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31980R2388 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2388/80 of 15 September 1980 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters relating to Article 9 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2388/80 of 15 September 1980 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters relating to Article 9 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters provided for in Article 9 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic [1], signed on 19 December 1979, should be approved,
[1]OJ No L 348, 31.12.1979, p. 44.
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters relating to Article 9 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0107 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 107/2002 of 21 January 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 107/2002
of 21 January 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 22 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0225 | 2013/225/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 17 May 2013 amending Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU concerning a financial contribution by the Union to certain Member States to support voluntary surveillance studies on honeybee colony losses, as regards extending the deadline for those Member States’ programmes on those studies (notified under document C(2013) 2785)
| 22.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 135/22
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 17 May 2013
amending Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU concerning a financial contribution by the Union to certain Member States to support voluntary surveillance studies on honeybee colony losses, as regards extending the deadline for those Member States’ programmes on those studies
(notified under document C(2013) 2785)
(Only the Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2013/225/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU (2), provides for Union financial assistance to be granted to Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom for their surveillance study programmes on honeybee colony losses for the period from 1 April 2012 to 30 June 2013.
(2) The Guidelines for a pilot surveillance project on honeybee colony losses (3) of the European Union Reference Laboratory for honeybee health provides guidance to Member States on their surveillance study programmes on honeybee colony losses. It provides that three controls be carried out in selected apiaries and that the last control be carried out during the honey production season in order to objectively estimate the number of lost or weakened colonies. The period should be selected by the Member State depending on its specific climatic characteristics.
(3) Certain Member States have requested that the period of the surveillance study programmes on honeybee colony losses, provided for in Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU, be extended after 30 June 2013, as taking account of the geographical location of those Member States and seasonal conditions, it could be impossible to complete their programmes before that date.
(4) In order to make it possible for all Member States taking part in the surveillance study programmes on honeybee colony losses to conclude the third round of visits in summer, it is necessary to amend the end date provided for in Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU from 30 June 2013 to 30 September 2013.
(5) Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 1(2)(a) of Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU, ‘30 June 2013’ is replaced by ‘30 September 2013’.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006D0628 | 2006/628/EC: Council Decision of 24 July 2006 fixing the date of application of Article 1(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism
| 20.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 256/15
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 July 2006
fixing the date of application of Article 1(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism
(2006/628/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 of 29 April 2004 concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism (1), and in particular to Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 specifies that the Regulation shall apply from a date to be fixed by the Council, as soon as the necessary preconditions have been fulfilled, and that the Council may decide to set different dates for the application of different provisions.
(2) The preconditions mentioned in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 have been fulfilled in respect of Article 1(4) and (5) thereof.
(3) As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, which falls within the area referred to in Article 1, point G of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(2), read in conjunction with Articles 4(1) of Council Decision 2004/849/EC (3) and Council Decision 2004/860/EC (4) both of 25 October 2004 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of the said Agreement with the Swiss Confederation,
Article 1(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 shall apply from 1 November 2006.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
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32010D0270 | 2010/270/: Commission Decision of 6 May 2010 amending Parts 1 and 2 of Annex E to Council Directive 92/65/EEC as regards the model health certificates for animals from holdings and for bees and bumble bees (notified under document C(2010) 2624) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 12.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 118/56
COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 May 2010
amending Parts 1 and 2 of Annex E to Council Directive 92/65/EEC as regards the model health certificates for animals from holdings and for bees and bumble bees
(notified under document C(2010) 2624)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/270/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 22 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Directive 92/65/EEC lays down the animal health requirements governing trade in dogs, cats and ferrets.
(2) Part 1 of Annex E to that Directive sets out the model health certificate for trade in animals from holdings, including dogs, cats and ferrets.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and the rules applying to checks on such movements. It applies to movements between Member States or from third countries of pet animals of the species listed in Annex I thereto. Dogs, cats and ferrets are listed in Parts A and B of that Annex.
(4) The requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 differ, depending on the Member State of destination and the Member State or third country of origin.
(5) Third countries that apply to non-commercial movement of pet animals rules at least equivalent to the rules provided for in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 are listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation.
(6) In order to avoid that commercial movements are fraudulently disguised as non-commercial movements of pet animals within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 12 of that Regulation provides that the requirements and checks laid down in Directive 92/65/EEC are to apply to the movement of more than five pet animals where the animals are brought into the Union from a third country other than those listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation.
(7) In addition, Commission Regulation (EU) No 388/2010 of 6 May 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the maximum number of pet animals of certain species that may be the subject of non-commercial movement (3) provides that the requirements and checks referred to in point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 are to apply also to the movement of pet dogs, cats and ferrets where the total number of animals moved into a Member State from another Member State or a third country listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation, exceeds five.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 also provides that for a transitional period the non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets into the territory of Ireland, Malta, Sweden or the United Kingdom is to be subject to certain additional requirements.
(9) Directive 92/65/EEC refers to those additional requirements only as regards trade in dogs, cats and ferrets destined for Ireland, Sweden or the United Kingdom.
(10) The models for the certificates for intra-Union trade should be compatible with the integrated computerised veterinary system ‘TRACES’ developed in accordance with Commission Decision 2003/623/EC (4).
(11) To ensure that the requirements and checks for non-commercial movements of more than five pet dogs, cats and ferrets into all Member States, including Malta, are applied in a uniform manner, it is necessary to adapt the model health certificate set out in Part 1 of Annex E to Directive 92/65/EEC.
(12) In addition, the model health certificate for intra-Union trade in live bees (Apis mellifera) and bumble bees (Bombus spp.) is laid down in Part 2 of Annex E to Directive 92/65/EEC.
(13) That certificate establishes animal health requirements as regards American foulbrood for both bees and bumble bees. These requirements allow only movements of bees and bumble bees from areas that are free of that disease. A 30-day standstill is provided in case of an outbreak and it is applied to an area of three kilometres around the outbreak.
(14) In most cases, however, bumble bees are bred in environmentally isolated structures that are regularly controlled by the competent authority and checked for the presence of diseases. Such establishments that are recognised by and under the supervision of the competent authority of the Member State concerned are not likely to be affected by the presence of American foulbrood in the three kilometres radius set out in Part 2 of Annex E in contrast with open air colonies.
(15) It is therefore necessary to amend the model health certificate for intra-Union trade in live bees and bumble bees in order to introduce specific animal health requirements concerning the bumble bees bred in an environmentally isolated structure.
(16) Parts 1 and 2 of Annex E to Directive 92/65/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(17) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex E to Directive 92/65/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
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31997D0464 | 97/464/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1997 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards waste water engineering products (Text with EEA relevance)
| 25.7.1997 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 198/33
COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 June 1997
on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards waste water engineering products
(Text with EEA relevance)
(97/464/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products (1), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13 (4) thereof,
Whereas the Commission is required to select, as between the two procedures in accordance with Article 13 (3) of Directive 89/106/EEC for attesting the conformity of a product, the ‘least onerous possible procedure consistent with safety’; whereas this means that it is necessary to decide whether, for a given product or family of products, the existence of a factory production control system under the responsibility of the manufacturer is a necessary and sufficient condition for an attestation of conformity, or whether, for reasons related to compliance with the criteria mentioned in Article 13 (4), the intervention of an approved certification body is required for that purpose;
Whereas Article 13 (4) requires that the procedure thus determined must be indicated in the mandates and in the technical specifications; whereas, therefore, it is desirable to define the concept of products or family of products as used in the mandates and in the technical specifications;
Whereas the two procedures provided for in Article 13 (3) are described in detail in Annex III to Directive 89/106/EEC; whereas it is necessary therefore to specify clearly the methods by which the two procedures must be implemented, by reference to Annex III, for each product or family of products, since Annex III gives preference to certain systems;
Whereas the procedure referred to in point (a) of Article 13 (3) corresponds to the systems set out in the first possibility, without continuous surveillance, and the second and third possibilities of point (ii) of Section 2 of Annex III, and the procedure referred to in point (b) of Article 13 (3) corresponds to the systems set out in point (i) of Section 2 of Annex III, and in the first possibility, with continuous surveillance, of point (ii) of Section 2 of Annex III;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Construction,
The products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby, in addition to a factory production control system operated by the manufacturer, an approved certification body is involved in assessment and surveillance of the production control or of the product itself.
The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex II shall be indicated in mandates for harmonized standards.
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31993R2376 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2376/93 of 27 August 1993 establishing the form for applications for compensation under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2187/93 for certain producers of milk and milk products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2376/93 of 27 August 1993 establishing the form for applications for compensation under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2187/93 for certain producers of milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2187/93 of 22 July 1993 providing for an offer of compensation to certain producers of milk or milk products temporarily prevented from carrying on their trade (1), and in particular Article 10 (1) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2187/93 applications for compensation must be addressed by the producers concerned to the competent authority designated for that purpose in each Member State, using a standard form; whereas such forms must be drawn up to serve as working documents for the competent authorities, each of those authorities having the right, having regard to the differences in administrative requirements, to adapt the content;
Whereas the form must be submitted to the competent authority not later than 30 September 1993; whereas urgency requires therefore that this Regulation enter into force on the day following its publication;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The form referred to in Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2187/93 shall be as set out in the Annex.
The competent authority may, if necessary, request information and evidence additional to that listed in the form and adapt the form in the light, inter alia, of information already at its disposal.
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 | 1 | 0 |
31986D0257 | 86/257/EEC: Council Decision of 18 June 1986 accepting, on behalf of the Community, the recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council of 16 June 1982 concerning the use of a code for the representation of modes of transport
| 24.6.1986 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 167/32
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 June 1986
accepting, on behalf of the Community, the recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council of 16 June 1982 concerning the use of a code for the representation of modes of transport
(86/257/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, subject to certain conditions of application, the recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council of 16 June 1982 concerning the use of a code for the representation of modes of transport may be accepted by the Community,
The recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council of 16 June 1982 concerning the use of a code for the representation of modes of transport is hereby accepted, subject to certain conditions of application, on behalf of the Community.
The text of the recommendation is attached to this Decision, as are the conditions of application.
The President of the Council shall notify the Secretariat of the Customs Cooperation Council of the acceptance by the Community subject to certain conditions of application of the recommendation referred to in Article 1. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0761 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 761/2010 of 25 August 2010 amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin, as regards the substance methylprednisolone Text with EEA relevance
| 26.8.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 761/2010
of 25 August 2010
amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin, as regards the substance methylprednisolone
(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 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 14 in conjunction with Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Medicines Agency formulated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use,
Whereas:
(1) The maximum residue limit for pharmacologically active substances intended for use in the European Union in veterinary medicinal products for food-producing animals or in biocidal products used in animal husbandry should be established in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 470/2009.
(2) Pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin are set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 of 22 December 2009 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin (2).
(3) Methylprednisolone is currently included in Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 as an allowed substance, for bovine species, applicable to muscle, fat, liver and kidney, excluding animals producing milk for human consumption.
(4) An application for the extension of the existing entry for methylprednisolone applicable to bovine milk has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency.
(5) The Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use has recommended to establish a provisional maximum residue limit (hereinafter ‘MRL’) for methylprednisolone for bovine milk and to remove the provision ‘not for use in animals from which milk is produced for human consumption’.
(6) The entry for methylprednisolone in Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 should therefore be amended to include the provisional MRL for bovine milk and to remove the existing provision ‘not for use in animals from which milk is produced for human consumption’. The provisional MRL set out in that Table for methylprednisolone should expire on 1 July 2011.
(7) It is appropriate to provide for a reasonable period of time for the stakeholders concerned to take measures that may be required to comply with the newly set MRL.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 25 October 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000D0721 | 2000/721/EC: Commission Decision of 7 November 2000 on introducing vaccination to supplement the measures to control avian influenza in Italy and on specific movement control measures (notified under document number C(2000) 3257) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 7 November 2000
on introducing vaccination to supplement the measures to control avian influenza in Italy and on specific movement control measures
(notified under document number C(2000) 3257)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/721/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Council Directive 92/118/EEC(2), and, in particular, Article 10(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market(3), as last amended by Council Directive 92/118/EEC, and in particular, Article 9(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/40/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza(4), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Italy has during 1999 and 2000 experienced outbreaks of avian influenza with devastating economic losses for the poultry industry.
(2) Italy has during epidemiological investigations for avian influenza detected the presence of low pathogenic avian influenza virus.
(3) The low pathogenic virus can mutate to a highly pathogenic virus and cause disease outbreaks.
(4) The low pathogenic virus circulates at present in an area of Italy with dense poultry population.
(5) Vaccination can in this context be an effective tool to supplement disease control measures.
(6) Where vaccination against avian influenza is practised movement restrictions for vaccinated poultry have to be implemented.
(7) Italy has presented a vaccination programme to supplement the measures to control avian influenza in a limited area of Italy including specific movement restrictions.
(8) Italy has authorised the use of an inactivated vaccine against avian influenza for the implementation of the programme. The vaccine is obtained from the Master seed strain CK/Pak/95-H7.
(9) The Commission shall establish a technical working group to review the vaccination programme presented by Italy.
(10) Italy shall introduce specific movement restrictions related to vaccination of poultry and to intra-Community trade.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The vaccination programme against avian influenza presented by Italy is hereby approved and shall be carried out in the area described in Annex I.
2. The programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall before 1 November 2000 be reviewed by a technical working group with the objective to improve the efficacy of the programme if possible.
3. The working group shall be established by the Commission.
The restrictions on movements of live birds, hatching eggs, table eggs and poultrymeat into, out of and within the area described in Annex I shall apply as laid down in the vaccination programme referred to in Article 1(1).
1. No live birds and hatching eggs coming from and/or originating from the area described in Annex II shall be dispatched from Italy.
2. Live birds and hatching eggs coming from and/or originating from the territory of Italy outside the area listed in Annex II can only be dispatched from Italy, if no contacts or other epidemiological links in relation to avian influenza can be established to a holding or a hatchery situated in the area described in the Annex I.
Animal health certificates accompanying consignments of live birds and hatching eggs from Italy shall include the words: "The animal health conditions of this consignment are in accordance with Decision 2000/721/EC".
Fresh meat of poultry originating from the area described in Annex I and fresh poultrymeat produced in slaughterhouses located within the area described in Annex I must be marked in accordance with Article 5 of Council Directive 91/494/EEC(5) and cannot be dispatched from Italy.
Italy shall ensure that in the area described in Annex I:
1. Only disposable packaging material or packaging material, which can be effectively washed and disinfected, is used for the collection, storage and transport of table eggs.
2. All means of transport used for poultry, hatching eggs, table eggs and poultry feedstuff must be cleaned and disinfected immediately before and after each transport with disinfectants including the methods of use approved by the competent authority.
Movements of live poultry and hatching eggs coming from areas of Italy outside the area described in Annex II to other Member States shall only be allowed following five days advance notification to the central and local veterinary authorities of destination. The notification shall be dispatched by the competent veterinary authority.
1. Italy shall notify to the Commission and to other Member States the date of the commence of the vaccination at least five days in advance.
2. The provisions of the Articles 2 to 7 shall be enforced from the date of the commence of the vaccination and have to stay in place for a period of time after the end of vaccination which will be determined before its end.
Italy shall at six-month intervals present a report containing information on the effectiveness of the vaccination programme referred to in Article 1(1).
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32005R0696 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 696/2005 of 3 May 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 4.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 114/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 696/2005
of 3 May 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 May 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R2033 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004 of 26 November 2004 opening a tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked long-grain B rice to Réunion
| 27.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 353/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2033/2004
of 26 November 2004
opening a tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked long-grain B rice to Réunion
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Examination of the supply balance in Réunion indicates that rice is in short supply. In view of the rice available on the Community market, Réunion should be able to be supplied with rice from the Community market by granting a subsidy for consignments of rice intended for consumption there. Because of Réunion's particular circumstances, it is appropriate to limit the quantities to be sent and thus fix the amount of the subsidy by tendering procedure.
(2) It should be stated that Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion (2) applies to this tendering procedure.
(3) Under Article 14 of 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 (3), amounts quoted in tenders submitted in response to invitations to tender organised under an instrument forming part of the common agricultural policy must be expressed in euro.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. A tendering procedure is hereby opened to fix the amount of the subsidy for the consignment to Réunion of husked long-grain B rice falling within CN code 1006 20 98, referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003.
2. The tendering procedure shall be open until 23 June 2005. During that period regular invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be set down in the notice of invitation to tender.
3. The tendering procedure shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 and this Regulation.
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for shipment of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3 000 tonnes.
The security referred to in Article 7(3)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
The subsidy documents issued under this tendering procedure shall, for the purposes of determining their period of validity, be considered as having been issued on the day the tender was submitted.
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of the time limit for the submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordance with the model given in the Annex.
If no tenders are lodged, Member States shall inform the Commission within the time limit referred to in the first paragraph.
1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003:
— either to fix a maximum subsidy,
— or not to take any action on the tenders.
2. Where a maximum subsidy is fixed, an award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders do not exceed the maximum subsidy.
The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first regular invitation to tender shall be 16 December 2004 at 10.00 (Brussels time).
The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 23 June 2005.
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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32011D0112 | 2011/112/EU: Commission Decision of 18 February 2011 amending Decision 2008/620/EC establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the cod stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the eastern Channel, the waters west of Scotland and the Irish Sea (notified under document C(2011) 899)
| 19.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 46/46
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 February 2011
amending Decision 2008/620/EC establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the cod stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the eastern Channel, the waters west of Scotland and the Irish Sea
(notified under document C(2011) 899)
(2011/112/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (1), and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2008/620/EC (2) establishes a specific control and inspection programme applicable for a period of 3 years to ensure the harmonised implementation of the measures laid down for the recovery of cod stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the eastern Channel, the waters west of Scotland and the Irish Sea.
(2) The specific control and inspection programme is necessary for the organisation of operational cooperation between Member States concerned and to allow the Community Fisheries Control Agency to organise joint deployment plans in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 (3).
(3) In order to ensure the continued harmonised implementation of the measures established for the recovery of the cod stocks, the specific control and inspection programme should be extended for a period of 1 year.
(4) Decision 2008/620/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
In Article 2 of Decision 2008/620/EC, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
‘The specific control and inspection programme referred to in Article 1 shall apply for 4 years and cover:’
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31992R2014 | Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2014/92 of 20 July 1992 adjusting the weightings applicable in certain Member States to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 2014/92 of 20 July 1992 adjusting the weightings applicable in certain Member States to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 571/92 (2), and in particular Articles 63, 64, 65, 65a and 82 of the Staff Regulations, Annex XI to the Staff Regulations and the first paragraph of Article 20 and Article 64 of the Conditions of Employment,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, since the cost of living increased substantially in certain countries in which officials and other servants of the Communities are employed in the second half of 1991, the weightings applicable to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants pursuant to Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3834/91 (3) should be adjusted with effect from 1 January 1992, or from 16 November 1991 in countries where the increase in the cost of living has been particularly high,
1. With effect from 16 November 1991, the weighting applicable to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the country referred to below shall be as follows:
Greece 88,8 (4).
2. With effect from 1 January 1992, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the countries referred to below shall be as follows:
Spain 112,2 (4)
Portugal 97,0 (4).
3. The weightings applicable to pensions shall be determined in accordance with Article 82 (1) of the Staff Regulations.
Articles 3 to 10 of Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2175/88 (5) shall continue to apply.
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32005R1984 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1984/2005 of 5 December 2005 fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Jordan
| 6.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 318/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1984/2005
of 5 December 2005
fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Jordan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), and in particular Article 5(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Articles 2(2) and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87, Community import and producer prices are fixed each fortnight for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses and apply for two-week periods. Under Article 1(b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 of 17 March 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (2), those prices are determined for two-week periods on the basis of weighted prices provided by the Member States.
(2) Those prices should be fixed immediately so the customs duties applicable can be determined.
(3) Following the accession of Cyprus to the European Union on 1 May 2004, it is no longer necessary to fix import prices for Cyprus.
(4) Likewise, it is no longer necessary to fix import prices for Israel, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in order to take account of the agreements approved by Council Decisions 2003/917/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the State of Israel concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Association Agreement (3), 2003/914/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 3 to the EC-Morocco Association Agreement (4) and 2005/4/EC of 22 December 2004 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Palestinian Authority Interim Association Agreement (5).
(5) In between the meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
The Community producer and import prices for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto for the period from 7 to 20 December 2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32012D0147 | 2012/147/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 9 March 2012 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2012 and amending Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU as regards the measures eligible for Union financial contribution in programmes for the eradication of scrapie and the advance payment by the Union in programmes for the eradication of rabies for the year 2012 (notified under document C(2012) 1406) Text with EEA relevance
| 13.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 73/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 9 March 2012
approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2012 and amending Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU as regards the measures eligible for Union financial contribution in programmes for the eradication of scrapie and the advance payment by the Union in programmes for the eradication of rabies for the year 2012
(notified under document C(2012) 1406)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/147/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 27(5) and (6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2009/470/EC lays down the procedures governing the financial contribution by the Union for programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses.
