecast projects the general government gross debt to decrease to 43,5 % of GDP in 2014 and to increase to 44,9 % of GDP in 2015, below the 60 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value.
(6) Starting from 2014, which is the year following the correction of the excessive deficit, Denmark is subject to the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact and should maintain its structural balance at or above its medium-term budgetary objective.
(7) In accordance with Article 126(12) of the Treaty, a Council Decision on the existence of an excessive deficit is to be abrogated when the excessive deficit in the Member State concerned has, in the view of the Council, been corrected.
(8) In the view of the Council, the excessive deficit in Denmark has been corrected and Decision 2010/407/EU should therefore be abrogated,
From an overall assessment it follows that the excessive deficit situation in Denmark has been corrected.
Decision 2010/407/EU is hereby abrogated.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0724 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 724/2005 of 12 May 2005 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 25th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004
| 13.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 121/80
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 724/2005
of 12 May 2005
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 25th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004
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 indent of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 of 19 July 2004 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2004/2005 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the 25th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 40,811 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 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 |
31997R2500 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2500/97 of 15 December 1997 establishing the supply balance for pigmeat for the Azores and Madeira and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2500/97 of 15 December 1997 establishing the supply balance for pigmeat for the Azores and Madeira and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/97 (4), fixes, for the period 1 July to 31 December 1997, the quantities in the supply balance which qualify for exemption from the levy on direct imports from third countries or for aid for consignments originating in the rest of the Community and the numbers of pure-bred breeding animals originating in the Community and qualifying for aid for the development of the production potential of the Azores and Madeira;
Whereas, pending a communication from the competent authorities updating the requirements for the Azores and Madeira and in order to avoid a break in the application of the specific supply arrangements, the balance was drawn up for the period 1 July to 31 December 1997 by Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92; whereas the balance for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 has been drawn up following the presentation of data on the requirements for the Azores and Madeira by the Portuguese authorities; whereas the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 should accordingly by replaced by the Annexes hereto;
Whereas the supply balances provided for in these specific supply arrangements are drawn up for the period 1 July to 30 June; whereas the definitive supply balance should therefore apply from the beginning of that period, i.e. 1 July 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EEC) No 1725/92 are hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
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 1 July 1997. However, the aid fixed in Annex II shall apply from 1 January 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R2181 | Regulation (EC) No 2181/2004 of the European Central Bank of 16 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector and Regulation (EC) No 63/2002 (ECB/2001/18) concerning statistics on interest rates applied by monetary financial institutions to deposits and loans vis-à-vis households and non-financial corporations (ECB/2004/21)
| 18.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 371/42
REGULATION (EC) No 2181/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 16 December 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector and Regulation (EC) No 63/2002 (ECB/2001/18) concerning statistics on interest rates applied by monetary financial institutions to deposits and loans vis-à-vis households and non-financial corporations
(ECB/2004/21)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank (1), and in particular Articles 5(1) and 6(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 of the European Central Bank of 22 November 2001 concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector (ECB/2001/13) (2), requires monetary financial institutions (MFIs) to report, inter alia, monthly statistical information relating to their end-of-month balance sheets for the purposes of producing the consolidated balance sheet of the MFI sector.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) provides that the accounting rules to be followed in reporting are those laid down in the national transposition of Council Directive 86/635/EEC of 8 December 1986 on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions (3), and in any other international standards applicable. Both national accounting legislation and international standards have changed since the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13). Directive 86/635/EEC has been amended to the effect that certain financial instruments may be valued at fair value. International accounting standards may also provide for the valuation of certain financial instruments at fair value.
(3) For the purposes of the statistical information which the European Central Bank (ECB) needs to fulfil its tasks, deposit liabilities and loans have to be reported at their nominal value.
(4) In light of the above, it has become necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) to include an explicit requirement regarding the reporting of deposit liabilities and loans at nominal value.
(5) At the same time, given the current stage in the process of harmonisation in the field of statistics that has been reached as a result of Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13), it is desirable to continue to apply the valuation rules that have until now been applied to provisioned loans and purchased loans. Therefore, national central banks may allow existing valuation rules to apply to such loans until the ECB updates these rules in order to harmonise reporting further.
(6) In view of the possibility that some MFIs may value debt securities issued at fair value, it is necessary to clarify the scope of the reporting of the ‘other revaluation’ adjustments in respect of price revaluation of securities.
(7) As a consequence of the above, Regulation (EC) No 63/2002 (ECB/2001/18) of the European Central Bank of 20 December 2001 concerning statistics on interest rates applied by monetary financial institutions to deposits and loans vis-à-vis households and non-financial corporations (4), should also be amended,
Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) is amended as follows:
Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Regulation (EC) No 63/2002 (ECB/2001/18) is amended as follows:
Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R2398 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2398/96 of 12 December 1996 opening a tariff quota for turkey meat originating in and coming from Israel as provided for in the Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the State of Israel
| 18.12.1996 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 327/7
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2398/96
of 12 December 1996
opening a tariff quota for turkey meat originating in and coming from Israel as provided for in the Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the State of Israel
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and the Member States thereof, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, was signed in Brussels on 20 November 1995;
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Agreement, the trade provisions thereof were implemented by the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, approved by Decision 96/206/ECSC, EC of the Council and Commission (1); whereas the said Interim Agreement was signed on 18 December 1995 and entered into force on 1 January 1996;
Whereas Protocol 1 of these agreements provides for a reduction of the specific duty applicable to imports into the Community of turkey meat originating in and imported from Israel, in respect of a quantity of 1 400 tonnes;
Whereas this quota should be opened on an annual basis with effect from 1 January 1996 and the measures necessary for administering it should be adopted,
A tariff quota for the import of turkey meat originating in Israel shall be opened within the limits of an annual volume of 1 400 tonnes.
The specific duty applicable to turkey meat imported under this quota and coming under the CN codes indicated below shall be:
— 0207 25 10: ECU 170/tonne
— 0207 25 90: ECU 186/tonne
— 0207 27 30: ECU 134/tonne
— 0207 27 40: ECU 93/tonne
— 0207 27 50: ECU 339/tonne
— 0207 27 60: ECU 127/tonne
— 0207 27 70: ECU 230/tonne
The rules for applying this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 (2).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1996.
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 |
32014R0117 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 117/2014 of 6 February 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 7.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/28
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 117/2014
of 6 February 2014
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 |
32005D0235 | 2005/235/EC: Commission Decision of 15 March 2005 repealing Decision 2002/626/EC approving the plan submitted by France for the eradication of classical swine fever from feral pigs in Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle (notified under document number C(2005) 595) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 18.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 72/43
COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 March 2005
repealing Decision 2002/626/EC approving the plan submitted by France for the eradication of classical swine fever from feral pigs in Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle
(notified under document number C(2005) 595)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/235/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (1), and in particular Article 16(1), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In April 2002 classical swine fever was confirmed in the feral pig population in the department of Moselle in France.
(2) By Commission Decision 2002/626/EC (2), the plan presented by France for the eradication of that disease in the department Moselle and the bordering department Meurthe-et-Moselle was approved.
(3) France has submitted information indicating that classical swine fever in the feral pig population has been successfully eradicated in the department of Moselle and that the approved eradication plan does not need to be applied anymore.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to repeal Decision 2002/626/EC.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2002/626/EC is repealed.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999L0066 | Commission Directive 1999/66/EC of 28 June 1999 setting out requirements as to the label or other document made out by the supplier pursuant to Council Directive 98/56/EC
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/66/EC
of 28 June 1999
setting out requirements as to the label or other document made out by the supplier pursuant to Council Directive 98/56/EC
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July 1998 on the marketing of propagating material of ornamental plants(1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
(1) Whereas the label or other documents should give the particulars needed both for official control and for the information of the grower;
(2) Whereas in the case where the propagating material is accompagnied by a plant passport under the Community Plant Health System the plant passport may constitute on certain conditions the label or other document made up by the supplier;
(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Propagating Material for Ornamental Plants,
This Directive establishes the requirements as to the labels or other document made up by the supplier of propagating material of ornamental plants referred to in Article 8 of Directive 98/56/EC.
1. The suppliers' label or document referred to in Article 1 shall be of suitable material which has not previously been used and shall be printed in at least one of the official languages of the Community. It shall contain the following information headings:
(i) indication "EC quality";
(ii) indication of EC Member State code;
(iii) indication of responsible official body or its distinguishing code;
(iv) registration number;
(v) individual serial, week or batch number;
(vi) botanical name;
(vii) denomination of the variety, where appropriate. In the case of rootstock: denomination of the variety or its designation;
(viii) denomination of the group of plants, where appropriate;
(ix) quantity;
(x) in the case of imports from third countries pursuant to Article 11(2) of Directive 98/56/EC, the name of the country of production.
2. In the case where the propagating material is accompanied by a plant passport in accordance with Commission Directive 92/105/EEC(2) the plant passport may constitute the suppliers' label or document referred to in paragraph 1. Nonetheless, the indication "EC quality" and an indication as to the responsible official body under Directive 98/56/EC must be given and, where appropriate, a reference to the denomination of the variety, rootstock or group of plants. In the case of imports from third countries pursuant to Article 11(2) of Directive 98/56/EC, the name of the country of production must also be given. This information may be on the same document as the plant passport but clearly separated.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive on 31 December 1999. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such a reference is to be made.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th 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 |
32005R1836 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1836/2005 of 10 November 2005 amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 11.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 295/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1836/2005
of 10 November 2005
amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
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 markets in the milk and milk products sector (1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 27 October 2005 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1763/2005 (2).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 1763/2005 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1763/2005 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 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 | 0 | 0 |
32001R2527 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2527/2001 of 20 December 2001 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2527/2001
of 20 December 2001
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
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 organization of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 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) Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(3) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds.
(3) That calculation must also take account of the cereal products content. In the interest of simplification, the refund should be paid in respect of two categories of "cereal products", namely for maize, the most commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and maize products, and for "other cereals", these being eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize products. A refund should be granted in respect of the quantity of cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4) Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also take into account the possibilities and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market and the economic aspect of the export.
(5) However, in fixing the rate of refund it would seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference in the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound feedingstuffs as the Community and world markets, allowing more accurate account to be taken of the commercial conditions under which such products are exported.
(6) The refund must be fixed once a month; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period.
(7) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 2001.
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31990R1844 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1844/90 of 29 June 1990 laying down specific provisions concerning export refunds in the pigmeat sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1844/90
of 29 June 1990
laying down specific provisions concerning export refunds in the pigmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1249/89 (2), and in particular Article 15 (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2768/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on pigmeat and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1638/90 of 18 June 1990 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat (4) it has been decided not to fix any refund on products exported to the German Democratic Republic; whereas the fact that no refund has been fixed should not be taken into account for the purposes of determining the lowest rate of the refund granted in the case of export to other destinations;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
The fact that no refund has been fixed on export of the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 to the German Democratic Republic, the rate of which is lower than the lowest rate fixed for other destinations, shall not be taken into account for the purposes of determining the lowest rate of refund within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (5) or applying Articles 4 (7) and 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (6).
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 19 June 1990.
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31981R2158 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2158/81 of 29 July 1981 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 laying down detailed rules of application for special intervention measures to support the development of the market in common wheat of bread-making quality
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2158/81 of 29 July 1981 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 laying down detailed rules of application for special intervention measures to support the development of the market in common wheat of breadmaking quality
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 from the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular Article 8 (4),
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1950/81 (3) the Council fixed the cereal prices applicable for the 1981/82 marketing year ; whereas in that Regulation the reference price for common wheat of breadmaking quality was fixed in conformity with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 ; whereas the provisions of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1543/79 (5), applicable to special intervention measures taking the form of purchase at a reference price fixed for a minimum breadmaking quality by derogation from the abovementioned provision of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, should therefore be amended;
Whereas should there be special intervention measures during the 1981/82 marketing year taking the form of the purchase of wheat of minimum breadmaking quality the support level for this quality should in accordance with the expressed wishes of the Council, be fixed at the level of the reference price less 7 788 ECU per tonne;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 4 (2) is replaced by the following:
"2. The conclusion of a storage contract of the same type as at 1 above but giving the intervention agency the right to purchase on expiry of the contract all or part of the quantity involved at the reference price adjusted in accordance with paragraph 3. The intervention agency shall be authorized to exercise this right in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75."
2. Article 4 (3) is replaced by the following:
"3. The purchase by the intervention agency at the reference price adjusted where appropriate upwards or downwards as provided for in Article 5 (3) to (5).
However, where the special intervention measure takes the form of purchase at the minimum breadmaking quality the reference price referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall, for the 1981/82 marketing year, be reduced by 7 788 ECU per tonne."
3. Article 5 (1) is replaced by the following:
"1. Where the special intervention measure takes the form of the purchase indicated in Article 4 (3) the procedures and conditions for taking over the cereals by intervention agencies shall be as set out in Articles 2 (3), 3, 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 (1).
Any holder of homogeneous lots of a minimum of 80 tonnes of common wheat of breadmaking quality shall be authorized to offer this cereal to the intervention agency. Intervention agencies may, however, fix a higher minimum tonnage.
(1) OJ No L 174, 14.7.1977, p. 15. 4. The second subparagraph of Article 5 (3) is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable with effect from 1 August 1981. (1) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 198, 20.7.1981, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 198, 20.7.1981, p. 3. (4) OJ No L 181, 21.7.1977, p. 26. (5) OJ No L 187, 25.7.1979, p. 7.
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31977D0150 | 77/150/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 December 1976 authorizing the French Republic to restrict the marketing of a variety of cereals (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 29 December 1976 authorizing the French Republic to restrict the marketing of a variety of cereals (Only the French text is authentic) (77/150/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), as last amended by the Council Directive 73/438/EEC of 11 December 1973 (2), and in particular Article 15 (2) and (3) thereof,
Having regard to the request made by the French Republic,
Whereas, under Article 15 (1) of the said Directive, seed and propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant species which have been officially accepted during the year 1973 in one or more of the Member States and which fulfil the conditions provided for in that Directive are, since 31 December 1975, no longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to variety in the Community;
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) thereof provides that a Member State may be authorized upon application to prohibit the marketing of seed and propagating material of certain varieties;
Whereas the French Republic had applied for such authorization in respect of the variety Canova (2-row barley) before expiry of the said period;
Whereas the Commission Decision of 30 June 1976 (3) extended the period provided for in the said Article 15 (1) for this variety for the French Republic to 31 December 1976;
Whereas the Commission has meanwhile completed its examination of the French application in respect of this variety;
Whereas the variety has been the subject of official growing trials in the French Republic ; whereas the results of these trials have led the French Republic to decide that this variety is not sufficiently uniform there;
Whereas in respect of this variety the results of the trials show that in the French Republic, when compared with the national rules governing the acceptance of varieties there, which apply as part of current Community provisions, it is not sufficiently uniform in certain characteristics (Article 15 (3) (a) of the said Directive);
Whereas therefore the application of the French Republic in respect of this variety should be granted in full;
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 French Republic is hereby authorized to prohibit the marketing in its territory of seed of the variety Canova (Hordeum distichum L.) listed since 1976 in the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species. (1)OJ No L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 356, 27.12.1973, p. 79. (3)OJ No L 235, 26.8.1976, p. 24.
The authorization under Article 1 shall be withdrawn as soon as it is established that the conditions thereof are no longer satisfied.
The French Republic shall notify the Commission of the date from which it makes use of the authorization under Article 1 and the detailed methods to be followed. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
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32013R0686 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2013 of 16 July 2013 approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Oignon doux des Cévennes (PDO))
| 19.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 196/4
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 686/2013
of 16 July 2013
approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Oignon doux des Cévennes (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined France’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Oignon doux des Cévennes’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 723/2008 (2).
(2) The purpose of the application is to amend the specification by giving more detailed information on the product description, the geographical area, the proof of origin, the method of production, labelling, national requirements, packaging and the contact details of the applicant group.
(3) The Commission has examined the amendments in question and decided that they are justified. Since the amendments are minor within the meaning of the third subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission may approve them without following the procedure set out in Articles 50 to 52 of the Regulation,
The specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Oignon doux des Cévennes’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Annex II to this Regulation contains the consolidated single document setting out the main points of the specification.
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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32007R0413 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 413/2007 of 17 April 2007 amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year
| 18.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 101/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 413/2007
of 17 April 2007
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year
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 markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to 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), and in particular of the Article 36,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2006/2007 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 366/2007 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 April 2007.
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31984R0039 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 39/84 of 6 January 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 39/84
of 6 January 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1600/83 (2), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2839/83 (4), lays down the conditions of entry into the Community with which certain cheeses must comply in order to qualify for the reduced levy;
Whereas the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has undertaken to observe all the conditions laid down for the admission into the Community of Kashkaval and cheese of sheep's milk referred to in points (l) and (m) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82; whereas the name of that country should therefore be added to the column headed 'Country of origin' against points (l) and (m) of Annex I to the siad Regulation; whereas it has at the same time appointed as the issuing agency for IMA 1 certificates the Fond ze Unapredjenje Proizvodnje i Plasmana Stoke i Stocnih Proizvoda, Belgrade; whereas Annex I to the said Regulation should therefore be supplemented accordingly;
Whereas footnote (2) to Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 may give rise to different interpretations in different Member States; whereas it should therefore be amended;
Whereas some language versions of the text of the said Regulation should be amended in respect of the description of the products contained in Annex I;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Annex I:
- in the column headed 'Country of origin' against points (l) and (m), 'Yugosalvia' shall be added,
- in the second indent of point (a) and in points (e) and (g) of the Danish, German, English, French and Dutch texts, '(2)' shall be added after 'of a free-at-frontier value',
- in the second indent of point (a) and in points (e), (f) and (g) of the Greek and Italian texts, '(2)' shall be added after 'of a free-at-frontier value',
- footnote (2) shall be replaced by the following:
'(2) "Free-at-frontier value" means the free-at-frontier price of the exporting country or the fob price of the exporting country plus, in both cases, an amount corresponding to the costs of transport and insurance to the customs territory of the Community.'
