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32006R0010 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 10/2006 of 5 January 2006 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 16th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
| 6.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 3/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 10/2006
of 5 January 2006
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 16th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1) and in particular the second indent of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 of 15 July 2005 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2005/2006 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 16th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 36,900 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 January 2006.
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 |
32012R0285 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 285/2012 of 29 March 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 30.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 92/24
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 285/2012
of 29 March 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32007R0688 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 688/2007 of 19 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 as regards the entry into storage of intervention butter put on sale
| 20.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 159/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 688/2007
of 19 June 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 as regards the entry into storage of intervention butter put on sale
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) 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) lays down that intervention butter placed on sale must have entered into storage before 1 September 2006.
(2) Given the situation on the butter market and the quantities of butter in intervention storage it is appropriate that butter in storage before 1 June 2007 should be available for sale.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, ‘1 September 2006’ is replaced by ‘1 June 2007’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31995R0491 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 491/95 of 3 March 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 and Regulation (EC) No 933/94, in particular with regard to the integration of the designated public authorities and the producers in Austria, Finland and Sweden in the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8 (2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 491/95 of 3 March 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 and Regulation (EC) No 933/94, in particular with regard to the integration of the designated public authorities and the producers in Austria, Finland and Sweden in the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8 (2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), as last amended by the Commission Directive 94/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8 (2) of Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (3), and in particular Article 5 (2) and (5) thereof,
Whereas owing to the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Community an imbalance has arisen in the responsibilities borne by the Member States as rapporteurs for the 89 active substances covered by the first phase of the programme of work for reassessment of the active substances on the market two years after the date of notification of Directive 91/414/EEC; whereas in such a situation a reallocation of active substances has to be undertaken; whereas Annexes I and III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94 of 27 April 1994 laying down the active substances of plant protection products and designating the rapporteur Member States for the implementation of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 (4) should therefore be amended;
Whereas the number of substances to be reallocated must be limited to the minimum required to ensure a proper balance in the responsibility borne by each of the 15 Member States;
Whereas, however, the reallocation should also take into account the need to keep substances with similar properties under evaluation by one Member State, as well as the need to ensure that after reallocation all substances are examined by a designated rapporteur Member State that has authorized the substance;
Whereas account had also to be taken of indications from certain Member States regarding the advanced stage already reached in the preparation of the evaluation of certain active substances;
Whereas, to comply with these requirements, it has been necessary to reallocate one substance between Member States of the Community as constituted at 31 December 1994;
Whereas notifiers of active substances reallocated to another rapporteur Member State must be assured of flexibility with regard to adherence to the deadline set for the introduction of the dossiers, where they can show that the reallocation has led to a delay in the presentation of the dossiers to the new designated rapporteur Member State;
Whereas it is necessary to provide that the original rapporteur Member State will transfer to the new designated rapporteur Member State all correspondence and information which it received as rapporteur Member State on the active substance concerned;
Whereas any producers (that is, manufacturers and importers of substances produced outside the Community) having a permanent office in the territory of one of the acceding Member States must be given the opportunity of participating in the programme in their own right; whereas this opportunity should however not affect the original timetable for the work;
Whereas the participation of the notifiers in the programme of work is a long-term exercise, requiring more specific provisions for cases where a notifier decides to withdraw its participation or to agree to a transfer of its participation to another producer; whereas such transfer may be of particular interest for producers in the acceding Member States that were originally required to participate via a notifier which had its permanent office in one of the 12 Member States before the accessions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 4, the following paragraph 1a is inserted:
'1a. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, producers having a permanent office in Austria, Finland or Sweden may notify the Commission by 30 April 1995 at the latest.';
2. Article 5 is amended as follows:
(a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 5:
'Where such different Member State has been designated as rapporteur Member State, the original Member State shall inform thereof the notifiers concerned and shall transfer to the newly designated rapporteur Member State all correspondence and information which it has received as rapporteur Member State for the active substance concerned.';
(b) the following paragraph 6 is added:
'6. When a notifier decides to end its participation in the programme of works for an active substance, he shall inform thereof the rapporteur Member State, the Commission and the other notifiers for the substance concerned.
When a notifier agrees with another producer that he shall be replaced for the purposes of further participation in the programme of works under this Regulation, the notifier and such other producer shall inform the rapporteur Member State and the Commission by a common declaration agreeing that such other producer shall replace the original notifier in carrying out the notifier's duties as set out in Articles 6 to 8; they shall assure that the other notifiers for the substance concerned are informed as well.';
3. in Article 6 (5), the first indent is replaced by the following:
'- a new time-limit has been granted for the submission of a dossier fulfilling the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3; a new time-limit will only be granted where the delay is proved to have been caused by efforts to present collective dossiers, or by additional efforts to be made by the notifier (or notifiers) on account of a decision to designate another rapporteur Member State in accordance with Article 5 (5),';
4. in Article 7 (1) (a), the following is added:
'the order of examination is, however, not affected by dossiers presented by notifiers referred to in Article 4 (1) (a)'.
Regulation (EC) No 933/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Annex I, for the following active substances mentioned in column A, the designated rapporteur Member States are amended as follows in column B:
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2. the following is added to Annex III:
AUSTRIA
Bundesministerium fuer Land- und Forstwirtschaft,
p.a. Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum fuer Landwirtschaft,
Trunnerstrasse 5,
A-1020 Wien;
FINLAND
Kasvintuotannon tarkastuskeskus,
Torjunta-aineiden toimiala,
PL 42,
FIN-00501 Helsinki;
SWEDEN
Kemikalieinspektionen,
PO Box 1384,
S-17127 Solna.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32007D0399 | 2007/399/EC: Commission Decision of 11 June 2007 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that Romania is officially free of brucellosis ( B. melitensis ) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that Slovenia is officially free of bovine brucellosis (notified under document number C(2007) 2400) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 12.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 150/11
COMMISSION DECISION
of 11 June 2007
amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that Romania is officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that Slovenia is officially free of bovine brucellosis
(notified under document number C(2007) 2400)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/399/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex A (II) (7) thereto,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (2), and in particular Section II of Chapter 1 of Annex A thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 93/52/EEC of 21 December 1992 recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease (3) lists the Member States and regions thereof which are recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance with Directive 91/68/EEC.
(2) Following a veterinary inspection mission carried out in July 2001, Romania was found to comply with the conditions provided for in Section II(1)(b) of Chapter 1 of Annex A to Directive 91/68/EEC. Therefore it was listed in Commission Decision 97/232/EC of 3 March 1997 drawing up lists of third countries from which the Member Sates authorise imports of sheep and goats (4) as a third country recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).
(3) In addition, since that recognition Romania has undertaken to comply with the conditions provided for in Section II(2) of Chapter 1 of Annex A to Directive 91/68/EEC in order to maintain the officially free status granted.
(4) Romania, as regards the whole territory, has now submitted to the Commission documentation re-confirming compliance with the conditions provided for in Section II(1)(b) of Chapter A of Annex A to Directive 91/68/EEC and demonstrating continuous conformity with the conditions of Section II(2) of Chapter 1 of Annex A to Directive 91/68/EEC as regards the maintenance of the officially free status granted.
(5) Romania should therefore be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) as regards ovine or caprine holdings.
(6) Directive 64/432/EEC provides that Member States or parts or regions thereof may be declared officially free of tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis as regards bovine herds subject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that Directive.
(7) The lists of regions of Member States declared free of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis are set out in Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (5).
(8) Slovenia has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards the whole territory in order that that Member State may be declared an officially brucellosis-free Member State.
(9) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Slovenia, the whole territory of that Member State should therefore be declared officially brucellosis-free Member State as regards bovine animals.
(10) Decisions 93/52/EEC and 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Decision 93/52/EEC is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision.
In Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC, Chapter 1 is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32012D0794 | 2012/794/EU: Council Implementing Decision of 17 December 2012 authorising Bulgaria and Romania to apply measures derogating from Article 5 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
| 19.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 349/55
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 17 December 2012
authorising Bulgaria and Romania to apply measures derogating from Article 5 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
(2012/794/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1), and in particular Article 395(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By letter registered at the Commission on 25 May 2011, Bulgaria and Romania requested authorisation to derogate from Article 5 of Directive 2006/112/EC, governing the territorial scope of that Directive, in relation to the maintenance, repair and the charging of tolls with respect to the border bridge over the river Danube between Vidin (Bulgaria) and Calafat (Romania) (‘the requested derogation’). Bulgaria and Romania partly replaced the requested derogation by letter registered at the Commission on 7 March 2012.
(2) In accordance with Article 395(2) of Directive 2006/112/EC, the Commission transmitted the requested derogation to the other Member States by letter dated 17 July 2012, with the exception of Spain which was informed by letter dated 18 July 2012. By letter dated 19 July 2012, the Commission notified Bulgaria and Romania that it had all the information it considered necessary for appraisal of the requested derogation.
(3) With regard to the maintenance and repair of the bridge, the requested derogation consists in the territorial border between Bulgaria and Romania being considered as being situated in the middle of the bridge.
(4) With regard to the charging of tolls to cross the bridge, the requested derogation consists in the entire length of the bridge being considered as being situated on the territory of the Member State in which any transit journey starts. Thus only Bulgarian VAT will be charged on the entire toll for all journeys starting from the Bulgarian side. In the same way, only Romanian VAT will be charged on journeys starting from the Romanian side.
(5) In the absence of such derogating measures, firstly, the determination of the place of supply for the maintenance, repair and charging of tolls would be dependent on the precise establishment of the territorial border above the river Danube, which, in practice, would be very difficult for the taxable persons involved. Secondly, as for the charging of tolls, both Bulgarian and Romanian VAT would have to be applied to the toll charged for a one-way journey over the bridge. The derogation measures are therefore intended to simplify the collection of the applicable VAT.
(6) As the requested derogation concerns the territorial scope for VAT purposes, to which there should be no future changes, the requested derogation should be authorised for an indefinite period.
(7) The derogation will only have a negligible effect on the overall amount of tax collected at the stage of final consumption and will not adversely affect the Union’s own resources accruing from value added tax,
By way of derogation from Article 5 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Bulgaria and Romania are hereby authorised to apply the derogations set out in Articles 2 and 3 of this Decision in relation to the maintenance, repair and the charging of tolls with respect to the border bridge over the river Danube between Vidin (Bulgaria) and Calafat (Romania).
To determine the place of taxable transactions regarding the maintenance or the repair of the border bridge, the territorial boundary shall be considered as being situated in the middle of the bridge for the supply of goods and services, intra-Community acquisitions and imports of goods intended for that maintenance or repair.
To determine the place of taxable transactions regarding the charging of tolls, the entire length of the border bridge shall be considered as being situated on the territory of the Member State in which any transit journey starts.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
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32006D0501 | 2006/501/EC: Commission Decision of 14 July 2006 amending Decision 2006/264/EC concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle disease in Romania (notified under document number C(2006) 3167) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 20.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 198/38
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 July 2006
amending Decision 2006/264/EC concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle disease in Romania
(notified under document number C(2006) 3167)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/501/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Newcastle disease is a highly contagious viral disease in poultry and birds and there is a risk that the disease agent might be introduced via international trade in live poultry and poultry products.
(2) Commission Decision 2006/264/EC of 27 March 2006 concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle disease in Romania (3) was adopted following outbreaks of Newcastle disease in Romania. Pursuant to that Decision, Member States are to suspend imports of live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game and hatching eggs, fresh meat and meat preparations and meat products from these species from certain parts of Romania.
(3) Romania has notified to the Commission another outbreak of Newcastle disease in the county of Sălaj, a part of the territory of Romania from which imports into the Community have not been suspended. That county should therefore be added to the list of counties set out in the Annex to Decision 2006/264/EC.
(4) Taking account of the current epidemiology situation in Romania in relation to Newcastle disease the measures laid down in Decision 2006/264/EC should be prolonged.
(5) Decision 2006/264/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2006/264/EC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 5, the date ‘31 July 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.
2. The Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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32002R2213 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2213/2002 of 12 December 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2213/2002
of 12 December 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except for the United States of America, Canada, Estonia and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 901/2002(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/2002(7).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 6 to 12 December 2002, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be EUR 4,99/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 December 2002.
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31991R2692 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/91 of 11 September 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2537/89 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for soya beans
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2692/91 of 11 September 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2537/89 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for soya beans
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1491/85 of 23 May 1985 laying down special measures in respect of soya beans (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1724/91 (2), and in particular the third paragraph of Article 3 and Article 3a (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 1491/85 provides for the establishment of actual and estimated production of soya beans; whereas, when this is done the amounts harvested on the territory of the former German Democratic Republic are not to be taken into account; whereas the production estimates for soya beans should be made before the end of January; whereas as a result, Member States must supply the figures relating to the area and production of soya beans to the Commission before 15 January; whereas Article 3a (3) lays down that the calculation of the adjustment for the marketing year 1991/92 for soya beans produced in Spain up to the limit of the area sown under contract in 1990 must result in an adjusted guide price equal to that prevailing in the rest of the Community;
Whereas the final aid amounts will not be known until the end of the month of January; whereas provision should be made for the freeing of a significant part of the security covering the advance when the right to the aid has been recognized; whereas provision should be made to release the remaining part of the security only after the final aids have been published in order to ensure that any excess payment can be recovered;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2537/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2427/90 (4), should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Regulation (EEC) No 2537/89 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 32 (3) and (4) is replaced by the following:
'3. The security referred to in paragraph 2 shall be lodged in order to ensure that the processing operations determining entitlement to the aid are carried out and, while the aid has not been finalized in accordance with Article 41 (3), to ensure that any payment in excess of the aid to which final entitlement is established can be recovered. The security shall be lodged in one of the forms provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.
4. The security shall be released when the aid has been finalized in accordance with Article 41 (3), and the competent authority of the Member State in question has recognized, in accordance with Articles 27 and 28, entitlement to aid in respect of the quantities specified in the application, after a spot check has been carried out at the end of the marketing year. If entitlement to the aid is not recognized in respect of all or part of the quantities specified in the application, the security shall be forfeited in proportion to the quantities in respect of which the conditions for entitlement to the aid have not been fulfilled, with the addition of a penalty applied to the remaining aid.
However, in the period before publication of the finalized aid in accordance with Article 41 (3), up to 80 % of the security may be released in conformity with the provisions of the preceding sub-paragraph. The release of any remaining part of the security shall take place after the publication of the finalized aid.'
2. In the first sentence of Article 41 (1), 'the end of the second month' is replaced by 'the end of January';
in Article 41 (1) the following is added after the third indent:
'However, when the establishment of actual and estimated production takes place, those quantities harvested in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic shall not be taken into account.'
3. In Article 41 (2) the following is added after the second indent:
'However, the adjustment of the amount of aid for soya beans produced in Spain for the 1991/92 marketing year shall be fixed so that the adjusted guide price is the same in Spain as in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, up to the limit of the area sown under contract for 1990.'
4. In Article 41 (4), '15 October' is replaced by '15 January';
in the second indent 'to be harvested' is replaced by 'harvested';
the following is added after the second indent:
'Germany shall communicate separately the figures relating to the territory of the former Federal German Republic and the former German Democratic Republic.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0663 | 2007/663/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 2007 amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 4660) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 13.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 270/18
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 October 2007
amending Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
(notified under document number C(2007) 4660)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/663/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain, Commission Decision 2007/554/EC of 9 August 2007 concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (3) was adopted to reinforce the control measures against foot-and-mouth disease taken by that Member State in the framework of Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (4).
(2) Decision 2007/554/EC lays down rules applicable to the dispatch from high and low risk areas in Great Britain of products considered safe that either were produced before the restrictions were put in place in the United Kingdom, from raw material sourced from outside those restricted areas, or that have undergone a treatment proven effective in inactivating possible foot-and-mouth disease virus.
(3) In the interests of clarity of Community legislation, it is appropriate to rephrase the first and second subparagraphs of Article 2(6) of Decision 2007/554/EC.
(4) It is appropriate to permit, under specific certification conditions, the re-dispatch of frozen semen and embryos of the ovine and caprine species imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with Community legislation and stored separately from semen, ova and embryos not eligible for dispatch from the high and low risk areas listed in Annexes I and II to Decision 2007/554/EC. Additional certification conditions should be introduced and Article 6(2)(b) of that Decision should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) It is also appropriate to amend the certification requirements laid down in Decision 2007/554/EC as regards animal products, including petfood, that have undergone a heat treatment effectively inactivating the possible foot-and-mouth disease virus in the product concerned. Article 8(4) and (6) of that Decision should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) In addition, it is necessary to clarify which parts of the territory of the United Kingdom are concerned by the measures required to be taken by the other Member States in relation to animals of a susceptible species dispatched during the period when animals could have been dispatched from those parts of the United Kingdom not included in the surveillance zone established in the county of Surrey, in relation to the two outbreaks confirmed in August 2007. Article 13(2) of Decision 2007/554/EC should therefore be amended to refer specifically to Great Britain.
(7) Decision 2007/554/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2007/554/EC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 2, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
(a) all such fresh meat is marked in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/99/EC or in accordance with Decision 2001/304/EC;
(b) the slaughterhouse is operated under strict veterinary control;
(c) the fresh meat is clearly identified, and transported and stored separately from meat which is eligible for dispatch outside the United Kingdom.
2. Article 6 is amended as follows:
(a) In paragraph 2, point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) frozen bovine semen and embryos, frozen porcine semen, and frozen ovine and caprine semen and embryos imported into the United Kingdom, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Directives 88/407/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/429/EEC or 92/65/EEC respectively, and which, since their introduction into the United Kingdom, have been stored and transported separately from semen, ova and embryos not eligible for dispatch in accordance with paragraph 1.’
(b) The following paragraphs 6 and 7 are added:
3. Article 8 is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
(b) Paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
4. In Article 13, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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31991R2368 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2368/91 of 2 August 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3310/86 on the Community recording of market prices on the basis of the scale for the classification of carcasses of adult bovine animals
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2368/91 of 2 August 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3310/86 on the Community recording of market prices on the basis of the scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1892/87 of 2 July 1987 on the recording of market prices in the beef and veal sector (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3310/86 of 30 October 1986 on the Community recording of market prices on the basis of the scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1162/89 (3), lays down the criteria and procedure for recording market prices in the beef and veal sector;
Whereas, in order to guarantee that price recording operations proceed smoothly, the internal price transmission procedures should commence at the same time in all Member States;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3310/86:
'Member States shall commence internal transmission of price recording information to central authorities at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the earliest.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R2171 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2171/2003 of 12 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2171/2003
of 12 December 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 of 14 December 1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries(1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000(2) does not lay down any annual time limits for the submission of programmes to the Member States by trade or intertrade organisations in the Community.
(2) To meet the requests made by some Member States and take advantage of the opportunity to bring Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 into line with Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 of 18 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal market(3), final dates for the submission of new programmes of measures to the Member States should be laid down for those organisations and the conditions for the lodging of the performance security should be standardised.
(3) To comply with the principle of equal treatment of operators, the amendment relating to the security should apply from 1 October 2003.
(4) In the interests of legal certainty, it should be specified that the proposed programmes must comply, in particular, with all the Community legislation covering the products concerned and their marketing.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 should be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Meeting of Management Committees - Promotion of Agricultural Products,
Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 7(1) is replaced by the following:
"1. With a view to the implementation of measures contained in programmes as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999, the trade or intertrade organisations in the Community that are representative of the sector(s) concerned shall submit each year, by 30 April and 31 October, programmes in response to calls for proposals issued by the Member States concerned. Such programmes shall comply with the Community legislation covering the products concerned and their marketing and the specifications stipulating exclusion, selection and award criteria distributed to that end by the Member States concerned."