(2) Commission Decision 2008/341/EC of 25 April 2008 laying down Community criteria for national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses (2) provides that in order to be approved under the Union financial measures, programmes submitted by the Member States to the Commission for the eradication, control and monitoring of the animal diseases and zoonoses must meet at least the criteria set out in the Annex to that Decision.
(3) Portugal has submitted an amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue, Greece has submitted an amended programme for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), and for the eradication of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and of scrapie and Bulgaria has submitted and amended programme for the eradication of rabies.
(4) The Commission has assessed those amended programmes from both the veterinary and the financial point of view. They were found to comply with relevant Union veterinary legislation and in particular with the criteria set out in the Annex to Decision 2008/341/EC. The amended programmes submitted by those Member States should therefore be approved.
(5) 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 (3) lays down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of TSEs in animals. Annex VII to that Regulation lays down the eradication measures to be carried out following the confirmation of an outbreak of TSE in bovine, ovine and caprine animals.
(6) Point 2.3(d) of Chapter A of that Annex, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 727/2007 (4), provided that Member States may decide to replace by slaughtering for human consumption the killing and complete destruction of certain ovine and caprine animals on the holding of the animal in which TSE was confirmed, provided that certain conditions were complied with.
(7) On 17 July 2007, in Case T-257/07, France brought an action against the European Commission before the General Court, applying for the partial annulment of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 727/2007, in particular point 2.3(d) of Chapter A of Annex VII to that Regulation.
(8) In its Order of 28 September 2007 (5), the General Court suspended the application of point 2.3(b)(iii), point 2.3(d) and point 4 of Chapter A of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 727/2007, until judgment would be given in the main action. In that Order, the General Court questioned the Commission’s assessment of the scientific available data on the possible risks.
(9) The Commission subsequently asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to assist it in clarifying the main premises on which Regulation (EC) No 727/2007 was based. In view of the EFSA clarifications, Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 was amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/2008 (6), which reinstated the provisions the application of which had been suspended by the General Court.
(10) In its Order of 30 October 2008 (7), the General Court suspended the application of point 2.3(b)(iii), point 2.3(d) and point 4 of Chapter A of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 746/2008, until judgment would be given in the main action in Case T-257/07.
(11) In its judgment of 9 September 2011 (8) the General Court dismissed the action of France. In view of that judgment, the application of point 2.3(b)(iii), point 2.3(d) and point 4 of Chapter A of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 746/2008 is no longer suspended.
(12) Commission Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU of 30 November 2011 approving annual and multiannual programmes and the financial contribution from the Union for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2012 and following years (9) approves certain national programmes and lays down the rate and maximum amount of the financial contribution by the Union for each programme submitted by the Member States and the rules for the payment of eligible amounts.
(13) Certain Member States have expressed their intention to apply, as part of their programmes approved under Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU, the possibility of replacing the killing and complete destruction of ovine and caprine animals by slaughtering for human consumption, as provided for in point 2.3(d) of Chapter A of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.
(14) The Union financial contribution for the programmes for the eradication of scrapie, as laid down in Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU does not currently cover the compensation paid to owners of compulsorily slaughtered ovine and caprine animals pursuant to point 2.3(d) of Chapter A of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.
(15) It is therefore appropriate to enable the funding of compulsorily slaughtered ovine and caprine animals programmes as an alternative to culling and destruction in the framework of scrapie eradication programmes. This requires no increase to the amounts allocated by Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU to the Member State programmes for the monitoring and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
(16) In addition, Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU provides that only costs incurred in the carrying out of the approved annual or multiannual programmes paid before the submission of the final report by the Member States are eligible for co-financing by means of a Union financial contribution. However, for certain costs, the Commission, upon the request of the concerned Member State, is to pay an advance of up to 60 % of the specified maximum amount within the 3 months following the receipt of the request. The costs for oral vaccination campaigns against rabies are not fully covered by that advance payment possibility.
(17) The programmes for the eradication of rabies in the Member States through oral vaccination have been successful in previous years and lead to the eradication of the disease from a large part of the Union. Such programmes should therefore continue to be pursued in the parts of the Union where rabies is endemic.
(18) Certain Member States have informed the Commission that they are experiencing difficulties in securing advance financing for their oral vaccination campaigns against rabies. In the last years, the lack of advance financing resulted, in some cases, in the cancellation of planned campaigns in rabies-infected areas.
(19) Interruptions to the regular implementation of oral vaccination campaigns against rabies severely affect the effectiveness of the programmes and would prolong the time needed to finally eradicate the disease.
(20) It is therefore appropriate to extend the possibility for advance payment to all costs incurred by Member States under the programmes for the eradication of rabies approved by Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU.
(21) The Annex to Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU should be amended as regards the definition of eligible costs for the compensation of owners of slaughtered animals to include compulsory slaughter in the framework of scrapie eradication programmes.
(22) Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(23) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Approval of the amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue submitted by Portugal
The amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue submitted by Portugal on 31 January 2012 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.
Approval of the amended programmes for the monitoring and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies submitted by Greece
The amended programmes for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and for the eradication of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and of scrapie submitted by Greece on 21 December 2011 are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.
Approval of the amended programme for the eradication of rabies submitted by Bulgaria
The amended programme for the eradication of rabies submitted by Bulgaria on 23 December 2011 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.
Amendments to Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU
Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU in amended as follows:
(1) in Article 9(2), point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) shall be at the rate of 50 % of the cost incurred by each Member State for the compensation to be paid to owners for the value of their animals:
(i) culled and destroyed in accordance with their BSE and scrapie eradication programmes;
(ii) compulsorily slaughtered in accordance with Annex VII, Chapter A, point 2.3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;’;
(2) in Article 9(3), point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) for culled and destroyed sheep or goats: EUR 70 per animal;
(c) for slaughtered sheep or goats: EUR 50 per animal.’;
(3) in Article 13, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
(4) in the Annex, point 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Compensation to owners for the value of their animals slaughtered or culled.
The compensation shall not exceed the market value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered or culled.
For slaughtered animals, the salvage value, if any, shall be deducted from the compensation.’.
Addressees
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32003R0265 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 265/2003 of 13 February 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 265/2003
of 13 February 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 14 February 2003.
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32003R2258 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2258/2003 of 22 December 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2258/2003
of 22 December 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 23 December 2003.
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32003D0774 | 2003/774/EC: Commission Decision of 30 October 2003 approving certain treatments to inhibit the development of pathogenic micro-organisms in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3984)
| Commission Decision
of 30 October 2003
approving certain treatments to inhibit the development of pathogenic micro-organisms in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods
(notified under document number C(2003) 3984)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/774/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Chapter IV(IV)(2) of the Annex thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 93/25/EEC of 11 December 1992 approving certain treatments to inhibit the development of pathogenic micro-organisms in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods(3) has been substantially amended(4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codified.
(2) Bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods harvested in the areas referred to in Chapter I(1)(b) and (c) of the Annex to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003, constitute a potential threat to consumers if they are not subjected to appropriate treatment.
(3) Spain, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have put forward treatments to inhibit the development of pathogens in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods.
(4) These processes are adequate to ensure the health of the products and it is not necessary therefore to subject them in advance to purification or relaying.
(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 treatments set out in Annex I to this Decision for inhibiting the development of pathogenic micro-organisms in bivalve molluscs and marine gastropods which have been harvested in the areas referred to in Chapter I(1)(b) and (c) of the Annex to Directive 91/492/EEC and which have not been subjected to relaying or purification before being placed on the market are hereby approved.
Decision 93/25/EEC is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
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31978L0630 | Council Directive 78/630/EEC of 19 June 1978 amending for the first time Directive 76/118/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 19 June 1978 amending for the first time Directive 76/118/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (78/630/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas Council Directive 76/118/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (3) lays down in Article 3 (1) that only designations referred to and defined in the Annex thereto may be used to denote the products defined therein ; whereas in point 1 (c) thereof the designation "unsweetened condensed partly-skimmed milk" is referred to and defined ; whereas under this provision the only milk which may be sold by retail with this designation is partly dehydrated milk containing, by weight, between 4 and 4 75 % fat and not less than 24 % milk solids;
Whereas, in view of problems of understanding on the part of buyers, Directive 76/118/EEC sets out in Article 3 (2) certain designations, the use of which may be reserved in their territories by the Member States concerned;
Whereas similar difficulties have also been found in certain Member States in relation to the designation of unsweetened condensed partly-skimmed milk which may be sold by retail ; whereas it is therefore necessary to extend to those States the option provided for in Article 3 (2) of Directive 76/118/EEC, as regards retail sales of products with the above designation,
The following shall be added to Article 3 (2) of Directive 76/118/EEC:
"(d) "Geëvaporeerde halfvolle melk" in Belgium and the Netherlands and "lait demi-écrémé concentré" and "lait demi-écrémé concentré non sucré" in Belgium, France and Luxembourg, to denote, in the case of sale by retail, the product defined in point 1 (c) of the Annex."
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32009R0844 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 844/2009 of 15 September 2009 establishing a prohibition of fishing for red seabream in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI, VII and VIII by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
| 17.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 245/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 844/2009
of 15 September 2009
establishing a prohibition of fishing for red seabream in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI, VII and VIII by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008 of 28 November 2008 fixing for 2009 and 2010 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (3) lays down quotas for 2009 and 2010.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2009.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated for 2009 to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date stated in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date stated in that Annex. After that date it shall also be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31994D0061 | 94/61/EC: Council Decision of 24 January 1994 establishing a separate liability of the Czech Republic and of the Slovak Republic with regard to the loan facility granted to Czechoslovakia pursuant to Decision 91/106/EEC
| COUNCIL DECISION of 24 January 1994 establishing a separate liability of the Czech Republic and of the Slovak Republic with regard to the loan facility granted to Czechoslovakia pursuant to Decision 91/106/EEC (94/61/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1) submitted, following consultation of the Monetary Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas pursuant to Council Decision 91/106/EEC of 25 February 1991 providing medium-term financial assistance for the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (3) the Community has granted to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR) a medium-term loan of ECU 375 million in principal, with a view to ensuring a sustainable balance-of-payments situation, strengthening its reserves and facilitating the introduction of currency convertibility; whereas the loan was fully disbursed by the Commission on two instalments of respectively ECU 185 million in August 1991 and ECU 190 million in February 1992;
Whereas in accordance with the Constitutional act on the dissolution of the CSFR adopted by the Federal Assembly of the CSFR on 25 November 1992, the CSFR ceased to exist as of 31 December 1992; whereas its successor States are the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic;
Whereas pursuant to the Constitutional act on the division of property of the CSFR between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic adopted by the Federal Assembly on 13 November 1992, the loans accepted by the CSFR are to be divided between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic in the ratio of two to one, which corresponds to the relative proportion of their respective populations; whereas the Czech and the Slovak authorities have requested the Community to agree on the division of the liability of the CSFR arising from the Community loan operation of ECU 375 million granted pursuant to Decision 91/106/EEC;
Whereas the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic are jointly continuing to discharge fully their debt servicing obligations stemming from the Community loan operation of ECU 375 million; whereas these Republics have undertaken to take over respectively two thirds and one third of the payment obligations of principal, interest and fees relating to this loan operation;
Whereas the Commission should be authorized to take the appropriate action to ensure that the liabilities arising under the loan granted pursuant to Decision 91/106/EEC should be divided between the Czech and the Slovak Republics in accordance with the Act adopted by the Federal Assembly of 13 November 1992;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the adoption of this Decision, powers other than those of Article 235,
1. The Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic shall assume separate liability for respectively two thirds and one third of all the payments of principal, interest and fees associated with the servicing of the Community medium-term loan of ECU 375 million granted to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR) pursuant to Decision 91/106/EEC.
2. To this end, the Commission is authorized to make in conjunction with the authorities of the Czech and the Slovak Republics, after consultation of the Monetary Committee, the necessary adjustments to the original Loan Agreement between the Community and the CSFR.
3. The terms and conditions stipulated in Decision 91/106/EEC shall apply mutatis mutandis to the arrangements to be entered into pursuant to paragraph 2 and the financial terms of the original Loan Agreement shall be preserved.
4. All related costs that may be incurred by the Community in concluding and carrying out the arrangements provided for by this Decision shall be borne by the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic as to two thirds and one third respectively. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0557 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2002 of 27 March 2002 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 94th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2002
of 27 March 2002
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 94th 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(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 94th 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 28 March 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 |
32008R1064 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1064/2008 of 29 October 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 957/2008 derogating for the 2008/09 quota period from Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sector of poultrymeat originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries
| 30.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 288/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1064/2008
of 29 October 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 957/2008 derogating for the 2008/09 quota period from Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sector of poultrymeat originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries
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 144(1) and 148 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2007/360/EC of 29 May 2007 on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of Agreed Minutes between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil, and between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) relating to the modification of concessions with respect to poultrymeat (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 957/2008 (3) postpones the application period for certificates for products originating in Brazil until the first seven days of November 2008 for the third quota subperiod, which will run from 1 January to 31 March 2009.
(2) In view of the continuing uncertainty regarding the conditions for issuing certificates of origin for products originating in Brazil and given the fact that additional time is needed to clarify the situation for operators with regard to those conditions, the application period for the quota subperiod in question should, at this stage, be postponed by a further month for imports from Brazil.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 957/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) As the application period for the next subperiod is due to begin on 1 November 2008, it is essential for this Regulation to apply from that date.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 957/2008 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
By way of derogation from Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 616/2007, applications for certificates for products in groups 1, 4 and 7 for the quota subperiod beginning on 1 January 2009 may be submitted only in the first seven days of December 2008.’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2008.
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31990R2773 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2773/90 of 27 September 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2773/90
of 27 September 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in eggs (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1235/89 (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1235/89, and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 of 29 October 1975 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3987/87 (5), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Whereas, from the date of the unification of Germany, Community law will apply ipso jure to the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1351/87 (7), laid down detailed rules for the transmission of certain statistical data concerning eggs for hatching and chicks by Member States to the Commission ; whereas to permit the preparation of reliable estimates provision should be made, for an appropriate period, for the separate transmission of these data for the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
The following paragraph 1a is hereby inserted in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77:
'1a. From 3 October 1990 to 31 December 1992, Germany shall undertake the separate transmission of the statistics under Part I of the summary referred to in paragraph 1 for the former German Democratic Republic.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 October 1990.
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 |
32002D0046 | 2002/46/EC: Commission Decision of 21 January 2002 amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards the lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 84)
| Commission Decision
of 21 January 2002
amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards the lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community
(notified under document number C(2002) 84)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/46/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 94/113/EC(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The competent veterinary services of Canada and the United States have forwarded requests for addition and amendments to the list, established by Commission Decision 92/452/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2001/728/EC(4) of teams officially approved in their territories for the exports of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community.
(2) Guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 8 of Directive 89/556/EEC have been provided to the Commission by the competent veterinary services of the countries concerned, and the collection teams concerned have been officially approved for exports to the Community.
(3) Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In the Annex to Commission Decision 92/452/EEC:
1. The following lines are added to the lines concerning Canadian teams:
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2. The lines concerning the Canadian team E 549 is replaced by the following:
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3. The line concerning the US team No 96IA086 E 608 is replaced by the following:
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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 |
32006R0769 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 769/2006 of 19 May 2006 suspending the lodging of applications for export licences for C sugar from 23 May 2006 and amending Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 as regards the transitional measures applicable to C sugar
| 20.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 134/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 769/2006
of 19 May 2006
suspending the lodging of applications for export licences for C sugar from 23 May 2006 and amending Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 as regards the transitional measures applicable to C sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 44 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (2) in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty contains limits on the quantity and value of exports subsidised by the Community. As a result of the conclusions of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Appellate Body of 19 May 2005, exports of C sugar must be taken into account in those limits. The Community has been granted a period ending on 22 May 2006 to comply with its WTO obligations.
(2) Article 13(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (3) provides in particular for an obligation to export C sugar not carried forward. Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, which applies from 1 July 2006, no longer includes such an obligation for non-quota sugar produced in respect of the 2006/07 marketing year. Article 44 of that Regulation provides for the possibility of adopting transitional measures to facilitate the transition from the market situation in the 2005/06 marketing year to the market situation in the 2006/07 marketing year, and the derogations required to ensure compliance by the Community with its international obligations with regard to C sugar produced in respect of the 2005/06 marketing year.
(3) In accordance with Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 of 27 March 2006 laying down transitional measures within the framework of the reform of the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector, and amending Regulations (EC) No 1265/2001 and (EC) No 314/2002 (4), from 1 July 2006 C sugar produced in respect of the 2005/06 marketing year which cannot be carried forward or exported is to be considered non-quota sugar as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, produced in respect of the 2006/07 marketing year.
(4) Article 27(14) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that compliance with the restrictions on volume resulting from agreements concluded under Article 300 of the Treaty is to be ensured by means of export licences issued for the reference periods provided for in such agreements.
(5) As a result, taking into account the obligations of the European Community under the WTO agreements, a derogation from the obligation to export C sugar should be laid down by suspending the lodging of applications for export licences for C sugar from 23 May 2006, and the transitional arrangements provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 should be applied to C sugar not exported under an export licence issued before 23 May 2006.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The lodging of applications for export licences for C sugar in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 (5) is hereby suspended from 23 May 2006. Applications for export licences submitted during the period of suspension shall be inadmissible.
Export licences for C sugar issued but not used by 22 May 2006 may be returned to the issuing body during their period of validity. In such cases, notwithstanding Article 35 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (6), the security shall be released immediately.
Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:
2. the following sentence is added to the second paragraph of Article 13:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 23 May 2006.
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32001D0013 | 2001/13/EC: Commission Decision of 19 December 2000 on the Community's financial contribution to a programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in Madeira for 2000 (notified under document number C(2000) 3867)
| Commission Decision
of 19 December 2000
on the Community's financial contribution to a programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in Madeira for 2000
(notified under document number C(2000) 3867)
(Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
(2001/13/EC)
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 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the Azores and Madeira(1), as last amended by the Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 33(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 93/522/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 96/633/EC(4), defines what measures are eligible for Community financing as regards programmes for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments, the Azores and Madeira.
(2) Specific agricultural production conditions in Madeira call for particular attention, and action must be taken or reinforced as regards crop production, in particular the phytosanitary aspects for this region.
(3) The action to be taken or reinforced on the phytosanitary side is particularly costly.
(4) The programme of action has been presented to the Commission by the relevant Portuguese authorities. This programme specifies the objectives to be achieved, the measures to be carried out, their duration and their cost so that the Community may contribute to financing them.
(5) The Community's financial contribution may cover up to 75 % of eligible expenditure, protective measures for bananas being excluded.
(6) The operations provided for in the European Community framework Programme for research and technological Development cannot be the same as those contained in this programme.
(7) The measures foreseen in the environmental programme approved for the Region of Madeira in the framework of Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92(5), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2772/95(6), cannot be the same as those contained in this programme.
(8) The technical information provided by Portugal has enabled the Standing Committee on Plant Health to analyse the situation accurately and comprehensively.
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
The Community's financial contribution to the official programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products on the Island of Madeira presented for 2000 by the relevant Portuguese authorities is hereby approved.
The official programme is made up of a programme for the autocidal control of the fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied).
The Community's financial contribution to the programme in 2000 presented by Portugal shall be 75 % of expenditure related to eligible measures as defined by Commission Decision 93/522/EEC with a maximum of EUR 250000 (VAT excluded).
The schedule of programme costs and their financing is set out as Annex I to this Decision.
A first instalment of EUR 100000 shall be paid to Portugal immediately after the official notification of the present Decision.
The Community assistance shall relate to the eligible measures associated with the operations covered by the programme set up in Portugal by provisions for which the necessary financial resources have been committed between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2000. The final date for payments in connection with the operations shall be 31 March 2001, and non-compliance without justification of delay shall entail loss of entitlement to Community financing.
In the case where a request for extension of the final date for payment is necessary, the responsible official authorities have to introduce this request before the final date and present the justification concerning this request.
Specific provisions relating to the financing of the programme, provisions on compliance with Community policies and the information to be provided to the Commission by Portugal shall be as set out in Annex II.
Any public contracts connected with investments covered by this Decision shall be subject to Community law.
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32010R0331 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 331/2010 of 22 April 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries
| 23.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 331/2010
of 22 April 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 143(b), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in Annex XVII thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules 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 (3).
(2) For the purposes of applying Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded as part of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2007, 2008 and 2009, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries, should be adjusted.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 is replaced by the text set out in 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.
