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32000D0234 | 2000/234/EC: Commission Decision of 9 March 2000 concerning the non-inclusion of monolinuron in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (notified under document number C(2000) 656) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 9 March 2000
concerning the non-inclusion of monolinuron in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance
(notified under document number C(2000) 656)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/234/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/73/EC(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1199/97(4), and in particular Article 7(3a)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/95(6) has laid down the active substances of plant protection products, designated by the rapporteur Member States for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 and identified the notifiers for each active substance.
(2) Monolinuron is one of the 90 active substances covered by the first stage of the work programme provided for in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(3) In accordance with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 3600/92, the United Kingdom, being the designated rapporteur Member State, submitted on 30 April 1996 to the Commission, the report of its assessment of the information submitted by the sole notifier in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(1) of this Regulation.
(4) The submitted report has been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Plant Health. This review was finalised on July 20, 1999 in the format of the Commission review report for monolinuron, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92.
(5) It is has appeared from the assessments made that the submitted information is not sufficient to demonstrate that plant protection products containing the active substance concerned satisfy the requirements laid down in Articles 5(1)(a) and (b) and 5(2)(b) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(6) The sole notifier informed the Commission and the rapporteur Member State that it no longer wished to participate in the programme of work for this active substance. Therefore, further information required to fully comply with the requirements of Directive 91/414/EEC will not be submitted.
(7) Therefore, it is not possible to include this active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(8) A period of grace for disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC has to be provided.
(9) This Decision does not prejudice any action the Commission may undertake at a later stage for this active substance within the framework of Council Directive 79/117/EEC(7).
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Monolinuron is not included as active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
The Member States shall ensure:
1. that authorisations for plant protection products containing monolinuron are withdrawn within a period of six months from the date of notification of the present Decision;
2. that from the date of notification of the present Decision no authorisations for plant protection products containing monolinuron will be granted or renewed under the derogation provided for in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
Member States shall grant a period of grace for disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, which is as short as possible and not longer than 18 months from the date of notification of the present Decision.
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31986R3886 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/86 of 19 December 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 laying down special provisions for the implementation of the system of import licences for seeds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3886/86
of 19 December 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 laying down special provisions for the implementation of the system of import licences for seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1355/86 (2), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that import licences are required for certain products in the seeds sector; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2811/86 (3) amends, inter alia, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1117/79 specifying the products in the seeds sector to be subject to the system of import licences (4) in order to make hybrid sorghum for sowing subject to the system of import licences; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 (5) should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79, the words 'for hybrid maize for sowing' are deleted.
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 |
32005R0383 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 383/2005 of 7 March 2005 determining the operative events for the exchange rates applicable to the products of the wine sector
| 8.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 61/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 383/2005
of 7 March 2005
determining the operative events for the exchange rates applicable to the products of the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture (2) determines the operative events for the applicable exchange rates on the basis of the criteria set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98, without prejudice to any specific definitions or exemptions provided for in the rules for the sectors concerned on the basis of those criteria.
(2) The operative events for the exchange rates applicable to certain measures of the common organisation of the market in wine are specific and should therefore be determined in a specific regulation.
(3) Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (3) provides for a premium that may be granted in return for the permanent abandonment of vine-growing on a particular area. Article 8(5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 of 31 May 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards production potential (4), lays down the maximum level of the premium per hectare. For reasons of administrative practicability, the operative event for the exchange rate for the amount of that premium should fall at the beginning of the wine year.
(4) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 establishes a system for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards. For reasons of administrative practicability, the exchange rate applicable for the financial allocation provided for in Article 14 of that Regulation should be the one most recently fixed by the European Central Bank prior to 1 July preceding the financial year for which the financial allocations are fixed.
(5) Articles 27 and 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provide for buying-in prices to be paid to the producers and for the aid that the distiller may receive for the distillation of by-products of wine-making and distillation of wine from dual-purpose grapes, respectively. Taking into consideration the economic objectives of and the procedure for implementing the operations, the operative event for the exchange rate for those amounts should fall on the first day of the wine year concerned.
(6) Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides for a minimum price to be paid to the producers and for aid that the distiller may receive for distillation designed to support the potable alcohol sector. Article 30 of that Regulation provides for a crisis distillation measure in an exceptional case of market disturbance caused by serious surpluses or problems of quality. For reasons of administrative practicability, the operative event for the exchange rate applicable in those cases should be monthly.
(7) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms (5) provides for an aid to be paid to makers of fortified wine. As the amount of that aid is linked to the distillation measures in question, it is appropriate to use the same principle when determining the operative event.
(8) Articles 34 and 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 establish aids for specific uses. To establish the operative event as close as possible to the economic objective, and for reasons of administrative practicability, the operative event should be on the first day of the month in which the first enrichment operation is carried out for the aid provided for in Article 34 of that Regulation, and the first day of each month in which processing operations are carried out for the aid provided for in Article 35 of that Regulation.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Production potential
1. The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the permanent abandonment premium provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be the first day of the wine year in which the application for the premium has been submitted.
2. The exchange rate applicable to the financial allocation for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards, provided for in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall be the rate most recently fixed by the European Central Bank prior to 1 July preceding the financial year for which the financial allocations are fixed.
Market mechanisms
1. For the distillation of by-products of wine-making, the operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the buying-in price and to the aid to be paid to distillers, provided for respectively in paragraphs 9 and 11 of Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall fall on the first day of the wine year in respect of which the buying-in price is paid.
2. For the distillation of wine from dual-purpose grapes, the operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the buying-in price and to the aid to be paid to distillers, provided for respectively in paragraphs 3 and 5 of Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall fall on the first day of the wine year in respect of which the buying-in price is paid.
3. For the distillation of table wines and wines suitable for yielding table wines to supply the potable alcohol market, the operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the primary aid and to the minimum price, provided for respectively in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall fall on the first day of the month in which the initial delivery of wine under a contract is carried out.
4. For the crisis distillation provided for in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the minimum price shall fall on the first day of the month in which the initial delivery of wine under a contract is carried out.
5. For the aid to be paid to makers of fortified wine, pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 69(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, the operative event for the exchange rate shall be the same as for the particular distillation measures concerned.
6. The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the aid to be paid for the use of concentrated grape musts or rectified concentrated grape musts for enrichment, pursuant to Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall fall on the first day of the month in which the first enrichment operation is carried out.
7. The operative event for the exchange rate applicable to the aid to be paid for the use of grape musts and concentrated grape musts, pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, shall fall on the first day of each month in which the processing operations are carried out.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003R1862 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1862/2003 of 23 October 2003 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1862/2003
of 23 October 2003
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on the Community and world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 28 of that Regulation. The same Article provides that the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into account.
(3) The refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of the standard quality. The latter is defined in Annex I, point II, to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Candy sugar is defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector(3). The refund thus calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for sugar according to destination.
(5) In special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixed by other legal instruments.
(6) The refund must be fixed every two weeks. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(7) It follows from applying the rules set out above to the present situation on the market in sugar and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the Community and on the world market that the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 does not make provision to continue the compensation system for storage costs from 1 July 2001. This should accordingly be taken into account when fixing the refunds granted when the export occurs after 30 September 2001.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 October 2003.
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 |
31995R0757 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 757/95 of 3 April 1995 fixing the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be imported on special conditions for the second quarter of 1995
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 757/95 of 3 April 1995 fixing the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be imported on special conditions for the second quarter of 1995
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 14 (4) (a) and (c) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas the Council, under a special import system applicable to frozen beef and veal intended for processing, has drawn up, for the period 1 January to 30 June 1995 an estimate of 25 000 tonnes divided into two quantities of 12 500 tonnes each, according to the type of product to be obtained;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, it is necessary to determine the quantities to be imported per quarter as well as the rate of reduction of the import levy for meat referred to in Article 14 (1) (b) of that Regulation;
Whereas the validity of the import licences issued under this Regulation expires only at the end of July 1995; whereas the variable import levies will no longer exist after 30 June 1995; whereas adequate financial provisions must therefore be laid down for imports after that date;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
For the second quarter of 1995 the maximum quantities referred to in Article 14 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be as follows:
- in respect of the meat referred to in Article 14 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, 6 250 tonnes of meat, expressed in bone-in meat,
- in respect of the meat referred to in Article 14 (1) (b) of the said Regulation, 6 250 tonnes of meat, expressed in bone-in meat.
In the case of the imports of meat referred to in the second indent of Article 1:
- before 1 July 1995, the levy shall be equal to the levy applicable on the day of import, less 55 %,
- on or after 1 July 1995, in addition to the 20 % ad valorem duty, the import charge shall be equal to the levy applicable on 30 June 1995, less 55 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 April 1995.
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 |
31991D0078 | 91/78/EEC: Commission Decision of 4 February 1991 approving measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention, presented by Italy (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 4 February 1991 approving measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention presented by Italy (Only the Italian text is authentic) (91/78/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 Italy 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 Italy include the adjacent border areas of Austria and Yugoslavia;
Whereas the pilot project is part of a cross border cooperation with Austria and Yugoslavia;
Whereas by letter dated 24 April 1990 Italy 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 Italy are hereby approved.
Italy shall bring into force by 1 April 1990 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the pilot projects referred to in Article 1.
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 |
31984R2159 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2159/84 of 26 July 1984 amending for the first time Regulation (EEC) No 1908/84 fixing the standard methods for determining the quality of cereals
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2159/84
of 26 July 1984
amending for the first time Regulation (EEC) No 1908/84 fixing the standard methods for determining the quality of cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/84 (4), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 of 11 July 1977 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2096/84 (6), defines the minimum quality for cereals taken over by intervention agencies; whereas the maximum level of tannins is specified, as the quality criterion for sorghum; whereas, therefore, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1908/84 (7) should be amended to include the standard method for determining the level of tannins in sorghum;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EEC) No 1908/84 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following is added as the third indent in Article 1:
'- the standard method for determining the level of tannins in sorghum shall be that set out in Annex III.'
2. The contents of the Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex III.
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 August 1984.
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 |
32009D0840 | Council Decision 2009/840/CFSP of 17 November 2009 implementing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
| 18.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/64
COUNCIL DECISION 2009/840/CFSP
of 17 November 2009
implementing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) On 27 February 2007 the Council adopted Common Position 2007/140/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran.
(2) In accordance with Article 8(2) of Common Position 2007/140/CFSP, the Council has carried out a complete review of the list of persons and entities, as set out in Annex II, to which Articles 4(1)(b) and 5(1)(b) of that Common Position apply.
(3) The Council has concluded that the persons and entities listed in Annex II to Common Position 2007/140/CFSP should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for therein.
(4) The list of persons and entities should be amended in order to take account of changes in the Government and the administration in Iran, as well as in the situation of the individuals and entities concerned.
(5) The list of the persons and entities referred to in Articles 4(1)(b) and 5(1)(b) of Common Position 2007/140/CFSP should be updated accordingly,
Annex II to Common Position 2007/140/CFSP shall be replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R1845 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1845/95 of 26 July 1995 fixing for the 1995/96 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for Williams and Rocha pears and the amount of production aid for such pears in syrup and/or natural fruit juice
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1845/95 of 26 July 1995 fixing for the 1995/96 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for Williams and Rocha pears and the amount of production aid for such pears in syrup and/or natural fruit juice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1032/95 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (4) and 5 (5) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1206/90 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2202/90 (4), lays down general rules for the system of production aid for processed fruit and vegetables;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, the minimum price to be paid to producers is to be determined on the basis of, firstly, the minimum price applying during the previous marketing year, secondly, the movement of basic prices in the fruit and vegetables sector, and thirdly, the need to ensure the normal marketing of fresh products for the various uses, including supply of the processing industry;
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 lays down the criteria for fixing the amount of production aid; whereas account must, in particular, be taken of the aid fixed for the previous marketing year adjusted to take account of changes in the minimum price to be paid to producers and the difference between the cost of the raw material in the Community and in the major competing third countries;
Whereas a system of monetary adjustment was applied to the amount of the aid of the previous marketing years, on the one hand to correct the impact of the differnces existing between the agricultural conversion rate and the average of the market exchange rate during a given period and on the other hand to ensure normal competition with third countries, that, owing to measures taken as regards agri-monetary policy, it is appropriate to suspend application of it;
Whereas the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman.
For the 1995/96 marketing year:
(a) the minimum price referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 to be paid to producers for Williams and Rocha pears;
and (b) the production aid referred to in Article 5 of the same Regulation for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and/or natural fruit juice,
shall be as set out in the Annex.
Where processing takes place outside the Member State in which the produce was grown, such Member State shall furnish proof to the Member State paying the production aid that the minimum price payable to the producer has been paid.
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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32003R0770 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 770/2003 of 2 May 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 770/2003
of 2 May 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R1243 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1243/2009 of 16 December 2009 amending Regulation (EU) No 1231/2009 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 December 2009
| 17.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/73
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1243/2009
of 16 December 2009
amending Regulation (EU) No 1231/2009 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 December 2009
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 December 2009 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1231/2009 (3).
(2) As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5/tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EU) No 1231/2009.
(3) Regulation (EU) No 1231/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 1231/2009 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 17 December 2009.
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31991R0569 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/91 of 8 March 1991 concerning the stopping of fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 569/91 of 8 March 1991 concerning the stopping of fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3928/90 of 20 December 1990 allocating, for 1991, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen (3), provides for haddock quotas for 1991;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters north of 62°N) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the quota allocated for 1991,
Catches of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters north of 62°N) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Community for 1991.
Fishing for haddock in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters north of 62°N) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
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 |
32012D0452 | 2012/452/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 31 July 2012 on recognition of the ‘NTA 8080’ scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
| 1.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/17
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 31 July 2012
on recognition of the ‘NTA 8080’ scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(2012/452/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (1), and in particular Article 18(6) thereof,
Having regard to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (2) as amended by the Directive 2009/30/EC (3), and in particular Article 7c(6) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee established by Article 25, paragraph 2 of Directive 2009/28/EC,
Whereas:
(1) Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC both lay down sustainability criteria for biofuels. Provisions of Article 7b, 7c and Annex IV of Directive 98/70/EC are similar to provisions of Articles 17, 18 and Annex V of Directive 2009/28/EC.
(2) Where biofuels and bioliquids are to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in Article 17(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Directive 2009/28/EC Member States should require economic operators to show the compliance of biofuels and bioliquids with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(2) to (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
(3) Recital 76 of Directive 2009/28/EC states that the imposition of an unreasonable burden on industry should be avoided and voluntary schemes can help create efficient solutions for proving compliance with these sustainability criteria.
(4) The Commission may decide that a voluntary national or international scheme demonstrates that consignments of biofuel comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(3) to (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC or that a voluntary national or international scheme to measure greenhouse gas emission savings contains accurate data for the purposes of Article 17(2) of this Directive.
(5) The Commission may recognise such a voluntary scheme for a period of five years.
(6) When an economic operator provides proof or data obtained in accordance with a voluntary scheme that has been recognised by the Commission, to the extent covered by the recognition decision, a Member State should not require the supplier to provide further evidence of compliance with the sustainability criteria.
(7) The ‘NTA 8080’ scheme was submitted on 15 March 2012 to the Commission with the request for recognition. The NTA 8080 scheme that consists of the NTA 8080 standard, the 8081 standard and additional scheme documents can cover a wide range of different biofuels and bioliquids. The recognised scheme should be made available at the transparency platform established under Directive 2009/28/EC. The Commission should take into account considerations of commercial sensitivity and may decide to only partially publish the scheme.
(8) Assessment of the ‘NTA 8080’ scheme found it to adequately cover the sustainability criteria in Article 7b(3)(a), 7b(3)(b), Article 7b(4) and 7b(5) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 17(3)(a), 17(3)(b), Article 17(4) and 17(5) of Directive 2009/28/EC, as well as applying a mass balance methodology in line with the requirements of Article 7c(1) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
(9) The evaluation of the ‘NTA 8080’ scheme found that it meets adequate standards of reliability, transparency and independent auditing and also complies with the methodological requirements in Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC and Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC.
(10) Any additional sustainability elements covered by the ‘NTA 8080’ scheme are not part of the consideration of this Decision. These additional sustainability elements are not mandatory to show compliance with sustainability requirements provided for by Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC,
The voluntary scheme ‘NTA 8080’ for which the request for recognition was submitted to the Commission on 15 March 2012 demonstrates that consignments of biofuels comply with the sustainability criteria as laid down in Article 17(3)(a), 17(3)(b), Article 17(4) and 17(5) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Article 7b(3)(a), 7b(3)(b), 7b(4) and 7b(5) of Directive 98/70/EC. The scheme also contains accurate data for purposes of Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Article 7b(2) of Directive 98/70/EC.
The voluntary scheme ‘NTA 8080’ may be used for demonstrating compliance with Article 7c(1) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
The Decision is valid for a period of five years after it enters into force. If the scheme, after adoption of this Decision, undergoes changes to its contents in a way that might affect the basis of this Decision, such changes shall be notified to the Commission without delay. The Commission shall assess the notified changes with a view to establish whether the scheme is still adequately covering the sustainability criteria for which it is recognised.
If it has been clearly demonstrated that the scheme has not implemented elements considered to be decisive for this Decision and if severe and structural breach of those elements has taken place, the Commission may repeal this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32008R1121 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2008 of 13 November 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 14.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1121/2008
of 13 November 2008
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 November 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0221 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 221/2013 of 13 March 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 14.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 70/4
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 221/2013
of 13 March 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0679 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 679/2005 of 29 April 2005 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
| 30.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 679/2005
of 29 April 2005
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid (3) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0274 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 274/2010 of 30 March 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 31.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 84/50
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 274/2010
of 30 March 2010
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 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 |
32010D0765 | Council Decision 2010/765/CFSP of 2 December 2010 on EU action to counter the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons (SALW) by air
| 11.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 327/44
COUNCIL DECISION 2010/765/CFSP
of 2 December 2010
on EU action to counter the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons (SALW) by air
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 26(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 December 2003, the Council adopted a European Security Strategy identifying five key challenges to be faced by the Union: terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, State failure and organised crime. The consequences of the illicit manufacture, transfer and circulation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and their excessive accumulation and uncontrolled spread are central to four of these five challenges.
(2) On 15-16 December 2005, the Council adopted the EU Strategy to combat the illicit accumulation and trafficking of SALW and their ammunition (EU SALW Strategy). The EU SALW Strategy promotes the development of a policy for actively combating illicit network trafficking in SALW (illicit brokers and carriers) using the Union’s air, sea and land space, by devising alert and cooperation mechanisms.
(3) The Action Plan of the EU SALW Strategy also underlines the need to improve the impact of missions of crisis management by including in their mandate measures aiming at the establishment of border controls (or control of the air, land and sea space of the conflict zone) and disarmament.
(4) The EU Council Working Party on Global Disarmament and Arms Controls (CODUN) and the EU Joint Situation Centre (SitCen) have, since 2007, developed an EU initiative to hinder illicit trafficking of SALW by air transport, by enhancing the exchange, among Member States, of relevant information on suspected air-carriers. In establishing such a system of exchange of information, CODUN and SitCen have been collaborating with the Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute (SIPRI) and its Countering Illicit Trafficking – Mechanism Assessment Project (CIT – MAP). Within the framework of this initiative, CODUN recently agreed to consider ways to render this EU initiative more operational and effective, by ensuring the timely updating and processing of relevant information.
(5) The risk posed to international security by the illicit trade of SALW via air was also recognised by other international and regional organisations. The OSCE Forum on Security and cooperation held a special session in 2007 devoted to this topic and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted in 2008 a resolution calling for the completion, adoption and implementation of an OSCE Best Practice Guide on the illicit air transportation of SALW. Similarly, Participating States in the Wassenaar Arrangement adopted in 2007 ‘Best practices to prevent destabilising transfers of SALW through air transport’. In addition, numerous UN Security Council Sanctions Committee Group of Expert reports on West Africa and the Great Lakes region have repeatedly documented the key role played by air cargo companies involved in illicit SALW trafficking.
(6) The action foreseen in this Decision does not pursue any objectives related to the improvement of air transport safety,
1. With a view to the implementation of the EU Strategy to combat the illicit accumulation and trafficking of SALW and their ammunition (EU SALW Strategy), the Union shall pursue the following objectives:
(a) improving tools and techniques, at the disposal of relevant crisis management missions, international and third countries’ national authorities and Member States, to effectively screen and target suspect air cargo aircrafts likely to be involved in illicit trade of SALW via air within, from or to third States;
(b) increasing awareness and technical expertise on the part of relevant international and national personnel, of ‘best practices’ in the areas of monitoring, detection and risk management analysis against air cargo carriers suspected of SALW trafficking via air within, from or to third States.
2. In order to achieve the objectives referred to in paragraph 1, the Union shall undertake the following measures:
(a) the development and field testing of a pilot air trafficking risk management dedicated software for relevant crisis management missions, and international and national authorities, including a regularly updated database on, inter alia, air companies, aircraft, registration numbers and transportation routings;
(b) the development and field testing of a secure pilot risk management and information dissemination system;
(c) the development and publication of a manual and accompanying training material, as well as the provision of technical assistance to facilitate the use and adaptation of the pilot software and of the secure risk management and information system, including through the organisation of regional seminars to train relevant crisis management missions, and international and national authorities.
A detailed description of the project is set out in the Annex.
1. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR) shall be responsible for the implementation of this Decision.
2. The technical implementation of the projects referred to in Article 1(2) shall be carried out by SIPRI.
3. SIPRI shall perform its task under the responsibility of the HR. For this purpose, the HR shall enter into the necessary arrangements with SIPRI.
1. The financial reference amount for the implementation of the project referred to in Article 1(2) shall be EUR 900 000.
2. The expenditure financed by the amount set out in paragraph 1 shall be managed in accordance with the procedures and rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
3. The Commission shall supervise the proper management of the expenditure referred to in paragraph 1. For this purpose, it shall conclude a financing agreement with SIPRI. The agreement shall stipulate that SIPRI is to ensure the visibility of the EU contribution, appropriate to its size.
4. The Commission shall endeavour to conclude the financing agreement referred to in paragraph 3 as soon as possible after the entry into force of this Decision. It shall inform the Council of any difficulties in that process and of the date of conclusion of the financing agreement.
The HR shall report to the Council on the implementation of this Decision on the basis of regular bi-monthly reports prepared by SIPRI. These reports shall form the basis for the evaluation carried out by the Council. The Commission shall provide information on the financial aspects of the project’s implementation referred to in Article 1(2).
1. This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
2. This Decision shall expire 24 months after the date of conclusion of the financing agreement referred to in Article 3(3), or 6 months after the date of adoption of this Decision if no financing agreement has been concluded within that period.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31986R0253 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 253/86 of 4 February 1986 fixing the guaranteed minimum price for Atlantic sardines
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 253/86
of 4 February 1986
fixing the guaranteed minimum price for Atlantic sardines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 of 4 November 1985 laying down general rules on the granting of compensatory indemnities in respect of sardines (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 provides for the grant of a compensatory indemnity for producers of Atlantic sardines in the Community as constituted before 1 January 1986 who sell their products at a price below a guaranteed minimum price;
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 lays down that the guaranteed minimum price is to be the same as the withdrawal price in force in the year preceding accession, corrected in accordance with any adjustment applicable to the guide price for the following fishing year;
Whereas the guide prices for the 1986 fishing year were fixed for the products in question by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3602/85 (2);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
The guaranteed minimum provided for in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 shall be as follows for the 1986 fishing year:
(in Ecu/tonne)
1,3 // // Whole fish 1.2.3 // // // // Size // Extra, A // B // // // // 1 // 251 // 160 // 2 // 251 // 160 // 3 // 388 // 160 // 4 // 251 // 160 // // //
The freshness, size and presentation categories shall be those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (3).