2. The first subparagraph of Article 11(3) is replaced by the following:"Contracts may not be concluded by the two parties until a performance security equal to 15 % of the maximum annual financial contribution from the Community and the Member State(s) concerned has been lodged in order to ensure satisfactory performance of the contract. Performance securities shall be lodged in accordance with Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(2) shall apply from 1 October 2003.
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31991D0644 | 91/644/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 November 1991 on the extension of the Community's financial contribution to the continuation of the eradication of African horse sickness in Spain (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 November 1991 on the extension of the Community's financial contribution to the continuation of the eradication of African horse sickness in Spain (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (91/644/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 91/133/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas outbreaks of African horse sickness occured in Spain in September and October 1990; whereas, on account of this situation, the Commission adopted Decision 91/8/EEC (3);
Whereas the occurrence of this disease constitutes a serious danger for Community livestock; whereas the measures taken to eradicate this disease in Spain should be continued; whereas, in particular, the vaccination and identification operations mentioned in Decision 91/331/EEC (4) should be intensified;
Whereas, in order to guarantee the success of these measures, appropriate arrangements should be adopted, particularly as regards the vaccination and identification of equidae; whereas the Spanish authorities have undertaken to implement such arrangements;
Whereas, under the second indent of Article 3 (5) of Decision 90/424/EEC, the Community's financial contribution is to cover 100 % of the cost of supply of the vaccine and 50 % of the costs incurred in carrying out the vaccination;
Whereas, the conditions laid down in Decision 90/424/EEC are satisfied;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
A Community financial contribution is hereby granted to Spain for the vaccination measures against African horse sickness carried out between 1 September 1990 and 31 July 1991, provided that the central Spanish authorities have put or are putting into operation the following measures:
- implementation of a compulsory vaccination programme for all equidae in Andalusia up to 31 July 1991,
- registration and identification, in accordance with Article 5 (2) (d) of Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae (5), of equidae at the time of vaccination,
- registration of all the equidae holdings in Andalusia,
- introduction of a system of compulsory notification of the death of equidae,
- continuation of research on the vectors of African horse sickness over the entire territory and in particular in Andalusia,
- launching of an information campaign for stockfarmers and veterinarians to sheer the importance of having equidae and, particularly, foals vaccinated as well as the necessity of having all cases of equine deaths notified to the competent authorities.
The financial contribution by the Community is hereby fixed at:
- 100 % of the costs incurred by Spain for the supply of vaccine,
- 50 % of the cost incurred by Spain in carrying out the vaccination provided for in the first indent of Article 1.
1. The Community's financial contribution shall be granted on presentation of the supporting documents.
2. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be forwarded by Spain by 31 January 1992 at the latest.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0372 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 372/2007 of 2 April 2007 laying down transitional migration limits for plasticisers in gaskets in lids intended to come into contact with foods (Text with EEA relevance)
| 3.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 92/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 372/2007
of 2 April 2007
laying down transitional migration limits for plasticisers in gaskets in lids intended to come into contact with foods
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC (1), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,
After consulting the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority),
Whereas:
(1) In 1999 the Scientific Committee for food has assigned to epoxidised soybean oil (ESBO) a tolerable daily intake (TDI) of 1 mg/kg body weight per day. This TDI is translated into a specific migration limit (SML) of 60 mg/kg food for plastic materials and articles in Commission Directive 2002/72/EC (2).
(2) Commission Directive 2007/19/EC of 30 March 2007 amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (3) clarifies that gaskets in lids fall under the scope of Directive 2002/72/EC. It stipulates that Member States have to adopt measures by 1 April 2008 that allow free circulation of gaskets in lids if they comply with SML. Non-compliant gaskets in lids will be prohibited as from 1 June 2008.
(3) It appears necessary to regulate the placing on the market of those products pending the implementation of Directive 2007/19/EC.
(4) Indeed, recent data from Member States and Switzerland showed concentrations of ESBO in fatty food, such as sauces and vegetables or fish in oil, reaching up to 1 150 mg/kg. With such high values, the TDI may be exceeded for consumers.
(5) Recently business operators have shown an interest in using other plasticisers as substitutes for ESBO which either have a higher TDI or migrate to lesser extent. Therefore specific rules for these substitutes are also necessary.
(6) Moreover, the legal situation of these products is currently uncertain. Directive 2002/72/EC applies to materials and articles, and parts thereof, which consist exclusively of plastics or are composed of two or more layers consisting exclusively of plastics. Gaskets in metal lids could alternatively be regarded as a plastic part of a material or article and thus covered by Directive 2002/72/EC or as a plastic coating on a metal substrate, and thus not covered by Directive 2002/72/EC.
(7) As a consequence, Member States currently apply diverging rules that may pose a barrier to trade.
(8) It therefore appears proportionate to fix transitional SML for the sum of certain plasticisers used in gaskets in lids contacting fatty foods, so that the free circulation of those products is not endangered, the lids and foods that pose a significant risk are immediately excluded form the market and, at the same time, industry has sufficient time to finalise the development of gaskets that are compliant with the SML laid down in Directive 2002/72/EC as amended by Directive 2007/19/EC.
(9) The transitional SML should be set at a level ensuring that normally the TDI will not be exceeded, taking into account the average consumption of the foods concerned and the opinion issued by EFSA on 16 March 2006, which indicated that the level of plasticisers present in 90 % of the fatty food in glass jars is below 300 mg/kg food.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Lids containing plastic layers or plastic coatings, forming gaskets in these lids that together are composed of two or more layers of different types of materials may be placed on the market in the Community if they comply with the restrictions and specifications indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall apply until 30 June 2008.
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31992D0611 | 92/611/EEC: Council Decision of 7 December 1992 concerning the conclusion by the European Economic Community of an Agreement in the form of exchanges of letters concerning the extension of the duration of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part
| COUNCIL DECISION of 7 December 1992 concerning the conclusion by the European Economic Community of an Agreement in the form of exchanges of letters concerning the extension of the duration of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part (92/611/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,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, pending the completion of the ratification procedure of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic of the other part signed in Brussels on 16 December 1991, it is necessary to extend, after 31 December 1992, the duration of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic of the other part (2) signed in Brussels on 16 December 1991, by concluding an Agreement in the form of exchanges of letters,
The Agreement in the form of exchanges of letters concerning the extension of the duration of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic of the other part is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons who will sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32015D0005 | Decision (EU) 2015/299 of the European Central Bank of 10 February 2015 amending Decision ECB/2014/34 on measures relating to targeted longer-term refinancing operations (ECB/2015/5)
| 25.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 53/27
DECISION (EU) 2015/299 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 10 February 2015
amending Decision ECB/2014/34 on measures relating to targeted longer-term refinancing operations (ECB/2015/5)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first indent of Article 127(2) thereof,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular the first indent of Article 3.1, Article 12.1, the second indent of Article 18.1 and the second indent of Article 34.1 thereof,
Having regard to Guideline ECB/2011/14 of 20 September 2011 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (1),
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Section 1.6 of Annex I to Guideline ECB/2011/14, the Governing Council may, at any time, change the instruments, conditions, criteria and procedures for the execution of Eurosystem monetary policy operations.
(2) On 22 January 2015, in order to support the effectiveness of the targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs), the Governing Council decided to eliminate the 10 basis points spread over the rate for main refinancing operations (MROs) for the TLTROs to be conducted between March 2015 and June 2016. The elimination of the spread reflects the reduction in term premia of market-based funding instruments for institutions since the announcement of TLTROs on 5 June 2014. The decision does not affect the interest rate which is applied to the first TLTROs conducted in September and December 2014. This rate therefore remains unchanged, i.e. it is fixed over the life of each operation at the rate for MROs prevailing at the time of the tender announcement in respect of the relevant TLTRO, plus a fixed spread of 10 basis points.
(3) In addition, certain minor corrections are required to Decision ECB/2014/34 (2).
(4) Therefore, Decision ECB/2014/34 should be amended accordingly,
Amendments
Decision ECB/2014/34 is amended as follows:
1. Article 5 is replaced by the following:
2. in Annex I, in paragraph 1 (Calculation of borrowing limits), the second table is replaced by the following:
‘k Month of TLTRO Allotment reference month CNLk
3 Mar. 2015 Jan. 2015 NLMay
2014 + NLJune
2014 + … + NLJan
2015
4 June 2015 Apr. 2015 NLMay
2014 + NLJune
2014 + … + NLApr
2015
5 Sept. 2015 July 2015 NLMay
2014 + NLJune
2014 + … + NLJul
2015
6 Dec. 2015 Oct. 2015 NLMay
2014 + NLJune
2014 + … + NLOct
2015
7 Mar. 2016 Jan. 2016 NLMay2014 + NLJune2014 + … + NLJan2016
8 June 2016 Apr. 2016 NLMay
2014 + NLJune
2014 + … + NLApr
2016’
3. in Annex I, in paragraph 2 (Calculation of mandatory early repayments), the formula for ‘The mandatory early repayment in September 2016 of a participant’ is replaced by the following:
4. in Annex I, the third footnote is replaced by the following:
5. in Annex II, the fourth footnote is replaced by the following:
6. in Annex II, the thirteenth footnote is replaced by the following:
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on 10 February 2015. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0327 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/2004 of 26 February 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/2004
of 26 February 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993D0089 | 93/89/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1992 fixing the Community financial contribution for the control of foot-and-mouth disease in Morocco, in relation to epidemiological studies (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 December 1992 fixing the Community financial contribution for the control of foot-and-mouth disease in Morocco, in relation to epidemiological studies (Only the English text is authentic)
(93/89/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 92/337/EEC (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas foot-and-mouth disease is a serious infectious disease which creates barriers to trade in live animals;
Whereas foot-and-mouth disease is present in Morocco where it presents a threat of spread of the disease into the Community;
Whereas the infrastructure for the control of foot-and-mouth disease in Morocco is not well established, particularly in respect of expertise and facilities for diagnosis and serological surveys;
Whereas to facilitate the strengthening of the infrastructure, the Commission should make a financial contribution to the training of Moroccan veterinarians, and for the subsequent survey work; whereas the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom, can provide such training and support;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Community financial assistance shall be given to the Pirbright Laboratory to provide assistance to Morocco for
- training two veterinarians in use of Elisa tests for serology and identification of the FMD antigen, for a period of two months,
- organization of collection and analysis of serological samples for a period of ten months, subsequent to the training in the previous indent.
The Community shall reimburse the costs of the measures referred to in Article 1, limited to a maximum of ECU 40 000 in accordance with the terms of Article 3 of this Decision.
1. The duties carried out by the Laboratory shall be the subject of the following reports:
(a) technical report
A technical report to describe the work which has been carried out;
(b) financial report
The financial report to state the expenses which have been incurred by the laboratory to carry out the duties referred to in Article 1.
2. Technical and financial reports must be sent to the Commission within sixty (60) days from the end of the period covered by this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1893 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1893/2001 of 27 September 2001 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1893/2001
of 27 September 2001
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except the United States of America and Canada was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001(5).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 21 to 27 September 2001 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R2103 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2103/96 of 31 October 1996 establishing the forecast supply balance for olive oil for the Canary Islands under the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2103/96 of 31 October 1996 establishing the forecast supply balance for olive oil for the Canary Islands under the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2537/95 (2), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 of 16 November 1994 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2883/94 (4), establishes specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2542/95 (5) establishes the forecast supply balance for olive oil for the period 1 November to 31 October 1996;
Whereas, in order to enable the Canary Islands to be supplied with olive oil for the entire 1996/97 marketing year, an additional forecast supply balance must be adopted for the period 1 November 1996 to 31 October 1997;
Whereas, in order to avoid any interruption in the arrangements, this Regulation should apply from 1 November 1996;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
For the application of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the forecast balance for the supply of olive oil sector products benefiting from exemption from duties on imports from third countries or benefiting from Community aid shall be as laid out in the Annex hereto.
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 November 1996.
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31998R0921 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 921/98 of 28 April 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod, haddock and plaice by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 921/98 of 28 April 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod, haddock and plaice by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 45/98 of 19 December 1997 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1998 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), provides for cod, haddock and plaice quotas for 1998;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas the quotas of cod in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions III a, III b, c, d (EC-zone) and of plaice in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, allocated to Belgium for 1998, have been exhausted by exchanges of quotas; whereas Belgium has prohibited fishing for these stocks as from 1 January 1998; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
The quotas of cod in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions III a, III b, c, d (EC-zone) and of plaice in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak allocated to Belgium for 1998, are deemed to be exhausted.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, for haddock in the waters of ICES divisions III a, III b, c, d (EC-zone) and for plaice in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stocks captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1998.
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31998R1633 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1633/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (3), the Council adjusted, on a temporary basis, for the years 1997 and 1998 the regional ceilings on the number of male bovine animals eligible for the special premium laid down in Article 4b(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (4); whereas long-term measures are being drawn up; whereas these adjusted regional ceilings should therefore be retained for a further year;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 authorises the Commission to take the necessary action on suckler cow premium rights unused by producers in 1997 and 1998 and returned to the national reserve; whereas, for the same reason as above, this authorisation should be extended for a year;
Whereas, in order to avoid too drastic a reduction in the amount of the special premium for castrated male bovine animals in those Member States whose producers benefited from the deseasonalisation premium in 1998, but for whom the conditions for the full-rate grant in 1999 are not met, provision should be made, by way of an exception, for Community financing in 1999, for grant of the reduced rate;
Whereas the restructuring as regards male cattle in the new German Länder has not yet been completed; whereas it is desirable to provide for the continued derogation, for 1999, from the application of the limit of ninety animals,
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 4b(3)(b), second subparagraph, 'for 1997 and 1998` shall be replaced by 'for 1997, 1998 and 1999`;
2. the following subparagraph shall be inserted after the second subparagraph in Article 4c(3):
'However, the second subparagraph shall not apply for 1999.`;
3. in Article 4f(4) the second indent shall be replaced by:
'- measures relating to individual rights not used in 1997, 1998 and 1999 which have been returned to the national reserve`;
4. the following point shall be added to Article 4k(1), as applicable from 1 January 1999:
'(d) notwithstanding point (a), for 1999 and for the new German Länder, Germany shall be authorised to derogate from applying the limit of ninety animals provided for in Article 4b(1).`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31979L0694 | Council Directive 79/694/EEC of 24 July 1979 amending Directive 74/150/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 24 July 1979 amending Directive 74/150/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (79/694/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 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 certain systems or parts of tractors which form a separate technical unit are already marketed both separately and after being fitted to a tractor ; whereas, in so far as it is possible to check such systems or parts before they are fitted to a tractor, their free movement may be facilitated by the introduction of EEC type-approval also for these separate technical units;
Whereas it is therefore desirable that Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3) should be supplemented without delay by provisions introducing such type-approval;
Whereas the EEC type-approval of separate technical units to be fitted to tractors simplifies the tractor type-approval procedure by avoiding the repetition of certain checks during type-approval ; whereas it must be possible, when granting EEC type-approval for separate technical units, to lay down restrictions for their use and/or conditions for their fitting;
Whereas it must always remain possible to adapt the separate Directives to technical progress in the production of separate technical units ; whereas the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Council Directive 74/150/EEC is appropriate for this purpose;
Whereas the technical requirements relating to the driver's operating space and windows of tractors differ from one Member State to another ; whereas it is therefore necessary that all Member States adopt the same requirements without delay either in addition to or in place of their existing rules;
Whereas checks on compliance with these requirements should be made under the EEC type-approval procedure for each tractor type provided for in Directive 74/150/EEC ; whereas it is therefore necessary to supplement this Directive by incorporating the necessary references in Annex I (Model information document) and Annex II (Model EEC type-approval certificate),
Council Directive 74/150/EEC is amended as follows: (a) The following Article shall be added after Article 9:
"Article 9a
1. Where the separate Directives make express provision for so doing, EEC type-approval may also be granted for types of systems or parts of tractors which form a separate technical unit.
2. Where the separate technical unit to be approved fulfils its function or offers a specific feature only in conjunction with other components of the tractor and for this reason compliance with one or more requirements can be verified only when the separate technical unit to be approved operates in conjunction with other tractor components, whether real or simulated, the scope of the EEC type-approval of the separate technical unit must be restricted accordingly. The EEC type-approval certificate for a separate technical unit shall then include any restrictions on its use and shall indicate any conditions for fitting it. Observance of these restrictions and conditions shall be verified at the time of EEC type-approval of the tractor. (1)OJ No C 127, 21.5.1979, p. 80. (2)Opinion delivered on 22 and 23 May 1979 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3)OJ No L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 10.
3. Articles 3 to 9 and 14 shall apply by analogy.
However, the holder of the EEC type-approval for a separate technical unit granted in accordance with this Article shall be obliged not only to complete the certificate provided for in Article 5 (2), but also to affix to each unit manufactured in conformity with the approved type the trade name or mark, the type and, if the separate Directive so provides, the type-approval number."
(b) The following paragraph shall be added to Article 11:
"This procedure shall also apply for the purpose of introducing the provisions relating to EEC type-approval for separate technical units into the separate Directives."
(c) The following sections shall be added to Annex I (Model information document): - "8.4.4. Driver's operating space",
- "8.4.5. Windows".
(d) The following sections shall be added to Annex II (Model EEC type-approval certificate): - "7.4.4. Drivers operating space SD",
- "7.4.5. Windows SD".
1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary in order to comply with this Directive within 18 months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall ensure that the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive are communicated to the Commission.
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32007D0376 | 2007/376/EC: Council Decision of 15 February 2007 on the signature and provisional application of a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
| 2.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 141/67
COUNCIL DECISION
of 15 February 2007
on the signature and provisional application of a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
(2007/376/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 57(2), 71, 80(2), 133(1), 133(5) and 181 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 23 October 2006 the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, to negotiate with Mexico a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (2), to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
(2) These negotiations have been concluded satisfactorily.
(3) The text of the Second Additional Protocol provides for the provisional application of the Protocol before its entry into force.
(4) Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Second Additional Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Community and the Member States,
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
The text of the Second Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.
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31991R0640 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 640/91 of 15 March 1991 amending for the first time Regulation (EEC) No 1524/71 laying down detailed rules concerning private storage aid for flax and hemp fibres
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 640/91 of 15 March 1991 amending for the first time Regulation (EEC) No 1524/71 laying down detailed rules concerning private storage aid for flax and hemp fibres
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3995/87 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1524/71 (3) contains certain provisions concerning payment of the aid; whereas in order to improve the efficiency of the storage scheme, the contracting party should be enabled to receive an advance payment of aid subject to the lodging of a security;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
The following shall be added to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1524/71:
'At the contracting party's request, a single advance payment on the amount of aid may be made, provided that he lodges a security equal to the advance payment, plus 10 %.
The advance payment shall not exceed the amount of aid corresponding to the actual period of storage.
The security shall take one of the forms provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (1). The security shall be released pro rata to the quantities for which the contracting party's obligations under his storage contract are fulfilled. It shall be released once it has been ascertained that those obligations have been fulfilled. The security shall be forfeited pro rata to the quantities for which those obligations are not fulfilled, except in cases of force majeure. In such cases, the security shall also be released pro rata to the quantities in respect of which the force majeure applies.