2. In Annex IV the following entry shall be added after that for Turkey:
1.2,3.4,5 // // // // 'Non-member country // CCT subheading and description // Issuing agency // // 1.2.3.4.5 // // // // Name // Location // // // // // // // // // // // Yugoslavia // ex 04.04 E I b) 2 // Cheese of sheep's milk in containers containing brine and Kashkaval // Fond ze Unapredjenje Proizvodnje i Plasmana Stoke i Stocnih Proizvoda // Belgrade' // // // 279, 12. 10. 1983, p. 10.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 January 1984.
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32013D0397 | 2013/397/EC: Commission Decision of 26 May 2009 approving on behalf of the European Community certain amendments to Annex V to the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products Text with EEA relevance
| 26.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 201/66
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 May 2009
approving on behalf of the European Community certain amendments to Annex V to the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/397/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 1999/201/EC of 14 December 1998 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products (1), and in particular the third paragraph of Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products (hereafter ‘the Agreement’) provides for the possibility of recognising equivalence for sanitary measures after the exporting Party has objectively demonstrated that its measures achieve the importing Party’s appropriate level of protection. The Agreement was approved on behalf of the Community by Decision 1999/201/EC.
(2) The determination of equivalence was carried out and concluded with Canada for equivalence on public health measures concerning fishery products. Equivalence has been concluded on a reciprocal basis.
(3) The Joint Management Committee established under the Agreement (‘the Joint Management Committee’), at its meeting on 5 and 6 October 2006, issued a recommendation concerning the determination of equivalence on hygiene rules for fishery products. This was complemented by a specific recommendation concerning equivalence on microbiological criteria for fishery products at the meeting of the Joint Management Committee on 3 and 4 October 2007.
(4) The Joint Management Committee, at its meeting on 5 and 6 October 2006, issued a recommendation concerning the establishment of rules for imports into the Community for fish caught under the authority of a recreational fishing licence from Canada. The Joint Management Committee, at its meeting on 5 and 6 October 2006, issued a recommendation as regards fresh meat to update the legal basis of the EU and Canadian standards.
(5) The Joint Management Committee, at its meeting on 5 and 6 October 2006, issued a recommendation as regards minced meat and to update the legal basis of the EU standards.
(6) The Joint Management Committee, at its meeting on 3 and 4 October 2007, issued a recommendation concerning the determination of equivalence for poultry post-mortem requirements on poultry meat.
(7) The Joint Management Committee, at its meeting on 27 and 28 April 2005, issued a recommendation providing for the possibility of imports from Canada of live bivalve molluscs for wet storage, relaying or depuration in the Community other than market size live bivalve molluscs, in line with Community legislation.
(8) As a result of those recommendations it is appropriate to modify the relevant parts in Annex V to the Agreement.
(9) Pursuant to Article 16(3) of the Agreement amendments to the Annexes are to be agreed upon by an exchange of notes between the Parties.
(10) Accordingly, the recommended modifications to Annex V to the Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Community.
(11) Commission Decision C(2008) 2633 of 19 June 2008, which was not published in the Official Journal of the European Union, made certain amendments to the Annex V to the Agreement.
(12) It is necessary to make certain adaptations of a diplomatic nature to the text of the letters set out in the Annex to Decision C(2008) 2633. In the interests of clarity, that Decision should be annulled and replaced by the present Decision.
(13) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Article 1
Pursuant to the recommendations made by the Joint Management Committee established under Article 16(1) of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products, the modifications to Annex V to that Agreement are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Government of Canada setting out those modifications to Annex V to that Agreement, is attached in the Annex to this Decision.
The Director-General for Health and Consumers is hereby authorised, on behalf of the Community, to sign the Letter from the European Community.
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32002R2088 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2088/2002 of 26 November 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2088/2002
of 26 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 27 November 2002.
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31990R2291 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2291 of 26 July 1990 on the application of Decision No 2/90 of the EEC - Austria Joint Committee supplementing and amending Annex III to protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2291/90
of 26 July 1990
on the application of Decision N° 2/90 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee supplementing and amending Annex III to Protocol N° 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products` and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2838/89 of 18 September 1989 on the implementation of
Decision N° 1/89 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee amending Protocol N° 3 concerning the definition of
the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation and establishing provisions for the implementation of the Joint Declaration annexed to Decision N° 1/88 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee (1),
and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria was signed on
22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973 (2);
Whereas Protocol N° 3 concerning the definition of
the concept of 'originating products` and methods of administrative cooperation (3) (hereafter referred to as Protocol N° 3) forms an integral part of the said Agreement;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol N° 3, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision N° 2/90 supplementing and amending Protocol N° 3;
Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community;
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Origin,
Decision N° 2/90 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee shall apply in the Community. The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
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 1 January 1988.
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31979R2999 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2999/79 of 20 December 1979 amending certain rates of customs duties for agricultural products, Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2999/79 of 20 December 1979 amending certain rates of customs duties for agricultural products, Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables
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 by its Decision of 10 December 1979 the Council approved on behalf of the Community the conclusion of the multilateral Agreements resulting from the 1973 to 1979 multilateral trade negotiations;
Whereas, having regard to the international rights and undertakings resulting for the Community from the approval of these Agreements, certain customs duties for agricultural products should be amended ; whereas the applicable rates should be incorporated into the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/79 (2);
Whereas the Community has in the context of these Agreements also agreed that the additional duty on sugar contained in certain prepared or preserved fruits falling within heading No 20.06 of the Common Customs Tariff should be applied as a standard rate of 2 % of the customs value of the products ; whereas, to this end, Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1639/79 (4), should be amended;
Whereas experience has shown that fruit pulps have a natural sugar content of a higher level than that fixed at present ; whereas, until the levels for these contents are brought up to date, provision should be made for not levying any additional duty on these products for sugar;
Whereas the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff could be simplified by applying a single rate of autonomous customs duty for certain apples and pears falling within heading No 08.06 and for unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse falling within heading No 24.01 ; whereas such an amendment could be carried out without harming the Community market,
1. The conventional rates of duties for the products shown in Annex I shall be aligned on the level indicated in Annex I in the column "conventional rate" in accordance with the timetable laid down in paragraphs 2 to 4.
2. The alignment for the products shown in Part I of Annex I shall take effect on 1 January 1980.
3. The alignment for the products shown in Part II of Annex I shall be implemented by equal annual reductions of 25 % of the difference between the "existing rate" and the "conventional rate". The reductions shall take place on 1 January each year, the first reduction taking place on 1 January 1980. (1)OJ No L 172, 22.7.1968, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 329, 24.12.1979, p. 16. (3)OJ No L 73, 21.3.1977, p. 1. (4)OJ No L 192, 31.7.1979, p. 3.
4. The alignment for the products shown in Part III of Annex I shall be implemented by equal annual reductions of 12 75 % of the difference between the "existing rate" and the "conventional rate". The intermediate rate shall be rounded to the nearest first decimal point. The rate so rounded may not exceed the intermediate rate, when not rounded, by more than 0 705 %.
The reductions shall take place on 1 January each year, the first reduction taking place on 1 January 1980. However, the reductions to be made from 1 January 1985 shall be implemented only if the Community so decides within the context of GATT.
Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 shall be amended as follows: 1. In Article 2 the following paragraph 1a shall be added:
"1a. Products shown in Part I of Annex I shall be considered as containing added sugar. The import levy for such products is 2 % ad valorem of the customs value.
However, until 31 March 1980 the levy shall not be applicable to fruit pulps falling within subheading 20.06 B II a) of the Common Customs Tariff where evidence is adduced that their sugar content does not exceed, according to the type of fruit: - for bananas, pineapples and grapes, 22 %,
- for other fruit (including mixtures of fruit), 16 %."
2. Article 2 (2) shall be replaced by the following:
"2. For 100 kilograms net of the imported product shown in Part II of Annex I, the import levy shall be equal to the difference between: (a) the average of the threshold prices for one kilogram of white sugar for each month of the quarter for which the difference is being determined, and
(b) the average of the cif prices for one kilogram of white sugar used in fixing the levies on white sugar, calculated for a period consisting of the first 15 days of the month preceding the quarter for which the difference is being determined and the two months immediately preceding that month, this difference being multiplied by the figure for the product in question appearing in column 1 of Part II of Annex I.
No levy shall be charged if the amount at (b) is higher than the amount at (a)."
3. In Article 2 (6) and (7) the expression "appearing in column I of Annex I" shall be replaced by the expression "appearing in column I of Part II of Annex I".
4. In Article 2 (8) the expression "Annex I" and the expression "column II of Annex I" shall be replaced by the expressions "Part II of Annex I" and "column II of Part II of Annex I" respectively.
5. Annex I is replaced by the text shown in Annex II to this Regulation.
1. The rates of autonomous customs duties for apples and pears falling within subheadings 08.06 A II b) and 08.06 B II b) of the Common Customs Tariff shall be as follows: >PIC FILE= "T0011619">
2. The rate of customs duties for unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse falling within heading No 24.01 of the Common Customs Tariff shall with effect from 1 January 1980 be as follows: >PIC FILE= "T0011620">
The tariff nomenclature and the rate of customs duties resulting from the implementation of this Regulation shall be incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1980.
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32004D0157 | 2004/157/EC: Council Decision of 19 February 2004 extending the period of application of the measures in Decision 2002/148/EC concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
| Council Decision
of 19 February 2004
extending the period of application of the measures in Decision 2002/148/EC concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
(2004/157/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 300(2), second subparagraph thereof,
Having regard to the Internal Agreement on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000(1), as put into provisional application by Decision 2000/771/EC of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of 18 September 2000(2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By Council Decision 2002/148/EC(3), the consultations with the Republic of Zimbabwe pursuant to Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement were closed and appropriate measures, as specified in the Annex to that Decision, were taken.
(2) By Decision 2003/112/EC, the application of the measures referred to in Article 2 of Decision 2002/148/EC has been extended for a further period of 12 months. In accordance with Article 1 of Decision 2003/112/EC, the measures shall cease to apply on 20 February 2004.
(3) The essential elements cited in Article 9 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement continue to be violated by the Government of Zimbabwe and the current conditions in Zimbabwe do not ensure respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law.
(4) The period of application of the measures should therefore be extended,
The application of the measures referred to in Article 2 of Decision 2002/148/EC, which were extended until 20 February 2004 by Article 1 of Decision 2003/112/EC, shall be extended for a further period of 12 months, until 20 February 2005. They shall be reviewed regularly and at least within six months.
The letter appearing in the Annex to this Decision shall be addressed to the President of Zimbabwe.
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31992D0170 | 92/170/EEC: Council Decision of 16 March 1992 establishing a single Advisory Committee for Eurotecnet and Force and amending Decisions 89/657/EEC and 90/267/EEC
| 21.3.1992 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 75/51
COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 March 1992
establishing a single Advisory Committee for Eurotecnet and Force and amending Decisions 89/657/EEC and 90/267/EEC
(92/170/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 128 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, in the interests of greater effectiveness of Community action in the field of vocational training, the activities currently carried out by the Eurotecnet and Force Advisory Committees set up under Article 10 of Decisions 89/657/EEC (4) and 90/267/EEC (5) should be combined to form a single advisory committee, as announced by the Commission in its memorandum on the rationalization and coordination of vocational training programmes at Community level;
Whereas Article 10 of Decisions 89/657/EEC and 90/267/EEC should be amended as a result,
1. In the implementation of the Eurotecnet and Force programmes, the Commission shall be assisted by an advisory committee composed of two representatives from each Member State and chaired by a representative from the Commission.
The members of the committee may be assisted by experts or advisors.
12 representatives of both sides of industry, appointed by the Commission on the basis of proposals from the organizations representing both sides of industry at Community level, shall participate in the work of the committee as observers.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft concerning:
(a) the general guidelines governing the Eurotecnet and Force programmes;
(b) the general guidelines on the financial assistance to be provided by the Community (amounts, duration and recipients of assistance);
(c) questions relating to the overall balance of the Eurotecnet and Force programmes, including the breakdown between the various activities and dovetailing with other Community programmes and initiatives in the field of vocational training;
(d) questions relating to the evaluation of the programmes and the dissemination of their findings, with a view to the submission of the reports referred to in Article 11 of Decisions 89/657/EEC and 90/267/EEC.
3. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote.
4. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.
5. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account.
Article 10 of Decision 89/657/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
‘Article 10
Committee
The Commission shall be assisted in the implementation of this Decision by the advisory committee set up by Article 1 of Decision 92/170/EEC (6).
Article 10 of Decision 90/267/EEC is hereby replaced by he following:
‘Article 10
Committee
The Commission shall be assisted in the implementation of this Decision by the advisory committee set up by Article 1 of Decision 92/170/EEC (7).
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32004R0446 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 446/2004 of 10 March 2004 repealing a number of Decisions concerning animal by-products (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 446/2004
of 10 March 2004
repealing a number of Decisions concerning animal by-products
(Text with EEA relevance)
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 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal-by-products not intended for human consumption(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 808/2003(4), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Directive 90/425/EEC lays down rules on animal health and public health in relation to certain animal by-products. That Directive provides the legal basis for Commission Decision 97/735/EC of 21 October 1997 concerning certain protection measures with regard to trade in certain types of mammalian waste(5), as last amended by Council Decision 1999/534/EC(6), and Commission Decision 2001/25/EC of 27 December 2000 prohibiting the use of certain animal by-products in animal feed(7).
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 provides the legal basis for Commission Decision 92/562/EEC of 17 November 1992 on the approval of alternative heat treatment systems for processing high-risk material(8), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
(3) Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2002 amending Council Directives 90/425/EEC and 92/118/EEC as regards health requirements for animal by-products significantly amended those Directives, in particular in order to reduce their scope so that it only covered animal products intended for human consumption and pathogens.
(4) All the Community rules on animal by-products not intended for human consumption are now provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.
(5) Accordingly, in the interests of consistency and clarity of Community legislation, Decisions 92/562/EEC, 97/735/EC and 2001/25/EC should therefore be repealed.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Repealed Decisions
Decisions 92/562/EEC, 97/735/EC and 2001/25/EC are repealed.
Entry into force and applicability
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 May 2004.
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31993R1542 | COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1542/93 of 14 June 1993 fixing the monthly price increases for cereals for the 1993/94 marketing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1542/93 of 14 June 1993 fixing the monthly price increases for cereals for the 1993/94 marketing year
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 proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (4) fixes the monthly increases in the intervention and threshold prices;
Whereas, when the amounts and the number of the monthly increases are fixed and the first month in which they are to apply is determined, account should be taken of the storage costs and financing charges for storing cereals in the Community and of the need to ensure that the disposal of stocks of cereals is in line with market requirements;
Whereas, under the reform of the common agricultural policy, provision was made for the fixing of a single intervention price for all cereals; whereas this price has been fixed at a substantially reduced level; whereas this fact should be taken into account in the fixing of the size of the monthly increases;
Whereas, as regards the threshold price for maize and sorghum, the monthly increases are, moreover, to be determined in accordance with the last subparagraph of Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
For the 1993/94 marketing year, the monthly increases to be applied to the intervention price for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat, and to the threshold price for all cereals, applicable for the first month of the marketing year, shall be as follows:
/* Tables: see OJ */
In the case of maize and sorghum, the monthly increases for August and September shall not apply to the threshold price.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from the 1993/94 marketing year.
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31988D0353 | 88/353/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1988 accepting an undertaking given in connection with the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of oxalic acid originating in Taiwan or South Korea and terminating the investigation with regard to the exporter concerned
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 June 1988
accepting an undertaking given in connection with the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of oxalic acid originating in Taiwan or South Korea and terminating the investigation with regard to the exporter concerned
(88/353/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/87 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the abovementioned Regulation,
Whereas:
A. Provisional measures
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 699/88 (3) imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of oxalic acid originating in Taiwan or South Korea.
B. Subsequent procedure
(2) After the provisional anti-dumping duty had been imposed, some of the parties concerned, including the complainant (DAVSA), made known their views concerning that duty.
Some of them also asked to be informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the Commission proposed to recommend definitive measures. Those requests were granted.
C. Dumping
(3) No new evidence of dumping has been received since the provisional duty was imposed. The Commission accordingly considers the results of the investigation set out in Regulation (EEC) No 699/88 to be definitive.
D. Injury
(4) No new evidence concerning injury to the Community industry has been presented.
The Commission accordingly confirmed the conclusions concerning injury set out in Regulation (EEC) No 699/88.
(5) The Commission accordingly believes that the facts as definitively established show that the dumped imports of oxalic acid originating in Taiwan and South Korea must be considered to have caused material injury.
E. Community interest
(6) No new information concerning the Community interest has been submitted since the provisional duty was imposed and the Commission's conclusions concerning the Community interest set out in Regulation (EEC) No 699/88 therefore remain unchanged.
In those circumstances, definitive anti-dumping measures must be imposed on imports of oxalic acid originating in Taiwan or South Korea in order to protect the Community interest.
F. Undertaking
(7) When Uranus Chemicals Co. Ltd, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, was informed that the main conclusions of the preliminary investigation concerning the product originating in Taiwan had been confirmed, it gave an undertaking concerning its exports to the Community.
The main effect of the undertaking is to bring the prices of exports to the Community up to a level which the Commission considers sufficient to eliminate the injury caused by the imports concerned, given the prices of those imports and the margin by which they undercut the internal Community threshold price needed to guarantee an efficient Community producer sufficient income to enable him to continue his activities.
In those circumstances, the undertaking given is considered acceptable and the proceeding can accordingly be terminated without a definitive anti-dumping duty being imposed on imports from the exporter concerned.
The Advisory Committee did not oppose that solution,
The undertaking given by Uranus Chemicals Co. Ltd, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, in connection with the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of oxalic acid falling within CN code 2917 11 00, originating in Taiwan or South Korea, is hereby accepted.
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32014L0100 | Commission Directive 2014/100/EU of 28 October 2014 amending Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system Text with EEA relevance
| 29.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 308/82
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2014/100/EU
of 28 October 2014
amending Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC (1), and in particular Article 27(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The competitiveness of European maritime transport can be facilitated through a more efficient use of resources and better use of electronic information.