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005D0368 | 2005/368/EC: Council Decision of 26 April 2005 appointing three Latvian members to the Committee of the Regions
| 11.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/11
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 April 2005
appointing three Latvian members to the Committee of the Regions
(2005/368/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Latvian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 January 2002, the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2002 to 25 January 2006 (1).
(2) Three members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following expiry of the mandates of Mr Andris JAUNSLEINIS, Mr Jānis KALNAČS and Mr Arvīds KUCINS, notified to the Council on 6 April 2005,
The following are hereby appointed members of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the term of office still to run, namely until 25 January 2006:
— Mr Andris ELKSNĪTIS
— Mr Edmunds KRASTIŅŠ
— Mr Tālis PUĶĪTIS
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997D0171 | Commission Decision of 7 March 1997 on marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 9 of Council Directive 80/217/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 March 1997 on marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 9 of Council Directive 80/217/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (97/171/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (1), as last amended by Decision 93/384/EEC (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) (g) thereof,
Whereas in February 1997 outbreaks of classical swine fever in the Netherlands was declared by the Dutch Veterinary Authorities;
Whereas pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Directive 80/217/EEC a surveillance zone was immediately established around outbreak sites;
Whereas the surveillance zone for an outbreak confirmed in RVV Kring Breda on 15 February was established in collaboration with the Belgian veterinary authorities as the zone included part of the territory of Belgium;
Whereas all pig holdings in the part of the surveillance zone covering a part of the territory of Belgium have been subject to a weekly inspection by a veterinarian. During this inspection samples for laboratory examination are collected if deemed necessary. No evidence of classical swine fever in the zone has been detected;
Whereas the provisions for the use of a health mark on fresh meat are given in Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat (3) as last amended by Directive 95/23/EEC (4);
Whereas Belgium has submitted a request for the adoption of a specific solution concerning marking and use of pigmeat coming from pigs kept on holdings situated in an established surveillance zone and slaughtered subject to a specific authorization issued by the competent authority;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Without prejudice for the provisions of Council Directive 80/217/EEC, in particular, Article 9 (6), Belgium is authorized to apply the mark described in Article 3 (1) (A) (e) of Council Directive 64/433/EEC to pigmeat obtained from pigs originating from holdings situated in a surveillance zone in Belgium established in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 (1) of Council Directive 80/217/EEC on the condition that the pigs in question:
(a) originate from a holding to which, following the epidemiological inquiry, no contact has been established with an infected holding;
(b) originate from a holding which for a period of at least three weeks has been subject to a weekly inspection by a veterinarian. The inspection has included all pigs kept on the holding;
(c) have been subject to protection measures established in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 (6) (f) and (g) of Council Directive 80/217/EEC established on 15 February 1997;
(d) have been included in a programme for monitoring body temperature and clinical examination. The programme shall be carried out as given in Annex I;
(e) have been slaughtered within 12 hours of arrival at the slaughterhouse.
2. Belgium shall ensure that a certificate as given in Annex II is issued in respect of meat referred to in paragraph 1.
Pigmeat which complies with the conditions of Article 1 (1) and enters into intra-Community trade must be accompanied by the certificate referred to in Article 1 (2).
Belgium shall ensure that abattoirs designated to receive the pigs referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1 do not on the same day accept pigs for slaughter other than the pigs in question.
Belgium shall provide Member States and the Commission with:
(a) the name and location of slaughterhouses designated to receive pigs for slaughter referred to in Article 1 (1),
(b) a monthly report which contains information on:
- the area to which the provisions of Article 1 apply,
- number of pigs slaughtered at the designated slaughterhouses,
- identification system and movement controls applied to slaughter pigs, as required pursuant to Article 9 (6) (f) (i) of Council Directive 80/217/EEC,
- instructions issued concerning the application of the programme for monitoring body temperature referred to in Annex I.
This Decision is applicable until 1 May 1997.
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32003R1531 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1531/2003 of 29 August 2003 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1531/2003
of 29 August 2003
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid(5) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0002 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2/2009 of 5 January 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 6.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 2/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2/2009
of 5 January 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 January 2009.
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31995R1516 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1516/95 of 29 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 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
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1516/95 of 29 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 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
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas 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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3125/94 (5), must be adapted to take account of the import regime for cereals resulting from the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations; whereas, in order to verify that the value of the production refund is correct, prices of maize and/or of wheat and of barley on the world and Community markets must be kept under observation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 (6) is replaced by the following:
'6. Starches imported into the Community under an import scheme which gives rise to a reduction in import duty may not benefit from a production refund.`;
2. paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 3 are replaced by the following:
'2. The refund per tonne of maize starch, wheat starch, potato starch, rice starch or broken rice starch shall be calculated on the basis, inter alia, of the difference between:
(i) the intervention price for cereals for the month in question taking account of the differences in the market prices for maize;
and (ii) the average of the representative prices on importation cif at Rotterdam used to calculate the import duty on maize during the two weeks preceding the month of application, multiplied by a coefficient of 1,60.
3. The refund per tonne of barley starch or oat starch shall be calculated in particular on the basis of the difference between:
(i) the intervention price for cereals for the month in question taking account of the differences in the market prices for barley;
and (ii) the average of the representative prices on importation cif at Rotterdam used to calculate the import duty on barley during the two weeks preceding the month of application, multiplied by a coefficient of 2,7.`;
3. Article 12 is replaced by the following:
'Article 12 Within three months of the end of each period as defined in Article 3 (1), Member States shall notify the Commission of the type, quantities and origin of starch (maize, wheat, potato, barley, oats or rice) for which refunds have been paid and the type and quantities of products for which the starch has been used.`
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 July 1995.
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32009D0513 | 2009/513/EC: Council Decision of 22 June 2009 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services
| 3.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 173/7
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 June 2009
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services
(2009/513/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) The Council authorised the Commission on 5 June 2003 to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.
(2) On behalf of the Community, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services (2) (the Agreement) in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.
(3) The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community on 9 December 2008 subject to its conclusion at a later date, in conformity with Council Decision 2009/149/EC (3).
(4) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to make the notification provided for in Article 9(1) of the Agreement. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R1197 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1197/2006 of 7 August 2006 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases
| 8.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1197/2006
of 7 August 2006
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases
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 Articles 2 and 4(6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (2), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 (3) lays down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases, and in particular the method for assessing the lean meat content of pig carcases.
(2) The results of recent research regarding the grading of pig carcases, in particular in the framework of the EUPIGCLASS project, have underlined the importance to improve the quality of sampling and to simplify the method for assessing the lean meat content of pig carcases.
(3) The method for assessing the lean meat content of pig carcases and the calculation of the reference lean meat percentage laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 should therefore be adapted.
(4) Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
2. in Annex I, point 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The reference lean meat percentage is calculated as follows:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to grading methods for which authorisation is requested, as provided in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85, as from 1 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008D0671 | 2008/671/EC: Commission Decision of 5 August 2008 on the harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 5875 - 5905 MHz frequency band for safety-related applications of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) (notified under document number C(2008) 4145) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 15.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 220/24
COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 August 2008
on the harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 5 875-5 905 MHz frequency band for safety-related applications of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
(notified under document number C(2008) 4145)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/671/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Decision No 676/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a regulatory framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Community (Radio Spectrum Decision) (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Council (2) and the European Parliament (3) have stressed the importance of increasing road safety in Europe. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are central to an integrated approach in road safety (4) by adding information and communication technologies (ICT) to transport infrastructure and vehicles so as to avoid potentially dangerous traffic situations and reduce number of accidents.
(2) Effective and coherent use of radio spectrum is essential for the development of new wireless equipment in the Community (5).
(3) ITS include cooperative systems based on vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and infrastructure-to-vehicle communications for the real time transfer of information. Those systems potentially offer major improvements in transport system efficiency, in safety for all road users and in mobility comfort. To fulfil those objectives, communications between vehicles and road infrastructure must be reliable and fast.
(4) Given the mobility of vehicles and the need to ensure the achievement of the internal market and the increase in road safety throughout Europe, spectrum used by ITS cooperative systems should be made available in a harmonised way throughout the European Union.
(5) Pursuant to Article 4(2) of Decision No 676/2002/EC, on 5 July 2006 the Commission issued a mandate to the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) to verify the spectrum requirements for safety-critical applications in the context of ITS and cooperative systems and to undertake technical compatibility studies between safety-critical ITS applications and potentially affected radio services in the frequency ranges under consideration. CEPT was also requested to develop optimal channel plans for the bands identified for ITS.
(6) The relevant results of the work carried out by CEPT constitute the technical basis for this Decision.
(7) CEPT concluded in its report of 21 December 2007 (CEPT Report 20) that the 5 GHz band, in particular the range 5 875-5 905 MHz, was appropriate for safety-related ITS applications, which improve road safety by increasing the information to the driver and the vehicle on the environment, other vehicles and other road users. Furthermore, ITS are compatible with all the services studied in that band, and with all other existing services studied below 5 850 MHz and above 5 925 MHz, as long as they comply with certain emission limits as defined in the CEPT Report. The selection of this band would also be in line with spectrum use in other regions of the world and thus foster global harmonisation. Moreover, ITS could not claim protection from fixed-satellite service (FSS) earth stations and unwanted emissions from ITS equipment need to be limited in order to protect FSS.
(8) Harmonised standard EN 302 571 is being finalised by European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) in line with the CEPT compatibility studies in order to give presumption of conformity to Article 3(2) of Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (6), thus ensuring that compliant ITS equipment avoids causing harmful interference. ITS transmitters are expected to maximise the use of the spectrum and control their transmitted power to the minimum level to use the spectrum allocated to ITS effectively so as to avoid harmful interference.
(9) For the above reason, the standard foresees that a transmitter power control (TPC) is implemented with a range of at least 30 dB with regard to the maximum total transmit power of 33 dBm mean e.i.r.p. If some manufacturers chose not to use the techniques identified in this standard, any alternative methods would be required to provide at least an equivalent level of interference mitigation as that provided by the standard.
(10) Harmonisation under this Decision should not exclude the possibility for a Member State to apply, where justified, transitional periods or radio spectrum-sharing arrangements.
(11) It is expected that Member States will make the spectrum available for vehicle-to-vehicle ITS communications within the six-month period during which they are to designate the frequency band 5 875-5 905 MHz according to this Decision. However, for infrastructure-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure ITS communications, it may prove difficult for some Member States to finalise an appropriate licensing framework or a coordination mechanism for roadside infrastructure installation of different ITS operators within this timeframe. Any delays in making the spectrum available beyond this period may impact negatively on the wide take-up of safety-related ITS applications in the European Union and should therefore be limited and duly justified.
(12) Considering the market developments and evolution of technologies, the scope and application of this Decision may need to be reviewed in the future, based in particular on information on such developments and evolution provided by the Member States.
(13) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Radio Spectrum Committee,
The purpose of this Decision is to harmonise the conditions for the availability and efficient use of the frequency band 5 875-5 905 MHz for safety related applications of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in the Community.
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
1. ‘Intelligent Transport Systems’ mean a range of systems and services, based on Information and Communications technologies, including processing, control, positioning, communication and electronics, that are applied to a road transportation system;
2. ‘mean equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p)’ means e.i.r.p. during the transmission burst which corresponds to the highest power, if power control is implemented.
1. Member States shall, not later than six months after entry into force of this Decision, designate the frequency band 5 875-5 905 MHz for Intelligent Transport Systems and, as soon as reasonably practicable following such designation, make that frequency band available on a non-exclusive basis.
Such designation shall be in compliance with the parameters set out in the Annex.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may request transitional periods and/or radio spectrum-sharing arrangements, pursuant to Article 4(5) of the Radio Spectrum Decision.
Member States shall keep the use of the 5 875-5 905 MHz band under scrutiny and report their findings to the Commission to allow for a review of this Decision if necessary.
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32013R1060 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1060/2013 of 29 October 2013 concerning the authorisation of bentonite as a feed additive for all animal species Text with EEA relevance
| 31.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 289/33
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1060/2013
of 29 October 2013
concerning the authorisation of bentonite as a feed additive for all animal species
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation. Article 10 of that Regulation provides for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2).
(2) Bentonite was authorised without a time limit in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as a feed additive belonging to the group of binders, anticaking agents and coagulants, for use in all animal species, by Commission Directive 82/822/EEC (3). That additive was subsequently entered in the Register of feed additives as an existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 of that Regulation, an application was submitted for the re-evaluation of bentonite as a feed additive for all animal species as binders and anticaking agents and, in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation, for a new authorisation as substance for control of radionuclide contamination, for all animal species. In addition, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for a new authorisation of bentonite as substance for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins for all animal species. Those applications request that additive to be classified in the additive category ‘technological additives’ and were accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinions of 2 February 2011 (4), 14 June 2011 (5) and 14 June 2012 (6) that, under the proposed conditions of use, bentonite does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment, and that it has the potential to be efficacious as binder and anticaking agent and as substance for control of radionuclide contamination for all animal species. It was also recognised that bentonite has the potential to be efficacious as aflatoxin binder for dairy cows and that this conclusion can be extended to all ruminants. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) Since the provided in vitro studies meet the conditions for the demonstration of the efficacy of the technological additives laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2008 (7), in particular under item 4 of Annex II and under item 1.4 of Annex III thereto, and they were recognised able to demonstrate the clear evidence to bind aflatoxin B1 (AfB) and moreover the binding capacity, restricted to aflatoxin B1, was defined as a characteristic of the bentonite, the conclusion on efficacy as a substance for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins can be considered sufficient to be extended to its use on poultry and pigs.
(6) The assessment of bentonite shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that additive should be authorised as specified in the Annexes to this Regulation.
(7) Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation of bentonite as binder and anticaking agent, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the authorisation.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Bentonite specified in the Annexes, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional groups ‘substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins’, ‘binders’, ‘anticaking agents’ and ‘substances for control of radionuclide contamination’ is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in those Annexes.
The additive specified in Annex II belonging to the functional groups ‘binders’ and ‘anticaking agents’ and feed containing that additive, which are produced and labelled before 19 November 2015 in accordance with the rules applicable before 19 November 2013 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002R0941 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 941/2002 of 31 May 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 941/2002
of 31 May 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001(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 fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 24 to 30 May 2002 at 90,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2002.
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 |
32002R1653 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2002 of 17 September 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2002
of 17 September 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 September 2002.
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 |
32008R0360 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 360/2008 of 18 April 2008 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
| 23.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 111/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 360/2008
of 18 April 2008
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
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), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the classification of fruit juices within the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, a distinction is to be made between, on the one hand, fruit juices containing added sugar of heading 2009 and, on the other hand, preparations for the manufacture of beverages including flavoured sugar syrups of heading 2106.
(2) According to the Harmonised System Explanatory Note to heading 2009, amongst other additives, sugar can be added to fruit juices, provided that they retain their original character.
(3) Consequently fruit juices or mixtures of fruit juices, whether or not containing added sugar, are to be classified in the subheadings of heading 2009 of the Combined Nomenclature, unless they have lost their original character of fruit juice. In the last case they have to be excluded from classification under heading 2009 and have to be classified under heading 2106.
(4) In accordance with Additional Note 5(b) to Chapter 20 of the Combined Nomenclature, fruit juices to which so much sugar has been added that they contain less than 50 % by weight of fruit juice have lost their natural state of fruit juice and can therefore not be classified under heading 2009. The added sugar content is to be determined according to their Brix value which depends, amongst others, on the sugar content of these products.
(5) Problems have risen with respect to the classification of concentrated natural fruit juices. When the added sugar content of those products is calculated as set out in Additional Notes 2 and 5, it may appear to be so high that products contain less than 50 % by weight of fruit juices so that they have to be classified under heading 2106. This result is unsatisfactory as it is based on a fictive calculation of the added sugar content while in reality no sugar has been added and the high added sugar content results from the concentration.
(6) It is therefore appropriate to reword point (b) of Additional Note 5 to Chapter 20 and to add a new provision to that point, clearly stating that for concentrated natural fruit juices the criterion of 50 % by weight of fruit juices does not apply so that those juices are not to be excluded from heading 2009 on the basis of a calculated addition of sugar. It should also be clearly stated that Additional Note 5 is to be applied on the products as presented.
(7) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Additional note 5 to Chapter 20 of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is replaced by the following text:
‘5. The following shall be applied to the products as they are presented:
(a) the added sugar content of products of heading 2009 corresponds to the “sugar content” less the figures given hereunder, according to the kind of juice concerned:
— lemon or tomato juice: 3,
— grape juice: 15,
— other fruit or vegetable juices, including mixtures of juices: 13.
(b) the fruit juices with added sugar, of a Brix value not exceeding 67 and containing less than 50 % by weight of fruit juice lose their original character of fruit juices of heading 2009.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31990R3477 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3477/90 of 30 November 1990 re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
| COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3477/90
of 30 November 1990
re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( 1 ), and in particular Portocol No 1 thereto,
Having regard to Article 1 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3606/89 of 20 November 1989 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Yugoslavia ( 1990 ) ( 2 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned Protocol No 1 and Article 15 of the cooperation Agreement provide that the products listed in the Annex are imported exempt of customs duty into the Community, subject to the ceiling shown, above which the customs duties applicable to Third countries may be re-established;
Whereas imports into the Community of those products, originating in Yugoslavia, have reached that ceiling; whereas the situation on the Community market requires that customs duties applicable to third countries on the products in question be re-established,
From 4 to 31 December 1990, the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the products listed in the Annex, originating in Yugoslavia .
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1606 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1606/2001 of 6 August 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1606/2001
of 6 August 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0808 | 2014/808/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 17 November 2014 concerning certain interim protective measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N8 in the Netherlands (notified under document C(2014) 8752) Text with EEA relevance
| 19.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/44
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 17 November 2014
concerning certain interim protective measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N8 in the Netherlands
(notified under document C(2014) 8752)
(Only the Dutch text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/808/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease in birds, including poultry. Infections with avian influenza viruses in domestic poultry cause two main forms of that disease that are distinguished by their virulence. The low pathogenic form generally only causes mild symptoms, while the highly pathogenic form results in very high mortality rates in most poultry species. That disease may have a severe impact on the profitability of poultry farming.
(2) Avian influenza is mainly found in birds, but under certain circumstances infections can also occur in humans even though the risk is generally very low.
(3) In the event of an outbreak of avian influenza, there is a risk that the disease agent might spread to other holdings where poultry or other captive birds are kept. As a result it may spread from one Member State to other Member States or to third countries through trade in live birds or their products.
(4) Council Directive 2005/94/EC (3) sets out certain preventive measures relating to the surveillance and the early detection of avian influenza and the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of that disease in poultry or other captive birds. That Directive provides for the establishment of protection and surveillance zones in the event of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
(5) The Netherlands notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N8 in a holding on its territory where poultry or other captive birds are kept and it immediately took the measures required pursuant to Directive 2005/94/EC, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones. As a precautionary measure and in order to evaluate the situation and minimise any risk of further possible spread from the confirmed outbreak the Dutch authorities have prohibited movements of live poultry and certain poultry products on the whole territory.
(6) The Commission has examined those measures in collaboration with the Netherlands, and it is satisfied that the borders of the protection and surveillance zones, established by the competent authority in that Member State, are at a sufficient distance to the actual holding where the outbreak was confirmed.
(7) In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade being imposed by third countries, it is necessary to rapidly define the protection and surveillance zones established in the Netherlands at Union level in collaboration with that Member State.
(8) Accordingly, pending the next meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, the protection and surveillance zones in the Netherlands, where the animal health control measures as laid down in Directive 2005/94/EC are applied, should be defined in the Annex to this Decision and the duration of that regionalisation fixed.
(9) This Decision is to be reviewed at the next meeting of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
The Netherlands shall ensure that the protection and surveillance zones established in accordance with Article 16(1) of Directive 2005/94/EC comprise at least the areas listed as protection and surveillance zones in Parts A and B of the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply until 22 December 2014.
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31993R3422 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 3422/93 of 14 December 1993 fixing the export levies in the cereals sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3422/93 of 14 December 1993 fixing the export levies 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 organization of the market in cereals (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, appropriate measures may be taken when the quotations or prices on the world market for one or more products reach the level of Community prices and when that situation is likely to continue and to deteriorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade is such as to hinder imports into the Community of durum wheat or lead to it being exported from the Community;
Whereas the situation referred to above currently obtains; whereas, in order to safeguard supplies in the Community, an export levy should be introduced for durum wheat;
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 fixes the threshold price for cereals for the 1993/94 to 1995/96 marketing years;
Whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 (3) provides for the application of an export levy; whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of the same Regulation, export levies are to be fixed in particular in the light of the prices charged on the representative Community markets and their trends and the quotations recorded on the markets of third countries; whereas that Regulation also provides that account should be taken of the economic aspects of the exports contemplated and the advantage of avoiding disturbance on the Community market;
Whereas the export levy may be varied where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (4) are to be used to convert the amount expressed in third-country currencies and are the basis for determining the agricultural conversion rates of the currencies of the Member States; whereas the detailed rules for determining and applying these conversion rates are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (5);
Whereas the application of the aforementioned rules to the current market situation in the cereals sector, and in particular to the quotations or prices of these products in the Community and on the world market, leads to the export levy being fixed at the amount set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export levy referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 for the products falling within CN code 1001 10 00 shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 December 1993.
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31999R2111 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2111/1999 of 4 October 1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to certain parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 900/1999
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2111/1999
of 4 October 1999
prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to certain parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 900/1999
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 301 thereof,
Having regard to Council Common Position 1999/604/CFSP of 3 September 1999, amending Common Position 1999/273/CFSP concerning a ban on the supply and sale of petroleum and petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), and Common Position 1999/318/CFSP concerning additional restrictive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(1)
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ("FRY") has continued to violate United Nations Security Council Resolutions and to pursue extreme and criminally irresponsible policies, including repression against its own citizens, which constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, and Common Position 1999/273/CFSP(2) provided that the supply and sale of petroleum and petroleum products to the FRY should be prohibited; however, Council Common Position 1999/604/CFSP provides that that prohibition should not apply to the sale and supply of such products to the Province of Kosovo and the Republic of Montenegro;
(2) The prohibition of selling, supplying or exporting petroleum and petroleum products to the FRY falls within the scope of the Treaty establishing the European Community;
(3) Therefore, and particularly with a view to avoiding distortion of competition, Community legislation is necessary for the implementation of this prohibition as far as the territory of the Community is concerned; for the purposes of this Regulation such territory is deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty;
(4) To that end the Council adopted on 29 April 1999 a Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)(3)
(5) The developments with regard to the FRY permit a partial lifting of the embargo imposed by Regulation (EC) No 900/1999;
(6) Such partial lifting should not prejudice the remaining applicability of Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 with regard to the FRY;
(7) For reasons of transparency and simplicity, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 should be incorporated in this Regulation, and that Regulation should be repealed,
It shall be prohibited, knowingly and intentionally, to:
(a) sell, supply or export, directly or indirectly, petroleum and petroleum products listed in Annex I, whether or not originating in the Community, to any person or body in the FRY or to any person or body for the purpose of any business carried on in, or operated from, the territory of the FRY;
(b) ship products referred to in point (a) to the territory of the FRY;
(c) participate in related activities the object or the effect of which is to promote the transactions or activities referred to in points (a) and (b).
