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31996R0846 | Council Regulation (EC) No 846/96 of 6 May 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 846/96 of 6 May 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under the terms of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92, it is incumbent upon the Council to determine the total allowable catches (TACs) for each fishery or group of fisheries;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 (2) fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the TACs for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished;
Whereas, since 1994, the stock of Atlanto-Scandian herring has been continuously extending its area of distribution and is now occurring both within areas under national jurisdiction of a number of States bordering the North East Atlantic, including Community fishing waters, as well as in high seas areas;
Whereas available scientific information suggests that this stock be managed in a cautious way by ensuring that the spawning stock biomass is maintained above 2,5 million tonnes;
Whereas pending agreement, by way of cooperation between all States concerned, on appropriate conservation and management measures concerning this stock, it is necessary to establish, by way of an autonomous measure, a legal framework which ensures the rational and responsible exploitation of this stock by Community fishing vessels both within Community fishing waters and beyond; whereas that legal framework should consist of a precautionary TAC at a level compatible with scientific advice which, under prevailing circumstances, may justifiably be fixed at 150 000 tonnes;
Whereas the International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission has recommended certain seasonal restrictions associated to the cod fishery in the Baltic for 1996;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following Article shall be inserted after Article 8:
'Article 8a
Fishing for cod shall be prohibited in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Ăresund from 10 June to 20 August 1996 inclusive.`
2. In the Annex, the heading 'Species: Herring, Clupea harengus, Zone IIa (1), IVa, b` shall be replaced by 'Species: Herring, Clupea harengus, Zone IVa, b`.
3. The table which appears in the Annex to this Regulation shall be inserted as fourth table in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32015L2115 | Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2115 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards formamide (Text with EEA relevance)
| 24.11.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 306/17
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/2115
of 23 November 2015
amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards formamide
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys (1), and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure a high level of protection of children against risks caused by chemical substances in toys, Directive 2009/48/EC establishes certain requirements with regard to chemical substances such as those classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR) under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), allergenic fragrances and certain elements. In addition, Directive 2009/48/EC empowers the Commission to adopt specific limit values for chemicals used in toys which are intended for children under 36 months and in other toys intended to be placed in the mouth in order to ensure adequate protection in the case of toys involving a high degree of exposure. The adoption of such limit values takes the form of an inclusion in Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC.
(2) For a number of chemicals, currently applicable limit values are either too high in the light of available scientific evidence or do not exist. Specific limit values should therefore be adopted for them, taking into account the packaging requirements for food as well as the differences between toys and food contact materials.
(3) In order to advise the European Commission in the preparation of legislative proposals and policy initiatives in the area of toy safety, the Commission established the Expert Group on Toys Safety. The mission of its subgroup ‘Chemicals’ is to provide such advice with regard to chemical substances which may be used in toys.
(4) Formamide (CAS number 75-12-7) is used, among others, in the plastics and polymers industry, particularly as a solvent, plasticiser or as a substance associated with a blowing agent used in the production of foam (3). In 2010, several Member States identified formamide in a range of foam toys, such as puzzle mats, which gave rise to concerns for the health of children through inhalation. Some Member States took or were considering taking regulatory action.
(5) In its deliberations about formamide the subgroup ‘Chemicals’ took the opinion of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) as a basis. The opinion recommended that emission into the air of formamide from puzzle mats be limited, so that it does not exceed 20 μg/m3 measured 28 days after unpacking and confinement in an outgassing chamber of new mats before their sale, following a test method (4) in accordance with the ISO 16000-6 and 16000-9 standards and under suitable conditions for sampling within products and batches of products.
(6) The subgroup ‘Chemicals’ further considered a nursery (room volume 30 m3) with a large puzzle mat (1,2 m2, 720 g) and several other foam toys (thus adding up to 1 kg of foam toy materials exposed to the air). The air in that nursery (air exchange rate 0,5 h– 1) would contain 20 μg/m3 formamide after 28 days if the formamide content in the foam toy materials were at approximately 200 mg/kg and were completely emitted.
(7) Formamide is classified under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as toxic to reproduction category 1B. According to point 4 of Part III of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC, substances toxic to reproduction of category 1B such as formamide may be present in toys in concentrations equal to or smaller than the relevant concentration established for the classification of mixtures containing it, namely 0,5 %, which equals 5 000 mg/kg (content limit), before 1 June 2015, and 0,3 %, which equals 3 000 mg/kg (content limit) thereafter. Directive 2009/48/EC does not currently provide for an emission limit for formamide.
(8) In the light of the above, the subgroup ‘Chemicals’ recommended, at its meeting of 28 November 2013, that emissions of formamide from foam toy materials be limited in Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC to 20 μg/m3 after a maximum of 28 days from commencement of the emission testing. The subgroup further recommended, at its meeting of 18 February 2015, that emission testing is not necessary when the formamide content is 200 mg/kg or less (cut-off value derived in a worst-case exposure scenario).
(9) There are no known uses of formamide in food contact materials to be considered.
(10) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established in Article 47 of Directive 2009/48/EC,
In Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC, the following entry shall be added:
Substance CAS No Limit value
‘Formamide 75-12-7 20 μg/m3 (emission limit) after a maximum of 28 days from commencement of the emission testing of foam toy materials containing more than 200 mg/kg (cut-off limit based on content).’
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 24 May 2017 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.
They shall apply those provisions from 24 May 2017.
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 twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31995R0813 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 813/95 of 11 April 1995 on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 813/95 of 11 April 1995 on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 424/95 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas the application of intervention measures in respect of beef has created stocks in several Member States; whereas, in order to prevent an excessive prolongation of storage, part of these stocks should be sold by tender;
Whereas the sale should be made subject to the rules laid down by Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93 (4), (EEC) No 3002/92 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1938/93 (6) and (EEC) No 2182/77 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93, subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put;
Whereas with a view to securing a regular and uniform tendering procedure, measures should be taken in addition to those laid down in Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79; whereas these measures must be applied as quickly as possible;
Whereas it seems appropriate to provide for derogations from provisions of Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, taking into account the administrative difficulties which the application of this subparagraph raises in the Member States concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The sale shall take place of:
- approximately 13 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency and bought in before 1 November 1993,
- approximately 59 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Danish intervention agency, and bought in before 1 September 1993,
- approximately 1 167 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Italian intervention agency, and bought in before 1 February 1993,
- approximately 340 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency, and bought in before 1 January 1992.
Detailed information concerning quantities is given in Annex I.
2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular Articles 6 to 12 thereof, (EEC) No 2182/77 and (EEC) No 3002/92.
1. The deadlines for submitting tenders, which must be made out in ecus, shall be 12 noon on 19 April 1995.
The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender which shall include the following:
(a) the quantities of beef offered for sale; and (b) the deadline and place for submitting tenders.
2. For each product mentioned in Annex I the intervention agencies concerned shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.
3. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the provisions of and the Annexes to this Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitation to tender.
4. Interested parties may obtain the details of the quantities available and the places where the products are stored from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regulation. The intervention agencies will, moreover, display the notice referred to in paragraph 1 at their head office and may also publish them elsewhere.
5. By way of derogation from Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 a tender must be submitted to the intervention agency concerned in a closed envelope, bearing the reference to the Regulation concerned. The closed envelope must not be opened by the intervention agency before the expiry of the tender deadline referred to in paragraph 1.
6. By way of derogation from Article 8 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which cold store or stores the products are held.
1. Member states shall provide information on the offers received to the Commission at the latest on the day following the deadline for submitting tenders.
2. After the offers received have been examined a minimum selling price shall be fixed for each product or the sale will not be proceeded with.
1. Notwithstanding Article 3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, the tender (a) shall be valid only if presented by a natural or legal person who, for at least 12 months, has been engaged in the processing of products containing beef and who is entered in a public register of a Member State;
(b) must be accompanied by:
- a written undertaking by the applicant to process the meat purchased into products specified in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 within the period referred to in Article 5 (1) of the abovementioned Regulation,
- a precise indication of the establishment or establishments where the meat which has been purchased will be processed.
2. The applicants referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct an agent to take delivery, on their behalf, of the products which they purchase. In this case the agent shall submit the tenders of the purchasers whom he represents.
3. The purchasers and agents referred to in the foregoing paragraphs shall maintain and keep up to date an accounting system which permits the destination and use of the products to be ascertained with a view particularly to checking to ensure that the quantities of products purchased and manufactured tally.
1. The security provided for in Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 shall be ECU 12 per 100 kilograms.
2. The security provided for in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 shall be:
- ECU 300 per 100 kilograms for boneless meat referred to under (a) in Annex I.
- ECU 170 per 100 kilograms for boneless meat referred to under (b) in Annex I.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31985R3797 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3797/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down detailed rules concerning quantitative restrictions on imports into Portugal from third countries of certain agricultural products subject to the system of transition by stages
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3797/85
of 20 December 1985
laying down detailed rules concerning quantitative restrictions on imports into Portugal from third countries of certain agricultural products subject to the system of transition by stages
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, hereinafter referred to as 'Act' and in particular Article 258 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 280 of the Act stipulates that Portugal may maintain, until 31 December 1995, quantitative restrictions on imports from third countries of the products referred to in Annex XXVI to the Act; whereas the Council must determine detailed rules for the application of such quantitative restrictions;
Whereas Portugal may maintain, until the end of the stage, quantitative restrictions on imports from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 for the same products;
Whereas the quantitative restrictions must not have the effect that the Community products are treated less favourable than products from third countries;
Whereas this Regulation is intended to apply to third countries as a whole, and without prejudice to the protocols to be concluded with the preferential third countries in accordance with Article 366 of the Act or to the transitional measures referred to in Article 367 thereof; whereas it should nevertheless be specified that the quantities or values of the quantitative restrictions fixed in compliance with these Articles will be included in those fixed for third countries as a whole pursuant to this Regulation;
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (3) of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal the institutions of the Community may adopt before accession the measures referred to in Article 258 of the Act,
1. The quantitative restrictions on imports into Portugal from third countries of the products referred to in Annex XXVI of the Act shall consist of annual quotas made available without discrimination to economic operators.
2. The original quota for 1986 for each product, expressed, as appropriate, in volume or, in exceptional cases, in ECU, shall be fixed:
- either at a percentage of annual average Portuguese production in the three years preceding accession for which statistics are available; the percentage for each product being fixed in Annex I to this Regulation,
- or at the average of Portuguese imports in the three years preceding accession for which statistics are available, where the latter criterion yields the higher volume or amount.
However, in respect of the products referred to in Annex II to this Regulation,
- the first indent of the first subparagraph shall not apply;
- where the effect of the second indent of the first subparagraph would be the establishment of an original quota of zero, this quota shall be at least 10 % of the original quota fixed for the same products from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985.
3. The minimum rate of increase in the quotas shall be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3 (1), at least in respect of each year of the second stage.
The minimum rate of increase may vary, in particular according to product.
The minimum rate of increase shall be fixed taking into account:
- the patterns of trade,
- the state of bilateral or multilateral negotiations.
4. For the period 1 March to 31 December 1986, the quota applicable shall be the same as the original quota minus one sixth thereof.
However, where quantitative restrictions do not apply throughout a calendar year, special provisions for the possible reduction of the original quota shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3 (1).
5. With regard to the preferential countries, where the protocols referred to in Article 366 of the Act or, failing these, autonomous measures adopted pursuant to Article 367 thereof, make provision for quantitative restrictions, thequantities or the values resulting from the application of the abovementioned provisions shall be fixed before the quantities or values are fixed for the other third countries, in accordance with paragraph 2.
1. A quota fixed for a product from third countries may not exceed the quota fixed for the same products from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985.
2. Where the Portuguese Republic authorizes imports of a product from third countries in quantities, expressed in volume or in value, exceeding that fixed in the quota, the quota applicable to the import of that product from the Community must be increased by a quantity matching at least the amount by which the quota fixed for imports from third countries is exceeded.
1. Detailed rules for application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) N° 2727/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), or, as appropriate, in the corresponding articles of the other regulations on the common organization of agricultural markets.
The detailed rules of application relating to:
- live swine, falling under subheading 01.03 A I of the Common Customs Tariff shall be adopted according to the procedure laid down in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) N° 2759/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (2), the Management Committee set up by that Regulation being competent;
- eggs, falling under subheading 04.05 A II of the Common Customs Tariff shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) N° 2771/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in eggs (3), the Management Committee set up by that Regulation being competent.
They shall include:
(a) for each product, the establishment of the original quota,
(b) the reports to be made by Portugal to the Commission.
2. The detailed rules of application referred to in paragraph 1 may include staggering of the imports over the year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986, subject to the entry into force of the Treaty concerning the Accession of Spain and Portugal.
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32012R1115 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1115/2012 of 28 November 2012 temporarily suspending customs duties on imports of certain cereals for the 2012/13 marketing year
| 29.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 329/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1115/2012
of 28 November 2012
temporarily suspending customs duties on imports of certain cereals for the 2012/13 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), and in particular Article 187 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to promote the supply of cereals on the Community market during the first few months of the 2012/13 marketing year, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 569/2012 (2) suspended until 31 December 2012 customs duties for the import tariff quota for common wheat of low and medium quality opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 (3).
(2) The outlook for the cereals market of the European Union for the end of the 2012/13 marketing year would suggest that prices will remain buoyant, given the low stock levels and the Commission’s current estimates regarding the quantities which will actually be available from the 2012 harvest. In order to make it easier to maintain a flow of imports conducive to EU market equilibrium, there is a need to ensure continuity in cereal imports policy by keeping the temporary suspension of customs duties on imports during the 2012/13 marketing year until 30 June 2013 for the import tariff quota to which this measure currently applies. For the same reasons, the measure should be extended to cover the import tariff quota for feed barley opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/2003 (4).
(3) Moreover, traders should not be penalised in cases where cereals are en route for importation into the Union. Therefore, the time required for transport should be taken into account and traders allowed to release cereals for free circulation under the customs-duty suspension arrangements provided for in this Regulation, for all products whose direct transport to the Union has started at the latest on 30 June 2013. The evidence to be provided showing direct transport to the Union and the date on which the transport commenced should also be established.
(4) In order to ensure sound management of the procedure for issuing import licences as from 1 January 2013, this Regulation should enter into force on the day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
1. The application of customs duties to imports of common wheat falling within CN code 1001 99 00, of a quality other than high quality as defined in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 (5), and of barley falling within CN code 1003 shall be suspended for the 2012/13 marketing year for all imports under the reduced-duty tariff quotas opened by Regulations (EC) No 1067/2008 and (EC) No 2305/2003.
2. Where the cereals referred to in paragraph 1 undergo direct transport to the Union and such transport began at the latest on 30 June 2013, the suspension of customs duties under this Regulation shall continue to apply for the purposes of the release into free circulation of the products concerned.
Proof of direct transport to the Union and of the date on which the transport commenced shall be provided, to the satisfaction of the relevant authorities, by the original transport document.
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 1 January to 30 June 2013.
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32007R1518 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/2007 of 19 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for vermouth
| 20.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/2007
of 19 December 2007
opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for vermouth
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 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community (2), approved by Council Decision 2006/930/EC (3), provides for the opening of tariff rate quota (erga omnes) for vermouth. This quota must be opened.
(2) 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 (4) sets the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff quota opened by this Regulation is to be managed in accordance with those rules.
(3) In accordance with the commitments taken by the Community pursuant to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2007.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
An annual tariff rate quota (order number 09.0098) of 13 810 hl (erga omnes) is opened for the release for free circulation in the Community of vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18 % vol or less, in containers holding more than 2 litres, tariff item number 2205 90 10, in quota rate 7 EUR/hl.
The annual tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2007.
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31995R1701 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/95 of 11 July 1995 concerning the stopping of fishing for anglerfish by vessels flying the flag of France
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1701/95 of 11 July 1995 concerning the stopping of fishing for anglerfish by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3362/94 of 20 December 1994 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1995 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 746/95 of 31 March 1995 (3), provides for anglerfish quotas for 1995;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of anglerfish in the waters of ICES divisions VIII c, IX, X; Cecaf 34.1.1 (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have reached the quota allocated for 1995; whereas France has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 7 June 1995; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of anglerfish in the waters of ICES divisions VIII c, IX, X; Cecaf 34.1.1 (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 1995.
Fishing for anglerfish in the waters of ICES divisions VIII c, IX, X; Cecaf 34.1.1 (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect form 7 June 1995.
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32006R1380 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1380/2006 of 19 September 2006 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
| 20.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 256/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1380/2006
of 19 September 2006
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10 December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 of 19 December 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 to 10 September 2006, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 October 2006 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 t.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (4),
The following Member States shall issue on 21 September 2006 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:
Germany:
— 100 t originating in Botswana,
— 360 t originating in Namibia;
United Kingdom:
— 500 t originating in Botswana,
— 300 t originating in Namibia.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, during the first 10 days of October 2006 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
Botswana: 14 359 t,
Kenya: 142 t,
Madagascar: 7 579 t,
Swaziland: 3 363 t,
Zimbabwe: 9 100 t,
Namibia: 7 492 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2006.
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31978R2118 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2118/78 of 7 September 1978 on the definition of the actual formation and administrative costs of fruit and vegetable producers' organizations
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2118/78 of 7 September 1978 on the definition of the actual formation and administrative costs of fruit and vegetable producers' organizations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
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 1766/78 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 14 (1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, for a limited period, Member States may grant aid to fruit and vegetable producers' organizations which are established after 1 October 1977, in respect of the five years following the date on which they are established, to encourage their formation and to facilitate their operation ; whereas the amount of such aid may not exceed the actual formation and administrative costs of the organization concerned ; whereas, in order to ensure that this system is correctly applied, these costs should be specified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
1. The actual formation and administrative costs within the meaning of Article 14 (1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 shall be as follows: (a) expenditure incurred in connection with the preparatory work towards setting up the producers' organization, and in connection with the drawing-up of its constitutional instrument, or with amendment of that instrument in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72;
(b) expenditure incurred in checking compliance with the rules referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72;
(c) expenditure on administrative staff (wages and salaries, training expenses, social security charges and mission expenses), together with fees for technical services and advice;
(d) expenditure on correspondence and telecommunications;
(e) expenditure on office stationery and depreciation of office equipment;
(f) expenditure on the means at the disposal of the organizations for transport of administrative staff;
(g) expenditure on rent, or, in the case of purchase, expenditure on interest actually paid, as well as other expenditure and charges arising from occupation of the accommodation serving the administrative operations of the producers' organization;
(h) expenditure on insurance relating to administrative staff transport, administrative buildings and their equipment.
2. The producers' organization shall be allowed to spread administrative expenses over the five years for which aid is granted.
3. The expenditure referred to in points (c) to (h) shall be taken into account for the purpose of calculating aid only to the extent considered appropriate by the competent authorities of the Member State, having regard to the tasks of the organization in question as laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72.
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 October 1977.
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32003R0834 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 834/2003 of 14 May 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 laying down rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements under the Europe Agreements with central and eastern European countries provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 834/2003
of 14 May 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 laying down rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements under the Europe Agreements with central and eastern European countries provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29 July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary(1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2003/18/EC of 19 December 2002 concerning the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the Parties on new mutual agricultural concessions(2), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2003/263/EC of 27 March 2003 concerning the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the Parties on new mutual agricultural concessions(3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 repealed Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000.
(2) Decision 2003/18/EC repealed Regulation (EC) No 2435/2000.
(3) Decision 2003/263/EC provides for the direct management on entry into the territory of the Community of quotas of certain products in the poultrymeat and egg sectors originating in Poland at a reduced rate of customs duty, and repeals Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000.
(4) Following the repeal of Regulations (EC) Nos 1727/2000, 2435/2000 and 2851/2000, the references to these acts in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2002(5), should be deleted.
(5) Repayment of import duties on products of group 17 listed in Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 imported under licences used from 1 April 2003 is carried out in accordance with Articles 878 to 898 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002(7).
(6) To limit the potential trade problems that might temporarily arise from the parallel existence of two different management procedures for some tariff quotas in the egg sector, i.e. management via the quarterly issue of import licences and management according to the "first come first served" principle in line with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, import licence holders should be given the possibility of cancellation with release of the security.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) Given that the Protocol approved by Decision 2003/263/EC entered into force on 1 April 2003, provision should be made for this Regulation to apply from the same date.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 is amended as follows:
1. The title is replaced by the following:
"Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 of 29 September 1997 laying down rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements provided for by Council Regulations (EC) Nos 2290/2000, 2433/2000 and 2434/2000".
2. In Article 1, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
"1. All imports into the Community under the arrangements provided for in Council Regulations (EC) Nos 2290/2000(8), 2433/2000(9) and 2434/2000(10) of products covered by Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to presentation of an import licence."
3. Part B of Annex I is deleted.
1. Holders of import licences issued under Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 for group 17 listed in Part B of Annex I thereto in its version before entry into force of this Regulation who applied for those licences between 1 and 7 December 2002 or between 1 and 7 March 2003 may request, before 15 May 2003, their cancellation with release of the security.
2. Member States shall notify to the Commission before 20 May 2003 the volume of cancelled licences.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2003.
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32008D0935 | 2008/935/EC: Commission Decision of 5 December 2008 concerning a Community financial contribution to the Joint Research Centre of the Commission in Belgium and Italy for certain activities carried out pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2009 (notified under document number C(2008) 7702)
| 11.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 333/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 December 2008
concerning a Community financial contribution to the Joint Research Centre of the Commission in Belgium and Italy for certain activities carried out pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2009
(notified under document number C(2008) 7702)
(Only the texts in French, Italian, and Dutch are authentic)
(2008/935/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (1), and in particular Article 32(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Community reference laboratories in the food and feed control area may be granted a Community financial contribution in accordance with Article 28 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (2).
(2) The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy is listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 as the Community reference laboratory for material intended to come into contact with foodstuffs and for genetically modified organisms. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Geel, Belgium is listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 as the Community reference laboratory for heavy metal in feed and food, for mycotoxins and for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
(3) The Joint Research Centre and the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers are both services of the Commission and their relationship is laid down in an annual administrative arrangement supported by a work programme and its budget.
(4) The work programmes and corresponding budget estimates of the Community reference laboratories within the Joint Research Centre for the year 2009 have been assessed.
(5) Accordingly, a Community financial contribution should be granted for certain activities of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Geel, Belgium and Ispra, Italy, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. The Community’s financial contribution should be at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 (3).