It shall apply from 1 May 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997R2518 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2518/97 of 16 December 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the specific arrangements for supplying the Azores and Madeira with beef and veal sector products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2518/97 of 16 December 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the specific arrangements for supplying the Azores and Madeira with beef and veal sector products
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 Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 provides for the establishment for the beef and veal sector of the quantities of the specific supply balances for the Azores and Madeira regarding beef and veal and pure-bred breeding animals;
Whereas the quantities in the forecast supply balance for those products are fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1265/97 (4);
Whereas, pending a communication from the competent authorities updating the requirements of Madeira, and so as not to interrupt application of the specific supply arrangements, the balance was drawn up for the period 1 July to 31 December 1997 by Regulation (EC) No 1265/97; whereas as a result of the presentation by the Portuguese authorities of information on the needs of Madeira, it was possible to establish the balance for the entire 1997/98 marketing year; whereas the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 should thus be replaced by the Annexes to this Regulation;
Whereas the supply arrangements are laid down for the period 1 July to 30 June; whereas the definitive supply balance for the 1997/98 marketing year should therefore apply from the start of that year, i.e. 1 July 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
2. Annex III is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R0502 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 502/2001 of 14 March 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90 on aid for the production of casein and caseinates from skimmed milk
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 502/2001
of 14 March 2001
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90 on aid for the production of casein and caseinates from skimmed milk
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 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2295/2000(4), sets the aid for skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates. Given the market trend for these products and that for skimmed milk powder the aid should be decreased.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2921/90 "EUR 4,90" is replaced by "EUR 4,40".
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 |
32010D0620 | 2010/620/EU: Council Decision of 7 October 2010 on the signing of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the general principles for the participation of the Kingdom of Morocco in Union programmes
| 19.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 273/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 October 2010
on the signing of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the general principles for the participation of the Kingdom of Morocco in Union programmes
(2010/620/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, in particular, Article 217, in conjunction with Article 218(5) and the second subparagraph of Article 218(8) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 18 June 2007 the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part (1), on a framework agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the general principles for the participation of the Kingdom of Morocco in Union programmes (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’) (2).
(2) Those negotiations have been concluded to the satisfaction of the Commission.
(3) As a result of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community.
(4) Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Union,
The signing of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the general principles for the participation of the Kingdom of Morocco in Union programmes (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the Protocol.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol, on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion.
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31975R2753 | Regulation (EEC) No 2753/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on imports of durum wheat from Morocco
| REGULATION (EEC) No 2753/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 29 October 1975 on imports of durum wheat from Morocco
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1);
Whereas Article 8 of Annex 1 to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco lays down special arrangements for imports of durum wheat falling within subheading 10.01 B of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco within the meaning of the Protocol on the definition of the concept of "originating products" and on methods of administrative cooperation ; whereas the implementation of these arrangements necessitates the adoption of rules of application,
The levy on imports of durum wheat into the Community, falling within subheading 10.01 B of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco within the meaning of the Protocol on the definition of the concept of "originating products" and on methods of administrative cooperation annexed to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco, which are shipped direct from that country to the Community, shall be that fixed in pursuance of Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (2), less 0.5 unit of account per metric ton.
The provisions of this Regulation shall apply from the date of entry into force of the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco and throughout the period of application of that Agreement.
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1464/69 (3) of 23 July 1969 on imports of durum wheat from Morocco, is hereby repealed.
2. References to the Regulation repealed by virtue of paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1975.
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31996D0356 | 96/356/EC: Commission Decision of 30 May 1996 laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Gambia (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 May 1996 laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Gambia (Text with EEA relevance) (96/356/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (1), as last amended by Directive 95/71/EC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas a group of Commission experts has conducted an inspection visit to Gambia to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
Whereas the provisions of Gambia legislation on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources - Fisheries Department (MANR-FD) in Gambia, is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force;
Whereas the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in Article 11 (4) (a) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to sign it;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (4) (b) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products, giving the name of the third country and the approval number of the establishment of origin;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (4) (c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments must be drawn up; whereas that list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the MANR-FD to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the MANR-FD to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas the MANR-FD has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval of establishments;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources - Fisheries Department (MANR-FD) is recognized as the competent authority in Gambia for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Gambia must meet the following conditions:
1. Each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model set out in Annex A hereto;
2. The products must come from approved establishments listed in Annex B hereto;
3. Except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the word 'Gambia` and the approval number of the establishment of origin in indelible letters.
1. The certificate referred to in point 1 of Article 2 must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. The certificate must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources - Fisheries Department (MANR-FD), and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of the other indications on the certificate.
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32011D0542 | 2011/542/EU: Council Implementing Decision of 2 September 2011 amending Implementing Decision 2011/77/EU on granting Union financial assistance to Ireland
| 16.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/11
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 2 September 2011
amending Implementing Decision 2011/77/EU on granting Union financial assistance to Ireland
(2011/542/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010 of 11 May 2010 establishing a European financial stabilisation mechanism (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Upon a request by Ireland, the Council granted financial assistance to it (Implementing Decision 2011/77/EU (2)) in support of a strong economic and financial reform programme aiming at restoring confidence, enabling the return of the economy to sustainable growth, and safeguarding financial stability in Ireland, the euro area and the Union.
(2) In line with Article 3(9) of Implementing Decision 2011/77/EU, the Commission, together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and in liaison with the European Central Bank (ECB), has conducted the third review of the Irish authorities’ progress on the implementation of the agreed measures as well as of the effectiveness and economic and social impact of the agreed measures.
(3) Under the Commission’s current projections for nominal GDP growth (1,1 % in 2011, 2,8 % in 2012 and 3,8 % in 2013), the fiscal adjustment path is in line with the Council Recommendation to Ireland of 7 December 2010 pursuant to Article 126(7) of the Treaty and is consistent with a path for the debt-to-GDP ratio of 109,9 % in 2011, 116,2 % in 2012 and 119,4 % in 2013. The debt to GDP ratio would peak in 2013 and be placed on a declining path thereafter, assuming further progress in the reduction of the deficit. Debt dynamics are affected by several below-the-line operations, including capital injection into banks in 2011 with net debt-increasing effect of around 6 percentage points of GDP, an assumption to maintain high cash reserves, and differences between accrued and cash interest payments.
(4) The Irish authorities have indicated that there are very realistic prospects, based on the results of the Liability Management Exercises (LME) conducted thus far, to secure a further EUR 0,51 billion private sector-contribution to the recapitalisation of Bank of Ireland by 31 December 2011. In light of the already large public cost of the bank recapitalisation, and given the conservative approach used to determine Bank of Ireland’s recapitalisation need, it is now deemed unnecessary and indeed inappropriate for Ireland to inject that amount of EUR 0,51 billion in advance of the completion of further private sector-contributions in order to meet the programme deadline, as doing so would result in higher than needed fiscal cost and an unnecessarily high capital adequacy ratio for Bank of Ireland once the proceeds from the further private sector-contribution become available. The deadline for the completion of this part of the recapitalisation of Bank of Ireland has been reset to end 2011.
(5) In light of these developments, Implementing Decision 2011/77/EU should be amended,
Implementing Decision 2011/77/EU is amended as follows:
(1) Article 1(3) is replaced by the following:
(2) Article 3(7) is amended as follows:
(a) point (g) is replaced by the following:
‘(g) the recapitalisation of the domestic banks by end July 2011 (subject to appropriate adjustment for expected asset sales and liability management exercises in the cases of Irish Life & Permanent and Bank of Ireland) in line with the findings of the 2011 Prudential Liquidity Assessment Review (PLAR) and Prudential Capital Assessment Review (PCAR), as announced by the Central Bank of Ireland on 31 March 2011. To allow further burden sharing, the final EUR 0,51 billion step in recapitalising Bank of Ireland will be completed by end 2011 and any further recapitalisation of Irish Life & Permanent will be completed following the disposal of the insurance arm.’;
(b) the following points are added:
‘(q) the submission to the Dáil, by end October, of a Pre-Budget Outlook setting out a medium-term fiscal consolidation plan for 2012-15 outlining the overall composition of revenue and expenditure adjustments for each year, consistent with the targets set out in the Council Recommendation of 7 December 2010;
(r) the announcement, by 2012 Budget day (early December 2011), of binding medium-term expenditure cash ceilings and set out revenue and expenditure measures to deliver the needed adjustment over 2012-15;
(s) the issuance by the Central Bank of Ireland, by end December 2011, of guidance to banks for the recognition of accounting losses incurred in their loan book;
(t) the publication by the Central Bank of Ireland, by end December 2011, of new guidelines for the valuation of collateral for bank loans;
(u) the preparation and discussion, by end December 2011, of a draft programme of asset disposals, including the identification of the potential assets to be disposed, any necessary regulatory changes, and a timetable for implementation.’.
This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
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31992R0479 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 479/92 of 25 February 1992 on the application of Article 85 (3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 479/92 of 25 February 1992 on the application of Article 85 (3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 87 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Article 85 (1) of the Treaty may in accordance with Article 85 (3) thereof be declared inapplicable to categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices which fulfil the conditions contained in Article 85 (3);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 87 of the Treaty, the provisions for the application of Article 85 (3) of the Treaty should be adopted by way of Regulation; whereas, according to Article 87 (2) (b), such a Regulation must lay down detailed rules for the application of Article 85 (3), taking into account the need to ensure effective supervision, on the one hand, and to simplify administration to the greatest possible extent on the other; whereas, according to Article 87 (2) (d), such a Regulation is required to define the respective functions of the Commission and of the Court of Justice;
Whereas liner shipping is a capital intensive industry; whereas containerization has increased pressures for cooperation and rationalization; whereas the Community shipping industry needs to attain the necessary economies of scale in order to compete successfully on the world liner shipping market;
Whereas joint-service agreements between liner shipping companies with the aim of rationalizing their operations by means of technical, operational and/or commercial arrangements (described in shipping circles as consortia) can help to provide the necessary means for improving the productivity of liner shipping services and promoting technical and economic progress;
Having regard to the importance of maritime transport for the development of the Community's trade and the role which consortia agreements can fulfil in this respect, taking account of the special features of international liner shipping;
Whereas the legalization of these agreements is a measure which can make a positive contribution to improving the competitiveness of shipping in the Community;
Whereas users of the shipping services offered by consortia can obtain a share of the benefits resulting from the improvements in productivity and service, by means of, inter alia, regularity, cost reductions derived from higher levels of capacity utilization, and better service quality stemming from improved vessels and equipment;
Whereas the Commission should be enabled to declare by way of Regulation that the provisions of Article 85 (1) of the Treaty do not apply to certain categories of consortia agreements, decisions and concerted practices, in order to make it easier for undertakings to cooperate in ways which are economically desirable and without adverse effect from the point of view of competition policy;
Whereas the Commission, in close and constant liaison with the competent authorities of the Member States, should be able to define precisely the scope of these exemptions and the conditions attached to them;
Whereas consortia in liner shipping are a specialized and complex type of joint venture; whereas there is a great variety of different consortia agreements operating in different circumstances; whereas the scope, parties, activities or terms of consortia are frequently altered; whereas the Commission should therefore be given the responsibility of defining from time to time the consortia to which a group exemption should apply;
Whereas, in order to ensure that all the conditions of Article 85 (3) of the Treaty are met, conditions should be attached to group exemptions to ensure in particular that a fair share of the benefits will be passed on to shippers and that competition is not eliminated;
Whereas pursuant to Article 11 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 of 22 December 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport (4) the Commission may provide that a decision taken in accordance with Article 85 (3) of the Treaty shall apply with retroactive effect; whereas it is desirable that the Commission be empowered to adopt, by Regulation, provisions to that effect;
Whereas notification of agreements, decisions and concerted practices falling within the scope of this Regulation must not be made compulsory, it being primarily the responsibility of undertakings to see to it that they conform to the rules on competition, and in particular to the conditions laid down by the subsequent Commission Regulation implementing this Regulation;
Whereas there can be no exemption if the conditions set out in Article 85 (3) of the Treaty are not satisfied; whereas the Commission should therefore have power to take the appropriate measures where an agreement proves to have effects incompatible with Article 85 (3) of the Treaty; whereas the Commission should be able first to address recommendations to the parties and then to take decisions,
1. Without prejudice to the application of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, the Commission may by regulation and in accordance with Article 85 (3) of the Treaty, declare that Article 85 (1) of the Treaty shall not apply to certain categories of agreements between undertakings, decisions of associations of undertakings and concerted practices that have as an object to promote or establish cooperation in the joint operation of maritime transport services between liner shipping companies, for the purpose of rationalizing their operations by means of technical, operational and/or commercial arrangements - with the exception of price fixing (consortia).
2. Such regulation adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall define the categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices to which it applies and shall specify the conditions and obligations under which, pursuant to Article 85 (3) of the Treaty, they shall be considered exempted from the application of Article 85 (1) of the Treaty.
1. The regulation adopted pursuant to Article 1 shall apply for a period of five years, calculated as from the date of its entry into force.
2. It may be repealed or amended where circumstances have changed with respect to any of the facts which were basic to its adoption.
The regulation adopted pursuant to Article 1 may include a provision stating that it applies with retroactive effect to agreements, decisions and concerted practices which were in existence at the date of entry into force of such regulation, provided they comply with the conditions established in that regulation.
Before adopting its regulation, the Commission shall publish a draft thereof to enable all the persons and organizations concerned to submit their comments within such reasonable time limit as the Commission shall fix, but in no case less than one month.
1. Before publishing the draft regulation and before adopting the regulation, the Commission shall consult the Advisory Committee on Agreements and Dominant Positions in Maritime Transport established by Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86.
2. Paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 relating to consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall apply, it being understood that joint meetings with the Commission shall take place not earlier than one month after dispatch of the notice convening them.
1. Where the persons concerned are in breach of a condition or obligation attaching to an exemption granted by the Regulation adopted pursuant to Article 1, the Commission may, in order to put an end to such a breach:
- address recommendations to the persons concerned, and
- in the event of failure by such persons to observe those recommendations, and depending on the gravity of the breach concerned, adopt a decision that either prohibits them from carrying out, or requires them to perform specific acts or, while withdrawing the benefit of the group exemption which they enjoyed, grants them an individual exemption in accordance with Article 11 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, or withdraws the benefit of the group exemption which they enjoyed.
2. Where the Commission, either on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State or of natural or legal persons claiming a legitimate interest, finds that in a particular case an agreement, decision or concerted practice to which the group exemption granted by the Regulation adopted pursuant to Article 1 applies, nevertheless has effects which are incompatible with Article 85 (3) of the Treaty or with the prohibition laid down in Article 86 of the Treaty, it may withdraw the benefit of the group exemption from those agreements, decisions or concerted practices and take all appropriate measures for the purpose of bringing these infringements to an end, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86.
3. Before taking a decision under paragraph 2, the Commission may address recommendations for termination of the infringement to the persons concerned.
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32000R0660 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2000 of 30 March 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 304/2000 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2000
of 30 March 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 304/2000 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98(2), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Conditions laid down in Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 304/2000 of 9 February 2000 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa)(3) imply prohibiton of the use within that part of the Irish Sea referred to as Strangford Loch of many types of fishing gears for the protection of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea. However, cod do not occur in Strangford Loch and the prohibition of the use of fishing gears of the types indicated is therefore not justified.
(2) Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 304/2000 therefore should be amended,
The following text shall be added to the end of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 304/2000."However, these conditions shall not apply to that part of the Irish Sea referred to as Strangford Loch."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable from 14 February 2000.
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32011R0053 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 53/2011 of 21 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions
| 22.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 53/2011
of 21 January 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), in particular the third and fourth paragraphs of Article 121 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 (2), the authorised oenological practices are laid down in Annex I to that Regulation. The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has adopted new oenological practices. In order to meet the international standards in this field and to provide EU producers with the new possibilities available to third country producers, these new oenological practices should be authorised in the EU under the conditions of use defined by the OIV.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 authorises clarification by means of pectolytic enzymes and enzymatic preparations of beta-glucanase. These enzymes and other enzymatic preparations are also used for maceration, clarification, stabilisation, filtration and for revealing the aromatic precursors of grapes present in the must and the wine. These oenological practices have been adopted by the OIV and they should be authorised under the conditions of use defined by the OIV.
(3) Wines entitled to the protected designations of origin ‘Malta’ and ‘Gozo’ have a sugar content greater than 45 g/l and are produced in small quantities. Likewise, certain French white wines with a protected geographical indication may have a total alcoholic strength by volume greater than 15 % vol. and a sugar content greater than 45 g/l. In order to ensure the preservation of these wines, the Member States concerned, i.e., Malta and France, respectively, requested a derogation to the maximum sulphur dioxide contents given in Annex I B to Regulation (EC) No 606/2009. These wines should be mentioned in the list of wines having a maximum sulphur dioxide content of 300 milligrams per litre.
(4) Wines entitled to the traditional expression ‘Késői szüretelésű bor’ have a very high sugar content and are produced in small quantities. In order to ensure the preservation of these wines, Hungary requested a derogation to the maximum sulphur dioxide content. A maximum sulphur dioxide content of 350 milligrams per litre should be authorised for these wines.
(5) Wines entitled to the protected designation of origin ‘Douro’ followed by the statement ‘colheita tardia’ derogate from the maximum sulphur dioxide content. Wines entitled to the protected designation of origin ‘Duriense’ have the same characteristics as these wines. On the basis of this, Portugal requested a derogation from the maximum sulphur dioxide content. A maximum sulphur dioxide content of 400 milligrams per litre should be authorised for these wines.
(6) In order to render the names of vine varieties clearer, the names of the varieties should be given in the different languages of the countries where these varieties are used.
(7) Certain provisions concerning certain liqueur wines differ from the requirements laid down in the specifications for these wines. These provisions should be amended in accordance with the requirements in question.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 should be amended accordingly.
(9) The making of wine from grapes harvested during the 2010 wine-growing year has already begun. In order not to distort competition between wine producers, the new oenological practices should be authorised for all these producers starting at the beginning of the 2010 wine-growing year. This regulation should apply retroactively from 1 August 2010, which marks the start of the 2010 wine-growing year.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Regulatory Committee established by Article 195(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007,
Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 shall be amended as follows:
(a) Annex I A is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;
(b) Annex I B is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation;
(c) Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation;
(d) Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2010.
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31992D0168 | 92/168/EEC: Commission Decision of 4 March 1992 authorizing Greece to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of an agricultural plant species (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 4 March 1992 authorizing Greece to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of an agricultural plant species (Only the Greek text is authentic) (92/168/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC (2), and in particular Article 15 (2) and (3) thereof,
Having regard to the application lodged by the Hellenic Republic,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 15 (1) of Directive 70/457/EEC, Member States shall ensure that, after the expiry of a period ending on 31 December of the second year following that in which a variety was accepted, seed and propagating material of varieties accepted after 1 July 1972 in one or more Member States in accordance with the provisions of the Directive are subject to no marketing restrictions relating to the variety;
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) of Directive 70/457/EEC provides that, in the cases set out in Article 15 (3), a Member State may be authorized, upon application, to prohibit the marketing of seed and propagating material of certain varieties;
Whereas the application of Greece relates to early varieties of soya bean; whereas the application was made before 31 December 1989 and is based on Article 15 (3) (c), second alternative, of Directive 70/457/EEC, namely that it is well known that such varieties are not at present suitable for cultivation in Greece;
Whereas it appears that the ground set out at Article 15 (3) (c), second alternative, of Directive 70/457/EEC, namely that it is well known that early varieties of soya bean are not at present suitable for cultivation in Greece, has been established;
Whereas, however, the system for the grant of authorizations pursuant to Article 15 (2) of the said Directive must be revised, with a view to the completion of the internal market; whereas this revision will affect all derogations granted hitherto, with effect from 31 December 1992 at the latest;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The Hellenic Republic is hereby authorized to prohibit the marketing in its territory of seed of the following varieties listed in the 1989 common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species:
Oil and fibre plants
Glycine max (L.) Merr. (soya bean),
Ambassador,
Dorado,
Leman.
The authorization given in Article 1 shall be withdrawn as soon as it is established that the conditions thereof are no longer satisfied.
The Hellenic Republic shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of the date from which it make use of the authorization under Article 1 and the detailed methods to be followed.
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32000D0371 | 2000/371/EC: Commission Decision of 6 June 2000 setting the date on which dispatch of fighting bulls from Portugal to France may commence by virtue of Article 3(7) of Decision 98/653/EC (notified under document number C(2000) 1563) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 6 June 2000
setting the date on which dispatch of fighting bulls from Portugal to France may commence by virtue of Article 3(7) of Decision 98/653/EC
(notified under document number C(2000) 1563)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/371/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2),
Having regard to Commission Decision 98/653/EC of 18 November 1998 concerning emergency measures made necessary by the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal(3), as last amended by Decision 2000/104/EC(4), and in particular Article 3(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(7) of Decision 98/653/EC requires the Commission to set the date on which dispatch of fighting bulls may commence, after having assessed the protocols referred to in Annex II point 13 and after having informed the Member States.
(2) The protocols submitted by France have been assessed and found to be satisfactory,
The date referred to in Article 3(7) of Decision 98/653/EC shall be 7 June 2000 for dispatch of fighting bulls to France.