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, the competent authorities may authorise:
(a) the sale, supply, export or shipment of products listed in Annex I for the use of diplomatic and consular missions of the Member States in the FRY as well as for the use of an international military peace-keeping presence;
(b) on a case-by-case basis and subject to the consultation procedure set out in paragraph 2, the sale, supply or export of the products listed in Annex I if conclusive evidence is given to these authorities that the sale, supply or export serves strictly humanitarian purposes.
2. The competent authorities of a Member State which intend to authorise a sale, supply or export in accordance with paragraph 1(b) shall notify to the competent authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission the grounds on which they intend to authorise the sale, supply or export concerned.
If, within one working day after the receipt of the said notification, a Member State or the Commission has given notice to the other Member States or the Commission of conclusive evidence that the intended sale, supply or export will not serve the indicated humanitarian purposes, the Commission will convene within one working day of the said notice a meeting with the Member States in order to consult on the relevant evidence.
The Member State which intends to authorise the sale, supply or export shall take a decision with regard to this authorisation only when no objections have been raised or after the consultations on the conclusive evidence have taken place at the meeting convened by the Commission. In case of an authorisation, the Member State concerned shall notify to the other Member States and the Commission the grounds on which its decision to authorise has been taken.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply or export, directly or indirectly, of petroleum and petroleum products listed in Annex I to any person or body for the purpose of any business carried on in, or operated from, the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the shipment to the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, provided that conclusive evidence is presented to these authorities that:
(a) the petroleum and petroleum products sold, supplied or exported are shipped from the Community to the Republic of Montenegro or the Province of Kosovo without transiting through other parts of the Republic of Serbia; and
(b) the petroleum and petroleum products shall not leave the territory of the Republic of Montenegro or the Province of Kosovo for any destination elsewhere in the Republic of Serbia.
Any authorisation should be made in accordance with the model set out in Annex II.
2. A declaration by the relevant bodies designated by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Province of Kosovo or by the competent authorities of the Republic of Montenegro listed in Annex III, in accordance with the model set out in Annex IV, shall be conclusive evidence for the purpose of any authorisation pursuant to paragraph 1.
3. With regard to each territory concerned and until such time as the names and addresses of its relevant body or competent authority to be listed in Annex III will have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, a competent authority of a Member State shall not grant a prior authorisation before it has requested the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission to give their comments on the evidence presented, which, if any, shall be given within a period of five working days after sending the request. After these five days and on the basis of the comments received or any other information obtained in the meantime, the competent authority concerned shall take a decision in respect of the granting of an authorisation, and notify the Commission and the other Member States of this decision.
Article 1 shall not apply as regards sales, supplies, exports or shipments to the forces in which the Member States participate, operating in the FRY.
Each Member State shall determine the sanctions to be imposed where the provisions of this Regulation are infringed. Such sanctions shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Pending the adoption, where necessary, of any legislation to this end, the sanctions to be imposed where the provisions of this Regulation are infringed shall be those determined by the Member States in accordance with Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 926/98 of 27 April 1998 concerning the reduction of certain economic relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(4).
The Commission and the Member States shall inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, such as violation and enforcement problems or judgments handed down by national courts.
Member States shall notify the competent authorities of other Member States and the Commission of any authorisations for sale, supply, or export or shipment granted in accordance with Article 3(1).
The Commission shall establish the list of competent authorities referred to in Articles 2 and 3(1) on the basis of relevant information provided by the Member States. The Commission shall publish this list and any changes to it in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
The Commission shall establish and, if necessary, amend the list of competent authorities of the Republic of Montenegro referred to in Article 3(2).
The Commission shall establish and, if necessary, amend the list of relevant bodies designated by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Province of Kosovo referred to in Article 3(2).
The Commission shall amend if necessary the models of prior authorisation and prior final destination declaration referred to Article 3(1) and (2). The Commission shall publish any changes to this list and these models in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Regulation (EC) No 900/1999 is hereby repealed and replaced by the provisions of this Regulation. Any reference to Articles of that Regulation shall be construed as reference to the corresponding Article of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall apply within the territory of the Community, including its air space and on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State and to any person elsewhere who is a national of a Member State and any body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.
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31998R2789 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2789/98 of 22 December 1998 derogating temporarily from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2789/98 of 22 December 1998 derogating temporarily from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
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 organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas the second indent of Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2365/98 (4), lays down the period of validity of export licences for certain products with advance fixing of the refund; whereas Article 10(5) of the above Regulation provides that export licence applications for a quantity not exceeding 22 tonnes of products falling within CN code 0201 are not to be subject to a five-day time lag;
Whereas, in order to avoid jeopardising the smooth running of the market partly as a result of problems encountered on the Russian market since late August 1998, greater flexibility in the management of export licences should be introduced on a temporary basis by extending the period of validity of export licences for beef from 30 to 60 days and extending the derogation under Article 10(5) to products falling within CN code 0202;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. Notwithstanding the second indent of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, the period of validity of export licences with advance fixing of the refund for products other than those falling within CN codes 0102 and 1602 shall be 60 days.
2. Notwithstanding the first sentence of Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, licence applications for a quantity not exceeding 22 tonnes of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 shall not, at the applicant's request, be subject to the five-day time lag.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to applications for export licences with advance fixing of the refund from the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 31 March 1999.
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32005R1438 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1438/2005 of 2 September 2005 on a special intervention measure for oats in Finland and Sweden for the 2005/06 marketing year
| 3.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 228/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1438/2005
of 2 September 2005
on a special intervention measure for oats in Finland and Sweden for the 2005/06 marketing year
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 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Oats are one of the products covered by the common organisation of the market in cereals. They are not, however, included among the basic cereals referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 for which provision is made for intervention buying-in.
(2) Oats are a major traditional crop in Finland and Sweden and are well suited to the weather conditions obtaining in those countries. Production far exceeds requirements in those countries with the result that they are required to dispose of surpluses by exporting them to third countries. Membership of the Community has not altered the previous situation.
(3) Any reduction in the quantity of oats grown in Finland and Sweden would promote the growing of other cereals qualifying for the intervention arrangements, especially barley. Production of barley is in surplus both in these two countries and across the whole of the Community. A switch from oats to barley would only worsen the situation and create further surpluses. It is necessary therefore to ensure that exports of oats to third countries can continue.
(4) Refunds may be granted in respect of oats under Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003. The geographical situation of Finland and Sweden places those countries in a less favourable position from the point of view of exporting than other Member States. The fixing of refunds on the basis of Article 13 favours primarily exports from other Member States. It is anticipated therefore that the production of oats in Finland and in Sweden will give way increasingly to that of barley. Consequently, in coming years, substantial quantities of barley must be expected to enter intervention storage in Finland and Sweden under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the only possibility of disposal being export to third countries. Exports from intervention storage are more costly to the Community budget than direct exports.
(5) These additional costs can be avoided under a special intervention measure within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003. Such an intervention measure may take the form of a measure intended to relieve the market in oats in Finland and Sweden. The grant of a refund by a tendering procedure, applicable only to oats produced and exported from those two countries, would be the most appropriate measure in the circumstances.
(6) The nature and objectives of the said measure make it appropriate to apply to it, mutatis mutandis, Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and the Regulations adopted for its implementation, in particular Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2).
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 requires tenderers, among their other undertakings, to apply for an export licence and lodge a security. The rate of that security should be established.
(8) The cereals in question should actually be exported from the Member States for which a special intervention measure was implemented. It is necessary therefore to limit the use of export licences to exports from the Member State in which application for the licence was made and to oats produced in Finland and Sweden.
(9) In view of the Europe Agreements establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part and the Republic of Bulgaria (3) and Romania (4), these two countries must be excluded from the list of eligible destinations. Furthermore, given the way the refund is calculated using market prices on distant markets, the nearby destinations of Switzerland and Norway, for which these measures are not justified by reason of the relatively minor transport costs arising from their proximity and the communication channels available to these destinations, should also be excluded.
(10) To ensure that all parties are treated equally, all licences issued should have the same period of validity.
(11) To ensure the satisfactory operation of export tendering procedures, a minimum quantity should be set and the time limit for the submission of tenders to the competent authority and the form in tenders are to be forwarded should be specified.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. A special intervention measure in the form of an export refund shall be implemented in respect of 400 000 tonnes of oats produced in Finland and Sweden and intended for export from Finland and Sweden to all third countries, except Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Switzerland.
3 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and the provisions adopted for the application of that Article shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to that refund.
2. The Finnish and Swedish intervention agencies shall be responsible for implementing the measure referred to in paragraph 1.
1. Tenders shall be invited in order to determine the amount of the refund referred to in Article 1(1).
2. The invitation to tender shall relate to the quantity of oats referred to in Article 1(1) for export to all third countries, except Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Switzerland.
3. The invitations to tender shall be open until 22 June 2006. During that period, weekly invitations to tender shall be made for which the date for submission of tenders shall be set out in the notice of invitation to tender.
Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, the time limit for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 15 September 2005.
4. Tenders must be submitted to the Finnish and Swedish intervention agencies named in the notice of invitation.
5. The tendering procedure shall take place in accordance with this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
Offers shall not be valid unless:
(a) they relate to not less than 1 000 tonnes;
(b) they are accompanied by a written undertaking from the tenderer specifying that they relate solely to oats grown in Finland and Sweden which are to be exported from those countries.
Where the undertaking referred to in (b) is not fulfilled, the security referred to in Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 (5) shall be forfeited, except in cases of force majeure.
Under the tendering procedure laid down in Article 2, one of the following entries shall be made in box 20 of applications and export licences:
— in Finnish: ‘Asetus (EY) N:o 1438/2005 – Todistus on voimassa ainoastaan Suomessa ja Ruotsissa’,
— in Swedish: ‘Förordning (EG) nr 1438/2005 – Licensen giltig endast i Finland och Sverige’.
The refund shall be valid only for exports from Finland and Sweden.
The security referred to in Article 5(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 shall be EUR 12 per tonne.
1. Notwithstanding Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (6), export licences issued in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 shall, for the purpose of determining their period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on the day on which the tender was submitted.
2. Export licences issued under the tendering procedure laid down in Article 2 shall be valid from their date of issue, as defined in paragraph 1 of this Article, until the end of the fourth month following that of issue.
3. Notwithstanding Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, export licences issued under the tendering procedure laid down in Article 2 of this Regulation shall be valid in Finland and Sweden only.
The Finnish and Swedish intervention agencies shall electronically notify the Commission of the tenders submitted not later than one and a half hours following expiry of the deadline for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in the notice of invitation to tender, using the form shown in the Annex hereto.
If no tenders are received, the Finnish and Swedish intervention agencies shall inform the Commission thereof within the period specified in the first subparagraph.
The time laid down for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.
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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32001R0914 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 914/2001 of 10 May 2001 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 914/2001
of 10 May 2001
establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1602/2000(4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation.
(2) The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 May 2001.
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31998R2623 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2623/98 of 4 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1556/96
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2623/98 of 4 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1556/96
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2), and in particular Articles 31(2) and 33(4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 (3) provides for imports of the products listed in its Annex to be subject to surveillance; whereas that surveillance is based on the import licences issued under the arrangements introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1556/96 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2306/98 (5); whereas those arrangements were introduced subject to their being replaced by a rapid and computerised procedure for recording imports once the latter could be legally and practically set up; whereas such a procedure has been successfully tested;
Whereas, therefore, the import surveillance scheme laid down in Article 308d 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 1677/98 (7), should be extended to the products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96; whereas in order for the additional import duties system to operate correctly the information should be notified to the Commission every week; whereas, in addition, provisions should be adopted permitting Member States to obtain the information necessary for surveillance purposes at the time the products in question are put into free circulation under the simplified procedures laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93; whereas as a result of the introduction of the surveillance system Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should be adjusted and Regulation (EC) No 1556/96 should be repealed with effect from 1 December 1998;
Whereas Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (8) lays down criteria for determining the volumes which trigger additional duties; whereas Article 5(6) of that Agreement permits the triggering periods to be set according to the specific characteristics of perishable and seasonal products; whereas, in application of those criteria, the volumes triggering additional duties should be set as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
1. Additional import duty as referred to in Article 33(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (*), termed "additional duty" below, may be applied to the products and during the periods listed in the Annex hereto on the conditions set out below.
2. Trigger levels for the additional duties are listed in the Annex hereto.
(*) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.`
;
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'Article 2
1. For each of the products listed in the Annex hereto and during the periods indicated Member States shall notify the Commission of details of the volumes put into free circulation using the method for the surveillance of preferential imports set out in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (*).
Such notification shall take place no later than midday Brussels time each Wednesday for the volumes put into free circulation during the preceding week.
2. Declarations for release for free circulation of products covered by the present Regulation which the customs authorities may accept at the declarant's request without their containing certain particulars referred to in Annex 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall contain, in addition to the particulars referred to in Article 254 of that Regulation, an indication of the net mass (kg) of the products concerned.
Where the simplified declaration procedure referred to in Article 260 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is used to put into free circulation products covered by the present Regulation, the simplified declarations shall contain, in addition to other requirements, an indication of the net mass (kg) of the products concerned.
Where the local clearance procedure referred to in Article 263 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is used to put into free circulation products covered by the present Regulation, the notification to the customs authorities referred to in Article 266(1) of that Regulation shall contain all necessary data for the identification of the goods, as well as an indication of the net mass (kg) of the products concerned.
66(2b) shall not apply to imports of the products covered by the present Regulation.
(*) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.`
;
3. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
'Article 3
1. If it is found that, for one of the products and one of the periods listed in the Annex hereto, the quantity put into free circulation exceeds the corresponding triggering volume the Commission shall levy an additional duty.
2. The additional duty shall be levied on quantities put into free circulation after the date of application of the said duty, provided that:
- their tariff classification determined in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 entails application of the highest specific duties applicable to imports of the origin in question,
- importation is effected during the period of application of the additional duty.`
;
4. the Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Regulation (EC) No 1556/96 is hereby repealed.
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 December 1998.
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31996R1113 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1113/96 of 20 June 1996 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for the import of bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine and mountain breeds, for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1113/96 of 20 June 1996 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for the import of bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine and mountain breeds, for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1 (1) thereof,
Whereas for bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of the mottled Simmental breed and the Schwyz and Fribourg breeds and for cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of the grey, brown, yellow and mottled Simmental breed and the Pinzgau breed, the Community has undertaken, in the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO), to open two annual tariff quotas each of 5 000 head at rates of duty of 6 % and 4 % respectively; whereas those quotas should therefore be opened for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 and detailed rules adopted for their application;
Whereas there should be a guarantee in particular of equal and continuing access to the said quotas for all interested traders within the Community and of uninterrupted application of the customs duties laid down for those quotas to all imports of the animals in question until the quotas are exhausted;
Whereas these arrangements are based on the allocation by the Commission of the quantities available to traditional traders (first part) and traders involved in the cattle trade (second part); whereas the first part should be allocated to traditional importers in proportion to the number of animals imported under similar quotas between 1 July 1993 and 30 June 1996 and to traditional importers in the new Member States; whereas, in order to prevent speculation and given the end-use, only quantities of a certain size representative of trade with third countries should be taken into account as reference quantities for the allocation of the second part; whereas, for all traders from the new Member States, imported animals must be from countries which are third countries for them at the time of import;
Whereas, subject to the provisions of this Regulation, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 (3), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2856/95 (5), are applicable;
Whereas Article 82 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (6), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, provides for customs supervision of goods put into free circulation at a reduced rate of duty on account of their end-use; whereas imported animals should be monitored for a certain period to ensure they are not slaughtered; whereas, in order to ensure that the animals concerned are not slaughtered, a security should be required;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The following tariff quotas are hereby opened for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997:
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2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered not to be intended for slaughter if they are not slaughtered within four months of the date of acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation.
Derogations may, however, be granted in the event of duly proven cases of force majeure.
3. To benefit from the tariff quota covered by serial No 09.0003, the following must be presented:
- for bulls: a pedigree certificate,
- for female animals: a pedigree certificate or a certificate of registration in a herdbook certifying the purity of the breed.
1. The two quota volumes referred to in Article 1 (1) shall each be divided into two parts of 80 %, i.e. 4 000 head, and 20 %, i.e. 1 000 head:
(a) The first part, equal to 80 % of the quota volume, shall be allocated to:
- importers from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1994 who are able to furnish proof of having imported animals covered by the quotas between 1 July 1993 and 30 June 1996, and
- importers from the new Member States who are able to furnish proof of having imported,
- between 1 July 1993 and 30 June 1995, into the Member State in which they are established, animals covered by the CN codes listed in Annex I from countries which were for them, in the year of import, third countries,
- between 1 July 1995 and 30 June 1996, animals covered by import quotas governed by this Regulation.
(b) The second part, equal to 20 % of the quota volume, shall be reserved for applicants who can furnish proof of having imported, between 1 July 1995 and 30 June 1996, at least 15 live bovine animals covered by CN code 0102.
Importers must be entered in a national VAT register.
2. Upon application for the right to import, the first part shall be allocated among importers as referred to in (1) (a) in proportion to their imports of animals as referred to in the said point between 1 July 1993 and 30 June 1996.
3. Upon application for the right to import, the second part shall be allocated in proportion to the quantities applied for by importers as referred to in (1) (b). Applications for the right to import must cover 15 head or more.
Applications for the right to import more than 50 head shall automatically be reduced to that number.
4. Any quantities of one of the two parts of the same tariff quota referred to in paragraph 1 not applied for shall automatically be transferred to the other part of the quota in question.
5. Proof of import shall be provided exclusively by means of the customs document of release for free circulation duly endorsed by the customs authorities.
1. An application for the right to import may only be submitted in the Member State in which the applicant is entered in a national VAT register.
2. An applicant may submit only one application per quota and that application shall refer to only one part of the quota.
Where an applicant submits more than one application for a quota, all applications from that person shall be considered invalid.
3. For the purposes of Article 2 (2) and (3), all applications, accompanied by the proof referred to in Article 2 (5), must reach the competent authorities not later than 16 July 1996.
After verifying the documents submitted, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission, not later than 2 August 1996:
- as regards the importers referred to in Article 2 (1) (a), their names and addresses and the number of animals imported during the period referred to in Article 2 (2),
- as regards the importers referred to in Article 2 (1) (b), their names and addresses and the quantities applied for.
4. All notifications, including nil notifications, shall be made to the address given in Annex II.
1. The Commission shall decide to what extent applications may be accepted.
2. As regards the application referred to in the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 3 (3), if the quantities in respect of which applications are made exceed the quantities available, the Commission shall reduce the quantities applied for by a fixed percentage.
If the reduction referred to in the preceding subparagraph results in a quantity of less than 15 head per application, the allocation shall be by drawing lots, by batches of 15 head. If the remaining quantity is less than 15 head, a single licence shall be issued for that quantity.
1. Imports of quantities allocated shall be subject to presentation of an import licence.
2. Import licence applications may only be submitted to the competent authority of the Member State in which the applicant is entered in a national VAT register.
3. After the notification of allocations from the Commission, import licences shall be issued as soon as possible on application by and in the names of the operators who have obtained rights to import. The issue of licences shall be subject to the lodging by the applicant of a security of ECU 25 per head of cattle.
The security shall be released immediately licences are returned to the issuing authority bearing an endorsement by the customs authorities certifying import of the animals.
4. Import licences shall be valid for 90 days from the date of issue within the meaning of Article 21 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88. They shall expire, however, on 30 June 1997 at the latest.
5. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 and Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 shall apply.
However, by way of derogation from Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transferable and shall confer the right to use the tariff quota only if made out in the name entered on the declaration of release for free circulation accompanying them.
(4) and the second subparagraph of Article 14 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall not apply.
1. Checks to ensure that imported animals are not slaughtered within four months of release into free circulation shall be carried out in accordance with Article 82 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, importers shall lodge a security of ECU 1 280 per tonne with the competent customs authorities to ensure compliance with the obligation not to slaughter the animals.
The security shall be released immediately proof is supplied to the customs authorities concerned that the animals:
(a) have not been slaughtered within four months of the date of release for free circulation; or
(b) have been slaughtered within that period for reasons constituting a case of force majeure or for health reasons or have died as a result of sickness or an accident.
On the licence application and the licence itself shall be entered:
(a) in section 8, the country of origin;
(b) in section 16, the CN codes given in Annex I;
(c) in section 20, one of the following:
- Razas alpinas y de montaña [Reglamento (CE) n° 1113/96]
- Alpine racer og bjergracer (forordning (EF) nr. 1113/96)
- Höhenrassen (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1113/96)
- ÁëðéêÝò êáé ïñåóßâéåò öõëÝò [êáíïíéóìüò (ÅÊ) áñéè. 1113/96]
- Alpine and mountain breeds (Regulation (EC) No 1113/96)
- Races alpines et de montagne [règlement (CE) n° 1113/96]
- Razze alpine e di montagna [regolamento (CE) n. 1113/96]
- Bergrassen (Verordening (EG) nr. 1113/96)
- Raças alpinas e de montanha [Regulamento (CE) nº 1113/96]
- Alppi- ja vuoristorotuja [asetus (EY) N:o 1113/96]
- Alp- och bergraser (förordning (EG) nr 1113/96).
At the beginning of each month, the competent authorities shall forward details of the quantities and the origin of the animals imported during the previous month on the basis of the returned licences referred to in Article 5 (3).
The information shall be sent by fax to the address given in Annex III.
1. Quantities for which import licence applications have not been received by 31 March 1997 shall be allocated to importers who have applied for import licences for the total quantity to which they are entitled, irrespective of the provisions of Article 2 (1).
2. To that end, not later than 10 April 1997, Member States shall forward to the address given in Annex II details of the quantities for which no application has been received and the information referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3 (3). The Commission shall make the allocation by drawing lots by batches of 15 head. If the remaining quantity is less than 15 head, a single licence shall be issued for that quantity. It shall notify the Member States of the result not later than 17 April 1997.
3. For the purposes of this Article, Articles 5, 6 and 7 shall apply.
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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 July 1996.
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32005R1592 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1592/2005 of 29 September 2005 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
| 30.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 254/43
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1592/2005
of 29 September 2005
fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (2), provides that the export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 is equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, including, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; the sucrose content of the product in question is determined in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(3) Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (3), to the products listed in the Annex to the last mentioned Regulation.
(4) According to the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the basic amount of the refund on the other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation exported in the natural state must be equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the one hand, of the difference between the intervention price for white sugar for the Community areas without deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world market and, on the other, of the need to establish a balance between the use of Community basic products in the manufacture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought in under inward-processing arrangements.
(5) According to the terms of Article 30(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the application of the basic amount may be limited to some of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation.
(6) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 makes provision for setting refunds for export in the natural state of products referred to in Article 1(1)(f) and (g) and (h) of that Regulation; the refund must be fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the export refund for products falling within CN code 1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and of the economic aspects of the intended exports; in the case of the products referred to in the said Article (1)(f) and (g), the refund is to be granted only for products complying with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95; for the products referred to in Article 1(1)(h), the refund shall be granted only for products complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(7) The abovementioned refunds must be fixed every month; they may be altered in the intervening period.
(8) The first subparagraph of Article 27(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that refunds on the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation may vary according to destination, where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary.
(9) The significant and rapid increase in preferential imports of sugar from the western Balkan countries since the start of 2001 and in exports of sugar to those countries from the Community seems to be highly artificial in nature.
(10) In order to prevent any abuses associated with the reimportation into the Community of sugar sector products that have qualified for export refunds, refunds for the products covered by this Regulation should not be fixed for all the countries of the western Balkans.