(6) In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (4), animal disease eradication and control programmes (veterinary measures) shall be financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF). Furthermore, Article 13, second paragraph of that Regulation foresees that in duly justified exceptional cases, for measures and programmes covered by Decision 90/424/EEC, expenditure relating to administrative and personnel costs incurred by Member States and beneficiaries of aid from the EAGF shall be borne by the Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 9, 36 and 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 are to apply.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
A Community financial contribution shall be granted for the following activities of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy (the laboratory), carried out pursuant to Article 32(1) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, and for the organisation of workshops concerning such activities, for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009:
1. the activities related to material in contact with foodstuffs; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 180 003;
2. the organisation of the workshops by that laboratory, concerning the activities referred to in point 1; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 75 947;
3. the activities related to GMOs; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 13 388;
4. the organisation of the workshops by that laboratory, concerning the activities referred to in point 3; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 61 440.
A Community financial contribution shall be granted for the following activities of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Geel, Belgium (the laboratory) carried out pursuant to Article 32(1) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, and for the organisation of workshops concerning such activities, for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009:
1. the activities related to heavy metals in feed and food; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 250 000;
2. the organisation of the workshops by that laboratory, concerning the activities referred to in point 1; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 25 000;
3. the activities related to mycotoxins; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 230 000;
4. the organisation of the workshops by that laboratory, concerning the activities referred to in point 3; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 22 000;
5. the activities related to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); this contribution shall not exceed EUR 232 000;
6. the organisation of the workshops by that laboratory, concerning the activities referred to in point 5; this contribution shall not exceed EUR 22 000.
The Community’s financial contributions provided for in Articles 1 and 2 shall be at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006.
This Decision is addressed to:
— for food contact materials: Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Physical and Chemical Exposures Unit, TP 260, Via E. Fermi, 1, 21020 Ispra (Italy),
— for genetically modified organisms: Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Biotechnology and GMOs Unit, Via E. Fermi, 1, 21020 Ispra (Italy),
— for heavy metals: Joint Research Centre, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel (Belgium),
— for mycotoxins: Joint Research Centre, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel (Belgium),
— for PAHs: Joint Research Centre, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel (Belgium). | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994D0333 | 94/333/ECSC: Commission Decision of 29 March 1994 authorizing the grant by the United Kingdom of aid to the coal industry (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 29 March 1994 authorizing the grant by the United Kingdom of aid to the coal industry (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (94/333/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 2064/86/ECSC of 30 June 1986 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry (1),
Whereas:
I In its letter of 17 February 1994 the United Kingdom notified the Commission, in conformity with Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of a financial measure it proposes to take in respect of the coal industry for the 1993 financial year, which ends on 31 March 1994.
The following aid is submitted for the approval of the Commission pursuant to Decision No 2064/86/ECSC:
- aid for the constitution of a provision, for the 1993 financial year, totalling £120 million to cover operating losses incurred by underground coal-mining undertakings.
The measure planned by the United Kingdom to support the coal industry complies with Article 1 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. Consequently, under Article 10 thereof the Commission must determine whether the measure is compatible with the objectives and criteria laid down in the Decision and with the proper functioning of the common market.
II By Decisions 90/634/ECSC (2) and 91/221/ECSC (3) the Commission authorized aid to the United Kingdom coal industry for the financial years 1987, 1988 and 1989 totalling £6 153 million. Apart from covering operating losses, this aid served to write off the losses in the value of fixed assets and to constitute provisions to cover compensation for hearing loss and for concessionary supplies of coal, smokeless fuel or, in certain cases, a payment in kind to mineworkers on retirement.
Authorization was given in view of the fact that these measures facilitated the process of restructuring, rationalization and modernizing the United Kingdom coal industry in conformity with the objectives specified in Article 2 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. The measures helped to improve the competitiveness of the industry through the closure of production capacity that offered no prospects of long-term economic viability and through the introduction of new production techniques or new equipment for capacity offering prospects of long-term economic viability.
On 25 March 1993, the United Kingdom published a White Paper on the prospects for coal. This document stresses the Government's commitment to make the United Kingdom coal industry fully competitive with imported coal and to privatize British Coal in the near future.
The reduction in world market prices coupled with the absence of outlets for this coal in the European Union has resulted in the process of restructuring of the United Kingdom coal industry being intensified. A large number of underground mines have therefore had to be closed, or production in them has been stopped and the installations have been mothballed.
To enable the restructuring process to form part of a rational coal-mining policy allowing certain pits the time necessary to increase their productivity and, from that position, to become competitive, the United Kingdom Government proposes to constitute a provision not exceeding a total of £120 million to cover the operating losses of those pits.
This aid should temporarily enable these pits to find a market among power stations for the disposal of their production. In the absence of this aid, these pits would be condemned to closing in the short term, which would increase the severity of the social and regional problems related to the decline of this industry.
III The aid to cover the operating losses must be considered with regard to the objectives of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, in particular those specified in Article 2 (1). The fact that the aid forms part of a clearly defined restructuring plan aimed at closing down production units that offer no prospects of economic viability or rationalizing installations to make them competitive in terms of production with imported coal and the temporary nature of the aid means that it is compatible with the provisions of the Decision.
The aid planned will not, according to the United Kingdom's notification, exceed the difference, for any quantity contracted, between the foreseeable average cost and the foreseeable average return per tonne and therefore complies with Article 3 (1) of the Decision.
The Commission is taking account, as provided for in Article 10 (4) of the Decision, in its assessment of the measure and the restructuring programme submitted to it, of the special situation of the United Kingdom coal industry as regards the objective of making the industry competitive with imported coal.
This aid will help to improve the competitiveness of the Community coal industry and to resolve the social and regional problems related to its development in conformity with the first and third indents of Article 2 (1) of the Decision.
The United Kingdom will ensure that the aid does not lead to any discrimination, within the meaning of Article 4 (b) of the ECSC Treaty, between producers, between purchasers or between consumers.
With regard to the constitution of a provision, the United Kingdom will inform the Commission each month, for monitoring purposes, of the amounts actually paid, the quantities covered and the beneficiary undertakings.
IV In the light of the above, and on the basis of the information supplied by the United Kingdom, the aid planned for the current production of the coal industry is compatible with the objectives of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC and with the proper functioning of the common market.
This Decision covers the period until 31 December 1993, in conformity with Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. Should the United Kingdom decide to grant aid after this date, it shall notify this to the Commission in accordance with Commission Decision No 3632/93/ECSC (4).
This Decision does not prejudice the compatibility of any contracts which might be concluded between coal and electricity producers, with the provisions of the Treaties,
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to constitute a provision for the year 1993 of £120 million to cover operating losses of underground coal-mining undertakings.
The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission each month of the payments actually made to beneficiaries from the provision authorized under Article 1 of this Decision and the quantities of coal covered.
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32002R0605 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 605/2002 of 8 April 2002 on the supply of white sugar as food aid
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 605/2002
of 8 April 2002
on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organisations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage.
(2) Following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated white sugar to certain beneficiaries.
(3) It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid(3). It is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs,
White sugar shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32008R1336 | Regulation (EC) No 1336/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (Text with EEA relevance)
| 31.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 354/60
REGULATION (EC) No 1336/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 16 December 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (3) provides for the harmonisation of the classification and labelling of substances and mixtures within the Community. That Regulation will replace Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (4) as well as Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (5).
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 builds on the experience with Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC and incorporates the criteria for classification and labelling of substances and mixtures provided for by the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) which has been adopted at the international level, within the structure of the United Nations.
(3) Certain provisions on classification and labelling laid down in Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC also serve for the purpose of application of other Community legislation, such as Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents (6).
(4) An analysis of the potential effects of replacing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC and the introduction of the GHS criteria led to the conclusion that by adapting the references to those Directives in Regulation (EC) No 648/2004, the scope of that act should be maintained.
(5) The transition from the criteria for classification contained in Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC should be fully completed on 1 June 2015. Manufacturers of detergents are manufacturers, importers or downstream users within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and should therefore be given the possibility under this Regulation to adjust to that transition within a similar timeframe to that provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 should be amended accordingly,
Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 648/2004
Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the word ‘preparation’ or ‘preparations’ within the meaning of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), in its version of 30 December 2006, shall be replaced by ‘mixture’ or ‘mixtures’ respectively throughout the text;
2. in paragraph 1 of Article 9, the introductory phrase shall be replaced by the following:
3. Article 11(1) shall be replaced by the following:
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Points 2 and 3 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 June 2015.
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32002R1917 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2002 of 25 October 2002 opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of export licences for fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2002
of 25 October 2002
opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of export licences for 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 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 545/2002(2), and in particular Article 35(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(4), lays down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit and vegetables.
(2) Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, provides that, to the extent necessary for economically significant quantities of the products listed in that Article to be exported, the difference between the international market prices for those products and their prices in the Community may be covered by export refunds.
(3) Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing situation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on the Community market and supplies available on the one hand, and prices on the international market on the other hand. Account must also be taken of the costs referred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regulation and of the economic aspect of the exports planned.
(4) Pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, refunds are to be set with due regard to the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(5) In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be established in the light of the most favourable prices from the export standpoint. International trade prices are to be established in the light of the prices referred to in the second subparagraph of that paragraph.
(6) The international trade situation or the special requirements of certain markets may call for the refund on a given product to vary according to its destination.
(7) Tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes and apples and of classes Extra, I and II of the common trading standards can currently be exported in economically significant quantities.
(8) The application of the abovementioned rules to the present and forecast market situation, and in particular to fruit and vegetable prices in the Community and international trade, gives the refund rates set out in the Annex hereto.
(9) Pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the resources available should be used as efficiently as possible while avoiding discrimination between traders. Therefore, care should be taken not to disturb the trade flows previously induced by the refund arrangements. For those reasons and because of the seasonal nature of exports of fruit and vegetables, quotas should be fixed for each product.
(10) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/2002(6), establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds.
(11) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1291/2000(7), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001(8), lays down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products.
(12) Owing to the market situation, in order to make the most efficient use of the resources available and given the structure of Community exports, the most appropriate method should be selected for export refunds on certain products and certain destinations and consequently refunds under the A1, A2 and A3 licence arrangements referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 should not be fixed simultaneously for the export period in question.
(13) The quantities laid down for the various products should be distributed in accordance with the different systems for the grant of the refund, taking account in particular of their perishability.
(14) It should be specified that Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001, and in particular Articles 4 and 5 thereof, are to apply to this invitation to tender.
(15) The Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
1. The tender submission period, the indicative refund amounts and the scheduled quantities for A3 export licences for fruit and vegetables shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
2. Quantities covered by licences issued for food aid as referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not count against the eligible quantities covered by the Annex.
3. Without prejudice to the application of Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001, the term of validity of A3 licences shall be two months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 November 2002.
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31976D0482 | 76/482/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 April 1976 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the United Kingdom pursuant to Directive 72/159/EEC (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 April 1976 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the United Kingdom pursuant to Directive 72/159/EEC (Only the English text is authentic) (76/482/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/159/EEC on the modernization of farms (1), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 14 January 1976 the Government of the United Kingdom notified certain provisions redetermining for 1976 the comparable earned income and indicating its rate of growth;
Whereas Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC requires the Commission to determine whether, having regard to the abovementioned provisions, the existing provisions for the implementation in the United Kingdom of Directive 72/159/EEC, which form the subject of Commission Decisions 75/5/EEC of 27 November 1974 (2) and 75/434/EEC of 8 July 1975 (3) on the reform of agricultural structures in the United Kingdom pursuant to Directive 72/159/EEC, continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the comparable income for 1976 and its rate of increase as indicated in the abovementioned provisions correspond to the objectives of Article 4 of Directive 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures,
The provisions for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC, as notified by the Government of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1974, as now applicable in the light of the provisions notified on 14 January 1976 specifying the comparable income for 1976 and indicating its rate of growth, continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0036 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013 of 18 January 2013 opening a standing invitation to tender for the 2012/2013 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN codes 17011410 and 17019910 at a reduced customs duty
| 19.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 16/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 36/2013
of 18 January 2013
opening a standing invitation to tender for the 2012/2013 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10 at a reduced customs duty
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 Articles 186, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) During the 2011/2012 sugar marketing year, the Union average bulk white sugar ex-factory price reached a level of 175 % of the reference price of EUR 404/tonne and was approximately EUR 275/tonne higher than the world market price. The Union price is now stable at a level of around EUR 700/tonne, which is the highest level reached since the reform of the sugar market organisation and disturbs the optimal fluidity of the sugar supply on the Union market. The expected increase of this already high price level during the 2012/2013 marketing year substantiates the risk of serious market disturbances which should be prevented by the necessary measures.
(2) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 measures may be taken with a view to tackle the risk of market disturbances, in particular due to continued high prices, provided that this objective cannot be reached by means of other measures available under that Regulation. However, given the current market circumstances, Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 does not provide for any specific measures aimed at reducing the tightness on the sugar market and allowing sugar supply at reasonable prices other than those based on Article 186 of that Regulation.
(3) Based on the estimated supply and demand for 2012/2013, the ending stocks for the sugar market are expected to be lower by at least 0.5 million tonne than in 2011/2012. This figure already takes into account the imports from third countries benefiting from certain preferential agreements.
(4) In order to improve the supply situation on the Union sugar market, it is necessary to make imports easier through the reduction of the import duty for certain quantities of sugar of CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10 at a reduced customs duty. The quantity and the reduction of the duty should be assessed in the light of the current state and foreseeable development of the Union sugar market. The quantity and reduction should therefore be based on a tendering system.
(5) The minimum eligibility requirements to tender should be specified.
(6) A security should be lodged for each tender. That security should become the security for the import licence application in the case of a successful tender and be released when a tender is unsuccessful.
(7) The competent authorities of the Member States should notify the Commission of the admissible tenders. In order to simplify and standardise those notifications, models should be made available.
(8) For each partial invitation to tender, provision should be made for the Commission to fix a minimum customs duty and, if appropriate, an allocation coefficient in order to reduce the quantities accepted, or to decide not to fix a minimum customs duty.
(9) Member States should inform the tenderers of the result of their participation in the partial invitation to tender within a short period.
(10) The competent authorities should notify the Commission of the quantities for which import licenses have been issued. For this purpose, models should be made available by the Commission.
(11) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
A tendering procedure is opened for the 2012/2013 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10 at a reduced customs duty, bearing reference number 09.4312.
That customs duty shall replace the common customs tariff duty and the additional duties referred to in Article 141 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 (2).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 (3) shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
1. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender shall end on 23 January 2013 at 12 noon, Brussels time.
2. The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response to the second and subsequent partial invitations shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period. They shall end at 12 noon, Brussels time, on 27 February 2013, 15 May 2013 and 12 June 2013.
3. The Commission may suspend the submission of tenders for one or several partial invitations to tender.
1. Tenders shall be lodged by operators established in the Union. They shall be lodged to the competent authority in the Member State in which an operator is registered for VAT purposes.
2. Tenders shall be lodged by means of the application form for an import licence that is provided in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 376/2008.
3. The application form may be lodged by electronic means, using the method made available to the operators by the Member State concerned. The competent authorities of the Member States may require that electronic tenders be accompanied by an advance electronic signature within the meaning of Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4).
4. Tenders shall be admissible only if the following conditions are met:
(a) tenders shall indicate:
(i) in box 4, the name, address and VAT number of the tenderer;
(ii) in box 17 and 18, the quantity of sugar tendered, which shall be at least 20 tonnes and shall not exceed 45 000 tonnes, rounded with no decimal places;
(iii) in box 20, the proposed amount of the customs duty, in euro per tonne of sugar, rounded to no more than two decimal places;
(iv) in box 16, the eight digit CN code of the sugar;
(b) proof is furnished, before the expiry of the time-limit for the submission of tenders, that the tenderer has lodged the security referred to in Article 4(1);
(c) the tender is presented in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State in which the tender is lodged;
(d) the tender indicates a reference to this Regulation and the expiry date for the submission of the tenders;
(e) the tender does not include any additional conditions introduced by the tenderer other than those laid down in this Regulation.
5. A tender which is not submitted in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be admissible.
6. Applicants shall not submit more than one tender per eight digit CN code for the same partial invitation to tender.
7. A tender may not be withdrawn or amended after its submission.
1. In accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2012 (5) each tenderer shall lodge a security of EUR 150 per tonne of sugar to be imported under this Regulation.
2. Where a tender is successful, that security shall become the security for the import licence.
3. The security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released in case of unsuccessful tenderers.
1. The competent authorities of the Member States shall decide on the validity of tenders on the basis of the conditions set out in Article 3.
2. Persons authorised to receive and examine the tenders shall be under an obligation not to disclose any particulars relating thereto to any unauthorised person.
3. Where the competent authorities of the Member States decide that a tender is invalid they shall inform the tenderer.
4. The competent authority concerned shall notify the Commission, by fax, of the admissible tenders submitted within two hours after the expiry of the time-limit for the submissions laid down in Article 2(1) and (2). That notification shall not contain the data referred to in Article 3(4)(a)(i).
5. The form and content of the notifications shall be defined on the basis of models made available by the Commission to the Member States. When no tenders are submitted, the competent authority shall notify the Commission thereof by fax within the same time-limit.
In the light of the current state and foreseeable development of the Union sugar market, the Commission shall, for each partial invitation to tender and for each eight digit CN code, either fix a minimum customs duty or decide not to fix a minimum customs duty by adopting an Implementing Regulation in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
With that Implementing Regulation, the Commission shall also fix, where necessary, an allocation coefficient applicable to the tenders which have been introduced at the level of the minimum customs duty. In this case, the security referred to in Article 4 shall be released in proportion to the quantities allocated.
1. Where no minimum customs duty has been fixed all tenders shall be rejected.
2. The competent authority concerned shall notify applicants within three working days after the day of publication of the Implementing Regulation referred in Article 6 of the result of their participation in the partial invitation to tender.
1. No later than the last working day of the week following the week during which the Implementing Regulation referred in Article 6 was published, the competent authority shall issue an import licence to any tenderer whose tender quotes a customs duty for the eight digit CN code equal to or exceeding the minimum customs duty fixed for that eight digit CN code by the Commission. The quantities awarded shall take account of the allocation coefficient fixed by the Commission in accordance with Article 6.
The competent authorities of the Member States shall not issue licences for tenders that have not been notified as provided for in Article 5(4).
2. Import licences shall contain the following entries:
(a) in box 16, the eight digit CN code of the sugar;
(b) in boxes 17 and 18, the quantity of sugar awarded;
(c) in box 20 at least one of the entries listed in Part A of the Annex;
(d) in box 24 the customs duty applicable using one of the entries listed in Part B of the Annex.
3. By way of derogation from Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the rights deriving from the import licence shall not be transferable.
4. The first sentence of the first subparagraph and the second subparagraph of Article 153(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall apply.
Import licences issued in connection with a partial invitation to tender shall be valid from the day of issue until the end of the third month following the month in which the Implementing Regulation on partial invitation referred in Article 6 is published.
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No later than the last working day of the second week following the week during which the Implementing Regulation referred in Article 6 is published the competent authorities shall notify the Commission of the quantities for which import licences have been issued under this Regulation. The notification shall be transmitted electronically in accordance with models and methods made available to the Member States by the Commission.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall expire on 30 September 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
31984D0398 | 84/398/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 July 1984 on the approval of the special programme for the region of Marche concerning the development of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 July 1984
on the approval of the special programme for the region of Marche concerning the development of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(84/398/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 of 30 June 1981 establishing a common measure for the adaptation and modernization of the structure of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat in Italy (1), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 19 March 1984 the Italian Government forwarded the special programme for the region of Marche concerning the development of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat and on 28 May 1984 supplied additional information;
Whereas the said programme includes the indications and measures provided for in Article 5 of the Regulation showing that the objectives of the said Regulation can be attained and that the conditions of this Regulation are fulfilled;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The specific programme forwarded by the Italian Government on 19 March 1984 as amplified by information supplied on 28 May 1984, for the region of Marche concerning the development of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993D0158 | 93/158/EEC: Council Decision of 26 October 1992 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Comunity and the United States of America concerning the application of the Community third country Directive, Council Directive 72/462/EEC, and the corresponding United States of America regulatory requirements with respect to trade in fresh bovine and porcine meat
| 19.3.1993 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 68/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 October 1992
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the United States of America concerning the application of the Community third country Directive, Council Directive 72/462/EEC, and the corresponding United States of America regulatory requirements with respect to trade in fresh bovine and porcine meat
(93/158/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 Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and ovine and caprine animals and fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), hereafter referred to as ‘the Community third country Directive’,
Having regard to Commission Decision 87/257/EEC of 28 April 1987 on the list of establishments in the United States of America approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community (2),
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas, under an exchange of letters signed on 7 May 1991, as referred to in Article 2 (2) of Decision 91/552/EEC, the Commission and the Government of the United States of America commenced a comparative examination of the Community third country Directive and corresponding United States of America regulatory requirements with respect to trade in fresh bovine and porcine meat, with the objective of determining whether Community and United States of America requirements are equivalent;
Whereas, this comparative examination has been completed and has shown that the regulatory requirements of the Community and the United States of America basically provide equivalent safeguards against public health risks;
Whereas, to ensure recognition of equivalency, it is desirable to establish an agreed process for the application of the regulatory requirements of both the Community and the United States of America in order to safeguard and facilitate future trade in fresh bovine and porcine meat; whereas an Agreement has been reached to that end;
Whereas, in the context of the establishment of such a process, the Commission will submit appropriate proposals to the Council on the Community third country Directive;
Whereas, in the intervening period between conclusion of the Agreement and full implementation of the measures contained therein, interim measures are required to allow for the approval of additional establishments in the United States of America for the purpose of importing fresh bovine and porcine meat into the Community;
Whereas the Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the application of the Community third country Directive, Council Directive 72/462/EEC and the corresponding United States of America regulatory requirements with respect to trade in fresh bovine and porcine meat is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0063 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 63/2010 of 21 January 2010 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
| 22.1.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 17/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 63/2010
of 21 January 2010
fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
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 (1), and in particular Article 164(2), last subparagraph, and Article 170 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 XX of Annex I to that Regulation and prices in the Community for those products may be covered by an export refund.