(2) For reasons of maximising efficiency and avoiding duplication of efforts, there is a need to build on existing national and Union platforms, technical solutions and on standardisation, reaping also the benefits of investments already made.
(3) The Union Maritime Information and Exchange system, SafeSeaNet, established in accordance with Directive 2002/59/EC, apart from enhancing maritime safety, port and maritime security, environmental protection and pollution preparedness, allows for the exchange, in accordance with Union legislation, of additional information aiming at facilitating efficient maritime traffic and maritime transport
(4) In order to enable cost savings, avoid creating multiple Steering Groups and take advantage of the experience of the HLSG, its management principles and its tasks should be adjusted to cover additional areas covered by the Directive.
(5) Directive 2002/59/EC requires Member States and the Commission to cooperate to develop and update the Union Maritime Information and Exchange system, on the basis of the experience gained in operating the system, its potential and its functions, with a view to enhancing it, taking into account developments in information and communication technologies.
(6) Experiences have been gained and technical advancements have been made, in particular in developing an interoperable data exchange system which can combine information from SafeSeaNet with information from the other Union monitoring and tracking systems (CleanSeaNet, the European Union Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Ships European Data Centre (EU LRIT Data Centre) and Thetis), and also from external systems (e.g. satellite AIS), further enabling integrated maritime services. Several satellite AIS initiatives have been launched, including by Member States, confirming the operational benefits from having access to SAT-AIS data.
(7) The EMSA hosted systems and applications are able to provide Member States' authorities and Union bodies, comprehensive information on, for example, ship positions, dangerous cargoes, pollution, etc., as well as provide support services in areas such as coast guards, anti-piracy and, statistics, in accordance with the access rights attributed in compliance with the Interface and Functionalities Control Document (IFCD) established and maintained under Article 22a and Annex III of the Directive.
(8) The management of the system and its technological enhancements are regularly discussed with Member States in the SafeSeaNet High Level Steering Group (HLSG) established by Commission Decision 2009/584/EC (2). Improvements made resulting in the technical integration of the various systems and applications developed are also discussed by this group. These advancements and the testing of an integrated maritime data environment by the European Maritime Safety Agency have produced synergies, improved systems features and services.
(9) Annex III to Directive 2002/59/EC should therefore be adapted to reflect these technical advancements made in light of experience gained with SafeSeaNet.
(10) Annex III to the VTMIS Directive which covers the Union Maritime Information and Exchange system and refers to other relevant Union legislation, should be made more explicit by specifying those Union acts in regard to which SafeSeaNet is currently used, such as Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), Directive 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (6); in regard to the mentioned legal acts, the use of SafeSeaNet can further facilitate the exchange and sharing of information and should further facilitate the use of the system, the integrated information system and a platform to ensure the convergence and interoperability of maritime systems and applications, including space-based technologies.
(11) The developments reflected in this Directive can also play a central role in the development of a Common Information and Sharing Environment (CISE) for the maritime domain, which is a voluntary collaborative process in the European Union seeking to further enhance and promote relevant information sharing between authorities involved in maritime surveillance.
(12) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS),
Annex III to Directive 2002/59/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 18 November 2015 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 |
32010R1168 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1168/2010 of 9 December 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 10.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 326/74
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1168/2010
of 9 December 2010
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 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 10 December 2010.
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 |
32005R1565 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2005 of 26 September 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 27.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 250/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1565/2005
of 26 September 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 27 September 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 |
31991R3648 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3648/91 of 11 December 1991 laying down the methods of using form 302 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3690/86 concerning the abolition, within the framework of the TIR Convention, of customs formalities on exit from a Member State at a frontier between two Member States and Regulation (EEC) No 4283/88 on the abolition of certain exit formalities at internal Community frontiers - introduction of common border posts
| 17.12.1991 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 348/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3648/91
of 11 December 1991
laying down the methods of using form 302 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3690/86 concerning the abolition, within the framework of the TIR Convention, of customs formalities on exit from a Member State at a frontier between two Member States and Regulation (EEC) No 4283/88 on the abolition of certain exit formalities at internal Community frontiers — introduction of common border posts
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3690/86 (4) and (EEC) No 4283/88 (5) simplified formalities in respect of goods crossing an internal frontier of the Community under cover of a TIR or ATA carnet, a Community movement carnet or NATO form 302 by providing for the introduction of common border posts, thus ensuring that the same checks are not repeated on both sides of the frontier and that the sole administrative operation takes place at the office of entry in the Member State into which the goods are brought;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 719/91 (6) further simplifies the rules for use of TIR and ATA carnets with effect from 1 January 1992 by providing that the Community is to be considered for this purpose to form a single customs territory, thus eliminating entirely the need, at internal frontier crossings, for the formalities and controls inherent in the use of TIR and ATA carnets as transit documents;
Whereas, in anticipation of the total eliminations of internal frontiers linked to the establishment of the single market, these additional facilities should be extended from 1 January 1992 to operations under cover of NATO form 302 as well;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3/84 (7) concerning the Community movement carnet, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 718/91 (8), is due to be repealed with effect from the date of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90 of 17 September 1990 on Community transit (9);
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3690/86 and (EEC) No 4283/88 will become redundant when the measures for which they provide cease to be applicable; whereas they should be repealed with effect from the dates in question,
Regulation (EEC) No 3690/86 is hereby repealed.
1. Where, in accordance with the provisions in force, goods are transported from one point in the Community to another under cover of form 302 established under the Convention between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Status of their Forces, signed in London on 19 June 1951, the Community shall be considered, for the purposes of the rules governing the use of the said form for such transport, to form a single territory, as defined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 of 23 July 1984 on the customs territory of the Community (10)
2. Where, in the course of a transport operation referred to in paragraph 1, goods pass through the territory of a third country, the controls and formalities inherent in form 302 shall be applied at the points where the goods temporarily leave the customs territory of the Community and where they re-enter that territory.
3. Where it is found that, in the course of, or in connection with, a transport operation carried out under cover of form 302, an offence or irregularity has been committed in a particular Member State, the recovery of duties and other charges which may be chargeable shall be effected by that Member State in accordance with Community or national provisions, without prejudice to the institution of criminal proceedings.
4. Where it is not possible to determine in which territory the offence or irregularity was committed, such offence or irregularity shall be deemed to have been committed in the Member State where it was noted.
In that case, the duties and other charges relating to the goods in dispute shall be levied by that Member State in accordance with Community or national provisions.
If, subsequently, the Member State where the said offence or irregularity was actually committed is determined, the duties and other charges (apart from those levied, pursuant to the second subparagraph, as own resources of the Community) to which the goods are liable in that Member State shall be reimbursed to it by the Member State which originally recovered them. In that case, any overpayment, shall be returned to the person who originally paid the charges.
Where the amount of the duties and other charges originally levied and reimboursed by the Member State which recovered them is smaller than that of the duties and other charges due in the Member State where the offence or irregularity was actually committed, that Member State shall levy the difference in accordance with Community or national provisions.
Member States shall take the necessary measures to dal with any offence or irregularity and to impose effective penalties.
Regulation (EEC) No 4283/88 is hereby repealed.
However, to the extent that it concerns the Community movement carnet, the said Regulation shall continue to apply until the date of application of Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1992.
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32007R0940 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 940/2007 of 7 August 2007 approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Noix du Périgord (PDO))
| 8.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 207/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 940/2007
of 7 August 2007
approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Noix du Périgord (PDO))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) and Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined the application from France for approval of an amendment to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Noix du Périgord’ registered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/2004 (2).
(2) The aim of the application is to amend the specification in respect of the packaging of fresh or early walnuts, increasing the maximum size of the packages from 5 kilograms to 10 kilograms in order to facilitate handling by traders.
(3) The Commission has examined the amendment in question and concluded that it is justified. Since the amendment in question is minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission may approve the application without following the procedure laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of that Regulation,
The specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Noix du Périgord’ shall be amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
An updated summary of the main points of the specification is given in Annex II to this Regulation.
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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32012L0009 | Commission Directive 2012/9/EU of 7 March 2012 amending Annex I to Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products Text with EEA relevance
| 8.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 69/15
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2012/9/EU
of 7 March 2012
amending Annex I to Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 June 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/37/EC provides that each unit packet of tobacco products, except for tobacco for oral use and other smokeless tobacco products, and any outside packaging, with the exception of additional transparent wrappers, must carry an additional warning from the list set out in Annex I to that Directive.
(2) Those additional warnings have been mandatory on all packages of smoking tobacco since September 2003 and on packages of other tobacco products since September 2004.
(3) Evidence suggests that the impact of current additional warnings set out in Annex I to Directive 2001/37/EC has decreased over time as the novelty effect of the warning messages has worn off.
(4) In addition, new scientific evidence on the health effects of tobacco use and the principles of effective tobacco labelling has emerged since the adoption of Directive 2001/37/EC. In particular, there is evidence that smoking plays a causal role in mouth and throat cancer, visual impairments as well as dental and gum disease. There is also evidence that parental smoking is a major risk factor for smoking initiation.
(5) Article 9(2) of Directive 2001/37/EC provides that the Commission shall adapt to scientific and technical progress the health warnings set out in Annex I of the same Directive. Furthermore, guidelines on tobacco packaging and labelling (2) adopted by the Third Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in November 2008 recommend that legal measures for packaging and labelling of tobacco products should be reviewed periodically and updated as new evidence emerges and as specific health warnings and messages wear out.
(6) A revision of the current additional warnings set out in Annex I to Directive 2001/37/EC is therefore needed in order to maintain and increase their impact, and to take into account the new scientific developments.
(7) This revision should be based on the results of the review of existing knowledge on tobacco labelling and the health effects of tobacco use and of testing of the warnings made in all Member States.
(8) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Regulatory Committee established under Article 10(1) of Directive 2001/37/EC and neither the European Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,
Annex I to Directive 2001/37/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 28 March 2014 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Member States may decide to allow the continuation of marketing of products not complying with the provisions of this Directive until 28 March 2016.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32011D0809 | 2011/809/EU: Council Decision of 30 November 2011 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the extension of the WTO waiver in order to implement the EU autonomous preferential trade regime for the Western Balkans
| 7.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 324/28
COUNCIL DECISION
of 30 November 2011
on the position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the extension of the WTO waiver in order to implement the EU autonomous preferential trade regime for the Western Balkans
(2011/809/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Union has adopted legislation renewing the autonomous preferential trade regime for the Western Balkans until 31 December 2015. In the absence of a waiver from the Union’s obligations under paragraph 1 of Article I of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994), the treatment provided for in the autonomous preferential trade regime would need to be extended to all other Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is therefore appropriate to seek a waiver from paragraph 1 of Article I GATT 1994 pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article IX of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization.
(2) The Union submitted such a request on 26 October 2011, and the WTO General Council is to deliberate thereon.
(3) It is appropriate, therefore, to establish the position to be taken by the Union within the WTO General Council concerning that request,
The position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization is to approve the extension of the WTO waiver for the Western Balkans until 31 December 2016.
This position shall be expressed by the Commission.
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32004R1607 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1607/2004 of 15 September 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 16.9.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 293/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1607/2004
of 15 September 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), 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 16 September 2004.
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32004R0915 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 915/2004 of 29 April 2004 repealing certain Regulations in the milk and milk products sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 915/2004
of 29 April 2004
repealing certain Regulations in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2931/79 of 20 December 1979 on the granting of assistance for the exportation of agricultural products which may benefit from a special import treatment in a third country(1), and in particular Article 1(2) thereof,
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(2), and in particular Articles 26(3) and 31(14) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/81 of 14 September 1981 laying down special rules implementing the system of import and export licences and the advance fixing of refunds in respect of milk and milk products(3) provides that for the purposes of applications for licences with advance fixing of the refund submitted under a tendering procedure opened in a non-member country, the only invitations to tender that may be considered are those issued by public agencies or bodies governed by public law appearing on the list attached to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 of 14 September 1981 establishing a list of agencies in non-member importing countries entitled to issue invitations to tender in the milk and milk products sector(4). This provision was reproduced in Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 of 27 June 1995 laying down special detailed rules of application for export refunds on milk and milk products(5), which repeals Regulation (EEC) No 2729/81. Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products(6), which replaces Regulation (EC) No 1466/95, makes no further reference to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 and provides in Article 8 that proof that the agency is public or subject to public law will henceforth be furnished by the trader. Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 has therefore become devoid of purpose and may be repealed.
(2) Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2931/79 provides that when agricultural products are exported which may, under agreements concluded by the Community, qualify for special treatment on importation into a third country if certain conditions are met, the competent authorities of the Member States will, on request and after appropriate checks are made, issue a document certifying that the conditions have been met. In accordance with that Regulation, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3305/82 of 9 December 1982 laying down detailed rules for the provision of administrative assistance in connection with the export of cheeses eligible for special treatment on import into Norway(7) requires exporters to present a certificate attesting to the Community origin of the cheeses exported. Paragraph 4(1) of Annex IV to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning certain arrangements in agriculture(8) provides that products will benefit from the Agreement upon submission of either a movement certificate EUR.1 or an invoice. Regulation (EEC) No 3305/82 may therefore be repealed since the presentation of the certificate referred to in Article 1 thereof is no longer required.
(3) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3439/83 of 5 December 1983 laying down special conditions for the export of certain cheeses to Australia(9) provides for a special certificate to be presented to the authorities of that country attesting that the Community cheeses imported have benefitted from a lower refund than those set for other destinations. With the adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1776/96 of 12 September 1996 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products(10) refunds for cheeses exported to Australia are no longer fixed and consequently Regulation (EEC) No 3439/83 has become devoid of purpose and may be repealed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulations (EEC) No 2730/81, (EEC) No 3305/82 and (EEC) No 3439/83 are hereby repealed.
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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31989D0031 | 89/31/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1988 amending for the first time Commission Decision 80/775/EEC on laying down methods of control for maintaining the officially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certain regions of the Federal Republic of Germany (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 December 1988
amending for the first time Commission Decision 80/775/EEC on laying down methods of control for maintaining the officially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certain regions of the Federal Republic of Germany
(Only the German text is authentic)
(89/31/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by Directive 88/406/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3 (13) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 80/775/EEC (3) has already laid down methods of control for maintaining the officially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certain regions of the Federal Republic of Germany;
Whereas certain additional areas of the Federal Republic of Germany have fulfilled the requirements for decreasing the frequency of testing and increasing the age at which animals are tested for the maintenance of official freedom from brucellosis;
Whereas, if this qualification is to be maintained, it is necessary to lay down control measures ensuring that it is effectively justified and which are adapted to the special health situation of bovine herds in certain regions of the Federal Republic of Germany;
Whereas these additional measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Article 1 of Commission Decision 80/775/EEC, 'Koblenz and Rheinhessen-Pfalz' is added after 'Detmold'.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R0898 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 898/92 of 8 April 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fresh, chilled or frozen beef provided for in the Interim Association Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 898/92 of 8 April 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fresh, chilled or frozen beef provided for in the Interim Association Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland of the other part (1) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 519/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary of the other part (2) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic of the other part (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1628/91 (5), and in particular Article 15 (2) thereof,
Whereas the Association Agreements between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary (6), the Republic of Poland (6) and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (6), hereinafter called 'the CSFR', of the other part, were signed on 16 December 1991; whereas, pending the entry into force of these Agreements, the Community has decided to apply with effect from 1 March 1992 Interim Agreements concluded with the aforesaid countries, hereinafter referred to as 'Interim Agreements';
Whereas Protocol No 7 to the Interim Agreeemnts provides for a proportionate reduction in the quantities available for 1992 to take account of the period which has elapsed between the beginning of 1992 and the entry into force of the Arrangements on 1 March; whereas the actual quantities which may imported in 1992 should therefore be fixed at ten twelfths of the annual quantities;
Whereas the abovementioned Agreements provide for a reduction in the import levy for fresh, chilled or frozen beef falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202, limited to certain quantities; whereas, in order to ensure the regularity of imports, it is important to spread out the aforesaid quantities throughout the year;
Whereas provision is also made for the quantities of meat exported from one of the three beneficiary countries in the context of triangular operations receiving Community financial assistance to be deducted from the available quantities; whereas, therefore, provision should be made for calculation mechanisms to take account of these operations;
Whereas, while recalling the provision of the Interim Agreements intended to guarantee the origin of the product, the management of the system should be ensured through import licences; whereas, with that in mind, it would be appropriate to define, in particular, the detailed rules for submission of applications, as well as the information which must be included on the applications and licences, notwithstanding certain provisions 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 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1599/90 (8), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (10); whereas provision should also be made for the licences to be issued after a delay for consideration and, where necessary, with the application of a single percentage reduction;
Whereas, in order to ensure efficient management of the system, provision should be made for the security in respect of the import licences under the said system to be fixed at ECU 10 per 100 kilograms; whereas the risk of speculation inherent in the system in question in the beef and veal sector requires that access to the system should be subject to precise conditions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The quantity of beef which may be imported during 1992 within the framework of the import arrangements established in Article 14 (2) and 4 of the Interim Agreements shall be fixed at:
- 3 334 tonnes for meat originating in Poland,
- 4 166 tonnes for meat originating in Hungary,
- 2 500 tonnes for meat originating in CSFR.
2. The abovementioned quantities shall be staggered over the year as follows:
- 50 % during the period from 1 March to 30 June,
- 25 % during the period from 1 July to 30 September,
- 25 % during the period from 1 October to 31 December.
From the quantities available during the last period shall be deducted the quantities which are the subject of the triangular operations referred to in Annexes Xb to the Agreements with Poland and Hungary and Annex XIIIb to the Agreement with the CSFR. However, the total quantities available for 1992 may not be less than the twelfths of the minimum quantities indicated therein.
3. If, during 1992, the quantity for which applications for import licences have been submitted for the first or second period specified in the previous paragraph is less than the available quantity, the quantity remaining shall be added to the quantity available for the following period.
1. The reduced import levy applicable to beef and veal under the import arrangements referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be fixed at 80 % of the full levy applicable on the date of acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation.