(11) In view of the above, refunds for the products in question should be fixed at the appropriate amounts.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 September 2005.
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31987R0832 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 832/87 of 23 March 1987 fixing for the 1987 marketing year the Community offer price for tomatoes applicable with regard to Greece
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 832/87
of 23 March 1987
fixing for the 1987 marketing year the Community offer price for tomatoes applicable with regard to Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 10/81 of 1 January 1981 fixing, in respect of fruit and vegetables, the general rules for implementing the 1979 Act of Accession (1), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 75 of the Act of Accession introduces a compensatory mechanism on import into the Community of Nine, for fruit and vegetables coming from Greece for which an institutional price is fixed;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 75 (2) (a) of the Act of Accession, a Community offer price is to be calculated annually, on the one hand, on the basis of the arithmetical average of producer prices of each Member State of the Community of Nine, increased by the transport and packaging costs borne by the products from the areas of production up to the representative centres of Community consumption and, on the other hand, taking into account the trend of production costs in the fruit and vegetables sector; whereas the said producer prices are to correspond to an average of the price quotations recorded over three years prior to fixing the Community offer price; whereas, however, the annual Community offer price may not exceed the level of the reference price applied vis-Ă -vis third countries, this Community offer price being reduced by 21 % at the time of the seventh move toward price alignment referred to in Article 59 of the Act;
Whereas, in order to take account of seasonal price variations, the marketing year should be split into several periods and a Community offer price fixed for each such period;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 10/81, the rates used to calculate production prices are those recorded for an indigenous product whose trade characteristics are defined, on the representative market or markets within the production zones where the rates are lowest, for the products or varieties which represent a substantial proportion of marketable production throughout the year or during a part of the year and which correspond to quality class I and to set conditions in respect of packaging; whereas the average rate for each representative market is to be drawn up disregarding rates which may be considered excessively high or low compared with the normal fluctuations recorded on the said market;
Whereas, up to 10 July, tomatoes produced in the Community of Nine are grown mainly under glass; whereas the Community offer price for this period of the marketing year must therefore be fixed for a product of that type; whereas Greek tomatoes during the same period will have been grown in the open; whereas, although such tomatoes may be classed in class I, their quality and price are not comparable with those of products grown under glass; whereas the prices for tomatoes not grown under glass should therefore be adjusted by a conversion factor;
Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria results in fixing the Community offer prices for tomatoes for the period 1 April to 20 December 1987 at the levels set out hereinafter;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
1. For the 1987 marketing year, the Community offer price for tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in ECU per 100 kilograms net of packed products of class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows:
- April: 125,43
- May: 100,70
- 1 June to 10 July: 76,38
- 11 July to 31 August: 32,43
- September: 32,85
- 1 October to 20 December: 34,60.
2. For the purpose of calculating the Greek offer price, the prices for tomatoes not produced under glass shall be multiplied:
- for April, by a conversion factor of 1,80,
- for May, by a conversion factor of 1,70,
- from 1 June to 10 July, by a conversion factor of 1,65.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1987.
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32009D0143 | 2009/143/EC: Commission Decision of 18 February 2009 on a financial contribution from the Community towards emergency measures to combat avian influenza in Denmark in 2008 (notified under document number C(2009) 978)
| 19.2.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 48/19
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 February 2009
on a financial contribution from the Community towards emergency measures to combat avian influenza in Denmark in 2008
(notified under document number C(2009) 978)
(Only the Danish text is authentic)
(2009/143/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), and in particular Articles 3(3) and 3a(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease of poultry and other captive birds with a severe impact on the profitability of poultry farming causing disturbance to intra-community trade and export to third countries.
(2) In the event of an outbreak of avian influenza, there is a risk that the disease agent might spread to other poultry holdings within that Member State, but also to other Member States and to third countries through trade in live poultry or their products.
(3) Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (2) sets out measures which in the event of an outbreak have to be immediately implemented by Member States as a matter of urgency to prevent further spread of the virus.
(4) Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution towards specific veterinary measures, including emergency measures. Pursuant to Article 3a of that Decision, Member States shall obtain a financial contribution towards the costs of certain measures to eradicate avian influenza.
(5) Article 3a(3), first and second indents of Decision 90/424/EEC lay down rules on the percentage of the costs incurred by the Member State that may be covered by the Community’s financial contribution.
(6) The payment of a Community financial contribution towards emergency measures to eradicate avian influenza is subject to the rules laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 of 28 February 2005 laying down rules on the Community financing of emergency measures and of the campaign to combat certain animal diseases under Council Decision 90/424/EEC (3).
(7) Outbreaks of avian influenza occurred in Denmark in 2008. Denmark took measures, in accordance with Directive 2005/94/EC to combat those outbreaks.
(8) Denmark has fully complied with its technical and administrative obligations as set out in Article 3(3) of Decision 90/424/EEC and Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.
(9) On 13 May 2008 and 1 July 2008, Denmark submitted an estimate of the costs incurred in taking measures to eradicate avian influenza.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Financial contribution from the Community to Denmark
A financial contribution from the Community may be granted to Denmark towards the costs incurred by that Member State in taking measures pursuant to Article 3a(2) and (3) of Decision 90/424/EEC, to combat avian influenza in 2008.
Addressee
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31984R0867 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 867/84 of 31 March 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 867/84 of 31 March 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed
THE COUNCIL 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 856/84 (2), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 2a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1187/82 (4), lays down a margin within which the aid for skimmed-milk powder may be fixed ; whereas, in view of the criteria set out in the first paragraph of that Article, the limits of this margin should be adjusted,
The first subparagraph of Article 2a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 is hereby replaced by the following:
"3. Aid for skimmed-milk powder shall be a minimum of 54 and a maximum of 85 ECU per 100 kilograms."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003R1161 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1161/2003 of 30 June 2003 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1161/2003
of 30 June 2003
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that the difference between quotations of prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each of those Regulations and the prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 740/2003(6), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate.
(3) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(4) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(5) Now that a settlement has been reached between the European Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States and has been approved by Council Decision 87/482/EEC(7), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 according to their destination.
(6) Pursuant to Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that a reduced rate of export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93(8), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1786/2001(9), for the basic product in question, used during the assumed period of manufacture of the goods.
(7) Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However, Protocol 19 of the Act of Accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark stipulates that the necessary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is necessary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals exported in the form of spirituous beverages.
(8) In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1039/2003 of 2 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Estonia and the exportation of certain agricultural products to Estonia(10), Council Regulation (EC) No 1086/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Slovenia and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Slovenia(11), Council Regulation (EC) No 1087/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Latvia and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Latvia(12), Council Regulation (EC) No 1088/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Lithuania(13), Council Regulation (EC) No 1089/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in the Slovak Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Slovak Republic(14) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1090/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in the Czech Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Czech Republic(15) with effect from 1 July 2003, processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty which are exported to Estonia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia or Czech Republic are not eligible for export refunds.
(9) In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 999/2003 of 2 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the import of certain processed agricultural products originating in Hungary and the export of certain processed agricultural products to Hungary(16), with effect from 1 July 2003, the goods referred to in its Article 1(2) which are exported to Hungary shall not be eligible for export refunds.
(10) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(11) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to amended Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 respectively, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2003.
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32009R0452 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 452/2009 of 29 May 2009 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market
| 30.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 135/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 452/2009
of 29 May 2009
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market
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), and in particular Articles 43, 101, and 192, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 (2) laid down detailed rules for the application of the aid scheme for the disposal of the surplus of certain milk products. That scheme, provided for in Article 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, is abolished by Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2009 of 19 January 2009 on modifications to the common agricultural policy by amending Regulations (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 320/2006, (EC) No 1405/2006, (EC) No 1234/2007, (EC) No 3/2008 and (EC) No 479/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1883/78, (EEC) No 1254/89, (EEC) No 2247/89, (EEC) No 2055/93, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 2596/97, (EC) No 1182/2005 and (EC) No 315/2007 (3).
(2) In this context and with a view to more cost-effective outlets for intervention butter and for reasons of simplification, the provisions on sales from intervention for use in pastry products, ice cream and other foodstuffs should also be abolished.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should therefore be repealed.
(4) Article 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is deleted by Regulation (EC) No 72/2009 from 1 July 2009. Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should therefore be repealed from the same date. However, Article 78 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 provides that the butter may be taken over from the 20th day of the month preceding the calendar month indicated on the voucher up to the 10th day of the month following the calendar month indicated thereon. In order to allow operators to make full use of vouchers valid until and including the month of June 2009, Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should continue to apply for those vouchers.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,
Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 is repealed.
However, Chapter IV of that Regulation shall continue to apply and aid can be paid for deliveries of butter made on the basis of vouchers that are valid until and including the month of June 2009.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2009.
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32012R0840 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 840/2012 of 18 September 2012 concerning the authorisation of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) as a feed additive for all avian species for fattening other than chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening and ducks for fattening and all avian species for laying other than laying hens (holder of authorisation Danisco Animal Nutrition) Text with EEA relevance
| 19.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 252/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 840/2012
of 18 September 2012
concerning the authorisation of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) as a feed additive for all avian species for fattening other than chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening and ducks for fattening and all avian species for laying other than laying hens (holder of authorisation Danisco Animal Nutrition)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233). The application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) The application concerns the authorisation of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) as a feed additive for all avian species for fattening other than chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening and ducks for fattening and all avian species for laying other than laying hens, to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.
(4) The use of preparations of 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 was authorised for 10 years for chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening, laying hens, piglets (weaned), ducks for fattening, pigs for fattening and sows by Commission Regulations (EC) No 785/2007 (2) and (EC) No 379/2009 (3).
(5) New data were submitted in support of the application for the authorisation of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) for use as feed additive to all avian species for fattening other than chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening and ducks for fattening and all avian species for laying other than laying hens. The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 7 March 2012 (4) that, under the proposed conditions of use, 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment, and that its use can improve the phosphorus utilisation in all target species. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(6) The assessment of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of this preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘digestibility enhancers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002R1203 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1203/2002 of 4 July 2002 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1203/2002
of 4 July 2002
fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sugar(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for imports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(3), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the cif import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the "representative price", should be set in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(4). That price should be fixed for the standard quality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation.
(2) The representative price for molasses is calculated at the frontier crossing point into the Community, in this case Amsterdam; that price must be based on the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market established on the basis of the quotations or prices on that market adjusted for any deviations from the standard quality. The standard quality for molasses is defined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(3) When the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market are being established, account must be taken of all available information on offers on the world market, on the prices recorded on important third-country markets and on sales concluded in international trade of which the Commission is aware, either directly or through the Member States. Under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for this purpose take an average of several prices as a basis, provided that this average is representative of actual market trends.
(4) The information must be disregarded if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a small quantity that is not representative of the market. Offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of actual market trends must also be disregarded.
(5) If information on molasses of the standard quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or reduced in the light of the results achieved by applying Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(6) A representative price may be left unchanged by way of exception for a limited period if the offer price which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the representative price is not available to the Commission and if the offer prices which are available and which appear not to be sufficiently representative of actual market trends would entail sudden and considerable changes in the representative price.
(7) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for the product in question and the representative price, additional import duties should be fixed under the conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95. Should the import duties be suspended pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should be fixed.
(8) Application of these provisions will have the effect of fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for the products in question as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The representative prices and the additional duties applying to imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 July 2002.
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32008R0730 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 730/2008 of 28 July 2008 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Carnalentejana (PDO))
| 29.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 200/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 730/2008
of 28 July 2008
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Carnalentejana (PDO))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1), and pursuant to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Portugal’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification of the protected designation of origin ‘Carnalentejana’ registered on the basis of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
(3) as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010D0527(01) | Council Decision of 18 May 2010 appointing the members and alternate members of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality
| 27.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 137/22
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 May 2010
appointing the members and alternate members of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality
2010/C 137/08
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of 20 December 2006 on establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 provides, inter alia, that the Council should appoint 18 members, as well as alternates, of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality for a period of three years.
(2) Eighteen Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom) are due to nominate members and alternate members for the period from 1 June 2010 to 31 May 2013.
(3) The Governments of all the above-mentioned Member States have submitted to the Council lists of candidates,
The following are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the period from 1 June 2010 to 31 May 2013:
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
Country Members Alternates
Belgium Mr Michel PASTEEL Ms Annemie PERNOT
Bulgaria Ms Tatyana Spassova KMETOVA Ms Petia Mihaylova MOEVA
Czech Republic Ms Andrea BARŠOVÁ Mr Czeslaw WALEK
Germany Ms Eva Maria WELSKOP-DEFFAA Ms Renate AUGSTEIN
Estonia Ms Käthlin SANDER Mr Christian VESKE
Spain Ms Enriqueta CHICANO JÁVEGA Ms Cecilia PAYNO DE ORIVE
France Ms Elisabeth TOMÉ-GERTHEINRICHS Ms Françoise VILAIN
Hungary Ms Zsuzsa SEBESTYÉN Ms Katalin KISSNÉ BENCZE
Malta Ms Therese BUGEJA Ms Therese SPITERI
Netherlands Ms Carlien SCHEELE Mr Ferdi LICHER
Austria Ms Vera JAUK Mr Dietmar HILLBRAND
Portugal Ms Sara FALCÃO CASACA Mr Pedro DELGADO ALVES
Romania Mr Florin-Marian NEGREA Ms Andra Cristina CROITORU
Slovenia Mr Roman KUHAR Ms Maruša GORTNAR
Slovakia Ms Martina JANÍKOVÁ Ms Jana STANKOVÁ
Finland Ms Tarja HEINILÄ-HANNIKAINEN Ms Riitta MARTIKAINEN
Sweden Ms Helén LUNDKVIST Mr Lars WITTENMARK
United Kingdom Ms Helene REARDON-BOND Ms Celia REED
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32002D0800 | 2002/800/EC: Council Decision of 8 October 2002 amending Decision 98/508/EC on the conclusion of an Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment, certificates and markings between the European Community and Australia
| Council Decision
of 8 October 2002
amending Decision 98/508/EC on the conclusion of an Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment, certificates and markings between the European Community and Australia
(2002/800/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, first sentence, and Article 300(3), first subparagraph, first sentence, and (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
In order to ensure the efficient operation of the Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment, certificates and markings between the European Community and Australia(1) (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") it is necessary to amend Decision 98/508/EC(2) in order to empower the Commission to take all necessary measures for the operation of the Agreement,
Article 3 of Decision 98/508/EC shall be replaced by the following: "Article 3
1. The Commission shall represent the Community in the Joint Committee provided for in Article 12 of the Agreement, assisted by the special Committee designated by the Council. The Commission shall proceed, after consultation with this special Committee, to the appointments, notifications, exchanges of information and requests for information specified in the Agreement.
2. The position of the Community in the Joint Committee shall be determined by the Commission, following consultation of the special Committee referred to in paragraph 1." | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008D0221 | 2008/221/EC: Commission Decision of 12 March 2008 on the Community’s financial contribution to a programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments for 2008 (notified under document number C(2008) 925)
| 14.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 70/13
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 March 2008
on the Community’s financial contribution to a programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments for 2008
(notified under document number C(2008) 925)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2008/221/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (1) and in particular the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 17(3),
Whereas:
(1) Growing conditions in the French overseas departments require special measures concerning crop production. Those measures include expensive plant health measures.
(2) Commission Decision 2007/609/EC of 10 September 2007 on the definition of the measures eligible for Community financing in the programmes for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments, in the Azores and in Madeira (2) defines the measures eligible for Community financing under programmes for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments, the Azores and Madeira.
(3) The French authorities have submitted to the Commission a programme for 2008 providing for plant health measures in the French overseas departments. That programme specifies the objectives to be achieved, the expected deliverables, the measures to be carried out, their duration and their cost with a view to a possible Community financial contribution. The measures provided for in that programme fulfill the requirements of Decision 2007/609/EC.
(4) 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 (3), planthealth measures are to be financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. For the purposes of financial control of those measures Articles 9, 36 and 37 of that Regulation apply.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
A Community financial contribution to France for the official programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments for 2008, as specified in Part A of the Annex, is approved.
It shall be limited to 60 % of the total eligible expenditure, as specified in Part B of the Annex, with a maximum of EUR 282 000 (VAT excluded).
1. An advance of EUR 100 000 shall be paid within 60 days after receipt of a request for payment by France.
2. The balance of the financial contribution shall be paid provided that a final implementation report on the programme is submitted to the Commission in electronic form by 15 March 2009 at the latest.
That report shall contain:
(a) a concise technical evaluation of the entire programme, including the degree of achievement of physical and qualitative objectives and of progress accomplished, and an assessment of the immediate phytosanitary and economic impact, and
(b) a financial cost statement indicating the actual expenditure broken down by sub-programme and by measure.
3. With respect to the indicative budget breakdown specified in Part B of the Annex, France may adjust the financing between different measures in the same sub-programme within a limit of 15 % of the Community contribution to this sub-programme, provided that the total amount of eligible costs scheduled in the programme is not exceeded and that the main objectives of the programme are not thereby compromised.
It shall inform the Commission of any adjustments made.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2008.
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31997R1271 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1271/97 of 1 July 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific supply arrangements for Madeira relating to milk products and establishing the forecast supply balance
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1271/97 of 1 July 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific supply arrangements for Madeira relating to milk products and establishing the forecast supply balance
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93 (4), lays down in particular the detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the Azores and Madeira;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 of 30 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific supply arrangements for Madeira relating to milk products and establishing the forecast supply balance (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 868/97 (6), establishes the forecast supply balance for milk products for Madeira for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;
Whereas, pending a communication from the competent authorities updating the needs of the regions in question and so as not to interrupt the application of the specific supply arrangements, the balance for the period 1 July to 31 December 1997 should be adopted on the basis of the quantities fixed for the period 1996/1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1997.
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32005R1068 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/2005 of 6 July 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of cereals
| 7.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 174/65
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1068/2005
of 6 July 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of 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 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides for no further intervention for rye from the 2004/05 marketing year. Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 (2) should therefore be adapted to take account of this new situation.
(2) Common wheat and durum wheat are covered by minimum quality criteria for human consumption and must satisfy the health standards laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food (3). The other cereals are mainly intended for animal feed and must comply with Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed (4). Provision should be made for those standards to be applicable when the products concerned are taken over under the present intervention scheme.
(3) As from 1 July 2006, some of those standards are applicable when the products are first processed. In order to guarantee that cereals taken over before that date may be marketed under optimum conditions at the time of supply following their removal from the intervention scheme, provision should be made for products offered for intervention to comply with those standards as from the 2005/06 marketing year.
(4) The potential for mycotoxin formation has proved to be linked to specific conditions, identifiable essentially on the basis of the weather conditions recorded during the period of growth and, in particular, flowering of the cereals.
(5) The risks entailed by exceeding the maximum thresholds for admissible contaminants can be identified by the intervention agencies on the basis of the information received from applicants and their own analysis criteria. In order to limit the financial costs, therefore, there is justification for requiring analyses, on the responsibility of the intervention agencies prior to the taking-over of the products, only on the basis of a risk analysis enabling the quality of the products to be guaranteed on entry into the intervention scheme.
(6) Articles 2 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3492/90 of 27 November 1990 laying down the factors to be taken into consideration in the annual accounts for the financing of intervention measures in the form of public storage by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (5), lay down the rules on responsibility. Those Articles specify in particular that Member States are to take all measures necessary to ensure the proper preservation of products which have been the subject of Community intervention and that quantities which have deteriorated on account of the normal physical storage conditions or by reason of overlong preservation are to be recorded in the accounts as having left the intervention stock on the date when the loss or deterioration was established. They also specify that a product is to be deemed to have deteriorated if it no longer meets the quality requirements applicable when it was bought in. Consequently, only such deterioration as that laid down in those provisions may be covered by the Community budget. Where a decision taken by a Member State at the time of purchase of a product is inadequate in the light of the risk analysis required by these rules, that Member State should therefore be liable if it later emerges that the product did not comply with the minimum standards. Such a decision would not make it possible to guarantee the quality of the product and, therefore, ensure its proper preservation. Consequently, the circumstances in which a Member State is to be held liable should be specified.
(7) For the purpose of determining the quality of the cereals offered for intervention, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 sets out a list of methods according to the criteria for analysis. One of those methods, the Hagberg falling number test, has been adapted by the International Organisation for Standardisation. The relevant reference should be adapted. The analysis methods for assessing compliance with contaminant standards should also be specified.
(8) For reasons of clarity and precision, Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 requires redrafting, particularly as regards the order of the relevant provisions. Taking account of the principle of risk analysis adopted for mycotoxin control, there is justification for including analyses for determining mycotoxin rates among those whose costs are payable by the applicant.
(9) Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 should be amended accordingly.
(10) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The first paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
2. The first and second subparagraphs of Article 2(2) are replaced by the following:
— for common wheat and durum wheat, those permitted under Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 (6), including the requirements regarding the Fusarium-toxin level for common wheat and durum wheat laid down in points 2.4 to 2.7 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 (7).
— for barley, maize and sorghum, those set by Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (8).
3. Article 3 is amended as follows:
(a) point 3.7 is replaced by the following:
‘3.7. the method for determining the Hagberg falling number (amylase activity test) shall comply with ISO 3093:2004;’
(b) the following point 3.10 is added:
‘3.10. the sampling methods and reference analysis methods for determining mycotoxin rates shall be those mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 466/2001’.
4. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
(a) determination of the tannin content of sorghum,
(b) the amylasic activity (Hagberg) test,
(c) determination of the protein content of durum wheat and common wheat,
(d) the Zeleny test,
(e) the machinability test,
(f) analyses of contaminants.
5. Article 9 is amended as follows:
(a) Points (c) and (d) shall be replaced by the following:
‘(c) where the percentage of broken grains exceeds 3 % for durum wheat, common wheat and barley, and 4 % for maize and sorghum, a reduction of EUR 0,05 shall be applied for each additional 0,1 percentage point;
(d) where the percentage of grain impurities exceeds 2 % for durum wheat, 4 % for maize and sorghum, and 5 % for common wheat and barley, a reduction of EUR 0,05 shall be applied for each additional 0,1 percentage point;’
(b) Point (f) is replaced by the following:
‘(f) where the percentage of miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz) exceeds 0,5 % for durum wheat and 1 % for common wheat, barley, maize and sorghum, a reduction of EUR 0,1 shall be applied for each additional 0,1 precentage point.’
6. The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 10:
7. In Annex I, the ‘rye’ column is deleted.
8. Annex II is amended as follows:
(a) In point 1.2(a), the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
(b) Point 2.3 is deleted.
9. Annex III, point 1 is amended as follows:
(a) The first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
(b) The seventh subparagraph is replaced by the following:
10. In footnote 2 of Annex IV, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
However, the provisions on Fusarium-toxins and the method for checking contaminant levels introduced by point 2 shall be applicable only to cereals harvested and taken over as from the 2005/06 marketing year.
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32014R0949 | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 949/2014 of 4 September 2014 laying down temporary exceptional measures for the milk and milk product sector in the form of extending the public intervention period for butter and skimmed milk powder in 2014
| 5.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 265/21
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 949/2014
of 4 September 2014
laying down temporary exceptional measures for the milk and milk product sector in the form of extending the public intervention period for butter and skimmed milk powder in 2014
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 219(1) in conjunction with Article 228 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 7 August 2014 the Russian government introduced a ban on imports of certain products from the Union to Russia, including milk and milk products. This ban has resulted in a threat of market disturbances with the potential for significant price falls due to the fact that an important export market has suddenly become unavailable.