(1) OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31980D0562 | 80/562/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 May 1980 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the Netherlands pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 23 May 1980 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the Netherlands pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (80/562/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), as last amended by Directive 77/390/EEC (2), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 21 February 1980 the Government of the Netherlands forwarded, pursuant to Article 17 (4) of the said Directive an Order concerning State aid for the relocation of farm buildings;
Whereas Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC requires the Commission to determine whether, having, regard to the abovementioned Order, the existing provisions in the Netherlands for the implementation of the said Directive continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 thereof;
Whereas the abovementioned Order concerning State aid for the relocation of farm buildings meets the requirements of the said Directive;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agriculture Structure,
Having regard to the Order concerning State aid for the relocation of farm buildings, the existing provisions for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC in the Netherlands continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of the said Directive.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R1920 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1920/2004 of 25 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway
| 5.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 331/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1920/2004
of 25 October 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 (1), Community tariff quotas were opened for such products.
(2) Participation of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (hereinafter ‘the acceding States’) in the European Economic Area was agreed by means of the EEA Enlargement Agreement, signed between the Community and its Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway and the acceding States on 14 October 2003.
(3) Pending the completion of the procedures required for the adoption of the EEA Enlargement Agreement, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters was agreed, which provides for a provisional application of the EEA Enlargement Agreement. That Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters was approved by Council Decision 2004/368/EC (2).
(4) The EEA Enlargement Agreement provides for an Additional Protocol to the EC-Norway Free Trade Agreement of 1973 (hereinafter ‘the Protocol’), which provides for the opening of new Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products. Those new tariff quotas should be opened.
(5) The Protocol provides that drawings on two new tariff quotas are stopped on 15 October of each year from 2005, so that any unused balance is made available exclusively to imports at the end of the year.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 992/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) Since the EEA Enlargement Agreement takes effect from 1 May 2004, this Regulation should be applicable from the same date and should enter into force without delay,
Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following Article 2a is inserted:
2. Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
1. For 2004, the annual volumes of the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0752, 09.0756 and 09.0758 shall be reduced in proportion to the part of the quota period in whole weeks which has elapsed before 1 May 2004.
2. For 2004, the tariff quota with order number 09.0754 shall be opened, for the period from 15 June to 31 December, for a volume of 24 800 tonnes.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 May 2004.
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31986R0480 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 480/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules of application of the regulatory amounts applicable to trade in certain wine sector products between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Spain
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 480/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules of application of the regulatory amounts applicable to trade in certain wine sector products between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Spain
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Article 123 of the Act of Accession provides for a regulatory amount mechanism to be set up for trade in wine sector products between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Spain; Whereas for table wines the regulatory amounts to be levied on the import of the products in question into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 offset the difference between the guide prices and those fixed for Spain; whereas in the case of other products in the sector which are likely to disturb the market and for which a reference price is fixed, a regulatory amount may be levied in accordance with a procedure that takes into account the relationships between these products and the different types of table wine; Whereas, according to the joint declaration annexed to the Act, for certain table wines from Spain assessed on the basis of their specific market prices and their vatting, bottling and labelling, there is to be levied a regulatory amount lower than the highest regulatory amount resulting from the difference between the respective guide prices; Whereas the purpose of the regulatory amount is to prevent disturbance on the market of the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 without affecting the traditional pattern of trade in the abovementioned products; whereas, therefore, there is no need to apply the regulatory amount in cases where there is no danger of disturbance; whereas provision should also be made for adjustment of the regulatory amount for the product in question on the basis of its market situation; Whereas Article 123 (4) of the Act provides that a regulatory amount may be fixed for the export of one or more products from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 to Spain; whereas this possibility may only be used, when, for the product in question, the market trend risks calling in question the normal trade pattern; Whereas it appears desirable, in order to prevent disturbance of trade with third countries in certain cases, that provision be made, when the refund applicable in trade between Spain and third countries is set, as provided for in Article 87 of the Act, for the regulatory amount to be disregarded either wholly or in part,
1. This Regulation adopts general rules for application of the mechanism for the regulatory amounts introduced in the trade of certain wine sector products between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Spain. 2. Articles 2 to 6 shall apply to the regulatory amounts for imports from Spain into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985.
1. For each type of table wine the regulatory amount shall, for each wine year, be equal to the difference between the guide price set for the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and that set for Spain. 2. The regulatory amount referred to in paragraph 1 may be adjusted to take account of the price situation on the market in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and in Spain. The price situation on the market for each type of table wine shall be assessed on the basis in particular of the representative prices determined pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2). 3. The regulatory amount for certain table wines shall be adjusted taking into consideration, in particular, their specific prices on the production market and the type of vatting, bottling and labelling to which they are subjected. The regulatory amount for these wines shall be set at a level below the highest regulatory amount for the type of table wine in question.
Should there be a risk of disturbance to the market in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, a regulatory amount may be set for certain 'appellation of origin' wines and for the products covered by Article 5.
The regulatory amount for 'appellation of origin' wines as referred to in Article 3 shall be set at a percentage to be determined of the regulatory amount set for table wines of type A I. This amount shall be differentiated by 'appellation of origin' on the basis in particular of the trend in prices and the risk of disturbance.
1. The regulatory amount for: - new wines still in fermentation, - grape juice, (including grape must), unfermented, not containing spirits, whether or not containing added sugar falling under subheadings 20.07 A I and B I of the Common Customs Tariff, - partially fermented grape must, including products other than grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol as defined by Additional Note 4 (a) to Chapter 22 of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be equal to the regulatory amount applicable to table wines of types A I and R I respectively. 2. (a) The regulatory amount for: - concentrated grape must, - concentrated grape juice as referred to in points 5 and 7 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 shall be derived from the regulatory amount applicable to table wines of type A I and R I and shall be calculated on the basis of the concentration relationships. (b)The regulatory amount for rectified concentrated grape must, referred to in point 5a of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 shall be derived from the regulatory amount applicable to table wines of type A I and shall be calculated on the basis of the concentration relationships. 3. The regulatory amount for wine fortified for distillation, as defined by Additional Note 4 (b) to Chapter 22 of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be 60 % of the regulatory amount applicable to table wines of A I and R I respectively. 4. The regulatory amount for liqueur wines with no 'appellation of origin', shall be that applicable to table wines of type A I and R I and shall be calculated on the basis of an alcoholic strength of 12 % vol.
1. The regulatory amounts set pursuant to Articles 2, 4 and 5 shall be adjusted taking into account, in particular, the trend and features of trade compared with the traditional pattern and with the risk of disturbance. 2. The regulatory amounts set pursuant to Articles 2, 4 and 5 shall not exceed the maximum level set by Article 123 (3) of the Act of Accession.
Should, for one or more of the products referred to in Articles 2, 4 and 5, the market trend of the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 or that of the Spanish market risk calling into question the normal pattern of trade of that product or those products between the Community and Spain, a decision may be made to set a regulatory amount to be granted on export from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 to Spain. This grant shall be adjusted so as to avoid causing a disturbance on the Spanish market for the product in question.
Regulatory amounts shall be levied or granted by whichever of the two Member States concerned, whose guide price level used to determine the regulatory amounts is the higher.
1. The regulatory amount applicable shall be that in force at the time of acceptance of the export declaration. 2. However, an arrangement whereby regulatory amounts can be fixed in advance may be introduced should this prove necessary.
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Regulatory amounts referred to in Articles 2 and 5 applicable in trade between Spain and third countries shall be deducted from the export refund. However, in order to prevent a risk of disturbance to trade or if the market situation so requires, it may be decided that the regulatory amount should be wholly or partly disregarded.
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Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, and in particular the introduction of regulatory amounts referred to in Article 123 (2) (b) and (4) of the Act of Accession on the setting of the levels referred to in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 of this Regulation, shall be adopted by the procedure provided for in Article 67 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
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32004D0323 | 2004/323/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2004 on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in accordance with point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure
| Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 30 March 2004
on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in accordance with point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure
(2004/323/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(1), and in particular point 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund(2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the "Fund") to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.
(2) Malta submitted an application to mobilise the Fund on 10 November 2003, concerning a disaster caused by storm and flooding. Spain submitted an application on 1 October 2003 concerning a fire-related disaster. France also submitted an application on 26 January 2004 concerning a disaster caused by flooding.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.
(4) The cases of the storm and flooding in Malta in September 2003, the forest fire in Spain in the summer of 2003 and the flooding in southern France in December 2003 fulfil the criteria for mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, the European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 21916995 in commitment appropriations.
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31987R0218 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 218/87 of 26 January 1987 fixing the quotas for 1987 applying to imports into Spain of beef and veal products from third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 218/87
of 26 January 1987
fixing the quotas for 1987 applying to imports into Spain of beef and veal products from third countries
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 491/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down rules for the application of quantitative restrictions on imports into Spain of certain agricultural products from third countries (1), and in particular Articles 1 (3) and 3 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 77 of the Act of Accession, Spain may, until 31 December 1995, apply quantitative restrictions on imports from third countries; whereas the said restrictions concern products which are subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the case of beef and veal; whereas the initial quotas in volume were fixed in respect of each product or group of products by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1870/86 (2);
Whereas the quotas for 1987 should be fixed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The quotas for 1987 applying to imports into Spain of beef and veal products from third countries, referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 491/86, shall be:
1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // 1987 quota // // // // 01.02 A ex II // Live animals of the bovine species, other than pure-bred breeding animals and animals for bullfights // 330 animals // 02.01 A II a) // Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled // 500 tonnes (carcase weight) // 02.01 A II b) // Meat of bovine animals, frozen // 1 500 tonnes (carcase weight) // 02.01 B II b) // Offals of bovine animals // 2 950 tonnes (carcase weight) // // //
2. Articles 1 (3), 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1870/86 shall remain applicable.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in tthe Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31998R1326 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1326/98 of 25 June 1998 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for supplying the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EC) No 882/98
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1326/98 of 25 June 1998 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for supplying the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EC) No 882/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (4), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Whereas certain intervention agencies hold substantial stocks of beef bought into intervention; whereas an extension of the storage period should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1319/98 (5) establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of live bovine animals and beef and veal products fixes the forecast supply balance for frozen meat of bovine animals for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999; whereas, in the light of traditional trade patterns, beef should be released from intervention for the purpose of supplying the Canary Islands during that period;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of 5 September 1984 laying down detailed rules for certain sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (7), provides for the possibility of a two-stage procedure for the sale of beef from intervention;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the tendering procedure is consistent and uniform, measures should be adopted in addition to those laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95;
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 of 16 November 1994 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 825/98 (10), provides for the use of aid certificates issued by the competent Spanish authorities for supplies from the Community; whereas, in order to improve the operation of the abovementioned arrangements, certain derogations from that Regulation should be laid down, in particular, with regard to the application for and the issue of aid certificates;
Whereas the sale should be conducted in accordance with Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 3002/92 (11), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96 (12), and (EC) No 2790/94, subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the lodging of a security to guarantee that the beef arrives at the intended destination;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 882/98 (13) should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The sale shall take place of intervention products bought in under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, of approximately:
- 1 500 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency,
- 2 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency,
- 200 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Austrian intervention agency,
- 200 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Belgian intervention agency,
- 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency,
- 400 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency,
- 1 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency,
- 500 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency,
- 200 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish intervention agency,
- 100 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency,
- 200 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Netherlands intervention agency.
2. This meat shall be sold for delivery to the Canary Islands pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1319/98.
3. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84, (EEC) No 3002/92 and (EC) No 2790/94.
4. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are set out in Annex I hereto.
5. The intervention agencies shall sell first those products in each product group which have been in storage longest.
Particulars of the quantities and places where the products are stored shall be made available to interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II.
6. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned no later than 12 noon on 6 July 1998.
7. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 a tender must be submitted to the intervention agency concerned in a closed envelope, bearing the reference to the Regulation concerned. The closed envelope must not be opened by the intervention agency before the expiry of the tender deadline referred to in paragraph 6.
1. The tender or the purchase application shall be submitted by an operator entered in the register referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 or by an operator duly authorized by the aforementioned operator to act on his behalf.
2. After receiving a tender or purchase application, the intervention agency shall only conclude the contract after having checked with the competent Spanish agencies referred to in Annex III that the quantity concerned is available within the forecast supply balance.
3. The Spanish agency shall immediately reserve for the applicant the quantity requested until receipt of the application for the relevant aid certificate. Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2790/94, the certificate application must be accompanied only by the original purchase invoice issued by the seller intervention agency or by a certified copy thereof.
The application for the aid certificate shall be submitted not later than 14 days after the date on which the purchase invoice is made out.
4. Notwithstanding Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2790/94, the aid shall not be granted for meat sold pursuant to this Regulation.
5. Notwithstanding Article 3(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2790/94, box 24 of the aid certificate application and the aid certificate shall contain the entry: 'aid certificate for use in the Canary Islands - no aid to be paid`.
Notwithstanding Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, purchase applications may be submitted from the 10th working day following the date referred to in Article 1(6).
The security provided for in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be:
- ECU 3 000 per tonne for boneless beef (except fillets),
- ECU 6 300 per tonne for fillets,
- ECU 1 950 per tonne for bone-in beef.
Delivery of the products concerned to the Canary Islands not later than 30 June 1999 shall be a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (14). Proof of compliance with this requirement must be provided not later than two months after completion of formalities with the competent authorities in the Canary Islands for the delivery concerned.
The removal order referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 and the T 5 control copy shall contain the entry:
Carne de intervención destinada a las islas Canarias - Sin ayuda [Reglamento (CE) n° 1326/98]
Interventionskød til De Kanariske Øer - uden støtte (forordning (EF) nr. 1326/98)
Interventionsfleisch für die Kanarischen Inseln - ohne Beihilfe (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1326/98)
ÊñÝáò áðü ôçí ðáñÝìâáóç ãéá ôéò Êáíáñßïõò ÍÞóïõò - ÷ùñßò åíéó÷ýóåéò [Êáíïíéóìüò (ÅÊ) áñéè. 1326/98]
Intervention meat for the Canary Islands - without the payment of aid (Regulation (EC) No 1326/98)
Viandes d'intervention destinées aux îles Canaries - Sans aide [règlement (CE) n° 1326/98]
Carni in regime d'intervento destinate alle isole Canarie - senza aiuto [regolamento (CE) n. 1326/98]
Interventievlees voor de Canarische Eilanden - zonder steun (Verordening (EG) nr. 1326/98)
Carne de intervenção destinada às ilhas Canárias - sem ajuda [Regulamento (CE) nº 1326/98]
Kanariansaarille osoitettu interventioliha - ilman tukea (Asetus (EY) N:o 1326/98)
Interventionskött för Kanarieöarna - utan bidrag (Förordning (EG) nr 1326/98).
Regulation (EC) No 882/98 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
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32005R2097 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2097/2005 of 20 December 2005 reopening the fishery for Northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L by vessels flying the flag of Lithuania
| 21.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2097/2005
of 20 December 2005
reopening the fishery for Northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L by vessels flying the flag of Lithuania
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 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 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 2005.
(2) On 6 June 2005 Lithuania closed the fishery for Northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L, for vessels flying its flag.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1170/2005 (4) prohibits fishing for Northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L, by vessels flying the flag of Lithuania or registered in Lithuania.
(4) On 30 October 2005 Japan transferred to Lithuania 144 tonnes of Northern prawn quota in the waters of NAFO zone 3L. Fishing for Northern prawn in the waters of NAFO zone 3L by vessels flying the flag of or registered in Lithuania should consequently be authorised. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1170/2005 should therefore be repealed,
Reopening of fishery
The fishery for Northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L by vessels flying the flag of Lithuania or registered in Lithuania should be reopened on 1 December 2005.
Repeal
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1170/2005 is hereby repealed,
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.
It shall apply from 1 December 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R2416 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2416/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the smaller Aegean islands and establishing the forecast supply balance
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2416/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the smaller Aegean islands and establishing the forecast supply balance
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4), lays down common detailed rules for the implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the smaller Aegean islands;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the forecast supply balance of cereal products was established for 1996 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2949/95 (6); whereas this forecast supply balance for 1997 should be drawn up; whereas, subsequently, Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 is hereby replaced by the Annex to the present 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 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 |
31992D0304 | 92/304/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 May 1992 approving measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention presented by France (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 May 1992 approving measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention presented by France (Only the French text is authentic) (92/304/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 89/455//EEC of 24 July 1989 introducing Community measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, conforming to Article 1 of Decision 89/455/EEC France shall set up large-scale pilot projects in accordance with Article 3 for the eradication or prevention of rabies in the wild life of the Community using vaccines for the oral immunization of foxes;
Whereas the pilot projects as presented by France include the adjacent border areas of Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium;
Whereas the pilot project is part of a cross-border cooperation with Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium;
Whereas by letter dated 7 January 1992 France notified the Commission of pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention;
Whereas, after examination the pilot project was found to comply with Decision 89/455/EEC; whereas the conditions for financial participation by the Community are therefore met;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The pilot projects in April and May 1992 for the eradication and prevention of rabies, presented by France are hereby approved.
France shall bring into force by 1 April 1992 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the pilot projects referred to in Article 1.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0632 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 632/2004 of 5 April 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 632/2004
of 5 April 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988R1677 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1677/88 of 15 June 1988 laying down quality standards for cucumbers
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1677/88
of 15 June 1988
laying down quality standards for cucumbers
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1117/88 (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation No 183/64/EEC (3) lays down quality standards for cucumbers;
Whereas a change has occurred in the production and marketing of those products, particularly as regards the requirements of consumer and wholesale markets; whereas the common quality standards for cucumbers should therefore be changed to take those new requirements into account;
Whereas such changes entail alteration of the definition of the supplementary quality class as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 (4) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 79/88 (5); whereas account should be taken, in defining that class, of the economic importance to producers of the products concerned and of the need to meet consumer requirements;
Whereas the standards are applicable at all stages of marketing; whereas transportation over a long distance, storage for a certain length of time or the various handling operations may bring about deterioration due to the biological development of the products or their tendency to perish; whereas, therefore, account should be taken of such deterioration when applying the standards of marketing stages following dispatch;
Whereas in the interests of clarity and certainty as to legal requirements and for ease of use the standards thus changed should be consolidated in a single text;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The quality standards for cucumbers, falling within subheading 0707 00 11 and 0707 00 19 of the combined nomenclature shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Those standards shall apply at all marketing stages, under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72.
However, at stages following dispatch the products may show, in relation to the standards prescribed a slight lack of freshness and turgescence and slight alteration due to their biological development and their tendency to perish.
Regulation No 183/64/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
- the second indent of Article 1 (2) is deleted,
- Annex I/2 is deleted.
Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 is hereby amended as follows:
- in Article 1, the words 'and cucumbers' are deleted,
- Annex VII is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
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31993D0066 | 93/66/ECSC: Commission Decision of 25 November 1992 concerning financial measures by Germany in respect of the coal industry in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and also additional financial aid for the coal industry in 1989 and 1990 (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 25 November 1992 concerning financial measures by Germany in respect of the coal industry in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and also additional financial aid for the coal industry in 1989 and 1990 (Only the German text is authentic)
(93/66/ECSC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 2064/86/ECSC of 30 June 1986 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry (1), and in particular Articles 2 (1) and 10 thereof,
Whereas:
I In letters dated 8 October and 4 December 1990 and 8 January 1992, the German Government informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of compensatory amounts under the third Electricity-from-coal Law for 1991 and 1992 and compensation between mining areas (Revierausgleich) and for coal with a low volatile matter content (Ausgleich fuer niederfluechtige Kohle) for 1990, 1991 and 1992.
In letters dated 16 May 1991 and 25 June and 24 July 1992, the German Government provided additional information in reply to letters from the Commission dated 5 and 25 February, and 31 July 1991 and 24 February 1992.