2. In order to qualify under the import arrangements provided for in Article 1:
(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who, at the time applications are submitted, can prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that they have been active in trade in beef and veal with third countries during the last 12 months and are entered in the official register of a Member State;
(b) licence applications may be presented only in the Member State in which the applicant is registered;
(c) licence applications must cover at least 15 tonnes of meat by product weight and atmost to the quantity available for the period in question;
(d) section 7 of licence applications and licences shall show the country of provenance and Section 8 shall show the country of origin; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from the country indicated;
(e) section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of the following:
Reglamento (CEE) no 898/92
Forordning (EOEF) nr. 898/92
Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 898/92
Êáíïíéóìueò (AAÏÊ) áñéè. 898/92
Regulation (EEC) No 898/92
Règlement (CEE) no 898/92
Regolamento (CEE) n. 898/92
Verordening (EEG) nr. 898/92
Regulamento (CEE) no 898/92.
(f) Section 24 of licences shall show one of the following:
Exacción reguladora, tal como establece el Reglamento (CEE) no 898/92;
Importafgift i henhold til forordning (EOEF) nr. 898/92;
Abschoepfung gemaess Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 898/92;
AAéóoeïñUE ueðùò ðñïâëÝðaaôáé áðue ôïí êáíïíéóìue (AAÏÊ) áñéè. 898/92;
Levy as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 898/92;
Prélèvement comme prévu par le règlement (CEE) no 898/92;
Prelievo a norma del regolamento (CEE) n. 898/92;
Heffing overeenkomstig Verordening (EEG) nr. 898/92;
Direito nivelador conforme estabelecido no Regulamento (CEE) no 898/92.
3. Notwithstanding Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, Section 16 of licence applications and licences may include one or more subheadings of headings 0201 and 0202 of the combined nomenclature.
1. Licence applications may be lodged only:
- from 7 to 14 April,
- from 1 to 8 July,
- from 1 to 8 October.
2. Where the same applicant lodges more than one application relating to the same country of origin, all applications from that persons shall be inadmissible.
3. The Member States shall notify the Commission of the applications lodged not later than the fifth working day following the end of the period for submission of applications. Such notification shall comprise a list of applicants and quantities applied for as well as countries of origin of the products.
All notifications, including notifications of nil applications, shall be made by telex or fax, drawn up on the model in Annex I to this Regulation in the case where applications have been made.
4. The Commission shall decide to what extent quantities may be awarded in respect of licence applications.
If the quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed the quantities available, the Commission shall fix a single percentage reduction in quantities applied for.
5. Subject to a decision to accept applications by the Commission, licences shall be issued on:
- 6 May,
- 23 July,
- 23 October.
6. Licences issued shall be valid throughout the Community.
Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Regulations (EEC) No 3719/88 and No 2377/80 shall apply.
However, in the case of quantities imported under the terms of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the levy shall be collected in full in respect of quantities in excess of those stated on the import licence.
1. Notwithstanding Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transferable.
2. Notwithstanding Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, the security for import licences shall be ECU 10 per 100 kilograms by weight of product and the term of validity of licences issued in respect of the latest period specified in Article 1 (2) shall expire on 31 December 1992.
The products shall be released for free circulation on presentation of an EUR 1 movement certificate issued by the exporting country in accordance with Protocol 4 annexed to the Interim Agreements.
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 March 1992. 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 |
32005R1135 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2005 of 14 July 2005 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
| 15.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 184/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1135/2005
of 14 July 2005
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005 (2).
(2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of 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 (3), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 8 to 14 July 2005 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July 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 | 0 | 0 |
32001D0908 | 2001/908/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 26 November 2001 appointing a Swedish member of the Economic and Social Committee
| Council Decision
of 26 November 2001
appointing a Swedish member of the Economic and Social Committee
(2001/908/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 258 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 166 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 15 September 1998 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1998 to 20 September 2002(1),
Whereas a member's seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Ms Aina Margareta REGNELL, of which the Council was informed on 30 May 2001;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the Swedish Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
Ms Ingrid JERNECK is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Ms Aina Margareta REGNELL for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 20 September 2002. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R1112 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1112/93 of 6 May 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in the beef and veal sector between the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and Spain and Portugal and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3810/91 and (EEC) No 3829/92
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1112/93 of 6 May 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in the beef and veal sector between the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and Spain and Portugal and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3810/91 and (EEC) No 3829/92
THE COMMISSION 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 Articles 83 and 251 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3817/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to deliveries in Spain of products other than fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 744/93 of 17 March 1993 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to deliveries in Portugal of products other than fruit and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (4), and in particular
Article 13
thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3810/91 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 894/93 (6), set for 1993 the indicative ceilings mentioned in Articles 83 and 251 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal; whereas these ceilings are set on the basis of estimated Spanish and Portuguese production and consumption of the products in question in the beef and veal sector and a forward timetable for trade with the rest of the Community;
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 lays down that imports of these products into Portugal from Spain are subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in accordance with Articles 249 to 252 of the Act of Accession;
Whereas Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3817/92 lays down that the issue of STM licences need not necessarily be subject to the lodging of a security; whereas that possibility was provided for, in particular, to facilitate trade in the products concerned; whereas use should be made of that possibility to ensure that no security need be lodged when applications for the STM licences concerned are submitted;
Whereas in order to regulate trade more satisfactorily by taking account of the varying levels of sensitivity of the Spanish and Portuguese markets at different times of the year, and in particular lower demand in the second and third quarters, the annual quantities should be split up into two-month periods;
Whereas, when laying down the detailed rules for the lodging of applications and the issuing of licences, derogations should be made both from 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 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2101/92 (8), and from Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88;
Whereas in order to simplify the procedure for issuing STM licences an automatic system of issue should be laid down along with the introduction of a tighter notification system and a mechanism for monitoring the use of the licences issued;
Whereas it should be laid down that Community traders may only export certain beef and veal products to Spain and Portugal under certain restrictive conditions regarding in particular the length of time they have been established in the trade;
Whereas, with regard to imports into Portugal from third countries, certain aspects of the arrangements applicable to STM import licences laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3817/92 should be clarified; whereas, for this purpose, the application of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3662/92 (11), and of the other provisions regarding the various special import arrangements, is the most appropriate for the import arrangements for beef and veal;
Whereas it is desirable, for the sake of clarity, to set out in a new Regulation the detailed rules for the application of the STM in respect of Spain and Portugal and to repeal Commission Regulations (EEC) No 3810/91 and (EEC) No 3829/92 (12);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The indicative ceilings relating to certain products in the beef and veal sector which may be imported into Spain from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 shall be those set out in Annex I hereto.
2. The indicative ceilings relating to certain products in the beef and veal sector which may be imported into Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and from Spain shall be those set out in Annex II hereto.
3. If in the course of the same calendar year the total quantity for which applications are submitted in respect of a two-month period is less than the quantity available, the quantity remaining shall be added to the quantity available in respect of the following two-month period.
Notwithstanding:
(a) Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, applications for STM licences shall be lodged each working day up to 1 p.m. and the licences shall be issued automatically on the following day, subject to the provisions of Article 3;
(b) the first and second subparagraphs of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, the Member States shall notify the Commission before 1 p.m. every Monday of the quantity for which licence applications have been lodged the previous week; however, the Member States shall notify the Commission each day of the quantity for which licences have been issued on the previous day where the said licences cover more than 2 000 head and 200 head per day respectively for Spain and Portugal;
(c) Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, the first copy of the licence shall be handed to the applicant or sent to the address stated in the application.
1. Where the notifications referred to in Article 2 (b) indicate that the rate at which licences are being issued threatens to use up completely the quantities remaining available, the Commission shall take special measures to allow the Member States to suspend the issue of licences until the following two-month period.
2. Proof of the use of licences must be provided in the month following the end of their validity; if examination of such proof indicates that the licences issued have not been completely used up the Member State may take the measures which it deems appropriate and which may include the refusal to issue new licences.
1. Applicants must be natural or legal persons who at the time the application is submitted are entered in a public register of a Member State and have been engaged for at least 12 months in an activity in the field of trade in live animals of the bovine species other than pure-bred breeding animals.
2. Licence applications shall be considered only if an applicant declares in writing that he has not lodged and undertakes not to lodge any application concerning the same product in any Member State other than that where his present application is lodged; if an applicant lodges applications in two or more Member States, none of the applications shall be considered.
3. All applications from one applicant shall be regarded as a single application.
The sum of the quantities stated in the STM licences applied for by a given trader in any one day shall not exceed 200 head per Member State of destination.
STM licences as provided for in Articles 1 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 744/93 shall be valid for 10 days from the actual date of issue, in acordance with Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88. This period of validity shall be increased to 15 days in the case of duly justified sea transport.
However, STM licences shall be valid for 30 days if the products are released to the market in the Azores or Madeira.
1. The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 shall apply, in so far as is necessary, for the supplementary trade mechanism provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3817/92, save as otherwise provided in paragraph 2.
2. For the purpose of applying Regulation (EEC) No 3817/92 and Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, copy No 4 of the Internal Community transit document, stamped by the office of destination, for use in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 (3) (b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90 (13), shall be considered a declaration of entry for consumption in Spain and Portugal.
The provisions of the previous subparagraph shall not preclude the use of simplified Community transit procedures. They may not, however, be treated as a ground for checks at the frontier.
1. Spain and Portugal shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products actually imported in each two-month period, broken down by product, no later than 45 days after the end of the period concerned.
2. Spain and Portugal shall notify the Commission no later than 15 October each year of the forecast production and consumption in each of those Member States for the following year.
Notwithstanding Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, in the case of Portugal STM import licences as provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3817/92 shall be subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 and to the other provisions regarding the various special import arrangements.
The communications referred to in Article 10 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 shall specify the quantities applied for under each set of import arrangements.
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Regulations (EEC) No 3810/91 and (EEC) No 3829/92 are hereby repealed.
1
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 7 May 1993.
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31973L0238 | Council Directive 73/238/EEC of 24 July 1973 on measures to mitigate the effects of difficulties in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 24 July 1973 on measures to mitigate the effects of difficulties in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products (73/238/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 103 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;
Whereas the establishment of a common energy policy is one of the objectives the Communities have set themselves;
Whereas crude oil and petroleum products are of increasing importance in providing the Community with supplies of energy ; whereas any difficulty, even temporary, having the effect of considerably reducing supplies of such products could cause serious disturbances in the economic activity of the Community ; whereas the Community must, therefore, be in a position to offset or at least to diminish any harmful effects in such a case;
Whereas procedures and appropriate instruments should be provided in advance to ensure the speedy implementation of measures to mitigate the effects of difficulties in the supply of petroleum and petroleum products;
Whereas all Member States should, therefore, possess the necessary powers to take appropriate action, should the need arise, without delay and in accordance with the Treaty, and in particular Article 103 thereof;
Whereas it is necessary for these powers to be harmonized to a certain extent in order to facilitate the coordination of national measures within the framework of consultations at Community level;
Whereas it is also desirable that a consultative body be set up immediately to facilitate the coordination of practical measures taken or proposed by the Member States in this field;
Whereas it is necessary that each Member State draw up a plan which may be used in the event of difficulties arising in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products;
The Member States shall take all necessary measures to provide the competent authorities with the necessary powers in the event of difficulties arising in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products which might appreciably reduce the supply of these products and cause severe disruption. Those powers should enable the authorities: - to draw on emergency stocks in accordance with the Council Directive of 20 December 1968 (1) (1)OJ No L 308, 23.12.1968, p. 14.
imposing an obligation on Member States of the EEC to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products and distribute these stocks to users,
- to impose specific or broad restrictions on consumption, depending on the estimated shortages, and to give priority to supplies of petroleum products to certain groups of users,
- to regulate prices in order to prevent abnormal price rises.
1. The Member States shall appoint the bodies to be responsible for implementing the measures to be taken in execution of the powers provided for in Article 1.
2. The Member States shall draw up intervention plans for use in the event of difficulties arising with regard to the supply of crude oil and petroleum products.
1. If difficulties arise with regard to the supply of crude oil and petroleum products in the Community or one of the Member States, the Commission shall convene as soon as possible, at the request of one of the Member States or on its own initiative, a group of delegates from the Member States whose names shall be made known beforehand, under the chairmanship of the Commission.
2. This group shall carry out the necessary consultations in order to ensure coordination of the measures taken or proposed under the powers provided for in Article 1 above.
1. The Member States shall inform the Commission of the provisions which meet the obligations arising from the application of Article 1 of this Directive.
2. The Member States shall notify the Commission of the composition and the mandate of the national bodies set up in accordance with Article 2 (1) in order to implement the measures to be taken.
The Member States shall bring into force not later than 30 June 1974 the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action necessary to comply with this Directive.
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32006R1160 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1160/2006 of 28 July 2006 fixing the maximum buying-in price for butter for the 4th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006
| 29.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 208/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1160/2006
of 28 July 2006
fixing the maximum buying-in price for butter for the 4th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006
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 Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 16(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), a notice of invitation to tender was published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the purpose of the buying-in of butter by standing invitation to tender, as opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 (3).
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed or a decision is to be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.
(3) In the light of the tenders received for the 4th individual invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price should be fixed.
(4) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the 4th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 25 July 2006, the maximum buying-in price for butter is fixed at 232,00 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 2006.
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31994R1379 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1379/94 of 16 June 1994 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 as regards the rules for the advance fixing of the export refund for glucose used in the manufacture of goods not covered by Annex II to the treaty
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1379/94 of 16 June 1994 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 as regards the rules for the advance fixing of the export refund for glucose used in the manufacture of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 8 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 13 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 29 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (2), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2193/93 (3), provides for the possibility of granting export refunds for cereals exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty;
Whereas Article 5 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (4), provides that a system of advance fixing of the rate of the export refund is applicable for certain basic products;
Whereas glucose or glucose syrup and other starch products which are traditionally produced from maize and for which the application of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, and in particular Article 3 (1) (b) thereof, leads to a refund being granted for the equivalent quantities of maize needed to obtain these products can now be produced from wheat; whereas that cereal is, however, available earlier in the year, whereas, therefore, the refund granted for the said syrups obtained from wheat, calculated as maize equivalent, is over-estimated during the period between the wheat harvest and the maize harvest;
Whereas, therefore, for exports of goods not covered by Annex II which are made from glucose, glucose syrup or certain other starch products and for which an advance-fixing certificate for the rate of refund for maize issued between 17 June 1994 and 1 October 1994, the date on which the new maize year begins, is presented, the system of advance fixing of the rate of refund should not be applied, in order to avoid undue profits by operators;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on general matters relating to trade in processed agricultural products not covered by Annex II,
By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the system of advance fixing of the rate of refund shall not apply from 17 June 1994 to 1 October 1994 to maize used in the form of glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup falling within CN headings 1702 30 51, 1702 30 59, 1702 30 91, 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50, 1702 90 75, 1702 90 79 or 2106 90 55 for the manufacture of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 1994.
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31994R1683 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1683/94 of 11 July 1994 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1983/92 and (EEC) No 1997/92 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of rice sector products to the Azores and Madeira, and the Canary Islands respectively, and establishing the forecast supply balances
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1683/94 of 11 July 1994 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1983/92 and (EEC) No 1997/92 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of rice sector products to the Azores and Madeira, and the Canary Islands respectively, and establishing the forecast supply balances
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the benefit of the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/93 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/93, and in particular
Article 3
(4) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1983/92 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1939/93 (5), establishes for the 1993/94 marketing year the forecast supply balance in rice products for the Azores and Madeira; whereas, therefore, the forecast supply balance for the 1994/95 marketing year should be established;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, Regulation (EEC) No 1997/92 (6), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1939/93, establishes for the 1993/94 marketing year the forecast supply balance in rice products for the Canary Islands; whereas, therefore, the forecast supply balance for the 1994/95 marketing year should be established;
Whereas the quantities of products benefiting from the specific supply arrangements must be determined within the framework of periodic forecast supply balances which may be adjusted on the basis of the essential requirements of the markets and taking account of local production and traditional trade flows;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1983/92 is replaced by Annex I hereto.
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1997/92 is replaced by Annex II hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1994.
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32008D0686 | 2008/686/EC: Commission Decision of 20 August 2008 amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever are to be implemented in Slovakia (notified under document number C(2008) 4428)
| 22.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/13
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 August 2008
amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever are to be implemented in Slovakia
(notified under document number C(2008) 4428)
(Only the Slovak text is authentic)
(2008/686/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (1), and in particular Article 16(1) and Article 20(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2005/59/EC (2) approved plans submitted by Slovakia on 31 August 2004 for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of such pigs in the areas of that Member State set out in the Annex to that Decision.
(2) Slovakia has now informed the Commission about the recent evolution of classical swine fever in feral pigs in that Member State. In the light of the epidemiological information available, the measures set out in the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of such pigs need to be extended to include the whole districts of Rimavská Sobota, Nové Zámky, Levice and Komárno.
(3) For the sake of transparency of Community legislation, the Annex to Decision 2005/59/EC should be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
(4) Decision 2005/59/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) 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 Annex to Decision 2005/59/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
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32013R1097 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1097/2013 of 4 November 2013 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Lentilles vertes du Berry (PGI)]
| 6.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 294/36
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1097/2013
of 4 November 2013
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Lentilles vertes du Berry (PGI)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2).
(2) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined France’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Lentilles vertes du Berry’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1576/98 (3).
(3) Since the amendments in question are not minor, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
(4), as required by Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. As no statement of objection under Article 7 of that Regulation has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
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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32007L0054 | Commission Directive 2007/54/EC of 29 August 2007 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purpose of adapting Annexes II and III thereto to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance )
| 30.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 226/21
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/54/EC
of 29 August 2007
amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purpose of adapting Annexes II and III thereto to technical progress
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products,
Whereas:
(1) Following the publication of a scientific study in 2001, entitled ‘Use of permanent hair dyes and bladder cancer risk’, the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products intended for Consumers, replaced by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP), by Commission Decision 2004/210/EC (2), concluded that the potential risks were of concern. It recommended that the Commission take further steps to control the use of hair dye substances.
(2) The Scientific Committee on Consumer Products further recommended an overall safety assessment strategy for hair dye substances including the requirements for testing substances used in hair dye products for their potential genotoxicity/mutagenicity.