(2) Accordingly, a situation has arisen on the market in which the normal measures available under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 appear to be insufficient.
(3) Article 12(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that public intervention for butter and skimmed milk powder shall be available from 1 March to 30 September.
(4) In order to prevent a significant deterioration of the prices and market disturbances it is essential that public intervention is also available after 30 September 2014.
(5) It is therefore appropriate to extend the intervention buying-in period for butter and skimmed milk powder to 31 December 2014.
(6) In order to have an immediate impact on the market and to contribute to stabilise prices, the temporary measure provided for in this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication.
By way of derogation from Article 12(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 the period during which public intervention for butter and skimmed milk powder is available in 2014 shall be extended to 31 December 2014.
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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31997D0872 | 97/872/EC: Council Decision of 16 December 1997 on a Community action programme promoting non-governmental organizations primarily active in the field of environmental protection
| COUNCIL DECISION of 16 December 1997 on a Community action programme promoting non-governmental organizations primarily active in the field of environmental protection (97/872/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130s (1) 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 laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty (3),
(1) Whereas the Treaty provides for the development and the implementation of a Community environment policy and sets out the objectives and principles which should guide that policy;
(2) Whereas the resolution of the Council and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 1 February 1993 (4) established a Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development (fifth action programme);
(3) Whereas, according to the joint declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 30 June 1982 on various measures to improve the budget procedure (5), a legal instrument has to be adopted before appropriations entered in the budget for any new significant Community action can be implemented;
(4) Whereas the Commission, in its communication to the budgetary authority concerning legal bases and maximum amounts, undertook to propose a legal base to cover the subsidies accorded under budget article 'B4-306 - awareness and subsidies`;
(5) Whereas non-governmental organizations (NGOs), active in the field of environmental protection, can contribute to the environment policy of the Community, as laid down in Article 130r of the Treaty;
(6) Whereas NGOs' activities of concrete environmental protection measures and of increasing the general awareness of the need for the protection of the environment should be encouraged;
(7) Whereas the capacity of the national, regional and local environmental NGOs to exchange perspectives, problems and possible solutions relating to environmental problems having a Community dimension, should be enhanced;
(8) Whereas the fifth action programme recognizes that all relevant actors, the Commission and environmental organizations included, working in partnership should undertake concerted actions and share responsibility for achieving the goal of sustainable development;
(9) Whereas the European environmental NGOs are essential to coordinate and channel to the Commission information and views on the new and emerging perspectives, such as on nature protection and transboundary environmental problems, which cannot be, or are not being, fully dealt with at the Member State or subordinate level;
(10) Whereas, therefore, in conformity with the principle of subsidiarity, an action programme encouraging the activities of European environmental NGOs should be established;
(11) Whereas environmental NGOs often use voluntary labour and often receive donations in kind; whereas account (up to 10 % of total eligible costs) may be taken of this special feature of their accounting systems when their revenue and costs, as well as their applications for financial assistance, are considered;
(12) Whereas financial support should be designed in such a way as to take account of the need for openness concerning the use of this support;
(13) Whereas it is important to define the priority areas of activity which the Community programme might support;
(14) Whereas it is necessary to specify the detailed rules for Community financial support under the programme;
(15) Whereas provision should be made for the continuation or discontinuation of the programme, after 31 December 2001;
(16) Whereas a mechanism should be established so that Community assistance may be adapted to the particular features of the measures to be supported;
(17) Whereas it is necessary to establish effective methods of monitoring, assessment and evaluation as well as to ensure adequate information for potential beneficiaries and for the public;
(18) Whereas, in the light of the experience gained in the first three years of implementation, an assessment of the operation of the programme should be undertaken in order to decide on its continuation;
(19) Whereas, a financial reference amount within the meaning of point 2 of the declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 March 1995, is included in this Decision for the entire duration of the programme, without thereby affecting the powers of the budgetary authority as they are defined by the Treaty,
A Community action programme promoting NGOs to protect the environment is hereby established. The general objective of this programme shall be to promote activities of NGOs which are primarily active in the field of environmental protection at a European level by contributing to the development and implementation of Community environmental policy and legislation.
For the purposes of this Decision, environmental NGOs are independent and non-profit-making organizations primarily active in the field of environmental protection, with an environmental objective aimed at the public good.
1. The areas of activity eligible for Community financial assistance are defined in the Annex.
2. Community financial assistance may be provided for activities which are of Community interest, contribute significantly to the further development and implementation of Community environmental policy and legislation and meet the principles underlying the fifth action programme.
The assistance referred to in the first subparagraph shall cover, in particular, the awareness campaigns and activities, information and documentation infrastructure, demonstration projects and coordination activities of environmental NGOs initiated by the organizations themselves.
1. The Commission shall establish the priority activities to be implemented within the areas of activity defined in the Annex.
2. The activities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be selected on the basis of general criteria, such as:
- a sound cost-benefit ratio,
- a lasting multiplier effect at European level,
- an effective and balanced cooperation among any partners with regard to: planning of activities, carrying out of activities and financial participation,
- a contribution to a multinational approach, and in particular to cross-border cooperation within the Community and, if appropriate, beyond its frontiers with neighbouring countries.
3. The Commission shall specify the additional criteria to be used for selecting the activities to be financed.
Financial assistance shall consist of a financial contribution by the Community towards activities of environmental NGOs. A financial contribution to compensate for administrative costs will be considered only for NGOs working at a European level in the context of their general working programme.
The Commission shall ensure the coherence, consistency and complementarity between the Community activities and projects implementing this programme and other Community programmes and initiatives.
1. This programme shall start on 1 January 1998 and shall end on 31 December 2001.
The financial reference amount for the implementation of this programme for the period 1998 to 2001 shall be ECU 10,6 million.
The annual appropriations shall be authorized by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.
2. The rate of overall Community assistance shall, in principle, not exceed 50 % of the budgeted activities and administrative costs as mentioned in Article 4.
3. The Community assistance shall be for activities which are to take place in the current, or a subsequent, year of the financial contribution.
Unpaid work or donation in kind, if properly documented, may be taken into account, up to a level of 10 % of total eligible costs, when assessing environmental NGOs' revenue and costs.
4. In order to receive a grant in excess of ECU 150 000, a non-governmental organization's accounts for the preceding two years must be certified by a registered auditor, as must also the accounts for the period in which the grant is used. To receive a grant of less than ECU 150 000, a non-governmental organization's accounts must be available in a form recognized by the Commission for the preceding two years and maintained in this form for the period in which the grant is used.
1. The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities, outlining the priority activities to be financed and detailing the selection and award criteria and the application and approval procedure.
2. Proposals for activities to be financed shall be submitted to the Commission by environmental NGOs operating at European level and promoting environmental protection measures of particular interest to the Community.
3. The call for proposals for activities under this programme shall be announced in the Official Journal of the European Communities every year before 31 January. After an assessment of the proposals, the Commission shall decide before 31 May which activities it will finance. The decision shall give rise to an agreement, governing the rights and obligations of partners, concluded with the beneficiaries responsible for implementation.
4. The amount of financial assistance, financial procedures and controls, as well as all technical conditions necessary for granting the assistance shall be determined on the basis of the general working programme of the beneficiary and, in particular, of the nature and form of the approved activity and shall be laid down in the agreement concluded with the beneficiaries.
1. In order to ensure the success of the activities carried out by environmental NGOs receiving Community financial assistance, the Commission shall take the necessary measures to:
- verify that activities proposed to the Commission have been carried out properly,
- prevent, and take action against, irregularities,
- recover sums improperly received, owing to abuse or negligence.
2. Without prejudice to the audits carried out by the Court of Auditors, pursuant to Article 188c of the Treaty, or any inspection carried out pursuant to Article 209 (c) of that Treaty, officials and other staff of the Commission may carry out on-the-spot checks, including sample checks, on activities financed under this programme.
The Commission shall inform the beneficiary in advance of any on-the-spot check, unless there are good reasons to suspect fraud and/or improper use.
3. The beneficiary of financial assistance shall keep available for the Commission all the supporting documents regarding expenditure on the activity for a period of five years following the last payment in respect of an activity.
1. The Commission may reduce, suspend or recover the amount of financial assistance granted for an activity if it finds irregularities or if it transpires that, without Commission approval having been sought, the activity has been subject to a major change which conflicts with the objective of the implementing conditions of the activity.
2. If the deadlines have not been observed or in only part of the allocated financial assistance is justified by the progress in implementation of an activity, the Commission shall request the beneficiary to submit its observations within a specified period. If the beneficiary does not provide a satisfactory answer, the Commission may cancel the remaining financial assistance and demand prompt repayment of sums already paid.
3. Any undue payment must be repaid to the Commission. Interest may be added to sums not repaid in good time. The Commission shall lay down detailed rules for the implementation of this paragraph.
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1. The Commission shall ensure effective monitoring of the implementation of Community-financed activities. This monitoring shall take place on the basis of reports using the procedures agreed by the Commission and the beneficiary and shall also involve sample checks.
2. For each activity, the beneficiary shall submit a report to the Commission within three months of completion of the activity. The Commission shall determine the form and content of this report.
1
A list of the beneficiaries and activities to be financed under this programme, together with the amount allocated, shall be published each year in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
2
1. Every year the Commission shall report on the state of implementation of this programme to the European Parliament and the Council.
2. No later than 31 December 2000, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this programme covering the first three years and shall, if appropriate, make proposals for any adjustment to be made with a view to continuing or not continuing the programme.
The Council, in accordance with the Treaty, shall decide on the continuation of the programme as from 1 January 2002.
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32001D0855 | 2001/855/EC: Council Decision of 15 November 2001 authorising the automatic renewal or continuation in force of provisions governing matters covered by the common commercial policy contained in the friendship, trade and navigation treaties and trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries
| Council Decision
of 15 November 2001
authorising the automatic renewal or continuation in force of provisions governing matters covered by the common commercial policy contained in the friendship, trade and navigation treaties and trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries
(2001/855/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 69/494/EEC of 16 December 1969 on the progressive standardisation of agreements concerning commercial relations between Member States and third countries and on the negotiation of Community agreements(1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The extension or automatic renewal beyond the transitional period of the treaties, agreements and protocols listed in the Annex to this Decision was last authorised by Decision 97/351/EC(2).
(2) The Member States concerned have requested authorisation for the automatic renewal or continuation in force of provisions governing matters covered by the common commercial policy within the meaning of Article 133 of the Treaty contained in the friendship, trade and navigation treaties and similar agreements with third countries listed in the Annex to this Decision, in order to avoid interrupting their contractual commercial relations with the third countries concerned.
(3) However, most of the matters covered by these provisions of national treaties and agreements are now governed by Community agreements. Authorisation should accordingly be given only in respect of those matters not covered by Community agreements. Such authorisation does not absolve the Member States from the obligation of avoiding and eliminating any incompatibility between such treaties and agreements and the provisions of Community law.
(4) Moreover, the provisions of the treaties and agreements to be automatically renewed or maintained in force must not constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy.
(5) The Member States concerned have stated that the automatic renewal or continuation in force of these treaties and agreements should not be a bar to the opening of Community trade negotiations with the relevant third countries or the transfer to Community agreements of trade matters covered by current bilateral agreements.
(6) On conclusion of the consultation provided for in Article 2 of Decision 69/494/EEC, it was established, as the aforesaid statements by the Member States confirm, that the provisions of the relevant treaties and bilateral agreements would not constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy.
(7) Moreover, the Member States concerned have stated that they would be willing to adapt and if necessary terminate those treaties and agreements should it be found that the automatic renewal or continuation in force of the provisions thereof relating to matters covered by Article 133 of the Treaty is an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy.
(8) The treaties and agreements involved contain termination clauses requiring a period of notice of between three and twelve months.
(9) Therefore, there is no reason for not authorising the automatic renewal or continuation in force, for a period of four years, of the provisions in question.
(10) There should be provision for such authorisation to be withdrawn if circumstances require, particularly if at a later date it should appear that the continuation in force of these provisions constitutes, or threatens to constitute, an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy. A mechanism by which Member States are required to inform the Commission of any circumstances that might constitute such an obstacle should be established,
The provisions governing matters covered by the common commercial policy within the meaning of Article 133 of the Treaty contained in the friendship, trade and navigation treaties and trade agreements listed in the Annex may be automatically renewed or maintained in force up to 30 April 2005 as regards those areas not covered by agreements between the Community and the third countries concerned, in so far as they are compatible with the common policies.
Such authorisation may be withdrawn if circumstances require, particularly if at a later date it should appear that the continuation in force of these provisions constitutes, or threatens to constitute, an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy. Member States shall inform the Commission of any circumstances that might constitute such an obstacle.
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 |
32002R0804 | Regulation (EC) No 804/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 April 2002 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 on the protection of the Community's forests against atmospheric pollution
| Regulation (EC) No 804/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 April 2002
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 on the protection of the Community's forests against atmospheric pollution
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Following consultation of the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with Article 251 of the Treaty(3),
Whereas:
(1) The period of application of the Community scheme introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86(4) expired on 31 December 2001.
(2) Under Article 11(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86, the Commission is required to submit a revision proposal to the European Parliament and the Council before the end of the application period, covering in particular the ecological, economic and social aspects and the results of a cost-benefit analysis.
(3) Since preparation of the proposal is still under way, no proposal can be presented at this stage, and the European Parliament and the Council are consequently not in a position to adopt any new arrangements for continuing the Community scheme for the protection of forests against atmospheric pollution before it reaches the end of its application period.
(4) Continuation of the said Community scheme in 2002 therefore calls for a transitional measure extending its duration for a year.
(5) The financial allocation for the implementation of the said Community scheme, which constitutes the prime reference for the budgetary authority within the meaning of point 33 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(5), fixed at EUR 35,1 million in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 should be adjusted in line with the amount entered in the budget for 2002.
(6) Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 should therefore be amended,
Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 11
1. The scheme shall run for 16 years from 1 January 1987.
2. The financial allocation for the implementation of the scheme shall be EUR 42,6 million for the period 1997 to 2002.
Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.
3. Before 30 June 2002, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the application of this Regulation and a proposal for revision covering in particular the ecological, economic and social aspects (qualitative assessment) and the results of a cost-benefit analysis (quantitative assessment)."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R1528 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1528/2006 of 12 October 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006
| 13.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1528/2006
of 12 October 2006
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006 (2).
(2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in the duty should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 6 October to 12 October 2006 in response to the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imported maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 October 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31991R1397 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1397/91 of 27 May 1991 amending the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1397/91 of 27 May 1991 amending the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4056/89 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of 30 December 1986 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1329/91 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof;
Whereas the British authorities have requested replacement in the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of seven vessels that no longer meet the requirements laid down in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation; whereas the national authorities have provided all the information in support of the request required under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/87; whereas scrutiny of this information shows that the requirements of the Regulation are met; whereas the vessels in question should be replaced in the list;
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 is amended as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985R1102 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1102/85 of 29 April 1985 re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1102/85
of 29 April 1985
re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1), and in particular Protocol 1 thereto,
Having regard to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3219/84 of 6 November 1984 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Yugoslavia (2);
Whereas Article 1 of the abovementioned Protocol provides that the products listed below, imported under reduced duty rates according to Article 15 of the Cooperation Agreement are subject to the annual ceiling indicated below, above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be re-established:
(tonnes)
1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Ceiling // // // // 85.23 // Insulated (including enamelled or anodized), electric wire, cable, bars, strip and the like (including coaxial cable), whether or not fitted with connectors: // 1 972 // // B. Other // // // //
Whereas imports into the Community of those products originating in Yugoslavia have reached that ceiling; whereas the situation on the Community market requires that customs duties applicable to third countries on the products in question be re-established,
From 3 May to 31 December 1985, the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products:
1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Origin // // // // 85.23 // Insulated (including enamelled or anodized), eletric wire, cable, bars, strip and the like (including coaxial cable), whether or not fitted with connectors: // Yugoslavia // // B. Other // // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0225 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/2008 of 13 March 2008 fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
| 14.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 70/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 225/2008
of 13 March 2008
fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(b) of that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the sugar market, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(3) The first subparagraph of Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund according to destination.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(5) The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Export refunds as provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 March 2008.
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 |
32001R1743 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1743/2001 of 31 August 2001 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 81st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1743/2001
of 31 August 2001
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 81st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 81st individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988R3975 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3975/88 of 20 December 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 on the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from non-member countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3975/88
OF 20 DECEMBER 1988
AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 ON THE EQUIVALENCE WITH COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES OF ATTESTATIONS ACCOMPANYING HOPS IMPORTED FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1696/71 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN HOPS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3998/87 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) THEREOF,
WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1835/87 ( 4 ), RECOGNIZES THE EQUIVALENCE WITH COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES OF ATTESTATIONS ACCOMPANYING HOPS IMPORTED FROM CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES AND ESTABLISHES THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED IN THOSE COUNTRIES TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS OF EQUIVALENCE;
WHEREAS SINCE THEN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS HAS UNDERTAKEN TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN FOR THE MARKETING OF HOPS AND HOP PRODUCTS AND HAS AUTHORIZED A NEW ORGANIZATION TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS OF EQUIVALENCE; WHEREAS THOSE ATTESTATIONS SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE RECOGNIZED AS EQUIVALENT TO COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES AND THE PRODUCTS WHICH THEY COVER SHOULD BE ADMITTED IN FREE CIRCULATION; WHEREAS THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED ACCORDINGLY;
WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR HOPS,
THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES ARE HEREBY ADDED TO THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3077/78 FOR THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS :
1.2.3ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ATTESTATIONS
DESCRIPTION
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HOP CONES, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND, POWDERED OR IN THE FORM OF PELLETS; LUPULIN
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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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32001R0851 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 851/2001 of 30 April 2001 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 851/2001
of 30 April 2001
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15 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 Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund. Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2390/2000(4), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(2) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(3) Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account should be taken, where necessary, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Regulation on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products.
(4) Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions.
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(6), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(6) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2001.
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31999D0578 | 1999/578/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1999 on financial aid from the Community towards the eradication of Newcastle disease in Denmark (notified under document number C(1999) 2452) (Only the Danish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 July 1999
on financial aid from the Community towards the eradication of Newcastle disease in Denmark
(notified under document number C(1999) 2452)
(Only the Danish text is authentic)
(1999/578/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 Commission Decision 94/77/EC(2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
(1) Whereas outbreaks of Newcastle disease occurred in Denmark in 1998; whereas this disease represents a serious danger to Community production; whereas with a view to contributing towards the speedy eradication of the disease the Community is able to contribute to expenditure incurred by the Member States for losses suffered;
(2) Whereas the Danish authorities have reported that they took the requisite steps, including the measures listed in Article 3(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, as soon as the outbreak of Newcastle disease was officially confirmed;
(3) Whereas, pending completion of checks by the Commission that, on the one hand, the Community veterinary rules have been observed and, on the other, that the conditions for a Community financial contribution are met, a first instalment of EUR 0,42 million should be paid;
(4) Whereas the Community financial contribution should be paid upon confirmation that the measures have been implemented and the authorities have supplied all the information requested within the time limits laid down;
(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Denmark may receive financial assistance from the Community relating to outbreaks of Newcastle disease which occurred in the course of 1998.
Subject to checks, the Community's financial contribution shall be:
- 50 % of the costs incurred by Denmark in compensating owners for the slaughter and the destruction of poultry and for the destruction of poultry products,
- 50 % of the costs incurred by Denmark in the cleaning, disinsectisation and disinfection of holdings and equipment,
- 50 % of the costs incurred by Denmark in compensating owners for the destruction of contaminated feedingstuffs and equipment.
1. Subject to the checks to be carried out, the Community contribution shall be granted after the supporting documents have been submitted.
2. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be:
(a) an epidemiological report on each holding on which birds have been slaughtered. The report shall contain information on:
(i) infected holdings:
- location and address,
- date on which the disease was suspected and the date on which it was confirmed,
- number and type of birds slaughtered and destroyed, with date,
- method of slaughter and destruction,
- type and number of samples collected and tested when the disease was suspected; results of the tests,
- type and number of samples taken and tested during the depopulation of the infected holdings; results of the tests,
- presumed origin of the infection following complete epidemiological analysis;
(ii) holdings in contact with an infected holding:
- as in (i), first, third, fourth and sixth indents,
- infected holding (outbreak) with which contact has been confirmed or suspected; nature of the contact;
(b) a financial report including the list of beneficiaries and their addresses, the number of birds slaughtered, the date of slaughter and the amount paid out (excluding VAT and taxes).
1. The application for payment, together with the supporting documents referred to in Article 2, shall be submitted to the Commission before 1 October 1999.
2. However, Denmark may obtain, on request, an advance of EUR 0,42 million.
1. The Commission, in collaboration with the competent national authorities, may carry out on-the-spot checks to ensure that the measures and assisted expenditure have been carried out.
The Commission shall inform the Member States of the outcome of the checks.
2. Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70(3) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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32011D0811 | 2011/811/EU: Council Decision of 1 December 2011 appointing a Belgian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
| 7.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 324/31
COUNCIL DECISION
of 1 December 2011
appointing a Belgian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2011/811/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Belgian Government,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).
(2) A member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Robert de MÛELENAERE,
Baron Philippe de BUCK van OVERSTRAETEN, Director-General, BusinessEurope, is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2015.
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31996R1406 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1406/96 of 19 July 1996 introducing or increasing, for 1996, Community quantitative limits on re-importation into the European Community of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1406/96 of 19 July 1996 introducing or increasing, for 1996, Community quantitative limits on re-importation into the European Community of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 941/96 (2), and in particular Articles 2 and 3 (3) of Annex VII thereto, in conjunction with Article 17 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 lays down the conditions under which quantitative limits on re-importation into the European Community of certain textile products after outward processing operations in certain third countries may be established;
Whereas Article 2 of Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 stipulates that quantitative limits on re-imports may be established for textile products which are subject to the quantitative limits laid down in Article 2 of that Regulation;
Whereas a request has been put to the European Community by certain Member States concerning the introduction for 1996 of quantitative limits on re-importation into the European Community of certain textile products (categories 159 and 161) originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country; whereas direct imports of textile products falling within categories 159 and 161 are subject to the quantitative limits laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93;
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 stipulates that such quantitative limits already in force may be adjusted should the need arise;
Whereas the quantitative limit in force applicable to the re-import into the European Community of textile products of category 13 originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country has proved insufficient to meet applications for prior authorization submitted by Community firms; whereas direct imports of textile products falling within category 13 are subject to the quantitative limits laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93;
Whereas it has been deemed appropriate to establish, for 1996, the quantitative limits specified in Annex I to this Regulation on the re-importation into the European Community of certain textile products (categories 159 and 161) originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country;
Whereas it has been deemed appropriate to make available, for 1996, re-importation opportunities over and above the quantitative limit in force applicable to the re-import into the European Community of textile products of category 13 originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country;
Whereas the provisions on economic outward processing traffic contained in Community legislation should apply to the re-importation of products for which quantitative limits have been established or increased under this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
1. Re-importation into the European Community of textile products of category 159 and 161, specified in Annex I to this Regulation, originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country shall be subject, for 1996, to the quantitative limits set out in that Annex to be administered in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Community Regulations on economic outward processing.