According to the notifications given by the German Government, the aid amounts to:
- compensation fund revenue totalling DM 5 300 million for 1991, corresponding to an 8 % Kohlepfennig levy rate, of which DM 5 000 million was for current expenditure in 1991,
- compensation fund revenue totalling DM 5 300 million for 1992, corresponding to a 7,75 % Kohlepfennig levy rate, of which DM 5 000 million was for current expenditure in 1992,
- DM 300 million to be added to the compensatory amount already authorized for 1989 by Commission Decision 90/632/ECSC (2),
- DM 300 million to be added to the compensatory amount already authorized for 1990 by Commission Decision 90/633/ECSC (3),
- DM 454 million for 1990 to cover the compensation between mining areas and the compensation for coal with a low volatile matter content,
- DM 429,9 million for 1991 to cover the compensation between mining areas and the compensation for coal with a low volatile matter content,
- DM 360,2 million for 1992 to cover the compensation between mining areas and the compensation for coal with a low volatile matter content.
II The objective of the compensation fund (Ausgleichsfonds) under the third Electricity-from-coal Law is partially to offset the price differential, in respect of 11,5 million tonnes of coal equivalent (tce), between Community coal and imported coal and, in respect of 23 million tce, between Community coal and fuel oil.
The scheme therefore covers an annual volume of around 34,5 million tce of Community coal.
It is measure relating to the marketing of coal which, even if it is not a direct burden on public budgets, is nevertheless financed by charges rendered compulsory by the fact of State intervention.
In addition, this scheme confers an economic advantage on coal undertakings. It therefore constitutes indirect aid to the coal industry within the meaning of Article 1 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. The Commission must therefore deliver an opinion on the scheme pursuant to Article 10 (2) of that Decision.
The financial measures relating to compensation between mining areas and for coal with a low volatile matter content are intended partially to cover the loss of revenue for several coal undertakings in the Federal Republic of Germany as a result of certain sales of coal to thermal power stations. According to information provided by the German Government, the compensation between mining areas covers a volume of around 9,3 million tce, while the compensation for the use of coal with a low volatile matter content covers a volume of around 5,1 million tce. These two financial measures were notified by the German Government pursuant to Article 3 of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC as direct aid to the coal industry within the meaning of Article 1 of the Decision.
III By 31 December 1992 the financial measures under the compensation fund financed through the Kohlepfennig will have exceeded DM 50 billion since the entry into force of the third Electrictiy-from-coal Law.
As from 1 January 1990, the compensation between mining areas and for coal with a low volatile matter content has no longer been financed by the compensation fund (Ausgleichfonds) under the third Law but under the Federal budget.
Notwithstanding the change in the financing arrangements, the compensation between mining areas and for coal with a low volatile matter content should be viewed as measures having equivalent effect to the previous scheme under the third Law, within the meaning of Article 2 of Commission Decision 89/296/ECSC (4).
IV By Decision 90/632/ECSC the Commission authorized for 1989 a payment amounting to DM 4 900 million. A further sum of DM 300 million is now added to that amount in order to enlarge the compensation fund, thereby raising the total current expenditure for that year to DM 5 200 million.
By Decision 90/633/ECSC, the Commission authorized for 1990 the payment of DM 4 600 million corresponding to the current expenditure of the compensation fund for that year. To that amoung the following should now be added: equivalent measures in respect of compensation between mining areas and for coal with a low volatile matter content amounting to DM 454 million for 1990 and DM 300 million to increase the compensation fund, bringing the direct and indirect measures adopted in support of coal-mining pursuant to the third Electricity-from-coal Law up to a total of DM 5 354 million.
For 1991 and 1992, the planned measures in respect of current expenditure under the compensation fund provided for by the third Law amount to DM 5 000 million for each year; the compensation between mining areas and for coal with a low volatile matter content amounts to DM 429,9 million and DM 360,2 million respectively, giving a total of DM 5 429,9 million for 1991 and DM 5 360,2 million for 1992.
Although the aid for 1989 and 1990 is greater than the aid authorized by the Commission in respect of 1988, the aid for 1991 remains virtually the same as for 1990, and in 1992 there is a slight decrease as compared with 1991.
V The observed trend must be seen in the light of the objectives of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, and in particular those set out in Article 2 (1) thereof, and in the light of the conditions set out in Decision 89/296/ECSC, and in particular those contained in Article 2 thereof, and the specific aims set out in Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty.
In this connection, it should be noted that the third Electricity-from-coal Law has the effect of stabilizing production but does not further the objectives of Article 2 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, and in particular that of improving competitiveness or creating new capacities that are economically viable.
The parameters laid down in that Law are such as to encourage investment in production capacity with no long-term guarantee of economic viability.
Lastly, the Law is not primarily aimed at resolving social and regional problems connected with changes in the coal industry.
VI Given the transitional nature of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, which expired on 31 December 1993, and the need to secure long-term viability for the coal industry, it is necessary to ensure that Community aid is sufficiently degressive and hence that it is accompanied by a restructuring, rationalization and modernization plan as provided for in Decision 89/296/ECSC.
By Decision 89/296/ECSC ruling on a financial measure by Germany in respect of the coal industry for 1988 under the third Law, the Commission had called upon the German Government to submit, as part of a plan for the restructuring, modernization and rationalization of the coal industry, a plan for the reduction of compensatory payments under the third Electricity-from-coal Law or any other measure having equivalent effect; in response to this Decision, the German Government notified the Commission of a plan for the restructuring, rationalization and modernization of the sector providing for a reduction in power-station coal production of around 5,9 millions tonnes of coal equivalent by 1997.
The Commission notes that the social and regional situation characterizing the coal industry in the Federal Republic of Germany, combined with the technical rigidities peculiar to this industry and the difficulties encountered in the negotiations with the social with the social partners, has entailed a delay in the implementation of the plans called for by the Commission in Decision 89/296/ECSC.
Given that the reduction in capacity will be achieved by closing the production units incurring the largest losses, the proposed measures will help to improve the competitiveness of the Community coal industry.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that the reductions in production capacity proposed between now and 1997 at the latest will not help to bring about a significant improvement in the competitiveness of the German coal industry. In the present circumstances production costs will continue to increase. It is therefore necessary to continue with the restructuring of the industry in order to bring about a significant reduction in aid.
The Commission welcomes the entry in the budget of the compensation between mining areas (Revierausgleich) and for coal with a low volatile matter content (Ausgleich fuer niederfluechtige Kohle), which represents a first step towards greater transparency in the aid schemes for power-station coal. The fact that the aid is degressive will help to strengthen somewhat the financial discipline in the undertakings concerned.
On the basis of the above considerations, the Commission takes the view that the aid proposed by Germany is compatible with the third indent of Article 2 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC.
This Decision does not prejudge the compatibility of the contracts for the purchase of German coal concluded by the electricity generators (Jahrhundertvertrag) with the provisions of the EEC and ECSC Treaties. Furthermore, this Decision must have no legal effect beyond the expiry date of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC,
The compensatory payments provided for under the third Electricity-from-coal Law are hereby authorized up to an amount of DM 5 000 million for each of the two years 1991 and 1992. The additional compensatory payment under the third Law for 1990 is hereby authorized up to an amount of DM 300 million, thus bringing the total authorized for 1989 to DM 5 200 million and for 1990 to DM 4 900 million.
The compensation between mining areas (Revierausgleich) and the compensation for coal with a low volatile matter content (Ausgleich fuer niederfluechtige Kohle) for 1990, 1991 and 1992 are hereby authorized up to an amount of DM 454 million, DM 429,9 million and DM 360,2 million respectively.
The German Government shall notify the Commission by 30 June 1993 of the amounts of aid actually paid by way of compensation between mining areas and compensation for coal with a low volatile matter content in 1992.
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32014D0672 | 2014/672/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 24 September 2014 on the extension of the designation of the Performance Review Body of the single European sky
| 25.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 281/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 24 September 2014
on the extension of the designation of the Performance Review Body of the single European sky
(2014/672/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (1), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Commission Decision of 29 July 2010 (2), the European organisation for the safety or air navigation (Eurocontrol), established by the International Convention of 13 December 1960 relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation, as amended on 12 February 1981 and revised on 27 June 1997, acting through its Performance Review Commission supported by the performance review unit, was designated as the Performance Review Body of the single European sky for a period ending on 30 June 2015.
(2) By letter of 11 August 2010 the Commission appointed the chair of the Performance Review Body and by Commission Decision of 25 July 2013 (3) the Commission approved the members of that body, both for a period ending on 30 June 2015.
(3) It is necessary to continue obtaining expert support also after 30 June 2015 to assist the Commission and the national supervisory authorities and therefore to designate a Performance Review Body for an additional period, considering the important tasks of this body, as laid down in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 and in Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 (4).
(4) After completion of the first reference period, which ends on 31 December 2014, the Commission is to review the impact, scope and effectiveness of the performance scheme, which also includes the Performance Review Body. In this light, it is appropriate for the additional period of the designation of the Performance Review Body to end on 31 December 2016, in order not to pre-empt the outcome of that review process, which may lead to future changes in the tasks, designation and composition of that body. The end date of 31 December 2016 is also consistent with the reference period pursuant to Article 3(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, insofar as it allows the Performance Review Body to finalise its work in relation to the adoption of performance plans for the second reference period (2015-19), to develop Union-wide performance targets with a view to their application as of 2017 in respect to determined unit cost for terminal air navigation services, and to assess in 2016 the traffic assumptions that were used to set Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period.
(5) The Performance Review Commission of Eurocontrol, which at this point in time continues to be the most appropriate body to carry out those tasks, has expressed no objection to being designated as the Performance Review Body for an additional period. The chair and the members of this body, which were previously selected following the procedure laid out in Article 4(4) and 5(1) of Commission Decision of 29 July 2010, have also indicated their availability for a renewed term. Given the limited duration of the present additional period and the importance to ensure continuity in the beginning of the reference period, it is not appropriate to initiate a new selection procedure at this stage.
(6) The designation of the Performance Review Body and the appointment of its chair and its members should therefore be renewed, for a period ending on 31 December 2016.
(7) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004, the Performance Review Body must be impartial, have appropriate competences when carrying out the tasks entrusted to it and act independently. Adequate safeguards should therefore be provided for in this regard. It should also be specified how this body is to report to the Commission.
(8) In order to ensure its proper functioning, appropriate rules should be set out on the rules of procedure, the necessary voting requirements and the financing of the Performance Review Body.
(9) In the interest of clarity, Commission Decision of 29 July 2010 and Commission Decision of 25 July 2013 should be repealed.
(10) In order to ensure continuity, this Decision should enter into force on 1 July 2015.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee established by Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004,
Designation of the Performance Review Body
1. The Performance Review Commission of Eurocontrol, supported by the performance review unit of the Eurocontrol agency, is designated as the Performance Review Body of the single European sky until 31 December 2016.
2. The designation is subject to the condition that the Performance Review Body maintains collective competence in the four key performance areas of safety, capacity, environment and cost-efficiency, and that sufficient, independent and competent support is provided to it by the Eurocontrol performance review unit.
3. When performing the duties entrusted to it by this Decision, the Performance Review Body, its chair and its individual members shall be impartial and shall exercise their functions with independence, avoiding conflicts of interests.
4. The Performance Review Body shall be granted access to the performance-related data referred to in the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, available within Eurocontrol.
Reporting
1. The Performance Review Body shall act in full transparency and report directly to the Commission. Its reports and recommendations shall be the property of the Commission. Publication or dissemination of those reports and recommendations shall require the prior written consent of the Commission.
2. The Performance Review Body shall report once a year to the Commission:
(a) on its cooperation with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the working arrangements with air navigation service providers, airport operators, airport coordinators and air carriers, as referred to in Article 3(7) and (8) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, respectively;
(b) on the work performed under this Decision and on the use of its resources.
Appointment of the chair and members
1. The chair and the members of the Performance Review Body are listed in the Annex.
2. The chair and the members shall sign a statement by which they undertake to exercise their functions within the Performance Review Body in an independent manner.
3. If the chair or a member leaves the Performance Review Body before 31 December 2016, a replacement shall be selected among candidates demonstrating the appropriate experience and competence, as well as independence and absence of conflict of interest. That replacement shall be appointed by the Commission in accordance with Article 3(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013.
Rules of procedure
1. The Performance Review Body shall adopt its rules of procedure, subject to prior approval by the Commission, by simple majority voting.
2. The Performance Review Body shall adopt its reports and recommendations by simple majority voting.
Financing
1. The work of the Performance Review Body to carry out the tasks referred to in Article 3(3), (4), (5) and (6)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013, including the costs of the chair and members of the Performance Review Body as well as the relevant staff costs of Eurocontrol's performance review unit, shall be financed from the budget of the Union.
2. The tasks referred to in Article 3(6)(b) and (c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390/2013 shall be subject to specific financing from Member State(s) covering the additional costs incurred resulting from the request of the Performance Review Body's assistance to the Member State(s) concerned.
Early termination
1. The failure by the chair or a member of the Performance Review Body to comply with the provisions of this Decision shall give the Commission the right to terminate their appointment.
2. The failure by Eurocontrol to comply with the provisions of this Decision shall give the Commission the right to revise or to terminate the designation upon three months prior written notice.
Repeal
Commission Decision of 29 July 2010 and Commission Decision of 25 July 2013 are repealed.
Entry into force and application
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32005R0550 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 550/2005 of 7 April 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 416/2004 laying down transitional measures for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables
| 12.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 550/2005
of 7 April 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 416/2004 laying down transitional measures for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2004 (1), which establishes transitional measures by virtue of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as the new Member States), provides for the payment of an additional amount when an examination of compliance with the threshold for fixing the aid for the 2005/06 marketing year shows that the Community threshold has not been exceeded.
(2) As established by Commission Regulation (EC) No 170/2005 of 31 January 2005 fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing for the 2005/2006 marketing year (2), the quantities of tomatoes in respect of which aid applications have been lodged for the 2004/2005 marketing year in the new Member States fall within their national and Community thresholds for tomato processing, based on the quantities for which aid applications have been lodged for 2004/2005.
(3) Having noted that the new Member States have complied with their national thresholds, there are no grounds for delaying payment of the additional amount provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 416/2004, since precautionary measures are no longer necessary. This payment should therefore proceed.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 416/2004 should be amended as a result.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 416/2004 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
1. Where the examination of compliance with the threshold for the purpose of fixing the aid for the 2005/2006 marketing year shows that the Community threshold has not been exceeded, an additional amount equal to 25 % of the aid provided for in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be paid in all the new Member States after the 2004/2005 marketing year, except in the case of tomatoes for which the additional amount shall be paid once it has been established that the new Member States have observed their national thresholds.
2. Where the examination of compliance with the threshold for the purpose of fixing the aid for the 2005/2006 marketing year shows that the Community threshold has been exceeded, in those new Member States in which the threshold has not been exceeded or in which the threshold has been exceeded by less than 25 % an additional amount shall be paid after the end of the 2004/2005 marketing year, except in the case of tomatoes for which the additional amount shall be paid once it has been established that the new Member States have observed their national thresholds.
The additional amount referred to in the first subparagraph shall be based on the actual amount by which the national threshold concerned has been exceeded, up to a maximum of 25 % of the aid laid down in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.’
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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32013D0301(01) | Commission Decision of 28 February 2013 appointing members and alternates of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee to represent healthcare professionals and patient organisations Text with EEA relevance
| 1.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 60/8
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 February 2013
appointing members and alternates of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee to represent healthcare professionals and patient organisations
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 60/03
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (1), and in particular Article 61a(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 61a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 requires that the Commission appoints representatives of healthcare professionals and patient organisations to the European Medicines Agency Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee.
(2) In accordance with Article 61a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, a public call for expression of interest has been undertaken by the Commission. The European Parliament has been consulted on the results of the evaluation of the applications received in the framework of this call for expression of interest.
(3) The members and alternates of the Committee shall be appointed for a period of three years starting on 1 March 2013, which may be prolonged once,
1. The following are hereby appointed members and alternates of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee to represent healthcare professionals for a term of three years from 1 March 2013:
— Member: Filip Babylon,
— Alternate: Kirsten Myhr.
2. The following are hereby appointed members and alternates of the Committee to represent patient organisations for a term of three years from 1 March 2013:
— Member: Albert van der Zeijden,
— Alternate: Marco Greco. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997D0258 | 97/258/ECSC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1996 concerning aid for closures envisaged by Italy as part of the restructuring of its private steel industry (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1996 concerning aid for closures envisaged by Italy as part of the restructuring of its private steel industry (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (97/258/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 3855/91/ECSC of 27 November 1991 establishing Community rules for aid to the steel industry (1),
After giving notice to the parties concerned, in accordance with the abovementioned Decision, to submit their comments and taking into account those comments (2),
Whereas:
I
By letter of 12 June 1996 the Commission notified the Italian authorities of its decision to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 6 (4) of Decision No 3855/91/ECSC, hereinafter the 'Steel Aid Code`, in respect of aid they planned to grant, under a programme for the restructuring of Italy's private steel industry, to the following five enterprises in the steel sector:
- Diano SpA,
- Lamifer SpA,
- Demafer Srl,
- Lavorazione Metalli Vari (LMV) SpA,
- Sidercamuna SpA.
When it authorized Italian Law No 481 of 3 August 1994 on the restructuring of Italy's private steel sector after verifying that the Law complied with the Steel Aid Code and in particular with Article 4 thereof, the Commission called on the Italian authorities to notify it in advance of cases in which the Law was to be applied.
That Decision also specified that, in order to qualify for aid for closure, the firms concerned had to have been in operation for on average at least one shift per day, i.e. at least eight hours per day, five days per week for the whole of 1993 and up to February 1994, when Decree-Law No 103/93 was notified to the Commission (the provisions of the Decree-Law were subsequently adopted as Law No 481/94).
According to information in the possession of the Commission, the firms concerned satisfied the other requirements set out in Article 4 of the Steel Aid Code governing aid for closures, but were not in regular production at the time of their closure.
In Case 177/96 Diano had produced 16 807 tonnes of hot-rolled products, equivalent to 21 % of its capacity; in Case 178/96 Lamifer SpA had produced only 23 542 tonnes of hot-rolled products, equivalent to 15,2 % of its capacity; in Case 182/96 Sidercamuna SpA had produced only 36 002 tonnes of hot-rolled products, equivalent to 7,6 % of its capacity, at the Berzo Inferiore (Brescia) plant. Demafer (Case N 180/96) and LMV (Case 181/96) were not in production in 1993.
Accordingly, since it was very difficult to determine whether the aid was compatible with the common market, the Commission decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 6 (4) of the Steel Aid Code in respect of the five abovementioned cases.
II
In accordance with that procedure, the Commission invited the Italian Government to submit its comments, while the other Member States and interested parties were informed by way of publication of the decision to initiate the procedure.
By two letters of 22 August 1996, the German Government and Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl notified the Commission of their comments, which were forwarded to the Italian authorities by letter of 16 September 1996. The comments expressed support for the Commission's decision to initiate the procedure.