(2) In view of the current situation on the market in poultrymeat, export refunds should be fixed in accordance with the rules and criteria provided for in Articles 162 to 164, 167, 169 and 170 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 in the Community and bear the identification mark provided for in Article 5(1)(b) 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 (2). Those products should also comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (3).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
1. The products on which the export refunds provided for in Article 164 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 may be paid, subject to the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article, and the amounts of those refunds are specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The products on which a refund may be paid under paragraph 1 shall meet the requirements under Regulations (EC) Nos 852/2004 and 853/2004 and, in particular, shall be prepared in an approved establishment and comply with the identification marking conditions laid down in Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
32001D0341 | 2001/341/EC: Commission Decision of 19 April 2001 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological hazards) (notified under document number C(2001) 1091)
| Commission Decision
of 19 April 2001
on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological hazards)
(notified under document number C(2001) 1091)
(Only the Spanish, German, English, French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(2001/341/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), as last amended by Decision 2001/12/EC(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Community financial aid should be granted to the Community reference laboratories designated by the Community to assist them in carrying out the functions and duties laid down by the following Directives and Decisions:
- Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products(3), as last amended by Directive 96/23/EC(4),
- Council Directive 92/117/EEC of 17 December 1992 concerning measures for protection against certain zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxications(5), as last amended by Directive 1999/72/EC(6),
- Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins(7), as last amended by Decision 1999/312/EC(8),
- Council Decision 1999/313/EC of 29 April 1999 on reference laboratories for monitoring bacteriological and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs(9).
(2) The work programmes and corresponding budget estimates submitted by the Community reference laboratories for 2001 have been assessed by the Commission.
(3) Community assistance must be conditional on those functions and duties being carried out by the laboratory concerned.
(4) For budgetary reasons, Community assistance is granted for a period of one year.
(5) Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 2000/692/EC of 25 October 2000 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological hazards)(10), sets the financial assistance to France for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Laboratoire de l'Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products at a maximum of EUR 95000 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000. Article 1(3) of the same Decision provides that, depending on the results of an appraisal then under way, that amount may be revised. The results of this appraisal were favourable and the amount of financial aid for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000 must be brought into line with the laboratory's expenditure during that period.
(6) As provided for in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, the veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with Community rules are financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 apply.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The Community hereby grants additional financial assistance to France for the functions and duties which had to be carried out in the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000 by the Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur l'Hygiène et la Qualité des Aliments, of the Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (formerly the Laboratoire Central d'Hygiène Alimentaire), Maisons-Alfort, France, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products referred to in Chapter II of Annex D to Directive 92/46/EEC.
2. The Community hereby grants financial assistance to France for the functions and duties to be carried out in the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001 by the Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur l'Hygiène et la Qualité des Aliments, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products referred to in Chapter II of Annex D to Directive 92/46/EEC.
3. The financial assistance is hereby set at EUR 20000 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000 (additional financial assistance) and at a maximum of EUR 135000 for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001.
1. The Community hereby grants financial assistance to Germany for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin (formerly the Institut für Veterinärmedizin), Berlin, Germany, for the epidemiology of zoonoses referred to in Chapter 2 of Annex IV to Directive 92/117/EEC.
2. The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at EUR 140000 for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001.
1. The Community hereby grants financial assistance to the Netherlands for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Bilthoven, Netherlands, in respect of salmonella referred to in Chapter 2 of Annex IV to Directive 92/117/EEC.
2. The Community's financial assistance is hereby set a maximum of EUR 135000 for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001.
1. The Community hereby grants financial assistance to Spain for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Laboratorio de biotoxinas marinas del Área de Sanidad, Vigo, Spain, for the control of marine biotoxins referred to in Article 5 of Decision 93/383/EEC.
2. The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at EUR 140000 for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001.
1. The Community hereby grants financial assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried out by the laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth, United Kingdom, for the monitoring of bacteriological and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs referred to in Article 4 of Decision 1999/313/EC.
2. The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 95000 for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001.
The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:
(a) an advance of 70 % of the amount of the assistance may be paid on application by the recipient Member States;
(b) the balance shall be paid on presentation by the recipient Member State of supporting documents and a technical report, which must be supplied no later than three months after the end of the period for which financial assistance has been granted.
The financial assistance is granted on condition that the work programme submitted by the Community reference laboratory for the period concerned is actually carried out.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988R2866 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2866/88 of 15 September 1988 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on gelatines and derivatives thereof, falling within CN code 3503 00 10 and ceramic tableware falling within CN code 6912 00 50, originating in Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2866/88
of 15 September 1988
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on gelatines and derivatives thereof, falling within CN code 3503 00 10 and ceramic tableware falling within CN code 6912 00 50, originating in Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 of 17 November 1987 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1988 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories 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 14 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 territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of gelatines and derivatives thereof falling within CN code 3503 00 10 and ceramic tableware falling within CN code 6912 00 50 the individual ceiling was fixed at 660 000 and 800 000 ECU respectively; whereas, on 5 September 1988 imports of these products into the Community originating in Brazil 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 Brazil,
A from 20 September 1988, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Brazil:
1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // // // // 10.0430 // 3503 00 10 // Gelatines and their derivatives thereof // 10.0740 // 6912 00 50 // Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles of earthenware or fine pottery // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001R0650 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/2001 of 30 March 2001 redistributing unused portions of the 2000 quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/2001
of 30 March 2001
redistributing unused portions of the 2000 quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 138/96(2), and in particular Article 2(5) and Articles 14 and 24 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 3420/83(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) 1138/98(4), introduced annual quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China listed in Annex II to that Regulation. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 are applicable to those quotas.
(2) The Commission accordingly adopted Regulation (EC) No 738/94(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 983/96(6), laying down general rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 520/94. These provisions apply to the administration of the above quotas subject to the provisions of this Regulation.
(3) In accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94, the competent authorities of the Member States notified the Commission of the quantities of quotas assigned in 2000 and not used.
(4) The unused quantities could not be redistributed in time to be used before the end of the 2000 quota year.
(5) Examination of the data received for each of the products in question indicates that the quantities not used in the 2000 quota year should be redistributed in 2001, up to a limit of the amounts set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
(6) The different administrative methods provided for by Regulation (EC) No 520/94 have been considered, and the method based on traditional trade flows should be adopted. Under this method quota tranches are divided into two portions, one of which is reserved for traditional importers and the other for other applicants.
(7) This has proved to be the best way of ensuring the continuity of business for the Community importers concerned and avoiding any disturbance of trade flows.
(8) Quantities redistributed under this Regulation should be divided using the same criteria as for the allocation of the 2001 quotas.
(9) The reference period used for the appointment of the 2001 quotas, consisting of either the year 1998 or 1999, should again be applied to the allocation of the share set aside for traditional importers, since it continues to reflect the normal trend of trade flows for the products in question. Therefore, traditional importers must prove that they imported products originating in China subject to the relevant quotas in the course of either 1998 or 1999.
(10) It is necessary to simplify the formalities to be fulfilled by traditional importers who already hold import licences issued when the 2001 Community quotas were allocated. The competent administrative authorities already possess the requisite evidence of either 1998 or 1999 imports for all traditional importers. The latter need therefore only enclose a copy of their previous licences with their new licence applications.
(11) Measures should be taken to provide the best conditions for the allocation of that portion of the quota reserved for non-traditional importers with a view to optimum use of quotas. To this end, it is appropriate to provide for that portion to be allocated in proportion to the quantities requested, on the basis of a simultaneous examination of import licence applications actually lodged, and grant access only to importers who can prove that they obtained and made use of at least 80 % of a an import licence for the product in question during the 2000 quota year. The amount that any non-traditional importer may request should also be restricted to a set volume or value.
(12) For the purposes of quota allocation, a time limit must be set for the submission of licence applications by traditional and other importers.
(13) With a view to optimum use of quotas, licence applications for imports of footwear under quotas which refer to several CN codes must specify the quantities required for each code.
(14) The Member States must inform the Commission of the import licence applications received, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94. The information about traditional importers' previous imports must be expressed in the same units as the quota in question.
(15) In the light of the experience gained in the management of the quotas, in order to facilitate import administration formalities to economic operators and in view of the fact that unused quantities may not be carried over to the following year more than once, thus the risk of excessive accumulation of imports appears to be limited, it is deemed appropriate, without prejudice to the results of a further analysis which may appear to be warranted in this respect in the future, to set the expiry date of the redistribution import liences on 31 December 2001.
(16) These measures are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Administration of Quotas set up under Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94,
This Regulation lays down specific provisions for the redistribution in 2001 of portions of the quantitative quotas referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 519/94 which were not used in the 2000 quota year.
The quantities not used in the 2000 quota year shall be redistributed up to the limit of the volumes or values set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Regulation (EC) No 738/94 laying down general rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall apply, subject to the specific provisions of this Regulation.
1. The quantitative quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated using the method base on traditional trade flows, referred to in Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 520/94.
2. The portions of each quantitative quota set aside for traditional importers and other importers are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. The portion set aside for non-traditional importers shall be apportioned using the method based on allocation in proportion to quantities requested; the volume requested by a single importer may not exceed that shown in Annex III. Only importers who can prove that they imported at least 80 % of the volume of the product for which they were granted an import licence pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) 2201/1999(7) shall be entitled to apply for import licences.
Applications for import licences shall be lodged with the competent authorities listed in Annex IV to this Regulation from the day following the day of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities until 3 p.m., Brussels time, on 8 April 2001.
1. For the purposes of allocating the portion of each quota set aside for traditional importers, "traditional" importers shall mean importers who can show that they have imported goods in either the calendar year 1998 or 1999.
2. The evidence referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall relate to the release into free circulation during either calendar year 1998 or 1999, as indicated by the importer, of products originating in the People's Republic of China which are covered by the quota in respect of which the application is made.
3. Instead of the evidence referred to in the first indent of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94:
- applicants may enclose with their licence applications documents drawn up and certified by the competent national authorities on the basis of available customs information as evidence of the imports of the product in question during the calendar year 1998 or 1999 carried out by themselves or, where applicable, by the operator whose activities they have taken over,
- applicants already holding import licences issued for 2001 under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2339/200(8), for products covered by the licence application may enclose a copy of their previous licences with their licence applications. In that case they shall indicate in their licence application the aggregate quantity of imports of the product in question during the chosen reference period.
Member States shall inform the Commission no later than 12 May 2001 at 10 a. m., Brussels time, of the number and aggregate quantity of import licence applications and, in the case of applications from traditional importers, of the volume of previous imports carried out by traditional importers during the chosen reference period referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
No later than 20 days after having received all the information required under Article 5, the Commission shall adopt the quantitative criteria to be used by the competent national authorities for the purpose of meeting importers' applications.
Import licences shall be valid up to 31 December 2001. The validity shall not be extendable.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001R2397 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2397/2001 of 7 December 2001 concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled round grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2397/2001
of 7 December 2001
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled round grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 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 submitted from 30 November to 6 December 2001 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled round grain A rice to certain third countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December 2001.
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31982D0291 | 82/291/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 April 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Quanta Ray - Nd: YAG Laboratory Laser System, model DCR-1A, with Pulsed Dye Laser, model PDL-1', may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 April 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Quanta Ray - Nd: YAG Laboratory Laser System, model DCR-1A, with Pulsed Dye Laser, model PDL-1', may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/291/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 5 October 1981, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Quanta Ray - Nd: YAG Laboratory Laser System, model DCR-1A, with Pulsed Dye Laser, model PDL-1', to be used in the fringe areas of atomic and molecular spectroscopy, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met, on 22 March 1982, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a laser;
Whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the spectrum of the emissions and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'YG 482', manufactured by Quantel, 17, avenue de l'Atlantique, F-91941 Les-Ulis-Orsay Cedex,
The apparatus described as 'Quanta Ray - Nd: YAG Laboratory Laser System, model DCR-1A, with Pulsed Dye Laser, model PDL-1', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 5 October 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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31996D0004 | 96/4/EC: Commission Decision of 13 December 1995 authorizing a method for grading pig carcases in Austria (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 13 December 1995 authorizing a method for grading pig carcases in Austria (Only the German text is authentic) (96/4/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 149 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 provides that the grading of pig carcases must be determined by estimating the content of lean meat in accordance with statistically proven assessment methods based on the physical measurement of one or more anatomical parts of the pig carcase; whereas the authorization of grading methods is subject to compliance with a maximum tolerance for statistical error in assessment; whereas this tolerance has been defined in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 of 24 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3127/94 (4);
Whereas the Austrian Government has requested the Commission to authorize the use of a single method of grading pig carcases on its territory and has submitted for this purpose the information required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 before its amendment by Regulation (EC) No 3127/94; whereas the authorization of that method of grading as a transitional method applicable until 31 December 1997 is justified for the purposes of facilitating the transition from Austria's current grading system to the Community system;
Whereas no modification of the grading method may be authorized except by means of a Commission decision adopted in the light of experience gained; whereas, for this reason, the present authorization may be revoked;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 lays down that Member States may be authorized to provide for a presentation of pig carcases different from the standard presentation defined in the same Article where commercial practice or technical requirements warrant this;
Whereas in Austria the technical requirements relating to the use of the grading method and, consequently, commercial practice, necessitate the attachment of the flare fat, kidneys and diaphragm to the carcase; whereas this should be taken into account in adjusting the weight recorded to the weight for standard presentation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Use of the assessment method known as the 'Zwei-Punkte-Meßverfahren (ZP)`, details of which are given in the Annex hereto, is hereby authorized as the only method for the grading of pig carcases in Austria in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84.
No modification of the assessment method (site of measurement or formula) shall be authorized.
Notwithstanding the standard presentation referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, the pig carcases can be presented with the flare fat, kidneys, and diaphragm when being weighed and graded. In order to establish quotations for pig carcases on a comparable basis, the recorded hot weight shall be decreased by 2,3 %.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria.
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32000R0532 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 532/2000 of 10 March 2000 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 658/96 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 532/2000
of 10 March 2000
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 658/96 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1624/98(2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/1999(4), establishes the rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 as regards the conditions for granting compensatory payments for certain arable crops. Article 3(1)(c) stipulates that the arable crop must be maintained in normal growth conditions until at least the beginning of the flowering period.
(2) During May 1999 certain Community regions were hit by flooding thus preventing them from complying with the above condition.
(3) Since non-compliance with the condition was due to circumstances beyond the control of those concerned, it would not be appropriate to refuse to grant compensatory payments for the flooded land. It is therefore necessary to derogate from Regulation (EC) No 658/96 under certain conditions.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Meeting of Management Committees for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,
For the 1999/2000 marketing year and by derogation from Article 3(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 658/96, land sown to arable crops and declared flooded in the regions listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall remain eligible for the compensatory payments laid down for non-irrigated crops provided that that land remained unused during the normal flowering period of the damaged crop.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to compensatory payments for the 1999/2000 marketing year.
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31983D0409 | 83/409/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Bomem - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer, model DA 3-02' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 July 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Bomem - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer, model DA 3-02' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/409/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 1 February 1983, France has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Bomem - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer, model DA 3-02', ordered in April 1982 and intended to be used for research on the dynamics of the hydrogen bond and in particular for the study of the form taken by the lines of the very intense hydrogen elongation bands in these bonds in the gaseous, liquid and crystalline phases, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 22 June 1983 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrometer; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the response of the spectrum and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as 'Bomem - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer, model DA 3-02' which is the subject of an application by France of 1 February 1983 may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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32005R0194 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 194/2005 of 3 February 2005 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
| 4.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 31/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 194/2005
of 3 February 2005
fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products in the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2).
(3) As far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of cereals required for their manufacture. These quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying the detailed rules set out above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, excluding malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February 2005.
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32012R0354 | Council Regulation (EU) No 354/2012 of 23 April 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus
| 25.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 113/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 354/2012
of 23 April 2012
amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2012/212/CFSP of 23 April 2012 amending Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (1),
Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 (2) provides for a freezing of the assets of President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus as well as persons responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and persons and entities benefiting from or supporting the Lukashenko regime.
(2) By Decision 2012/212/CFSP, the Council has decided that a derogation from the asset freeze should be provided, in order to ensure that funds or economic resources can be made available for the official purposes of diplomatic missions or consular posts or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.
(3) This measure falls within the scope of the Treaty and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to give effect to it, in particular with a view to ensuring its uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
In Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, the following Article is inserted:
"Article 4b
By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities in the Member States, as indicated in the websites listed in Annex II, may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, after having determined that the funds or economic resources are necessary for official purposes of diplomatic missions or consular posts or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.".
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31995R0540 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/95 of 10 March 1995 laying down the arrangements for reporting suspected unexpected adverse reactions which are not serious, whether arising in the Community or in a third country, to medicinal products for human or veterinary use authorized in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 540/95 of 10 March 1995 laying down the arrangements for reporting suspected unexpected adverse reactions which are not serious, whether arising in the Community or in a third country, to medicinal products for human or veterinary use authorized in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 of 22 July 1993 laying down Community procedures for the authorization and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (1), and in particular Articles 22 (1) third paragraph and 44 (1) third paragraph thereof,
Whereas a number of adverse reactions not described in the summary of products characteristics of the medicinal product may occur and be identified at any time of marketing of a medicinal product;
Whereas Articles 22 (1) and 44 (1) have already provided for reporting of suspected serious adverse reactions to medicinal products for human use and to veterinary medicinal products respectively;
Whereas innovative medicinal products deserve a close pharmacovigilance supervision in the interest of human and animal health, including unexpected, non-serious, suspected adverse reactions, whether arising in the Community or in a third country and reported to the holders of marketing authorizations by health professionals and also, in the veterinary sector, by other appropriate persons;
Whereas holders of marketing authorizations should where necessary apply for a variation to the marketing authorization when it is confirmed that suspected unexpected adverse reactions not classified as serious are due to the medicinal product in question;
Whereas the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (hereinafter referred to as 'the Agency') should be responsible for coordinating the activities of the Member States in the field of monitoring of adverse reactions to medicinal products (pharmacovigilance);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committees on Human and Veterinary Medicinal Products,
The person responsible for placing the medicinal product on the market shall ensure that suspected unexpected adverse reactions to a medicinal product authorized in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93, which are not classified as serious, arising in the Community or in a third country, are reported to the competent authorities of all Member States and to the Agency.
Unless other requirements have been laid down as a condition of granting the marketing authorization by the Community, suspected unexpected adverse reactions which are not serious shall be reported by the holder of the marketing authorization in a distinct and clearly identified section of the periodical reports referred to in Articles 22 (2) and 44 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 ('safety updates'). These safety updates shall consist of a line listing of individual case reports accompanied by an overall scientific evaluation including a narrative review of the nature and other relevant characteristics of reactions, with special attention to any change in frequency.
Data should to be incorporated into the relevant safety update until the end of each period referred to in Articles 22 (2) and 44 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 ('data lock-point'). Safety updates shall be submitted to the competent authorities not later than 60 days after each data-lock point.
Unexpected, non-serious, suspected adverse reactions which, according to the assessment carried out by the holder of the marketing authorization, can be attributed to the medicinal product and requiring a change to the summary of products characteristics referred to in Article 4 (9) second paragraph of Council Directive 65/65/EEC (2), as last amended by Directive 93/39/EEC (3), and in Article 5 (9) second paragraph of Council Directive 81/851/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 93/40/EEC, shall be dealt with in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 542/95 of 10 March 1995, as last amended by Directive 93/40/EEC (5), concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing authorization falling within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 (6), and with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 541/95 of 10 March 1995 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing authorization granted by a competent authority of a Member State (7).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32007R0759 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 759/2007 of 29 June 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota of sausages originating in Iceland
| 30.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 172/48
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 759/2007
of 29 June 2007
opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota of sausages originating in Iceland
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), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (2), as approved by Council Decision 2007/138/EC (3), provides for the opening by the Community of an annual tariff quota of 100 tons of sausages originating in Iceland.
(2) The Agreement specifies that the tariff quota is to apply annually and imports should therefore be managed on a calendar-year basis. However, as the Agreement is applicable as from 1 March 2007, the annual quantity for 2007 should be adjusted accordingly.
(3) The Agreement specifies that the opening of the tariff quota is to be made as from 1 July, on the basis of nine months for 2007. This Regulation should therefore apply as from 1 July 2007.
(4) The tariff quota should be managed on a first-come, first-served basis. This should be done in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (4).
(5) Given that the quota under this Regulation does not present a risk of market disturbance, it should be regarded initially as non-critical within the meaning of Article 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. Therefore, customs authorities should be authorised to waive the requirement for security in respect of goods initially imported under those quotas in accordance with Articles 308c(1) and 248(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 and Article 308c(2) and (3) of that Regulation should not apply.
(6) It should be clarified which kind of proof certifying the origin of products has to be provided by operators in order to benefit from the tariff quota under the first-come, first served system.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
1. A Community tariff quota for sausages falling within CN code 1601 originating in Iceland (hereinafter the tariff quota), as set out in the Agreement between the Community and Iceland as approved by Decision 2007/138/EC, is hereby opened.
The tariff quota shall be opened annually for the period from 1 January to 31 December.
The order number of the tariff quota shall be 09.0809.
2. The annual quantity, expressed in net weight, of sausages imported under the tariff quota, as well as the customs duty applicable are laid down in the Annex.
For the year 2007, the quantity available shall be 75 tonnes.
The tariff quota shall be managed in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. Article 308c(2) and (3) of that Regulation shall not apply.
In order to benefit from the tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 and managed in accordance with Article 2, a valid proof of origin issued by the competent authorities of Iceland shall be presented to the Community customs authorities following the rules complying with all provisions by Articles 55 to 65 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 1 July 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31991R2743 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2743/91 of 18 September 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 on the definition of the concept of originating products for the purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2743/91 of 18 September 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 on the definition of the concept of originating products for the purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20 December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (4), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3835/90 of 20 December 1990 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3831/90, (EEC) No 3832/90 and (EEC) No 3833/90 in respect of the system of generalized tariff preferences applied to certain products originating in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (5),
Whereas Decision 90/672/ECSC of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain steel products originating in developing countries (6), as amended by Council Decision 90/673/ECSC (7), provides that the concept of originating products is to be defined under the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 concerning the common definition of the origin of goods (8); whereas the rules to be applied for this purpose should be the same as those laid down for other products;
Whereas the rules of origin contained in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 (9) are based on the use of the harmonized system (hereinafter referred to as the HS) which replaced the Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature as from 1 January 1988;
Whereas no rule is given in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 for HS heading No ex 1505; whereas this does not correspond to the substance of the rule which previously applied to the corresponding heading of the CCC Nomenclature; whereas it is therefore appropriate to restore the substance of the rule of origin as it was before 1 January 1988;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Origin,
In Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 the following origin rule is introduced:
HS heading
No Description of product Working or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status (1) (2) (3) 'ex 1505 Refined lanolin Manufacture from crude wool grease'
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 1 January 1988. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32003R0567 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 567/2003 of 28 March 2003 correcting the Danish, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions of Regulation (EC) No 445/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 567/2003
of 28 March 2003
correcting the Danish, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions of Regulation (EC) No 445/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations(1), and in particular Articles 34, 45 and 50 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The language Danish, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/2002(2) contain a number of errors. Those language versions must therefore be corrected.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
Regulation (EC) No 445/2002 is corrected as follows:
1. concerns only the German version;
2. concerns only the German version;
3. Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:
"2. Article 4(2) shall also apply to investments made by young farmers within five years of setting-up."