(3) Following the opinions of the SCCP, the Commission together with Member States and stakeholders agreed on an overall strategy to regulate substances used in hair dye products according to which the industry was required to submit files containing the scientific data on hair dye substances to be evaluated by the SCCP.
(4) Substances for which no updated safety files are submitted allowing an adequate risk assessment should be included in Annex II.
(5) However 4,4′-Diaminodiphenylamine and its salts; 4-Diethylamino-o-toluidine and its salts; N,N-Diethyl-p-phenylenediamine and its salts; N,N-Dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine and its salts; and Toluene-3,4-Diamine and its salts, are currently listed under reference numbers 8 and 9 in Annex III, Part 1, which are general entries. Therefore they should be expressly deleted from general entries in Annex III. It is appropriate to list them in Annex II instead. Those annexes should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Directive 76/768/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Cosmetic Products,
Annexes II and III to Directive 76/768/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 18 March 2008 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 18 June 2008. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32007R1202 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1202/2007 of 15 October 2007 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 October 2007
| 16.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1202/2007
of 15 October 2007
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 October 2007
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 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3) Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 16 October 2007, and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,
From 16 October 2007, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 2007.
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31990R3480 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3480/90 of 30 November 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 on the rules for granting laid to skimmed milk processes into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed-milk powder intended in particular for feed for calves
| COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3480/90
of 30 November 1990
amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1725/79 on the rules for granting laid to skimmed milk processes into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed-milk powder intended in particular for feed for calves
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3117/90 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 10 ( 3 ) thereof,
Whereas Article 10 ( 3 ) of Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1725/79 ( 3 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2871/90 ( 4 ), states that the skimmed-milk powder has to be determined by testing each sample at least in duplicate in accordance with the method of analysis specified in Annex III; whereas it is desirable to extend the field of application to compound feedingstuffs even containing less than 50 % skimmed-milk powder;
Whereas the analytical procedure has to be modified in order to eliminate possible sources of error;
Whereas a correction of the analytical data by a factor obtained from regression analysis leads to more accurate results;
Whereas the repeatability and reproducibility of the new procedure have to be determined;
Whereas a tolerance limit should be given in order to facilitate the interpretation of analytical results;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1725/79 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . in Article 10 ( 3 ), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following :
"The results of the inspections referred to in Article 2 ( 2 ) and in paragraph 2 ( a ), ( b ) and ( c ) of this Article shall be recorded by the agency responsible for inspection in the analysis report and inspection report, specimens of which appear in Annexes I and II . The quantity of skimmed-milk powder shall be determined by testing each sample at least in duplicate in accordance with the method of analysis specified in Annex III . Where such inspections relate to skimmed-milk powder to be used, whether as such or in the form of a mixture, the absence of rennet whey powder is proven by the procedure outlined in Annex IV .';
2 . Annex III is amended as set out in the Annex hereto .
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 January 1991 .
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32008R0397 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 397/2008 of 5 May 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 6.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 118/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 397/2008
of 5 May 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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 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 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 2008.
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32011R0948 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 948/2011 of 22 September 2011 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
| 23.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/28
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 948/2011
of 22 September 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
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 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), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 933/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 September 2011.
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32000R1069 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1069/2000 of 19 May 2000 laying down detailed rules governing the grant of private storage aid for Pecorino Romano cheese
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1069/2000
of 19 May 2000
laying down detailed rules governing the grant of private storage aid for Pecorino Romano cheese
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 permits the granting of private storage aid for sheep's milk cheeses requiring at least six months for maturing where a serious market imbalance could be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage.
(2) The seasonal nature of Pecorino Romano cheese production results in the building up of stocks which are difficult to sell and which risk causing a lowering of prices. Seasonal storage should therefore be introduced for the quantities to improve the situation and allow producers time to find outlets for their cheese.
(3) The detailed rules of this measure should determine the maximum quantity to benefit from it as well as the duration of the contracts in relation to the real requirements of the market and the keeping qualities of the cheeses in question. It is necessary to specify the terms of the storage contract so as to enable the identification of the cheese and to maintain checks on the stock in respect of which aid is granted. The aid should be fixed taking into account storage costs and the foreseeable trend of market prices.
(4) Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing the operative events for the agricultural conversion rate applicable to milk and milk products(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 569/1999(3), fixes the conversion rate to be applied in the framework of private storage aid schemes in the milk products sector.
(5) Experience shows that provisions on checks should be laid down, particularly as regards the documents to be submitted and checks to be made on the spot. Therefore, it should be provided that Member States require the costs of checks be fully or partly borne by the contractor.
(6) It is appropriate to guarantee the continuation of the storage operations in question.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Aid shall be granted in respect of the private storage of 15000 tonnes of Pecorino Romano cheese manufactured in the Community and satisfying the requirements of Articles 2 and 3.
1. The intervention agency shall conclude storage contracts only when the following conditions are met:
(a) the quantity of cheese to which the contract relates is not less than 2 tonnes;
(b) the cheese was manufactured at least 90 days before the date specified in the contract as being the date of commencement of storage, and after 1 October 1999;
(c) the cheese has undergone tests which show that it meets the condition laid down in (b) and that it is of first quality;
(d) the storer undertakes:
- not, during the term of the contract, to alter the composition of the batch which is the subject of the contract without authorisation from the intervention agency. If the condition concerning the minimum quantity fixed for each batch continues to be met, the intervention agency may authorise an alteration which is limited to the removal or replacement of cheeses which are found to have deteriorated to such an extent that they can no longer be stored.
In the event of release from store of certain quantities:
(i) if the aforesaid quantities are replaced with the authorisation of the intervention agency, the contract is deemed not to have undergone any alteration;
(ii) if the aforesaid quantities are not replaced, the contract is deemed to have been concluded ab initio for the quantity permanently retained.
Any supervisory costs arising from an alteration shall be met by the storer,
- to keep stock accounts and to inform the intervention agency each week of the quantity of cheese put into storage during the previous week and of any planned withdrawals.
2. The storage contract shall be concluded:
(a) in writing, stating the date when storage covered by the contract begins; this may not be earlier than the day following that on which the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage were completed;
(b) after completion of the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage and at the latest 40 days after the date on which the storage covered by the contract begins.
1. Aid shall be granted only for cheese put into storage during the period 1 May to 31 December 2000.
2. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage under contract for less than 60 days.
3. The aid payable may not exceed an amount corresponding to 180 days storage under contract terminating before 31 March 2001. By way of derogation from the first indent of Article 2(1)(d), when the period of 60 days specified in paragraph 2 has elapsed, the storer may remove all or part of the batch under contract. The minimum quantity that may be removed shall be 500 kilograms. The Member States may, however, increase this quantity to 2 tonnes.
The date of the start of operations to remove cheese covered by the contract shall not be included in the period of storage under contract.
1. The aid shall be as follows:
(a) EUR 100 per tonne for the fixed costs;
(b) EUR 0,35 per tonne per day of storage under contract for the warehousing costs;
(c) EUR 0,52 per tonne per day of storage under contract for the financial costs.
2. Aid shall be paid not later than 90 days from the last day of storage under contract.
1. The Member States shall ensure that the conditions granting entitlement to payment of the aid are fulfilled.
2. The contractor shall make available to the national authorities responsible for verifying execution of the measure any documentation permitting in particular the following particulars of products placed in private storage to be verified:
(a) ownership at the time of entry into storage;
(b) the origin and date of manufacture of the cheeses;
(c) the date of entry into storage;
(d) presence in the store;
(e) the date of removal from storage.
3. The contractor or, where applicable, the operator of the store shall keep stock accounts available at the store, covering:
(a) identification, by contract number, of the products placed in private storage;
(b) the dates of entry into and removal from storage;
(c) the number of cheeses and their weight shown for each lot;
(d) the location of the products in the store.
4. Products stored must be easily identifiable and must be identified individually by contract. A special mark shall be affixed to cheese covered by contract.
5. Without prejudice to Article 2(1)(d), on entry into storage, the competent bodies shall conduct checks in particular to ensure that products stored are eligible, for the aid and to prevent any possibility of substitution of products during storage under contract.
6. The national authorities responsible for controls shall undertake:
(a) an unannounced check to see that the products are present in the store. The sample concerned must be representative and must correspond to at least 10 % of the overall quantity under contract for a private storage aid measure. Such checks must include, in addition to an examination of the accounts referred to in paragraph 3, a physical check of the weight and type of product and their identification. Such physical checks must relate to at least 5 % of the quantity subject to the unannounced check;
(b) a check to see that the products are present at the end of the storage period under contract.
7. Checks conducted pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 must be the subject of a report stating:
- the date of the check,
- its duration,
- the operations conducted.
The report on checks must be signed by the official responsible and countersigned by the contractor or, where applicable, by the store operator.
8. In the case of irregularities affecting at least 5 % of the quantities of products subject to the checks the latter shall be extended to a larger sample to be determined by the competent body.
The Member States shall notify such cases to the Commission within four weeks.
9. The Member States may provide that the costs of checks will be borne partly or fully by the contractor.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission before 15 December 2000.
(a) the quantity of cheese for which storage contracts have been concluded;
(b) any quantities in respect of which the authorisation referred to in Article 2(1)(d) has been given.
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 May 2000.
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31992R1270 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1270/92 of 19 May 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been taken into storage in order to be sold under Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1270/92 of 19 May 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been taken into storage in order to be sold under Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 816/92 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2045/91 (4), and in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 of 11 November 1985 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3683/91 (6), the butter put up for sale must have been taken into storage before a date to be determined; whereas the same applies to butter sold under the arrangements laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 of 16 February 1988 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for creamy butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other food stuffs (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 124/92 (8);
Whereas, in view of butter stocks and quantities available, the dates in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 of 9 June 1988 setting the latest time of entry into storage for butter sold under Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3397/91 (10), should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 1
The butter referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 must have been taken into storage before 1 October 1990.
The butter referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 must have been taken into storage before 1 October 1990.'
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31998R0743 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 743/98 of 2 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 370/98 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Germany
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 743/98 of 2 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 370/98 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Germany
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in Germany, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No 370/98 (3), which introduces exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in that Member State;
Whereas, because the veterinary and trade restrictions continue to apply in the regions concerned, the number of piglets and young piglets which may be delivered to the competent authorities should be increased, so that the exceptional measures can continue after 18 March 1998;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 370/98 is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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 18 March 1998.
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32004D0854 | 2004/854/EC: Council Decision of 7 December 2004 amending Decision 2001/865/EC authorising the Kingdom of Spain to apply a measure derogating from Article 11 of the Sixth Council Directive (77/388/EEC) on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
| 16.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 369/60
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 December 2004
amending Decision 2001/865/EC authorising the Kingdom of Spain to apply a measure derogating from Article 11 of the Sixth Council Directive (77/388/EEC) on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
(2004/854/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Sixth Council Directive (77/388/EEC) of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes – Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1), and in particular Article 27(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 2001/865/EC (2) the Council authorised the Kingdom of Spain, by way of derogation from Article 11(A)(1)(a) of Directive 77/388/EEC, to include in the taxable amount of a supply of goods or a supply of services the value of any gold used by the supplier and provided by the recipient in cases where the supply of the gold to the recipient is exempt in accordance with Article 26b of Directive 77/388/EEC.
(2) The aim of that derogation was to avoid abuse of the exemption for investment gold and thus to prevent certain types of tax evasion or avoidance.
(3) By letter registered with the Secretariat-General of the Commission on 4 August 2004, the Spanish Government requested an extension of the validity of Decision 2001/865/EC, which expires on 31 December 2004.
(4) In accordance with Article 27(2) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Commission informed the other Member States by letter dated 9 August 2004 of the request made by the Kingdom of Spain. By letter dated 10 August 2004, the Commission notified the Kingdom of Spain that it had all the information it considered necessary for appraisal of the request.
(5) According to the Spanish authorities, the derogation authorised by Decision 2001/865/EC has been effective in achieving the aims stated above.
(6) The derogations pursuant to Article 27 of Directive 77/388/EEC which counter VAT avoidance linked to the exemption for investment gold may be included in a future proposal for a Directive rationalising some of the derogations pursuant to that Article.
(7) It is therefore necessary to extend the validity of the derogation granted under Decision 2001/865/EC until the entry into force of a Directive rationalising the derogations pursuant to Article 27 of Directive 77/388/EEC which covers the avoidance of value added tax linked to the exemption for investment gold, or until 31 December 2009, whichever is the earlier.
(8) The derogation will have no negative impact on the Community’s own resources provided from VAT,
Article 2 of Decision 2001/865/EC shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
The authorisation granted under Article 1 shall expire on the date of entry into force of a directive rationalising the derogations pursuant to Article 27 of Directive 77/388/EEC which counter avoidance of value added tax linked to the exemption for investment gold or on the 31 December 2009, whichever is the earlier.’
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32004R1257 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1257/2004 of 7 July 2004 prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
| 9.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 239/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1257/2004
of 7 July 2004
prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
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 1954/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 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 limitations in catch are required lays down quotas for blue whiting for 2004 (3).
(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 blue whiting in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. The Community has prohibited fishing for this stock from 29 April 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Community for 2004.
Fishing for blue whiting in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transshipment 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 that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 29 April 2004.
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31991R1730 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1730/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the guide price for unginned cotton for the 1991/92 marketing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1730/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the guide price for unginned cotton for the 1991/92 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4006/87 (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas paragraph 8 of Protocol 4 states that the guide price for cotton that has not been ginned is to be fixed annually by reference to the criteria laid down in paragraph 2 of that Protocol;
Whereas reference to these criteria leads to the fixing of the guide price as indicated below,
1. For the 1991/92 marketing year the guide price for unginned cotton shall be ECU 95,86 per 100 kilograms.
2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for cotton:
- of sound, genuine and merchantable quality,
- containing 14 % moisture and 3 % of inorganic extraneous matter,
- with the characteristics required to yield, after ginning, 54 % of seed and 32 % of fibres of grade No 5 (white middling), with a length of 28 mm (1=/32mm).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1991.
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32007R0805 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 805/2007 of 10 July 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 11.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 181/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 805/2007
of 10 July 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 11 July 2007.
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 |
31994R1396 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1396/94 of 17 June 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 1071/94 fixing the minimum import price applicable to certain types of processed cherries during the 1994/95 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1396/94 of 17 June 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 1071/94 fixing the minimum import price applicable to certain types of processed cherries during the 1994/95 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 549/94 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1071/94 of 6 May 1994 (3) fixes a minimum import price in respect of the marketing year for processed cherries as listed in Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 426/86; whereas it is appropriate, in view of the recent development in trade in provisionally preserved cherries, to fix a minimum import price for this product also; whereas the level of the minimum price to be fixed must take into account the criteria set out in Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86;
Whereas the Management Committee for Products processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not reached an opinion within the time-limit set by its chairman,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1071/94 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 |
32008D0393 | 2008/393/EC: Commission Decision of 8 May 2008 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data in Jersey (notified under document number C(2008) 1746) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 28.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 138/21
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 May 2008
pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data in Jersey
(notified under document number C(2008) 1746)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/393/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (1), and in particular Article 25(6) thereof,
After consulting the Working Party on Protection of Individuals with regard to the processing of personal data (2),
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC, Member States are required to provide that the transfer of personal data to a third country may take place only if the third country in question ensures an adequate level of protection and if the Member States' laws implementing other provisions of the Directive are complied with prior to the transfer.
(2) The Commission may find that a third country ensures an adequate level of protection. In that case, personal data may be transferred from the Member States without additional guarantees being necessary.
(3) Pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC the level of data protection should be assessed in the light of all the circumstances surrounding a data transfer operation or a set of data transfer operations, and giving particular consideration to a number of elements relevant for the transfer and listed in Article 25(2) thereof.
(4) Given the different approaches to data protection in third countries, the adequacy assessment should be carried out, and any decision based on Article 25(6) of Directive 95/46/EC should be made and enforced in a way that does not arbitrarily or unjustifiably discriminate against or between third countries where like conditions prevail, nor constitute a disguised barrier to trade, regard being had to the Community's present international commitments.
(5) The Bailiwick of Jersey is one of the dependencies of the British Crown (being neither part of the United Kingdom nor a colony) that enjoys full independence, except for international relations and defense which are the responsibility of the United Kingdom Government. The Bailiwick of Jersey is therefore to be considered as a third country within the meaning of Directive 95/46/EC.
(6) With effect from 1951 and 1987 respectively, the United Kingdom's ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data (Convention No 108) were extended to the Bailiwick of Jersey.
(7) As regards the Bailiwick of Jersey, the legal standards on the protection of personal data largely based on the standards set out in Directive 95/46/EC have been provided for in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 1987, which entered into force on 11 November 1987 and two ancillary laws, the Data Protection (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2005, and the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005 (Appointed Day) Act 2005.
(8) Secondary legislation has also been adopted under the authority of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law, in 2005, laying down specific rules concerning issues such as subject access, processing of sensitive data and notification to the data protection authority (3).
(9) The legal standards applicable in Jersey cover all the basic principles necessary for an adequate level of protection for natural persons. The application of these standards is guaranteed by judicial remedy and by independent supervision carried out by the authority, the Data Protection Commissioner, who is invested with powers of investigation and intervention.
(10) Jersey should therefore be regarded as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data as referred to in Directive 95/46/EC.
(11) In the interest of transparency and in order to safeguard the ability of the competent authorities in the Member States to ensure the protection of individuals as regards the processing of their personal data, it is necessary to specify the exceptional circumstances in which the suspension of specific data flows may be justified, notwithstanding the finding of adequate protection.
(12) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 31(1) of Directive 95/46/EC,
For the purposes of Article 25(2) of Directive 95/46/EC, the Bailiwick of Jersey is considered as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the Community.
This Decision concerns the adequacy of protection provided in Jersey with a view to meeting the requirements of Article 25(1) of Directive 95/46/EC and does not affect other conditions or restrictions implementing other provisions of that Directive that pertain to the processing of personal data within the Member States.