In response to the opening of the procedure and to the comments of third parties, the Italian Government argued the following:
- while referring back to the Decision of 12 December 1994, which allowed the Italian authorities to put forward objective criteria whereby plants that had operated at less than 25 % capacity could be eligible for closure aid, the Commission Decision initiating the procedure merely stated that the criteria put forward by Italy as a possible alternative to the concept of 'regular production` were unsuitable,
- the criteria the Italian authorities presented to the Commission for consideration were based on the view that the low or zero output recorded by some firms in 1993 and early 1994 was indicative not of a desire to abandon the steel market or of obsolescent or uncompetitive plant but of unfavourable conditions in connection with financial difficulties and a market crisis,
- by not redeploying their workforce, preferring instead to use the Cassa integrazione guadagni (wage guarantee fund), implement training schemes or apply for public early retirement benefits in the context of a restructuring plan, the firms clearly showed that they intended to restructure in order to overcome the crisis that was affecting them,
- the plants covered by the cases submitted to the Commission for scrutiny are not experiencing any problems of productivity resulting from technical factors. Some have recently benefited under major modernization schemes designed to increase efficiency and, since they have all been regularly maintained, each one could still, at little cost, resume regular production within a short space of time. The best proof of this is the very strong interest numerous potential buyers have shown in the plants,
- additional factors should be taken into account, such as the fact that electricity supply contracts have not been terminated, that the firms have remained active on the steel market, and that returns, in particular forms 260-261, have been sent to the ECSC, factors tending to confirm that the reduced or zero output in 1993 is attributable to unfavourable cyclical conditions and that the firms wanted to remain on the market and wait for the right conditions before resuming regular production.
III
By virtue of their production, the firms are subject to the rules of the ECSC Treaty, Article 4 (c) of which stipulates that subsidies or aid granted by States in any form whatsoever are recognized as incompatible with the common market for coal and steel and are accordingly to be abolished and prohibited within the Community. The only possible exceptions to this general prohibition are set out explicitly and restrictively in the Steel Aid Code, in Article 2 (aid for research and development), Article 3 (aid for environmental protection) and Article 4 (aid for closures).
The purpose of the exceptions from the general ban on aid to the steel industry in Article 4 (c) of the ECSC Treaty is not in any way to make the Community rules governing aid to the steel industry less strict, since those rules are justified by the serious distortion of competition that might be caused by aid that is incompatible with the common market in a sector that continues to be very sensitive. It is therefore necessary for those rules to be strictly adhered to, which means that aid to an enterprise in the steel sector may be authorized only if the Commission is satisfied that the requirements of the Steel Aid Code have effectively been complied with.
Article 4 of the Steel Aid Code lays down that aid to firms which permanently cease production of ECSC iron and steel products may be deemed compatible with the common market on conditions that those firms:
- became a legal entity before 1 January 1991 and have not reorganized their production or plant structure since 1 January 1991,
- have been regularly producing ECSC iron and steel products up to the date of notification of the aid,
- are not directly or indirectly controlled, within the meaning of Decision No 24/54 of the High Authority (3), by, and do not themselves directly or indirectly control, an undertaking that is itself a steel undertaking or controls other steel undertakings.
Article 4 further provides that the amount of the aid may not exceed the higher of the following two values:
- the discounted value of the contribution to fixed costs obtainable from plants over a three-year period, less any advantages the aided firm derives from their closure,
- the residual book value of the plants (ignoring that portion of any revaluations since 1 January 1990 which exceeds the national inflation rate).
The Commission concludes that the cases under consideration satisfy every requirement except the one - regarding regular production - that had led to the initiation of proceedings.
In this connection, although it states that, in order to be eligible for aid, a firm must be in regular production at the time of the closure, the Steel Aid Code does not give a precise definition of regular. Accordingly, in its decision authorizing Italian Law No 481 of 3 August 1994, the Commission stated that the requirement concerned would be deemed to be met if the firm receiving the aid had been in production for an average at least one shift per day, i.e. at least eight hours per day, for five days per week for the whole of 1993 and up to 28 February 1994, when Decree-Law No 103/94, converted by the Italian Parliament into Law No 481/94, was notified to the Commission. The Commission decided, moreover, that the Italian authorities should be allowed to demonstrate on the basis of objective criteria that a firm which did not satisfy this requirement had regularly produced ECSC iron and steel products.
The Commission was then to examine the aid in the light of the particular circumstances of the case, in order to ensure that the criterion of regular production had been complied with.
The purpose of Article 4 of the Steel Aid Code and of the Commission decision of 12 December 1994 is clear: aid for closures may be granted only to firms that are significantly active, or whose production on the market in iron and steel products is regular. The Community legislator did not, however, feel it necessary or advisable to allow an exception to the general prohibition provided for in Article 4 of the ECSC Treaty in the absence of significant effects on the market resulting from the closure of a firm, as the latter is not in regular production.
It therefore follows that criteria could, provided they demonstrated the regularity of production, be accepted as an alternative to the one laid down by the Commission in its Decision. The criteria put forward by the Italian Government (non-cancellation of the electricity-supply contract, continued employment of the workforce, investment in plant, maintenance of the facilities, etc.), however, demonstrate not that the firms in question were in regular production, but that they were capable of producing on a regular basis.
Article 4 of the Steel Aid Code is drafted in such a way as to rule out a broad interpretation which would allow aid to go to firms which, although they had not been in regular production, were merely capable of producing ECSC products on a regular basis.
It would therefore appear that, in the light of the alternative criteria they have put forward, the way in which the criterion of regularity has been interpreted by the Italian authorities is not founded in law and cannot therefore be accepted.
As regards the claim made by the Italian authorities that the low output recorded by the firms since 1993 was due to particularly unfavourable cyclical conditions and to a major crisis on the market in long products, it must be stated that production was in fact only slightly down in the case of long products, in particular in the case of wire rod and other bars and sections:
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The same applies to the market in concrete reinforcing rods - the most important as far as the firms in question are concerned - in respect of which there was a slight reduction in the rate of use of production capacity at both European and Italian level:
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On the basis of these figures it must be concluded that the argument put forward by the Italian authorities, i.e. that the low level of production of the firms in question was attributable to unfavourable market conditions in 1993, cannot be accepted by the Commission.
Relevant though they may be in context of the restructuring of the steel sector, the comments on the positive impact of these irreversible closures on a market featuring heavy overcapacity cannot be accepted in the context of the application of Article 4 of the Steel Aid Code.
Finally, concerning the comment by the Italian authorities that the Commission had not proceeded to define any alternative criteria to the one referred to in the authorizing Decision of 12 December 1994, it should be emphasized that it was for the Italian authorities alone to demonstrate, by means of suitable criteria other than the one put forward by the Commission, that production was regular.
In the light of the provisions of the Steel Aid Code, the other comments put forward by the Italian authorities are without any legal foundation.
The Commission notes, however, that in the case of Diano, which in 1993 had produced 16 807 tonnes of hot-rolled products - equivalent to 21 % of its capacity - the firm carried out major maintenance work in the rolling mill, which had repeatedly involved halting production. In practice, output at Diano, taking account of annual production and the maintenance work described, should have been roughly the same as the figure for 1991, when the firm produced 24 765 tonnes, corresponding to 31 % of capacity. In view of this and, in particular, the capacity utilization rate the firm would have been able to achieve had it not been for the abovementioned major overhaul of its mill, the Commission has reason to believe that the firm in question was in regular production (on average one shift per day, five days per week), at the time of its closure.
IV
In the light of the above, in particular Part III of this Decision, it must be concluded that, with the exception of Case ex N 177/96 (Diano), the requirements applicable pursuant to Article 4 of the Steel Aid Code have not been satisfied and that the comments put forward by the Italian authorities are not such as to alter the initial assessment the Commission made when it decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 6 (4) of the Steel Aid Code.
It should therefore be concluded that the aid Italy plans to grant to:
- Lamifer SpA,
- Demafer Srl,
- Lavorazione Metalli Vari (LMV) SpA,
- Sidercamuna SpA,
are to be regarded as incompatible with the common market, in that they do not, pursuant to the Steel Aid Code, qualify for exemption from the general prohibition provided for in Article 4 (c) of the ECSC Treaty.
However, the plan to grant aid totalling Lit 5 953 million to Diano SpA is compatible with the common market since it satisfies the requirements of Article 4 of the Steel Aid Code,
The State aid which Italy plans to grant, in the context of the restructuring of its private steel sector, to Lamifer SpA, Demafer Srl, Lavorzione Metalli Vari (LMV) SpA and Sidercamuna SpA is incompatible with the common market pursuant to Article 4 (c) of the ECSC Treaty.
Accordingly, that aid may not be granted.
The State aid which Italy plans to grant, in the context of the restructuring of its private steel sector, to Diano SpA is compatible with the common market.
The granting of that aid is therefore authorized.
Italy shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures it has taken to comply with it.
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32014R0363 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 363/2014 of 9 April 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 10.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 107/57
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 363/2014
of 9 April 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995D0495 | 95/495/EC, Euratom: Council Decision of 20 November 1995 appointing a member of the Economic and Social Committee
| COUNCIL DECISION of 20 November 1995 appointing a member of the Economic and Social Committee (95/495/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 195 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 September 1994 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period ending on 20 September 1998 (1),
Whereas a seat has become vacant on the Economic and Social Committee following the death of Mr Achim Denkhaus, notified to the Council on 12 September 1995;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the German Government on 9 October 1995;
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
Mr Michael Kubenz is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr Achim Denkhaus for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 20 September 1998. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012D0281 | Decision No 281/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 March 2012 amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’
| 30.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 92/1
DECISION No 281/2012/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 29 March 2012
amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 78(2)(g) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) In light of the establishment of a Joint EU resettlement programme aimed at increasing the impact of the Union’s resettlement efforts in providing protection to refugees, and at maximising the strategic impact of resettlement through a better targeting of those persons who are in greatest need of resettlement, common priorities with respect to resettlement should be formulated at the level of the Union.
(2) Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that the policies of the Union set out in the Chapter on border checks, asylum and immigration and their implementation are to be governed by the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including its financial implications, between the Member States, and that, whenever necessary, Union acts under the said Chapter are to contain appropriate measures to give effect to that principle.
(3) For this purpose, specific common Union resettlement priorities for 2013, as listed in the Annex added to Decision No 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) by this Decision, are to be established on the basis of two categories, the first of which should include persons belonging to a specific category falling within the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) resettlement criteria, and the second one should include persons from a country or region which has been identified in the UNHCR annual resettlement forecast and where common action by the Union would have a significant impact in addressing protection needs.
(4) Taking into account the resettlement needs set out in the Annex added to Decision No 573/2007/EC by this Decision listing the specific common Union resettlement priorities, it is also necessary to provide additional financial support for the resettlement of persons with respect to specific geographic regions and nationalities, as well as to the specific categories of refugees to be resettled, where resettlement is determined to be the most appropriate response to their special needs.
(5) Given the importance of the strategic use of resettlement from countries or regions designated for the implementation of regional protection programmes, it is necessary to provide additional financial support for the resettlement of persons from Tanzania, eastern Europe (Belarus, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine), the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Kenya and Yemen) and North Africa (Egypt, Libya and Tunisia), and from any other countries or regions that are so designated in the future.
(6) In order to encourage more Member States to engage in resettlement actions, it is equally necessary to provide additional financial support to those Member States that decide to resettle persons for the first time.
(7) It is also necessary to lay down rules concerning the eligibility of expenditure for the additional financial support for resettlement.
(8) In accordance with Article 3 and Article 4a(1) of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the United Kingdom has notified its wish to take part in the adoption and application of this Decision.
(9) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 and Article 4a(1) of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and without prejudice to Article 4 of that Protocol, Ireland is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(10) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,
Decision No 573/2007/EC is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Article 13 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
(a) persons from a country or region designated for the implementation of a regional protection programme;
(b) persons from one or more of the following vulnerable groups:
— children and women at risk,
— unaccompanied minors,
— survivors of violence and/or torture,
— persons having serious medical needs that can be addressed only if they are resettled,
— persons in need of emergency resettlement or urgent resettlement for legal and/or physical protection needs;
(c) the specific common Union resettlement priorities for 2013 listed in the Annex to this Decision.’;
(b) the following paragraph is inserted:
— EUR 6 000 per resettled person for those Member States which receive the fixed amount for resettlement from the Fund for the first time,
— EUR 5 000 per resettled person for those Member States which have already received the fixed amount for resettlement from the Fund once in the course of the previous years of the Fund’s operation.’;
(c) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
(d) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
(e) the following paragraph is added:
(2) in Article 35, the following paragraph is added:
(3) the text set out in the Annex to this Decision is added as an Annex to Decision No 573/2007/EC.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32013D0419 | 2013/419/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2013 amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework, to take account of the expenditure requirements resulting from the accession of Croatia to the European Union
| 3.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 209/14
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 22 July 2013
amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework, to take account of the expenditure requirements resulting from the accession of Croatia to the European Union
(2013/419/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular to point 29 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (2) lays down transitory provisions in budgetary matters.
(2) The Accession Conference of 30 June 2011 has endorsed the results of the negotiations which have determined expenditure requirements resulting from the accession of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013.
(3) The accession of Croatia requires an adjustment of the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 for the year 2013 and the increase of the ceilings for commitment appropriations for the year 2013 by a total amount of EUR 603 million in current prices, composed of EUR 47 million for sub-heading 1a, EUR 450 million for sub-heading 1b, EUR 31 million for sub-heading 3b and EUR 75 million for Heading 6, which will be fully offset by a decrease of the ceiling for commitment appropriations for the year 2013 under heading 5 for the same amount.
(4) The accession of Croatia also requires an adjustment of the ceiling for payment appropriations for 2013, to be raised by an amount of EUR 374 million in current prices.
(5) The financial framework for the European Union agreed upon in the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management should be adjusted to take account of the accession of Croatia for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2013.
(6) Annex I to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management should therefore be amended accordingly (3),
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32013R0108 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 108/2013 of 5 February 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 6.2.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 35/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 108/2013
of 5 February 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32006R0505 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 505/2006 of 29 March 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 27/2006 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the German intervention agency
| 30.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 92/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 505/2006
of 29 March 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 27/2006 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the German intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2006 (2) has opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of 1 000 000 tonnes of common wheat held by the German intervention agency.
(2) The invitations to tender made since this invitation to tender was opened have almost completely exhausted the quantities made available to the economic operators. In view of the strong demand recorded in recent weeks and the market situation, new quantities should be made available and the German intervention agency should be authorised to increase by 500 000 tonnes the quantity put out to tender for export.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 27/2006 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 27/2006 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 1 500 000 tonnes of common wheat for export to third countries with the exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (3) and Switzerland.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32012R0790 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 790/2012 of 31 August 2012 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 September 2012
| 1.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 235/30
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 790/2012
of 31 August 2012
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 September 2012
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states that the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Article 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, in order to calculate the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3) Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 September 2012 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,
From 1 September 2012, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003R2034 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2034/2003 of 19 November 2003 initiating a "new exporter" review of Council Regulation (EC) No 2605/2000 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain electronic weighing scales (REWS) originating, inter alia, in Taiwan, repealing the duty with regard to imports from one exporter in this country and making these imports subject to registration
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2034/2003
of 19 November 2003
initiating a "new exporter" review of Council Regulation (EC) No 2605/2000 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain electronic weighing scales (REWS) originating, inter alia, in Taiwan, repealing the duty with regard to imports from one exporter in this country and making these imports subject to registration
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96(1) of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (the basic Regulation), and in particular Article 11(4),
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. REQUEST FOR A REVIEW
(1) The Commission has received an application for a "new exporter" review pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation. The application was lodged by Charder Electronic Co., Ltd. (the applicant), an exporting producer in Taiwan (the country concerned).
B. PRODUCT
(2) The product under review is electronic weighing scales having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg, for use in the retail trade which incorporate a digital display of the weight, unit price and price to be paid (whether or not including a means of printing this data) originating in Taiwan (the product concerned), normally declared within CN code ex 8423 81 50 (TARIC code 8423 81 50 10 ). This CN code is given only for information.
C. EXISTING MEASURES
(3) The measures currently in force are definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2605/2000(2) under which imports into the Community of the product concerned originating in Taiwan, and produced by the applicant, are subject to definitive anti-dumping duties of 13,4 % with the exception of several companies expressly mentioned which are subject to individual duty rates.
D. GROUNDS FOR THE REVIEW
(4) The applicant alleges that it did not export the product concerned to the Community during the period of investigation on which the anti-dumping measures were based, i.e. the period from 1 September 1998 to 31 August 1999 (the original investigation period), and that it is not related to any of the exporting producers of the product concerned which are subject to the abovementioned anti-dumping measures.
(5) The applicant further alleges that it has begun exporting the product concerned to the Community after the end of the original investigation period.
E. PROCEDURE
(6) Community producers known to be concerned have been informed of the above application and have been given an opportunity to comment. No comments have been received.
(7) Having examined the evidence available, the Commission concludes that there is sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of a "new exporter" review, pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation, with a view to determine the applicant's individual margin of dumping and, should dumping be found, the level of the duty to which its imports of the product concerned into the Community should be subject.
(a) Questionnaires
(8) In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will send a questionnaire to the applicant.
(b) Collection of information and holding of hearings
(9) All interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known in writing and to provide supporting evidence.
(10) Furthermore, the Commission may hear interested parties, provided that they make a request in writing showing that there are particular reasons why they should be heard.
F. REPEAL OF THE DUTY IN FORCE AND REGISTRATION OF IMPORTS
(11) Pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation, the anti-dumping duties in force should be repealed with regard to imports of the product concerned which are produced by the applicant. At the same time, such imports should be made subject to registration in accordance with Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, in order to ensure that, should the review result in a determination of dumping in respect of the applicant, anti-dumping duties can be levied retroactively from the date of the initiation of this review. The amount of the applicant's possible future liabilities cannot be estimated at this stage of the proceeding.
G. TIME LIMITS
(12) In the interest of sound administration, time limits should be stated within which:
- interested parties may make themselves known to the Commission, present their views in writing and submit the replies to the questionnaire mentioned in recital 8 of this Regulation or any other information to be taken into account during the investigation,
- interested parties may make a written request to be heard by the Commission.
H. NON-COOPERATION
(13) In cases in which any interested party refuses access to or otherwise does not provide the necessary information within the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation, findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, on the basis of the facts available.
(14) Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or misleading information, the information shall be disregarded and use may be made of the facts available. If an interested party does not cooperate or cooperates only partially, the result may be less favourable to the party than if it had cooperated,
A review of Council Regulation (EC) No 2605/2000 is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 11(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 in order to determine if and to what extent the imports of electronic weighing scales having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg, for use in the retail trade which incorporate a digital display of the weight, unit price and price to be paid (whether or not including a means of printing this data) falling within CN code ex 8423 81 50 (TARIC code 8423 81 50 10 ) originating in Taiwan, produced by Charder Electronic Co., Ltd. should be subject to the anti-dumping duties imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2605/2000.
The anti-dumping duties imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2605/2000 are hereby repealed with regard to the imports identified in Article 1 of the present Regulation (TARIC additional code A499).
The customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 14(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96, to take the appropriate steps to register the imports identified in Article 1 of this Regulation. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
1. Interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must make themselves known to the Commission, present their views in writing and submit the replies to the questionnaire mentioned in recital 8 of this Regulation or any other information, unless otherwise specified, within 40 days of the entry into force of this Regulation. Attention is drawn to the fact that the exercise of most procedural rights set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 depends on the party's making itself known within the aforementioned period.
Interested parties may also apply in writing to be heard by the Commission within the same 40-day time limit.
2. All submissions and requests made by interested parties must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise specified), and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax, and/or telex number of the interested party. All written submissions, including the information requested in this notice, questionnaire replies and correspondence provided by interested parties on a confidential basis shall be labeled as "Limited"(3) and, in accordance with Article 19(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96, shall be accompanied by a non-confidential version, which will be labeled "FOR INSPECTION BY INTERESTED PARTIES".