4. only concerns the Greek version;
5. only concerns the Danish version;
6. only concerns the Italian version;
7. only concerns the Portuguese version;
8. only concerns the Spanish version;
9. only concerns the German version;
10. only concerns the Spanish version;
11. only concerns the Spanish version;
12. the introductory phrase of Article 52(4) is replaced by the following:
"4. Paying agencies may declare to the EAGGF Guarantee Section the amount corresponding to the Community part-financing."
13. concerns only the Finnish version;
14. concerns only the Spanish version.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 445/2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R1054 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1054/2009 of 5 November 2009 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Černá Hora (PGI))
| 6.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 290/62
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1054/2009
of 5 November 2009
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Černá Hora (PGI))
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 the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) and in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Czech Republic’s application to register the name ‘Černá Hora’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, this name should be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012D0645 | 2012/645/EU: Council Decision of 10 October 2012 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on scientific and technological cooperation
| 18.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 287/3
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 October 2012
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on scientific and technological cooperation
(2012/645/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 186 in conjunction with Article 218(6) and (7) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) On 16 November 2009, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, an Agreement between the European Union and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on scientific and technological cooperation (the ‘Agreement’). It was initialled on 14 October 2010.
(2) The Agreement was signed on 19 March 2012, subject to its conclusion at a later date, and provisionally applied upon its signature pursuant to Article 218(5) of the Treaty.
(3) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Union and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on scientific and technological cooperation is hereby approved on behalf of the Union (1).
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 7(2) of the Agreement (2).
The European Commission shall adopt the position of the Union to be taken within the Joint Committee established by Article 4(2) of the Agreement with regard to technical amendments to that Agreement in accordance with Article 4(2)(a) thereof.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0874 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2008 of 8 September 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 9.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 874/2008
of 8 September 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 9 September 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 |
31985D0150 | 85/150/EEC: Council Decision of 18 February 1985 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden on three concerted action projects in the field of hearing impairment, thrombosis and disabilities, and that of nutrition
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 February 1985
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden on three concerted action projects in the field of hearing impairment, thrombosis and disabilities, and that of nutrition
(85/150/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 82/616/EEC of 17 August 1982 adopting a sectoral research and development programme of the European Economic Community in the field of medical and public health research - concerted action (1982 to 1986) (1), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the draft Decision submitted by the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Decision 82/616/EEC, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with the Kingdom of Sweden with a view to associating it partly with this programme; whereas it is necessary to approve that Agreement,
The Agreement concluded between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden on three concerted action projects in the field of hearing impairment, thrombosis and disabilities, and that of nutrition, 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 auhorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0466 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 466/2013 of 7 May 2013 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Panforte di Siena (PGI))
| 22.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 135/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 466/2013
of 7 May 2013
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Panforte di Siena (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 entered into force on 3 January 2013. It 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) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Panforte di Siena’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(3).
(3) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002D0744 | 2002/744/EC: Commission Decision of 5 September 2002 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating material of ornamental plants under Council Directive 98/56/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3300)
| Commission Decision
of 5 September 2002
setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating material of ornamental plants under Council Directive 98/56/EC
(notified under document number C(2002) 3300)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/744/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 14(2) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 98/56/EC provides for the necessary arrangements to be made by the Commission for Community comparative trials and tests of propagating material.
(2) Adequate representation of the samples included in the trials and tests should be ensured, at least for certain selected plants.
(3) Member States should participate in the Community comparative trials and tests, in so far as seeds of the plants concerned are usually reproduced or marketed in their territories, in order to ensure that proper conclusions may be drawn therefrom.
(4) The technical arrangements for the carrying out of the trials and tests have been made within the Standing Committee for Propagating Materials of Ornamental Plants.
(5) Community comparative trials and tests should be carried out from 2002 to 2005 on propagating material harvested in 2002, and the details of such trials and tests should also be set out.
(6) For Community comparative trials and tests lasting more than one year, the parts of the trials and tests following the first year should be authorised by the Commission without further reference to the Standing Committee on Propagating Material of Ornamental Plants, on condition that the necessary appropriations are available.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Propagating Material of Ornamental Plants,
Community comparative trials and tests shall be carried out from 2002 to 2005 on propagating material of the plants listed in the Annex.
The maximum cost for the trials and tests for 2002 and 2003 shall be as set out in the Annex.
The details of the trials and tests are set out in the Annex.
All Member States shall participate in the Community comparative trials and tests in so far as seeds and propagating material of the plants listed in the Annex are usually reproduced or marketed in their territories.
Subject to budgetary availability, the Commission may decide to continue the trials and tests set out in the Annex in 2004 and 2005.
The maximum cost of a trial or test continued on this basis shall not exceed the amount specified in the Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0177 | 2013/177/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 10 April 2013 amending Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of certain regions of Spain as officially free of brucellosis ( B. melitensis ) and amending Annexes II and III to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of certain regions of Spain as officially brucellosis-free and certain regions of Italy and Poland as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free (notified under document C(2013) 1951) Text with EEA relevance
| 12.4.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 103/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 10 April 2013
amending Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of certain regions of Spain as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and amending Annexes II and III to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of certain regions of Spain as officially brucellosis-free and certain regions of Italy and Poland as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free
(notified under document C(2013) 1951)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/177/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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), and in particular Annex A(II)(7) and Annex D(I)(E) thereto,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (2), and in particular Section II of Chapter 1 of Annex A thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 91/68/EEC defines animal health conditions governing trade in the Union in ovine and caprine animals. It lays down the conditions whereby Member States or regions thereof may be recognised as being officially brucellosis-free.
(2) Commission Decision 93/52/EEC of 21 December 1992 recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease (3) lists, in Annex II thereto, the regions of Member States which are recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance with Directive 91/68/EEC.
(3) Spain has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions laid down in Directive 91/68/EEC to be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) for the Autonomous Community of Asturias, the Autonomous Community of Cantabria, the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon, the Autonomous Community of Galicia, and the Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco.
(4) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Spain, the Autonomous Community of Asturias, the Autonomous Community of Cantabria, the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon, the Autonomous Community of Galicia, and the Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco should be recognised as being officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).
(5) The entry for Spain in Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Directive 64/432/EEC applies to trade within the Union in bovine animals and swine. It lays down the conditions whereby a Member State or region of a Member State may be declared officially tuberculosis-free, officially brucellosis-free and officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free as regards bovine herds.
(7) The Annexes to Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (4) list the Member States and regions thereof which are declared respectively officially tuberculosis-free, officially brucellosis-free and officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.
(8) Spain has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially brucellosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands, the Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco, the Autonomous Community of Murcia, and the Autonomous Community of La Rioja.
(9) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Spain, the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands, the Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco, the Autonomous Community of Murcia, and the Autonomous Community of La Rioja should be declared as officially brucellosis-free regions.
(10) Italy has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for the province of Benevento.
(11) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Italy, the province of Benevento should be declared as an officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free region.
(12) Poland has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for 24 administrative regions (powiaty) within the superior administrative units (voivodship) of pomorskie and wielkopolskie.
(13) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Poland, the regions concerned should be declared as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Poland.
(14) Annexes II and III to Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(15) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.
Annexes II and III to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.
This Decision 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 |
31985R0441 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 441/85 of 18 February 1985 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Tunisia (1985)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 441/85
of 18 February 1985
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Tunisia (1985)
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 Republic of Tunisia (1) was signed on 25 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 Republic of Tunisia concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Tunisia should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Tunisia is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation.
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 Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 |
31994D0763 | 94/763/EC: Council Decision of 21 November 1994 concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in research, technological development and demonstration activities of the European Community
| COUNCIL DECISION of 21 November 1994 concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in research, technological development and demonstration activities of the European Community (94/763/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130j in conjunction with the second paragraph of Article 130o thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189c of the Treaty (3),
Whereas Title XV of the Treaty sets out a coherent framework of provisions for Community actions in the field of research and technological development;
Whereas Article 130f of the Treaty states that the Community shall encourage undertakings, including small and medium-sized undertakings, research centres and universities in their research and technological development activities and shall support their efforts to cooperate with one another;
Whereas Article 130i of the Treaty provides for a multiannual framework programme setting out all the activities of the Community in the field of research, technological development and demonstration (hereinafter referred to as 'RTD');
Whereas the fourth framework programme of the European Community activities in the field of research and technological development and demonstration (1994 to 1998) was adopted by Decision No 1110/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 April 1994 (4);
Whereas this framework programme specifies the conditions for financial participation by the Community in RTD activities implemented by third parties and by the Joint Research Centre (hereinafter referred to as 'the JRC') on the same basis as third parties;
Whereas Article 130j of the Treaty states that for the implementation of the multiannual framework programme the Council shall determine the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities;
Whereas Article 130i of the Treaty states that the framework programme is to be implemented through specific programmes; whereas the specific programmes are to be adopted in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of that Article ;
Whereas Article 130m of the Treaty states that in implementing the multiannual framework programme the Community may make provision for cooperation in Community research, technological development and demonstration with third countries or international organizations; whereas the framework programme for 1994 to 1998 provides for such cooperation; whereas it is necessary to take this into account in establishing the rules for participation of undertakings, research centres and universities;
Whereas the Community financial participation must normally be paid to participants on the basis of the justification of actual costs; whereas other methods, including fixed rates, may be agreed, where appropriate;
Whereas it is necessary that the specific RTD programme should be able to detail, supplement, or subject to conditions or limitations the rules laid down by this Decision as regards the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities to the extent necessary for implementing objectives or measures specific to those programmes;
Whereas RTD activities must be implemented in accordance with the principles of sound financial management and in particular those of economy and cost effectiveness as provided for in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities,
For the implementation of the multiannual framework programme of European Community activities in the field of research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) and its specific programmes, adopted in accordance with Article 130i of the Treaty, the rules set out in the following articles shall apply to the participation of:
(a) natural persons, undertakings, research centres, universities and other forms of legal entities (hereinafter collectively referred to as 'legal entities'); and
(b) the Joint Research Centre (JRC);
in the Community 'indirect action' RTD activities specified in Annex IV, paragraph 1 (a) and the 'competitive support activities' specified in Annex IV paragraph 1 (c) of Decision No 1110/94/EC.
Participation in RTD activities with a financial contribution from the Community shall be open to the Joint Research Centre and to any legal entity established in the Community or in a third country associated with and contributing financially to the implementation of the relevant specific programme through an agreement concluded with the Community in accordance with Article 130m of the Treaty, (hereinafter referred to as 'State associated with the programme') on condition that:
(a) - it carries out, or is about to start carrying out, RTD in the Community or in a State associated with the programme and has the basic resources to enable it to carry out the activity concerned, or
- it is able to contribute to the RTD activity concerned as a potential user of RTD results or it can assist, for the programme relating to activities under paragraph (c) of Article 130g of the Treaty, in the dissemination and optimization of RTD results, including the transfer of RTD results for exploitation, in the Community or a State associated with the programme;
(b) the activities proposed are to be carried out:
- normally by at least two legal entities. Such entities must not be affiliated and must be established in different Member States or in at least one Member State and one State associated with the programme, or
- by at least one legal entity and the JRC.
1. International organizations and legal entities from third countries, other than States associated with the programme, referred to in Article 2, may participate in Community RTD activities on a project by project basis on condition that:
(a) such participation is in the interest of Community policies; and
(b) such participation takes place together with the minimum number of legal entities from the Community and any States associated with the programme as required by Article 2; and
(c) the legal entity concerned is established and carries out RTD activities in:
(i) a European third country; or
(ii) a third country which has concluded a scientific and technical cooperation agreement with the Community covering activities of the relevant programme; or
(iii) a third country covered by an objective of the programme for the promotion of international cooperation in RTD for the activities set out in that programme.
2. Subject to the conditions in paragraph 1 (a) and (b), the participation of legal entities not covered by paragraph 1 (c) may be provided for in the decision adopting the relevant specific programme, where such participation contributes effectively to the implementation of the programme and takes into account the principle of mutual benefit.
3. Unless otherwise provided in the relevant specific programme decision, participation by international organizations and legal entities from third countries under this Article shall not benefit from Community financing under the framework programme.
However, in duly specified cases, the participation of international research organizations situated in Europe may receive financial support from the Community.
4. Certain preparatory, accompanying and support measures for RTD indirect actions may exceptionally be conducted, with financial support from the Community, by legal entities from any State or by international organizations, provided this is in the interest of Community policies.
1. As a general rule, proposals for RTD activities shall be selected on the basis of calls for proposals published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, to which any legal entity and the JRC may respond in accordance with
Articles 2 and 3.
Where appropriate, the call for proposals may be preceded by a call for expressions of interest of an informative nature, to enable a focusing of the proposals on the priority areas of the programme.
2. The procedure used for the submission and selection of proposals shall keep the administrative costs of the applicants and of the Commission to the minimum level necessary.
3. Proposals shall be selected on the basis of the criteria specified in the multiannual framework programme and of the objectives of the specific programme concerned. The following other factors should be taken into account, unless not applicable to the activity concerned:
- innovativeness of the proposal,
- effective transnational collaboration,
- development of synergy between various categories of participants, including better integration of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),
- cost effectiveness of the proposal,
- competence of the participants to carry out or contribute effectively to transnational RTD activities,
- perspectives for effective dissemination of the RTD results and their exploitation, including, where appropriate, by SMEs.
The conditions set out in Article 2 (a) and (b), as well as the rules for selecting proposals laid down in Article 4, shall not apply to:
- activities consisting of procurement and services, including competitive support activities, which are subject to the relevant provisions, in particular Titles IV and VII of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities,
- subventions to the costs of conferences (excluding 'Euro-conferences') workshops and seminars.
Proposals selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 shall be the subject of contracts concluded between the Community and the participants in the activity concerned. The contracts shall specify in particular the administrative, financial and technical monitoring arrangements for the action and shall include provisions concerning intellectual property rights.
Subject to budgetary and administrative measures necessary to enable the JRC to compete for Community 'indirect action' RTD activities in accordance with Article 2, the JRC shall be bound by the same conditions and have the same rights as other participants in the activities concerned.
1. The Community financial participation shall consist of the reimbursement of a proportion of the cost of the activity determined in accordance with the provisions of Annex IV to the fourth framework programme.
2. The methods for determining and paying the Community's financial participation shall be indicated in the call for proposals and the supporting documentation issued with the call.
3. The usual method shall consist of timely payments against justification by the participant of the actual costs of the resources devoted to the activity, including indirect overhead costs.
Alternatively, if specifically agreed by the participants, payment may be made according to one of the following methods:
(a) fixed composite rates to cover some or all of the usual resources for carrying out RTD. The definition of these rates shall take account of differences between types of legal entities and activities within Member States, and, where available and appropriate, of national rates applicable to similar activities;
(b) fixed amounts linked to the achievement of contractually agreed objectives;
(c) in the case of small-scale projects, fixed amounts determined on the basis of an assessment of the proposed costs of the work.
The choice of the appropriate method to be applied to the projects selected in accordance with Article 4 shall be agreed with each participant and specified in the contracts referred to in Article 6.
4. For shared cost actions with legal entities, 'additional costs' shall include only:
(i) direct costs incurred for the activity and to which the legal entity is not otherwise committed;
(ii) an appropriate contribution to indirect overhead costs.
'Additional costs' shall be used by legal entities for RTD projects where, in the view of the Commission, the analytical budget accountancy used by the legal entity does not enable the full costs of the activity to be substantiated with sufficient precision.
1. For technology stimulation purposes, small and medium-sized enterprises established in the Community or a State associated with the programme may:
(a) where they have similar technical problems but do not have adequate own-research facilities, participate in 'cooperative research' activities enabling them to engage other legal entities to carry out RTD on their behalf;
(b) be provided with support, including via networks for decentralized assistance, for the search for partners and for the preparation of outline proposals. They may also be provided with financial support to carry out, normally on a collaborative basis, the exploratory phase of a RTD project, with a view to assessing its feasibility and the subsequent submission of a full proposal for a Community activity, including 'cooperative research'.
2. Following an initial call, proposals for 'cooperative research' and outline proposals for such exploratory phase work may be submitted at any time.
To the extent necessary for fulfilling objectives or measures specific to a programme, and in particular in the case of the activities referred to in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Article 130g of the Treaty, the rules in this Decision may be set out in more detail, supplemented or be subjected to conditions or limitations in the decision adopting the specific programme.
0
1. The annual report that the Commission submits to the European Parliament and the Council, in accordance with Article 4 (1) of Decision No 1110/94/EC, shall contain information on the implementation of this Decision.
2. This Decision shall apply to activities arising from the fourth multiannual framework programme (1994 to 1998).
3. Before the end of the fourth framework programme, the Commission shall present a report to the Council on the application of this Decision accompanied by appropriate proposals for its prorogation or adaptation. | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31993R2024 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2024/93 of 26 July 1993 correcting Regulation (EEC) No 1752/93 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in Grana Padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2024/93 of 26 July 1993 correcting Regulation (EEC) No 1752/93 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in Grana Padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses
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 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1752/93 (3) amends Regulation (EEC) No 1107/68 (4) on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in Grana Padano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses;
Whereas verification revealed that Article 2 of that Regulation does not correspond to the measures presented for the opinion of the Management Committee; whereas, therefore, the Regulation in question should be corrected to bring it into line with the opinion of the said Management Committee,
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1752/93 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Point 3 of Article 1 shall apply to storage contracts concluded on or after the date of its entry into force.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 2 July 1993.
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 |
32010D0122 | 2010/122/: Commission Decision of 25 February 2010 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for an application of cadmium (notified under document C(2010) 1034) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 26.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 49/32
COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 February 2010
amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for an application of cadmium
(notified under document C(2010) 1034)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/122/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2002/95/EC requires the Commission to make whatever amendments which are necessary to adapt to scientific and technical progress the list of applications exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1) of that Directive.
(2) It is not yet technically practicable to substitute cadmium in colour-converting II-VI LEDs without seriously deteriorating the performance. Certain materials and components containing cadmium should therefore be exempted from the prohibition. However, research on cadmium-free technology is in progress and substitutes should become available within the next four to five years at the latest.
(3) Directive 2002/95/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2002/95/EC, the Commission has consulted the relevant parties.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),
The Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R0200 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 200/2001 of 31 January 2001 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 200/2001
of 31 January 2001
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(4), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty 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) Pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available for the reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31986R0414 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 414/86 of 17 February 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76 on imports of olive oil originating in Algeria (1985/86)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 414/86
of 17 February 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76 on imports of olive oil originating in Algeria (1985/86)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas Article 16 of, and Annex B to, the Cooperation Agreement between, the European Economic Community and Algeria (2) stipulate that if Algeria levies a special export charge on imports into the Community of olive oil falling within subheading 15.07 A I of the Common Customs Tariff, the levy applicable to such oil is to be reduced by a fixed amount of 0,60 ECU per 100 kilograms and by an amount equal to the special charge, but not exceeding 12,09 ECU per 100 kilograms in the case of the reduction provided for in the aforementioned Article and 12,09 ECU per 100 kilograms in the case of the additional amount provided for in the aforementioned Annex B;
Whereas, the aforementioned Agreement was implemented by Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1205/85 (4);
Whereas the Contracting Parties have agreed, by exchange of letters, to fix the additional amount at 12,09 ECU per 100 kilograms for the period 1 November 1985 to 28 February 1986;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76 should be amended accordingly,
Article 1 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1514/76 is hereby replaced by the following:
'(b) an amount equal to the special charge levied by Algeria on exports of the said oil but not exceeding 12,09 ECU per 100 kilograms, this amount being increased from 1 November 1985 to 28 February 1986 by 12,09 ECU per 100 kilograms.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31997D0736 | 97/736/EC: Commission Decision of 14 October 1997 concerning the importation of live animals, fresh meat and meat products from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Greenland and amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
| 29.10.1997 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 295/37
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 October 1997
concerning the importation of live animals, fresh meat and meat products from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Greenland and amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(97/736/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 96/91/EC (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Council Decision 79/542/EEC (3), as last amended by Commission Decision 97/160/EC (4), draws up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products;
Whereas, following a Community veterinary mission, it appears that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is covered by sufficiently well-structured and organized veterinary services; whereas a residue plan has been submitted and agreed by Member States;
Whereas vaccination against classical swine fever is carried out in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; whereas classical swine fever breaks out from time to time; whereas therefore imports of swine from that country should not be authorized;
Whereas the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia should be added to the list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of bovine animals, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products;
Whereas Greenland should be added to the list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of sheep and goats;
Whereas Decision 79/542/EEC should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the specific animal health conditions and veterinary certification for importation of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products will be laid down in other decisions according to the animal health situation of the third country concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Member States shall authorize imports from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of:
(a) live animals, except swine;
(b) fresh meat from the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and solipeds; and
(c) meat products.
2. Member States shall authorize imports from Greenland of animals of the ovine and caprine species.
3. The imports mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall fulfil the relevant animal and animal health requirements.
Part I of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC is amended as follows:
1) The following line is inserted in accordance with the alphabetic order of the ISO code:
‘FY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia x x x x x x x x o x (1) XR
2) The line
‘GL Greenland x x o x x x o o o x (1) XR
‘GL Greenland x x o x x x o x o x (1) XR
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R2003 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2003/2005 of 8 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 as regards ex-post evaluation of the Sapard programme
| 9.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 322/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2003/2005
of 8 December 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 as regards ex-post evaluation of the Sapard programme
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 Articles 32(5) and 33(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 of 22 December 1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period (1), ex-post evaluation of the Sapard programme must be carried out not later than three years after the end of the programming period.
(2) It has to be ensured that these evaluations may still be carried out and financed after 2006, beyond the period of eligibility under Sapard in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 (2).