1. Without prejudice to their powers to take action to ensure compliance with national provisions adopted pursuant to provisions other than Article 25 of Directive 95/46/EC, the competent authorities in Member States may exercise their existing powers to suspend data flows to a recipient in Jersey in order to protect individuals with regard to the processing of their personal data in the following cases:
(a) where a competent Jersey authority has determined that the recipient is in breach of the applicable standards of protection; or
(b) where there is a substantial likelihood that the standards of protection are being infringed, there are reasonable grounds for believing that the competent Jersey authority is not taking or will not take adequate and timely steps to settle the case at issue, the continuing transfer would create an imminent risk of grave harm to data subjects and the competent authorities in the Member State have made reasonable efforts in the circumstances to provide the party responsible for processing established in Jersey with notice and an opportunity to respond.
2. The suspension shall cease as soon as the standards of protection are assured and the competent authority of the Member States concerned is notified thereof.
1. Member States shall inform the Commission without delay when measures are adopted on the basis of Article 3.
2. The Member States and the Commission shall inform each other of cases where the action of bodies responsible for ensuring compliance with the standards of protection in Jersey fails to secure such compliance.
3. If the information collected under Article 3 and under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article provides evidence that any body responsible for ensuring compliance with the standards of protection in Jersey is not effectively fulfilling its role, the Commission shall inform the competent Jersey authority and, if necessary, present draft measures in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 31(2) of Directive 95/46/EC with a view to repealing or suspending this Decision or limiting its scope.
The Commission shall monitor the functioning of this Decision and report any pertinent findings to the Committee established under Article 31 of Directive 95/46/EC, including any evidence that could affect the finding in Article 1 of this Decision, that protection in Jersey is adequate within the meaning of Article 25 of Directive 95/46/EC and any evidence that this Decision is being implemented in a discriminatory way.
Member States shall take all the measures necessary to comply with the Decision within four months of the date of its notification.
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31991R0822 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 822/91 of 3 April 1991 fixing the estimated production of olive oil and the amount of the unit production aid that may be paid in advance for the 1990/1991 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 822/91 of 3 April 1991 fixing the estimated production of olive oil and the amount of the unit production aid that may be paid in advance for the 1990/1991 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil producer organizations (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3500/90 (4), and in particular Article 17a (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that the unit production aid must be reduced where the actual production in a given marketing year exceeds the guaranteed maximum quantity fixed for that marketing year; whereas, however, producers whose average production does not amount to 500 kilograms of olive oil per marketing year are not afected by such a reduction;
Whereas Article 17a of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 provides that in order to determine the unit amount of the production aid for olive oil that can be paid in advance, the estimated production for the marketing year concerned should be determined; whereas that amount must be fixed at a level avoiding any risk of unwarranted payment to olive growers;
Whereas, in order to establish the estimated production, the Member States must forward to the Commission the data for the olive oil production estimates for each marketing year; whereas the Commission may avail itself of other sources of information;
Whereas the amount of the advance withheld for the establishment of the register of olive cultivation provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1416/82 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2212/88 (6), and the amount withheld for measures to improve the quality of olive oil provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1916/87 (7) must be taken into account;
Whereas in Spain and Portugal, the amount of the production aid is different from that in the other Member States; whereas the amount of the advance in those two Member States must therefore be different; whereas, on the basis of the data available, the estimated quantity and the abovementioned amount should be fixed at the levels given below;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
For the 1990/1991 olive oil marketing year:
- the estimated production shall be 1 194 400 tonnes,
- the unit amount of the production aid that may be paid in advance shall be:
- ECU 35,58 kilograms for Spain,
- ECU 31,85 kilograms for Portugal,
- ECU 63,62 kilograms for the other Member States.
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32004R1742 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1742/2004 of 7 October 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2235/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the aid for the consumption of fresh milk products in the Canary Islands
| 8.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 311/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1742/2004
of 7 October 2004
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2235/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the aid for the consumption of fresh milk products in the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (Poseican) (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2235/92 (2) provides that the aid for the human consumption of fresh cows’ milk products produced in the Canary Islands shall be paid, subject to the limit of 44 000 tonnes of whole milk, for a period of twelve months.
(2) The latest assessment provided for by the Spanish authorities indicates that the consumption limit of 44 000 tonnes is likely to be exceeded in the near future. Consequently, this limit should be increased to 50 000 tonnes.
(3) Regulation (EEC) No 2235/92 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2235/92, ‘44 000 tonnes’ is hereby replaced by ‘50 000 tonnes’.
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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31987R1368 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1368/87 of 18 May 1987 concerning the classification of goods under subheading 90.28 A II a) of the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1368/87
of 18 May 1987
concerning the classification of goods under subheading 90.28 A II a) of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, it is necessary to stipulate the classification of an electronic measuring instrument for the acquisition and processing through an incorporated central processing unit, of a number of data derived from the measurement of electrical quantities or of physical quantities previously converted into corresponding electrical quantities;
Whereas the Common Customs Tariff appended to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 750/87 (4), classifies, inter alia, automatic data-processing under tariff heading No 84.53 and, inter alia, electronic measuring instruments under tariff heading No 90.28;
Whereas both of these headings can be taken into consideration for the classification of the abovementioned instrument;
Whereas the purpose of the instrument in question is to carry out measuring operations: whereas the dataprocessing that it performs by means of processes specific to automatic data-processing machines is only the means of carrying out the special operations for which it was designed;
Whereas the Explanatory Notes of the Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature exclude from No 84.53 machines incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data-processing machine and performing their own specific function; whereas it is necessary to classify them in implementation of General Rule 3 a) for the interpretation of the Nomenclature according to that specific function;
Whereas subheading No 90.28 A II a) covers electronic instruments for measuring electrical quantities; whereas the abovementioned electronic measuring instrument should be classified under that subheading;
Whereas the measures laid down in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
Electronic measuring instruments for the acquisition and processing, through an incorporated central processing unit, of a number of data derived from the measurement of electrical quantities or of physical quantities previously converted into corresponding electrical quantities fall within tariff subheading:
90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analysing or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus:
A. Electronic instruments and apparatus:
II. Other:
(a) Telecommunications (cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, nepermeters; distortion factor meters, psophometers and the like);
For measuring or detecting ionizing radiations;
Other measuring apparatus with self-balancing recording device;
Other apparatus for measuring electrical quantities
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twenty-first day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31988D0216 | 88/216/EEC: Commission Decision of 4 March 1988 approving the aid programme for the improvement of agriculture in the Autonomous Province of Valle d'Aosta drawn up pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86 (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 March 1988
approving the aid programme for the improvement of agriculture in the Autonomous Province of Valle d'Aosta drawn up pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(88/216/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86 introducing a common action for the encouragement of agriculture in certain less-favoured areas of northern Italy (1),
Whereas on 25 February 1987 the Italian Government forwarded, in accordance with Article 4 (1) of the above Regulation, the aid programme drawn up by the Autonomous Province of Valle d'Aosta;
Whereas, at the request of the Commission, certain adjustments to the programme were provided on 25 November 1987;
Whereas the programme meets the aims to the common measure described in Article 2 of the above Regulation;
Whereas the programme contains all the details required in Article 3 (1) of the above Regulation;
Whereas the expenditure provided for in the programme falls within the limits laid down in Article 7 (2) of the above Regulation and in addition complies with the allocations made to the Autonomous Province of Valle d'Aosta by the Italian State;
Whereas the measures provided for in the programme are described in detail and are limited to its first two years of application; whereas, consequently, for subsequent years further details will have to be provided for assessment;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 8 of the above Regulation, the Commission is to establish the procedures whereby it is to be informed of progress in completion of the programme;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures laid down in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The aim of the programme for the improvement of agriculture drawn up by the Autonomous Province of Valle d'Aosta and forwarded by the Italian Government on 25 February 1987, as subsequently amended on 25 November 1987, is hereby approved in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86.
The Italian Government shall forward to the Commission, by not later than the expiry of the first two years of application of the programme, an amendment to it containing further details for assessing the measures provided for in respect of subsequent years.
The Italian Government shall in addition inform the Commission of progress in completion of the programme being carried out in the Autonomous Province of Valle d'Aosta in a two-yearly summary report on the measues carried out, those in hand and those planned, together with a table as shown in the Annex hereto.
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31999R0134 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 134/1999 of 21 January 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat and Regulation (EEC) No 139/81 defining the conditions for the admission of certain kinds of frozen beef and veal to subheading 0202 30 50 of the Combined Nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 134/1999 of 21 January 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat and Regulation (EEC) No 139/81 defining the conditions for the admission of certain kinds of frozen beef and veal to subheading 0202 30 50 of the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (3),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1680/98 (5), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 139/81 of 16 January 1981 defining the conditions for the admission of certain kinds of frozen beef and veal to subheading 0202 30 50 of the Combined Nomenclature (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1680/98, and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas Australia has nominated a new issuing agency for certificates of authenticity; whereas Annex II to Regulations (EC) No 936/97 and (EEC) No 139/81 should be amended accordingly,
In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 936/97, the agency 'Department of Primary Industries and Energy` is replaced by 'Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia`.
In Regulation (EEC) No 139/81, Annex II is replaced by the following:
'ANNEX II
>TABLE>
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1999.
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32014R1213 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1213/2014 of 11 November 2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 14.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 329/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1213/2014
of 11 November 2014
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information issued in respect of the goods concerned by this Regulation which does not conform to this Regulation may, for a certain period, continue to be invoked by the holder in accordance with Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (2). That period should be set at three months.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
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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32000R1086 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1086/2000 of 22 May 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 368/98 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of glyphosate originating in the People's Republic of China
| Council Regulation (EC) No 1086/2000
of 22 May 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 368/98 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of glyphosate originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
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), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
1. Measures in force
(1) In February 1998, by Regulation (EC) No 368/98(2), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of glyphosate originating in the People's Republic of China. The rate of the definitive duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, amounted to 24,0 %.
2. Request for a review
(2) On 19 June 1998, a request for a review of the abovementioned measures was lodged pursuant to Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (hereinafter referred to as the "basic Regulation"). The lodging was made on behalf of the Community producers whose collective output of glyphosate constituted a major proportion of the total Community production of that product within the meaning of Article 5(4) of the basic Regulation, namely Cheminova Agro (Denmark), Monsanto Europe (Belgium) and Zeneca Agrochemicals (United Kingdom).
(3) In the request, it was alleged that the abovementioned anti-dumping measures had led to no movement, or insufficient movement, in resale prices or subsequent selling prices in the Community. To this effect, the complainants submitted sufficient evidence showing that export prices had actually fallen following the imposition of the said measures which had made no impact on resale and subsequent selling prices in the Community.
B. REVIEW INVESTIGATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 OF THE BASIC REGULATION
1. Initiation of the review pursuant to Article 12
(4) On 6 August 1998, the Commission announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(3) the initiation of a review, pursuant to Article 12 of the basic Regulation, of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of glyphosate originating in the People's Republic of China, and commenced an investigation.
(5) The Commission officially advised the producers/exporters known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainant Community producers, of the initiation of the review. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set out in the notice of initiation.
(6) The Commission services sent questionnaires to all exporters known to be concerned, namely: Beixi City Chemical Plant, Beixi (Liaoning); Shanghai Union Chemical, Shanghai; Panyu Chemical Factory, Panyu (Guangzhou); Samning City Pesticide Factory, Sanming City (Fujian); Zhangjiagang No 2 Pesticide, Jiangsu; Haiyan Pesticide Factory, Haiyan (Zhejiang); Guangzhou Pesticide Factory, Guangzhou; Hainan Pesticide Factory, Haikou City (Hainan); Anyang Pesticide Factory, Anyang (Henan); Taixin Huangqiao Chemical Factory, Sanliu Bridge Village (Jiangsu); Nantong Chemical Plant, Nantong (Jiangsu); Suzhou Chemical & Pesticide, Suzhou (Jiangsu); Taichung Pesticide Factory, Taichung (Jiangsu); Wujin Pesticide Factory, Changzhou City (Jiangsu); Chuan Xi Chemical Plant, Deyang City (Sichuan); Shifang Chemical Group Pesticide Factory, Shuangsheng (Sichuan); Longyou Pesticide Factory, Longyou Town (Zhejiang); Ningbo No 2 Chemical Plant, Ningbo (Zhejiang); CAC Chemical Co. Ltd, Shanghai; Fujian Sannong Chemistry Co. Ltd, Xubi-Sanming (Fujian); Zhangjiagang No 2 Pesticide Factory, Nansha Town (Jiangsu); Tide International Co. Ltd, Hangzhou; Sinochem Ningbo Imp & Exp Corp., Ningbo; Sinochem Jiangsu Imp & Exp Corp., Nanjing; Sinochem Heilongjiang Imp & Exp Corp., Harbin; Sinochem International Chemicals Co., Beijing; Sinochem Liaoning Imp & Exp Corp., Dalian; Sinochem Tianjin Imp & Exp Corp., Tianjin; Hubei Sanonda Co. Ltd, Shashi (Hubei); Shenjen Jiangshan Commerce & Industrial Group, Shenzhou; China International Trust Investment Corp. ("CITIC"), Beijing; Quickett, Hong Kong; High Kite Ltd, Hong Kong, and Rotam, Hong Kong.
(7) No replies to the questionnaire were received from the abovementioned exporters and producers except for Fujian Sannong Chemistry Co. Ltd and Jiangsu Zhejiang Jiangnan Chemical Factory, which reported no exports to the Community during the new investigation period (as defined in recital 10), Hubei Sanonda Co. Ltd, which reported having stopped producing glyphosate since the year 1997, and Zhenjiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co. Ltd which claimed that it was one of the largest Chinese manufacturers and exporters of glyphosate to the Community during the investigation period.
(8) On 23 September 1999, the sole cooperating exporter, Zhenjiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co. Ltd requested individual treatment and submitted some information to support its claim. The Commission deemed such information insufficient and sent a specific individual treatment questionnaire to the Chinese company concerned. No reply was made to this questionnaire.
(9) Questionnaires were also sent to independent importers known to have imported glyphosate from the People's Republic of China so as to ascertain the resale prices of the product concerned before and after the imposition of the anti-dumping duties. Replies to the questionnaires were received from the following unrelated importers:
- Feinchemie Schwebda GmbH, Germany,
- Herbex Produtos QuĂmicos SA, Portugal,
- Industrias Afrasa SA, Spain, and
- Calliope SA, France.
Verification visits were carried out at the premises of the abovementioned unrelated importers.
(10) The investigation period of this review runs from 1 January 1998 to 30 June 1998. This investigation period was used to determine the current level of export prices and resale and subsequent selling prices charged after the imposition of anti-dumping measures to see whether the measures had achieved the intended effects in terms of increased import prices for the product under consideration.
(11) In establishing whether resale and subsequent selling prices had moved sufficiently, the price levels charged in the investigation period were compared to those charged during the original investigation period which had covered the period from 1 September 1994 to 31 August 1995.
(12) Owing to the volume of data gathered and examined, in particular in view of the complexity of the analysis of the movement of the resale and subsequent selling prices, and the fact that normal values were re-examined, the investigation exceeded the normal period of six months provided for in Article 12(4) of the basic Regulation.
2. Product concerned
(13) The product concerned by the request, and for which the review was initiated, is the same as in the original investigation, i.e. glyphosate currently classifiable within CN codes ex29310095 (2931 00 80 until 31 December 1997) and ex38083027, the latter when put up in forms or packing for retail use or as preparations or articles.
(14) Glyphosate is a herbicide which can be produced in different grades or forms of concentration: formulated (with 36 % glyphosate content), salt (with 62 %), cake (with 84 %) and acid (with 95 %). In order to reduce the costs of transportation, distributors normally purchase glyphosate in a concentrated form (usually acid, but also salt) which they subsequently dilute to obtain the formulated glyphosate, the only form that can be used as an end product.
3. Movement of export prices from China and of resale prices in the community
(a) Introduction
(15) The purpose of this investigation is to establish whether measures have had the intended remedial effects in removing injury and whether any such failure to remove injury is as a result of increased dumping through a fall in export prices. For the purpose of the present proceeding, such a fall in export prices may be reflected in the direct export prices charged by exporters to the Community or it may be reflected in a lack of movement in resale prices or subsequent selling prices in the Community due to a compensatory arrangement. Therefore, the investigation examined price movements of export prices from China as well as prices at resale and other levels in the Community.
(b) Movement in export prices from China
(16) The Commission sought information on the export prices of glyphosate from China. Information was provided by the one cooperating Chinese exporter and four cooperating unrelated importers in the Community. In fact, export prices were found to have fallen by approximately 45 % as compared to those that were established during the original investigation.
(c) Movement in resale prices in the Community
(17) The Commission sought information on resale prices and subsequent selling prices of glyphosate in the Community before and after the imposition of anti-dumping measures. The four cooperating unrelated importers in the Community, who imported the product concerned during the investigation period, provided information on import and resale prices of Chinese glyphosate.
(18) A comparison of resale prices charged during the original investigation period and those charged during the present investigation period showed that resale prices had actually fallen since measures were imposed. On average this fall amounted to approximately 12 % as compared to the level previously established in the original investigation. The unrelated importers did not provide evidence that this fall was due to the increased efficiency of their resale operations in the Community.
4. Claims made by interested parties
(a) General
(19) In Article 12 investigations, importers and exporters are provided with an opportunity to provide evidence which could justify a lack of movement in prices in the Community following the imposition of measures. The reasons which can justify such a lack of movement include a reduction in the costs and profit of the importer or a fall in normal value. Several parties provided information in this respect.
(b) Producers/exporters in the country of origin
(20) One Chinese producer/exporter of glyphosate argued that the fall in resale prices since the imposition of anti-dumping measures was mainly caused by a worldwide decline in the cost of production of glyphosate, which in its turn was reflected in significant changes of normal values which ought to be taken into account.
(21) Since the normal value established during the original investigation was established on the basis of an analogue country, i.e. Brazil, the Commission requested information in respect of normal values from the two known Brazilian producers which cooperated during the original investigation, i.e. Monsanto Brasil and Nortox, which continue to be the sole producers of glyphosate in the analogue country. Investigations were carried out at the premises of the Brazilian producers.