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31987D0565 | 87/565/EEC: Council Decision of 16 November 1987 concerning the conclusion of the Protocol amending the GATT Agreement on Government Procurement
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 November 1987
concerning the conclusion of the Protocol amending the GATT Agreement on Government Procurement
(87/565/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the other signatories to the GATT Agreement on Government Procurement (1) entered into negotiations under Article IX (6) (b) thereof with a view to improving certain provisions of the Agreement;
Whereas the results of these negotiations are acceptable to the Community,
The Protocol amending the GATT Agreement on Government Procurement is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
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32003D0324 | 2003/324/EC: Commission Decision of 12 May 2003 as regards a derogation from the intra-species recycling ban for fur animals under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1496)
| 13.5.2003 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 117/37
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 May 2003
as regards a derogation from the intra-species recycling ban for fur animals under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document number C(2003) 1496)
(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/324/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 22(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 provides for a prohibition on the feeding of animals with processed animal protein derived from animals of the same species. Derogations may be granted in relation to fur animals after consultation of the appropriate scientific committee.
(2) The Scientific Steering Committee issued an opinion on 24 and 25 June 1999 on the risks of non-conventional transmissible agents, conventional infectious agents or other hazards such as toxic substances entering the human food or animal feed chains via raw material from fallen stock and dead animals or via condemned materials. That opinion was updated on 13 July 1999. The opinion refers to the risks related to the feeding of fur animals with processed animal protein derived from animals of the same species.
(3) On 17 September 1999 the Scientific Steering Committee adopted an opinion with regard to intra-species recycling on the risk born by recycling animal by-products as feed with regard to propagating TSE in non-ruminant farmed animals.
(4) According to those scientific opinions fur animals recycling may be considered in certain regions on the basis of well documented grounds which ensure that the presence of TSE agent in the population concerned is unlikely. Those opinions also set out the conditions that are necessary in order to minimise the TSE risk.
(5) Finland has submitted a request for a derogation on intra-species recycling ban for fur animals. The request fulfils the conditions required in the opinions adopted by the Scientific Steering Committee to minimise the TSE risk.
(6) Accordingly, a derogation should be granted to Finland from the intra-species recycling ban for fur animals under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. In order to avoid a risk to public and animal health, that derogation should be subject to certain conditions.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Derogation to Finland for certain fur producing animals
Pursuant to Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, a derogation is granted to Finland with regard to the feeding of the following fur animals with processed animal protein derived from the bodies or parts of bodies of animals of the same species:
(a) foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus); and
(b) raccoon dogs (Nycteroites procynoides).
Approvals for registered farms
The competent authority may grant approval to registered farms for the feeding of the species referred to in Article 1 with processed animal protein derived from the bodies or parts of bodies of animals of the same species. Such approval shall only be granted to registered farms:
(a) on the basis of an application that is accompanied by documentation proving that there is no reason to suspect the presence of the TSE agent in the population of the species covered by the application;
(b) where an appropriate surveillance system for TSEs in fur animals is in place and includes regular laboratory testing of samples for TSE; and
(c) providing appropriate guarantees that no animal by-product or processed animal protein derived from those animals or their offspring may enter the food or feed chain of other animals than fur animals;
(d) where the farm has had no known contact with any farm with a suspected or confirmed outbreak of TSE;
(e) where the responsible person of the registered farm complies with the requirements set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 and in the Annex to this Decision.
Control measures
1. The competent authority shall take the necessary measures to control:
(a) the appropriate composition, processing and use of the feed containing processed animal protein derived from the bodies or parts of bodies of animals of the same species;
(b) the animals that are fed with the feed referred to in point (a), including:
(i) strict supervision of the health status of those animals;
(ii) appropriate TSE surveillance involving regular sampling and laboratory examination for TSEs;
(c) that the requirements of Article 2 are fulfilled.
2. The samples referred to in paragraph 1(b)(ii) shall include samples taken from animals showing neurological symptoms and from older breeding animals.
Suspension of an approval
An approval as provided for in Article 2 shall be immediately suspended in the event of suspected or confirmed contact with any farm with a suspected or confirmed outbreak of TSE until the risk of contamination may be conclusively excluded.
Compliance with this Decision
Finland shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. It shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Applicability
This Decision shall apply from 1 May 2003.
Addressee
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32006R0293 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 293/2006 of 17 February 2006 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 3rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
| 18.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 48/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 293/2006
of 17 February 2006
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 3rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies may sell by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter from intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of that Regulation lays down 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 laid down that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure. The amount of the processing security as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should 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,
For the 3rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the minimum selling prices for butter from intervention stocks and the amount of the processing security, as referred to in Articles 25 and 28 of that Regulation respectively, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 2006.
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32003R1927 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1927/2003 of 31 October 2003 fixing the export refunds on malt
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1927/2003
of 31 October 2003
fixing the export refunds on malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1431/2003(4).
(3) The refund applicable in the case of malts must be calculated with amount taken of the quantity of cereals required to manufacture the products in question. The said quantities are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying these rules to the present situation on markets in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on malt listed in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2003.
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32006D0782 | 2006/782/EC: Council Decision of 24 October 2006 amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field
| 24.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/57
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 October 2006
amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field
(2006/782/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (3) provides for the possibility of the Community's making a financial contribution to the Member States for the eradication of certain animal diseases. Currently, that Decision also provides for the possibility of a financial contribution from the Community for the eradication of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), both of which diseases affect salmonides.
(2) Disease control actions for ISA and IHN are eligible for Community financial contribution only under Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector (4).
(3) In the light of the adoption of Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (5), it is appropriate to amend Decision 90/424/EEC so that Community financial contributions can also be granted for eradication measures carried out by the Member States to combat other diseases in aquaculture animals, subject to Community control provisions.
(4) Member States can receive financial contributions to support their national fisheries and aquaculture sector under Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (6). Article 32 of that Regulation authorises Member States to allocate funds for the eradication of diseases in aquaculture under the terms of Decision 90/424/EEC.
(5) The funds for the eradication of diseases in aquaculture animals should be allocated within the operational programmes set up under Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006, the budget for which is fixed at the beginning of the programming period.
(6) Financial contributions from the Community for disease control purposes in aquaculture animals should be subject to scrutiny regarding compliance with the control provisions laid down in Directive 2006/88/EC, in accordance with the same procedures as those that apply for such scrutiny and control for certain terrestrial animal diseases.
(7) It is therefore appropriate to apply the procedures for financial contribution laid down in Decision 90/424/EEC also to the use of financial contribution for the control of diseases in aquaculture animals under Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006.
(8) It is appropriate for this Decision to become applicable at the same time as Directive 2006/88/EC.
(9) Decision 90/424/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly,
Decision 90/424/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
(1) in Article 3(1), the following indents shall be added:
— ‘epizootic haematopoietic necrosis in fish (EHN),
— epizootic ulcerative syndrome in fish (EUS),
— infection with Bonamia exitiosa,
— infection with Perkinsus marinus,
— infection with Microcytos mackini,
— Taura syndrome in crustaceans,
— yellowhead disease in crustaceans.’;
(2) the following Article shall be inserted:
(3) Article 5(2) shall be replaced by the following:
(4) The following paragraph shall be added to Article 24:
(a) the rate of aid shall be in accordance with the rate laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006;
(b) paragraphs 8 and 9 of this Article shall not apply.
(5) the following indents shall be added to the Annex, Group I:
— ‘Spring viraemia of carp (SVC),
— Viral haemorrhagic septicæmia (VHS),
— Koi herpes virus infection (KHV),
— Infection with Bonamia ostreae,
— Infection with Marteilia refringens,
— White spot disease in crustaceans.’
This Decision shall apply from 1 August 2008.
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32012D0517 | 2012/517/EU: Council Decision of 24 September 2012 appointing an Italian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| 26.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 258/29
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 September 2012
appointing an Italian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/517/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Italian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Angelo ZUBBANI,
The following is hereby appointed as alternate member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
— Mr Leoluca ORLANDO, Sindaco del Comune di Palermo.
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32003R0635 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 635/2003 of 8 April 2003 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 635/2003
of 8 April 2003
fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2002(2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in poultrymeat that the refund should be fixed at an amount which would permit Community participation in world trade and would also take account of the nature of these exports and their importance at the present time.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
The list of product codes for which, when they are exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 2003.
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31999D0201 | 1999/201/EC: Council Decision of 14 December 1998 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products
| 18.3.1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 71/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 December 1998
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products
(1999/201/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with Article 228(2), first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products provides an adequate means for putting into practice the provisions of the World Trade Organisation Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures as regards public and animal health measures;
Whereas the Agreement will contribute towards facilitating bilateral trade between the European Community and Canada in live animals and animal products through the progressive recognition of the equivalence of sanitary measures, the recognition of animal health status, the application of regionalisation and the improvement of communication and cooperation;
Whereas it is appropriate to make provisions for a procedure establishing close and effective cooperation between the Commission and the Member States within the Standing Veterinary Committee;
Whereas the Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Community,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement and the Annexes thereto are attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person or persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
The measures necessary for the implementation of this Agreement, including guarantees with regard to fresh meat and meat-based products equivalent to those laid down by Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), shall be established pursuant to the procedure laid down in Article 30 of that Directive.
The Commission, assisted by Member States' representatives, shall represent the Community in the Joint Management Committee referred to in Article 16(1) of the Agreement.
The Community position with regard to the matters to be dealt with by that Joint Management Committee shall be established within the appropriate Council bodies, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty.
Amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement which are the result of recommendations by the Joint Management Committee shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 29 of Directive 72/462/EEC.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32005R1204 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1204/2005 of 26 July 2005 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| 28.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 197/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1204/2005
of 26 July 2005
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2) laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, 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 29 July 2005.
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32011R1091 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1091/2011 of 27 October 2011 fixing the maximum amount of aid granted for the private storage of olive oil under the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1023/2011
| 28.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 281/23
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1091/2011
of 27 October 2011
fixing the maximum amount of aid granted for the private storage of olive oil under the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1023/2011
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 43(d), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1023/2011 of 14 October 2011 opening the tendering procedure for aid for private storage of olive oil (2) provides for two tendering sub-periods.
(2) In accordance with Article 13(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 of 20 August 2008 laying down common rules for the granting of private storage aid for certain agricultural products (3), on the basis of tenders notified by the Member States, the Commission either fixes a maximum amount of the aid or does not fix a maximum amount of the aid.
(3) On the basis of the tenders submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum amount of the aid for private storage of olive oil for the tendering sub-period ending on 25 October 2011.
(4) In order to give a rapid signal to the market and to ensure efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(5) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
For the tendering sub-period ending on 25 October 2011 within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1023/2011, the maximum amount of aid for olive oil shall be as set out 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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31999R0710 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 710/1999 of 31 March 1999 prohibiting fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of France
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 710/1999
of 31 March 1999
prohibiting fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2478/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 51/1999 of 18 December 1998 allocating, for 1999, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen(3) lays down the saithe quotas for 1999;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits 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 saithe in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIa and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have reached the quota allocated for 1999; whereas France has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 8 March 1999; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of saithe in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIa and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 1999.
Fishing for saithe in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIa and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of fish from this stock caught by the above 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.
It shall apply with effect from 8 March 1999.
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32006D0852 | 2006/852/EC: Council Decision of 28 November 2006 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditor of Banka Slovenije
| 29.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 331/19
COUNCIL DECISION
of 28 November 2006
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditor of Banka Slovenije
(2006/852/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,
Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2006/14 of the European Central Bank of 9 October 2006 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Banka Slovenije (1),
Whereas:
(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2) Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2006/495/EC of 11 July 2006 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Slovenia of the single currency on 1 January 2007 (2), Slovenia now fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro and the derogation in favour of Slovenia referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession (3) should be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2007.
(3) Following the abrogation of the derogation for Slovenia, the Governing Council of the ECB recommended that the Council approve Deloitte & Touche revizija d.o.o. as external auditors for the Banka Slovenije for the financial years 2007 and 2008, starting from the financial year 2007.
(4) It is appropriate to follow the Recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Decision 1999/70/EC (4) accordingly,
The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC:
‘13. Deloitte & Touche revizija d.o.o. is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banka Slovenije for the financial years 2007 and 2008.’
This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.
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31985R2954 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2954/85 of 22 October 1985 laying down certain measures for the standardization and simplification of statistics of trade between Member States
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2954/85
of 22 October 1985
laying down certain measures for the standardization and simplification of statistics of trade between Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2845/77 (2), and in particular Article 21 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas it is necessary for the purpose of standardization and simplification to define the subject of statistics of trade between Member States in such a way that it is clearly distinguishable from the subject of external trade statistics of the Community;
Whereas it is also necessary to lay down the data on trade between the Member States to be collected and complied and the relevant definitions;
Whereas some of the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 should no longer apply for the purposes of statistics of trade between Member States;
Whereas such standardization and simplification is necessary for attaining one of the objectives of the Community; whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary specific powers and this Regulation should therefore be based on Article 235 thereof,
1. Statistics of trade between Member States shall include all goods:
A. sent to a Member State from the Member State of dispatch,
(a) in which latter Member State they meet the conditions of the internal market;
(b) in which latter Member State they do not meet the conditions of the internal market thereof but were manufactured or made subject to processing arrangements of a tax nature;
(c) in which they are subject to inward processing arrangements in the unaltered state, as compensating products or as intermediate products within the meaning of Directive 69/73/EEC (6) and in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Directive 73/95/EEC (7);
B. (a) which meet the conditions of Article 9 (2) of the Treaty and which, in the Member State of destination, are either entered for home use or made subject to processing arrangements of a tax nature;
(b) sent from the Member State of dispatch to the Member State of destination under the inward processing arrangements defined in Directive 69/73/EEC and in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Directive 73/95/EEC, either for further processing or to be put into free circulation.
2. Articles 3 to 10 shall apply only to the goods defined in paragraph 1 A (a) and (b) and B (a), hereinafter referred to as 'goods'.
The cases set out in Article 1 (1) A shall come under the heading 'dispatch' and those in B under the heading 'arrival'.
The Member State of dispatch shall be taken to mean the Member State from which the goods as defined in Article 1 (1) A (a) and (b) are sent to another Member State.
The Member State of destination shall be taken to mean the Member State to which the goods as defined in Article 1 (1) A (a) and (b) are sent from another Member State.
For each heading of the NIMEXE, the following should be indicated in the statistical information medium:
(a) on arrival, the Member State of dispatch;
(b) on dispatch, the Member State of destination;
(c) the net weight of the goods in accordance with Article 15 (1) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75, or, for goods defined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41 of that Regulation, the net weight with immediate wrappings in accordance with Article 15 (2) and (4) of that Regulation;
(d) for goods defined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75, other units of measurement, called supplementary units, in addition to or in place of the net weight or net weight with immediate wrappings, in accordance with Article 16 of that Regulation;
(e) the statistical value of the goods in accordance with Article 6 of this Regulation;
(f) where applicable, special movements of goods in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75;
(g) the mode of transport, in accordance with Article 7 of this Regulation.
1. On dispatch, the statistical value shall be established from the taxable amount to be determined for tax purposes according to the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC (1) for supplies of goods as defined in Article 11 A (1) (a) and, where appropriate, for supplies as defined in Article 11 A (1) (b) of that Directive, but deducting the taxes which are deductible by reason of dispatch; however, this value shall include the transport and insurance costs relating to the part of the itinerary situated in the statistical territory of the Member State of dispatch.
2. On arrival, the statistical value shall be established from the taxable amount to be determined for tax purposes according to the abovementioned Directive for supplies as defined in Article 11 B of that Directive, but deducting the taxes which are due by reason of the goods being put on the market, and also the transport and insurance costs relating to the part of the itinerary situated in the statistical territory of the Member State of destination.
3. The statistical value must be declared in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, even if no taxable amount must be determined for tax purposes.
4. For goods which result from operations carried out under processing arrangements of a tax nature, the statistical value on dispatch and, by way of derogation from Article 11 B (5) of the abovementioned Directive, on arrival, shall be established as if those goods had been completely produced in the processing Member State.
1. 'Mode of transport' shall be taken to mean, on dispatch, the mode of transport determined by the active means of transport by which the goods are presumed to have left the statistical territory of the Member State of dispatch and, on arrival, the mode of transport determined by the active means of transport by which they enter the statistical territory of the Member State of destination.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation the modes of transport shall be as follows:
1.2 // // // Code // Description // // // 1 // Sea // 2 // Rail // 3 // Road // 4 // Air // 5 // Mail // 7 // Fixed transport installations // 8 // Inland waterway // 9 // Own propulsion // //
3. If reference is made to one of the modes of transport listed in paragraph 2 codes 1, 2, 3, 4 or 8, it must also be indicated whether the goods are transported in containers within the meaning of Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75.
4. If reference is made to one of the modes of transport listed in paragraph 2 codes 1, 3, 4 or 8, the nationality of the active means of transport as known on dispatch or on arrival must also be indicated.
1. The Community and the Member States shall compile the data referred to in Article 5 (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).
2. The Community and the Member States shall also compile the data referred to in Article 5 (g). The date from which and the conditions under which these data are to be complied shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75.
3. The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall be complied for all goods which are the subject, in accordance with Article 1 (1), of statistics of trade between Member States, with the exception of those:
(a) included in the list of exceptions given in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75;
(b) whose value and weight are below the statistical threshold defined in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 and determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41 thereof;
(c) to which Articles 27, 28 (1), 29, 30, 31 or 32 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 or similar provisions adopted pursuant to Article 33 thereof apply.
4. The Member States may waive the statistical information requirement for the goods referred to in paragraph 3 (a), (b) and (c).
1. Articles 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 38 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 shall not apply to statistics of trade between Member States.
2. For the application to statistics of trade between Member States of the remaining Articles of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 the terms 'export' and 'import' shall be replaced by 'dispatch' and 'arrival' respectively.
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1. Provisions for the standardization and simplification of:
(a) statistical information;
(b) the statistical information medium, in so far as the data to be supplied under the terms of this Regulation are concerned,
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75.
Provisions for the application of this Reuglation and any derogations arising from specific needs shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.
2. The rules of the Member States in this matter shall continue to apply up to the date of entry into force of the provisions referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.
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The Member States shall forward to the Commission without delay, and not later than six weeks after the end of the reference month, the monthly results of their external-trade statistics. These results shall give the data listed in Article 8 (1).
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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 January 1988.
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32006R1251 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2006 of 18 August 2006 amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year
| 19.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 227/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1251/2006
of 18 August 2006
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular of the Article 36,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2006/2007 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1236/2006 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2006.
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32007R1133 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1133/2007 of 28 September 2007 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
| 29.9.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 255/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1133/2007
of 28 September 2007
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 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2) and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 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 1785/2003 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 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003.
(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 October 2007.
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32002R1595 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2002 of 6 September 2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2002
of 6 September 2002
suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1614/2001(4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1521/2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States(5) establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by Germany under Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 1521/2002 should be repealed,
Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Denmark, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.
Regulation (EC) No 1521/2002 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 September 2002.
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32004R1166 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1166/2004 of 24 June 2004 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 25.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1166/2004
of 24 June 2004
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks 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 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these goods are exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), 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 I to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75.
(2) In accordance with 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 a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.
(3) Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay Round lays down that the export refund for a product contained in goods may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(4) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(5) The Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 June 2004.
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31996L0083 | Directive 96/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 amending Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs
| DIRECTIVE 96/83/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 December 1996 amending Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189b of the Treaty (3),
Whereas since the adoption of Directive 94/35/EC (4) there have been many technical developments in the field of sweeteners;
Whereas the Directive should be adapted to take account of these developments;
Whereas the Scientific Committee for Food set up by Commission Decision 95/273/EC (5) was consulted before the adoption of provisions liable to have an effect on public health,
Directive 94/35/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. the following paragraph shall be added to Article 1:
'5. This Directive shall also apply to the corresponding foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses within the meaning of Directive 89/398/EEC.`;
2. Article 2 shall be amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:
'3. Sweeteners may not be used in food for infants and young children as referred to in Directive 89/398/EEC, including food for infants and young children who are not in good health, unless otherwise laid down in specific provisions.`;
(b) the following paragraph shall be added:
'5. In the Annex "quantum satis" means that no maximum level is specified. However, sweeteners shall be used in accordance with good manufacturing practice, at a dose level not higher than is necessary to achieve the intended purpose and provided the consumer is not misled.`;
3. the following Article shall be added:
'Article 2a
Without prejudice to other Community provisions, the presence of a sweetener in a foodstuff is permissible:
- in compound foodstuffs with no added sugar or energy-reduced, in compound dietary foodstuffs intended for a low-calorie diet and in compound foodstuffs with a long shelf-life, other than those mentioned in Article 2 (3), insofar as the sweetener is permitted in one of the ingredients of the compound foodstuff, or
- if the foodstuff is intended to be used solely in the preparation of a compound foodstuff which conforms to this Directive.`;
4. the category 'Vitamins and dietary preparations` in the Annex shall be renamed 'Food supplements/diet integrators based on vitamins and/or mineral elements, syrup-type or chewable`;
5. the table in the Annex shall be supplemented by the table in the Annex to this Directive.