(3) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 of 10 March 2004 laying down rules to facilitate the transition from support under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 to that provided for by Regulation (EC) Nos 1257/1999 and 1260/1999 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (3) should, therefore, be amended to cover ex-post evaluations of the Sapard programme.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘2. The ex-post evaluations of the relevant Sapard programmes provided for in Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 (4), as well as payments for projects for which appropriations under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 are exhausted or insufficient, may be included in rural development programming for the period 2004 to 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986D0105 | 86/105/EEC: Commission Decision of 25 February 1986 amending Decisions 76/791/EEC, 78/436/EEC and 81/651/EEC with respect to the number of members of the scientific committees
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 February 1986
amending Decisions 76/791/EEC, 78/436/EEC and 81/651/EEC with respect to the number of members of the scientific committees
(86/105/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas Commission Decision 76/791/EEC of 24 September 1976 establishing a Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition (1) and Commission Decision 78/436/EEC of 21 April 1978 establishing a Scientific Committee for Pesticides (2) provide that the said committees shall be composed of not more than 15 members; whereas Commission Decision 81/651/EEC of 30 July 1981 establishing a Scientific Veterinary Committee (3) provides that each of the three sections of the said committee shall also be composed of not more than 15 members; whereas, in view of the enlargement of the Community since the said committees were established and in view of the increase in their work load, the maximum number of members provided for should be increased;
Whereas the Decisions in question should therefore be amended,
In Article 3 of Decisions 76/791/EEC, 78/436/EEC and 81/651/EEC the expression '15 members' is hereby replaced by '18 members'. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0433 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 433/2010 of 20 May 2010 granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
| 21.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 125/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 433/2010
of 20 May 2010
granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
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), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 18 May 2010.
(3) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 18 May 2010, no export refund shall be granted for the products and destinations referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1 and in Article 2 of that Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 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 |
31992D0390 | 92/390/EEC: Commission Decision of 2 July 1992 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from the Republic of Croatia
| COMMISSION DECISION of 2 July 1992 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from the Republic of Croatia (92/390/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Council Regulation 3763/91/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas it is necessary to lay down animal health conditions for imports of fresh meat from Croatia;
Whereas, following a Community veterinary mission, it appears that the animal health situation in Croatia compares favourably with that in most of the Community countries, particularly as regards diseases transmissible through meat;
Whereas, in addition, the responsible veterinary authorities of Croatia have confirmed that Croatia has for at least 12 months been free from rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease and that no vaccinations have been carried out against those diseases during that time;
Whereas animals vaccinated against classical swine fever are present in Croatia; whereas therefore imports of fresh meat of the porcine species from this country should not be authorized;
Whereas the responsible veterinary authorities of Croatia have undertaken to notify the Commission and the Member States, by telex or telegram, within 24 hours, of confirmation of the occurrence of any of the abovementioned diseases or the adoption of vaccination against them;
Whereas animal health conditions and veterinary certification must be adapted in the light of the animal health situation in Croatia;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Member States shall authorize the importation of the following categories of fresh meat from Croatia:
(a) fresh meat of domestic animals of the bovine, ovine or caprine species, conforming to the guarantees laid down in the animal health certificate in accordance with Annex A, which must accompany the consignment;
(b) fresh meat of domestic solipeds, conforming to the guarantees laid down in the animal health certificate in accordance with Annex B, which must accompany the consignment.
2. Member States shall not authorize the importation of categories of fresh meat from Croatia other than those referred to in paragraph 1.
This Decision shall not apply to imports of glands and organs authorized by the country of destination for pharmaceutical manufacturing purposes.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1992.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R2178 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2178/96 of 13 November 1996 fixing the prices and rates of the aid for preventive distillation referred to in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 in Austria for the 1996/97 wine year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2178/96 of 13 November 1996 fixing the prices and rates of the aid for preventive distillation referred to in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 in Austria for the 1996/97 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 149 (1) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1592/96 (2), lays down the basic rules for the management of the market in that sector; whereas, in particular, Article 1 (6) thereof lays down that the wine year lasts from 1 September to 31 August;
Whereas, by virtue of the abovementioned Act of Accession, the common organization of the market in wine has applied in Austria since the moment of accession; whereas, however, the Commission, by Regulation (EC) No 1649/96 of 16 August 1996 on transitional measures applicable in Austria in the wine-growing sector (3), fixed the specific market management measures for the 1996/97 wine year, in particular concerning exemptions from the distillation measures referred to in Articles 35 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas that Regulation provides that, for preventive distillation, the Commission must, in establishing the quantities of wine concerned, the prices and aids in Austria, take account of the impact of that exemption on producers' incomes in that Member State;
Whereas it is currently impossible to know whether compulsory distillation will take place; whereas, therefore, the prices should be fixed at 80 % of the amounts provided for in Annex III of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1650/96 (4), the aids should also be adjusted and at the same time a mechanism should be provided which will rule out any discriminatory treatment in the event that there is no compulsory distillation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
By derogation from Regulation (EC) No 1650/96, the prices and aids relating to the distillation provided for in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for Austria for the 1996/97 wine year shall be those included in the Annex hereto.
However, if there is no compulsory distillation for the 1996/97 wine year:
- the intervention agency shall pay to the distiller before 30 May 1997 the difference between the Community aids and the aids for Austria for the quantities delivered,
- the distiller shall pay to the producer the difference between the Community prices and the prices for Austria for the quantities delivered before the above date.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31987R3859 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3859/87 of 22 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2723/87 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on cereals exported in the form of pasta products falling within heading No 19.03 of the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3859/87
of 22 December 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2723/87 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on cereals exported in the form of pasta products falling within heading No 19.03 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 2658/87 of 23 July 1987, on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 15 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3808/87 (3), and in particular Articles 16 (6) and 24 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (4), and in particular Article 8 (2), second subparagraph, and (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1180/87 (6), lays down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2723/87 (7) lays down special detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on cereals exported in the form of pasta products falling within heading No 19.03 of the Common Customs Tariff;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has established, as from 1 January 1988, a new combined nomenclature, which will meet the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and the external trade statistics of the Community and which will replace the Nomenclature of the Convention of 15 December 1950; whereas therefore the corresponding tariff headings according to the combined nomenclature have to be indicated;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EEC) No 2723/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The title is replaced by the following:
'Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2723/87 of 10 September 1987 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on cereals exported in the form of pasta products falling within subheadings 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 of the combined nomenclature'.
2. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
1. Where goods falling within subheadings 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 of the combined nomenclature are exported to a destination other than the United States of America, the special refund fixed for the export of cereals in the form of goods falling within subheadings 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 of the combined nomenclature to the United States of America shall not be taken into consideration:
- for determining the lowest rate of refund within the meaning of Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79,
- for the purposes of Articles 4 (7) and 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
2. Where cereal products covered by one of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty are used for the manufacture of goods falling within subheadings 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 of the combined nomenclature and incorporating certain quantities of cereals subject to inward processing arrangements, the export of the said goods to the United States of America shall not confer entitlement to the export refund for the said product.'
3. Article 2 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1. For the export to the United States of America of goods falling within subheadings 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 of the combined nomenclature the competent authorities of the Member States where the export declaration is accepted by customs shall, at the request of the parties concerned, issue a 'Certificate for the export with refund of pasta to the USA', hereinafter referred to as the 'certificate P 2'.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
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31996R0145 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 145/96 of 26 January 1996 on the removal of certain residual stocks of dried fodder produced during the 1994/95 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 145/96 of 26 January 1996 on the removal of certain residual stocks of dried fodder produced 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 (EC) No 603/95 of 21 February 1995 on the common organization of the market in dried fodder (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1347/95 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 785/95 of 6 April 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 on the common organization of the marked in dried fodder (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1362/95 (4), lays down the conditions to be complied with so that dried fodder produced during the 1995/96 marketing year can qualify for the aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No 603/95;
Whereas certain fodder stocks produced during the 1994/95 marketing year did not leave certain processing undertakings before 31 March 1995; whereas those stocks should be allowed to leave the stores of the processing undertakings and qualify for the aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No 603/95 on the basis of a simplified procedure during the current marketing year while being accounted for as part of the national guaranteed quantities allocated to the Member States concerned for the 1995/96 marketing year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Dried Fodder,
1. Dried fodder produced during the marketing year 1994/95 which did not leave the processing undertaking or one of the storage places referred to in Article 3 (1) (a) of Regulation (EC) No 785/95 before 31 March 1995 may qualify for the aid provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 603/95 in the 1995/96 marketing year, provided that:
- the fodder complies with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 785/95,
- it leaves the processing undertaking under the supervision of the competent authority and under the conditions laid down in Article 11 of that Regulation,
- it is accounted for as part of the guaranteed national quantities allocated to the Member States concerned for the 1995/96 marketing year.
2. The competent authorities in the Member States concerned shall adopt any supervisory measures necessary to ensure that the provisions of paragraph 1 are complied with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31987D0267 | 87/267/EEC: Council Decision of 28 April 1987 concerning the conclusion of a Convention between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods
| 22.5.1987 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 134/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 28 April 1987
concerning the conclusion of a Convention between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods
(87/267/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 conclusion of a Convention with Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland with a view to introducing, in trade between the Community and those countries, as well as between those countries themselves, a single administrative document replacing the present declarations, must enable the formalities to be completed in such trade to be eased and simplified; whereas it is therefore appropriate to conclude such a Convention;
Whereas this Convention falls within the framework of follow-up action to the Joint Declaration made in Luxembourg on 9 April 1984 by the Ministers of the Member States of the Community, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Commission expressing their political will to extend cooperation between the Community and these countries, ‘with the aim of creating a dynamic European economic space of benefit to their countries’,
The Convention between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision.
The Community shall be represented in the Joint Committee provided for in Article 10 of the Convention by the Commission, assisted by representatives of the Member States.
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31975R2051 | Regulation (EEC) No 2051/75 of the Commission of 25 July 1975 in respect of reimbursement of aids granted by Member States for improvement of the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit
| REGULATION (EEC) No 2051/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 July 1975 in respect of reimbursement of aids granted by Member States for improvement of the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 (1) of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 175/73 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof;
Whereas applications forwarded to the guidance section of the EAGGF for reimbursement of 50 % of the amount of aids granted by Member States for the improvement of production and marketing of Community citrus fruit must include certain specific information, which should be presented in an identical form by each Member State, to facilitate the checking of their conformity to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69, as well as the reaching of a decision relating to them;
Whereas, to allow the accurate verification of applications for reimbursement, Member States must retain, for a period of three years for submission to the Commission if necessary, the supporting documents on the basis of which the amount of the aids was calculated;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Fund Committee,
Applications for reimbursement drawn up by Member States in respect of the aids referred to in Article 1 (1) (a) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 shall be presented in the format specified in the tables in Annexes I, II, and III to this Regulation.
Applications for reimbursement drawn up by Member States in respect of aids referred to in Article 1 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 must include, for each investment project implemented within the framework of the annual plan referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69, the documents referred to in Annex IV.
1. Applications for reimbursement shall relate to expenditure effected by Member States during a given calendar year and shall be submitted to the Commission before 1 July of the following year.
2. The Commission, on the basis of the information contained in the request for reimbursement, makes the reimbursement before 31 December provided that the request is complete and presented in the form and within the time limit required.
For aid provided in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69, the Member State should hold all supporting papers (or certified copies) at the disposal of the Commission for a period of three years from the date of the last reimbursement by the Community.
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31983D0059 | 83/59/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Nicolet - Evoked Potential System, model CA-1000' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 January 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Nicolet - Evoked Potential System, model CA-1000' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/59/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 23 July 1982, Italy requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Nicolet - Evoked Potential System, model CA-1000', ordered on 29 September 1980 and intended for use in the examination of pathogenetic theories on evolutive dyslexia and on evolutive dysphasia, in the examination of the correlations between neuropsychological disturbances and neurological damage and, in particular, in the recording of the cerebral potentials evoked, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 15 December 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a clinical system;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as 'Nicolet - Evoked Potential System, model CA-1000', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 23 July 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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32011D0240 | 2011/240/EU: Commission Decision of 14 April 2011 extending the transitional period concerning the acquisition of agricultural land in Lithuania Text with EEA relevance
| 15.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 101/122
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 April 2011
extending the transitional period concerning the acquisition of agricultural land in Lithuania
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/240/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 Chapter 4 of Annex IX thereto,
Having regard to the request made by Lithuania,
Whereas:
(1) The 2003 Act of Accession provides that Lithuania 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 and legal persons from other EU Member States who are neither established nor registered nor having a branch or an agency in Lithuania. 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 once for a period of up to 3 years.
(2) On 4 February 2011, Lithuania 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 Lithuania. 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 restitution and privatisation of agricultural land to farmers. 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 of 2008’), the Commission has already emphasised the importance of the completion of the abovementioned agricultural reform by the end of the foreseen transitional period (1).
(4) The land reform is still ongoing in Lithuania. According to data supplied by the Lithuanian authorities, there is a total of 429 000 ha of State land for which ownership rights need to be clarified. At the moment only 77 200 ha of State agricultural land have been privatised and for 351 000 ha of agricultural land, which constitutes 11,42 % of the total agricultural land in Lithuania, the ownership rights still remain to be solved.
(5) In the view of the Lithuanian authorities, the lack of clarity on property rights together with the unfavourable structure of the farms inevitably hinders land transactions and consolidation of agricultural land. Land fragmentation, however, leads to lower competitiveness and less market-oriented farms. In this context, data relating to 2009 made available by the Lithuanian authorities show that, in that year, farms of a size of up to 5 ha amounted to 52,5 % of all farms.
(6) The aforementioned lower competitiveness of the Lithuanian agricultural sector compared to the agricultural sector in EU-15 is compounded by difficulties in access to financial resources and high interest rates applied to commercial credit lines for the acquisition of agricultural land (more than 10 % in 2009).
(7) Moreover, the recent global financial and economic crisis also had a negative impact on Lithuania’s economy and in particular on the selling prices of agricultural products. According to the data of the Lithuanian Department of Statistics under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the total index of the purchase prices of the agricultural products in 2009, as compared to 2008, was 77,8. The fall was especially significant in the plant growing sector, where the total index of the purchase prices of these agricultural products in 2009 compared to 2008 was equal to 69,1.
(8) In the light of the factors mentioned above, the still considerable, although decreasing over time, gap in the agricultural income of farmers in Lithuania and of farmers in the EU-15 can be explained. According to Eurostat, in 2009 the level of the farmers’ income in Lithuania decreased by 13,6 %, while the average of the income of the EU-27 decreased by 10,7 %.
(9) Similarly to the levels of agricultural income, the gap in the agricultural land sales prices between Lithuania and the other EU Member States also persists. According to Eurostat data, the prices of the agricultural land parcels in Lithuania remain low in comparison to the other EU Member States. Complete convergence in agricultural land sales prices was neither expected nor seen as a necessary pre-condition for terminating the transitional period. Nevertheless, the noticeable differences in agricultural land sales prices between Lithuania and the EU-15 are such that they may hinder smooth progress towards price convergence.
(10) Against this background, it may be anticipated, as do the Lithuanian authorities, that the lifting of the restrictions on 1 May 2011 would exert pressure on the land prices in Lithuania. Therefore, a threat of serious disturbances on the Lithuanian agricultural land market upon the expiry of the transitional period exists.
(11) An extension by 3 years of the transitional period referred to in Chapter 4 of Annex IX to the Act of Accession should therefore be granted.
(12) 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 completion of the agricultural structural reform during the transitional period, as already emphasised in the Mid-Term Review of 2008.
(13) Since an open single market has always been at the heart of the European prosperity, an increased inflow of foreign capital would bring along potential benefits also for the agricultural market in Lithuania. As emphasised in the Mid-Term Review of 2008, 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.
(14) For the purpose of legal certainty and in order to avoid a legal vacuum in the national legal system of Lithuania after the expiry of the current transitional period, this Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The transitional period concerning the acquisition of agricultural land in Lithuania referred to in Chapter 4 of Annex IX to the 2003 Act of Accession shall be extended until 30 April 2014.
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31998R1648 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1648/98 of 27 July 1998 fixing the buying-in prices, aids and certain other amounts applicable for the 1998/99 wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1648/98 of 27 July 1998 fixing the buying-in prices, aids and certain other amounts applicable for the 1998/99 wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 149(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2087/97 (2), and in particular Articles 35(8), 36(6), 38(5), 41(10), 44, 45(9) and 46(5) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 3299/94 of 21 December 1994 on transitional measures applicable in Austria in the wine-growing sector (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 670/95 (4), provides for Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 to apply in its entirety in Austria from the 1995/96 wine year; whereas, however, Austria should, in the interests of administrative clarity, be considered to form part of the wine-growing zone B provided for in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1628/98 (5) fixes the guide prices for wine for the 1998/99 wine year; whereas the prices, aids and other amounts for the various intervention measures to be adopted for that wine year should accordingly be fixed on that basis;
Whereas this Regulation applies to Austria and Portugal; whereas, however, since wine-growing zones have not been delimited in those countries, the oenological practices authorized in accordance with the rules laid down under Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 should be defined for the 1998/99 wine year pending the adoption of definitive rules;
Whereas, since enrichment is an exceptional practice, the same reduction in the buying-in price for wine provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and laid down in Annex VIII should be applied as in wine-growing zone C; whereas, in the light of experience the derogations in force for 'vinho verde` should be extended;
Whereas the aid for the use in wine-making of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must as provided for in Article 45(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 must be fixed taking into account the difference between the cost of enrichment achieved using concentrated grape must and using sucrose; whereas, in the light of the data available to the Commission, the amount of the aid should be varied with the product used for enrichment;
Whereas distillers may, in accordance with Articles 35(6) and 36(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, either receive aid for the product to be distilled or deliver the product obtained from distillation to the intervention agency; whereas the amount of the aid must be fixed on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 16 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2468/96 (7);
Whereas the price of wine to be distilled under Articles 38 and 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 does not normally allow the marketing at market prices of products obtained from distillation; whereas provision must therefore be made for aid, the amount of which is to be fixed on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89, account also being taken of the present uncertainty of prices on the market for distillation products;
Whereas some wine delivered for one of the distillation operations may be processed into wine fortified for distillation; whereas the amounts applicable to distillation in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 should be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas experience gained in sales by invitation to tender of alcohol held by intervention agencies shows that the difference between prices which may be obtained for neutral spirits and raw alcohol does not justify the takeover of the former; whereas, moreover, quantities of neutral spirits currently available are sufficient to satisfy, at least for one wine year, any demand for that product; whereas under these circumstances the possibility provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 should be used by producing for the buying in of all alcohol at the price for raw alcohol;
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 194/98 (9), laying down detailed rules for the application of compulsory distillation as provided for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 sets a standard natural alcohol strength by volume to be applied in the various wine-growing zones for the purpose of determining the volume of alcohol to be delivered for distillation under Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas it has not been possible to fix this standard natural alcoholic strength in Portugal because the wine-growing zones in that country have not yet been delimited; whereas, therefore, a provisional standard natural alcohol strength should be fixed;
Whereas Article 46(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 lays down criteria for fixing the aid provided for in that Article; whereas, as regards the aid for the use of grapes, grape must and concentrated grape must for the manufacture of grape juice, paragraph 4 of that Article stipulates that a part of the aid should be set aside for the organisation of campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice; whereas the aid may be increased to that end; whereas, having regard to the criteria laid down and of the need to finance those campaigns, the aid should be fixed at a level permitting sufficient quantities to be obtained for the effective promotion of the product;
Whereas the reduction in the buying-in price for wine provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 depends on the average increase in the natural alcoholic strength in each wine-growing zone; whereas experience shows that that increase corresponds on average to half the maximum increase authorized; whereas the reduction in the buying-in price must accordingly correspond to the added alcoholic strength as a percentage of the alcoholic strength of wine delivered for distillation;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 of 16 December 1981 determining the classification of vine varieties (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1231/98 (11), establishes the list of vine varieties recommended and authorized in Portugal; whereas, in assessing the production of wine in Portugal, reference should be made to those vine varieties;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
This Regulation fixes the buying-in prices, the aids and certain other amounts applicable for the 1998/99 wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector in the Community. As regards the measures provided for in Articles 38 and 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, those amounts shall be fixed subject to a subsequent decision on the activating of those measures.
1. The buying-in prices of the products and of wine delivered during the 1998/99 wine year for compulsory distillation as provided for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and, for those products:
- aid to distillers,
- aid to fortifiers of wine of distillation,
- the buying-in prices of alcohol obtained, delivered to an intervention agency,
- the contribution from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund towards the taking over of that alcohol,
shall be as set out in Annexes I and II hereto.
2. In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 35(6), the second subparagraph of Article 36(4) and the second subparagraph of Article 39(7), the intervention agency shall pay the raw alcohol price for the alcohol delivered to it.
The buying-in prices for wine delivered during the 1998/99 wine year for voluntary distillation as provided for in Articles 38 and 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and, for those products:
- aid to distillers,
- aid to fortifiers of wine for distillation,
shall be as set out respectively in Annexes III and IV.
The aid for utilization during the 1998/99 wine year of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must as provided for in Article 45(1) and in the first subparagraph of Article 46(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 shall be as set out respectively in Annexes V, VI and VII hereto.
The reductions provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 applicable to the buying-in prices for wine delivered during the 1998/99 wine year for distillation as provided for in Article 36, 38, 39 or 41 of that Regulation and, for that wine:
- to the aid to the distiller,
- to the buying-in prices of alcohol obtained, delivered to an intervention agency,
- to the contribution from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund to the taking over of that alcohol,
shall be as set out in Annex VIII hereto.
For the purposes of this Article, Portugal shall be considered to form part of wine-growing zone C, and Austria of wine-growing zone B.
For the application of the rules governing oenological practices and processes laid down in Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, Austria shall be considered to form part of wine-growing zone B for the 1998/99 wine year.
1. The rules governing oenological practices and processes laid down in Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 shall apply to Portugal during the 1998/99 wine year subject to the following conditions:
(a) increase in alcoholic strength shall be limited to 2 % vol. Products eligible under this measure shall have a natural alcoholic strength by volume of at least 7,5 % vol, before enrichment and total alcoholic strength by volume of not more than 13 % after enrichment.
However, products upstream of table wine originating in the 'Vinho verde` region must have an alcoholic strength by volume of at least 7 % before enrichment.
The addition of concentrated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must shall not have the effect of increasing the initial volume of fresh crushed grapes, grape must, grape must in fermentation or new wine still in fermentation by more than 6,5 %;
(b) fresh grapes, grape must, grape must in fermentation, new wine still in fermentation and wine may be the subject of acidification or deacidification.
2. The wine varieties which may be used to produce table wine shall be those listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81.
'Vinho verde` may:
- be marketed with a minimum total alcoholic strength by volume of 8,5 % for wines which have not been subject to enrichment,
- possess a total context of sulphine dioxide no greater than 300 milligrams per litre for white 'Vinho verde' wines with a residual sugar content not less than 5 g/l.