(22) The Commission verified normal values and found that they had indeed fallen. This fall, which was calculated in relation to the normal values of the original case and those prevailing in the investigation period of this case, showed a fall of 17 %. However, as export prices had fallen by a far greater amount (45 %) the movement in normal values could not justify the lack of movement in resale prices in the Community.
(c) Unrelated importers in the Community
(23) The Commission also examined whether the lack of movement of resale prices was due to a decrease in the costs and profits of the unrelated importers. In this respect, the position of the four cooperating importers was examined and it was found that the levels of their costs and profits had remained broadly the same as those found in the original case. Therefore, these claims were rejected.
5. Reassessment of the export prices
(24) Normally, in Article 12 investigations where a lack of movement of resale prices has been established, export prices would be reassessed on the basis of prices charged to independent buyers in the Community by the importer from which all costs and a normal profit of the said importer would be deducted to arrive at a constructed export price. This would be done in accordance with Article 2(9) of the basic Regulation.
(25) In this case, however, the reassessment of export prices was made by reference to the fall in the direct export prices charged between the exporters and importers in accordance with the last sentence of Article 12(2) of the basic Regulation. This direct fall in export prices was considered to be the reason for the lack of movement in resale prices and subsequent selling prices in the Community following the imposition of measures and therefore the absorption of measures is reflected in the fall in export prices.
(26) As export prices were found to have fallen by 45 % since the existing measures were imposed, the reassessed export prices were established by taking the export prices found in the original investigation and deducting the amount of the anti-dumping duty in force.
6. Recalculation of the dumping margin taking account of reassessed export prices
(27) As required under Article 12 of the basic Regulation, the Commission recalculated the dumping margin for the Chinese producers/exporters concerned. This was done by comparing the reassessed export prices with the normal values established during the original investigation. This gives a dumping margin which when expressed as a percentage of the cif value equates to 62 %. Pursuant to Article 12(3) of the basic Regulation, the measures in force shall therefore be amended in accordance with the new findings.
7. New level of duties
(28) The measures currently in force are based on the level of injury found in the original investigation. Therefore, the reassessed export prices were compared with the injury threshold established in the original investigation. Since the injury margin calculated on this basis is lower than the dumping margin, the new level of the duty should be based in the former. Accordingly, the proposed level of duty expressed as a percentage of the cif value is 48 %,
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 368/98 shall be replaced by the following:
"Article 1
1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of glyphosate falling within CN codes ex29310095 (TARIC code 2931 00 95 80) and ex 3808 30 27 (TARIC code 3808 30 27 10) originating in the People's Republic of China.
2. The rate of duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty shall be 48 %.
3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003D0318(01) | Council Decision of 6 March 2003 renewing the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
| Council Decision
of 6 March 2003
renewing the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
(2003/C 64/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975 establishing the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and in particular Article 4 thereof(1),
Having regard to the lists of nominees submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States as regards their representatives and by the Commission as regards the employees' and employers' representatives,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decision of 17 December 1999(2), the Council appointed the members of the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 17 December 1999 to 16 December 2002.
(2) The members of the Management Board of that Centre should be appointed for a period of three years,
The following are hereby appointed members of the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 6 March 2003 to 5 March 2006:
I. GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
>TABLE>
II. REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES' ORGANISATIONS
>TABLE>
III. REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATIONS
>TABLE>
The Council shall appoint at a later date the members not yet nominated from Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal.
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31998R2791 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2791/98 of 22 December 1998 fixing the amount of the flat-rate premium for certain fishery products during the 1999 fishing year (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2791/98 of 22 December 1998 fixing the amount of the flat-rate premium for certain fishery products during the 1999 fishing year (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4176/88 of 28 December 1988 laying down detailed rules for the grant of a flat-rate aid for certain fishery products and aquaculture products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3516/93 (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas the flat-rate premium should encourage the producers' organisations to prevent the destruction of products withdrawn from the market;
Whereas the amount of the premium must be fixed in such a way as to take account of the interdependence of the markets concerned and of the need to prevent distortion of competition;
Whereas the amount of the premium may not exceed the technical and financial costs of processing and storage recorded during the previous fishing year, the highest costs being disregarded;
Whereas, on the basis of the information concerning the technical and financial costs associated with the concerned operations recorded in the Community, the amount of the premium should be fixed for the 1999 fishing year as shown below;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 1999 fishing year, the amount of the flat-rate premium for the products listed in Annex VI to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 (3) shall be as follows:
(a) freezing and storage of products, whole, gutted with head, or cut:
- EUR 126/tonne, for the first month
- EUR 18/tonne, per additional month;
(b) filleting, freezing and storage:
- EUR 200/tonne, for the first month
- EUR 18/tonne, per additional month.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
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32005R1420 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1420/2005 of 30 August 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 31.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 225/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1420/2005
of 30 August 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 31 August 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 |
32006R1475 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1475/2006 of 5 October 2006 fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
| 6.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 275/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1475/2006
of 5 October 2006
fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar 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)(b) 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 Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(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,
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.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 October 2006.
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32013R1078 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1078/2013 of 31 October 2013 concerning the authorisation of fumaric acid as a feed additive for all animal species Text with EEA relevance
| 1.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 292/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1078/2013
of 31 October 2013
concerning the authorisation of fumaric acid as a feed additive for all animal species
(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 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation. Article 10 of that Regulation provides for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2).
(2) Fumaric acid was authorised in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as a feed additive, without a time limit, for use on all animal species by Commission Directive 80/678/EEC (3). That additive was subsequently entered in the Register of feed additives as an existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 of that Regulation, an application was submitted for the re-evaluation of fumaric acid, as a feed additive for all animal species, requesting that additive to be classified in the additive category ‘technological additives’. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 29 January 2013 (4) that, under the proposed conditions of use, fumaric acid does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment and it has the potential to preserve feed. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) The assessment of fumaric acid shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of fumaric acid should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(6) Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the authorisation.
(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 feed additive specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘preservatives’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
The feed additive specified in the Annex and feed containing that additive, which are produced and labelled before 21 May 2014 in accordance with the rules applicable before 21 November 2013 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
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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32002R0959 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 959/2002 of 5 June 2002 fixing, for May 2002, the specific exchange rate for the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 959/2002
of 5 June 2002
fixing, for May 2002, the specific exchange rate for the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 of 30 June 1993 establishing special detailed rules for applying the agricultural conversion rate in the sugar sector(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1509/2001(3), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1878/2001 of 26 September 2001 laying down transitional measures in connection with the compensation system for storage costs for sugar(4), lays down that Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(5), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1527/2000(6), will continue to apply to sugars carried forward from the 2000/01 marketing year to the 2001/02 marketing year.
(2) Article 1(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 provides that the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 is to be converted into national currency using a specific agricultural conversion rate equal to the average, calculated pro rata temporis, of the agricultural conversion rates applicable during the month of storage. That specific rate must be fixed each month for the previous month. However, in the case of the reimbursable amounts applying from 1 January 1999, as a result of the introduction of the agrimonetary arrangements for the euro from that date, the fixing of the conversion rate should be limited to the specific exchange rates prevailing between the euro and the national currencies of the Member States that have not adopted the single currency.
(3) Application of these provisions will lead to the fixing, for May 2002, of the specific exchange rate for the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs in the various national currencies as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,
The specific exchange rate to be used for converting the amount of the reimbursement of the storage costs referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 into national currency for May 2002 shall be as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 June 2002.
It shall apply with effect from 1 May 2002.
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32008R0378 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2008 of 25 April 2008 on the issue of import licences for rice within the framework of the tariff quotas opened for the April 2008 sub-period by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
| 26.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 114/85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 378/2008
of 25 April 2008
on the issue of import licences for rice within the framework of the tariff quotas opened for the April 2008 sub-period by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the markets in rice (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,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (3), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opened and provided for the administration of certain import tariff quotas for rice and broken rice, broken down by country of origin and split into several sub-periods in accordance with Annex IX to that Regulation and with Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/2008 opening a specific sub period in February 2008 for the import tariff quota for wholly milled and semi milled rice originating in the United States of America (4).
(2) April is the second sub-period for the quotas provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for rice originating in Thailand, Australia and countries other than Thailand, Australia and the United States. April is the third sub-period for the quota provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for rice originating in the United States.
(3) It follows from the notifications received under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 that, in the case of the quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127 — 09.4130, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2008 in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Regulation relate to a quantity exceeding that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for under the quotas concerned.
(4) It also follows from those notifications that, in the case of the quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4128 — 09.4129, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2008 in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Regulation relate to a quantity less than that available.
(5) The available quantities for the following quota sub-period should also be fixed in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,
1. Applications submitted during the first 10 working days of April 2008 for import licences for rice under the quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127 — 09.4130, as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98, shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for, subject to the coefficients set out in the Annex.
2. The total quantities available for the following sub-period under the quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4130, as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98, are set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31990L0604 | Council Directive 90/604/EEC of 8 November 1990 amending Directive 78/660/EEC on annual accounts and Directive 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts as concerns the exemptions for small and medium-sized companies and the publication of accounts in ecus
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 8 November 1990
amending Directive 78/660/EEC on annual accounts and Directive 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts as concerns the exemptions for small and medium-sized companies and the publication of accounts in ecus
(90/604/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 54 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the harmonization of the national provisions concerning the presentation and content of annual accounts and of the annual report, the valuation methods and the publication of these documents as concerns, in particular, public and private limited liability companies was the subject of Directive 78/660/EEC (4), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal;
Whereas the administrative procedures imposed on small and medium-sized undertakings should be simplified in accordance with the Council resolution of 3 November 1986 on the action programme for small and medium-sized undertakings (SMUs) (5) and the Council resolution of 30 June 1988 on the improvement of the business environment and action to promote the development of enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises in the Community (6), which calls more especially for a substantial simplification of the obligations arising from Directive 78/660/EEC;
Whereas, on the basis of Article 53 (2) of Directive 78/660/EEC, it is appropriate that a second review of the thresholds defining small and medium-sized undertakings should be carried out;
Whereas the derogations as regards establishment, audit and publication of accounts which Member States may provide for under Directive 78/660/EEC should be increased as far as small companies are concerned;
Whereas Member States should be afforded the possibility of allowing companies not to include in the notes to the accounts certain information concerning remuneration granted to members of the company's administrative or management body where such information enables the position of a given member of such bodies to be identified;
Whereas it is also appropriate to enable Member States to render less stringent the obligations imposed on small companies as regards the drawing up and publication of the notes to the accounts; whereas Member States should be able to exempt such companies from the obligation to supply, in the notes to the accounts, certain data which may be deemed of less importance for small companies; whereas, with the same interests in view, Member States should have the possibility of exempting such companies from the obligation to draw up an annual report providing they include, in the notes to the accounts, the data referred to in Article 22 (2) of Directive 77/91/EEC (7) concerning the acquisition of own shares;
Whereas it is important to promote European monetary integration by allowing companies, at least, to publish their accounts in ecus; whereas this is simply an additional facility which does not change the position of companies which can at present already draw up and publish accounts in ecus; whereas, on this point, the provisions of Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal should be clarified by obliging companies which have recourse to this facility to indicate the conversion rate used in the notes to the accounts,
Article 11 of Directive 78/660/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. 'balance sheet total: ECU 1 550 000' is hereby replaced by 'balance sheet total: ECU 2 000 000';
2. 'net turnover: ECU 3 200 000' is hereby replaced by 'net turnover: ECU 4 000 000';
3. the following paragraph is hereby added:
'Member States may waive the application of Article 15 (3) (a) and (4) to the abridged balance sheet'.
The revision of the above amounts in ecus shall constitute the second five-yearly revision provided for in Article 53 (2) of Directive 78/660/EEC.
Article 27 of Directive 78/660/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. 'balance sheet total: ECU 6 200 000' is hereby replaced by 'balance sheet total: ECU 8 000 000';
2. 'net turnover: ECU 12 800 000' is hereby replaced by 'net turnover: ECU 16 000 000'.
The revision of the above amounts in ecus shall constitute the second five-yearly revision provided for in Article 53 (2) of Directive 78/660/EEC.
Article 53 (1) of Directive 78/660/EEC shall be replaced by the following:
'1. For the purposes of this Directive, the ecu shall be that defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3180/78 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2626/84 (**), and by Regulation (EEC) No 1971/89 (***).
The equivalent in national currency shall be that applying on 8 November 1990.
(*) OJ No L 379, 30. 12. 1978, p. 1.
(**) OJ No L 247, 16. 9. 1984, p. 1.
(***) OJ No L 189, 4. 7. 1989, p. 1.'
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 43 of Directive 78/660/EEC:
'3. Member States may waive the requirement to provide the information referred to in paragraph 1 point 12 where such information makes it possible to identify the position of a specific member of such a body.'
Article 44 of Directive 78/660/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 44
1. Member States may permit companies covered by Article 11 to draw up abridged notes on their accounts without the information prescribed in Article 43 (1) points 5 to 12. However, the notes must disclose the information prescribed in Article 43 (1) point 6 in total for all the items concerned.
2. Member States may also permit the companies referred to in paragraph 1 to be exempted from the obligation to disclose in the notes on their accounts the information prescribed in Article 15 (3) (a) and (4), Articles 18, 21 and 29 (2), the second subparagraph of Article 30, Article 34 (2), Article 40 (2) and the second subparagraph of Article 42.
3. Article 12 shall apply.'
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 46 of Directive 78/660/EEC;
'3. Member States may waive the obligation on companies covered by Article 11 to prepare annual reports, provided that the information referred to in Article 22 (2) of Directive 77/91/EEC concerning the acquisition by a company of its own shares is given in the notes to their accounts.'
Article 47 (2) (b) of Directive 78/660/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
'(b) abridged notes on their accounts in accordance with Article 44.'
The following Article is hereby inserted in Directive 78/660/EEC:
'Article 50a
Annual accounts may be published in the currency in which they were drawn up and in ecus, translated at the exchange rate prevailing on the balance sheet date. That rate shall be disclosed in the notes on the accounts.'
The following Article is hereby inserted in Directive 83/349/EEC:
'Article 38a
Consolidated accounts may be published in the currency in which they were drawn up and in ecus, translated at the exchange rate prevailing on the consolidated balance sheet date. That rate shall be disclosed in the notes on the accounts.'
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1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary for them to comply with this Directive by 1 January 1993. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States may provide that this Directive shall only apply for the first time to accounts for the financial year beginning on 1 January 1995 or during the calendar year 1995.
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
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32003R1179 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1179/2003 of 1 July 2003 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1179/2003
of 1 July 2003
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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002(4), and in particular Article 173(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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.
(2) 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 4 July 2003.
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 |
32012R0858 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 858/2012 of 20 September 2012 fixing the export refunds on eggs
| 21.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 255/18
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 858/2012
of 20 September 2012
fixing the export refunds on eggs
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 164(2), and Article 170, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 162(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products referred to in Part XIX of Annex I to that Regulation and prices in the Union for those products may be covered by an export refund.
(2) In view of the current situation on the market in eggs, export refunds should be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Articles 162, 163, 164, 167 and 169 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(3) Article 164(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that refunds may vary according to destination, especially where the world market situation, the specific requirements of certain markets, or obligations resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty make this necessary.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products which are authorised to move freely within the Union and comply with requirements under Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (2) and of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (3), as well as marking requirements under point A of Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(5) The currently applicable refunds have been fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 535/2012 (4). Since new refunds should be fixed, that Regulation should therefore be repealed.
(6) In order to prevent divergence with the current market situation, to prevent market speculation and to ensure efficient management this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(7) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
1. Export refunds as provided for in Article 164 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 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. The products eligible for a refund under paragraph 1 shall meet the relevant requirements of Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 and (EC) No 853/2004 and, in particular, shall be prepared in an approved establishment and comply with the marking conditions laid down in Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and those defined in point A of Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 535/2012 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31987R1738 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1738/87 of 19 June 1987 exempting certain Member States from the obligation to buy in certain fruit and vegetables
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1738/87
of 19 June 1987
exempting certain Member States from the obligation to buy in certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION 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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1351/86 (2), and in particular Article 19a (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1852/85 of 2 July 1985 laying down detailed rules of application with a view to exempt Member States from the obligation to buy in certain types of fruit and vegetables (3) specified what information the Member States were to provide to the Commission with a view to their being exempted if they so requested, as provided for in Article 19a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, from intervention purchasing;
Whereas this information must concern either the proportion of each of the products indicated in Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 marketed through recognized producer organizations or the proportion harvested in the Member State concerned during the last three marketing years;
Whereas the Member States have supplied this information; whereas the conditions for exemption laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1852/85 are met by certain Member States for certain products for the 1987/88 marketing year; whereas those Member States which have so applied should therefore be exempted from the obligation to make intervention purchases,
The following Member States are hereby exempted, in respect of the 1987/88 marketing year, from the obligations to make intervention purchases, as provided for in Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, of pears from 1 July to 31 August, peaches, apricots, tomatoes and aubergines:
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
This exemption shall apply in respect of Greece only to the pears referred to above.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31975L0274 | Council Directive 75/274/EEC of 28 April 1975 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive No 75/268/EEC (Luxembourg)
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 28 April 1975 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive No 75/268/EEC (Luxembourg) (75/274/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Directive No 75/268/EEC (1) of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas, and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2);
Whereas the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg communicated to the Commission, in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Directive No 75/268/EEC, four areas suitable for inclusion in the Community list of less-favoured agricultural areas and information concerning the characteristics of these areas;
Whereas any evaluation of the indices relating to a less-favoured farming area, within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of Directive No 75/268/EEC, of small dimensions but which occupies more than nine-tenths of the surface area of that Member State, can only be valid if these are compared with Community and non-national averages;
Whereas the following indices, relating to the presence of land of limited potential referred to in Article 3 (4) (a) of Directive No 75/268/EEC have been utilized : 90 % of land devoted to forage production with a livestock density not greater than 1 719 livestock units per forage hectare and 0 795 livestock units per forage hectare if the heavy costs caused by the purchase of supplementary feeding are taken into account, wheat yield 31 q/ha (Community average 37 q/ha), unfavourable drainage conditions and uneven character of the area as shown by maps;
Whereas the economic results being considerably lower than the average, as referred to in Article 3 (4) (b) of Directive No 75/268/EEC, were calculated using indices relating to the net value added at factor cost per agricultural worker being less than 80 % of the Community average;
Whereas the index relating to the low population density referred to in Article 3 (4) (c) of Directive No 75/268/EEC which was utilized, has a value of 75 inhabitants per square kilometre, which represents 57 % of the national average but only 45 % of the Community average (168 inhabitants per square kilometre) ; whereas the minimum proportion of the working population engaged in agriculture as a percentage of the total working population is 15 710 % (the national and Community averages are 9 727 and 9 758 % respectively);
Whereas for the delimitation of areas affected by specific handicaps, which can be considered as less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive No 75/268/EEC account was taken on the one hand, of the existence of unfavourable natural production conditions due to heavy clay and excessively wet soils (short period of time suitable for cultivation) and, on the other hand, of handicaps resulting from constraints due to numerous spare-time activities ; whereas, moreover, the total extent of these areas does not exceed 2 75 % of the area of the Member State concerned;
Whereas the nature and level of the abovementioned indices, utilized by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to define the two classes of area communicated to the Commission, correspond respectively to the characteristics of less-favoured areas and areas affected by specific handicaps referred to in Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive No 75/268/EEC; (1)See page 1 of this Official Journal. (2)OJ No C 62, 15.3.1975, p. 19.