Member States shall, where necessary, amend their laws, regulations or administrative provisions in order to:
- authorize trade in products conforming to this Directive, by 19 December 1997 at the latest;
- prohibit trade in products not conforming to this Directive from 19 June 1998. However, products placed on the market or labelled before that date which do not comply with this Directive may be marketed until stocks are exhausted.
They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods for making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
This Decision shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31994R1418 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/94 of 20 June 1994 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of artificial corundum originating in the people's Republic of China
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1418/94 of 20 June 1994 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of artificial corundum originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 522/94 (2), and in particular Article 10 (6) thereof,
After consultation within the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE (1) On 17 March 1990 the Commission published in the Official Journal of the European Communities a notice announcing the initiation of the following reviews (3):
- review of the anti-dumping measures applied to imports of artificial corundum originating in Czechoslovakia and the People's Republic of China imposed by Commission Decision 84/650/EEC (4) (review pursuant to Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88);
- review of the anti-dumping measures applied to imports of artificial corundum originating in the Soviet Union, Hungary and Poland, imposed by Commission Decision 86/464/EEC (5) (review pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88);
This was followed by an investigation of dumping and injury.
(2) The product to which the review related is smelted aluminium oxide (also known as artificial corundum, which is a crystallized aluminium oxide). There are several varieties of artificial corundum, the main ones being brown artificial corundum, which contains 94 to 97 % aluminium oxide (AI2O3), and white artificial corundum, which contains 97,5 to 99,5 % aluminium oxide. Both are classified under CN code 2818 10 00 (artificial corundum). For the purposes of this review, they are regarded as a single product.
(3) All the companies were informed of the main results of the investigation and were given the opportunity to make their views known. It was established that dumping was occurring, that the dumped imports were causing injury to the Community industry and that the interests of the latter required definitive duties to be imposed. Commission Decision 91/512/EEC (6) accepted a price undertaking from all the exporters with which the review dealt, with the Peking Chamber of Commerce acting as a joint signatory of the undertaking.
(4) No residual anti-dumping duty was imposed as a result of the proceeding, as at the time the companies which had given the undertakings had an export monopoly. It subsequently emerged that the Soviet company had lost its monopoly and that Chinese exports had started to come from companies that the Commission had not previously encountered.
To accommodate these changed circumstances, Council Regulation (EEC) No 2552/93 (7) imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on all imports of artificial corundum from China, the Russian Federation and Ukraine except those from the companies from which undertakings had already been accepted.
This meant that the 30,8 % anti-dumping duty on Chinese goods did not apply to the exports of:
- CMEC-China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Co., Beijing,
- The second abrasive wheel factory of China, Zhengzhou, Henan,
- Mount Tai Co. of the fourth Grinding Wheel factory of China, Zhangdian, ZiBo, Sha Dong,
- Shandong Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Co., Qingdao,
- Guandong Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Group Co., Guangzhou,
- CAEC - China Abrasives Import and Export Co., Zhengzhou, Henan.
B. VIOLATION OF UNDERTAKINGS (5) The terms of their undertakings obliged the six exporters to send the Commission half-yearly details of their exports of artificial corundum, in order to check compliance with the minimum prices established.
Having received no reports for the first half of 1993, the Commission reminded the six Chinese exporters in writing that failing to supply information connected with their undertaking was a violation of the terms of that undertaking pursuant to Article 10 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 and that Article 6 of the Regulation made it possible to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on the basis of the facts established prior to acceptance of the undertaking.
Only one (late) reply was received from a Chinese exporter claiming to have exported artificial corundum to the Community for sale at a price which complied with the undertaking. Of the other five exporters, two failed to reply and the remaining three claimed, after receiving reminders, that their exports had been nil.
At the end of January 1994, despite the previous reminders pointing out the companies' obligation to file reports, none had provided one for the second half of 1993. Two companies contacted the Commission in March 1994, after the stated deadline and after the Commission, in accordance with Article 10 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, had announced its intention to impose provisional anti-dumping duties and had given the parties involved an opportunity to express their views on its intention to impose provisional anti-dumping duties. One, which had not reacted to the first reminder of 1993, claimed that its exports had been nil in that year. The second, which had been alone in declaring exports for the first half of 1993, declared exports for the second half of the year, again at price levels consistent with the undertaking. However, the Commission had meanwhile received reports that this same company had exported artificial corundum to the Community at the beginning of 1994 at prices significantly lower than those given in the undertaking. The Chinese exporter maintained that the product was simply a sample to enable a customer in the Community to assess its quality. No provision in the undertaking, however, permits such pricing, regardless of the conditions of sale; moreover the transaction document makes no reference to such a contract of this type, simply bearing the words 'confirmation of sale'.
(6) The account given above and the terms of Article 10 (5) point to a violation of the price undertaking by some of the Chinese co-signatories since the end of 1993, and by all of them since the beginning of 1994. Their breach consisted in particular in their failure to supply, in conformity with the conditions and time limits set out in the texts they had signed, and of which they had recently been reminded, the information needed for compliance.
Community statistics also demonstrate that imports of artificial corundum from China increased from 4 148 tonnes in 1991, the year in which the undertakings were accepted, to 13 144 tonnes in 1992.
Available figures for 1993 (January to November) show imports in excess of 15 700 tonnes, although only one Chinese exporter reported exports during that time and in any case declared volumes representing under 6 % of the statistics for 1992 and under 15 % of the statistics for the first half of 1993. Moreover, according to the statistics, the average value of the Chinese imports was below that contained in the undertaking.
As a result it is not possible to take the view that the undertaking is being adhered to, nor that compliance can continue to be checked, given that not one of the signatories is fulfilling its obligations fully or regularly.
The six Chinese exporters and their co-signatory the Peking Chamber of Commerce were given the opportunity, as required by Article 10 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, of expressing their views on the Commission's observations and on its intention to impose provisional anti-dumping duties. The reasoning set out above is a response to the arguments put forward.
C. COMMUNITY INTEREST (7) The Commission has no reason to believe that the conclusions as to the Community interest put forward in Decision 91/512/EEC should be revised.
As no argument suggesting that the measures in question are contrary to the Community interest has been advanced, the Commission considers that the Community interest requries immediate provisional measures.
D. PROVISIONAL DUTIES (8) Pursuant to Article 10 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, provisional anti-dumping duties must be calculated on the basis of the facts established before the undertaking was accepted. This means that the provisional anti-dumping duty should be 30,8 %,
1. A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of artificial corundum falling within CN code 2818 10 00 (Taric additional Code: 8725), originating in the People's Republic of China and exported to the Community by the following companies:
- CMEC-China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Co., Beijing,
- The second abrasive wheel factory of China, Zhengzhou, Henan,
- Mount Tai Co. of the fourth Grinding Wheel factory of China, Zhangian, ZiBo, Sha Dong,
- Shandong Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Co., Qingdao,
- Guandong Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Group Co., Guangzhou,
- CAEC - China Abrasives Import and Export Co., Zhengzhou, Henan.
2. The duty, expressed as a percentage of the net free-at-Community-frontier price of the product before customs duty, shall be 30,8 %.
3. The release for free circulation in the Community of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security equivalent to the provisional duty.
4. The provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Without prejudice to Article 7 (4) (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, the parties concerned may make their views known in writing and request a hearing by the Commission within one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006R1601 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1601/2006 of 26 October 2006 on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98
| 27.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 298/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1601/2006
of 26 October 2006
on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
Examination of the quantities for which import licence applications for rice have been submitted for the October 2006 tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for multiplied, where appropriate, by a reduction percentage, and the final percentage take-up of each quota in 2006 should be communicated,
1. Import licence applications for the tariff quotas for rice opened by Regulation (EC) No 327/98, submitted in the first 10 working days of October 2006 and notified to the Commission, shall be subject to percentage reduction coefficients as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The final use of the quotas concerned for 2006, in percentage terms, is set out in the annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2006.
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32006R0913 | Council Regulation (EC) No 913/2006 of 19 June 2006 amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan
| 22.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 169/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 913/2006
of 19 June 2006
amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), (the basic Regulation),
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURES
(1) The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (2), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems (TCS) originating in Japan.
(2) In September 2000, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 (3), confirmed the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 (as subsequently amended) pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation.
(3) In Article 1(3)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000, the Council specifically excluded from the scope of the anti-dumping duty camera systems listed in the Annex to that Regulation (the Annex), representing high-end professional camera systems technically falling within the product definition under Article 1(2) of that Regulation, but which cannot be regarded as television camera systems.
(4) The Commission, by notice of 29 September 2005 (4), initiated a review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation concerning the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of TCS originating in Japan.
B. INVESTIGATION CONCERNING NEW MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SYSTEMS
1. PROCEDURE
(5) Two Japanese exporting producers, Matsushita and Hitachi Denshi (Europa) GmbH (Hitachi) informed the Commission that they intended to introduce new models of professional camera systems into the Community market and requested the Commission to add these new models of professional camera systems and their accessories to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 and thus exempt them from the scope of the anti-dumping duties.
(6) The Commission informed the Community industry accordingly and commenced an investigation limited to the determination of whether the products under consideration fall within the scope of the anti-dumping duties and whether the operative part of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 should be amended accordingly.
2. MODELS UNDER INVESTIGATION
(7) The requests for exemption were received for the following models of camera systems, supplied with the relevant technical information:
Matsushita:
— Camera head AK-HC910L,
— Camera head AK-HC1500G,
— Camera control unit AK-HRP900,
— Camera control unit AK-HRP150.
Hitachi:
— Camera head DK-H31,
— Remote Control Panel RU-3300N.
3. FINDINGS
(a) Camera heads AK-HC910L and AK-HC1500G, camera control units AK-HRP900 and AK-HRP150
(8) The camera heads AK-HC910L and AK-HC1500G and camera control units AK-HRP900 and AK-HRP150 fall within the product description of Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. However, they are mainly used for professional applications and were found to be professional camera systems within the meaning of Article 1(3)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. They should therefore be excluded from the scope of the existing anti-dumping measures and added to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000.
(9) In accordance with the established Community institutions' practice, these television camera systems should be exempted from the anti-dumping duty from the date of receipt by the Commission services of the relevant request for exemption. Therefore, all imports of the following cameras imported on or after 5 September 2005 should be exempted from the anti-dumping duty from this date:
— Camera head AK-HC910L,
— Camera head AK-HC1500G,
— Camera control unit AK-HRP900,
— Camera control unit AK-HRP150.
(b) Camera heads DK-H31 and remote control panel RU-3300N
(10) Camera head DK-H31 and remote control panel RU-3300N fall within the product description of Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. However, they are mainly used for professional applications and are not sold with the corresponding triax system or adaptor on the Community market. Therefore, it was concluded that they should be regarded as professional camera systems within the meaning of Article 1(3)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000. As a result, they should be excluded from the scope of the existing anti-dumping measures and added to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000.
(11) In accordance with the established Community institutions' practice, these television camera systems should be exempted from the anti-dumping duty from the date of receipt by the Commission services of the relevant request for exemption. Therefore, all imports of the following cameras imported on or after 3 November 2005 should be exempted from the anti-dumping duty from this date:
— Camera head DK-H31,
— Remote control panel RU-3300N.
4. INFORMATION OF THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND CONCLUSIONS
(12) The Commission informed the Community industry and the exporters of the TCS of its findings and provided them with an opportunity to present their views. None of the parties objected to the Commission's findings.
(13) On the basis of the above, Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 should be amended accordingly,
The Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 shall be replaced by the Annex hereto.
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. This Regulation shall apply to imports of the following models produced and exported to the Community by the following exporting producers:
(a) Matsushita from 5 September 2005:
— Camera head AK-HC910L,
— Camera head AK-HC1500G,
— Camera control unit AK-HRP900,
— Camera control unit AK-HRP150.
(b) Hitachi from 3 November 2005:
— Camera head DK-H31,
— Remote control panel RU-3300N.
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31991R3083 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3083/91 of 21 October 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 3083/91 of 21 October 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 3082/91 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas the German authorities have requested replacement in the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of one vessel that no longer meets 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 pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/87; whereas scrutiny of this information shows that the requirements of the Regulation are met; whereas the vessel in question should be replaced in the list;
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 is amended as indicated in the Annex to 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0794 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2009 of 31 August 2009 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
| 1.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 228/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 794/2009
of 31 August 2009
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
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 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2009 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R0868 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 868/95 of 20 April 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2780/92 on the conditions for the grant of compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 868/95 of 20 April 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2780/92 on the conditions for the grant of compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain agricultural crops (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 defines the land eligible for compensatory payments; whereas in order to take account of certain specific situations where its provisions could have effects which are unduly restrictive, the said Article allows certain derogations by the Member States in accordance with their individual situations; whereas the application of the derogations contained in the fourth paragraph of that Article must not undermine the effectiveness of the arrangements laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 and in particular must not give rise to an increase in the total eligible area; whereas those derogations should be restricted to those cases where a producer is obliged to exchange ineligible land for eligible land within his holding; whereas to prevent the exchange of land beyond what is strictly necessary, Member States shall be required to give prior approval to all such exchanges;
Whereas it is necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2780/92 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2246/94 (3) accordingly;
Whereas the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2780/92 is replaced by the following:
'4. The cases referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 are those in which a producer is obliged to exchange ineligible land for eligible land within his holding for agronomic, phytosanitary or environmental reasons. In no cases may the exchange give rise to an increase in the total area of eligible arable land on the holding. Member States shall provide for a system of prior notification and approval of such exchanges.
Member States shall submit to the Commission, by 31 March each year at the latest, a plan comprising a list of the criteria according to which exchanges were approved, and evidence that the total area of eligible land has not increased as a result of those exchanges. However, for the 1995/96 marketing year, Member States shall submit their plans by 30 June 1995.`
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
31991R3579 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3579/91 of 25 November 1991 on the application of Decision No 3/91 of the EEC-Jordan Cooperation Council amending, as a consequence of the introduction of the harmonized system, Protocol 2 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation
| 14.12.1991 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 345/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3579/91
of 25 November 1991
on the application of Decision No 3/91 of the EEC-Jordan Cooperation Council amending, as a consequence of the introduction of the harmonized system, Protocol 2 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1) was signed on 18 January 1977;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 25 of Protocol 2 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the above Agreement, the EEC-Jordan Cooperation Council has adopted Decision No 3/91 amending Protocol 2;
Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community,
Decision No 3/91 of the EEC-Jordan Cooperation Council shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1992.
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 |
31991R1544 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1544/91 of 6 June 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to importation into Portugal of the products processed from fruit and vegetables listed in Annex XXII to the Act of Accession
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1544/91 of 6 June 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to importation into Portugal of the products processed from fruit and vegetables listed in Annex XXII to the Act of Accession
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular article 252, paragraph 3,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 (1), lays down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 lays down the detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to importation into Portugal of the products processes from fruit and vegetables listed in Annex XXII to the Act of Accession (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3824/90 (5) fixed, inter alia, in respect of certain products processed from fruit and vegetables, the indicative ceilings provided for in Article 251 (1) of the Act of Accession for the period 1 January to 31 December 1991;
Whereas the indicative ceilings fixed for 1991 for provisionally conserved fruits and for jams have been exceeded; whereas this excess does not disturb the Portuguese market; whereas the ceiling may be revised in accordance with Article 252 (3) (a) of the Act of Accession, if the market concerned has not suffered significant disturbance following the trend in the imports in question; whereas for provisionally conserved fruits and for jams the ceiling needs to be increased by 50 % for 1991;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
Article 1
In Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 the following amounts are modified as follows:
- the ceiling of '455' tonnes for CN code 0812, is replaced by an amount of '683 tonnes',
- the ceiling of '486' tonnes for CN code 2007, is replaced by an amount of '729 tonnes' Article 2 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 |
32004R1536 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1536/2004 of 27 August 2004 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 3rd individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
| 28.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 279/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1536/2004
of 27 August 2004
fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 3rd individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter held by them.
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling price should be fixed.
(4) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the 3rd individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 24 August 2004, the minimum selling price for butter is fixed at 270 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998D0533 | 98/533/EC: Commission Decision of 3 September 1998 on a common technical Regulation for Satellite Personal Communications Networks (S-PCN) Mobile Earth Stations (MESs), including handheld earth stations, for S-PCN operating in the 1,6/2,4 GHz frequency bands under the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) (notified under document number C(1998) 2375) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 3 September 1998 on a common technical Regulation for Satellite Personal Communications Networks (S-PCN) Mobile Earth Stations (MESs), including handheld earth stations, for S-PCN operating in the 1,6/2,4 GHz frequency bands under the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) (notified under document number C(1998) 2375) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/533/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 98/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 1998 relating to telecommunications terminal equipment and satellite earth station equipment, including the mutual recognition of their conformity (1), and in particular Article 7(2), second indent, thereof,
Whereas the Commission has adopted the measure identifying the type of satellite earth station equipment for which a common technical regulation is required, as well as the associated scope statement according to Article 7(2), first indent;
Whereas the corresponding harmonised standards, or parts thereof, implementing the essential requirements which are to be transformed into common technical regulations should be adopted;
Whereas the proposal has been submitted to the committee (ACTE), according to Article 29(2);
Whereas the common technical regulation to be adopted in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of ACTE,
1. This Decision shall apply to satellite earth station equipment falling within the scope of the harmonised standard referred to in Article 2(1).
2. This Decision establishes a common technical Regulation covering Satellite Personal Communications Networks (S-PCN), Mobile Earth Stations (MESs), including handheld earth stations, for S-PCN operating in the 1,6/2,4 GHz frequency bands under the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS).
1. The common technical Regulation shall include the harmonised standard prepared by the relevant standardisation body implementing to the extent applicable the essential requirements referred to in Article 17 of Directive 98/13/EC. The reference to the standard is set out in the Annex.
2. Satellite earth station equipment covered by this Decision shall comply with the common technical regulation referred to in paragraph 1, shall meet the essential requirements referred to in Article 5(a) of Directive 98/13/EC, and shall meet the requirements of any other applicable Directives, in particular Council Directives 73/23/EEC (2) and 89/336/EEC (3).
Notified bodies designated for carrying out the procedures referred to in Article 10 of Directive 98/13/EC shall, as regards satellite earth station equipment covered by Article 1(1) of this Decision, use or ensure the use of the harmonised standard referred to in the Annex after the coming into force of this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988D0598 | 88/598/EEC: Council Decision of 21 November 1988 concerning the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic
| 30.11.1988 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 327/57
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 November 1988
concerning the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic
(88/598/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 238 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic (2), signed at Brussels on 18 January 1977, should be approved.
The Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 5 of the Protocol (3).
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1190 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1190/2001 of 18 June 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1190/2001
of 18 June 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 19 June 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 |
31998R0022 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 22/98 of 7 January 1998 fixing the standard fee per farm return for the 1998 accounting year of the farm accountancy data network
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 22/98 of 7 January 1998 fixing the standard fee per farm return for the 1998 accounting year of the farm accountancy data network
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operating of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1256/97 (2), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementation rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings (3) provides that a standard fee shall be fixed to be paid by the Commission to the Member States for each farm return completed;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 84/97 (4) fixes the standard fee for the 1997 accounting year at ECU 122 per farm return;
Whereas the trend in costs and its effects on the cost of completing the farm return justify a revision of the fee;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
The standard fee paid by the Commission to Member States for each duly completed farm return is hereby fixed at ECU 126 for the 1998 accounting year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply for the 1998 accounting year.
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 |
32005R0415 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2005 of 11 March 2005 concerning the 15th individual invitation to tender effected under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
| 12.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 66/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 415/2005
of 11 March 2005
concerning the 15th individual invitation to tender effected under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter held by them.
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.
(3) On the basis of the examination of the offers received, the tendering procedure should not be proceeded with.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 15th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 8 March 2005, no award shall be made.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0737 | 2014/737/EU: Council Decision of 9 October 2014 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Stabilisation and Association Council established by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, as regards the replacement of Protocol 4 to that Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which, as regards the rules of origin, refers to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin
| 24.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 305/109
COUNCIL DECISION
of 9 October 2014
on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Stabilisation and Association Council established by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, as regards the replacement of Protocol 4 to that Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which, as regards the rules of origin, refers to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin
(2014/737/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Protocol 4 to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’) concerns the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (‘Protocol 4’).
(2) The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (2) (‘the Convention’) lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant agreements concluded between the contracting parties to the Convention. Albania and other participants to the Stabilisation and Association Process from the Western Balkans were invited to join the system of pan-European diagonal cumulation of origin in the Thessaloniki agenda, endorsed by the European Council of June 2003. They were invited to join the Convention by a decision of the Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference of October 2007.
(3) The Union and Albania signed the Convention on 15 June 2011 and 27 June 2011 respectively.