3. The quantity of alcohol which producers of table wine in Portugal must deliver for distillation in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 shall be calculated on the basis of a standard natural alcoholic strength, to be taken into consideration for the assessment of the volume of alcohol contained in the wine produced, equal to 9 % by volume, with the exception of wines produced in the delimited 'Vinho verde' region, for which the alcoholic strength to be taken into consideration shall be 8,5 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1998.
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31981D0694 | 81/694/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 August 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Packard- tri-carb automatic liquid scintillation system,model 460 C', may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION of 10 August 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as "Packard-tri-carb automatic liquid scintillation system, model 460 C", may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/694/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 4 March 1981, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Packard-tri-carb automatic liquid scintillation system, model 460 C", to be used for measuring the radioactivity in chemical and biological samples and also for radiocarbon dating research in fields of geology and hydrogeology, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 23 June 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a liquid scintillation counter;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus ; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as "Packard-tri-carb automatic liquid scintillation system, model 460 C", which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 4 March 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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31994D0299 | 94/299/EC: Commission Decision of 5 May 1994 allowing the United Kingdom to apply the Community numbering system for the identification of bovine animals from 1 July 1994
| COMMISSION DECISION of 5 May 1994 allowing the United Kingdom to apply the Community numbering system for the identification of bovine animals from 1 July 1994 (94/299/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27 November 1992 on the identification and registration of animals (1), and in particular Article 5 (2) (a) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (2) (a) provides for the introduction of a Community numbering system for the identification of bovine animals;
Whereas it also provides for the possibility to extend the implementation date for using the Community numbering system until 30 June 1994;
Whereas the United Kingdom has requested an extension of the implementation date until 30 June 1994;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The United Kingdom may extend the period provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 5 (2) (a) of Directive 92/102/EEC, in order to apply the Community numbering system for the identification of bovine animals from 1 July 1994.
This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1994.
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32006D0080 | 2006/80/EC: Commission Decision of 1 February 2006 granting certain Member States the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals (notified under document number C(2006) 172)
| 8.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 36/50
COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 February 2006
granting certain Member States the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals
(notified under document number C(2006) 172)
(Only the Czech, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Slovakian text is authentic)
(2006/80/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27 November 1992 on the identification and registration of animals (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC provides for the possibility to authorise Member States to exclude from the list of holdings required by Article 3(1) natural persons who keep one single pig which is intended for their own use or consumption, or to take account of particular circumstances, provided that this animal is subjected to the controls laid down in that Directive before any movement.
(2) The authorities of the Czech Republic, France, Poland and Slovakia have requested this authorisation as regards holdings with one single pig and have given the appropriate assurances in respect of veterinary controls.
(3) Therefore the Czech Republic, France, Poland and Slovakia should be authorised to apply the derogation.
(4) Commission Decision 95/80/EC (2) grants Portugal the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals.
(5) Commission Decision 2005/458/EC (3) grants Italy the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC.
(6) It is appropriate to list in a single decision the Member States having been granted the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC.
(7) Decisions 95/80/EC and 2005/458/EC should therefore be repealed and replaced by this Decision.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Member States listed in the annex to this Decision are authorised to apply the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC as regards holdings with one single pig.
Decisions 95/80/EC and 2005/458/EC are hereby repealed.
This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, to the French Republic, to the Italian Republic, to the Polish Republic, to the Portuguese Republic and to the Slovak Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012D0215 | 2012/215/EU: Council Decision of 24 April 2012 appointing a Luxembourg member of the Committee of the Regions
| 26.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 114/18
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 April 2012
appointing a Luxembourg member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/215/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Luxembourg Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Albert LENTZ,
The following is hereby appointed as member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
— Mr Ali KAES, Bourgmestre de la commune de Tandel.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31980R2520 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2520/80 of 30 September 1980 on the application of Decision No 2/80 of the EEC- Austria Joint Committee amending List B annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2520/80 of 30 September 1980 on the application of Decision No 2/80 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee amending List B annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
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 of the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria [1] was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;
[1]OJ No L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 2.
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 2/80 amending List B annexed to that Protocol;
Whereas this Decision should be applied in the Community,
Decision No 2/80 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is annexed to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1980.
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 |
31984D0232 | 84/232/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 April 1984 accepting undertakings given in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of choline chloride originating in the German Democratic Republic and Romania and terminating that proceeding
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 April 1984
accepting undertakings given in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of choline chloride originating in the German Democratic Republic and Romania and terminating that proceeding
(84/232/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79 of 20 December 1979 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1580/82 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation,
Whereas:
A. Provisional action
(1) The Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 3578/83 (3), imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of choline chloride originating in the German Democratic Republic and Romania.
B. Subsequent procedure
(2) Following the imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, the exporters and certain importers and processors of the product concerned requested and were granted an opportunity to be heard by the Commission and made submissions making known their views on the duty.
C. Dumping
(3) One exporter continued to object to the Commission's choice of the United States as the most appropriate market-economy country in which to make its determination on normal value. This exporter did not submit any new evidence regarding this or make any suggestions for an alternative. The Commisssion, after further considering the matter, is satisfied that in the circumstances its choice of analogue market was reasonable.
Accordingly, since no new evidence on dumping has been received since the imposition of the provisional duty, the Commission considers its findings on dumping as set out in Regulation (EEC) No 3578/83 to be definitive.
Consequently the preliminary determinations on dumping are confirmed.
D. Injury
(4) One exporter submitted figures for its exports to the Community which showed quantities approximately 30 % less than the national and NIMEXE statistics used by the Commission as the best evidence available for the exports of the country in question. The exporter concerned, despite requests by the Commission, did not, however, supply any supporting documentation for these figures which, in any event, showed significant and increased volumes from 1980 to 1982 and an increase in market shares held by the dumped imports from 14 to 17 % in the Community during this period. The other exporting country indicated that it had reduced exports to the Community considerably since the opening of the present anti-dumping proceeding. This reduction, however, being outside the reference period and, indeed, having been influenced by the opening of the proceeding, was considered to have no effect on the outcome of the investigation.
(5) In addition, both exporting countries argued that the effect of their individual exports on the industry should be looked at in isolation from one another and neither considered to have caused material injury. In analyzing whether cumulation was appropriate in each case the Commission considered whether the dumped imports were a contributory factor to the material injury sustained by the Community industry. In reaching its conclusion, the factors considered were the comparability of the imported products, the total volume of imports, the increase in volume of imports from the previous comparable period and the low level of prices attributable to products of both supplying countries. Therefore the Commission took the view that the exports by both countries concerned, that is the German Democratic Republic and Romania, were made under conditions such that the Commission, for the purposes of assessing the injury, should not consider the goods of either country separately from those exported by the other. Accordingly, the Commission concluded that for the purpose of establishing the injury sustained by the Community industry, regard should be paid to the effect of the dumped imports cumulated from both countries concerned.
In the Commission's view, therefore, the facts as finally determined show that the injury being caused by dumped imports of choline chloride originating in the German Democratic Republic and Romania, taken in isolation from the injury caused by other factors, has to be considered as material.
E. Community interest
(6) Community processing industries have argued that the introduction of protective measures would not be in the Community interest because it would make them less competitive in the market for downstream products for which choline chloride is a constituent material. In view of the particularly serious difficulties facing the Community industry, the Commission has, however, come to the conclusion that it is in the Community's interest that action be taken.
F. Undertakings
(7) The exporters concerned were informed of the main findings of the investigation and commented on them. Undertakings were subsequently offered by both exporters concerning their exports of choline chloride to the Community.
The effect of the said undertakings will be to increase export prices to the Community to the level which the Commission, having taken into account, on the one hand, the selling prices necessary to provide an adequate return to Community producers and, on the other hand, the purchase price to the Community importers and their costs and profit margins, considered necessary to eliminate injury. These increases in no case exceed the dumping margins found in the investigation.
In these circumstances, the undertakings offered are considered acceptable and the proceeding may, therefore, be terminated without imposition of anti-dumping duties.
No objection to this course was raised in the Advisory Committee.
The undertakings given by Germed - export - import, Berlin, the German Democratic Republic and Chimimportexport, Bucharest, Romania in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of choline chloride falling within subheading ex 29.24 B of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code ex 29.24-20, originating in the German Democratic Republic and Romania, are hereby accepted.
The anti-dumping proceeding referred to in Article 1 is hereby terminated. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32003D0426 | 2003/426/EC: Commission Decision of 5 June 2003 authorising the placing on the market of "noni juice" (juice of the fruit of Morinda citrifolia L.) as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2003) 1789)
| Commission Decision
of 5 June 2003
authorising the placing on the market of "noni juice" (juice of the fruit of Morinda citrifolia L.) as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document number C(2003) 1789)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2003/426/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients(1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to the request by Morinda Inc. to the competent authorities of Belgium of 25 April 2000 for placing "noni juice" (juice of the fruit of Morinda citrifolia L.) on the market as a novel food,
Having regard to the initial assessment report drawn up by the competent authorities of Belgium,
Whereas:
(1) In their initial assessment report the Belgian competent food assessment body came to the conclusion that an additional assessment was required.
(2) The Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to all Member States on 18 September 2001.
(3) The Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) was asked to provide an additional assessment on 4 December 2001. The SCF in its opinion of 4 December 2002 considered Tahitian NoniÂŽ juice, at the observed levels of intake, as acceptable. The Committee also noted that the data supplied and the information available provided no evidence for special health benefits of "Noni juice" which go beyond those of other fruit juices.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
"Noni juice" (juice of the fruit of Morinda citrifolia L.) may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food ingredient to be used in pasteurised fruit drinks.
The term "Noni juice" or "juice of Morinda citrifolia" shall be displayed on the labelling of the product as such or in the list of ingredients of fruit drinks containing it in accordance with Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000, on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs(2).
This Decision is addressed to Morinda Inc., 333 W. River Park Drive, Provo, UT 84604, USA. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0704 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 704/2012 of 31 July 2012 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 August 2012
| 1.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 704/2012
of 31 July 2012
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 August 2012
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 (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states that the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 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 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, in order to calculate the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 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 (EU) No 642/2010, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 August 2012 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,
From 1 August 2012, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 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 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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
32004R2176 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/2004 of 17 December 2004 concerning the 73rd special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
| 18.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 371/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2176/2004
of 17 December 2004
concerning the 73rd special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
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 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed-milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2) According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the examination of the offers received, the tendering procedure should not be proceeded with.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 73rd individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 14 December 2004, no award shall be made.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 2004.
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 |
32000D0664 | 2000/664/EC: Council Decision of 23 October 2000 amending Decision 2000/265/EC on the establishment of a financial regulation governing the budgetary aspects of the management by the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of contracts concluded in his name, on behalf of certain Member States, relating to the installation and the functioning of the communication infrastructure for the Schengen environment, 'SISNET'
| Council Decision
of 23 October 2000
amending Decision 2000/265/EC on the establishment of a financial regulation governing the budgetary aspects of the management by the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of contracts concluded in his name, on behalf of certain Member States, relating to the installation and the functioning of the communication infrastructure for the Schengen environment, "SISNET"
(2000/664/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the first sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as "the Schengen Protocol"),
Whereas:
(1) Decision 1999/870/EC(1) authorised the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council to act, in the context of the integration of the Schengen acquis within the European Union, as representative of certain Member States for the purposes of concluding contracts relating to the installation and the functioning of the communication infrastructure for the Schengen environment, "SISNET", and to manage such contracts.
(2) The financial obligations arising under those contracts are not borne by the general budget of the European Union. Therefore, the provisions of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1997 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(2) do not apply.
(3) Accordingly, a financial regulation was adopted under Decision 2000/265/EC(3) setting out specific rules to define the detailed procedures for establishing and implementing the budget required to meet any expenses incurred in the course of concluding the contracts, the obligations arising under those contracts once concluded, for recovering the contributions to be paid by the States concerned and for the presentation and auditing of the accounts.
(4) Good accountancy practices require some minor formal amendments to the said financial regulation.
(5) This Decision is a development of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Schengen Protocol,
Council Decision 2000/265/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 7(1)(b) shall be replaced by the following:
"(b) appropriations in respect of payments still outstanding at 31 December by virtue of commitments duly entered into between 1 January and 15 December shall be carried over automatically to the next financial year only."
2. The first subparagraph of Article 7(2) shall be replaced by the following:
"2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council may forward to the Schengen Information System Working Group, hereafter referred to as the 'SIS Working Group', before 31 January, duly substantiated requests to carry over to the next financial year appropriatons not committed at 15 December when the appropriations provided for the headings concerned in the budget for the following financial year do not cover requirements."
3. The first sentence of Article 21 shall be replaced by the following:"Payments shall be effected through a bank account specifically opened for that purpose in the name of the General Secretariat of the Council."
1. This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
2. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987D0070 | 87/70/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on Cereals
| COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on cereals (87/70/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the Advisory Committee on Cereals was set up by Commission Decision of 18 July 1962 (1), as last amended by Decision 83/77/EEC (2);
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 Cereals 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 cereals;
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,
(3) OJ No 72, 8. 8. 1962, p. 2026/62.
(4) OJ No L 51, 24. 2. 1983, p. 34.
1. There shall be attached to the Commission an Advisory Committee on Cereals, hereinafter called the 'Committee'.
2. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: producers, cooperatives, the cereal processing and food-manufacturing industries, traders in cereals and foodstuffs, agricultural workers and workers in the processing and food-manufacturing industries, consumers.
1. The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on any problem concerning the operation of Regulations on the common organization of the market in cereals 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 on any matter within the latter's competence but 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 54 members.
2. Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows:
- 27 to cereal producers and cooperatives of the sector,
- eight to agricultural and food processors, of whom:
- one shall represent the milling and maize industries,
- one shall represent the meal industry,
- one shall represent the malting industry,
- one shall represent the brewing industry,
- one shall represent starch industry,
- one shall represent the feedingstuffs industry,
- two shall represent other cereal-using industries,
- seven to the wholesale cereal trade, including one to cereal storers,
- six to agricultural and food industry workers,
- six to consumer's 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 organizations of the market in cereals; 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 they are replaced or 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.
1. After consulting the Commission, the Committee shall elect a chairman for a period of three years.
The chairman shall be elected, 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.
2. The Committee shall elect two vice-chairmen for a period of three years.
The vice-chairmen may not represent the same interest as the chairman.
The election shall take place in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1.
The Committee 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.
The officers shall prepare and organize the work of the Committee.
1. Only the Commission representatives, the members of the Committee, or persons replacing them in their absence, and persons invited in accordance with paragraph 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 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 to 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, the chairman may, in agreement with the Commission staff, invite one or more experts to take part in the deliberations of the Committee.
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 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 may set up working groups to facilitate its work.
1. The Committee 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 officers and working groups.
3. Secretarial services for the Committee, its officers and working groups shall be provided by the Commission.
The Committee 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, 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 on the opinion to be given, the Committee shall formulate joint conclusions and attach them to the report.
The outcome of the Committee's discussions 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 of its working groups.
In such cases, only Committee members and representatives of the Commission departments concerned may be present at meetings.
1
The Commission Decision of 18 July 1962 is hereby repealed.
2
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32000R2348 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2348/2000 of 23 October 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2348/2000
of 23 October 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Articles 10 and 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1550/2000(4), fixes the amount of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed. In view of developments in the supply situation for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder, the amount of aid should be reduced.
(2) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 is replaced by the following:
"1. Aid is hereby fixed at:
(a) EUR 4,93 per 100 kg of skimmed milk with a protein content of not less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract;
(b) EUR 4,35 per 100 kg of skimmed milk with a protein content of not less than 31,4 % but less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract;
(c) EUR 61,00 per 100 kg of skimmed-milk powder with a protein content of not less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract;
(d) EUR 53,80 per 100 kg of skimmed-milk powder with a protein content of not less than 31,4 % but less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31999L0091 | Commission Directive 1999/91/EC of 23 November 1999 amending Directive 90/128/EEC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/91/EC
of 23 November 1999
amending Directive 90/128/EEC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/109/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs(1) and in particular Article 3 thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Food,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Directive 90/128/EEC(2), as last amended by Directive 96/11/EC(3), provides in Article 3(2) for the revision of Annex II thereto.
(2) On the basis of the information available, certain monomers provisionally admitted at national level may be included in the Community list.
(3) Other monomers have been requested for use following the adoption of Directive 90/128/EEC: the technical data supplied permit their inclusion in the Community list.
(4) Annex III to Directive 90/128/EEC includes a list of additives, which should be amended so as to include other additives fully evaluated by the Scientific Committee on Food.
(5) For certain substances, the restrictions already set out should be amended according to the information available.
(6) The current total list of additives is an incomplete list inasmuch as it does not contain all the substances which are currently accepted in one or more Member States; accordingly, these substances continue to be regulated by national laws pending a decision on inclusion in the Community list.
(7) This Directive establishes purity criteria for only a few substances, and therefore the other substances which may require purity criteria remain regulated in this respect by national laws pending a decision at Community level.
(8) The measures contained in this Directive do not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives already provided for in Directive 89/109/EEC.
(9) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs,
Directive 90/128/EEC is amended as follows:
1. the fourth indent of Article 3(5) is deleted;
2. Article 3a is replaced by the following: "Article 3a
An incomplete list of additives which may be used for the manufacture of plastic materials and articles, together with the restrictions on their use, is set out in Annex III";
3. the following Articles 3b and 3c are inserted: "Article 3b
Only the products obtained by means of bacterial fermentation listed in Annex IV may be used in contact with foodstuffs.
c
1. The specifications relating to some substances appearing in Annexes II, III and IV are laid down in Annex V.
2. The meaning of the numbers between brackets appearing in the Column 'Restrictions and/or specifications' is explained in Annex VI";
4. Annex II is amended as shown in Annex I to this Directive;
5. Annex III is amended as shown in Annex II to this Directive;
6. the texts set out in Annex III to this Directive are added as Annexes IV, V and VI.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 31 December 2000. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Member States shall permit, as from 1 January 2002, the trade in and use of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs and complying with this Directive.
They shall prohibit, as from 1 January 2003, the manufacture and importation into the Community of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs and which do not comply with this Directive.
2. 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.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31996D0643 | 96/643/EC: Commission Decision of 13 November 1996 concerning protective measures with regard to imports of certain animals and their products from Bulgaria due to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 13 November 1996 concerning protective measures with regard to imports of certain animals and their products from Bulgaria due to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (Text with EEA relevance) (96/643/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC (2), and in particular Article 19 (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC, and in particular Article 18 (1),
Whereas outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have occurred in Bulgaria;
Whereas under the current Community legislation Member States authorize the imports of live biungulates and their products from Bulgaria; whereas, therefor, the situation in Bulgaria presents a serious threat to the herds of Member States in view of the trade in live animals and their products;
Whereas it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to protect the Community from the risk of introduction of this disease;
Whereas Commission Decision 93/242/EEC of 30 April 1993 concerning the importation into the Community of certain live animals and their products originating from certain European countries in relation to foot-and-mouth disease (4), as last amended by Decision 96/414/EC (5), allows under certain conditions, the importation of live animals, fresh meat and certain meat products from and through certain countries, including Bulgaria;
Whereas Commission Decision 95/340/EC (6), as last amended by Decision 96/584/EC (7), draws up a list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of raw milk, heat treated milk and milk based products; whereas Bulgaria is included in this list; whereas it is necessary to ensure that any imported milk products have undergone a treatment sufficient to destroy the virus;
Whereas Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards parthogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (8), as last amended by Commission Decision 96/405/EC (9), lays down the conditions for the importation of animal casings, hides and skins, bones and bone products, horn and horn products, hooves and hoove products, game trophies and unprocessed wool and hair; whereas these products may be imported only if treated in such a way to destroy the virus; whereas, however, certain other products may still be imported; whereas this material constitutes a risk;
Whereas it is necessary therefore to prohibit the importation and transit of live biungulates and the imports of certain animal products from Bulgaria; whereas however certain products can be imported if they have undergone specific treatments;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Commission Decision 93/242/EEC is amended as follows:
1. in Annex B the word 'Bulgaria` is deleted;
2. in Annex A the word 'Bulgaria` is inserted.
1. Member States shall not authorize the importation of milk and milk based products originating in Bulgaria unless they have undergone a treatment which meets the requirements of Article 3 of Commission Decision 95/340/EC.
2. In addition to the provisions of Commission Decision 93/242/EEC, Member States shall not authorize the importation of the following products of the bovine, ovine, caprine and other biungulate species originating in the territory of Bulgaria:
- blood and blood products as described in Annex I, Chapter 7 to Directive 92/118/EEC,
- raw materials for the manufacture of animal feedingstuffs and pharmaceutical or technical products as described in Annex I, Chapter 10 to Directive 92/118/EEC,
- animal manure as described in Annex I, Chapter 14 to Directive 92/118/EEC.
3. The prohibition referred to in the first indent of paragraph 2 shall not apply to blood products which have undergone the treatment provided for in Annex I, Chapter 7 (3) (b) to Directive 92/118/EEC.
4. Member States shall ensure that the certificates accompanying animal products treated in according to paragraph 1 or 3 and authorized to be sent from Bulgaria shall bear the following words:
'Animal products conforming to Commission Decision 96/643/EC concerning protection measures with regard to imports of animals and animal products from Bulgaria.`
Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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31987R0561 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 561/87 of 23 February 1987 laying down special measures for imports of olive oil originating in Tunisia
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 561/87
of 23 February 1987
laying down special measures for imports of olive oil originating in Tunisia
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 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 1454/86 (2), and in particular Article 36 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the situation on the Community market is such as to allow a limited quantity of olive oil originating in Tunisia to be imported in coming months without the risk of serious disturbance;
Whereas under Articles 97 and 295 of the 1985 Act of Accession, preferential arrangements, be they contractual or autonomous, applied by the Community with regard to third countries in the olive oil sector, do not apply to Spain or to Portugal; whereas provision should be made for measures to avoid the possibility of olive oil originating in Tunisia being entered for consumption in Spain or in Portugal whilst benefiting from a reduced levy; whereas these measures should be specified in the detailed rules of application of this Regulation;
Whereas provision should accordingly be made for general rules for the issue of import licences in order to guarantee equal access to that quota for importers of olive oil,
1. A special levy of 5 ECU per 100 kilograms shall be charged on imports of olive oil which has not undergone any refining process, falling within subheadings 15.07 A I a) and b) of the Common Customs Tariff, obtained entirely in Tunisia and transported directly therefrom to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985.