Whereas according to the information provided by the Member State concerned, these areas are provided with adequate amenities,
The areas of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg which appear in the Annex shall form part of the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive No 75/268/EEC.
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32010R1187 | Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1187/2010 of 13 December 2010 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding on imports of glyphosate originating in the People’s Republic of China
| 16.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/31
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1187/2010
of 13 December 2010
terminating the anti-dumping proceeding on imports of glyphosate originating in the People’s Republic of China
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (‘the basic Regulation’) and in particular Article 9(1) and Article 11(2), (5) and (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the European Commission (‘the Commission’) after having consulted the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
1. PROCEDURE
1.1. Measures in force
(1) Following a review investigation carried out pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1683/2004 (2), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of glyphosate originating in the People’s Republic of China currently falling within CN codes ex 2931 00 99 and ex 3808 93 27 (the ‘product concerned’). This duty had been extended to imports of glyphosate consigned from Malaysia (whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not) with the exception of those produced by Crop Protection (M) Sdn. Bhd. and to imports of glyphosate consigned from Taiwan (whether declared as originating in Taiwan or not) with the exception of those produced by Sinon Corporation. The rate of the anti-dumping duty is 29,9 %.
(2) By Decision 2009/383/EC (3), the Commission suspended the definitive anti-dumping duties for a period of 9 months, with effect from 16 May 2009. Subsequently, by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 126/2010 (4), the Council extended the suspension for a period of 1 year, with effect from 14 February 2010.
1.2. Request for review
(3) Following the publication of a notice of impending expiry (5) of the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of glyphosate originating in the People’s Republic of China, the Commission has received on 29 June 2009 a request for review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation.
(4) The request was lodged by the European Glyphosate Association (‘the applicant’) on behalf of producers representing the entire Union production of glyphosate.
(5) The request contained prima facie evidence showing that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to the Union industry.
1.3. Initiation
(6) Accordingly, the Commission, after consultation of the Advisory Committee, initiated, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(6), an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the European Union of glyphosate currently falling within CN codes ex 2931 00 99 and ex 3808 93 27 and originating in the People’s Republic of China.
(7) The Commission officially advised the exporting producers, importers concerned, the representatives of the People’s Republic of China, the representative users and the Union producers of the initiation of the review investigation. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set in the notice of initiation.
2. WITHDRAWAL OF THE REQUEST
(8) By a letter dated 21 September 2010 to the Commission, the applicant formally withdrew its request.
(9) In accordance with Article 9(1) and Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, a proceeding may be terminated where the request for review is withdrawn unless such a termination would not be in the Union interest.
(10) It was considered that the present proceeding should be terminated since the investigation had not brought to light any considerations showing that such termination would not be in the Union interest. Interested parties were informed accordingly and were given the opportunity to comment. However, no comments were received which could alter this consideration.
(11) It was therefore concluded that the anti-dumping expiry review proceeding concerning imports into the Union of glyphosate originating in the People’s Republic of China should be terminated and the existing measures should be repealed,
The anti-dumping measures concerning imports of glyphosate currently falling within CN codes ex 2931 00 99 and ex 3808 93 27 and originating in the People’s Republic of China, are hereby repealed and the proceeding concerning these imports is terminated.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31997R1793 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1793/97 of 16 September 1997 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1793/97 of 16 September 1997 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1427/97 (4), 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 September 1997.
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32004R1312 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1312/2004 of 16 July 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 17.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 245/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1312/2004
of 16 July 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), 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 17 July 2004.
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 |
31987R2817 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2817/87 of 21 September 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product falling within subheading 31.02 B originating in Mexico to which the tariff preferences set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2817/87
of 21 September 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product falling within subheading 31.02 B originating in Mexico to which the tariff preferences set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territoies listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territorie concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product falling within subheading 31.02 B the individual ceiling was fixed at 380 000 ECU; whereas, on 17 September 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in Mexico reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Mexico,
As from 25 September 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Mexico:
1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CCT heading No and NIMEXE-code // Description // // // // 10.0400 // 31.02 B (NIMEXE 31.02-15) // Urea containing more than 45 % by weight on the dry anhydrous product // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31970R1484 | Regulation (EEC) No 1484/70 of the Commission of 24 July 1970 on the classification of goods under heading No 48.21 of the Common Customs Tariff
| REGULATION (EEC) No 1484/70 OF THE COMMISSION of 24 July 1970 on the classification of goods under heading No 48.21 of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 (1) of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, and in particular Article 3 thereof;
Whereas provision must be made to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff with a view to the classification of drawsheets composed of an absorbent material made up of layers of cellulose wadding, with a bonded fabric on one surface and a sheet of artificial plastic material on the other;
Whereas the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (2) of 28 June 1968, as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1237/70 (3) of 29 June 1970, comprises in heading No 30.04 wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in packings for retail sale for medical or surgical purposes, other than goods specified in Note 3 to Chapter 30, and in heading No 48.21 other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding;
Whereas Note 1 to Chapter 48 does not exclude the drawsheets in question ; whereas it appears from the Explanatory Notes to the Brussels Nomenclature that heading No 48.21 covers all articles of paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding or paper pulp not covered by one of the preceding headings of Chapter 48 and not excluded from Chapter 48 ; whereas paper handkerchiefs, sanitary towels and paper undergarments are among the goods included under that heading;
Whereas, according to the Explanatory Notes to the Brussels Nomenclature, cellulose wadding, bandages and dressings, impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in retail packings for medical or surgical purposes (heading No 30.04) are expressly excluded from heading No 48.21 ; whereas, according to the Explanatory Notes, heading No 30.04 covers, on the one hand, articles such as wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, of textile, paper, plastic, etc., impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances (including counter-irritant substances) for medical or surgical purposes and, on the other, wadding and gauze for dressings (usually of absorbent cotton) and bandages, etc., not impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances but clearly recognisable (e.g., because of the labels affixed or special folding) as being for sale directly without re-packing to users (private persons, hospitals, etc.) for use for medical or surgical purposes;
Whereas the drawsheets in question are not impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances ; whereas, moreover, although they may be put up in packings for retail sale, they are not specifically so put up for medical or surgical purposes ; whereas the normal use made of drawsheets, while they do mitigate the consequences of the situation of persons affected by incontinence, bedridden or not, does not necessarily mean they are used for medical or surgical purposes ; whereas, therefore, the drawsheets should not be classified under heading No 30.04;
Whereas the drawsheets, of which the essential part is the absorbent material, are used to absorb secreted liquids and thus constitute sanitary articles similar to babies' drawsheets and sanitary towels ; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to classify them under (1)OJ No L 14, 21.1.1969, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 172, 22.7.1968, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 141, 29.6.1970, p. 50.
sub-heading No 48.21 B, in accordance with the scope given to heading No 48.21 by the Explanatory Notes to the Brussels Nomenclature;
Whereas the Customs Co-operation Council has declared that these articles should be classified under heading No 48.21;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee on the Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature;
Drawsheets composed of an absorbent material made up of layers of cellulose wadding, with a bonded fabric on one side and a sheet of artificial plastic material on the other, shall be classified under the following sub-heading of the Common Customs Tariff: No 48.21 Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose
wadding: B. Other
This Regulation shall enter into force on the eighth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31999D0075 | Council Decision of 25 January 1999 concerning the extension of Joint Action 98/375/CFSP with regard to the nomination of an EU Special Representative for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
| COUNCIL DECISION of 25 January 1999 concerning the extension of Joint Action 98/375/CFSP with regard to the nomination of an EU Special Representative for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1999/75/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article J.3 thereof,
Whereas on 8 June 1998 the Council adopted Joint Action 98/375/CFSP (1), which was extended by Decision 98/741/CFSP (2);
Whereas the said Joint Action is due to expire on 31 December 1999 and should be extended,
Joint Action 98/375/CFSP is hereby extended until 31 January 2000.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
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31997R1269 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1269/97 of 1 July 1997 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of milk and milk products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1269/97 of 1 July 1997 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2),
Whereas in application of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance for the milk sector should be determined for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 for supplies to the Canary Islands;
Whereas the quantities of the forecast supply balance for those products is fixed in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2883/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1288/96 (4), for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996; whereas, in order to continue to satisfy requirements for milk and milk products, the abovementioned quantities should be fixed for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance in the milk sector benefiting, as appropriate from exemption from import duties for products from third countries or for Community aid for products from the Community market shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Where, as regards a particular product separate amounts are fixed in the forecast supply balance for direct consumption, and for processing and/or packaging respectively, an adjustment in the breakdown as between the prescribed uses is permitted, within a limit of 20 % of the total quantity fixed for that product.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1997.
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32005R1070 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1070/2005 of 6 July 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| 7.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 174/71
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1070/2005
of 6 July 2005
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 23,984 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 July 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32014R0951 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 951/2014 of 4 September 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 5.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 265/30
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 951/2014
of 4 September 2014
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 |
31988D0646 | 88/646/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1988 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the import into the Community of tomato concentrates originating in Algeria
| 27.12.1988 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 358/13
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 December 1988
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the import into the Community of tomato concentrates originating in Algeria
(88/646/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 recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (1) was signed on 26 April 1976 and entered into force on 1 November 1978;
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the import into the Community of tomato concentrates originating in Algeria should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the import into the Community of tomato concentrates originating in Algeria 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 for the purpose of binding the Community.
This Decision shall take effect on the day following 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 | 0 | 0 |
31982R0976 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 976/82 of 26 April 1982 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid for India
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 976/82
of 26 April 1982
on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid for India
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1399/81 of 19 May 1981 laying down general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder to certain developing countries and specialized bodies under the 1981 food-aid programme (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1400/81 of 19 May 1981 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to certain developing countries and specialized bodies under the 1981 food-aid programme (2) provides for a reserve of 7 318 tonnes of skimmed-milk powder; whereas certain quantities are still available under that reserve;
Whereas the Community has received a request for food aid in skimmed-milk powder for India; whereas the situation justifies the supply of food aid by the Community,
From the quantities of skimmed-milk powder still available in the context of the reserve provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1400/81, 5 000 tonnes shall be allocated as food aid for India.
The 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 |
32008R0728 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 728/2008 of 28 July 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 29.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 200/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 728/2008
of 28 July 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 29 July 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 |
32002D0818 | 2002/818/EC: Commission Decision of 8 October 2002 under the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 concerning trade practices maintained by Korea affecting trade in commercial vessels (notified under document number C(2002) 3652)
| Commission Decision
of 8 October 2002
under the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 concerning trade practices maintained by Korea affecting trade in commercial vessels
(notified under document number C(2002) 3652)
(2002/818/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 of 22 December 1994 laying down Community procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community's rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 356/95(2), and in particular Articles 13 and 14 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
(1) On 24 October 2000 the Commission received a complaint pursuant to Article 3 and Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 (hereafter the "Regulation"). The complaint was lodged by the Committee of European Union Shipbuilders Associations (CESA).
(2) The complaint concerned certain alleged Korean trade practices which adversely affect Community sales of commercial vessels(3). In particular, the complaint contained information on adverse trade effects and injury suffered by Community shipbuilders resulting from subsidies granted to, or otherwise benefiting, Korean shipbuilding companies by the Republic of Korea in violation of Articles 3 and 5 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement). On that basis, the complainant asked the Commission to take the necessary action.
(3) The complaint contained sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of a Community examination procedure pursuant to Article 8 of the Regulation. Consequently, the Commission initiated the procedure after consulting with the Member States in the framework of the Advisory Committee, on 2 December 2000(4).
(4) Following the initiation of the examination procedure the Commission carried out an investigation, which has led to the conclusions indicated below.
B. FINDINGS REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF AN OBSTACLE TO TRADE
(5) The investigation was directed against subsidies allegedly granted by the Government of the Republic of Korea to its shipbuilding industry that benefited production between 1997 and 2000 and will benefit future production. Alleged Korean subsidies have included, export contingent financing, debt forgiveness, debt-for-equity-swaps, interest relief and special tax concessions in the context of preferential restructuring packages provided in order to save various shipbuilding enterprises from imminent financial collapse.
(6) The Korean shipbuilding enterprises claimed to have benefited from Korean Government subsidies included Samho Heavy Industries, Daedong Shipbuilding Co., Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Mipo, Samsung Heavy Industries and Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co.
(7) With regard to the alleged Korean subsidies that were expressly the subject of the complaint the Commission established the following:
Advance payment (refund) guarantees and pre-shipment loans provided by the State-owned Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM)
(8) It was established that KEXIM provides a guarantee that a foreign buyer will be refunded any advance payments given to a Korean shipyard in case the Korean shipyard fails to perform its obligations under the relevant contract. It was also established that KEXIM provides pre-delivery loans to shipyards to finance shipbuilding production costs, such as raw material cost, labour and overheads until delivery of the ships. The APRG programme and the pre-shipment loans were found to constitute prohibited subsidies under Article 3(1)(a) of the SCM Agreement.
Debt forgiveness, debt-for-equity-swaps and interest relief by government-owned and government-controlled banks
(9) It was established that Korea has granted through debt forgiveness, debt-for-equity-swaps and interest relief by government-owned and government-controlled banks, subsidies within the meaning of Article 1 of the SCM Agreement to the following shipyards:
- Samho Heavy Industries,
- Daedong Shipbuilding Co.(5) and
- Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.
(10) There is prima facie evidence that these corporate restructuring subsidies are specific within the meaning of Article 2(1) of the SCM Agreement.
Special tax concessions
(11) It was established that Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has benefited from two tax programmes under the Special Tax Treatment Control Law (special taxation on in-kind contribution and special taxation on spin-off) limited to companies under corporate restructuring which are therefore specific.
Conclusion
(12) The Commission considers that the complainant's allegation on the granting of subsidies is well-founded and that the Korean practices constitute an obstacle to trade within the meaning of Article 2(1) of the Regulation, as they are contrary to Articles 3 and 5 of the SCM Agreement.
C. FINDINGS REGARDING ADVERSE TRADE EFFECTS
(13) It was established that, during the investigation period, the Community industry suffered adverse effects within the meaning of Article 5 of the SCM Agreement and Article 2(3) and Article 2(4) of the Regulation, in the form of injury within the meaning of Article 5(a) of the SCM Agreement, namely, negative effects on market share, capacity utilisation, profit, sales prices, employment, investments, and of serious prejudice within the meaning of Article 5(c) of the SCM Agreement, namely, significant price undercutting, price depression and lost sales. By sector, adverse effects were suffered in container ships and product and chemical tankers.
(14) In November 2001, CESA requested the Commission to examine whether adverse effects had been suffered by the Community industry during the period covering the 13 months following the end of the original investigation period (i.e. 1 December 2000 to 31 December 2001). The updating investigation confirmed the findings of the first investigation. As regards the liquified natural gas carriers (LNG) sector, it established that further examination is necessary to determine whether the developments observed in 2000 and 2001 would result in a consistent trend over a longer term. The Commission will continue to monitor the market, particularly as regards the sectors of container ships, product and chemical tankers and LNG carriers.
D. CAUSAL LINK
(15) It was established that the above subsidies, which rendered possible the increase in sales volume and market share of the Korean shipyards as well as the considerable decrease in their sales prices and the price undercutting found during the investigation period, caused adverse effects to the Community industry. These conclusions were confirmed by the updating investigation.
E. COMMUNITY INTEREST
(16) The shipbuilding industry in the Community represents a very important sector of economic activity in terms of employment, either direct, in the shipyards or indirect, in subcontracting or supplying companies. On the basis of the information available it seems reasonable to forecast that, should the Korean subsidy practices be halted, the Community industry may be able to regain at least part of its lost market shares and improve its profitability.
F. CONCLUSIONS
(17) Further to the above analysis, the Commission concludes that Korea has granted export and actionable subsidies within the meaning of the SCM Agreement to its shipbuilding industry and has caused adverse effects to the Community industry.
(18) Ensuring that WTO partners fully comply with their obligations is of the utmost importance for the Community, which has committed itself to the same obligations. It is fundamental for the good functioning of a multilateral trade system to consistently tackle allegedly WTO incompatible practices.
(19) The Commission discussed the matter with the Korean authorities with a view to finding a mutually agreed solution. However, as no mutually agreed solution could be found, the initiation of a procedure within the framework of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding, and more particularly pursuant to the relevant provisions of the SCM Agreement, is required,
1. The granting of subsidies to certain Korean producers of commercial vessels appears to be inconsistent with the obligations of that country under the World Trade Organisation Agreement and, in particular under the SCM Agreement, and constitutes an "obstacle to trade" within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3286/94.
2. The Community will initiate dispute settlement proceedings against Korea under the Understanding on the Rules and Procedures for the Settlement of Disputes and other relevant WTO provisions with a view to securing removal of the obstacle to trade. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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