2. The additional quantities listed in Annex II to this Regulation may be re-imported into the Community, for 1996, over and above the quantitative limit specified in the Annex to Protocol E of the Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products (3) applicable to the re-importation into the Community of textile products of category 13 originating in the People's Republic of China after outward processing operations in that country. Such additional quantities shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Community regulations on economic outward processing.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31999D0082 | 1999/82/EC: Council Decision of 18 January 1999 authorising the Portuguese Republic to apply a measure derogating from Articles 21(1)(a) and 22 of the Sixth Directive (77/388/EEC) on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
| COUNCIL DECISION of 18 January 1999 authorising the Portuguese Republic to apply a measure derogating from Articles 21(1)(a) and 22 of the Sixth Directive (77/388/EEC) on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes (1999/82/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Sixth Council Directive (77/388/EEC) of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - common system of value-added tax: uniform basis for assessment (1), and in particular Article 27(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 27(1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorise any Member State to introduce special measures for derogation from that Directive in order to simplify the procedure for charging the tax or to prevent certain types of tax evasion and avoidance;
Whereas, by letter registered with the Commission on 17 March 1998, the Portuguese Republic requested authorisation to introduce a measure derogating from Articles 21(1)(a) and 22 of Directive 77/388/EEC;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 27(3) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the other Member States were informed on 19 May 1998 of the request submitted by the Portuguese Republic;
Whereas that special measure is designed to allow certain firms engaged in doorstep selling to request the tax administration for authorisation to pay VAT on the products sold in place of their resellers, provided that their total turnover is derived from doorstep sales by resellers acting in their own name and on their own account and all the products sold by the firm are included in a list on which the selling price to the final consumer is mentioned;
Whereas the derogation is restricted to cases in which firms sell products direct to resellers and those resellers sell them directly to final consumers;
Whereas firms which satisfy these conditions and have been authorised to do so by the tax administration would pay VAT to the public revenue department on the basis of a retail price fixed in advance;
Whereas the resellers concerned would therefore no longer required to pay VAT on their sales and would accordingly not be entitled to deduct input tax;
Whereas this measure constitutes a derogation from Article 21(1)(a) in that the wholesaler is deemed to be the person liable for tax payable on goods supplied by resellers to final consumers;
Whereas the obligations in connection with such sales (e.g. declaration, invoicing, payment, etc.) fall upon the wholesaler, who will, therefore, by way of derogation from Article 22 of Directive 77/388/EEC, be exempt from fulfilling such obligations in respect of his supplies to the reseller;
Whereas this sector is characterised by the existence of a very large number of small resellers who do not have the resources or organisational capacity to fulfil their VAT obligations; whereas this measure, therefore, both simplifies matters and helps to combat tax fraud;
Whereas, consequently, the special measure satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 27 of Directive 77/388/EEC;
Whereas the Commission adopted on 10 July 1996 a work programme, together with a timetable for the phased introduction of a common system of VAT for the single market;
Whereas it would, therefore, be appropriate to grant authorisation until 31 December 2000 so that an assessment can then be made of the compatibility of the measure with the overall approach adopted for the new common system of VAT;
Whereas this derogation will have no impact on the European Communities' own resources accruing from VAT,
The Portuguese Republic is hereby authorised from 1 January 1999 until 31 December 2000 to apply a special measure for the taxation of doorstep sales that contains provisions derogating from Council Directive 77/388/EEC.
Firms whose total turnover is derived from doorstep sales carried out by resellers acting in their own name and for their own account may request the administration for authorisation to apply the provisions of Articles 2 and 3 below on condition that:
- all products sold by the firm are contained in a pre-established price list applicable at the final consumption stage,
- the firm sells its products direct to resellers who, in turn, sell direct to final consumers.
By way of derogation from Article 21(1)(a) of the Sixth Directive, firms which have been authorised to apply this special measure shall be liable for the tax payable on goods supplied by their resellers to final consumers.
Firms which have been authorised to apply this special measure shall be exempt from the obligations laid down in Article 22 of Directive 77/388/EEC as regards supplies of their products to resellers.
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32011L0044 | Commission Implementing Directive 2011/44/EU of 13 April 2011 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include azadirachtin as active substance and amending Commission Decision 2008/941/EC Text with EEA relevance
| 14.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 100/43
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE 2011/44/EU
of 13 April 2011
amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include azadirachtin as active substance and amending Commission Decision 2008/941/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulations (EC) No 1112/2002 (2) and (EC) No 2229/2004 (3) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the fourth stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and establish a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. That list included azadirachtin.
(2) In accordance with Article 24e of Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004 the applicant withdrew its support of the inclusion of that active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC within 2 months from receipt of the draft assessment report. Consequently, Commission Decision 2008/941/EC of 8 December 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of certain active substances in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these substances (4) was adopted on the non-inclusion of azadirachtin.
(3) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC the original notifier (hereinafter ‘the applicant’) submitted a new application requesting the application of the accelerated procedure provided for in Articles 14 to 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 of 17 January 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards a regular and an accelerated procedure for the assessment of active substances which were part of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of that Directive but have not been included into its Annex I (5).
(4) The application was submitted to Germany, which had been designated rapporteur Member State by Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004. The time period for the accelerated procedure was respected. The specification of the active substance and the supported uses are the same as were the subject of Decision 2008/941/EC. That application also complies with the remaining substantive and procedural requirements of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008.
(5) Germany evaluated the additional data submitted by the applicant and prepared an additional report. It communicated that report to the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’) and to the Commission on 10 December 2009. The Authority communicated the additional report to the other Member States and the applicant for comments and forwarded the comments it had received to the Commission. In accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 and at the request of the Commission, the Authority presented its conclusion on azadirachtin to the Commission on 28 October 2010 (6). The draft assessment report, the additional report and the conclusion of the Authority were reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 11 March 2011 in the format of the Commission review report for azadirachtin.
(6) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing azadirachtin may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular with regard to the uses which have been examined and detailed in the Commission review report. It is therefore appropriate to include azadirachtin in Annex I, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authorisations of plant protection products containing this active substance can be granted in accordance with the provisions of that Directive.
(7) Without prejudice to that conclusion, it is appropriate to obtain further information on certain specific points. Article 6(1) of Directive 91/414/EC provides that inclusion of a substance in Annex I may be subject to conditions. Therefore, it is appropriate to require that the applicant submit further information to confirm the relationship between azadirachtin A and the rest of the active components in the neem seeds extract with respect to amount, biological activity and persistence, in order to confirm the lead active compound approach with regard to azadirachtin A and to confirm specification of the technical material, residue definition and groundwater risk assessment.
(8) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is included in Annex I in order to permit Member States and the interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements which will result from the inclusion.
(9) Without prejudice to the obligations defined by Directive 91/414/EEC as a consequence of including an active substance in Annex I, Member States should be allowed a period of 6 months after inclusion to review existing authorisations of plant protection products containing azadirachtin to ensure that the requirements laid down by Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular in its Article 13 and the relevant conditions set out in Annex I, are satisfied. Member States should vary, replace or withdraw, as appropriate, existing authorisations, in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC. By derogation from the above deadline, a longer period should be provided for the submission and assessment of the complete Annex III dossier of each plant protection product for each intended use in accordance with the uniform principles laid down in Directive 91/414/EEC.
(10) The experience gained from previous inclusions in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC of active substances assessed in the framework of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (7) has shown that difficulties can arise in interpreting the duties of holders of existing authorisations in relation to access to data. In order to avoid further difficulties it therefore appears necessary to clarify the duties of the Member States, especially the duty to verify that the holder of an authorisation demonstrates access to a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive. However, this clarification does not impose any new obligations on Member States or holders of authorisations compared to the directives which have been adopted until now amending Annex I.
(11) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 91/414/EEC accordingly.
(12) Decision 2008/941/EC provides for the non-inclusion of azadirachtin and the withdrawal of authorisation of plant protection products containing that substance by 31 December 2011. It is necessary to delete the line concerning azadirachtin in the Annex to that Decision.
(13) It is therefore appropriate to amend Decision 2008/941/EC accordingly.
(14) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
The line concerning azadirachtin in the Annex to Decision 2008/941/EC is deleted.
Member States shall adopt and publish by 30 November 2011 at the latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 December 2011.
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.
1. Member States shall in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing azadirachtin as an active substance by 30 November 2011.
By that date they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to azadirachtin are met, with the exception of those identified in Part B of the entry concerning that active substance, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive in accordance with the conditions of Article 13 of that Directive.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing azadirachtin as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances all of which were listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by 30 April 2011 at the latest, Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to that Directive and taking into account Part B of the entry in Annex I to that Directive concerning azadirachtin. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
Following that determination Member States shall:
(a) in the case of a product containing azadirachtin as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 May 2015 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing azadirachtin as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 May 2015 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective Directive or Directives which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, whichever is the latest.
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 June 2011.
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32003R1474 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/2003 of 20 August 2003 setting, for the 2003/04 marketing year, the amount of aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the production of certain varieties of dried grapes and of aid for replanting vineyards affected by phylloxera
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/2003
of 20 August 2003
setting, for the 2003/04 marketing year, the amount of aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the production of certain varieties of dried grapes and of aid for replanting vineyards affected by phylloxera
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002(2), and in particular Article 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 establishes the criteria for setting the aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the production of dried grapes of the sultana and Muscatel varieties and currants.
(2) The third subparagraph of Article 7(1) of that Regulation states that the amount of aid may be differentiated according to grape variety. It also states that that amount may also be differentiated according to other factors which may affect yields. In the case of sultanas an additional differentiation should therefore be provided for, between areas affected by phylloxera and other areas.
(3) For the 2002/03 marketing year, verification of the areas used to grow the grapes referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 7(1) Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 has revealed no overrun of the maximum guaranteed area laid down in Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1621/1999 of 22 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid for the cultivation of grapes to produce certain varieties of dried grapes(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1880/2001(4).
(4) The aid for the cultivation of those grapes should be determined for the 2003/04 marketing year.
(5) The aid to be granted to producers replanting their vineyards in order to combat phylloxera under the conditions provided for in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 should also be determined.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
1. For the 2003/04 marketing year the cultivation aid referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:
(a) EUR 2806 per hectare for areas under sultana grapes affected by phylloxera or replanted within the last five years,
(b) EUR 3847 per hectare for other areas under sultana grapes,
(c) EUR 3391 per hectare for areas under currant grapes,
(d) EUR 969 per hectare for areas under Muscatel grapes.
2. For the 2003/04 marketing year the replanting aid referred to in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 3917 per hectare.
3. In accordance with the second sentence of Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, the aid set in paragraph 1 shall not be paid where the aid set in paragraph 2 is paid.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32012R1247 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1247/2012 of 19 December 2012 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the format and frequency of trade reports to trade repositories according to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories Text with EEA relevance
| 21.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 352/20
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1247/2012
of 19 December 2012
laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the format and frequency of trade reports to trade repositories according to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (1),
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (2) and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) To avoid inconsistencies, all data sent to trade repositories under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 should follow the same rules, standards and formats for all trade repositories, all counterparties and all types of derivatives. A unique data set should therefore be used for describing a derivatives trade.
(2) Since OTC derivatives are typically neither uniquely identifiable by existing codes which are widely used in financial markets, such as the International Securities Identification Numbers (ISIN), nor describable by using the ISO Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) code, a new and universal method of identification has to be developed. If a unique product identifier is available and follows the principles of uniqueness, neutrality, reliability, open source, scalability, accessibility, has a reasonable cost basis, is offered under an appropriate governance framework and is adopted for use in the Union, it should be used. If a unique product identifier meeting these requirements is not available, an interim taxonomy should be used.
(3) The underlying should be identified by using a single identifier, however there is currently no market wide standardised code to identify the underlying within a basket. Counterparties should therefore be required to indicate at least that the underlying is a basket and use ISINs for standardised indices where possible.
(4) To ensure consistency, all parties to a derivatives contract should be identified by a unique code. A global legal entity identifier or an interim entity identifier, to be defined under a governance framework which is compatible with the FSB recommendations on data requirements and is adopted for use in the Union, should be used to identify all financial and non-financial counterparties, brokers, central counterparties, and beneficiaries once available, in particular to ensure consistency with the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) report on OTC Derivatives Data Reporting and Aggregation Requirements that describes legal entity identifiers as a tool for data aggregation. In the case of agency trades, the beneficiaries should be identified as the individual or entity on whose behalf the contract was concluded.
(5) The approach used in third countries and also taken by trade repositories themselves as they start their businesses should be taken into account. Therefore, to ensure a cost-effective solution for counterparties and to mitigate operational risk for trade repositories, the reporting start date should include phase-in dates for different derivative classes, beginning with the most standardised classes and subsequently extending to the other classes. The derivative contracts which were entered into before, on or after the date of entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, that are not outstanding on or after the reporting start date, are not of major relevance for regulatory purposes. They must however be reported under Article 9(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012. To ensure an efficient and proportionate reporting regime in those cases and taking into account the difficulties in reconstructing data of terminated contracts, a longer deadline should be provided for such reporting.
(6) This Regulation is based on draft implementing technical standards submitted by the European Securities and Markets Authority (hereinafter ESMA) to the Commission.
(7) In accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority) (3) ESMA has conducted open public consultations on such draft implementing technical standards, analysed the potential related costs and benefits and requested the opinion of the ESMA Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group established in accordance with Article 37 of that Regulation,
Format of derivative contract reports
The information contained in a report under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 shall be provided in the format specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
Frequency of derivative contract reports
Where provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, mark to market or mark to model valuations of contracts reported to a trade repository shall be done on a daily basis. Any other reporting elements as provided for in the Annex to this Regulation and the Annex to the delegated act with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the minimum details of the data to be reported to trade repositories pursuant to Article 9(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 shall be reported as they occur and taking into account the time limit foreseen under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, notably as regards the conclusion, modification or termination of a contract.
Identification of counterparties and other entities
1. A report shall use a legal entity identifier to identify:
(a) a beneficiary which is a legal person;
(b) a broking entity;
(c) a CCP;
(d) a clearing member which is a legal person;
(e) a counterparty which is a legal entity;
(f) a submitting entity.
2. Where a legal entity identifier is not available, the report shall include an interim entity identifier as defined at the Union level which is:
(a) unique;
(b) neutral;
(c) reliable;
(d) open source;
(e) scalable;
(f) accessible;
(g) available at a reasonable cost basis;
(h) subject to an appropriate governance framework.
3. Where neither a legal entity identifier nor an interim entity identifier is available, a report shall use a Business Identifier Code in accordance with ISO 9362 where available.
Identification of Derivatives
1. A report shall identify a derivative contract using a unique product identifier which is:
(a) unique;
(b) neutral;
(c) reliable
(d) open source;
(e) scalable;
(f) accessible;
(g) available at a reasonable cost basis;
(h) subject to an appropriate governance framework.
2. Where a unique product identifier does not exist, a report shall identify a derivative contract by using the combination of the assigned ISO 6166 ISIN code or Alternative Instrument Identifier code with the corresponding ISO 10962 CFI code.
3. Where the combination referred to in paragraph 2 is not available, the type of derivative shall be identified on the following basis:
(a) the derivative class shall be identified as one of the following:
(i) commodities;
(ii) credit;
(iii) foreign exchange;
(iv) equity;
(v) interest rate;
(vi) other.
(b) the derivative type shall be identified as one of the following:
(i) contracts for difference;
(ii) forward rate agreements
(iii) forwards;
(iv) futures;
(v) options;
(vi) swaps;
(vii) other.
(c) in the case of derivatives not falling into a specific derivative class or derivative type, the report shall be made on the basis of the derivative class or derivative type that the counterparties agree the derivative contract most closely resembles.
Reporting start date
1. Credit derivative and interest rate derivative contracts shall be reported:
(a) by 1 July 2013, where a trade repository for that particular derivative class has been registered under Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 before 1 April 2013;
(b) 90 days after the registration of a trade repository for a particular derivative class under Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, where there is no trade repository registered for that particular derivative class before or on 1 April 2013,;
(c) by 1 July 2015, where there is no trade repository registered for that particular derivative class under Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 by 1 July 2015. The reporting obligation shall commence on this date and contracts shall be reported to ESMA in accordance with Article 9(3) of that Regulation until a trade repository is registered for that particular derivative class.
2. Derivative contracts not referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reported:
(a) by 1 January 2014, where a trade repository for that particular derivative class has been registered under Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 before 1 October 2013;
(b) 90 days after the registration of a trade repository for a particular derivative class under Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, where there is no trade repository registered for that particular derivative class before or on 1 October 2013;
(c) by 1 July 2015, where there is no trade repository registered for that particular derivative class under Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 by 1 July 2015. The reporting obligation shall commence on this date and contracts shall be reported to ESMA in accordance with Article 9(3) of that Regulation until a trade repository is registered for that particular derivative class.
3. Those derivative contracts which were outstanding on 16 August 2012 and are still outstanding on the reporting start date shall be reported to a trade repository within 90 days of the reporting start date for a particular derivative class.
4. Those derivative contracts which:
(a) were entered into before 16 August 2012 and are still outstanding on 16 August 2012: or
(b) were entered into on or after 16 August 2012,
and that are not outstanding on or after the reporting start date shall be reported to a trade repository within 3 years of the reporting start date for a particular derivative class.
5. The reporting start date shall be extended by 180 days for the reporting of information referred to in Article 3 of the delegated act with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the minimum details of the data to be reported to trade repositories pursuant to Article 9(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32012L0011 | Directive 2012/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 April 2012 amending Directive 2004/40/EC on minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (18th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
| 24.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/1
DIRECTIVE 2012/11/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 19 April 2012
amending Directive 2004/40/EC on minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (18th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 153(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) Following the entry into force of Directive 2004/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), stakeholders, in particular those in the medical community, expressed serious concerns about the impact that implementing that Directive could have on the use of medical procedures based on medical imaging, as well as its impact on certain industrial activities.
(2) The Commission examined the arguments put forward by stakeholders and decided to reconsider some provisions of Directive 2004/40/EC, on the basis of new scientific evidence.
(3) The deadline for transposition of Directive 2004/40/EC was postponed, by Directive 2008/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), until 30 April 2012, in order to allow a new Directive based on the most recent evidence to be adopted by that date.
(4) On 14 June 2011, the Commission adopted a proposal for a new Directive to replace Directive 2004/40/EC. The aim of the new Directive is to ensure both a high level of health and safety protection for workers and the continuation and development of medical and other industrial activities using electromagnetic fields. Consequently, anticipating the adoption of the new Directive by 30 April 2012, the majority of Member States have not transposed Directive 2004/40/EC.
(5) However, given the technical complexity of the subject matter, it is unlikely that the new Directive will be adopted by 30 April 2012.
(6) Consequently, the deadline of 30 April 2012 should be extended. It is therefore necessary for this Directive to enter into force on the day of its publication,
In Article 13(1) of Directive 2004/40/EC, the date ‘30 April 2012’ is replaced by ‘31 October 2013’.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002D0945 | 2002/945/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 2002 amending Decisions 2001/730/EC and 2001/854/EC as regards the allocation of the Community's financial contribution to Member States' TSE monitoring programmes for 2002 (notified under document number C(2002) 4594)
| Commission Decision
of 28 November 2002
amending Decisions 2001/730/EC and 2001/854/EC as regards the allocation of the Community's financial contribution to Member States' TSE monitoring programmes for 2002
(notified under document number C(2002) 4594)
(2002/945/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 2001/572/EC(2), and in particular Article 24(5) and (6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2001/730/EC of 15 October 2001 on the list of programmes for the monitoring of TSE qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2002(3), as amended by Decision 2002/246/EC(4), establishes the list of programmes submitted by the Member States for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) qualifying for a Community financial contribution in 2002, as well as the proposed rate and maximum amount of the contribution for each programme.
(2) Commission Decision 2001/854/EC of 3 December 2001 approving the programmes for the monitoring of TSE presented for 2002 by the Member States and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution(5), as amended by Decision 2002/246/EC, approved those programmes and fixed the maximum amounts of the Community's financial contribution.
(3) Decision 2001/854/EC provides that the maximum amounts of financial participation by the Community for each monitoring programme may be reviewed in the light of the progress reports to be forwarded by the Member States to the Commission every month. An analysis of those reports indicates that certain Member States will not utilise their full allocation for 2002, while others will carry out monitoring in excess of the number of tests funded. It is therefore appropriate to re-allocate funding from Member States which are not using their full allocation to those that are exceeding it.
(4) Decisions 2001/730/EC and 2001/854/EC should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 2001/730/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Decision 2001/854/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Article 1(2), "EUR 4887000" is replaced by "EUR 5362385";
2. in Article 2(2,) "EUR 2892000" is replaced by "EUR 3240550";
3. in Article 3(2), "EUR 21077000" is replaced by "EUR 23244735";
4. in Article 4(2), "EUR 1851000" is replaced by "EUR 1209935";
5. in Article 5(2), "EUR 11240000" is replaced by "EUR 8369625";
6. in Article 6(2), "EUR 35361000" is replaced by "EUR 37458845";
7. in Article 7(2), "EUR 11136000" is replaced by "EUR 11748995";
8. in Article 8(2), "EUR 11379000" is replaced by "EUR 9756085";
9. in Article 9(2, "EUR 350000" is replaced by "EUR 283080";
10. in Article 10(2), "EUR 6104000" is replaced by "EUR 6829450";
11. in Article 11(2), "EUR 3325000" is replaced by "EUR 3364830";
12. in Article 12(2), "EUR 2874000" is replaced by "EUR 1473085";
13. in Article 13(2), "EUR 1329000" is replaced by "EUR 1501455";
14. in Article 14(2), "EUR 651000" is replaced by "EUR 612945".
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31979R0545 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 545/79 of 22 March 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 on the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs
| ( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 204 , 28 . 7 . 1978 , P . 6 .
( 3 ) OJ NO L 106 , 29 . 4 . 1977 , P . 27 .
( 4 ) OJ NO L 309 , 1 . 11 . 1978 , P . 13 .
( 5 ) OJ NO L 41 , 16 . 2 . 1979 , P . 1 .
( 6 ) OJ NO L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , P . 1 .
COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 545/79
OF 22 MARCH 1979
AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 262/79 ON THE SALE OF BUTTER AT REDUCED PRICES FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PASTRY PRODUCTS , ICE-CREAM AND OTHER FOODSTUFFS
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 1761/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 ( 7 ) THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 OF 26 APRIL 1977 ON THE EXCHANGE RATES TO BE APPLIED IN AGRICULTURE ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2580/78 ( 4 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,
WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 16 ( 1 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 262/79 ( 5 ), THE SELLING PRICES OF THE BUTTER ARE TO BE DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE TENDERING PROCEDURE ON THE BASIS OF A MINIMUM LEVEL FIXED IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT IN RESPECT OF EACH PARTICULAR INVITATION TO TENDER ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO AVOID ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES WHICH COULD ARISE IN PRACTICE , AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE UNIFORM APPLICATION IN MEMBER STATES , THE RATE TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING THE PRICE INTO NATIONAL CURRENCY SHOULD BE STATED ;
WHEREAS ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 PROVIDES THAT , AS REGARDS THE EFFECTS ON RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EXISTING AT THE TIME WHEN A REPRESENTATIVE RATE IS ALTERED , THE PROVISIONS OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1134/68 OF 30 JULY 1968 LAYING DOWN RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 653/68 ON CONDITIONS FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE VALUE OF THE UNIT OF ACCOUNT USED FOR THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 6 ), WHICH ARE LAID DOWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALTERING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARITY OF THE CURRENCY OF A MEMBER STATE AND THE VALUE OF THE UNIT OF ACCOUNT , SHALL APPLY ;
WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1134/68 , THE SUMS STATED THEREIN ARE TO BE PAID BY USING THE CONVERSION RATE WHICH WAS IN FORCE AT THE TIME WHEN THE TRANSACTION OR PART OF THE TRANSACTION WAS CARRIED OUT ; WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 6 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION , THE TIME WHEN A TRANSACTION IS CARRIED OUT IS CONSIDERED AS BEING THE DATE ON WHICH OCCURS THE EVENT , AS DEFINED BY COMMUNITY RULES OR , IN THE ABSENCE OF AND PENDING ADOPTION OF SUCH RULES , BY THE RULES OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED , IN WHICH THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION BECOMES DUE AND PAYABLE ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , UNDER ARTICLE 4 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 878/77 , DEROGATIONS MAY BE MADE FROM THE ABOVE PROVISIONS ;
WHEREAS , AS REGARDS CONVERSION INTO NATIONAL CURRENCY OF THE MINIMUM PRICES FIXED IN RESPECT OF EACH PARTICULAR INVITATION TO TENDER , IT IS NECESSARY , HAVING REGARD TO THE INTEREST OF THE OPERATOR IN KNOWING AS SOON AS HE HAS SUBMITTED HIS TENDER THE PRICE WHICH HE WILL HAVE TO PAY IN NATIONAL CURRENCY , AND ALSO WITH A VIEW TO SIMPLIFYING MONITORING PROCEDURES , TO USE THE REPRESENTATIVE RATE VALID ON THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF TENDERS OF THE PARTICULAR INVITATION TO TENDER CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ,
THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH IS ADDED TO ARTICLE 16 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 262/79 :
' 3 . CONVERSION INTO NATIONAL CURRENCY OF THE MINIMUM PRICE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 AND OF THE PRICE WHICH THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS WILL HAVE TO PAY SHALL BE CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE RATE VALID ON THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF TENDERS OF THE PARTICULAR INVITATION TO TENDER CONCERNED . '
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
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32006R1178 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2006 of 1 August 2006 setting, for the 2006/2007 marketing year, the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs
| 2.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 212/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1178/2006
of 1 August 2006
setting, for the 2006/2007 marketing year, the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular Articles 6b(3) and 6c(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables (2), lays down the dates of the marketing year for dried figs.
(2) Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1573/1999 of 19 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the characteristics of dried figs qualifying for aid under the production aid scheme (3) lays down the criteria which products must meet to benefit from the minimum price and payment of the aid.
(3) The minimum price and production aid should therefore be set for the 2006/2007 marketing year in accordance with the criteria laid down respectively by Articles 6b and 6c of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 2006/2007 marketing year the minimum price for unprocessed dried figs referred to in Article 6a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 967,69 per tonne net ex-producer's premises.
For the 2006/2007 marketing year the production aid for dried figs referred to in Article 6a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 258,57 per tonne net.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32008D0364 | 2008/364/EC: Commission Decision of 28 April 2008 authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Lithuania (notified under document number C(2008) 1595)
| 9.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 125/32
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 April 2008
authorising methods for grading pig carcasses in Lithuania
(notified under document number C(2008) 1595)
(only the Lithuanian text is authentic)
(2008/364/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcasses (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, the grading of pig carcasses is to be determined by estimating the lean-meat content by means of statistically proven assessment methods based on the physical measurement of one or more anatomical parts of the pig carcass. The authorisation of grading methods is subject to compliance with a maximum tolerance for statistical error in assessment. This tolerance is defined in Article 3(2) 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 carcasses (2).
(2) The Lithuanian Government has asked the Commission to authorise four methods for grading pig carcasses and has presented the results of its dissection trials in the second part of the protocol provided for in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.
(3) Examination of this request has revealed that the conditions for authorising those grading methods are fulfilled.
(4) No modification of the apparata or grading methods may be authorised except by means of a new Commission Decision adopted in the light of experience gained. For this reason, the present authorisation may be revoked.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
The use of the following methods is hereby authorised for grading pig carcasses pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 in Lithuania:
1. the Fat-O-Meat’er (FOM) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 1 of the Annex,
2. the Hennessy Grading Probe (HGP 7) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 2 of the Annex,
3. the IM-03 apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 3 of the Annex,
4. the Two point method (ZP) measuring by ruler (ruler method) apparatus and the assessment methods related thereto, details of which are given in Part 4 of the Annex.
The manual method (ZP) may be applied only in slaughterhouses which do not exceed a weekly slaughtering of 200 pigs.
Modifications of the apparata or the assessment methods shall not be authorised.
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32001D0910 | 2001/910/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 26 November 2001 appointing a Dutch member of the Economic and Social Committee
| Council Decision
of 26 November 2001
appointing a Dutch member of the Economic and Social Committee
(2001/910/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 258 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 166 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 15 September 1998 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1998 to 20 September 2002(1),
Whereas a member's seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Colin LUSTENHOUWER, of which the Council was informed on 22 November 2000;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the Netherlands Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
Mr K.B. van POPTA is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr Colin LUSTENHOUWER for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 20 September 2002. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R1792 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1792/92 of 1 July 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76 on the sale of butter from public storage
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1792/92 of 1 July 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76 on the sale of butter 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 816/92 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1269/92 (4), lays down that the product put up for sale must have been put into storage by the intervention agency before 1 October 1990;
Whereas, in view of the development of stocks, these sales should be extended to butter taken into storage before 1 November 1990;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76, '1 October 1990' is hereby replaced by '1 November 1990'.
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 |
31989D0183 | Commission Decision of 28 February 1989 authorizing the Kingdom of Spain to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of certain television receivers originating in certain third countries
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 February 1989
authorizing the Kingdom of Spain to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of certain television receivers originating in certain third countries
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(89/183/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 87/433/EEC of 22 July 1987 on surveillance and protective measures which Member States may be authorized to take pursuant to Article 115 of the EEC Treaty (1), and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof,
Whereas Decision 87/433/EEC requires Member States to have prior authorization from the Commission before introducing intra-Community surveillance of imports covered by that Decision;
Whereas, on 15 February 1989, a request was made to the Commission of the European Communities by the Spanish Government under Article 2 of Decision 87/433/EEC for authorization to introduce intra-Community surveillance for certain colour television receivers falling within CN codes 8528 10 73 and 8528 10 79, originating in China, Singapore, Hong Kong or Taiwan and put into free circulation in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 of 5 February 1982 on common rules for imports (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1243/88 (3), Spain applies a system of quantitative restrictions on imports of the abovementioned products originating in the countries referred to in Annex 1 to the Regulation;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2273/87 (5) Spain applies a system of quantitative restrictions on imports of the abovementioned products originating in China;
Whereas the information given by the Spanish authorities in support of this request has been examined closely by the Commission, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Decision 87/433/EEC;
Whereas the Commission has examined in particular whether information was supplied regarding the likelihood of any rapid and unpredictable deflections of trade developing;
Whereas this examination has shown that the conditions for the application of surveillance measures in respect of the products in question do exist;
Whereas, therefore, the Kingdom of Spain should be authorized to make the imports concerned subject to prior intra-Community surveillance until 31 December 1989,
The Kingdom of Spain is hereby authorized to introduce, until 31 December 1989, and in accordance with Decision 87/433/EEC, intra-Community surveillance of imports of the products indicated below and originating in China, Singapore, Hong Kong or Taiwan.
// // // CN code // Description
// // // 8528 10 73
8528 10 79
// Colour television receivers with integral tube, with a diagonal measurement of the screen exceeding 42 cm // // Article 2
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32001R1313 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1313/2001 of 29 June 2001 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1313/2001
of 29 June 2001
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15 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 Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund. Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2390/2000(4), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(2) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(3) Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account should be taken, where necessary, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Regulation on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products.
(4) Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions.
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(6), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(6) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2001.
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31989D0479 | 89/479/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 July 1989 approving the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the Kingdom of Spain pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/97 (only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 July 1989
approving the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the Kingdom of Spain pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/97
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(89/479/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 of 22 September 1987 laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1986 harvest and providing for special measures for certain regions of production (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/89 (2), and in particular Article 2 (5) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (5) of the abovementioned Regulation, on 9 December 1988 the Kingdom of Spain forwarded to the Commission a varietal conversion programme for hops; whereas amendments to that programme were forwarded by the Kingdom of Spain on 31 March 1989; whereas further amendments to that programme were decided on 3 July 1989;
Whereas the programme as amended satisfies the objectives of the Regulation in question and contains the information required under Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87 of 22 December 1987 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for certain regions of hops production (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2174/89 (4);
Whereas conversion to specific of the variety H3 may be treated as varietal conversion within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 on condition that the strain obtained by clonal selection gives rise to production of hops of the super-alpha type, as defined in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87, which may be used in brewing owing to the confirmed stability and homogeneity characteristics;
Whereas the financial contribution from the national budget foreseen in the programme complies with the ceiling in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87; whereas the actual costs referred to in that Article may include factors for assessing the net loss of income following the implementation of the conversion plan; whereas, however, only factors relating to the net loss of income suffered from the date of adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may be included in the calculation of the actual costs; whereas the financial contribution from the Member State to the varietal conversion programme must be determined accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,
The varietal conversion programme for hops pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 by the Kingdom of Spain and 9 December 1988, as last amended on 3. July 1989, is hereby approved.
The main aspects of that programme are given in the Annex hereto.
The Kingdom of Spain shall inform the Commission every six months of progress in the programme.
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32000R1071 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1071/2000 of 19 May 2000 applying a special intervention measure for maize and sorghum at the end of the 1999/2000 marketing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1071/2000
of 19 May 2000
applying a special intervention measure for maize and sorghum at the end of the 1999/2000 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/1999(2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention period for maize and sorghum ends on 30 April in the south and 31 May in the north. In view of the uncertainty as regards outlets, this is likely to induce operators to offer substantial quantities of maize and sorghum for intervention at the end of May in the north, although certain market outlets may be found after the end of the intervention period. This situation may be remedied by allowing those cereals to be bought in until 15 August 2000.
(2) The conditions governing the buying-in of cereals are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 of 19 April 2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of cereals(3).
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the intervention agencies of Member States other than Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal shall buy in quantities of maize and sorghum offered to them from 1 July to 15 August 2000.
2. The price to be paid shall be the intervention price applicable for May 2000.
3. Buying-in shall be carried out by the intervention agency in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 824/2000.
Notwithstanding the third subparagraph of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 824/2000, the last delivery of quantities offered for intervention must take place by 31 August 2000 at the latest.
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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31989R2155 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2155/89 of 18 July 1989 and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for fresh or chilled tomatoes and strawberries originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or the overseas countries and territories (1989/1990)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2155/89
of 18 July 1989
and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for fresh or chilled tomatoes and strawberries originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or the overseas countries and territories (1989/1990)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 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 or the overseas countries and territories (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 967/89 (2), an in particular Articles 13 and 22 thereof,
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides for the opening by the Community of quotas for imports into the Community of the following:
- 2 000 tonnes of fresh or chilled tomatoes falling within CN code ex 0702 00 10, for the period 15 November 1989 to 30 April 1990, and,
- 1 100 tonnes of strawberries falling within CN code ex 0810 10 90, for the period 1 November 1989 to 28 February 1990,
originating in the countries in question;
Whereas the customs duties applicable within the limit of these quotas are set at 4,4 % with a minimum duty of ECU 0,8 per 100 kilograms net weight for tomatoes and at 5,6 % for strawberries; whereas these Community tariff quotas should be opened for the abovementioned periods;
Whereas under Regulation (EEC) No 1820/87 of 25 June 1987 concerning the application of Decision No 2/87 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on the advance implementation of the Protocol to the third ACP-EEC Convention consequent on the Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Community (3), Spain and Portugal may postpone implementation of the preferential arrangements for fruit and vegetables covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (5), until 31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively; whereas, consequently, the abovemntioned tariff concession is not currently applicable in Spain or Portugal, but from 1 January 1990 it will apply throughout the Community except in Portugal; whereas from this date and within the limits of its tariff quotas Spain must apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the abovementioned protocol to the third ACP-EEC Convention;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure that all Community importers enjoy equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quotas and that the rates laid down for those quotas should apply consistently to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; whereas, in the present case, it would appear advisable not to allocate the quotas among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volumes of such quantities as they may need, under the conditions and according to the procedures specified in Article 3;
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, all transactions concerning the administration of the quotas may be carried out by any of its members;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
1. The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 of the following products originating in the African. Caribbean and Pacific States of the overseas countries and territories shall be suspended at the levels indicated and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas as shown below:
1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // Amount of quota (in tonnes) // Quota duty (%) // // // // // // // // // // // 09.1602 // ex 0702 00 10 // Fresh or chilled tomatoes, from 15 November 1989 to 30 April 1990 // 2 000 // 4,4 subject to a minimum of ECU 0,8 per 100 kg net // 09.1604 // ex 0810 10 90 // Strawberries, from 1 November 1989 to 28 February 1990 // 1 100 // 5,6 // // // // //
2. The provisions of this Regulation shall apply throughout the Community except for Portugal from 1 January 1990.
3. From that date and within the limits of the tariff quotas Spain shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the Protocol to the third ACP-EEC Convention consequent on the Accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission, which may take any appropriate administrative measures to ensure that they are managed efficiently.
Where an importer preserves an entry for release for free circulation in a Member State in respect of a product covered by this Regulation, applying to take advantage of the preferential arrangements, and the entry is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an amount corresponding to requirements from the quota.
Requests for drawings, indicating the data on which the entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission without delay.
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chronological order of the dates on which the customs authorities of the Member States concerned accepted the entries for release for free circulation to the extent that the available balance so permits.
If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall return any unused portion to the corresponding quota as soon as possible.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the quota, the balance shall be allocated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the drawings made.
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products concerned have free access to the quotas for such time as the residual balance of the quotas so permits.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1989
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31987R0977 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 977/87 of 3 April 1987 on arrangements for imports to Italy of certain textile products (category 1) originating in Thailand
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 977/87
of 3 April 1987
on arrangements for imports to Italy of certain textile products (category 1) originating in Thailand
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 lays down the conditions under which quantitative limits may be established; whereas imports into Italy of textile products of category 1 specified in the Annex hereto and originating in Thailand exceeded the level referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article 11;
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86, Thailand was notified on 19 December 1986 of a request for consultations; whereas, as a result of these consultations, it was agreed to make the textile products in question subject to quantitative limits for the years 1987 to 1991;
Whereas paragraph 13 of the said Article 11 provides for compliance with the quantitative limits to be ensured by means of a double-checking system in accordance with Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86;
Whereas the products in question exported from Thailand between 1 January 1987 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation must be set off against the quantitative limit for the year 1987;
Whereas this quantitative limit should not prevent the importance of products covered by it shipped from Thailand before the date of entry into force of this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, imports into Italy of the category of products originating in Thailand and specified in the Annex hereto shall be subject to the quantitative limits set out in that Annex.
1. Products as referred to in Article 1, shipped form Thailand to Italy before the date of entry into force of this Regulation and not yet released for free circulation, shall be so released subject to the presentation of a bill of lading or other transport document proving that shipment actually took place before that date.
2. Imports of such products shipped from Thailand to Italy after the entry into force of this Regulation shall be subject to the double-checking system described in Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86.
3. All quantities of products shipped from Thailand to Italy on or after 1 January 1987 and released for free circulation, shall be deducted from the quantitative limit laid down. This limit shall not, however, prevent the importation of products covered by it but shipped from Thailand before the date of entry into force 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 until 31 December 1991.
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32009D0006 | 2009/6/EC: Commission Decision of 17 December 2008 amending Decisions 2005/692/EC, 2005/731/EC, 2005/734/EC and 2007/25/EC concerning avian influenza as regards their period of application (notified under document number C(2008) 8333) Text with EEA relevance
| 8.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 4/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 December 2008
amending Decisions 2005/692/EC, 2005/731/EC, 2005/734/EC and 2007/25/EC concerning avian influenza as regards their period of application
(notified under document number C(2008) 8333)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/6/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,
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 (2), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (3), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (4), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission adopted several protection measures in relation to avian influenza, following the outbreak of that disease in south-east Asia that started in December 2003 and that was caused by a highly pathogenic H5N1 virus.
(2) Those measures are laid down, in particular, in Commission Decision 2005/692/EC of 6 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to avian influenza in several third countries (5), Commission Decision 2005/731/EC of 17 October 2005 laying down additional requirements for the surveillance of avian influenza in wild birds (6), Commission Decision 2005/734/EC of 19 October 2005 laying down biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza caused by Influenza virus A subtype H5N1 from birds living in the wild to poultry and other captive birds and providing for an early detection system in areas at particular risk (7) and Commission Decision 2007/25/EC of 22 December 2006 as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza and movements of pet birds accompanying their owners into the Community (8).
(3) Those Decisions apply until 31 December 2008.
(4) Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N1 continue to occur in poultry and wild birds in third countries. Furthermore, human cases and even deaths resulting from close contact with infected birds continue to occur in countries around the globe. Therefore, there remains the risk that the disease will spread from third countries to the Member States.
(5) Therefore, apart from limiting the direct risk caused by imports of poultry, poultry products and pet birds, it is appropriate to keep in place the biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza caused by Influenza virus A subtype H5N1 from birds living in the wild to poultry and other captive birds and to keep in place the early detection systems in areas at particular risk.
(6) The period of application of those Decisions should therefore be extended until 31 December 2009.
(7) In addition, Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 of 23 March 2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the quarantine conditions thereof (9) repeals Commission Decision 2000/666/EC (10) and replaces the requirements relating to the quarantine of certain birds imported into the Community as laid down in that Decision.
(8) The current references in Decision 2007/25/EC to the requirements laid down in Decision 2000/666/EC should therefore be replaced with references to the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 318/2007.
(9) Decisions 2005/692/EC, 2005/731/EC, 2005/734/EC and 2007/25/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 7 of Decision 2005/692/EC, the date ‘31 December 2008’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2009’.
In Article 4 of Decision 2005/731/EC, the date ‘31 December 2008’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2009’.
In Article 4 of Decision 2005/734/EC, the date ‘31 December 2008’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2009’.
Decision 2007/25/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Article 1(1), point (b)(ii) is replaced by the following:
‘(ii) undergo quarantine for 30 days after import into the Member State of destination on premises approved in accordance with Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 (11), or
2. in Article 6, the date ‘31 December 2008’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2009’;
3. Annex II is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
The Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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32006R1482 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1482/2006 of 6 October 2006 opening standing invitations to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat and rye held by the intervention agencies of the Member States for processing into flour in the Community
| 7.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/51
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1482/2006
of 6 October 2006
opening standing invitations to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat and rye held by the intervention agencies of the Member States for processing into flour in the Community
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 6 and the second paragraph of Article 24 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 of 28 July 1993 laying down the procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies (2), cereals held by intervention agencies are to be sold by tendering procedure at a selling price which is not below the price recorded on the market at the place of storage or, failing that, on the nearest market, account being taken of transport costs, for an equivalent quality and for a representative quantity preventing market disturbance.
(2) The Member States have intervention stocks of common wheat and rye.
(3) Due to adverse weather conditions at the time of the 2006 harvest, the quantity of breadmaking cereals is insufficient to meet the internal demand of some Member States. Sales on the Community market may therefore be organised by tendering procedure with a view to processing common wheat and rye into flour. Each sale should be considered to be a separate invitation to tender.
(4) To take account of the situation on the Community market, provision should be made for the Commission to manage this invitation to tender. In addition, provision must be made for an award coefficient for tenders offering the minimum selling price.
(5) To enable checks on the particular destination of the stocks covered by these tendering procedures, provision should be made for specific monitoring of the delivery of the common wheat and rye and its processing into flour. To permit this monitoring, application of the procedures laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (3) should be made compulsory.
(6) To guarantee proper performance, tenderers should be required to lodge a security which, in view of the nature of the operations concerned, should be fixed by derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, in particular as regards its level, which must be sufficient to guarantee the proper use of the products, and the conditions for its release, which must include proof of processing of the products into flour.
(7) With a view to the sound management of the system, provision should be made for the electronic transmission of the information required by the Commission. It is important for the notification by the intervention agencies to the Commission to maintain the anonymity of the tenderers.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The intervention agencies of the Member States shown in Annex I shall open standing invitations to tender for the sale on the Community market of common wheat and rye held by them, for processing into flour. The maximum quantities of the two cereals covered by the invitations to tender shall be as shown in Annex I.
The sales referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out under the terms laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.
Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by:
(a) proof that the tenderer has lodged a security which, notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, is set at EUR 10 per tonne;
(b) the tenderer’s written undertaking to use the common wheat or rye for processing within the Community into flour within 60 days of its release from intervention storage and in any event before 31 July 2007 and to lodge a security of EUR 40 per tonne within two working days of the day on which the notice of award of contract is received;
(c) an undertaking to keep stock records so that checks may be carried out to ensure that the quantities of common wheat and rye awarded have been processed into flour on Community territory.
1. The deadline for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 13.00 (Brussels time) on 11 October 2006.
The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 13.00 (Brussels time), with the exception of 27 December 2006, 4 April and 16 May 2007, i.e. weeks when no invitation to tender shall be made.
The deadline for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 27 June 2007 at 13.00 (Brussels time).
2. Tenders must be lodged with the intervention agencies concerned at the addresses shown in Annex I.
Within four hours of the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders laid down in Article 4(1), the intervention agencies concerned shall notify the Commission of tenders received. If no tenders are received, the Member State shall notify the Commission within the same time limits. If the Member State does not send a communication to the Commission within the given deadline, the Commission shall consider that no tender has been submitted in the Member State concerned.
The notifications provided for in the first paragraph shall be sent electronically, in accordance with the model in Annex II. A separate form for each type of cereal shall be sent to the Commission for each open invitation to tender. The tenderers shall not be identified.
1. Under the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the Commission shall set the minimum selling price for the common wheat or rye or decide not to award any quantities.
2. If the fixing of a minimum price, in accordance with paragraph 1, would lead to an overrun on the maximum quantity available to a Member State, an award coefficient may be fixed at the same time for the quantities offered at the minimum price in order to comply with the maximum quantity available to that Member State.
1. The security referred to in Article 3(a) shall be released in full in respect of quantities for which:
(a) no award is made;
(b) payment of the selling price is made within the period set and the security referred to in Article 3(b) has been lodged.
2. The security referred to in Article 3(b) shall be released in proportion to the quantities of common wheat or rye used for the production of flour in the Community.
1. Proof that the undertakings referred to in Article 3(b) have been met shall be supplied in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.