2. The special levy shall apply to a maximum quantity of 10 000 tonnes of olive oil in respect of imports for which an application for the licence referred to in Article 2 has been lodged within 30 days from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
1. In order to qualify for the special levy referred to in Article 1, importers must submit an import licence application to the competent authorities of the Member States. That application must be accompanied by a copy of the purchase contract concluded with the Tunisian exporter.
2. Import licence applications must be submitted on Mondays or Tuesdays of each week. Member States shall notify the Commission, on Wednesdays, of the data in licence applications received.
3. Each week the Commission shall draw up a total of the quantities for which import licence applications have been submitted. It shall authorize the Member States to issue licences until the quota is exhausted; where there is a risk of the quota being exhausted, the Commission shall authorize the Member States to issue import licences in proportion to the quantity available.
The import licences referred to in Article 2 shall be valid for 90 days. The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2041/75 (3) regarding import licences without advance fixing of the levy, shall apply in respect of the securities and the period for issuing the licences.
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, in particular those intended to avoid deflection of trade, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006R1894 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1894/2006 of 18 December 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
| 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 397/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1894/2006
of 18 December 2006
concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomenclature’ or ‘CN’, and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) By Decision 2006/1894/EC (2), the Council approved, on behalf of the Community, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994.
(3) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended and supplemented accordingly,
Annex I (Combined Nomenclature) of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 shall be amended as follows:
(a) Parts Two (schedule of customs duties) and Three (tariff annexes) shall be amended with the duties and supplemented with the volumes shown in the Annex to this Regulation;
(b) CN codes 0201 30 00, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91 in Annex 7 (WTO tariff quotas to be opened by the competent Community authorities) of Section III of Part Three shall be amended as follows:
(i) the description of the EC tariff rate quota of 5 000 tonnes ‘Boneless “high quality” meat, fresh chilled or frozen, answering the following description: Beef cuts obtained from steers (novilhos) or heifers (novilhas) aged between 20 and 24 months, which have been exclusively pasture grazed, have lost their central temporary incisors but do not have more than four permanent incisor teeth, which are of a good maturity and which meet the following beef carcase classification requirements: meat from B or R class carcases with rounded to straight conformation and a fat-cover class of 2 or 3; the cuts bearing the letters “sc” (special cuts) or an “sc” (special cuts) label as a sign of their high quality will be boxed in cartons bearing the words “high quality beef”’ shall be replaced by ‘Boneless high quality meat of bovine animals fresh, chilled or frozen’;
(ii) under ‘Other terms and conditions’ the text ‘Supplying country Brazil’ shall be inserted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32006D0297 | 2006/297/EC: Commission Decision of 20 April 2006 amending Decision 2006/274/EC concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany (notified under document number C(2006) 1652) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 21.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 108/31
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 April 2006
amending Decision 2006/274/EC concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany
(notified under document number C(2006) 1652)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/297/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Outbreaks of classical swine fever have occurred in Germany.
(2) Commission Decision 2006/274/EC of 6 April 2006 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany and repealing Decision 2006/254/EC (2) was adopted in order to maintain and extent the measures taken by Germany pursuant to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (3). In particular, given the animal health risk linked to trade of live pigs, the movement of pigs from and to holdings situated within the areas situated in Annex I thereof has been submitted to rules stricter than those provided for in Directive 2001/89/EC.
(3) Germany provided information that animal welfare problems arise in keeping the pigs in certain holdings in the surveillance zones where the prohibition on the movement of pigs is maintained.
(4) It is therefore appropriate that the German authorities may authorise removal of pigs from a holding within a surveillance zone under the conditions provided for in Directive 2001/89/EC and Commission Decision 2002/106/EC of 1 February 2002 approving a Diagnostic Manual establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of the laboratory tests for the confirmation of classical swine fever (4).
(5) Decision 2006/274/EC should be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2006/274/EC is amended as follows:
In Article 2, the following third paragraph is added:
‘3. By way derogation from paragraph 1(a) the competent authority may authorise the direct transport of pigs from a holding situated within a surveillance zone to a designated holding in which no pigs are present and which is situated within the same surveillance zone, provided that:
— this movement takes place in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 11, paragraphs (1) point (f) and (2) Directive 2001/89/EC;
— the examinations provided for in Chapter IV (D) (2) of the Annex to Decision 2002/106/EC have been completed with negative results on the holding from which the pigs are dispatched.
The German authorities shall record the above movements and inform immediately the Commission thereof in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health’.
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31976R2213 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 of 10 September 1976 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public storage
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2213/76 of 10 September 1976 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public storage
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 559/76 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,
Whereas large quantities of skimmed-milk powder are currently held in public storage in the Community ; whereas steps should be taken to sell these stocks where outlets for the product exist;
Whereas outlets for skimmed-milk powder held in public storage may appear at short notice ; whereas as a result of the drought, which has caused a fall in the production of skimmed-milk powder, the quantities available on the market may not be sufficient to meet demand ; whereas it is therefore necessary to provide for the purchase of skimmed-milk powder from the intervention agencies ; whereas the price can be fixed by increasing the purchase price for the skimmed-milk powder paid by the intervention agency by an amount which takes into account the market situation and storage costs;
Whereas it is necessary that the Member States inform the Commission of the quantities of skimmed-milk powder sold under this Regulation;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
The intervention agencies of the Member States shall sell to any person wishing to purchase skimmed-milk powder which, at the date when the contract of sale is concluded, has been held in storage by them for not less than six months.
1. The skimmed-milk powder shall be sold: (a) ex-storage depot at a price of: - 92 75 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for the quantities which are the subject of a selling contract concluded before 4 October 1976,
- 93 75 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for the quantities which are the subject of a selling contract concluded from 4 October 1976;
(b) in lots of 10 metric tons or more.
2. The sale by the intervention agency of the skimmed-milk powder shall be subject to the provision by the purchaser, on or before conclusion of the contract of sale, of security in an amount of two units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
Such security shall take the form, at the option of the Member State concerned, either of a cheque made out in favour of the intervention agency or of a guarantee satisfying the requirements laid down by that Member State.
1. The purchaser shall take delivery of the skimmed-milk powder within one month reckoned from the day on which the contract of sale is concluded.
The purchaser may take delivery in instalments of the quantity purchased by him, provided that no instalment is of less than 10 metric tons.
2. Before taking delivery of any quantity, the purchaser shall pay the intervention agency for that quantity.
3. Except in case of force majeure, if the buyer fails to take delivery of the skimmed-milk powder within the time limit set in paragraph 1, the contract of sale shall be terminated in respect of the quantities outstanding.
4. The security provided for in Article 2 (2) shall be forfeit in respect of any quantities in respect of which the contract of sale is terminated pursuant to paragraph 3. It shall be released immediately in respect of all quantities of which delivery is taken within the prescribed time limit.
5. In case of force majeure, the intervention agency shall take such action as it considers necessary in the light of the circumstances invoked.
The Member States shall inform the Commission not later than the Tuesday of each week of the quantities of skimmed-milk powder which during the preceding week: - became the subject of a contract of sale,
- were released from storage.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (2)OJ No L 67, 15.3.1976, p. 9.
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32003R0320 | Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2003 of 18 February 2003 terminating the review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of threaded malleable cast-iron tube or pipe fittings originating in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Thailand
| Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2003
of 18 February 2003
terminating the review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of threaded malleable cast-iron tube or pipe fittings originating in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Thailand
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 Articles 8, 9 and Article 11(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1515/2001 of 23 July 2001 on the measures that may be taken by the Community following a report adopted by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body concerning anti-dumping and anti-subsidy matters(2) and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, after consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
(1) On 26 March 2001, the Commission received a request from an exporting producer of threaded malleable fittings in the Czech Republic, namely Moravske Zelezarny AS, to amend the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on it by Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2000 of 11 August 2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain malleable cast-iron tube or pipe fittings originating in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Thailand(3).
(2) The exporting producer requested a review on the basis that its individual anti-dumping duty rate is based on methodologies which are not in line with the conclusions contained in the Appellate Body report and a panel report as modified by the Appellate Body report in the case "European Communities - Anti-dumping measures on imports of cotton-type bed-linen from India"(4) (Reports) and in particular the legal interpretation afforded in those reports to Articles 2(2)(2)(ii) and 2(4)(2) of the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement, as adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
(3) Consequently, the Commission offered, by notice of 5 December 2001 (hereinafter referred to as notice of initiation) published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(5), the possibility of a review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of threaded malleable cast-iron tube or pipe fittings originating in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Thailand.
(4) The scope of the review was limited to the examination of dumping by those exporting producers in the countries concerned whose duty rates are based on a dumping methodology at issue in the reports and which submitted a full questionnaire reply within the time limits set out in the notice of initiation. This review was based on Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1515/2001.
(5) The Commission officially advised all known exporting producers and the relevant authorities in the exporting countries of the initiation of the proceeding. The parties concerned had 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 sent questionnaires to all parties known to be concerned and to all other companies which made themselves known within the deadlines set out in the notice of initiation and received only one reply from an exporting producer in Thailand. The Czech producer which had originally requested a review did not respond to the questionnaire.
(7) Subsequently, this exporting producer in Thailand decided to withdraw its application for review. Therefore, and since no other exporter submitted a questionnaire response pursuant to the notice of initiation, the present investigation should be terminated.
B. CONCLUSIONS
(8) On the basis of the above, it is concluded that the review should be terminated and the anti-dumping measures imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1784/2000 on imports of the product concerned originating in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Thailand should remain in force, without changing the level of the measures for the exporting producers in the countries concerned. Likewise, the undertakings originally accepted should remain in place,
The review of anti-dumping measures concerning imports of threaded malleable cast-iron tube or pipe fittings currently classifiable within CN code ex 7307 19 10 (TARIC code 7307 19 10 10 ) and originating in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Thailand, is hereby 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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32012D0002 | 2012/2/EU: Council Decision of 19 December 2011 appointing a Danish member of the Committee of the Regions
| 5.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 2/6
COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 December 2011
appointing a Danish member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/2/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Danish Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015. On 25 May 2010, Mr Jan BOYE was appointed as member until 25 January 2015 by Council Decision 2010/303/EU (3), following the resignation of Mr Jens Jørgen NYGAARD.
(2) A member’s seat has become vacant following the death of Mr Jan BOYE,
The following is hereby appointed as a member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
— Mr Søren Pape POULSEN, borgmester, Viborg Kommune.
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31991R0139 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 139/91 of 21 January 1991 on transitional measures applicable after the unification of Germany in the sheepmeat sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 139/91 of 21 January 1991 on transitional measures applicable after the unification of Germany in the sheepmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 of 4 December 1990 on the transitional measures and adjustments required in the agricultural sector as a result of Germany unification (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas it is necessary, in order to ensure the stability of the Community market, to guarantee the performance of arrangements concluded in respect of products of origin in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas Germany should therefore be authorized to pay from national funds an export refund for the products concerned;
Whereas the period for which the operations may take place should be determined so as to facilitate the execution of the exports in question;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheepmeat and Goats.
Article 1
Up to a maximum limit of 10 000 tonnes, carcase weight equivalent, Germany is hereby authorized to grant from national funds an export refund on products of the sheepmeat sector originating in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic and which are the subject of arrangements concluded before 30 June 1991. Article 2
Products referred to in Article 1 must be exported from the Community prior to 31 December 1991. Article 3
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 1991.
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 |
32003D0631 | 2003/631/EC: Council Decision of 25 August 2003 adopting measures concerning Liberia under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement in a case of special urgency
| Council Decision
of 25 August 2003
adopting measures concerning Liberia under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement in a case of special urgency
(2003/631/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the internal agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement(1), and in particular, Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 2002/274/EC of 25 March 2002 concluding consultations with Liberia under Articles 96 and 97 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement(2) provides for the adoption of the appropriate measures within the meaning of Article 96(2)(c) and of Article 97(3) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
(2) The essential elements cited in Article 9 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement continue to be violated by the Government of Liberia and the current conditions in Liberia do not ensure respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law.
(3) The political and security situation in Liberia has deteriorated dramatically since the date of adoption of Decision 2002/274/EC. This situation constitutes therefore a case of special urgency within the meaning of Article 96(2)(b) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
(4) It is consequently necessary to review the conditions under which funds set aside for Liberia can be made available in order to allow support to the peace process in Liberia in particular through possible support to peacekeeping operations, a demobilisation and reintegration programme, institution building and restoring democratic structures,
The measures specified in the annexed draft letter addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia are hereby adopted as appropriate measures in a case of special urgency within the meaning of Article 96(2)(b) and (c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. These measures shall expire on 31 December 2004. This date does not preclude any specific expiry date contained in the financial instruments covered by this Decision.
The measures taken by the Community referred to in Article 2 of Decision 2002/274/EC shall no longer apply as from the entry into force of this Decision.
The outcome of the consultations as set out in the draft letter annexed to Decision 2002/274/EC shall remain unaffected.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32012R0513 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 513/2012 of 15 June 2012 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 June 2012
| 16.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 156/43
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 513/2012
of 15 June 2012
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 June 2012
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 (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states that the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 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 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, in order to calculate the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 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 (EU) No 642/2010, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 16 June 2012 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,
From 16 June 2012, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 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 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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
31991D0428 | 91/428/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 July 1991 approving measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention presented by the Kingdom of Belgium (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 26 July 1991 approving measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention presented by the Kingdom of Belgium (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic) (91/428/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 89/455/EEC of 24 July 1989 introducing Community measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, conforming to Article 1 of Decision 89/455/EEC Belgium shall set up large-scale pilot projects in accordance with Article 3 for the eradication or prevention of rabies in the wild life of the Community using vaccines for the oral immunization of foxes;
Whereas the pilot projects as presented by Belgium include the adjacent border areas of France, Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands;
Whereas the pilot project is part of a cross border cooperation with France, Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands;
Whereas by letter dated 26 March 1991 Belgium notified the Commission of pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention;
Whereas, after examination the pilot project was found to comply with Decision 89/455/EEC; whereas the conditions for financial participation by the Community are therefore met;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The pilot projects for the eradication and prevention of rabies, presented by Belgium are hereby approved.
Belgium shall bring into force by 1 April 1991 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the pilot projects referred to in Article 1.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31981R2455 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/81 of 27 July 1981 on the application of Decision No 3/81 of the EEC - Iceland Joint Committee adding to and amending Lists A and B annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of ' originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2455/81 of 27 July 1981 on the application of Decision No 3/81 of the EEC - Iceland Joint Committee adding to and amending Lists A and B annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation
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 an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (1) was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 April 1973;
(1) OJ No L 301, 31.12.1972, p. 2.
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the above Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 3/81 adding to and amending Lists A and B annexed to that Protocol;
Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the Community,
Decision No 3/81 of the EEC - Iceland 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 third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0671 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 671/2013 of 9 July 2013 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 16.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 193/4
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 671/2013
of 9 July 2013
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, subject to the measures in force in the Union relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective surveillance of textile products on importation into the Union, binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which is not in accordance with this Regulation, may continue to be invoked for a period of 60 days by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(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.
Subject to the measures in force in the Union relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective surveillance of textile products on importation into the European Union, binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which is not in accordance with this Regulation may continue to be invoked for a period of 60 days under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31994D0574 | 94/574/ECSC: Commission Decision of 1 June 1994 authorizing the grant by the United Kingdom of aid to the coal industry for the last quarter of the 1993/94 financial year and for the 1994/95 financial year (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 1 June 1994 authorizing the grant by the United Kingdom of aid to the coal industry for the last quarter of the 1993/94 financial year and for the 1994/95 financial year (Only the English text is authentic) (94/574/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 3632/93/ECSC of 28 December 1993 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry (1), and in particular Articles 2 (1) and 9 thereof,
Whereas:
I By letter of 30 March 1994, the United Kingdom sent the Commission a modernization, rationalization and restructuring plan for the coal industry in accordance with Article 8 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
In the same letter, the United Kingdom notified the Commission, in accordance with Article 9 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, of the financial support which it intends to grant to the coal industry during the last quarter of the 1993/94 financial year and the 1994/95 financial year.
In accordance with Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the Commission is required to:
- give its opinion on whether the modernization, rationalization and restructuring plan is in conformity with the general and specific objectives of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC;
- take a decision on the carrying-over to the last quarter of the 1993/94 financial year of a sum totalling £2 187 759,71 and to the 1994/95 financial year of a sum totalling £116 354 577,43 of a provision authorized by the Commission until 31 December 1993 and intended to cover operating losses of underground coal-mining undertakings.
The financial support which the United Kingdom proposes to grant to the coal industry falls within the scope of Article 1 (1) of the Decision. The Commission is therefore required to decide, in accordance with Article 9 (4) of the Decision, whether the support is in conformity with the objectives and criteria of the Decision and is compatible with the proper functioning of the common market.
II The modernization, rationalization and restructuring plan notified by the United Kingdom needs to be examined in the light of the general objectives laid down in Article 2 (1) and the specific criteria and objectives laid down in Articles 3 and 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
This plan is based on the White Paper on the prospects for coal published by the United Kingdom on 25 March 1993.
Its main objective is to make the United Kingdom coal industry fully competitive with coal prices on international markets and to privatize British Coal in the near future.
To achieve that objective, the industry must strengthen the restructuring process, as a result of which a large number of underground mines are having to be closed, or production in them stopped and the installations mothballed.
Some pits which are not currently competitive need to be rationalized to enable production to become competitive. To this end, the United Kingdom Government has provided for the constitution of a provision not exceeding a total of £120 million to cover the operating losses of those pits temporarily by means of operating aid. This aid should enable the pits to find a market among power stations for the disposal of their production.
The United Kingdom has put before Parliament a Bill on the privatization of British Coal and the creation of an independent body to be responsible, among other things, for issuing operating licences under a transparent, non-discriminatory scheme which would guarantee fair competition between all coal-mining undertakings.
The modernization, rationalization and restructuring plan notified by the United Kingdom, the aim of which is to make coal produced in the United Kingdom fully competitive with imported coal and to abolish all aid, meets the objective of the first indent of Article 2 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, namely, in the light of coal prices on international markets, to make further progress towards economic viability with the aim of achieving degression of aids.
By allowing certain pits the time required to improve their competitiveness, it is possible to avoid the closure of those pits in the short term, which therefore helps to solve the social and regional problems created by total or partial reductions in the activity of production units, in accordance with the objectives set out in the second indent of Article 2 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
The plan provides for appropriate measures and sustained efforts to obtain a downward trend in production costs over the period from 1994 to 31 March 1998 so as to bring the selling price of all coal produced in the United Kingdom after that date into line with that of coal prices on international markets.
The Commission has taken account, in its evaluation, of the conformity of the plans with the general and specific objectives, the degree of effort towards modernization, rationalization, restructuring and reduction in activity made by the United Kingdom coal industry during the period of application of Commission Decision No 2064/86/ECSC (2).
The plan submitted by the United Kingdom therefore conforms to the specific objectives set out in Articles 3 and 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
III By Decision 94/333/ECSC (3) the Commission authorized the United Kingdom, in accordance with Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, to constitute a provision for 1993 totalling £120 million to cover operating losses incurred by underground coal-mining undertakings.
Decision 94/333/ECSC, which covered the period up to 31 December 1993, established that, if the United Kingdom decided to grant aid beyond that date, it should notify the aid to the Commission in accordance with Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
By letter of 16 May 1994, the United Kingdom notified the Commission, in accordance with Article 2 of Decision 94/333/ECSC, that the aid actually paid to beneficiaries from the provision of £120 million for the 1993 calendar year amounted to £1 457 662,86 and that, of the balance of £118 542 337,14, the sum of £2 187 759,71 was being carried over to the last quarter of the 1993/94 financial year which expired on 31 March 1994 and the sum of £116 354 577,43 to the 1994/95 financial year.
The Commission is therefore required to take a decision on these two financial measures.
IV The sums of £2 187 759,71 and £116 354 577,43 which the United Kingdom plans to grant to its coal industry are intended to cover the difference between production costs and the selling prices, which are freely agreed between the contracting parties in the light of world market conditions, of undertakings and production units eligible for operating aid in accordance with Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
This aid should enable the above pits and undertakings to find a market among power stations for the disposal of their production during the rationalization period. In the absence of this aid, these pits would be condemned to closing in the short term, which would increase the severity of the social and regional problems related to the decline of this industry.
This aid has to be approved, in accordance with Article 9 (4), by the Commission, which takes a decision in particular, on the basis of the general objectives and criteria set out in Article 2 and the specific criteria set out in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC. In accordance with Article 9 (6), the Commission, in its assessment, checks whether the measures proposed are in conformity with the plans submitted in accordance with Article 8 and with the objectives set out in Article 2.
The aid will help, in the light of coal prices on international markets, to make further progress towards economic viability. The facts that the aid is of a temporary nature and is limited to the period leading up to the privatization of the British Coal Corporation and that its aim is to render those production units competitive with imported coal mean that the aid will be degressive. It will also help to solve the social and regional problems created by the closure of the production units. It is therefore in conformity with the objectives of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
The proposed aid will not, according to the United Kingdom notification, exceed, for any contractual quantity, the difference between the production costs and the foreseeable revenue. The amount of operating aid per tonne may not lead to delivery prices for Community coal which are lower than those charged for coal of similar quality originating in non-member countries.
The United Kingdom will ensure that the aid does not create any discrimination within the meaning of Article 4 (b) of the ECSC Treaty between producers, between purchasers or between consumers.
In assessing these measures, the Commission has taken account of the fact that they are part of the modernization, rationalization and restructuring plan for the United Kingdom coal industry.
With regard to the provision, the United Kingdom will inform the Commission each month, for control purposes, of the payments actually made, the quantities covered and the recipient undertakings.
V In the light of the foregoing and on the basis of the information supplied by the United Kingdom, the proposed operating aid for the coal industry is compatible with the objectives of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC and with the proper functioning of the common market.
This Decision does not prejudge the compatibility with the Treaties of any contracts which might be concluded between coal and electricity producers,
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to carry over to the last quarter of the 1993/94 financial year the provision authorized until 31 December 1993 for a sum totalling £2 187 759,71 to cover operating losses of underground coal-mining undertakings.
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to carry over to the 1994/95 financial year the provision authorized until 31 December 1993 for a sum totalling £116 354 577,43 to cover operating losses of underground coal-mining undertakings.