Any information relating to the matter, any request for a hearing should be sent to the following address:
European Commission Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate B
J-79 5/16
B - 1049 Brussels Fax (32-2) 295 65 05 Telex COMEU B 21877.
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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32002R0691 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 691/2002 of 23 April 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 691/2002
of 23 April 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 24 April 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 |
31978R0918 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 918/78 of 2 May 1978 amending Regulation No 10/65/EEC laying down quality standards for garlic
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 918/78 of 2 May 1978 amending Regulation No 10/65/EEC laying down common quality standards for garlic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas changes have taken place in the garlic trade, in particular with regard to presentation of the product ; whereas the common quality standards which were laid down in respect of this product by Council Regulation No 10/65/EEC of 26 January 1965 (3) should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Paragraph B (iii) of Title V in the Annex to Regulation No 10/65/EEC is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(iii) in strings, for dry or semi-dry garlic only.
Strings must include: - 12 bulbs, or
- at least 24 bulbs
Garlic in strings must be made up with the plants' actual stems and tied with string, raffia or any other suitable material."
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 |
32003R0009 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 9/2003 of 3 January 2003 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 9/2003
of 3 January 2003
fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sugar(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for imports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(3), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the cif import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the "representative price", should be set in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(4). That price should be fixed for the standard quality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation.
(2) The representative price for molasses is calculated at the frontier crossing point into the Community, in this case Amsterdam; that price must be based on the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market established on the basis of the quotations or prices on that market adjusted for any deviations from the standard quality. The standard quality for molasses is defined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(3) When the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market are being established, account must be taken of all available information on offers on the world market, on the prices recorded on important third-country markets and on sales concluded in international trade of which the Commission is aware, either directly or through the Member States. Under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for this purpose take an average of several prices as a basis, provided that this average is representative of actual market trends.
(4) The information must be disregarded if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a small quantity that is not representative of the market. Offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of actual market trends must also be disregarded.
(5) If information on molasses of the standard quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or reduced in the light of the results achieved by applying Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(6) A representative price may be left unchanged by way of exception for a limited period if the offer price which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the representative price is not available to the Commission and if the offer prices which are available and which appear not to be sufficiently representative of actual market trends would entail sudden and considerable changes in the representative price.
(7) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for the product in question and the representative price, additional import duties should be fixed under the conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95. Should the import duties be suspended pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should be fixed.
(8) Application of these provisions will have the effect of fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for the products in question as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The representative prices and the additional duties applying to imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 2003.
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32007D0726 | 2007/726/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in application of point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
| 13.11.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 294/21
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 23 October 2007
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in application of point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
(2007/726/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Union has created a European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (the ‘Fund’) to provide additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.
(4) France submitted applications to mobilise the Fund, concerning two cases of redundancies in the automobile sector: Peugeot SA and Renault SA,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised for a total amount of EUR 3 816 280.
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32002R1983 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2002 of 7 November 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota buy-back programme in the raw tobacco sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2002
of 7 November 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota buy-back programme in the raw tobacco sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 546/2002(2), and in particular Articles 14 and 14a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as regards the premium scheme, production quotas and the specific aid to be granted to producer groups in the raw tobacco sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1501/2002(4), set the amounts to which producers were entitled whose quotas were bought under the quota buy-back programme during the 1999, 2000, 2001 and subsequent harvests.
(2) Since the measure entered into force for the 1999 harvest, only insignificant quantities have been bought back for each group of varieties. Under the current rules for this arrangement it has not been possible to meet the planned objectives of rationalising production, since producers are continuing to have great difficulty in selling their production of certain groups of tobacco varieties, for which they can secure only extremely low prices.
(3) To make the arrangement more attractive, therefore, the buy-back prices should be increased considerably for groups III and V and to a lesser degree for the other groups, starting with the 2002 harvest, and the period during which the buy-back price is paid should be extended.
(4) In addition, the producer Member States should be required to widely publicise the buy-back terms and a time limit should be laid down for the payment of the buy-back price to producers.
(5) Most tobacco growers hold very small production quotas, the economic viability of which is extremely doubtful, especially in the case of types of tobacco sold at very low prices. The programme should be made more attractive for small producers by modulating the buy-back prices according to the size of the production quota, in order to help them switch production.
(6) In order to allow producers interested in selling their quotas for the 2002 harvest sufficient time in which to decide to leave the sector, the final date for announcing their decision should be deferred for the 2002 harvest year.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 should therefore be amended.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 is amended as follows:
1. Article 36 is replaced by the following: "Article 36
1. Producers whose quotas were bought back during the 1999 and 2000 harvests shall be entitled to receive the amounts shown in Annex VII(A) each year when the premiums are paid for the three harvests following that in which their quotas were bought back.
Producers whose quotas were bought back in 2001 shall be entitled, when the premiums are paid for the three harvests following that in which their quotas were bought back, to receive each year an amount equal to a percentage of the premium as referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92, applicable to raw tobacco produced during the harvest year concerned. The relevant percentages are given in the table in Annex VII(B).
Without prejudice to any future amendments, producers whose quotas are bought back during the 2002 and 2003 harvests shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to a percentage of the premium as shown in the tables in Annex VII(C) for each of the five harvest years following the year in which their quota is bought back. These amounts shall be paid before 31 May each year.
2. As an exception to paragraph 1, producers whose quotas are bought back during the 2001 and 2002 harvests and who have held these quotas only since the 2001 and 2002 harvests, respectively, shall be entitled to receive the same amounts as those for the 1999 harvest for the three subsequent harvests.
3. The Member States shall publicise the terms of the quota buy-back."
2. The following paragraph is added to Article 55: "3. For the 2002 harvest, as an exception to Article 35, the final date of 1 November 2002 in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be extended to 1 December 2002, and the period of two months in paragraph 3 shall be reduced to one month."
3. The Annex to this Regulation shall be added as Annex VII.
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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31990D0199 | 90/199/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 February 1990 on aid from the Federal Republic of Germany to the coal industry in 1989 (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 February 1990
on aid from the Federal Republic of Germany to the coal industry in 1989
(Only the German text is authentic)
(90/199/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 2064/86/ECSC of 30 June 1986 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry (1),
Whereas:
I
In its communications of 11 October and 1 December 1988, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of the financial measures it intends to take in 1989 in order to support the coal industry.
In its communications of 24 April, 8 September and 16 November 1989, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany provided further information as requested by the Commission on 3 March and 21 June 1989.
Under the above Decision, the Commission hereby expresses its opinion on the following aid measures:
- DM 2 865 million of aid for supplying coal and coke to the Community's iron and steel industry, pursuant to Article 4 of the Decision,
- DM 160 million of aid granted under a scheme to maintain the underground labour force in deep mines (Bergmannspraemie), pursuant to Article 6 of the Decision,
- DM 20 million of aid for special depreciation,
- DM 216 million of aid to finance social grant schemes specific to the coal industry, intended to cover the difference between actual and standard social charges.
The aid which the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany intends to grant to its coal industry conforms to the provisions of Article 1 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. The Commission must therefore decide, pursuant to Article 10 of the Decision, whether the aid conforms to the objectives and criteria set out in the Decision and whether it is compatible with the proper functioning of the common market.
II
In accordance with Articles 4 and 12 of the Decision, coal undertakings are authorized, where necessary, to grant rebates on their list prices or production costs for deliveries of coking coal, blast furnace coke and coal for injection into blast furnaces for the iron and steel industry of the Community under long-term contract. These rebates must not cause the delivered prices of Community coal and coke to work out lower than those which would be charges for coal from non-member countries and coke made from non-member country coking coal.
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has informed the Commission of the principles underlying a new system of aid for supplying coal and coke to the Community's iron and steel industry, the purpose of which is to set a ceiling on the amount of aid granted in respect of 1989, 1990 and 1991. The total amount of aid which it is intended to grant for the period from 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1991 is DM 10 960 million. The total quantities covered by this aid should amount to 69,8 million tonnes.
Under this system, the Government proposes to pay approximately DM 2 865 million of aid to coal producers for 1989.
This amount, provided for in the 1989 budget, will not be sufficient to cover all the aid required for 1989 in respect of an estimated quantity of 24,5 million tonnes of coal and coke supplied to the Community's iron and steel industry.
Any plan subsequently to modify the sum specified in this Decision will have to be notified at a later stage, in accordance with Article 9 (3) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC so that the Commission can express an opinion in accordance with the procedures defined in Article 10 of the said Decision.
The Commission welcomes the principle of setting a ceiling on aid, as this should further encourage the restructuring of the coal industry and thus improve its competitiveness in accordance with the first indent of Article 2 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC.
Pursuant to Article 11 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, steps must be taken to ensure that this aid does not lead to discrimination, within the meaning of the ECSC Treaty, as between Community buyers or users of coal or coke.
After the end of 1989, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany will inform the Commission of any changes in the quantities delivered and will provide data on production costs and the guide price so that the Commission can verify that all the abovementioned provisions have been complied with.
III
The aid of DM 160 million to finance the mineworkers' bonuses ('Bergmannspraemie' of DM 10 per shift worked underground) helps the coal industry to maintain a skilled underground workforce. This aid, which makes it possible to improve productivity, is specifically provided for in Article 6 of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC and helps improve the competitiveness of the coal industry in accordance with the first indent of Article 2 (1) of the Decision.
The aid for special depreciation helps improve the competitiveness of the German coal industry in that it enables the restructuring process to be speeded up. Since it amounts to only 0,1 % of the production cost, this aid measure will not give the German industry any significant competitive advantage over other Community coal producers, particularly since the amounts paid do not cover the production costs. In view of its intended effect, the measure helps to achieve the objective specified in the first indent of Article 2 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC.
The information provided by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany regarding aid to finance social grant schemes specific to the coal industry shows that the aid which the German Government intends to grant for these purposes makes the ratio between the burden per mine worker in employment and the benefits per person in receipt of benefit lower than the corresponding ratio in other industries.
For 1989 the difference is DM 216 million. Since this exceeds the limits set in Article 7 of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, this measure must be considered as indirect aid for current production and must be examined in accordance with Article 10 (2) of the Decision. The reduction of about 1 % in production costs which it entails does not give the German coal industry and significant competitive advantage over other Community coal producers. Since this measure reduces the industry's operating costs, it helps solve the social and regional problems related to developments in the coal industry by enabling restructurering, rationalization and modernization measures to be implemented more gradually. It thus helps to achieve the objective referred to in the third indent of Article 2 (1) of the Decision.
IV
Consequently, the aid measures referred to in this Decision are compatible with the proper functioning of the common market.
This decision is without prejudice to the compatibility with Decision No 2064/86/ECSC of the amounts of aid foreseen by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany for the years following 1989 within the framework of the system established in that Member State for aid for the supply of coal and steel to the Community's iron and steel industry.
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany is hereby authorized to grant aid totalling DM 3 261 million to the coal industry in the Federal Republic of Germany, for the 1989 calendar year. The total amount shall be made up of the following aids:
1. an amount of DM 2 865 million in aid for supplying coal and coke to the Community's iron and steel industry;
2. an amount of DM 160 million in aid under the scheme to maintain the underground labour force in deep mines (Bergmannspraemie);
3. an amount of DM 20 million in aid to cover special depreciation;
4. an amount of DM 216 million in aid to finance social grant schemes specific to the coal industry, covering the difference between actual and standard social charges.
Pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Decision 2064/86/ECSC, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany shall notify the Commission of any additional aid it may intend to grant, in respect of 1989, for sales of coal and coke to the iron and steel industry of the Community.
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany shall notify the Commission by 30 June 1990, of the actual amounts of aid paid in 1989.
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32002D0380 | 2002/380/EC: Commission Decision of 22 May 2002 accepting and withdrawing undertakings in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland (notified under document number C(2002) 1911)
| Commission Decision
of 22 May 2002
accepting and withdrawing undertakings in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland
(notified under document number C(2002) 1911)
(2002/380/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 of 24 November 1997 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in Poland(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1678/2001(4), and in particular Article 4(1) and (2) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE
(1) The Commission, by Regulation (EC) No 1023/97(5) (hereinafter referred to as "the provisional Regulation"), imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on certain imports of flat pallets of wood falling within CN code ex 4415 20 20 originating in the Republic of Poland and accepted undertakings offered by certain exporting producers. These undertakings concerned only one pallet type, i.e. the EUR-pallet.
(2) Since sampling was used in the investigation, requests for reviews under Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 could not be accepted. However, in order to ensure equal treatment for both new exporters and the cooperating companies not included in the sample during the original investigation, the provisional Regulation was amended. Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1632/97(6) stipulated that new Polish exporting producers could have undertakings accepted with regard to exports of EUR-pallets, provided they satisfied the criteria set out therein. This was confirmed by Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, which imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland.
B. REQUEST FOR AN UNDERTAKING
(3) Following the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97, the Polish exporting producer P.P.H. "Astra" Sp. z o. o., Nawojowa has requested that Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97 be applied to it and has offered an undertaking with regard to EUR-pallets. The price undertaking offered is considered acceptable as it removes the injurious dumping found and meets the criteria of Article 4(2).
C. WITHDRAWAL OF UNDERTAKING
(4) The following six Polish exporting producers from which the Commission accepted undertakings have violated the undertaking by not complying with the minimum selling price obligation laid down in the undertaking:
- P.W. "Intur-kfs" Sp. z o.o., Inowroclaw (TARIC additional code 8662 ),
- Z.P.H.U. "Miroslaw Przybylek", Klonowa (TARIC additional code 8574 ),
- Import-Export "Elko" Sp. z o.o., Kalisz (TARIC additional code 8532 ),
- "Drewpal" sp. j., Blizanow (TARIC additional code 8534 ),
- "D& M& D" Sp. z o.o., Blizanow (TARIC additional code 8566 ),
- "CMC" Sp. z o. o., Andrychow, Inwald (TARIC additional code 8528 ).
(5) In order to prevent CMC Sp. z o. o.-Andrychow continuing to benefit from an exemption from the anti-dumping duties by simply channelling its exports through its related company, P.P.H.U. "Zbigniew Marek", Andrychow (TARIC additional code A113), it is considered appropriate to withdraw the undertaking of that exporter/producer as well and to impose definitive anti-dumping duties.
(6) The Commission therefore informed these companies that it is intended to remove their names from the list of companies from which an undertaking was accepted and to impose anti-dumping duties instead. One of the companies did not object to this course of action. The other companies commented on the breaches pointed out by the Commission and were granted a hearing where requested. However, none of these exporting producers put forward any arguments which put into question the finding of a violation of the undertaking.
D. COMPANIES SUBJECT TO THE UNDERTAKING
(7) For the sake of clarity all the companies subject to the undertaking are listed in the Annex to this Decision,
The undertaking offered with regard to EUR-pallets by P.P.H. "Astra" Sp. z o. o., Nawojowa in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of flat pallets of wood originating in Poland and falling within CN code ex 4415 20 20 is hereby accepted.
The acceptance of undertakings offered by:
- P.W. "Intur-kfs" Sp. z o.o., Inowroclaw (TARIC additional code 8662 ),
- Z.P.H.U. "Miroslaw Przybylek", Klonowa (TARIC additional code 8574 ),
- Import-Export "Elko" Sp. z o.o., Kalisz (TARIC additional code 8532 ),
- "Drewpal" sp. j., Blizanow (TARIC additional code 8534 ),
- "D& M& D" Sp. z o.o., Blizanow (TARIC additional code 8566 ),
- "CMC" Sp. z o. o., Andrychow, Inwald (TARIC additional code 8528 ),
- P.P.H.U. "Zbigniew Marek", Andrychow (TARIC additional code A113),
for the export of EUR-pallets in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland and falling within CN code ex 4415 20 20 is hereby withdrawn.
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31987R3967 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3967/87 of 23 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/86 as regards the application of a charge on denatured skimmed-milk powder coming from Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3967/87
of 23 December 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/86 as regards the application of a charge on denatured skimmed-milk powder coming from Spain
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 90 (1) thereof,
Whereas large quantities of skimmed-milk powder were, after being denatured in accordance with the provisions in force in Spain, imported into Spain before 1 March 1986 at prices below the Community intervention price;
Whereas in order to prevent this skimmed-milk powder from being re-exported to other Member States with a zero accession compensatory amount or to third countries with a refund, an export charge applicable up to 31 December 1987 in respect of the difference between the price of the imported product and the intervention price in the other Member States was introduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 805/86 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1412/87 (2), whereas it has become apparent that relatively large quantities of the products in question are still available in Spain; whereas the date of 31 December 1987 should be extended by one year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/86, '31 December 1987' is hereby replaced by '31 December 1988'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
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 |
31987D0359 | 87/359/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1987 concerning reductions in air and sea transport fares available only to Spanish nationals resident in the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 June 1987
concerning reductions in air and sea transport fares available only to Spanish nationals resident in the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(87/359/CEE)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 90 (1) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
1. By Decree-Law No 22/62 of 14 June 1962 (1) and Law No 46/81 of 29 December 1981 (2), Spain introduced special arrangements relating to transport under which certain persons tavelling between continental Spain and the Canary and Balearic Islands are granted reductions in fares for air and sea transport.
2. Under Article 2 of Decree-Law No 22/62 concerning air links with the Canary Islands, provision is made for a State subsidy amounting to 33 % of the price for tickets on scheduled passenger services on that route. Article 3 of the Decree-Law requires transport undertakings receiving the subsidy to reduce the price of their tickets by the same amount.
3. Pursuant to Law 46/81 concerning air and sea links with the Balearic Islands, provision is similarly made for a State subsidy allowing reduced fares to be charged on scheduled transport services between the archipelago and the rest of the national territory. As provided in Article 2 of the Law, the reduction in fares amounts to 25 % of the fare for sailings between the archipelago and the rest of Spain and to 10 % of the fare for sailings between islands within the archipelago. Articles 3 and 4 of the Law provide that the relevant underakings, which are required to grant the reductions in fares, will be reimbursed by the Stae for the resulting loss of revenue.
4. Article 1 of Decree-Law No 22/62 expressly provides that the State subsidies for air transport services to and from the Canary Islands are applicable only to tickets used by Spanish nationals resident in the Islands. Similarly, Article 1 of Law No 46/81 provides that only Spanish nationals resident in the Balearic Islands are eligible for the reductions in fares.
5. The special arrangements regarding transport laid down by Decree-Law No 22/62 and Law No 46/81 were again clearly stated in Article 1 of Royal Decree No 3269/82 of 12 November 1982 (3). This stipulates that the reductions in fares for scheduled passenger transport services provided for in Decree-Law No 22/62 and Law No 46/81 and granted through the intermediary of the publicly owned transport companies are to be available only to Spanish nationals who, at the time of purchasing their tickets, can provide evidence that they are resident in the provinces of the Balearic Islands, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
6. Private individuals and Members of the European Parliament have on several occasions made their objections to these preferential transport arrangements known to the Commission, and an official complaint has been lodged with the Commission.
7. By restricting eligibility for the reduced-fare air and sea transport arrangements to Spanish nationals resident in the Canary and Balearic Islands, Spain is clearly placing them at an advantage over nationals of other Membr States similarily resident in the islands.
8. The transport arrangements applied by Spain are of obvious economic importance in view of the number of nationals of other Member States in the islands, the cost of transport between the islands and continental Spain, and the scale of the reduction granted only to Spanish residents.