(4) The Union and Albania deposited their instruments of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 26 March 2012 and 5 March 2012 respectively. As a consequence, in application of Article 10(3) of the Convention, the Convention entered into force in relation to both the Union and Albania on 1 May 2012.
(5) Article 6 of the Convention provides that each contracting party to the Convention is to take appropriate measures to ensure that the Convention is effectively applied. To that effect, the Stabilisation and Association Council established by the Agreement should adopt a decision replacing Protocol 4 by a new protocol which, with regard to the rules of origin, refers to the Convention.
(6) The position of the Union within the Stabilisation and Association Council should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,
1. The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Stabilisation and Association Council established by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, as regards the replacement of Protocol 4 to that Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which, as regards the rules of origin, refers to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin, shall be based on the draft decision of the Stabilisation and Association Council attached to this Decision.
2. Minor changes to the draft decision of the Stabilisation and Association Council may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the Stabilisation and Association Council without further decision of the Council.
The decision of the Stabilisation and Association Council shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32011R0680 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 680/2011 of 14 July 2011 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2011 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
| 15.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 185/62
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 680/2011
of 14 July 2011
establishing budgetary ceilings for 2011 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006 and (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 51(2), Articles 69(3), 87(3) and 123(1), the second subparagraph of Article 128(1), the second subparagraph of Article 128(2), and Article 131(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the Member States implementing, in 2011, the single payment scheme provided for under Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 52, 53 and 54 of that Regulation should be established for 2011.
(2) For the Member States making use, in 2011, of the option provided for in Article 87 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings applicable to the direct payments excluded from the single payment scheme should be fixed for 2011.
(3) For the Member States making use, in 2011, of the options provided for in Article 69(1) or 131(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for the specific support referred to in Chapter 5 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 should be established for 2011.
(4) Article 69(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 limits the resources that can be used for any coupled measure provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and in Article 68(1)(b) and (e) to 3,5 % of the national ceiling referred to in Article 40 of the same Regulation. For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish the ceiling resulting from the amounts notified by the Member States for the measures concerned.
(5) Pursuant to Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the amounts calculated in accordance with Article 69(7) of that Regulation have been laid down in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (2). For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish the amounts notified by Member States which they intend to use in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
(6) For the sake of clarity, the 2011 budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme, resulting from deduction of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 52, 53, 54, 68 and 87 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 from the ceilings given in Annex VIII to the same Regulation, should be published. The amount to be deducted from the said Annex VIII in order to finance the specific support provided for in Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 corresponds to the difference between the total amount for the specific support notified by the Member States and the amounts notified to finance the specific support in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of the same Regulation. Where a Member State implementing the single payment scheme decides to grant the support referred to in point (c) of Article 68(1), the amount notified to the Commission is to be included in the single payment scheme ceiling, as this support takes the form of an increase in the unit value and/or the number of the farmer’s payment entitlements.
(7) For Member States implementing, in 2011, the single area payment scheme provided for in Chapter 2 of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the annual financial envelopes should be established in accordance with Article 123(1) of that Regulation.
(8) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2011 pursuant to Article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.
(9) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate fruit and vegetables payments in 2011 pursuant to Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.
(10) For Member States applying the single area payment scheme, the 2011 budgetary ceilings applicable to transitional payments for fruit and vegetables payments in 2011 in accordance with Article 128(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, should be published on the basis of their notification.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
1. The budgetary ceilings for 2011 referred to in Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. The budgetary ceilings for 2011 referred to in Article 87(3) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. The budgetary ceilings for 2011 referred to in Articles 69(3) and 131(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
4. The budgetary ceilings for 2011 for the support provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and in Article 68(1)(b) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
5. The amounts that can be used by the Member States in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to cover the specific support provided for in Article 68(1) of the same Regulation are set out in Annex V to this Regulation.
6. The budgetary ceilings for 2011 for the single payment scheme referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.
7. The annual financial envelopes for 2011 referred to in Article 123(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex VII to this Regulation.
8. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2011, as referred to in Article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.
9. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for granting the separate fruit and vegetables payment in 2011, as referred to in Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Annex IX to this Regulation.
10. The budgetary ceilings for 2011 referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 128(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Annex X to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31974D0234 | 74/234/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 April 1974 relating to the institution of a Scientific Committee for Food
| COMMISSION DECISION of 16 April 1974 relating to the institution of a Scientific Committee for Food (74/234/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Whereas the elaboration and modification of common rules concerning the composition, manufacturing characteristics, packaging and labelling of foodstuffs requires an examination of the problems relating to the protection of health and safety of persons;
Whereas the research for solutions to these problems needs the participation of highly qualified scientific personnel, particularly in the fields associated with medicine nutrition toxicology, biology, chemistry or other similar disciplines;
Whereas contact with such groups should assume a permanent character in the form of a committee of a consultative nature established by the Commission,
A Scientific Committee for Food hereinafter called the "Committee" is hereby established by the Commission.
1. The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on any problem relating to the protection of the health and safety of persons arising from the consumption of food, and in particular on the composition of food, processes which are liable to modify food, the use of food additives and other processing aids as well as the presence of contaminants.
2. The Committee may draw the attention of the Commission to any such problem.
The Committee shall be composed of not more than 15 members.
The Members of the Committee shall be nominated by the Commission from highly qualified scientific persons having competence in the fields referred to in Article 2.
The Committee shall elect a chairman and two vice-chairmen from its members. The election shall take place by simple majority of the members.
1. The mandate of a member, chairman or vice-chairman of the Committee shall have a term of three years. It shall be renewable. However, the chairman and vice-chairmen of the Committee may not be immediately re-elected after being in office for two consecutive periods of three years. The duties shall not be subject to remuneration.
After the expiry of the period of three years, the members, chairmen, or vice-chairmen of the Committee, remain in office until their replacement or the renewal of their mandate.
2. Where a member, chairman or vice-chairman of the Committee finds it impossible to fulfil his mandate or in the case of his voluntary resignation he shall be replaced for the remaining term of the mandate in accordance with the procedure provided, as the case may be, in Article 4 or Article 5.
1. The Committee may form working groups from among its members.
2. The mandate of the working groups shall be to report to the Committee on the subjects referred to them by the latter.
1. The Committee and the working groups shall meet at the invitation of a representative of the Commission.
2. The representative of the Commission as well as other officials and interested agents of the Commission assist at the meetings of the Committee and the working groups.
3. The representative of the Commission may invite individuals having particular expertise in the subject being studied to participate at the meetings.
4. The services of the Commission shall form the secretariat of the Committee, and the working groups.
1. The deliberations of the Committee shall relate to the requests for opinion put by the representative of the Commission.
The representative of the Commission, in requesting the opinion of the Committee may fix the length of time within which the opinion is to be given.
2. Where the opinion requested is the subject of the unanimous agreement of the Members of Committee, these latter establish the common conclusions. In the absence of unanimous agreement, the various positions taken in the course of the deliberations shall be entered in a report drawn up under the responsibility of the representative of the Commission.
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Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 214 of the Treaty the members of the Committee shall be obliged not to divulge information coming to their knowledge as a result of the work of the Committee when the representative of the Commission informs them that the opinion requested relates to material of a confidential nature.
In this case only the members of the Committee and the representatives of the Commission shall be present at the meetings.
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31997R2631 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2631/97 of 18 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2631/97 of 18 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 (1), the Council opened Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products; whereas Community demand for the products in question should be met under the most favourable conditions; whereas Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened at reduced or zero rates of duty for appropriate volumes, and increased or extended in the case of certain existing tariff quotas, avoiding any disturbance to the markets for these products;
Whereas it is no longer in the Community's interest to maintain a Community tariff quota on some of the products covered by the above Regulation, and those products should therefore be removed from the table in Annex I;
Whereas in order to take account of amendments to the combined nomenclature, some of the Taric codes need to be changed;
Whereas in view of the large number of amendments coming into effect on 1 January 1998 and in order to clarify matters for the user, these amendments should be made by replacing the table in Annex I to the above Regulation by the table in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended,
1. For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 1997, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is hereby amended as follows:
- order number 09.2711: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 850 000 tonnes,
- order number 09.2867: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 225 tonnes,
- order number 09.2943: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 50 000 000 units,
- order number 09.2944: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 44 000 000 units,
- order number 09.2948: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 28 000 000 units.
2. For the quota period from 1 July to 31 December 1997, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is hereby amended as follows:
- order number 09.2956: the amount of the tariff quota shall be altered to 67 000 units.
The table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be replaced by the table annexed to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(1) shall apply with effect from 1 January 1997, Article 1 (2) with effect from 1 July 1997 and Article 2 with effect from 1 January 1998.
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32001R1939 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1939/2001 of 2 October 2001 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community internal market of some 3200 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency for use in animal feed
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1939/2001
of 2 October 2001
on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community internal market of some 3200 tonnes of rice held by the Greek intervention agency for use in animal feed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(2), and in particular Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11 January 1991 laying down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies(3) provides among other things that rice held by intervention agencies is to be sold by tendering procedure at prices that allow market disturbances to be avoided.
(2) Greece has intervention stocks of paddy rice from harvests prior to 1997 whose quality is in danger of deteriorating as a result of prolonged storage.
(3) Disposing of this rice on traditional markets inside the Community would inevitably trigger off, in the present production situation and when concessions for rice imports are being granted under international agreements, the placing of an equivalent quantity in intervention, which must be avoided.
(4) This rice could be disposed of in the animal feed sector, on special conditions.
(5) The undertakings given by tenderers are regarded as primary requirements within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products(4).
(6) In order to ensure that the rice is used for the purpose specified, provision should be made for special monitoring and for the successful tenderer to provide a security, the conditions for the release of which should be laid down.
(7) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96(6), lays down common detailed rules for verifying the use of products from intervention. Procedures should also be laid down to ensure the traceability of the products used for animal feed.
(8) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
The Greek intervention agency shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market some 3200 tonnes of rice as referred to in Annex I from the 1996 harvest, for use in preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (products falling within CN code 2309 ).
1. The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 75/91.
However, notwithstanding Article 5 of that Regulation:
(a) tenders shall be drawn up on the basis of the actual quality of the lot to which they apply;
(b) the minimum sale price shall be set at a level that does not disturb the market for cereals within the Community.
2. Tenderers shall give an undertaking:
(a) to use in animal feed, within three months of the date of the award of the contract, rice for which they are declared the successful tenderer, save in cases of force majeure;
(b) to carry out immediately, under the supervision of the competent authorities at a place determined by agreement with them, the treatments described in Annex II, designed to ensure verification of the use made of the rice and the traceability of the products,
(c) to bear the costs of the processing referred to in Annex II;
(d) to keep stock records so that checks may be made that they have respected their undertakings.
1. The Greek intervention agency shall publish, at least eight days before the final day of the first period for the submission of tenders, a notice of invitation to tender.
The notice, and any changes to it, shall be forwarded to the Commission before publication.
2. The notice of invitation to tender shall contain:
(a) the additional clauses and conditions of sale compatible with this Regulation;
(b) the places of storage and the name and address of the storer;
(c) particulars of the competent authorities responsible for monitoring the operation;
(d) the main physical and technological characteristics of the various lots established upon buying in by the intervention agency or during checks carried out subsequently.
3. The Greek intervention agency shall take all additional steps necessary to enable the parties concerned to assess the quality of the rice put up for sale before submitting their tenders.
1. Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by:
(a) evidence that the tenderer has lodged a security of EUR 15 per tonne;
(b) a written undertaking by the tenderer that the rice for which he is the successful tenderer will be processed into compound feed at his premises within three months of the date of the award of the contract;
(c) evidence that the tenderer is an animal feed manufacturer;
(d) a written undertaking by the tenderer to lodge a security for an amount equivalent to the difference between the intervention price for paddy rice applicable on the tender date plus EUR 15 and the price tendered per tonne of rice not later than two working days after the date of receipt of the notice of award of contract.
2. Once submitted, a tender may not be altered or withdrawn.
1. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 17 October 2001 at 12.00 (Brussels time).
2. The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 12.00 (Brussels time), with the exception of Wednesday, 31 October 2001.
3. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 19 December 2001 at 12.00 (Brussels time).
Tenders must be lodged with the Greek intervention agency: DIDAGEP Directorate-General for the Administration of Purchases of Agricultural Produce Acharnon Street 241 GR - 10466 Athens ( Tel: (30-1) 212 47 87 Fax: (30-1) 862 93 73 ).
Not later than 10.00 (Brussels time) on the Thursday following the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders, the Greek intervention agency shall notify the Commission of the tenders received. The information shall be forwarded using the form given in Annex III and the fax and telex numbers shown in Annex IV.
Details of inadmissible tenders shall be notified separately. The reasons for their rejection shall also be given.
The Commission shall set the minimum sale price or decide not to accept the tenders. The decision shall be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
The intervention agency shall immediately notify all tenderers of the outcome of their participation in the tendering procedure.
Within three working days of the notification referred to in the first paragraph, it shall send notices of award of contract to successful tenderers by registered letter or written telecommunication.
Successful tenderers shall pay for the rice before it is removed, and at the latest within one month of the date of dispatch of the notice referred to in the second paragraph of Article 8. The risks and costs of storing rice that is not removed within the payment period shall be borne by the successful tenderers.
Following the expiry of the payment period, rice for which a contract is awarded and which is not removed shall be regarded for all purposes as having been removed from storage.
Where a successful tenderer fails to pay for the rice within the period referred to in the first paragraph, the contract shall be terminated by the intervention agency, where appropriate in respect of the quantity not paid for.
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1. The security referred to in Article 4(1)(a) shall be released in respect of quantities for which:
(a) no award is made;
(b) payment of the sale price is made within the period set and the security referred to in Article 4(1)(d) has been lodged.
2. The security referred to in Article 4(1)(d) shall be released in proportion to the quantities used only if the intervention agency has carried out all the checks necessary to ensure that the product is used in accordance with the provisions laid down in this Regulation.
However, if proof of the treatments referred to in Annex II is provided and not less than 95 % of the fine broken grains and/or fragments obtained are used in feed, the security shall be released in full.
3. Proof that the rice has been used in feed as referred to in this Regulation shall be provided in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.
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The obligation set out in Article 2(2) shall be regarded as a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.
2
In addition to the particulars provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of control copy T5 shall bear one or more of the following entries:
- Destinados a la transformación [Reglamento (CE) n° 1939/2001]
- Til forarbejdning (forordning (EF) nr. 1939/2001)
- Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1939/2001)
- Προορίζονται για μεταποίηση [Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1939/2001]
- For processing (Regulation (EC) No 1939/2001)
- Destinées à la transformation [règlement (CE) n° 1939/2001]
- Destinate alla trasformazione [regolamento (CE) n. 1939/2001]
- Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordening (EG) nr. 1939/2001)
- Para transformação [Regulamento (CE) n.o 1939/2001]
- Tarkoitettu jalostukseen (Asetus (EY) N:o 1939/2001)
- För bearbetning (förordning (EG) nr 1939/2001).
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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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31996D0585 | 96/585/EC: Commission Decision of 25 September 1996 amending Decision 92/25/EEC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the importation of fresh meat from Zimbabwe (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 25 September 1996 amending Decision 92/25/EEC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the importation of fresh meat from Zimbabwe (Text with EEA relevance) (96/585/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 14, 15 and 16 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/25/EEC (2), as last amended by Decision 94/171/EC (3), lays down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe; whereas this Decision provides that Member States shall authorize imports of de-boned fresh meat of bovine animals from the veterinary regions of Mashonaland West province, Mashonaland East province, Mashonaland Central province, Manicaland province (including only the Makoni district), Midlands province (including only the Gweru, Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Chirimanzu and Zvishavane districts), Masvingo province (including only the district of Gutu) and Matebeleland South province (including only the district of Insiza);
Whereas the situation has improved in relation to foot-and-mouth disease and it is now possible to amend further the regionalization in Zimbabwe, thereby allowing importation into the Community of fresh de-boned meat from the Masvingo district of Masvingo province;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Decision 92/25/EEC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 1 (1), the words 'including only the district of Gutu` shall be replaced by the words 'including only the districts of Gutu and Masvingo`.
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
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32014R0226 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 226/2014 of 7 March 2014 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Umbria (PDO)]
| 11.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 70/12
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 226/2014
of 7 March 2014
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Umbria (PDO)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Umbria’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2325/97 (2).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
(3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.
(3) As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32006R0440 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2006 of 15 March 2006 establishing a prohibition of fishing for northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L by vessels flying the flag of Poland
| 17.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 80/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 440/2006
of 15 March 2006
establishing a prohibition of fishing for northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L by vessels flying the flag of Poland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2006.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012D0706(03) | Commission Decision of 5 July 2012 on setting up a multisectoral and independent expert panel to provide advice on effective ways of investing in health
| 6.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 198/7
COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 July 2012
on setting up a multisectoral and independent expert panel to provide advice on effective ways of investing in health
2012/C 198/06
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 168(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Member States are required, in liaison with the Commission, to coordinate among themselves their policies and programmes in the areas referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission may, in close contact with the Member States, take any useful initiative to promote such coordination, in particular initiatives aiming at the establishment of guidelines and indicators, the organisation of exchange of best practice, and the preparation of the necessary elements for periodic monitoring and evaluation.
(2) The Council conclusions on common values and principles in European Union health systems (1), adopted in June 2006, recognise that while it is not appropriate to try to standardise health systems at an EU level, there is immense value in work at a European level on health care. Member States have therefore committed themselves to working together to share experiences and information about good practices.
(3) The Decision No 1350/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 establishing a second programme of Community action in the field of health (2008-13) (2) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the health programme’), while reiterating, in accordance with Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, that health services are primarily the responsibility of Member States, stresses that cooperation at Community level can benefit both patients and health systems. According to Article 2 of this Decision, read in conjunction with points 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 of the Annex, one of the objectives of the health programme is to generate and disseminate health information and knowledge by providing analysis and technical assistance in support of policy makers in the development and implementation of legislation related to the scope of the programme.
(4) The Council conclusions ‘Towards modern, responsive and sustainable health systems’, adopted on 6 June 2011 (3), invite the Commission and Member States to initiate a reflection process aiming to identify effective ways of investing in health, and the Commission to support the reflection process by facilitating the access to independent and multisectoral expert advice.
(5) The Council Working Party on Public Health, meeting at senior level, established a forum for cooperation on effective ways of investing in health, and endorsed the creation of working groups on different topics, such as: enhancing the adequate representation of health in Europe 2020 and in the European Semester, defining success factors for the effective use of Structural Funds for health investments, cost-effective use of medicines, integrated care models and better hospital management, measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of health investments.
(6) The Commission is participating in all these sub-groups with a view to support Member States' cooperation on health systems and to assist it through provision of information and knowledge.
(7) Sound and timely scientific advice is an essential requirement for Commission's provision of information and knowledge relating to sustainability of healthcare systems. It must be based on the principles of excellence, independence, multisectoral approach and transparency.
(8) In that context, it is appropriate to establish an expert group which will support the Commission, by providing independent and sound advice on effective ways of investing in health.
(9) The expert group should be composed of experienced and knowledgeable persons coming from the public or private sector, as well as from civil society. It is essential that the expert panel make best use of scientific expertise in the EU and beyond as may be necessary for a specific question.
(10) Rules on disclosure of information by members of the group should be laid down.
(11) Personal data should be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (4).
(12) A system of indemnities should be put in place in order to ensure that experts with appropriate competences participate in the group, in representation of civil society, public and private sector.
(13) It is appropriate to fix a period for the application of this Decision. The Commission will in due time consider the advisability of an extension,
Subject matter
An expert group on effective ways of investing in health (hereinafter ‘the panel’) is hereby established.
Mission
1. The mission of the panel shall be to provide the Commission, upon its request, with independent and multisectoral advice on effective ways of investing in health in the fields of expertise set out in Annex I.
2. Advice provided by the panel shall take account of the work of other Union bodies concerned with the sustainability of health systems, such as the Economic Policy Committee and the Social Protection Committee.
3. The Commission will circulate advice from the panel to the Member States indicating interest.
4. The advice will remain informal and will in no circumstances be binding.
Membership — Appointment
1. The panel shall be composed of a maximum of 17 members. The Commission shall determine the number of members of the panel, aiming to ensure the broadest knowledge and understanding of different health systems across the EU.
2. Members of the panel will be individuals appointed in a personal capacity, in the framework of an open call for applications.
3. Members of the panel shall be appointed by the Director-General for Health and Consumers from individuals who have responded to the call for applications and who comply with the requirements set out in the call. The members of the panel shall be experts in one or more of the fields of expertise referred to in Annex I, and shall collectively cover the widest possible range of disciplines.
4. Members of the panel are appointed for three years. Their term of office may be renewed, at most for three consecutive terms.
5. Members of the panel who are no longer capable of contributing effectively to their duties, who resign or who do not comply with Article 339 of the Treaty, may be replaced for the remainder of their term of office. In that case, the Director-General for Health and Consumers may appoint a replacement, following an open call for applications.