The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission each month of the payments actually made to beneficiaries from the financial provisions provided for in Articles 1 and 2 of this Decision together with the quantities of coal covered and the names of the recipient undertakings.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom. | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
31993R2233 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93 of 5 August 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 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
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2233/93 of 5 August 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 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
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 form the Commission,
Whereas 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 Republic of Poland of the other part (1), entered into force on 1 March 1992;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 (2), established inter alia, provisions for the application of Article 14 (2) and (4) of the Interim Agreement concerning agricultural products;
Whereas an Additional Protocol to the Interim Agreement has been negotiated between the parties, was initialled on 16 July 1993 and has been provisionally applied since 1 July 1993;
Whereas it is necessary to provide that the provisions of the Additional Protocol concerning agricultural products be applied according to the same procedures as those concerning the Interim Agreement,
The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 518/92:
'Provisions for the application of Article 4 of the Additional Protocol and for the transition between the original import regime and the import regime therein provided for shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005D0738 | 2005/738/EC: Commission Decision of 14 September 2005 on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2003 financial year (notified under document number C(2005) 3442)
| 21.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/58
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 September 2005
on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2003 financial year
(notified under document number C(2005) 3442)
(Only the Spanish, German, English, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2005/738/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2004/451/EC of 29 April 2004 on the clearance of the accounts of Member States’ expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2003 financial year (2), cleared the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Belgian paying agencies ALT, ALP and BIRB, the German paying agencies Baden Württemberg, Bayern StMELF, Bayern-Umwelt, Berlin, Hamburg and Niedersachsen, the Spanish paying agency Navarra, the French paying agencies CNASEA, FIRS, OFIVAL, ONIC, ONIFLHOR, ONIOL, ONIVINS and SDE, the Luxembourg paying agency ministère de l’agriculture, the Dutch paying agencies HPA and Laser, the Portuguese paying agency INGA, the Swedish paying agency Swedish Board of Agriculture and the United Kingdom paying agencies CCW, DARD, FC, NAW, RPA and SEERAD.
(2) Following the transmission of new information by Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision on the veracity, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts submitted by the Belgian paying agencies ALT, ALP and BIRB, the German paying agencies Baden Württemberg, Bayern StMELF, Berlin, Hamburg and Niedersachsen, Spanish paying agency Navarra, the French paying agencies CNASEA, FIRS, OFIVAL, ONIC, ONIFLHOR, ONIOL, ONIVINS and SDE, the Luxembourg paying agency ministère de l’agriculture, the Dutch paying agencies HPA and Laser, the Portuguese paying agency INGA, the Swedish paying agency Swedish Board of Agriculture and the United Kingdom paying agencies CCW, FC, RPA and SEERAD.
(3) In clearing the accounts of the Belgian, German, Spanish, French, Luxembourg, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish and British paying agencies concerned, the Commission must take account of the amounts already withheld from Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom on the basis of Decision 2004/451/EC.
(4) In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 this Decision is taken without prejudice to decisions taken subsequently by the Commission, excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,
The accounts of the Belgian paying agencies ALT, ALP and BIRB, the German paying agencies Baden Württemberg, Bayern StMELF, Berlin, Hamburg and Niedersachsen, the Spanish paying agency Navarra, the French paying agencies CNASEA, FIRS, OFIVAL, ONIC, ONIFLHOR, ONIOL, ONIVINS and SDE, the Luxembourg paying agency ministère de l’agriculture, the Dutch paying agencies HPA and Laser, the Portuguese paying agency INGA, the Swedish paying agency Swedish Board of Agriculture and the United Kingdom paying agencies CCW, FC, RPA and SEERAD concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for the 2003 financial year are hereby cleared.
The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each of the Member States concerned in accordance with this Decision are set out in the Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986R0603 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 603/86 of 28 February 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 amending various Regulations in view of the accession of Spain and of Portugal
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 603/86
of 28 February 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 amending various Regulations in view of the accession of Spain and of Portugal
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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 oil and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza, rape and sunflower seed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1474/84 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 of 30 December 1985 amending certain Regulations relating to oils and fats as a result of the accession of Spain and Portugal (5), amended, inter alia, Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1813/84 of 28 June 1984 on the detailed rules for applying the differential amounts for colza, rape and sunflower seeds (6); whereas part of the text of the amendment to the said Article was corrected by a corrigendum (7); whereas, at the same time, this same Article was amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (8);
Whereas the text set out in Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 as corrected by the corrigendum is the most suitable; whereas, in the interests of clarity, the indications set out in point 5 of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 should be deleted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats.
Point 5 of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 is hereby deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
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 |
32010R0624 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 624/2010 of 15 July 2010 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Melanzana Rossa di Rotonda (PDO)]
| 16.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 182/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 624/2010
of 15 July 2010
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Melanzana Rossa di Rotonda (PDO)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Melanzana Rossa di Rotonda’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0229 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 229/2005 of 10 February 2005 fixing production refunds on cereals
| 11.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 39/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 229/2005
of 10 February 2005
fixing production refunds on cereals
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 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No 1418/76 concerning production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors respectively (2) lays down the conditions for granting production refunds. The basis for calculating the refund is laid down in Article 3 of that Regulation. The refund thus calculated, differentiated where necessary for potato starch, must be fixed once a month and may be amended if the price of maize and/or wheat changes significantly.
(2) The production refunds fixed in this Regulation should be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish the exact amount to be paid.
(3) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The refund per tonne of starch referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, is hereby fixed at:
(a) EUR 9,34/tonne for starch from maize, wheat, barley and oats;
(b) EUR 11,60/tonne for potato starch.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 2005.
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31992D0187 | 92/187/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 February 1992 laying down the conditions which have to be complied with for importation of certain raw materials for the pharmaceutical processing industry, coming from certain third countries, which do not appear on the list established by Council Decision 79/542/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 February 1992 laying down the conditions which have to be complied with for importation of certain raw materials for the pharmaceutical processing industry, coming from certain third countries, which do not appear on the list established by Council Decision 79/542/EEC (92/187/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 91/688/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,
Whereas the general conditions applying to imports of glands and organs, including blood, from third countries which appear on the list established by Council Decision 79/542/EEC (3), as last amended by Commission Decision 92/14/EEC (4), are fixed by Commission Decision 92/183/EEC (5);
Whereas this raw material is required in large quantities by the pharmaceutical manufacturing industries in Member States to ensure the availability of extracts and enzymes for human and veterinary medicine; whereas, therefore, Directive 72/462/EEC allows Member States to be authorized to import under special conditions the said raw material from third countries which do not appear on the abovementioned list;
Whereas general conditions laid down by Decision 92/183/EEC are strict enough to prevent risk of contamination of herds inside the Community; whereas they provide sufficient guarantees for the imports of the said raw material from certain third countries which do not appear on the third country list;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions contained in Article 1 of Decision 92/183/EEC shall apply as necessary.
1. Without prejudice of the provisions of Decision 92/183/EEC. Member States may authorize the imports of raw materials coming from third countries listed in the Annex to this Decision.
2. Imports in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be subject to the general conditions laid down in Article 2 of Decision 92/183/EEC.
3. Member States which authorize imports of raw material in accordance with this Article shall inform the Commission of such imports.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1992.
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31989R1796 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1796/89 of 22 June 1989 implementing additional quality classes for asparagus and witloof chicory
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1796/89
of 22 June 1989
implementing additional quality classes for asparagus and witloof chicory
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, products complying with the characteristics of quality class III or certain of its requirements may be marketed only under exceptional conditions, in particular to take account of the special characteristics of a product during part or all of the marketing year, whereas such a need for asparagus and witloof chicory led to the introduction of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1387/88 (3); whereas the continued existence of this need justifies an extension of the measures;
Whereas quality class III was added to the common quality standards, in particular for asparagus, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 (4); as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1677/88 (5), whereas, in the case of witloof chicory, that additional class is to be included in the standards laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2213/83 (6); as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1654/87 (7);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Quality classes III defined:
- in Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 for asparagus,
- in Regulation (EEC) No 2413/88 for witloof chicory
shall apply from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001R2180 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2180/2001 of 9 November 2001 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2180/2001
of 9 November 2001
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, 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 set down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules also apply 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 Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to this Regulation must be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4), for a period of three months by the holder.
(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 annexed table are classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31986R2794 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2794/86 of 8 September 1986 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herring, fresh or chilled, falling within subheading ex 03.01 B I a) 2 aa) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Sweden
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2794/86
of 8 September 1986
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herring, fresh or chilled, falling within subheading ex 03.01 B I a) 2 aa) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Sweden
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 Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden was concluded on 22 July 1972; whereas, following the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community, a supplementary protocol will be signed in the near future; whereas pending the entry into force of the said protocol, the Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 573/86 (1), laid down the trade arrangements for fishery products with Sweden in particular, on account of these accessions;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 573/86 provides for the opening, over a period to be determined by common accord, of a 20 000 tonnes duty free Community tariff quota for herring, fresh or chilled, whole, headless or in pieces, originating in Sweden; whereas, therefore, the tariff quota in question should be opened for the period 15 September 1986 to 14 February 1987 and allocated among the Member States;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate of levy for the tariff quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the quota is used up; whereas, in the light of the principles outlined above, a Community tariff arrangement based on an allocation between the Member States would seem to preserve the Community nature of the quota; whereas, to represent as closely as possible the actual development of the market in the said goods, the allocation should follow proportionately the requirements calculated both from statistics of imports from Sweden during a representative reference period and according to the economic outlook for the tariff year in question;
Whereas, during the last two years for which statistics are available, imports of this type of fish, originating in Sweden, into each of the Member States were as follows (in tonnes):
1.2.3 // // // // Member State // 1983 // 1984 // // // // Benelux // 3 318 // 1 093 // Denmark // 37 757 // 37 900 // Germany // 3 831 // 2 822 // Spain // 0 // 0 // Greece // 0 // 0 // France // 77 // 3 // Ireland // 0 // 16 // Italy // 0 // 0 // Portugal // 0 // 0 // United Kingdom // 0 // 0 // // // // // 44 983 // 41 834 // // //
Whereas, during the last two years under consideration, the products in question were imported only by certain Member States and not at all by the other Member States; whereas, under these circumstances, initial shares should be allocated to the importing Member States and the other Member States should be guaranteed access to the benefit of the tariff quota upon imports into those States of the products concerned being notified; whereas these arrangements for allocation will equally ensure the uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff;
Whereas, taking into account these factors and the forecasts made by certain Member States, the initial percentage shares in the quota volume can be set approximately as follows:
1.2 // Member State // // Benelux // 4,96 // Denmark
(1) OJ No L 56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 110.
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for the products concerned in the various Member States, the quota volume should be divided into two instalments, the first being shared among certain Member States and the second constituting a reserve to cover the subsequent requirements of these Member States where they have used up their initial share and any additional requirements which might arise in the other Member States; whereas, in order to give importers in each Member State a certain degree of security, it is appropriate to fix the first instalment of the Community quota at a level which, in the circumstances, could be 82 % of the quota volume;
Whereas initial shares may be used up at different rates; whereas, to avoid disruption of supplies on this account, it should be provided that any Member State which has almost used up its initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve; whereas, each time its additional share is almost used up, a Member State should draw a further share and so on as many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and additional shares should be valid until the end of the quota period; whereas this form of administration requires close collaboration between the Member States and the Commission, and the latter must be in a position to keep account of the extent to which the quotas have been used up and to inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a considerable quantity of a Member State's initial share remains unused, it is essential that such State should return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve, in order to prevent a part of the Community tariff quota from remaining unused in one Member State while it could be used in others;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any operation relating to the administration of the quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any of its members,
1. For the period 15 September 1986 to 14 February 1987, a Community tariff quota of 20 000 tonnes shall be opened in the Community for herring, whole, headless or in pieces, fresh or chilled, falling within subheading 03.01 B I a) 2 aa) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Sweden.
2. Within the limit of this tariff quota the applicable duty shall be totally suspended. However, when these products are imported into Portugal the duty applicable shall be 13,1 % in 1986 and 11,3 % in 1987 within the limit of the quota-shares allocated to this Member State.
Imports of the products in question shall not benefit from the tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1 unless the free-at-frontier prices, which are determined by the Member States according to Article 21 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3655/84 (2), are at least equal to the reference prices if such prices have been fixed or are to be fixed by the Community for the product under consideration or the categories of the products concerned. For the calculation of the reference price the following coefficients shall be applicable:
- whole herring: 1,
- flaps of herring: 2,32,
- pieces of herring: 1,96.
3. The protocol on the definition of the concept of originating products and on methods of administrative cooperation, annexed to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Sweden, shall be applicable.
1. The tariff quota laid down in Article 1 (1) shall be divided into two instalments.
2. A first instalment of this quota, amounting to 16 400 tonnes, shall be shared among certain Member States; the respective shares, which, subject to Article 5, shall be valid until 14 February 1987, shall be as follows:
1.2 // Member States // (in tonnes) // Benelux // 813 // Denmark // 13 945 // Germany // 1 226 // France // 416
3. The second instalment of the quota, being 3 600 tonnes, shall constitute the reserve.
4. If an importer notifies the imminent import of the products in question into a Member State that does not participate in the initial allocation and requests the benefit of the quota, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding to these requirements to the extent that the available balance of the reserve so permits.
1. If a Member State has used 90 % or more of its initial share as fixed in Article 2 (2), or of that share minus any portion returned to the reserve pursuant to Article 5, it shall forthwith, by notifying the Commission, draw a second share, to the extent that the reserve so permits, equal to 10 % of its initial share, rounded up as necessary to the next whole number.
2. If a Member State, after exhausting its initial share, has used 90 % or more of the second share drawn by it, that Member State shall forthwith, in the manner and to the extent provided in paragraph 1, draw a third share equal to 5 % of its initial share, rounded up as necessary to the whole number.
3. If a Member State, after exhausting its second share, has used 90 % or more of the third share drawn by it, that Member State shall, in the manner and to the extent provided in paragraph 1, draw a fourth share equal to the third.
This process shall apply until the reserve is used up.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, a Member State may draw shares lower than those specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds for believing that those specified may not be used in full. Any Member State applying this paragraph shall inform the Commission of its grounds for so doing.
Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until 14 February 1987.
Member State shall, not later than 15 January 1987, return to the reserve the unused portion of their initial share which, on 1 January 1987 is in excess of 20 % of the initial volume. They may return a greater portion if there are grounds for believing that it may not be used in full.
Member States shall, not later than 15 January 1987, notify the Commission of the total quantities of the product in question imported up to and including 1 January 1987 and charged against the Community quota and of any portion of their initial shares returned to the reserve.
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall, as soon as the information reaches it, inform each State of the extent to which the reserve has been used up.
It shall, not later than 20 January 1987, inform the Member States of the amount still in reserve, following any return of shares pursuant to Article 5.
It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the reserve does not exceed the balance available, and to this end shall notify the amount of that balance to the Member State making the last drawing.
1. The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that importations may be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
2. The Member States shall ensure that importers of the product in question have free access to the shares allocated to them.
3. The Member States shall charge imports of the product in question against their shares as and when the product is entered with the customs authorities for free circulation.
4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its share shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
At the request of the Commission, the Member States shall inform it of imports actually charged against their shares.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 September 1986.
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31982D0086 | 82/86/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 December 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Jeol scanning electron microscope, model JSM-35C' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 December 1981
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Jeol scanning electron microscope, model JSM-35C' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/86/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 16 June 1981, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Jeol scanning electron microscope, model JSM-35C', to be used for the qualitative and quantitative analyses of crystal phases brought about by heat treatment in glasses and glass ceramics served for the solidification of highly radioactive nuclear waste, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 18 November 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an electron microscope; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the very high resolution power and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'PSEM 500X', manufactured by Philips Nederland BV, Boschdijk 525, Eindhoven, the Netherlands,
The apparatus described as 'Jeol scanning electron microscope, model JSM-35C', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 16 June 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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32005D0692 | 2005/692/EC: Commission Decision of 6 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in several third countries (notified under document number C(2005) 3704) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 8.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/20
COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 October 2005
concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in several third countries
(notified under document number C(2005) 3704)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/692/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(1) and (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(1), (5) and (6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease in poultry and birds, causing mortality and disturbances which can quickly take epizootic proportions liable to present a serious threat to animal and public health and to reduce sharply the profitability of poultry farming.
(2) Commission Decision 2004/122/EC of 6 February 2004 concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in several third countries (3) suspends certain imports of poultry and poultry products from affected third countries.
(3) Mongolia is not covered by Decision 2004/122/EC but that third country has reported an outbreak of avian influenza in wild birds. Accordingly, imports into the Community of birds other than poultry, including birds caught in the wild, from that third country should be suspended.
(4) Decision 2004/122/EC is applicable until 30 September 2005. However, outbreaks of avian influenza still occur in the third countries referred to in Decision 2004/122/EC and in Mongolia. In view of the still worrying situation in those third countries, protection measures are still required for imports from those third countries.
(5) It is appropriate to lay down specific rules for the importation of birds other than poultry, pet birds and untreated feathers from Russia in a separate act.
(6) Decision 2004/122/EC has been amended several times to take account of the evolving situation with regard to avian influenza in third countries.
(7) For the sake of clarity and transparency, Decision 2004/122/EC should be repealed and replaced by this Decision.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. Member States shall suspend the importation from Thailand of:
(a) fresh meat of poultry, ratites and farmed and wild feathered game;
(b) meat preparations and meat products consisting of, or containing meat of the species referred to in point (a);
(c) raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of those species;
(d) eggs for human consumption; and
(e) non-treated game trophies from any birds.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States shall authorise the importation of the products covered by this Article which have been obtained from birds slaughtered before 1 January 2004.
3. In the veterinary certificates/commercial documents accompanying consignments of the products referred to in paragraph 2 the following words as appropriate to the species shall be included:
‘Fresh poultry meat/fresh ratite meat/fresh meat of wild feathered game/fresh meat of farmed feathered game/meat product consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat/meat preparation consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat/raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game (4) obtained from birds slaughtered before 1 January 2004 and in accordance with Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 2005/692/EC.
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States shall authorise the importation of meat products consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites and farmed and wild feathered game, when the meat of those species has undergone one of the specific treatments referred to in points B, C, or D of Part 4 of Annex II to Commission Decision 2005/432/EC (5).
Member States shall suspend the importation from China of:
(a) fresh poultry meat;
(b) meat preparations and meat products consisting of, or containing poultry meat;
(c) raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of poultry;
(d) eggs for human consumption; and
(e) non-treated game trophies from any birds.
Member States shall suspend the importation from Malaysia of:
(a) raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of poultry;
(b) eggs for human consumption; and
(c) non-treated game trophies from any birds.
1. Member States shall suspend the importation from Cambodia, China including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam of:
(a) unprocessed feathers and parts of feathers; and
(b) live birds other than poultry as defined in Article 1, third indent, of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC (6), including birds accompanying their owners (pet birds).
2. By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 1, Member States shall authorise the importation of unprocessed feathers and parts of feathers from Mongolia.
3. Member States shall ensure that for the importation of processed feathers or parts of feathers, a commercial document stating that the processed feathers or parts thereof have been treated with a steam current or by some other method ensuring that no pathogens are transmitted accompany the consignment.
However, that commercial document shall not be required for processed decorative feathers, processed feathers carried by travellers for their private use or consignments of processed feathers sent to private individuals for non-industrial purposes.
Decision 2004/122/EC is repealed.
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to imports so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision and they shall give immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision shall apply from 1 October 2005 to 30 September 2006.
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32015R0328 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/328 of 2 March 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014 as regards the entry document to be used for feed and food of animal origin Text with EEA relevance
| 3.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 58/50
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/328
of 2 March 2015
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014 as regards the entry document to be used for feed and food of animal origin
(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 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular Article 53(1)(b)(ii) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014 (2) imposes special conditions on the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station to protect public and animal health in the Union.
(2) Article 9 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014 provides that for the purpose of prior notification the feed and food business operators or their representatives are to complete Part I of the common entry document (CED), referred to in Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 (3) and transmit that document to the competent authority at the designated point of entry or border inspection post. The CED referred to in Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 is only applicable for feed and food of non-animal origin and not for feed and food of animal origin, including fishery products.
(3) For feed and food of animal origin, including fishery products, and falling under the scope of Council Directive 97/78/EC (4), Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (5) provides that the common veterinary entry document (CVED) set out in Annex III to that Regulation is to be used for the purpose of prior notification.
(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014 is amended as follows:
(1) In Article 9, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
(a) for products of non-animal origin: Part I of the common entry document (CED), referred to in point (a) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009, taking into account the notes for guidance for the CED laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009;
(b) for feed and food of animal origin, including fishery products, falling within the scope of Council Directive 97/78/EC: the Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) set out in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (6).
(2) Article 12 is replaced by the following:
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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31996D0213 | 96/213/EC: Commission Decision of 6 March 1996 concerning a request for exemption lodged by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 6 March 1996 concerning a request for exemption lodged by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the German text is authentic) (96/213/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 93/81/EEC (2),
Whereas on 13 October 1995 the authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany lodged a request for approval, by the Commission, of an exemption pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Directive 70/156/EEC; whereas this request was accompanied by a report containing the information required by the abovementioned Article 8; whereas this request concerns one type of gas discharge light source to be installed in three types of headlamps intended for use in motor vehicles;
Whereas the information submitted by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany shows that the technology and principle embodied in these new types of gas discharge light source and headlamp do not meet the requirements of Community regulations; whereas, however, the description of the tests, the results thereof and the action taken in order to ensure road safety are satisfactory and ensure a level of safety equivalent to that of the lamps and headlamps covered by the requirements of the Directives in force and, in particular, of Council Directive 76/761/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to motor-vehicle headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped-beam headlamps and to incandescent electric filament lamps for such headlamps (3);
Whereas these new types of gas discharge light source and headlamp meet the requirements of Regulations adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; whereas, this being the case, it is therefore justified to allow vehicles equipped with headlamps fitted with the lamps covered by the request for exemption to benefit immediately from the granting of EEC type approval on condition that the vehicles are equipped with an automatic beam levelling system, a headlamp cleaning system and a system guaranteeing a permanent dipped beam;
Whereas the Community Directive concerned will be amended in order to enable discharge lamps embodying this new technology and headlamps equipped with such lamps to be placed on the market;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the Directives for the removal of technical barriers to trade in the motor vehicles sector, as set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The Commission hereby approves the request lodged on 13 October 1995 by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Directive 70/156/EEC, for an exemption concerning one type of gas discharge light source to be installed in two types of headlamps intended to be fitted to motor vehicles.
This request is granted on condition that such vehicles are equipped with an automatic beam levelling system, a headlamp cleaning system and a system guaranteeing a permanent dipped beam.
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