9. On 23 December 1986, the Commission made representations to the Spanish Government, pointing out that the arrangements were incompatible with the Treaty and inviting it to submit its comments in this respect. The Commission's position was reiterated on 5 February 1987 and reaffirmed on 4 March 1987 after the Commission had received the Spanish authorities' comments and had, in particular, been informed that the special transport arrangements applied by Iberia and Transmediterranea were being maintained. These two companies are public undertakings, the State holding 99 % and 95 %, respectively, of their share capital.
10. Article 90 (1) of the EEC Treaty provides that, in the case of public undertakings, Member States shall neither enact nor maintain in force any measure contrary to the rules contained in the Treaty, in particular to the rules provided for in Article 7 and Articles 85 to 94. The same requirement applies to undertakings to which Member States grant special or exclusive rights.
11. By continuing to apply after 1 January 1986 the preferential transport fare arrangements introduced by Decree-Law No 22/62 of 14 June 1962 and Law No 46/81 of 29 December 1981, Spain has maintained in force in the case of public undertakings, namely the national transport companies Iberia and Transmediterranea, measures within the meaning of Article 90 (1) of the EEC Treaty.
12. Article 90 (3) of the EEC Treaty provides that the Commission shall ensure the application of the provisions of Article 90 and shall, where necessary, address appropriate Directives or Decisions to Member States.
13. Pursuant to Article 90 (1), the provisions of Article 7 of the EEC Treaty must in particular be observed. These prohibit any discrimination on grounds of nationality.
14. Since, even though no exception clause is provided for in the transitional measures laid down in the Act of Accession, Spain has continued to apply its preferential transport arrangements, the discrimination on grounds of nationality must be brought to an end,
The following provisions are hereby declared incompatible with the provisions of Article 90 (1), in conjunction with those of Article 7, of the EEC Treaty:
- Article 1 of Spanish Decree-Law No 22/62 on the subsidization of air transport links with the Canary Islands,
- Article 1 of Spanish Law No 46/81 on the subsidization of fares for Spanish nationals resident in the Balearic Islands,
- Article 1 of Spanish Royal Decree No 3269/82 on the certification of residence for the purposes of the subsidization of fares and the payment of the subsidy towards scheduled transport services between the peninsula, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands,
to the extent that they restrict the application of the reductions in transport fares for which they provide to Spanish nationals resident in the provinces of the Balearic Islands, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife to the exclusion of nationals of other Member States resident in the islands.
Spain shall inform the Commission, within two months of notification of this Decision, of the measures which it has taken to comply with it.
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32004R0262 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 262/2004 of 16 February 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 262/2004
of 16 February 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31983D0167 | 83/167/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 April 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'NRG - Dye Laser, model NRG-DL-0,03' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 April 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'NRG - Dye Laser, model NRG-DL-0,03' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/167/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 18 September 1982, Italy has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'NRG - Dye Laser, model NRG-DL-0,03' ordered on 16 November 1977 and intended to be used for the study of photochemical processes of organic molecules and natural substances and also as high-pressure source in the 360 mm wavelength band, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 1 February 1983, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a laser;
Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as power of the peak, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as 'NRG - Dye Laser, model NRG-DL-0,03', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 18 September 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32004D0773 | 2004/773/EC: Council Decision of 25 October 2004 amending the Decision authorising the Director of Europol to enter into negotiations on agreements with third States and non-EU-related bodies
| 18.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 342/27
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 October 2004
amending the Decision authorising the Director of Europol to enter into negotiations on agreements with third States and non-EU-related bodies
(2004/773/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Convention on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention) (1), and in particular Article 42(2), Article 10(4) and Article 18 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Act of 3 November 1998 laying down rules governing Europol's external relations with third States and non-EU-related bodies (2), and in particular Article 2 of that Act,
Having regard to the Council Act of 3 November 1998 laying down rules governing the receipt of information by Europol from third parties (3), and in particular Article 2 of that Act,
Having regard to the Council Act of 12 March 1999 adopting the rules governing the transmission of personal data by Europol to third States and third bodies (4), and in particular Articles 2 and 3 of that Act,
Whereas:
(1) Operational requirements and the need to combat in an effective way organised forms of criminality through Europol, require that Moldova and Ukraine be added to the list of third States with which the Director of Europol is authorised to start negotiations.
(2) Council Decision of 27 March 2000 (5) should therefore be amended,
Council Decision of 27 March 2000 is hereby amended as follows:
In Article 2(1), under the heading ‘Third States’, the following States shall be inserted in the alphabetical list:
— ‘Moldova’ and
— ‘Ukraine’.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011D0684 | 2011/684/CFSP: Council Decision 2011/684/CFSP of 13 October 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
| 14.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 269/33
COUNCIL DECISION 2011/684/CFSP
of 13 October 2011
amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria. (1)
(2) In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, an additional entity should be subject to the restrictive measures set out in Decision 2011/273/CFSP with a view to preventing that entity from using funds or economic resources presently owned, held or controlled by it in order to provide financial support to the Syrian regime, whilst allowing on a temporary basis for frozen funds or economic resources subsequently received by that entity to be used in connection with the financing of trade with non-designated persons and entities.
(3) Decision 2011/273/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Article 3 is amended as follows:
(i) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(ii) paragraph 8 is replaced by the following:
(2) Article 4 is amended as follows:
(i) paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
(ii) point (a) of paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘(a) necessary to satisfy the basic needs of the persons listed in Annexes I and II and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;’;
(iii) point (a) of paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘(a) the funds or economic resources are the subject of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien established prior to the date on which the natural or legal person or entity referred to in Article 4(1) was included in Annexes I and II, or of a judicial, administrative or arbitral judgment rendered prior to that date;’;
(iv) point (c) of paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘(c) the lien or judgment is not for the benefit of a natural or legal person or entity listed in Annexes I and II; and’;
(v) the following paragraph is added:
(3) Article 4a is replaced by the following:
(4) Article 5(1) is replaced by the following:
(5) Article 6 is replaced by the following:
The Annex to Decision 2011/273/CFSP shall become Annex I.
The Annex to this Decision shall be added to Decision 2011/273/CFSP as Annex II.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996D0090 | 96/90/EC: Council Decision of 22 January 1996 extending the period of application of Decision 82/530/EEC authorizing the United Kingdom to permit the Isle of Man authorities to apply a system of special import licences to sheepmeat and beef and veal
| COUNCIL DECISION of 22 January 1996 extending the period of application of Decision 82/530/EEC authorizing the United Kingdom to permit the Isle of Man authorities to apply a system of special import licences to sheepmeat and beef and veal (96/90/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 3 to the 1972 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 1 (2) and the second paragraph of Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Community rules concerning trade with third countries in agricultural products subject to a common organization of the market apply to the Isle of Man in accordance with Article 1 (2) of Protocol 3 to the 1972 Act of Accession and with Council Regulation (EEC) No 706/73 of 12 March 1973 concerning the Community arrangements applicable to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man for trade in agricultural products (1);
Whereas livestock production is a traditional activity in the Isle of Man and plays a central part in the Island's agriculture;
Whereas, prior to the introduction of the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat within the Community, the Isle of Man, as part of its local market organization, applied certain mechanisms to control imports of sheepmeat into the Island in order to ensure that the need to supply requirements of trade could be met whilst avoiding distortions in the pattern of sheep production and, indirectly, in cattle production and the Island and in its own agricultural support system;
Whereas, therefore, by Decision 82/530/EEC (2), the United Kingdom was authorized to permit the Isle of Man Government to apply a system of special licences for imports of sheepmeat and beef and veal originating in third countries and in the Member States, without prejudice to the measures concerning trade with third countries provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (3) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (4); whereas this authorization was granted for a period ending on 31 January 1996;
Whereas under the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (5) the Community has undertaken to replace the special trade arrangements with third countries on imports of products in the sheep and beef sector by a system of 0 tariff quotas; whereas this system applies to the Isle of Man, subject to provisions which govern the relationship between the Island and the Community;
Whereas it is desirable in the light of experience gained during the application of Decision 82/530/EEC to extend the system of special import licences for a further period with the possibility of further reviewing the situation before the end of that period and without prejudice to the international obligations of the Community;
Whereas Article 2 of Decision 82/530/EEC should therefore be amended,
Article 2 of Decision 82/530/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 2
This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2000.
Before 1 July 2000 the Commission shall present to the Council a report on the application of the system, together with any proposals for the retention of, or amendment to, this Decision.`
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32004D0289 | 2004/289/EC: Council Decision of 22 March 2004 concerning the partial release of the conditional amount of EUR 1 billion under the ninth European Development Fund for cooperation with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in order to establish a water facility
| Council Decision
of 22 March 2004
concerning the partial release of the conditional amount of EUR 1 billion under the ninth European Development Fund for cooperation with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in order to establish a water facility
(2004/289/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310, in conjunction with the second subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to Article 1 of the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement(1),
Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000,
Having regard to the Internal Agreement on the financing and administration of Community aid under the Financial Protocol to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, signed on 18 September 2000, and in particular Article 2(2) thereof (Internal Agreement),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with paragraph 1 of the Financial Protocol to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (Financial Protocol) the period covered by the Financial Protocol is five years commencing 1 March 2000. Paragraph 5 of the Financial Protocol, however, specifies that its overall amount, supplemented by the transferred balances from previous European Development Funds (EDFs), will cover the period from 2000 to 2007.
(2) In accordance with Article 2(2) of the Internal Agreement, as well as the EU Declaration on the Financial Protocol, attached as Declaration XVIII to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, out of the total amount of EUR 13,5 billion of the ninth EDF for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP countries), only EUR 12,5 billion were released upon the entry into force of the Financial Protocol on 1 April 2003. This amount is broken down in three envelopes: EUR 9,259 billion for long-term development, EUR 1,204 billion for regional cooperation and integration and EUR 2,037 billion for the investment facility.
(3) In accordance with Article 2(2) of the Internal Agreement an amount of EUR 1 billion may be released only following a performance review undertaken by the Council in 2004, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission. Paragraph 7 of the Financial Protocol as well as Declaration XVIII specify that this performance review shall be an assessment of the degree of realisation of commitments and disbursements.
(4) The level of commitments and disbursements at the end of the year 2003 in conjunction with forecasts for the period 2004 to 2007 presented by the Commission indicate that ninth EDF resources for ACP countries can be fully committed, and a first tranche of the conditional billion be released on the basis of the performance to date.
(5) On 19 May 2003 the Council recognised the need to mobilise a significant level of resources for water and sanitation and invited the Commission to draw up practical proposals for discussion within the EU and the ACP-EC Council of Ministers.
(6) It is important to consider financial needs to achieve the millennium development goals on access to water and sanitation, and the need for innovative instruments to leverage additional resources for this purpose,
The Council agrees on the establishment of a water facility for ACP countries.
The Council agrees to consider an amount of EUR 500 million out of the conditional EUR 1 billion referred to in Article 2(2) of the Internal Agreement, for this water facility.
A first allocation of EUR 250 million shall be released and be distributed as follows:
1. EUR 185 million to the envelope for support for long-term development, referred to in Article 2(1)(a) of the Internal Agreement as well as paragraph 3(a) of the Financial Protocol, bringing this envelope to a total amount of EUR 9,444 billion;
2. EUR 24 million to the envelope for regional cooperation and integration, referred to in Article 2(1)(b) of the Internal Agreement as well as paragraph 3(b) of the Financial Protocol, bringing this envelope to a total amount of EUR 1,228 billion;
3. EUR 41 million to the Investment Facility, referred to in Article 2(1)(c) of the Internal Agreement as well as paragraph 3(c) of the Financial Protocol, bringing this envelope to a total amount of EUR 2,078 billion.
In the light of the outcome of the mid-term reviews of the country strategies and of the Council's performance review of the EDF by the end of 2004, the Council will decide by March 2005:
1. on the mobilisation of a second allocation of EUR 250 million;
2. on the use of the remaining EUR 500 million of the conditional EUR 1 billion referred to in Article 2(2) of the Internal Agreement for purposes to be agreed.
This Decision shall be communicated to the ACP Council of Ministers.
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31999R1414 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1414/1999 of 29 June 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to seed potatoes (forecast supply balance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1414/1999
of 29 June 1999
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to seed potatoes (forecast supply balance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96(2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
(1) Whereas, pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1372/98(4), sets the quantity in the forecast supply balance for the supply of seed potatoes to the Canary Islands for the 1998/99 marketing year; whereas the forecast supply balance for the 1999/2000 marketing year should be established; whereas that supply balance must be established on the basis of the requirements of the Canary Islands and taking traditional trade patterns into account;
(2) Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, aid for the supply of seed potatoes to the Canary Islands from the rest of the Community should be set for the 1999/2000 marketing year at a level ensuring that seed potatoes are supplied under conditions which are equivalent for the end user to those resulting from the exemption from customs duties on imports of seed potatoes from third countries; whereas the aid must be set taking account in particular of the costs of supplying the products from the world market;
(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,
Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: "Article 1
For the purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 the quantity in the forecast supply balance of seed potatoes covered by CN code 0701 10 00 qualifying for exemption from customs duty on imports into the Canary Islands or for Community aid for products coming from the rest of the Community shall be 12000 tonnes for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.";
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following: "Article 2
The aid provided for in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 for the supply of seed potatoes to the Canary Islands from the Community market in accordance with the forecast supply balance shall be euro 4,226 per 100 kilograms."
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 1999.
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31997D0608 | 97/608/EC: Commission Decision of 30 July 1997 amending Decision 97/333/EC on the clearance of the accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1993 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (Only the Spanish, English, French and Italian texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 July 1997 amending Decision 97/333/EC on the clearance of the accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1993 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (Only the Spanish, English, French and Italian texts are authentic) (97/608/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas before the Commission determines, within the framework of a decision on the clearance of accounts, any financial correction eligible for the conciliation procedure established by Decision 94/442/EC (3), it is necessary that the Member State should be able, if it wishes, to seek recourse to that procedure, and whereas, in that case, it is necessary that the Commission should examine, prior to its Decision, the report drawn up by the conciliation body; whereas the time limits laid down for that procedure had not expired, for all the eligible corrections, on the date of adoption of Decision 97/333/EC (4); whereas that Decision did not cover the corresponding amounts of expenditure declared by the Member States concerned in respect of 1993; whereas the conciliation procedure has been completed for the major part of the financial corrections concerned; whereas, as a result, the expenditure relating thereto should be cleared by this Decision; whereas the expenditure for which the conciliation procedure has not yet been completed will be cleared at a later date;
Whereas the expenditure declared by France in respect of the premiums for leaf tobacco amounting to FF 7 160 544 is not covered by this Decision, since further examination is necessary; whereas, that amount has therefore been deducted from the expenditure declared by that Member State in respect of this financial year and will be cleared at a later date,
The parts of Annex I to Decision 97/333/EC relating to Spain, France, Italy and the United Kingdom are hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
The additional amounts of Pta 7 876 107 212, FF 154 553 632,46, Lit 27 581 807 418 and ÂŁ 15 346 261 arising under point 3 of the Annex and chargeable by virtue of this Decision are to be taken into account as part of the expenditure referred to in Article 4 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96 (5) for the month of November 1997.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989R3482 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3482/89 of 20 November 1989 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
| 22.11.1989 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 338/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3482/89
of 20 November 1989
concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3469/89 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and these rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivisions to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff or other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomenclature Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day after 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 |
32014D0222 | Council Decision 2014/222/CFSP of 16 April 2014 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
| 23.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/65
COUNCIL DECISION 2014/222/CFSP
of 16 April 2014
amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (1), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 26 July 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/413/CFSP.
(2) By its judgment of 12 November 2013 in Case T-552/12 (2), the General Court of the European Union annulled Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP (3) insofar as it included North Drilling Company (NDC) in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures, as set out in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP.
(3) North Drilling Company (NDC) should be included again in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures, on the basis of a new statement of reasons.
(4) One entity should be removed from the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP.
(5) Decision 2010/413/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP shall be amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0100 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2005 of 20 January 2005 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004
| 21.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/49
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 100/2005
of 20 January 2005
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004 (2).
(2) Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 14 to 20 January 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 30,90 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 6 450 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January 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 |
31988R1227 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1227/88 of 3 May 1988 extending the date of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 3/84 introducing arrangements for movement within the Community of goods sent from one Member State for temporary use in one or more other Member States
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1227/88
of 3 May 1988
extending the date of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 3/84 introducing arrangements for movement within the Community of goods sent from one Member State for temporary use in one or more other Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3/84 of 19 December 1983 introducing arrangements for movement within the Community of goods sent from one Member State for temporary use in one or more other Member States (1), as supplemented by Regulation (EEC) No 1568/84 (2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 16 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3/84 has been applicable since 1 July 1985; whereas, in accordance with Article 17 of that Regulation, the Commission must submit a report to the Council on the application of the arrangements for movement within the Community based on information supplied by the Member States, before the expiry of a period of three years from the aforementioned date;
Whereas, on the basis of that report, which the Commission presented to the Council on 16 March 1988, the Commission has expressed to the Council its intention of sending the latter a proposal to extend the facilities granted by Regulation (EEC) No 3/84; whereas it seems appropriate, pending the adoption of that proposal, to extend the period of validity of the said Regulation until 30 June 1989,
In Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 3/84, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'It shall be applicable until 30 June 1989.'
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 |
31993D0436 | 93/436/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1993 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products orginating in Chile
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 June 1993 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products orginating in Chile
(93/436/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas a group of Commission experts has conducted an inspection visit to Chile to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
Whereas the provisions of Chilean legislation on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas Servicio nacional de Pesca, (Sernap) the competent Chilean authority, and its department 'Sanidad pesquera', are 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 qualifications 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 or of the factory vessel;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (4) (c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments and/or factory vessels must be drawn up; whereas that list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from Sernap to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for Sernap to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas Sernap has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding the fulfilment of requirements equivalent to the laid down by that Directive for the approval of establishments and factory vessels;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Sernap, a department of the Chilean Ministry of the Economy, Public Works and Reconstruction, shall be the competent authority in Chile for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery products originating in Chile, with the exception of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in any form, must meet the following conditions:
1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A hereto;
2. they must come from approved establishments or factory vessels listed in Annex B hereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the word 'Chile' and the approval number of the establishment of origin or of the factory vessel in indelible letters.
1. Certificates as referred to in Article 2 (1) must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are done.
2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of Sernap and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1993.
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32011R0395 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 395/2011 of 20 April 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 21.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 105/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 395/2011
of 20 April 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31977D0774 | 77/774/ECSC: Commission Decision of 23 November 1977 authorizing the formation of Framtek, a vehicle-springs manufacturing company (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 23 November 1977 authorizing the formation of Framtek, a vehicle-springs manufacturing company (Only the Italian text is authentic) (77/774/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 66 thereof,
Having regard to High Authority Decision 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 (1),
Having regard to the application made by Fiat SpA, Turin, on 12 July 1977,
Having obtained the views of the Italian Government,
Whereas: 1. Fiat SpA, Turin, is a steel-producing undertaking covered by Article 80 of the Treaty, with a capital of Lit 165 000 million.
2. Fram SpA, Turin, is a spring manufacturer with a capital of Lit 400 million, with an 87 % holding in the capital of Fram-Lugano, a Swiss spring manufacturer.
3. Under the terms of an agreement entered into on 15 March 1977, which is not to take effect until authorized by the Commission, Fiat and Fram propose to transfer all their vehicle springs business to a newly-formed company, Framtek.
4. Fiat is to contribute 70 % and Fram 30 % of Framtek's initial capital of Lit 1 million ; the capital is eventually to be raised to Lit 5 000 million, Fiat and Fram still contributing in the same ratio.