6. Members of the panel shall act independently and in the public interest.
7. The names of members of the panel shall be published in the Register of the Commission expert groups and other similar entities (hereinafter ‘the Register’).
8. Personal data shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (5).
Operation
1. The panel shall elect the Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson, according to the rules of procedures referred to in paragraph 9 and in compliance with the Commission horizontal rules on expert groups (6).
2. Upon request for advice, the chairperson of the panel will appoint a rapporteur from among its members. For particularly complex questions of multidisciplinary nature, more than one rapporteur may be appointed. The rapporteur(s) and the Commission shall agree on the terms of reference of the request for advice. The rapporteur(s) shall be responsible for drafting the advice.
3. The panel may create working groups to examine particular issues. The working groups shall be chaired by a member of the panel. The working groups shall report back to the panel under the responsibility of their chair.
4. In agreement with the Commission services, the panel may invite external experts, as well as experts from other EU bodies that they consider to have the relevant scientific knowledge and expertise, to contribute to their work. Commission officials from services with an interest in the proceedings may attend meetings of the panel.
5. The Commission may request the panel to consult with other bodies for the preparation of the advice.
6. The Commission may ask the panel to organise one or more meetings, should it deem it necessary for the panel to provide advice. The Commission establishes the venue of the meetings in order to ensure the highest effectiveness of the panel’s activities. Subsistence and travel costs shall be borne by the European Commission, as provided for in Annex II.
7. Members of the panel, as well as the invited experts, shall comply with the obligations of professional secrecy laid down by the Treaty and its implementing rules, as well as with the Commission's rules on security regarding the protection of EU classified information, laid down in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom (7). Should they fail to respect these obligations, the Commission may take appropriate measures.
8. The Directorate-General for Health and Consumers shall provide secretarial services to the panel, particularly through organisation of meetings and reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses.
9. The panel shall adopt its rules of procedure by simple majority of its members, on the basis of a proposal presented by the Commission services, in compliance with the Commission horizontal rules on expert groups and the standards rules of procedure for expert groups (8).
10. The Commission shall publish relevant information on the activities carried out by the panel either by including it in the Register or via a link from the register to a dedicated website.
Meeting expenses
1. Members of the panel and invited experts shall be entitled to an indemnity for their preparation of and participation in the meetings of the panel, and for serving as rapporteur on a specific question, as provided for in Annex II.
2. Travel and subsistence expenses incurred by members of the panel and invited experts as per Article 4(4) shall be reimbursed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions in force within the Commission.
3. The expenses referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be reimbursed within the limits of the available appropriations allocated under the annual procedure for the allocation of resources.
Applicability
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31994R0659 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/94 of 24 March 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 659/94 of 24 March 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 230/94 (2), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3641/93 of 20 December 1993, on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 of 1 July 1982 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3450/93 (5), included in the list of products eligible for specific levies, certain ewes' milk cheeses originating in Bulgaria; whereas, with regard to the cheeses, the Regulation only relates to those products made exclusively from ewes' milk;
Whereas, under the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria which entered into force on 31 December 1993, the Community made a unilateral declaration providing that, for a period of 18 months, ewes' milk cheeses originating in Bulgaria and imported into the Community may have a maximum cows' milk content of 3 %; whereas the purpose of that declaration is to allow the Bulgarian industry a transitional period to enable it to adapt to the requirements of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 690/92 of 19 March 1992, establishing a reference method for the detection of cows' milk casein in cheeses made from ewes' milk (6); whereas, therefore, Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 should be amended to give effect to that Community undertaking;
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 1767/82 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in the second column of point (l), '(7)' is deleted;
2. in the third column of points (o) and (p), 'Bulgaria' is replaced by 'Bulgaria (7)';
3. note (7) at the end of the Annex is replaced by the following:
".
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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31994R2664 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2664/94 of 31 October 1994 fixing for the 1994/95 marketing year the reference prices for artichokes
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2664/94 of 31 October 1994 fixing for the 1994/95 marketing year the reference prices for artichokes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 3669/93 (2), and in particular Article 27 (1) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of the marketing year;
Whereas artichokes are produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them;
Whereas artichokes harvested during a given crop year are marketed from October to September of the following year; whereas the quantities harvested in the months July to October are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices for these months; whereas reference prices should be fixed only for the period 1 November up to and including 30 June of the following year;
Whereas Article 23 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 stipulates that reference prices are to be fixed at the same level as for the preceding marketing year, adjusted, after deducting the standard cost of transporting Community products between production areas and Community consumption centres in the preceding year, by:
- the increase in production costs for fruit and vegetables, less productivity growth, and
- the standard rate of transport costs in the current marketing year;
Whereas the resulting figure may nevertheless not exceed the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus transport costs for the current year, after this amount has been increased by the rise in production costs less productivity growth; whereas the reference price may, however, not be lower than in the preceding marketing year;
Whereas, to take seasonal price variations into account, the marketing year should be divided into several periods and a reference price fixed for each of these periods;
Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the average of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial characteristics, being a product or variety representing a substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying specified requirements as regards market preparation; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that market are to be disregarded;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 1994/95 marketing year, the reference prices for artichokes (CN code 0709 10 00), expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms net of packed products of class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1994.
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31991D0214 | 91/214/ECSC: Commission Decision of 22 March 1991 derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (147th derogation)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 March 1991 derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (147th derogation) (91/214/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 71 thereof,
Having regard to High Authority recommendation No 1/64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the Member States concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (1), as last amended by recommendation 88/27/ECSC (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas certain iron and steel products indispensable to the manufacture of certain goods and having very special physical and chemical characteristics are not produced in the Community, or are produced in insufficient quantities; whereas for a number of years insufficiency has been overcome by duty-free tariff quotas; whereas Community producers are still not in a position to comply with the present quality requirements put forward by the users; whereas duty-free quotas at a level securing the supply of users are consequently required;
Whereas import of these products on preferential terms is not injurious to iron and steel undertakings in the Community which produce directly competing products;
Whereas neither this suspension of duties nor these tariff quotas are likely to jeopardize the objectives of recommendation No 1/64, but will help to maintain existing trade flows between Member States and non-member countries;
Whereas these are special cases in the commercial policy field justifying the authorization of derogations pursuant to Article 3 of recommendation No 1/64;
Whereas provision should be made pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 71 of the ECSC Treaty, to ensure that the quotas granted will be used solely to supply the needs of industries in the importing countries and that re-export in the unaltered state to other Member States of the imported iron and steel products will be prevented;
Whereas the Governments of the Member States have been consulted on the tariff quotas set out below,
Article 1
Member States are hereby authorized to derogate from the obligations arising under Article 1 of High Authority recommendation No 1/64 to the extent necessary to suspend at the levels indicated the customs duties on the products set out below, within tariff quotas of the amounts indicated for the Member States concerned:
CN code Description Member
State Quota
(tonnes) Duty
(%) ex 7225 10 91
ex 7226 10 30 Cold-rolled, grain-oriented, flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel, of a width of more than 500 mm and of 600 mm or more respectively, of a thickness 0,23 mm or less and a nominal magnetic-reversal loss of 0,8 W/kg, determined in accordance with the Epstein method with a current at 50 Hz and an induction of 1,7 T Benelux 300 0
1. Member States accorded quotas under Article 1 shall ensure, in liaison with the Commission, that such quotas are apportioned among third countries on a non-discriminatory basis.
2. They shall take all necessary steps to preclude the possibility of iron and steel products imported under the said tariff quotas being re-consigned to other Member States in the unaltered state. Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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32002D0695 | 2002/695/EC: Commission Decision of 27 July 2000 approving the single programming document for Community structural assistance under Objective 1 in the region of Flevoland in the Netherlands (notified under document number C(2001) 1507)
| Commission Decision
of 27 July 2000
approving the single programming document for Community structural assistance under Objective 1 in the region of Flevoland in the Netherlands
(notified under document number C(2001) 1507)
(Only the Dutch text is authentic)
(2002/695/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee pursuant to Article 147 of the Treaty, the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development and the Committee on Structures for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 et seq. of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 lay down the procedure for preparing and implementing single programming documents.
(2) Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that, after consultation with the partners referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation, the Member State may submit to the Commission a development plan which is treated as a draft single programming document, and which contains the information referred to in Article 16 of the Regulation.
(3) Under Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, on the basis of the regional development plan submitted by the Member State and within the partnership established in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation, the Commission is to take a decision on the single programming document, in agreement with the Member State concerned and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles 48 to 51.
(4) The Dutch Government submitted to the Commission on 23 November 1999 an acceptable draft single programming document for Flevoland qualifying for transitional support under Objective 1 pursuant to Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The draft contains the information listed in Article 16 of the Regulation, and in particular a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section, and the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG).
(5) The date of submission of the draft which was considered acceptable by the Commission constitutes the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible. Under Article 30 of the Regulation, it is necessary to lay down the final date for the eligibility of expenditure.
(6) The rural development measures to be financed by the EAGGF are governed, in particular as regards their compatibility and consistency with common agricultural policy measures, by Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations(2).
(7) The single programming document has been drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned and within the partnership.
(8) The Commission has satisfied itself that the single programming document is in accordance with the principle of additionality.
(9) Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Commission and the Member State are required to ensure, in a manner consistent with the principle of partnership, coordination between assistance from the Funds and from the EIB and other existing Financial Instruments.
(10) The financial contribution from the Community available over the entire period and its year-by-year breakdown are expressed in euro. The annual breakdown should be consistent with the relevant financial perspective. Under Article 7(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Community contribution has already been indexed at a rate of 2 % per year. Under Article 7(7) and Article 44(2) of the Regulation, the Community contribution may be reviewed at mid-term, and not later than 31 March 2004, to take account of the effective level of inflation and the allocation of the performance reserve.
(11) Provision should be made for adapting the financial allocations of the priorities of this single programming document within certain limits to actual requirements reflected by the pattern of implementation on the ground, in agreement with the Member State concerned,
The single programming document for Community structural assistance in the region of Flevoland in the Netherlands qualifying for transitional support under Objective 1 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006 is hereby approved.
1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the single programming document includes the following elements:
(a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Structural Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategy of the Netherlands.
The priorities are as follows:
(1) developing urban areas;
(2) developing rural areas;
(3) improving production facilities;
(4) social cohesion and labour market;
(5) technical assistance;
(b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the priorities, including the information needed to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty;
(c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from each Fund and the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribution from the Funds planned for each year for the single programming document is consistent with the relevant financial perspective;
(d) the provisions for implementing the single programming document, including designation of the managing authority, a description of the arrangements for managing the single programming document and the use to be made of global grants, a description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, including the role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for the participation of the partners in that Committee;
(e) the ex ante verification and information on the transparency of financial flows;
(f) information on the resources required for preparing, monitoring and evaluating the assistance.
2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 471260000 for the whole period and the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 126000000.
The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 280760000 from the public sector and EUR 64500000 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the EIB and other lending instruments.
1. The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted under the single programming document amounts to EUR 126000000.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds for the various priorities included in the single programming document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision.
2.
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3. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority may be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the single programming document throughout the programme period, or by up to EUR 60 million, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1.
This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which it has not yet approved. Submission of the application for assistance, the programme complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty.
Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls under the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 (now Articles 87 and 88) of the Treaty establishing the European Community to certain categories of horizontal State aid(3). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its part-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of the Regulation for measures being part-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission.
By way of derogation from the preceding paragraphs, Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall apply in the context of rural development part-financed by the EAGGF.
The date from which expenditure under the plan shall be eligible is 23 November 1999. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2008. This date is extended to 30 April 2009 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.
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31995R2506 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2506/95 of 25 October 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2506/95 of 25 October 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 (4) creates a Community regime, co-existing with national regimes, which allows for the grant of industrial property rights valid throughout the Community;
Whereas the implementation and application of the said Community regime are carried out by a Community Office with legal personality, known as the 'Community Plant Variety Office`;
Whereas, considering the need to ensure coherence of the system of appeal procedures to the Community jurisdiction in the different fields of industrial and commercial property, it is appropriate to align the rules on actions which may be brought against decisions of the Community Plant Variety Office or its Boards of Appeal established by Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 with those provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community Trade Mark (5);
Whereas, under Council Decision 88/591/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 24 October 1988 establishing a Court of First Instance of the European Communities (6), that Court shall exercise at the first instance the jurisdiction conferred on the Court of Justice by the Treaties establishing the Communities - with particular regard to appeals lodged under the fourth subparagraph of Article 173 of the EC Treaty - and by the acts adopted in implementation thereof, save as otherwise provided in an act setting up a body governed by Community law; whereas the jurisdiction which Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 confers on the Court of Justice to annul or to alter decisions of the Boards of Appeal and, in specific cases, decisions of the Office shall accordingly be exercised at the first instance by the Court mentioned above in accordance with the abovementioned Decision,
Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 67 (3) is hereby amended as follows:
- in the German version, 'direkte Beschwerde` shall be replaced by 'unmittelbare Klage`, and 'eingelegt` shall be replaced by 'erhoben`,
- in the English version, 'direct appeal` shall be replaced by 'direct action`, and 'lodged` shall be replaced by 'brought`.
2. Article 73 shall be replaced by the following:
'Article 73 Actions against decisions of the Boards of Appeal 1. Actions may be brought before the Court of Justice against decisions of the Boards of Appeal on appeals.
2. The action may be brought on grounds of lack of competence, infringement of an essential procedural requirement, infringement of the Treaty, of this Regulation or of any rule of law relating to their application, or misuse of power.
3. The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction to annul or to alter the contested decision.
4. The action shall be open to any party to appeal proceedings which has been unsuccessful, in whole or in part, in its submissions.
5. The action shall be brought before the Court of Justice within two months of the date of service of the decision of the Board of Appeal.
6. The Office shall be required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice.` 3. Article 74 is hereby amended as follows:
- in the German version, the title shall be replaced by 'Unmittelbare Klage` and paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
'1. Die Entscheidungen des Amtes nach Artikel 29 und Artikel 100 Absatz 2 sind mit der unmittelbaren Klage beim Gerichtshof anfechtbar.`,
- in the English version, the title shall be replaced by 'Direct action`, and in paragraph (1), 'A direct appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Communities may lie from` shall be replaced by 'A direct action may be brought before the Court of Justice against`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 27 April 1995.
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31980D0427 | 80/427/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 March 1980 amending Decisions 74/581/EEC and 76/627/EEC as regards the rules governing payment of the aid granted under Directives 72/159/EEC, 72/160/EEC, 72/161/EEC and 75/268/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 March 1980 amending Decisions 74/581/EEC and 76/627/EEC as regards the rules governing payment of the aid granted under Directives 72/159/EEC, 72/160/EEC, 72/161/EEC and 75/268/EEC (80/427/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms (1), and in particular Article 21 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/160/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/161/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning the provision of socio-economic guidance for and the acquisition of occupational skills by persons engaged in agriculture (3), and in particular Article 14 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (4), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, on account of the growing number of common measures and their increasing financial impact, the Member States desire the speeding up of the procedures for the payment of reimbursement by the EAGGF Guidance Section in respect of aid granted by the Member States pursuant to Directives 72/159/EEC, 72/160/EEC, 72/161/EEC and 75/268/EEC ; whereas this desire seems reasonable in view of the trend recorded;
Whereas the provisions which, under Commission Decision 74/581/EEC (5) and Commission Decision 76/627/EEC (6), laid down that aid from the EAGGF Guidance Section, shall be given in the form of a payment on account and subsequent payment of the balance due should therefore be amended in order to enable the total amount to be paid in a single payment, on condition that the application for reimbursement submitted by the Member State fulfils the conditions laid down;
Whereas special provisions should be made for cases where the amount initially paid is either more or less than the reimbursement actually due, in order that the situation may be regularized after thorough examination of the application;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Fund Committee,
Article 4 of Decision 74/581/EEC shall be replaced by the following:
"Article 4
1. The Commission, acting on the basis of the particulars contained in the applications for reimbursement, shall before 1 November decide to reimburse the full amount requested, provided the application is complete and submitted in due form within the time limits laid down.
However, reimbursement may be made in accordance with this provision only if the application does not give rise to any immediate objection as regards either the accuracy of the particulars which it contains or compliance of the expenditure incurred with the provisions in force. If this condition is not fulfilled an appropriate reduction shall be made in the amount to be paid, after consultation with the Member State concerned.
2. Where a thorough examination of the application for reimbursement shows that the amount paid in accordance with paragraph 1 is not that which is actually due, the situation shall be regularized as quickly as possible, generally when the next reimbursement is made.
If the amount to be paid back when the next reimbursement is made is less than the undue portion of the amount previously reimbursed, or if the Member State in question does not submit applications for reimbursement for that year, it shall (1)OJ No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 9. (3)OJ No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 15. (4)OJ No L 128, 19.5.1975, p. 1. (5)OJ No L 320, 29.11.1974, p. 1. (6)OJ No L 222, 14.8.1976, p. 37.
repay the amount due within time limits to be fixed by the Commission."
Article 5 of Decision 76/627/EEC shall be replaced by the following:
"Article 5
1. The Commission, acting on the basis of the particulars contained in the applications for reimbursement shall, before 1 November decide to reimburse the full amount requested, provided the application is complete and submitted in due form within the time limits laid down.
However, the reimbursement may be made in accordance with this provision only if the application does not give rise to any immediate objection as regards either the accuracy of the particulars which it contains or compliance of the expenditure incurred with the provisions in force. If this condition is not fulfilled an appropriate reduction shall be made in the amount to be paid, after consultation with the Member State concerned.
2. Where a thorough examination of the application for reimbursement shows that the amount paid in accordance with paragraph 1 is not that which is actually due, the situation shall be regularized as soon as possible, generally when the next reimbursement is made.
If the amount to be paid back when the next reimbursement is made is less than the undue portion of the amount previously reimbursed or if the Member State in question does not submit applications for reimbursement for that year, it shall repay the amount due within time limits to be fixed by the Commission."
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32007D0233 | 2007/233/EC: Commission Decision of 12 April 2007 on appointment of members representing the private sector in the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, expert group on transfer pricing
| 17.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 100/25
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 April 2007
on appointment of members representing the private sector in the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, expert group on transfer pricing
(2007/233/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision 2007/75/EC of 22 December 2006 setting up an expert group on transfer pricing (1) to advise the Commission on transfer pricing tax issues, and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to the call for applications for business members and chairman for the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, published on 22 December 2006 on the website of Taxation and Customs Union Directorate-General,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 4 of the Decision 2007/75/EC, the Commission shall appoint a chairperson and a maximum of 15 specialists from the private sector with experience and competence in transfer pricing.
(2) According to paragraph 15 of the call for applications, the persons selected to become business members of the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum will be eminent persons in the field of transfer pricing, chosen by the European Commission assisted by the EU Council Presidency and the UNICE Fiscal Affairs Committee, from appropriately qualified applicants, active in industry, services, the business community or in fields of activity linked with transfer pricing.
(3) Some 44 applications were received following the call for applications,
The Commission herewith appoints for a period of two years 15 members representing the private sector and a Chairman in the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, experts group, whose names are reproduced in the Annex.
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31991R2738 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2738/91 of 18 September 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 8516 50 00 originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2738/91 of 18 September 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 8516 50 00 originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN code 8516 50 00, originating in China the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 2 819 000; whereas, on 23 August 1991, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,
As from 22 September 1991, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:
Order No CN code Description 10.1045 8516 50 00 Microwave ovens
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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32000R0549 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 549/2000 of 14 March 2000 determining the rice intervention centres
| 15.3.2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 67/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 549/2000
of 14 March 2000
determining the rice intervention centres
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (2), and in particular Article 8(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2047/84 (3) determines the rice intervention centres other than Vercelli. That Regulation has been amended several times, most recently by Regulation (EC) No 695/98 (4). For reasons of clarity it should be replaced in its entirety.
(2) Following consultations with the Member States concerned, the list of intervention centres in Spain and Greece should be amended.
(3) Those measures should take effect from the start of the period of application of the intervention arrangements.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The intervention centres mentioned in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 are listed in the Annex.
Regulation (EEC) No 2047/84 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 from 1 April 2000.
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 |
31983D0472 | 83/472/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 September 1983 granting financial support to implement the 'Evzoni- Volos road - section between Kleidi and Axios' project (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 September 1983
granting financial support to implement the 'Evzoni-Volos road - section between Kleidi and Axios' project
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(83/472/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3600/82 of 30 December 1982 on the granting of limited support in the field of transport infrastructure (1),
Whereas the Greek Government has applied to the Community for financial support towards the cost of the 'Evzoni-Volos road - section between Kleidi and Axios' project;
Whereas all the conditions required for the Community to grant financial support have been satisfied,
Financial support totalling 2 500 000 ECU is hereby granted to finance the work to implement the 'Evzoni-Volos road - section between Kleidi and Axios' project.