2. In addition to the particulars provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of the control copy T5 shall refer to the undertaking provided for in Article 3(b) and (c) and contain one or more of the entries shown in Annex III.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32012R0905 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 905/2012 of 3 October 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 4.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 269/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 905/2012
of 3 October 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31984L0466 | Council Directive 84/466/Euratom of 3 September 1984 laying down basic measures for the radiation protection of persons undergoing medical examination or treatment
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 3 September 1984 laying down basic measures for the radiation protection of persons undergoing medical examination or treatment (84/466/Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 31 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, drawn up after obtaining the opinion of a group of persons appointed by the Scientific and Technical Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the Council has adopted Directives laying down the basic safety standards for the health protection of the general public and workers against the dangers of ionizing radiation, as last amended by Directive 80/836/Euratom (3);
Whereas these standards also relate to problems of radiation protection connected with the use of ionizing radiation for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes;
Whereas, on the one hand, apart from natural background radiation, medical exposure to radiation is at present by far the major source of exposure to ionizing radiation ; whereas this problem has been reviewed repeatedly by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation and the International Commission on Radiological Protection, which have already recommended measures to prevent excessive medical exposure;
Whereas, on the other hand, ionizing radiation has enabled great progress to be made in the diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive aspects of medicine, particularly since new techniques are under development, notably in nuclear medicine, high-energy therapy and the use of computer-controlled tomography ; whereas, although there is certainly no desire to raise objections to the proper use of ionizing radiation for legitimate reasons and under good radiation-protection conditions, it is nevertheless important to eliminate unnecessary radiation exposure;
Whereas measures which make it possible to improve the radiation protection of patients and of the general public in no way jeopardize the benefits - whether early recognition, diagnosis or therapy - obtainable from radiation ; whereas, on the contrary, measures which avoid inappropriate or excessive radiation levels improve the quality and effectiveness of medical uses of radiation;
Whereas it must also be recognized that the number of radiological installations and the variety of uses of ionizing radiation are increasing ; whereas any resultant unjustified increase in public exposure must be prevented;
Whereas, given the growing use of ionizing radiation and the proliferation of techniques, it is necessary to ensure that users have the necessary competence and experience to avoid inappropriate uses of these techniques ; whereas any unnecessary proliferation of radiological installations must be avoided; (1) OJ No C 149, 14.6.1982, p. 102. (2) OJ No C 230, 8.9.1980, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 246, 17.9.1980, p. 1.
Whereas it is therefore appropriate that other provisions be enacted, to complement those contained in the aforementioned Directives, laying down suitable measures relating to the radiation protection of patients;
Whereas the Member States will also take into account the results achieved to date by the five-year Euratom research and training programme in the field of biology and health protection adopted by the Council,
All medical exposures must be medically justified and kept as low as reasonably achievable, as defined in (a) and (b) of the first paragraph of Article 6 of Directive 80/836/Euratom.
1. Without prejudice to Directives 75/362/EEC (1) and 75/363/EEC (2), as amended by Directive 82/76/EEC (3), and Directives 78/686/EEC (4) and 78/687/EEC (5), Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that any ionizing radiation used in medical procedures is effected under the responsibility of doctors or dental practitioners or other practitioners who are entitled to perform such medical procedures in accordance with the national legislation and who, during their training, have acquired competence in radiation protection and received adequate training appropriate to the techniques used in medical and dental diagnostic radiology, in radiotherapy or in nuclear medicine.
2. Complementary training must be provided, if necessary, for the persons referred to in paragraph 1 who are already in practice where their competence in radiation protection has not been approved by the competent authorities.
3. Assistants shall receive instruction in the techniques applied and in suitable radiation protection procedures ; they shall receive training appropriate to their work.
The competent authorities shall draw up an inventory of medical and dental radiological equipment and nuclear medical installations and shall establish criteria of acceptability for radiological installations and nuclear medical installations. All installations in use must be kept under strict surveillance with regard to radiological protection and the quality control of appliances.
The competent authorities shall implement the necessary measures to improve inadequate or defective features of installations subject to such surveillance. They shall ensure as soon as possible that all installations which no longer meet the criteria specified in the first paragraph are taken out of service or replaced. Direct fluoroscopic examinations without the use of image intensification shall be carried out only in exceptional circumstances.
Each Member State shall take such steps as it may consider necessary to discourage the unnecessary proliferation of equipment for radiotherapy, radiodiagnosis and nuclear medicine.
A qualified expert in radiophysics shall be available to sophisticated departments of radiotherapy and nuclear medicine.
Practical recommendations to which Member States may refer are set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 January 1986.
Member States shall inform the Commission of the provisions they have adopted to comply with this Directive.
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32003R1024 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1024/2003 of 16 June 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1024/2003
of 16 June 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 2003.
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32009R0517 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2009 of 17 June 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 as regards catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in EC waters of ICES zone IIIa and EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV
| 18.6.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 155/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 517/2009
of 17 June 2009
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 as regards catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in EC waters of ICES zone IIIa and EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Catch limits for sandeel in EC waters of ICES zone IIIa and EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV are provisionally laid down in Annex IA of Regulation (EC) No 43/2009.
(2) Pursuant to point 6 of Annex IID to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009, the Commission is to revise the total allowable catches (TAC) and quotas for 2009 for sandeel in those zones based on advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF).
(3) The TAC for ICES zones IIa and IV shall be established according to the function laid down in the second subparagraph of point 6 of Annex IID to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009. According to that function the TAC would amount to 435 000 tonnes.
(4) In accordance with point 7 of Annex IID to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009, the TAC for ICES zones IIa and IV shall not exceed 400 000 tonnes.
(5) Sandeel is a North Sea stock which is shared with Norway but which is currently not jointly managed. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with consultations with Norway pursuant to the provisions of the Agreed Record of conclusions of fisheries consultations between the European Commission and Norway of 10 December 2008. In consequence, the Community share of that part of the TAC that can be caught in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV should be fixed at 90 % of 400 000 tonnes.
(6) The Scientific Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries recommends that the TAC should be increased by 4,23 % to cover EC waters of ICES zone IIIa.
(7) Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31984R1630 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1630/84 of 8 June 1984 fixing for the 1984 marketing year the maximum levels of the withdrawal prices for tomatoes grown under glass
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1630/84
of 8 June 1984
fixing for the 1984 marketing year the maximum levels of the withdrawal prices for tomatoes grown under glass
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 1332/84 (2), and in particular the last subparagraph of Article 18 (1) thereof,
Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organizations may be authorized, in view of the characteristics of the market under consideration, to fix, under certain conditions, withdrawal prices above the levels referred to in Article 18 (1) (a) of that Regulation;
Whereas the market in tomatoes grown under glass has different characteristics from those of the market in open-grown tomatoes; whereas tomatoes grown under glass are mainly 'Extra' class and class I products, the prices for which are considerably higher than those for open-grown products;
Whereas, in order to provide more effective support for the market in tomatoes grown under glass, producers' organizations or associations of such organizations should be allowed to fix their withdrawal price at a level higher than the Community withdrawal price; whereas, in accordance with the last subparagraph of Article 18 (1), it appears that the maximum level of the withdrawal price for these products can justifiably be fixed by applying, to the prices fixed for the 1983 marketing year, a variation of the same order as the increase applied by the Council when fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for tomatoes;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 1984 marketing year, producers' organizations or associations of such organizations may fix withdrawal prices, not exceeding the following maxima, in ECU per 100 kilograms net, for tomatoes grown under glass:
- June (11 to 20): 35,91
(21 to 30): 33,49
- July (1 to 10): 31,72
(11 to 20): 30,07
(21 to 31): 28,29
- August: 28,29
- September: 28,29
- October: 28,29
- November: 28,29
The producers' organizations shall supply the following information to the national authorities, who shall communicate it to the Commission:
- the period during which withdrawal prices are applicable,
- the levels of withdrawal prices proposed and of those applied.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 June 1984.
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32014D1217(01) | Council Decision of 15 December 2014 appointing a member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for Germany
| 17.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 453/2
COUNCIL DECISION
of 15 December 2014
appointing a member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for Germany
(2014/C 453/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to the lists of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States and by the employees' and the employers' organisations,
Having regard to the lists of members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decisions of 2 December 2013 (2) and of 12 June 2014 (3), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the period ending on 7 November 2016.
(2) The employees' organisation European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has submitted a nomination for one post to be filled,
The following shall be appointed member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the period ending on 7 November 2016:
II. REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES' ORGANISATIONS
Country Member
Germany Ms Sonja KÖNIG
The Council shall appoint the members and alternate members who have not yet been nominated at a later date.
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31994R0120 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 120/94 of 25 January 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 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, and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 laying down the procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 120/94 of 25 January 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 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, and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 laying down the procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies
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 oranization of the market in cereals (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, in order not to hinder the majority of Community exports by requesting proof of arrival at destination, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 (3) provides that submission of such proof is not required for payment of refunds fixed by invitation to tender whenever exportation takes place by sea; whereas those same provisions are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (4);
Whereas in the cereals sector the only refund rate lower than that applicable to exports to all third countries is that applicable to exports to Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein; whereas, as a result, provision should be made to ensure that products for which an 'all third countries' refund rate has been granted are not exported to the aforementioned countries; whereas, consequently, the refund fixed by invitation to tender should be adjusted for exports intended for those countries;
Whereas, in order to ensure that exports are made by sea, Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 and Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 provide that the minimum size of vessels suitable for sea transport is to be 2 500 tonnes GRT; whereas it has been established that the concept of 'GRT' is not the most appropriate for the purposes of the aforementioned objectives; whereas, for those purposes, it is preferable to take the quantities actually loaded as the reference; whereas, as a result, Regulations (EEC) No 1533/93 and (EEC) No 2131/93 should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EEC) No 1533/93 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The first paragraph of Article 14 is replaced by the following:
'Notwithstanding Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, proof of completion of customs formalities for release for consumption shall not be required for payment of refunds fixed by invitation to tender, on condition that the operator provides proof that a quantity of at least 1 500 tonnes of cereals products has left the customs territory of the Community on board a vessel suitable for sea transport.'
2. The following Article 14a is inserted:
'Article 14a
Where the operator provides proof of completion of customs formalities for release for consumption in Switzerland, Austria or Liechtenstein, the amount of the "all third countries" export refund fixed by invitation to tender shall be reduced by the difference between that amount and the amount of the export refund in force for the aforementioned destinations on the day of the award of the contract.'
The second indent of Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 is hereby replaced by the following:
'- the proof referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 has been provided. However, the security shall be released where the operator provides proof that a quantity of at least 1 500 tonnes of cereals products has left the customs territory of the Community on a vessel suitable for sea transport. Such proof shall be provided by the following indication, certified by the competent authority, on the control copy referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, on the single administrative document or on the national document proving that the goods have left the customs territory of the Community:
Exportación de cereales por vía marítima; artículo 17 del Reglamento (CEE) no 2131/93
Eksport af korn ad soevejen - Artikel 17 i forordning (EOEF) nr. 2131/93
Getreideausfuhr auf dem Seeweg - Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2131/93 Artikel 17
Exagogi sitiron dia thalassis - Arthro 17 toy kanonismoy (EOK) arith. 2131/93
Export of cereals by sea - Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93
Exportation de céréales par voie maritime - Règlement (CEE) no 2131/93, article 17
Esportazione di cereali per via marittima - articolo 17 del regolamento (CEE) n. 2131/93
Uitvoer van graan over zee - (EEG) nr. 2131/93, artikel 17
Exportaçao de cereais por via marítima - artigo 17º do Regulamento (CEE) nº 2131/93.'
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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32006R0339 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 339/2006 of 24 February 2006 amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin Text with EEA relevance
| 25.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 55/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 339/2006
of 24 February 2006
amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 23 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In its opinions of 2001 on the geographical risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland, the Scientific Steering Committee (the SSC) concluded that the occurrence of BSE in native cattle of those countries was highly unlikely. As a consequence, they were included in the list of countries exempted from certain TSE-related trade conditions for live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin.
(2) In its updated opinions adopted in February 2005 and August 2005 on the geographical BSE risk of certain third countries, the European Food Safety Authority concluded that the occurrence of BSE in native cattle of Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland is not highly unlikely. Therefore those countries should no longer be exempted from the TSE-related trade conditions for live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on The Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002D0416 | 2002/416/EC: Commission Decision of 6 June 2002 amending for the 10th time Decision 2000/284/EC establishing the list of approved semen collection centres for imports of equine semen from third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2041)
| Commission Decision
of 6 June 2002
amending for the 10th time Decision 2000/284/EC establishing the list of approved semen collection centres for imports of equine semen from third countries
(notified under document number C(2002) 2041)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/416/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992, laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/298/EC(2), and in particular Articles 17(3)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2000/284/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/339/EC(4), established the list of approved semen collection centres for imports of equine semen from third countries.
(2) The competent authorities of New Zealand officially informed the Commission of the approval in accordance with the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC of an equine semen collection centre.
(3) It is appropriate to amend the list in the light of new information received from the third country concerned, and to highlight the amendments in the Annex for clarity.
(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,
The Annex to Decision 2000/284/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
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32013R0734 | Council Regulation (EU) No 734/2013 of 22 July 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty Text with EEA relevance
| 31.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 204/15
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 734/2013
of 22 July 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 109 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) In the context of a thorough modernisation of State aid rules, to contribute both to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy for growth (1) and to budgetary consolidation, Article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) should be applied effectively and uniformly throughout the Union. Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 (2) codified and reinforced the Commission’s previous practice of increasing legal certainty and supporting the development of State aid policy in a transparent environment. However, in the light of the experience gained in its application and of recent developments such as the enlargement of the Union and the economic and financial crisis, certain aspects of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 should be amended in order to enable the Commission to be more effective.
(2) In order to assess the compatibility with the internal market of any notified or unlawful State aid for which the Commission has exclusive competence under Article 108 of the TFEU, it is appropriate to ensure that the Commission has the power, for the purposes of enforcing the State aid rules, to request all necessary market information from any Member State, undertaking or association of undertakings whenever it has doubts as to the compatibility of the measure concerned with the Union rules, and has therefore initiated the formal investigation procedure. In particular, the Commission should use this power in cases in which a complex substantive assessment appears necessary. In deciding whether to use this power, the Commission should take due account of the duration of the preliminary investigation.
(3) For the purpose of assessing the compatibility of an aid measure after the initiation of the formal investigation procedure, in particular as regards technically complex cases subject to substantive assessment, the Commission should be able, by simple request or by decision, to require any Member State, undertaking or association of undertakings to provide all market information necessary for completing its assessment, if the information provided by the Member State concerned during the course of the preliminary investigation is not sufficient, taking due account of the principle of proportionality, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises.
(4) In the light of the special relationship between aid beneficiaries and the Member State concerned, the Commission should be able to request information from an aid beneficiary only in agreement with the Member State concerned. The provision of information by the beneficiary of the aid measure in question does not constitute a legal basis for bilateral negotiations between the Commission and the beneficiary in question.
(5) The Commission should select the addressees of information requests on the basis of objective criteria appropriate to each case, while ensuring that, when the request is addressed to a sample of undertakings or associations thereof, the sample of respondents is representative within each category. The information sought should consist, in particular, of factual company and market data and facts-based analysis of the functioning of the market.
(6) The Commission, as the initiator of the procedure, should be responsible for verifying both the information transmission by the Member States, undertakings or associations of undertakings, and the purported confidentiality of the information to be disclosed.
(7) The Commission should be able to enforce compliance with the requests for information it addresses to any undertaking or association of undertakings, as appropriate, by means of proportionate fines and periodic penalty payments. In setting the amounts of fines and periodic penalty payments, the Commission should take due account of the principles of proportionality and appropriateness, in particular as regards small and medium-sized enterprises. The rights of the parties requested to provide information should be safeguarded by giving them the opportunity to make known their views before any decision imposing fines or periodic penalty payments is taken. The Court of Justice of the European Union should have unlimited jurisdiction with regard to such fines and periodic penalties pursuant to Article 261 of the TFEU.
(8) Taking due account of the principles of proportionality and appropriateness, the Commission should be able to reduce the periodic penalty payments or waive them entirely, when addressees of requests provide the information requested, albeit after the expiry of the deadline.
(9) Fines and periodic penalty payments are not applicable to Member States, since they are under a duty to cooperate sincerely with the Commission in accordance with Article 4 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and to provide the Commission with all information required to allow it to carry out its duties under Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
(10) In order to safeguard the rights of defence of the Member State concerned, it should be provided with copies of the requests for information sent to other Member States, undertakings or associations of undertakings, and be able to submit its observations on the comments received. It should also be informed of the names of the undertakings and the associations of undertakings requested, to the extent that these entities have not demonstrated a legitimate interest in the protection of their identity.
(11) The Commission should take due account of the legitimate interests of undertakings in the protection of their business secrets. It should not be able to use confidential information provided by respondents, which cannot be aggregated or otherwise be anonymised, in any decision unless it has previously obtained their agreement to disclose that information to the Member State concerned.
(12) In cases where information marked as confidential does not seem to be covered by obligations of professional secrecy, it is appropriate to establish a mechanism by which the Commission can decide the extent to which such information can be disclosed. Any such decision to reject a claim that information is confidential should indicate a period at the end of which the information will be disclosed, so that the respondent can make use of any judicial protection available to it, including any interim measure.
(13) The Commission should be able, on its own initiative, to examine information on unlawful aid, from whatever source, in order to ensure compliance with Article 108 of the TFEU, and in particular with the notification obligation and standstill clause laid down in Article 108(3) of the TFEU, and to assess the compatibility of an aid with the internal market. In that context, complaints are an essential source of information for detecting infringements of the Union rules on State aid.
(14) To improve the quality of the complaints submitted to the Commission, and at the same time increase transparency and legal certainty, it is appropriate to define the conditions that a complaint should fulfil in order to put the Commission in possession of information regarding alleged unlawful aid and set in motion the preliminary examination. Submissions not meeting those conditions should be treated as general market information, and should not necessarily lead to ex officio investigations.
(15) Complainants should be required to demonstrate that they are interested parties within the meaning of Article 108(2) of the TFEU and of Article 1(h) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999. They should also be required to provide a certain amount of information in a form that the Commission should be empowered to define in an implementing provision. In order not to discourage prospective complainants, that implementing provision should take into account that the demands on interested parties for lodging a complaint should not be burdensome.
(16) For reasons of legal certainty, it is appropriate to establish limitation periods for the imposition and enforcement of fines and periodic penalty payments.
(17) In order to ensure that the Commission addresses similar issues in a consistent manner across the internal market, it is appropriate to complete the existing powers of the Commission by introducing a specific legal basis to launch investigations into sectors of the economy or into certain aid instruments across several Member States. For reasons of proportionality and in the light of the high administrative burden entailed by such investigations, sector inquiries should be carried out only when the information available substantiates a reasonable suspicion that State aid measures in a particular sector could materially restrict or distort competition within the internal market in several Member States, or that existing aid measures in a particular sector in several Member States are not, or are no longer, compatible with the internal market. Such inquiries would enable the Commission to deal in an efficient and transparent way with horizontal State aid issues and to obtain an ex ante overview of the sector concerned.
(18) Consistency in the application of the State aid rules requires that arrangements be established for cooperation between the courts of the Member States and the Commission. Such cooperation is relevant for all courts of the Member States that apply Article 107(1) and Article 108 of the TFEU. In particular, national courts should be able to ask the Commission for information or for its opinion on points concerning the application of State aid rules. The Commission should also be able to submit written or oral observations to courts which are called upon to apply Article 107(1) or Article 108 of the TFEU. When assisting national courts in this respect, the Commission should act in accordance with its duty to defend the public interest.
(19) Those observations and opinions of the Commission should be without prejudice to Article 267 of the TFEU and not legally bind the national courts. They should be submitted within the framework of national procedural rules and practices including those safeguarding the rights of the parties, in full respect of the independence of the national courts. Observations submitted by the Commission on its own initiative should be limited to cases that are important for the coherent application of Article 107(1) or Article 108 of the TFEU, in particular to cases which are significant for the enforcement or the further development of Union State aid case law.
(20) In the interests of transparency and legal certainty, information on Commission decisions should be made public. It is therefore appropriate to publish decisions to impose fines or periodic penalty payments, given that they affect the interests of the sources concerned. The Commission, when publishing its decisions, should respect the rules on professional secrecy, including the protection of all confidential information and personal data, in accordance with Article 339 of the TFEU.
(21) The Commission, in close liaison with the Advisory Committee on State aid, should be able to adopt implementing provisions laying down detailed rules concerning the form, content and other criteria of the complaints submitted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
(22) Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 is amended as follows:
(1) the title of the Regulation is replaced by the following:
(2) the title of Article 5 is replaced by the following:
(3) the following Articles are inserted:
(a) if it is limited to formal investigation procedures that have been identified by the Commission as being ineffective to date; and
(b) in so far as aid beneficiaries are concerned, if the Member State concerned agrees to the request.
(a) supply incorrect or misleading information in response to a request made pursuant to Article 6a(6);
(b) supply incorrect, incomplete or misleading information in response to a decision adopted pursuant to Article 6a(7), or do not supply the information within the prescribed time limit.
(4) in Article 7, the following paragraphs are added:
(5) in Article 10 paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
(6) the following chapter heading is inserted after Article 14:
(7) The title of Article 15 is replaced by the following:
(8) the following Articles are inserted:
(a) by notification of a decision modifying the original amount of the fine or periodic penalty payment or refusing an application for modification;
(b) by any action of a Member State, acting at the request of the Commission, or of the Commission, intended to enforce payment of the fine or periodic penalty payment.
(a) the respondent is allowed time to pay;
(b) the enforcement of payment is suspended pursuant to a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union.’;
(9) Article 16 is replaced by the following:
(10) in Article 20, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
(11) the following Chapter is inserted after Article 20:
(12) the following Chapter is inserted after Article 23:
(13) Article 25 is replaced by the following:
(14) in Article 26, the following paragraph is inserted:
(15) Article 27 is replaced by the following:
(a) the form, content and other details of notifications;
(b) the form, content and other details of annual reports;
(c) the form, content and other details of complaints submitted in accordance with Article 10(1) and Article 20(2);
(d) details of time-limits and the calculation of time-limits; and
(e) the interest rate referred to in Article 14(2).’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31991D0097 | 91/97/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1990 concerning the provisional application of the agreed minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland on trade in textile products
| COUNCIL DECISION of 21 December 1990 concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland on trade in textile products (91/97/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Decision 87/300/EEC(1), the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland on trade in textile products, initialled on 27 July 1986, has been provisionally applied, in so far as it affects the Community, since 1 January 1987, pending completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion;
Whereas that Agreement includes provision for consultations;
Whereas Poland accepted the Community's offer to integrate into the Agreement for 1991 provisions for the reimport of textile products after processing, manufacturing or working in that country, in accordance with the relevant Community legislation;
Whereas it was agreed that the Agreed Minute of the consultations that took place on that matter will be applied provisionally as from 1 January 1991 pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion, provided that there is a reciprocal provisional application on the part of the other Contracting Party,
The Agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland on trade in textile products shall be applied provisionally as from 1 January 1991 pending its formal conclusion, providing that there is a reciprocal provisional application by the other Contracting Party.
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31995R2785 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2785/95 of 1 December 1995 fixing depreciation percentages to be applied when agricultural products are bought in for the 1996 financial year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2785/95 of 1 December 1995 fixing depreciation percentages to be applied when agricultural products are bought in for the 1996 financial year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down the general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1571/93 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, systematic depreciation of public intervention agricultural products must take place when they are bought in; whereas accordingly the Commission determines the depreciation percentage for each product concerned before the beginning of each year; whereas such percentage shall not exceed the difference between the buying-in price and the foreseeable disposal price for each of these products;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, the Commission may, at its discretion, restrict depreciation at the time of buying in to a proportion of this depreciation percentage, but such proportion may not be less than 70 %; whereas, coefficients to be applied also for the 1996 financial year by the intervention agencies to the monthly buying-in values of products should be fixed, to enable the agencies to establish the depreciation amounts;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
In respect of the products listed in the Annex, which, having been bought in by public intervention, have entered store or been taken over by the intervention agencies between 1 October 1995 and 30 September 1996, the authorities shall depreciate their value to account for the difference between the buying-in prices and the foreseeable selling prices of the relevant products.
To establish the amount of the depreciation, the intervention agencies shall apply to the values of the products bought every month in the coefficients set out in the Annex.
The expenditure amounts determined in this way shall be notified to the Commission under the declarations established pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2776/88 (3).
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 1995 onwards.
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