The specifications for the work and the terms and conditions of payment are set out in the Annex.
1. Notwithstanding checks carried out by Greece in accordance with its laws, regulations or administrative provisions, and without prejudice to Article 206a of the Treaty or to any inspection arranged on the basis of Article 209c of the Treaty, on-the-spot checks or enquiries in respect of the project financed by this Decision shall be carried out by the competent Greek authorities and by officials of the Commission or any other persons empowered by the Commission for this purpose. The Commission shall determine time limits for the performance of the checks and inform Greece of them in advance in order to obtain all the assistance necessary.
2. The purpose of such on-the-spot checks or enquiries in respect of operations financed by this Decision shall be to verify:
(a) the conformity with Community rules of the administrative practices for the operation receiving financial support;
(b) the existence of supporting documents and their tallying with the project financed by this Decision;
(c) the conditions under which the project financed by this Decision is executed and monitored;
(d) the conformity of the work completed with the project financed by the Decision.
If the conditions for the financial support are not met or if controls reveal irregularities, the payments provided for can be suspended, reduced or cancelled by a Commission decision notified to the beneficiary. Sums unduly paid are to be returned to the Commission by Greece within 12 months from the date of notification of such decision.
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32004D0266 | 2004/266/EC: Commission Decision of 17 March 2004 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of seed of fodder plants (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 819)
| Commission Decision
of 17 March 2004
authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of seed of fodder plants
(notified under document number C(2004) 819)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/266/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed(1), as last amended by Directive 2003/61/EC(2), and in particular the last sentence of Article 10(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 87/309/EEC of 2 June 1987 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of seed of certain fodder plant species(3), has been substantially amended several times(4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codified.
(2) Fodder plant seed should not normally be placed on the market unless its packages are labelled with an official label in accordance with the provisions laid down in Directive 66/401/EEC.
(3) However, the indelible printing of the required information on the package itself, on the basis of the model laid down for the label, may be authorised.
(4) In respect of cereal seed, Commission Decision 80/755/EEC of 17 July 1980 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of cereal seed(5), as amended by Decision 81/109/EEC(6), authorised the indelible printing of the prescribed information on the package itself, on the basis of the model laid down for the label, under certain conditions which ensured that responsibility rested with the certification authority. Since that system has proved to be useful, a similar authorisation should be granted, under the same conditions, in respect of fodder plants.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agricultural, Horticulture and Forestry,
1. The Member States are hereby authorised, under the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, to provide for the printing under official supervision of the prescribed information on packages of seed of fodder plant species of the categories "basic seed" and "certified seed".
2. The following conditions shall apply in respect of the authorisation granted in paragraph 1:
(a) the prescribed information shall be printed or stamped indelibly on the package;
(b) the lay-out and the colour of the printing or the stamp shall be in accordance with the model for the label used in the Member State concerned;
(c) of the prescribed information, at least that required under Annex IV, part A, point I(a)(3) and (3a) to Directive 66/401/EEC shall be printed or stamped when samples are taken pursuant to Article 7(2) of that Directive, the printing or stamping being done officially or under official supervision;
(d) in addition to the prescribed information, each package shall have an officially attributed individual serial number which shall have been printed or stamped indelibly on it by the package printing firm; that firm shall inform the certification authority of the quantities of packages issued, including their serial numbers;
(e) the certification authority shall keep records of the quantities of seed thus marked, including the number and contents of the packages of each lot, as well as the serial numbers referred to under (d);
(f) producers' records shall be subject to supervision by the certification authority.
The Member States shall notify the Commission of the conditions under which they make use of the authorisation granted in Article 1.
The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
Decision 87/309/EEC is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.
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32004R1865 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1865/2004 of 27 October 2004 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
| 28.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 325/39
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1865/2004
of 27 October 2004
on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1),
Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with Thailand under GATT Article XXIII (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2458/2001, and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced by the percentages set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The final use of the quotas concerned for 2004, in percentage terms, is set out in the annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October 2004.
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31975D0156 | 75/156/ECSC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1974 on the acquisition by the Federal Republic of Germany of a majority shareholding in Gelsenberg AG, Essen (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 1974 on the acquisition by the Federal Republic of Germany of a majority shareholding in Gelsenberg AG, Essen (Only the German text is authentic) (75/156/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Articles 66 and 80 thereof;
Having regard to Decision No 24/54 of 6 May 1954 laying down in implementation of Article 66 (1) of the Treaty a Regulation on what constitutes control of an undertaking;
Having regard to the communication from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany of 13 March 1974 concerning its intention to acquire a majority shareholding in Gelsenberg AG, Essen;
Whereas: 1. Through a number of State-controlled undertakings the Federal Republic of Germany engages in the production and distribution of coal. It owns: - a controlling 40 % holding in Vereinigte Elektrizitäts- und Bergwerks-Aktiengesellschaft (VEBA), Bonn and Berlin ; the remainder of VEBA's shares is dispersed over a large number of holdings. VEBA holds 99.1 % of the share capital of Hugo Stinnes AG, Mülheim, an undertaking engaged in the wholesale coal trade, which itself holds controlling interests in this field. VEBA also has a 14.1 % share in the capital of the coalproducing undertaking Ruhrkohle AG;
- about 83 % of the share capital of Vereinigte Industrie-Unternehmungen Aktiengesellschaft (VIAG), Berlin.
Together with VIAG, VEBA controls Braunschweigische Kohlenbergwerke (BKB), Helmstedt. BKB stopped production of brown coal briquettes on 1 April 1974, but it controls other smaller distribution undertakings within the meaning of Article 80 of the Treaty.
BKB, together with VEBA, also controls BKB/Stinnes-Stromeyer GmbH, which is also a coal wholesaler.
The Federal Republic of Germany also owns: - 76 % of the shares of Saarbergwerke AG, Saarbrücken, which is a coal-producing undertaking within the meaning of Article 80 of the Treaty. Saarbergwerke has a majority holding in several coal distribution undertakings within the meaning of Article 80;
- 100 % of the share capital of Salzgitter AG, which has a 10.8 % holding in Ruhrkohle AG.
2. Gelsenberg AG is a group with activities in the fields of hydrocarbons, chemicals, nuclear processing/electricity generation, inland waterways, transport and distribution ; 48.3 % of its shares are held by Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerk-Aktiengesellschaft (RWE), Essen. The remainder of the shares is dispersed over a number of holdings. Its whollyowned subsidiary Raab Karcher GmbH is a coal distri- bution undertaking within the meaning of Article 80 of the Treaty. Raab Karcher GmbH has links with Bayerische Brennstoffhandel GmbH KG and Hansen Neuerburg Export-Import GmbH OHG : these last two undertakings are controlled jointly by Raab Karcher and other firms. Gelsenberg AG also has a 13.55 % holding in Ruhrkohle AG.
3. The Federal Government proposes to acquire 51.3 % of the share capital of Gelsenberg AG. The combination of Gelsenberg AG and VEBA is designed to produce a viable large-scale group whose activities would centre on oil and electricity production. Since a merger of the two undertakings means the combination of their coal production and distribution businesses too, this constitutes a concentration within the meaning of Article 66 (1).
The Federal Government controls, directly or indirectly, other undertakings within the meaning of Article 80. With regard however to these holdings of the Federal Government it should be noted that the undertakings controlled by the Government are not subject to any central planning or decision-making authority but are operated as economically independent undertakings. Although therefore VEBA, Vereinigte Industrie-Unternehmungen AG, Saarbergwerke AG and Salzgitter AG are effectively linked to each other, nevertheless the connection does not bring about any restrictive effect on competition. Consequently, assessment of the concentration can be confined to the integration of Gelsenberg AG into VEBA.
4. VEBA and Gelsenberg AG, like all shareholders of Ruhrkohle AG, were formerly mining companies and transferred their mining holdings to Ruhrkohle AG in 1969. Like the many other shareholders, they do not have a large enough shareholding to control Ruhrkohle AG. Acquisition of holdings in Gelsenberg AG will, however, give the Federal Government a further 13.55 % of the shares of Ruhrkohle AG. The undertakings controlled by the Federal Government will then hold approximately 39 % of the capital of Ruhrkohle and will undoubtedly have a considerable influence on its business policy. However, there are no indications that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany could use its strengthened position to modify the supply conditions of Ruhrkohle AG so as to favour the merchants controlled by it. In addition the terms of business of Ruhrkohle AG as authorized by the Commission (1) ensure equal treatment for all wholesalers in terms of direct purchasing from Ruhrkohle AG.
The change in the pattern of ownership of Ruhrkohle AG will thus not give the VEBA/Gelsenberg AG Group any advantage as regards access to production.
5. To judge by 1973 figures, annual sales of solid fuels on the relevant market (the Federal Republic of Germany) can be expected to be as follows: >PIC FILE= "T0004905">
The total sales of approximately ... metric tons per annum by the two undertakings to be merged represent some 33 % of total sales by coal wholesalers on the relevant market. This share of the wholesale market will be the largest in the Federal Republic. However there are seven other coal wholesalers in the Federal Republic with market shares of between 5 and 10 %. And there are about 150 smaller undertakings. Consequently, and because these wholesalers are widely scattered throughout the Federal Republic of Germany consumers still have a wide choice in covering their requirements for solid fuels despite the concentration amounting to 33 % of the market.
VEBA/Gelsenberg AG are not in a position to fix prices for solid fuels. Of the approximately... metric tons of solid fuels sold in 1973, about... metric tons were produced in the Community. Since the trade margin allowed for this coal by the main supplier fields is only about 4 % of the list price, the two undertakings cannot sell at much below list price. On the other hand, VEBA/Gelsenberg AG can only raise prices as far as the competition from fuel oil allows, because for many years the price of fuel oil has been well below that of Community coal. This applies also, though to a lesser extent, to the approximately ... metric tons of coal imported in 1973. VEBA/Gelsenberg AG account for approximately ... % of the market in coal imports from non-Community countries - a market position of much the same strength as their position in the wholesale coal business as a whole. However, prices for imported coal from the duty-free import quota have invariably been above the price for fuel oil. The only exception is coal from state-trading countries, some of which has been imported at the same price as fuel oil.
This price situation has changed substantially the wholesale fuel trade in two ways : most consumers have converted their installations to use fuel-oil or modified them to use either solid or liquid fuels. As a result the coal wholesalers in Germany sold about 49 000 000 metric tons of fuel oil in 1973 in addition to solid fuels. This means that currently only about 30 (1)OJ No L 120, 7.5.1973, p. 14.
to 32 % of sales by coal wholesalers (ton for ton) is accounted for by solid fuels : by far the greater part of their business is in fuel oil. The oil companies, however, also sold about 33 000 000 metric tons direct rather than through coal wholesalers. As a result there is less opportunity today for a wholesaler to exploit a strong market position. The possibility of substituting fuel oil for solid fuel and the appearance of new competitors in the market ensure a sufficently competitive situation. This competition among wholesalers is primarily in terms of the variety of their supplies, their reputation for delivery on time, quality, delivery arrangements and their treatment of complaints.
In determining whether the merger of the two undertakings might afford them other exceptional competitive advantage, consideration should be given to the fact that they have their own inland waterway vessels. VEBA and Gelsenberg AG have a carrying capacity of their own which enabled them in 1971 to transport about ... % and ... % respectively of total shipments by German firms within the Federal Republic of Germany and to and from foreign ports. However, less than 20 % of the solid fuels sold in the Federal Republic of Germany is shipped by water, and VEBA and Gelsenberg AG each carried less than ... % of their solid fuels sales in their own vessels. Another pointer indicating that the two undertakings will not gain a privileged position through the use of their own vessels is the fact that on inland waterways the supply of cargo space exceeds demand and VEBA/Gelsenberg AG have no direct influence on transport charges since waterway freight charges, where not fixed at set rates (as in German domestic traffic), are determined freely on the freight market. Given this market structure and this relationship between supply and demand, the two undertakings have virtually no scope for granting special terms to buyers to make use of their transport facilities.
6. Consequently, the merger will not enable the undertakings involved to determine prices or to control or restrict distribution in a substantial part of the solid fuel market or to evade the rules of competition instituted under the Treaty. Also, it will not give them an artificially privileged position affording a substantial advantage in access to supplies or markets,
The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized to acquire a majority of the shares of Gelsenberg AG, Essen.
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31992R1842 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1842/92 of 6 July 1992 setting accession compensatory amounts applicable on rice sector products in Portugal in the 1992/93 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1842/92
of 6 July 1992
setting accession compensatory amounts applicable on rice sector products in Portugal in the 1992/93 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3654/90 of 11 December 1990 laying down general rules for the system of accession compensatory amounts applicable to cereals and during the second stage of the accession of Portugal (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas an intervention price for paddy rice applicable in Portugal in the 1992/93 marketing year was set by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1746/92 (2); whereas setting of this price necessitates application of accession compensatory amounts on paddy, husk, semi-milled and fully milled rice;
Whereas these amounts must be determined as specified in Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3654/90;
Whereas, in view of the situation regarding the price of broken rice in Portugal at the beginning of the second stage, it has been decided not to apply an accession compensatory amount for that product;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The accession compensatory amounts indicated in the Annex to this Regulation shall be applicable in the 1991/92 marketing year to the products listed at (a) in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 (3).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable from 1 September 1992.
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 |
32005D0554 | 2005/554/EC, Euratom: Council Decision of 12 July 2005 on the adjustment of the allowances paid to members and alternates of the European Economic and Social Committee
| 20.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/35
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 July 2005
on the adjustment of the allowances paid to members and alternates of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2005/554/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 258 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 166 thereof,
Having regard to the request from the European Economic and Social Committee of 4 April 2005,
Whereas:
The amounts of the daily allowances paid to members and alternates of the European Economic and Social Committee, laid down by Council Decision 81/121/EEC (1), should be adapted,
Article 2 of Decision 81/121/EEC shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
1. The daily allowance per travel day shall be:
— EUR 130 for members and alternates.
2. The daily allowance per meeting day shall be:
— EUR 208 for members and alternates.
3. Where the beneficiary furnishes satisfactory proof that he has incurred expenditure on an overnight stay at the place of work, he shall be paid a supplementary daily allowance of EUR 30.’
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32014R0676 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 676/2014 of 19 June 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 37/2010, as regards the substance ‘triclabendazole’ Text with EEA relevance
| 20.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 180/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 676/2014
of 19 June 2014
amending Regulation (EU) No 37/2010, as regards the substance ‘triclabendazole’
(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 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council (1), and in particular Article 14 in conjunction with Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Medicines Agency formulated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use,
Whereas:
(1) The maximum residue limit (hereinafter ‘MRL’) for pharmacologically active substances intended for use in the Union in veterinary medicinal products for food-producing animals or in biocidal products used in animal husbandry is to be established in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 470/2009.
(2) Pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding MRLs in foodstuffs of animal origin are set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 (2).
(3) Triclabendazole is currently included in Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 as an allowed substance, for all ruminants, applicable to muscle, fat, liver, kidney and milk. The provisional maximum residue limits for that substance set out for all ruminants' milk expired on 1 January 2014.
(4) Additional data were provided and assessed by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use who recommended that the provisional MRLs for triclabendazole for all ruminants' milk should be set as definitive.
(5) The entry for triclabendazole in Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 is amended as set out in 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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32001R2246 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2246/2001 of 19 November 2001 amending Regulations (EC) No 1442/2001 and (EC) No 1954/2001 as regards authorised transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2246/2001
of 19 November 2001
amending Regulations (EC) No 1442/2001 and (EC) No 1954/2001 as regards authorised transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India
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 Regulation (EC) No 1809/2001(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to the notification from the Republic of India,
Whereas:
(1) Paragraph 6 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Republic of India on arrangements in the area of market access for textiles products, initialled on 31 December 1994 and approved by Council Decision 96/386/EC(3), provides that favourable consideration is to be given to certain requests from the Republic of India for "exceptional flexibility" in the setting of quotas for those products.
(2) Commission Regulations (EC) No 1442/2001 of 16 July 2001 on the authorisation of transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India(4) and (EC) No 1954/2001 of 5 October 2001 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India(5) accommodated two such requests from the Republic of India.
(3) On 27 September 2001 the Republic of India submitted a revised request for modification of the transfers authorised by those Regulations.
(4) The transfers, as modified, requested by the Republic of India, fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions in Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.
(5) It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the revised request and Regulations (EC) No 1442/2001 and (EC) No 1954/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(6) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31993D0573 | 93/573/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 October 1993 authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 October 1993 authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC
(93/573/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of forest reproductive material (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 91/44/EEC (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to the requests submitted by certain Member States,
Whereas production of reproductive material of the species set out in the Annexes is at present insufficient in all Member States, as well as in Austria, for which the Council has stated the equivalence of the reproductive material there harvested, with the result that their requirements for reproductive material conforming to the provisions of Directive 66/404/EEC cannot be met;
Whereas third countries are not in a position to supply sufficient reproductive material of the relevant species which can afford the same guarantees as Community reproductive material and which conforms to the provisions of the abovementioned Directive;
Whereas the Member States should therefore be authorized to permit, for a limited period, the marketing of reproductive material of the relevant species which satisfies less stringent requirements to cover the shortage of reproductive material satisfying the requirements of Directive 66/404/EEC;
Whereas, for genetic reasons, the reproductive material must be collected at places of origin within the natural range of the relevant species and strictest possible guarantees should be given to ensure the identity of the material;
Whereas, furthermore, reproductive material should be marketed only if it is accompanied by a document bearing certain details of the reproductive material in question;
Whereas each of the Member States should furthermore be authorized to permit the marketing in its territory of seed and plants which satisfy less stringent requirements in respect of provenance, as laid down in Directive 66/404/EEC, if the marketing of such material has been authorized in the other Member States under this Decision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
1. Member States are authorized to permit the marketing in their territory of seed satisfying less stringent requirements in respect of provenance on the terms set out in Annex I hereto and on condition that the proof specified in Article 2 is furnished with regard to the place of provenance of the seed and the altitude at which it was collected.
2. Member States are authorized to permit the marketing in their territory of plants produced in the Community from the abovementioned seed.
1. The proof referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be deemed to be furnished where the reproductive material is of the category 'source-identified reproductive material' as defined in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) scheme for the control of forest reproductive material moving in international trade, or of another category defined in that scheme.
2. Where the OECD scheme referred to in paragraph 1 is not used at the place of provenance of the reproductive material, other official evidence shall be admissible.
3. Where official evidence cannot be provided, Member States may accept other non-official evidence.
Member States are authorized on the terms set out in Annex II hereto and on condition that the proof specified in Article 2 is furnished with regard to the place of provenance of the seed, to permit the marketing in their territory of plants produced in third countries from seed satisfying less stringent requirements in respect of provenance.
The Member States other than the applicant Member States are also authorized to permit, on the terms set out in Annexes I and II respectively and for the purposes intended by the applicant Member States, the marketing in their territory of the seeds and plants authorized to be marketed under this Decision.
The authorizations provided for in Articles 1 (1) and 3 in so far as they concern the first placing of forest reproductive material on the market of the Community, shall expire on 30 November 1994. Such authorizations, in so far as they concern subsequent placing on the market of the Community, shall expire on 31 December 1996.
Member States shall, before 1 January 1997, notify the Commission of the quantities of seed or, where appropriate, plants satisfying less stringent requirements which have been approved for marketing in their territory under this Decision. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
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32005R2078 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2078/2005 of 19 December 2005 opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
| 20.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 333/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2078/2005
of 19 December 2005
opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
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), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 (2) lays down the detailed rules of application for export refunds on fruit and vegetables.
(2) Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides that, to the extent necessary for economically significant exports, the products exported by the Community may be covered by export refunds, within the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(3) Under Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, care must be taken to ensure that the trade flows previously brought about by the refund scheme are not disrupted. For this reason and because exports of fruit and vegetables are seasonal in nature, the quantities scheduled for each product should be fixed, based on the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3). These quantities must be allocated taking account of the perishability of the products concerned.
(4) Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing situation and outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on the Community market and supplies available, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, prices on the international market. Account must also be taken of the transport and marketing costs and of the economic aspect of the exports planned.
(5) In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be established in the light of the most favourable prices from the export standpoint.
(6) The international trade situation or the special requirements of certain markets may call for the refund on a given product to vary according to its destination.
(7) Tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples of classes Extra, I and II of the common quality standards can currently be exported in economically significant quantities.
(8) In order to ensure the best use of available resources and in view of the structure of Community exports, it is appropriate to proceed by an open invitation to tender and to set the indicative refund amount and the scheduled quantities for the period concerned.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
1. An invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences is hereby opened. The products concerned, the tender submission period, the indicative refund rates and the scheduled quantities are laid down in the Annex hereto.
2. The licences issued in respect of food aid as referred to in Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (4) shall not count against the eligible quantities in the Annex hereto.
3. Notwithstanding Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001, the term of validity of the A3 licences shall be two months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 January 2006.
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