5. The board of directors of Framtek will be composed of seven members, of whom four will be appointed by Fiat and three by Fram. By virtue of its 70 % holding in Framtek's capital and its majority on the board of directors, Fiat will be able to determine the company's policy alone and will therefore be in a position to exercise control over Framtek within the meaning of Decision 24-54. The operation will therefore bring about a concentration within the meaning of Article 66 (1) between Fiat and Framtek.
6. In 1975 Fiat produced 24 408 tonnes of vehicle-spring steel, representing 18 72 % of Italian production and 5 79 % of Community production of this type of steel.
7. Fiat uses 72 % of its output of vehicle-spring steel in its own factories, the other 28 % going to Fram.
8. In 1975 Fram processed nearly 8 000 tonnes of vehicle-spring steel, almost all of which came from Fiat, and 70 % of its output of springs, which in 1975 totalled 7 230 tonnes, was delivered to Fiat.
9. The operation in question will have no effect on Fiat's potential sales of vehicle-spring steel, since Fiat is already Fram's supplier.
10. There are other producers of vehicle-spring steel on the Italian market, accounting for 82 % of the country's production of this type of steel.
11. In view of the foregoing, the operation in question will not give to the undertakings concerned the power to determine prices, to control or restrict production or distribution, or to hinder effective competition in a substantial part of the market in vehicle springs, or to evade the rules of competition instituted under the Treaty, in particular by establishing an artificially privileged position involving substantial advantage in access to supplies or markets.
12. The operation therefore satisfies the tests for authorization laid down in Article 66 (2) and may be authorized, (1)OJ of the ECSC, 11.5.1954, p. 345/54.
The formation of Framtek SpA, 70 % of whose capital is to be held by Fiat and 30 % by Fram, is hereby authorized.
This decision is addressed to Fiat SpA, Turin, and Fram SpA, Turin. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008D1349 | Decision No 1349/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Decision No 1719/2006/EC establishing the 'Youth in Action' programme for the period 2007 to 2013 (Text with EEA relevance)
| 24.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 348/113
DECISION No 1349/2008/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 16 December 2008
amending Decision No 1719/2006/EC establishing the ’Youth in Action’ programme for the period 2007 to 2013
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 149(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 1719/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 (3) established the ‘Youth in Action’ programme for the period 2007 to 2013.
(2) Article 10(2) of Decision No 1719/2006/EC stipulates that measures necessary for the implementation of the programme other than those listed in paragraph 1 are to be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 9(3) of that Decision, namely in accordance with the advisory procedure established by Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4).
(3) This wording of Decision No 1719/2006/EC results in particular in grant award decisions other than those referred to in Article 10(1) of that Decision being subject to the advisory procedure and to the European Parliament's right of scrutiny.
(4) Yet these selection decisions mainly concern small grants and do not involve any politically sensitive decision making.
(5) These procedural requirements add two to three months to the process of awarding grants to applicants. They cause many delays for recipients, place a disproportionate burden on the programme's administration and provide no added value given the nature of the grants awarded.
(6) In order to allow selection decisions to be implemented more quickly and efficiently, it is necessary to replace the advisory procedure with an obligation on the Commission to inform the European Parliament and the Member States without delay about any measures taken for the implementation of Decision No 1719/2006/EC without the assistance of a committee,
Decision No 1719/2006/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 9(3) shall be deleted.
2. Article 10(2) shall be replaced by the following:
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the impact of this Decision by 25 June 2010.
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32013R0558 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 558/2013 of 17 June 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 18.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 164/20
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 558/2013
of 17 June 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002R2356 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2356/2002 of 27 December 2002 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2356/2002
of 27 December 2002
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products
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 Articles 26(3) and 31(14) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1924/2002 of 28 October 2002 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products and from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products(3) provides that the validity of export licences with advance fixing of the refund for which the destination is the Czech or Slovak Republics should expire no later than 31 December 2002, given the entry into force on 1 January 2003 of the concessions granted in the negotiations on trade liberalisation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Republics, of the other part. The possibility of issuing licences for these countries from 1 January 2003 should be reintroduced because the planned date for the introduction of concessions cannot now be met. In order to ensure that the concessions as granted are observed when they enter into force, a derogation to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999(4) should be introduced, limiting the licences' term of validity to their month of issue.
(2) With a view to the entry into force on 1 January 2003 of the new concessions granted to the Czech and Slovak Republics, Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2002 provides that, Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 notwithstanding, no refund is to be paid in respect of licences used on or after 1 January 2003 for exports to the Czech or Slovak Republics that show in box 7 a destination other than either of those two countries. As that date cannot now be met, the Article in question should be repealed.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Notwithstanding Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, the term of validity of the export licences with advance fixing of the refund applied for on or after 1 January 2003 for which the Czech or Slovak Republics are the intended destination shall expire at the end of the month in which they are issued.
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2002 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 January 2003.
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31995L0039 | Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995 amending the Annexes to Directives 86/362/EEC and 86/363/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals and foodstuffs of animal origin
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995 amending the Annexes to Directives 86/362/EEC and 86/363/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals and foodstuffs of animal origin
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/363/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal origin (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has been instructed, within the framework of Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 86/363/EEC, to prepare a list of pesticide residues and their maximum levels for approval by the Council;
Whereas pesticide residues may be found in cereals and foodstuffs of animal origin as a result of agricultural practices; whereas it is necessary to take into account relevant data for both types of authorized pesticide use and, as appropriate, supervised trials and animal feeding studies;
Whereas in order better to estimate the maximum potential dietary intake of pesticide residues, it is prudent to establish simultaneously, when it is appropriate, maximum residue levels for individual pesticides in all major components of diet; whereas these levels represent the use of minimum quantities of pesticide necessary to achieve adequate control, applied in such a manner that the amount of residue is the smallest possible or is toxicologically acceptable;
Whereas, in the light of technical and scientific progress and the requirements of public health and agriculture, Directives 86/362/EEC and 86/363/EEC should be amended by adding provisions relating to further pesticide residues for cereals and foodstuffs of animal origin, namely methidathion, methomyl thiodicarb, amitraz, pirimiphos-methyl, aldicarb and thiabendazole;
Whereas, however, the available data are insufficient by current standards to establish maximum pesticide residue levels for certain pesticide residue/product combinations; whereas in such cases a period of time not exceeding four years would seem reasonable for the generation of the necessary data; whereas maximum levels should therefore be established on the basis of such data by 1 July 2000 at the latest; whereas failure to provide satisfactory data will result in the establishment of levels at the appropriate limit of determination; whereas satisfactory undertakings to generate the necessary data must be given within one year of adoption of this Directive;
Whereas the maximum residue levels established in this Directive will have to be reviewed in the framework of the re-evaluation of active substances provided for in the work programme referred to in Article 8 (2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (3),
The following pesticide residues shall be added to Part A of Annex II to Directive 86/362/EEC:
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1. The following pesticide residues shall be added to Part A of Annex II to Directive 86/363/EEC:
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2. The following pesticide residues shall be added to Section B of Annex II to Directive 86/363/EEC:
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Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 22 August 1996.
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 of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
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31991R1051 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1051/91 of 22 April 1991 extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of espadrilles originating in the people's Republic of China
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1051/91 of 22 April 1991 extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of espadrilles originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3798/90 (2) imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of espadrilles originating in the People's Republic of China;
Whereas examination of the facts has not yet been completed; whereas the Commission has informed the Chinese exporters concerned of its intention to propose an extension of the validity of the provisional anti-dumping duty for an additional period not exceeding two months and none of the exporters affected by the procedure has raised any objection,
Article 1
The provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of espadrilles originating in the People's Republic of China imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/90 is hereby extended for a period not exceeding two months or until the entry into force of an act of the Council adopting definitive measures, whichever is the earlier. Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1485 | Regulation (EC) No 1485/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 on protection of the Community's forests against fire
| Regulation (EC) No 1485/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 27 June 2001
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 on protection of the Community's forests against fire
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Having consulted the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3),
Whereas:
(1) Since the rural communities, in particular foresters and stock farmers, who are the main trustees of Europe's forest heritage, and in particular their professional organisations, play a fundamental role in drawing up regional fire prevention action plans, in practising preventive silviculture and as first-line firefighters, it is important to create the conditions for the effective participation of these people in the protection of European forests against this abiotic agent.
(2) The period of application of Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92(4) expired on 31 December 1996. The said Regulation was amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 308/97(5). In its judgment of 25 February 1999 in Joined Cases C-164/97 and C-165/97(6) the Court of Justice of the European Communities annulled Council Regulation (EC) No 308/97 but preserved its legal effects pending the adoption of a new Regulation which replaces the Regulation annulled. In order to guarantee legal certainty, the validity of the measures taken in application of the annulled Regulation should be ensured.
(3) Forests play an essential part in maintaining fundamental balances, particularly as regards the soil, water resources, climate, flora and fauna. Those ecological balances are indispensable for sustainable agriculture and the management of rural areas.
(4) The importance of the Mediterranean forests in the ecosystems of the Member States in the south of the Community, particularly the regions affected by desertification, should be taken into account.
(5) The conservation of the forest ecosystem reflects economic, ecological and social concerns and contributes, in particular, towards maintaining the social situation of those people working in agriculture and in rural areas.
(6) The Community and the Member States attach particular importance to the protection of their forest resources and have given international undertakings on the sustainable development of forests and the protection of forest regions, in particular during the United Nations World Conference on the Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and at the three pan-European Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of European Forests in Strasbourg in 1990, in Helsinki in 1993 and in Lisbon in 1998. The Community scheme provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 helps to fulfil those undertakings.
(7) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92, sixty million hectares of forest, equivalent to about one half of Europe's forests, have been classified as fire-risk zones.
(8) Fires continue to restrict the sustainable development of forests in fire-risk zones.
(9) The protection of forests against fire therefore contributes directly to the achievement of the aims set out in Article 33(1)(b) of the Treaty.
(10) The Community system of information on forest fires established under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 has permitted the development of Community cooperation on forest fires. The development of that system will provide an effective instrument for better evaluating forest-fire protection measures and for better analysing the causes of fires.
(11) The scheme provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 should therefore be continued, in particular to strengthen the consistency of forest measures financed in fire-risk zones, to reinforce the fight against the causes of fires and to improve prevention and monitoring systems and its duration extended for five years, thus bringing its period of application to ten years from 1 January 1992.
(12) The measures necessary for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(7).
(13) This Regulation establishes for the entire duration of the measure a financial framework which is to be the principal point of reference, within the meaning of point 33 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(8), for the budgetary authority under the annual budgetary procedure.
(14) Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 should accordingly be amended,
Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 is hereby amended as follows.
1. Articles 9 and 10 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 9
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Forestry Committee (hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee').
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
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1. The scheme shall run for ten years from 1 January 1992.
2. The financial allocation for the implementation of the scheme shall be EUR 49,4 million for the period 1997 to 2001.
The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.
3. Before expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the application of this Regulation and a proposal for revision covering in particular the ecological, economic and social aspects (qualitative assessment) and the results of a cost-benefit analysis (quantitative assessment).".
2. In Article 2(5), Article 4(4) and Article 5(3) the words "procedure laid down in Article 9" shall be replaced by "procedure laid down in Article 9(2)".
Any reference to a measure taken in application of Regulation (EC) No 308/97 shall be taken as a reference to a measure taken in application of this Regulation from the day of the latter's entry into force.
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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32014R1088 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1088/2014 of 14 October 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for megrims in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| 17.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 299/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1088/2014
of 14 October 2014
establishing a prohibition of fishing for megrims in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 (2) lays down quotas for 2014.
(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 2014.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
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 2014 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31986R1291 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1291/86 of 30 April 1986 correcting Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 on the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1291/86
of 30 April 1986
correcting Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 on the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2) and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 665/86 (4), instituted a system for selling butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs; whereas, following the amendment made by Regulation (EEC) No 2927/84 (5) to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, the text of the German and Dutch versions of that provision does not correspond to the text of the other versions; whereas this mistake should therefore be corrected;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The third indents in the German and Dutch texts of Article 4 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 are hereby replaced by the following texts respectively:
'- gefuellte Schokoladenwaren der Tarifstelle 18.06 C II b) ausser deren Schokoladenueberzuegen,',
'- gevulde chocoladewerken vallend onder post 18.06 C II b), met uitzondering van de als deklaag ervan gebruikte chocolade,'.
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 |
31989D0615 | 89/615/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 November 1989 adopting a specific measure granting Community financial assistance towards the provision of data-processing facilities for establishing a register of fishing vessels in the Netherlands (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 November 1989
adopting a specific measure granting Community financial assistance towards the provision of data-processing facilities for establishing a register of fishing vessels in the Netherlands
(Only the Dutch text is authentic)
(89/615/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector (1), and in particular Article 32 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 163/89 (2) provides for the establishment of a register of Community fishing vessels with the assistance of the Member States;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 163/89 requires the Member States to provide any information concerning their fishing fleets which may be necessary for establishing the register of Community fishing vessels;
Whereas, in certain Member States, data-processing facilities must be provided to establish the information management system required for the register;
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands submitted an application for data-processing facilities on 15 December 1988;
Whereas, to facilitate the management of all the information concerned, Community aid should be granted towards the provision of such data-processing facilities;
Whereas such a measure, based on an aid programme approved by the Commission, constitutes a specific measure within the meaning of the third indent of Article 32 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86;
Whereas the Commission has decided on a financial contribution of 50 % for the purchase of data-processing hardware and 75 % for the specific operations undertaken to establish a register of the fleet;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the fishing industry,
The specific measure granting Community aid towards the provision of data-processing facilities for the establishment of a register of fishing vessels in the Netherlands is approved.
The Community financial contribution is hereby fixed at a maximum of ECU 160 316, which will be distributed subject to the terms and conditions laid down in the Annex to this Decision.
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31987R3434 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3434/87 of 17 November 1987 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2973/79 and (EEC) No 2377/80 as regards certain beef and veal import and export arrangements
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3434/87
of 17 November 1987
amending Regulations (EEC) No 2973/79 and (EEC) No 2377/80 as regards certain beef and veal import and export arrangements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 467/87 (2), and in particular Article 15 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2931/79 of 20 December 1979 on the granting of assistance for the exportation of agricultural products which may benefit from a special import treatment in a third country (3), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 of 21 December 1979 laying down detailed rules for the application of granting of assistance for the export of beef and veal products which may benefit from a special import treatment in a third country (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3582/81 (5), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 520/87 (7), lay down, in respect of certain beef and veal products, the measures for applying the quota for exports to the United States and the quota for imports from the United States and Canada; whereas experience has shown that it is advisable to amend those measures via the introduction of a quarterly management system, with unused quantities in respect of one quarter being carried over to the following quarter; whereas experience has shown, in the case of the import arrangements, that the amount of the security should be increased and that the traders authorized to apply for import licences under the said arrangements should be defined;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 is hereby replaced by the following:
'The quantity available per quarter shall be 1 250 tonnes plus, in the case of the last three quarters, the quantity, as referred to in Article 15 (6) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, remaining in respect of the previous quarter.'
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 6 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1. The amount of security in respect of import licences with advance fixing of the levy and import licences as referred to in Article 12 shall be 10 ECU per 100 kilograms net.'
2. Article 12 (1) (a) is replaced by the following:
'(a) the licence application or applications lodged by any one applicant shall relate to a total quantity corresponding to not less than five tonnes of meat by product weight and shall not exceed the quantity available in respect of the arrangements in question for the quarter in which the application(s) is(are) lodged.'
3. The following is added to Article 12 (1):
'(d) The applicant must be a natural or legal person who, at the time his application is submitted, has, for twelve months at least, been engaged in the trade in beef and or veal between Member States or with third countries and whose name is included in the official register of a Member State.'
4. The following paragraph is added to Article 12:
'3. The quantity available per quarter in respect of the arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 25 % of the total quantity plus, in the case of the last three quarters, the quantity, as referred to in Article 15 (6) (d), remaining in respect of the previous quarter.'
5. Article 15 (1) (b) is replaced by the following:
'(b) applications under Article 13, during the first 10 days of each month;'
6. The following is added to Article 15 (1):
'(d) applications under Article 12, during the first 10 days of each quarter.'
7. In Article 15 (2) (b), 'under Articles 9 to 11' is replaced by 'under Articles 9 to 12';
8. The following shall be added to Article 15 (4) (e):
'This communication shall include the list of applicants as well as mentioning the countries of origin'.
9. Article 15 (5) (b) is replaced by the following:
'(b) licences under Article 13, on the 21st day of each month;'
10. The following is added to Article 15 (5):
'(d) licences under Article 12, on the 21st day of each quarter.'
11. The following is added to Article 15 (6) (c):
'If the overall quantity for which applications for licences have been submitted is less than the quantity available the Commission shall calculate the remaining quantity, which shall be added to the quantity available in respect of the following quarter.'
12. In Article 15 (6) (d), the last sentence is replaced by the following:
'If the overall quantity for which applications for licences have been submitted is less than the quantity available the Commission shall calculate the quantity remaining, which shall be added to the quantity available in respect of the following quarter.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
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32004R1023 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1023/2004 du 26 May 2004 determining the extent to which applications lodged in May 2004 for import licences for certain pigmeat sector products under the regime provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted
| 27.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1023/2004
du 26 May 2004
determining the extent to which applications lodged in May 2004 for import licences for certain pigmeat sector products under the regime provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The applications for import licences lodged for the period 1 May to 30 June 2004 are for quantities less than the quantities available and can therefore be met in full.
(2) The quantity available for the following period should be determined.
(3) It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to the fact that licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community,
1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 May to 30 June 2004 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.
2. For the period 1 July to 30 September 2004, applications may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 for import licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
3. Licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 May 2004.
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31999D0344 | 1999/344/EC: Commission Decision of 25 May 1999 amending Decision 97/365/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of products prepared from meat of bovine animals, swine, equidae and sheep and goats (notified under document number C(1999) 1374) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 May 1999
amending Decision 97/365/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of products prepared from meat of bovine animals, swine, equidae and sheep and goats
(notified under document number C(1999) 1374)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/344/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs(1), as last amended by Decision 98/603/EC(2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Decision 97/222/EC(3), draws up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of meat products;
(2) Whereas, for the countries on that list the animal health and veterinary certification requirements for importation of meat products have been laid down in Commission Decision 97/221/EC(4);
(3) Whereas provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of products prepared from meat of bovine animals, swine, equidae and sheep and goats have been drawn up by Commission Decision 97/365/EC(5);
(4) Whereas the Commission has received from Tunisia a list of establishments, with guarantees that it fully meets the appropriate Community health requirements;
(5) Whereas a Community on-the-spot inspection has shown that the hygiene standard of the establishment is sufficient and it may therefore be entered on a first list of establishments from which imports of meat products may be authorised;
(6) Whereas a provisional lists of establishments producing meat products can thus be drawn up in respect of Tunisia;
(7) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 97/365/EEC is amended as follows.
(a) After point 6 of the legend the following point 7 is added: "7 = Products of this establishment must be prepared from fresh meat which was produced according to Directive 64/433/EEC(6) in approved slaughterhouses of the European Union or which satisfies the requirements of Article 21(a) of Directive 72/462/EEC(7)."
(b) The text of the Annex to this Decision is added to the Annex.
This Decision shall apply with effect from 25 May 1999.
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32009R0281 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 281/2009 of 6 April 2009 suspending the application of import duties on certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2009/2010 marketing year
| 7.4.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 281/2009
of 6 April 2009
suspending the application of import duties on certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2009/2010 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), and in particular Article 142, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 142 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, in order to guarantee the supplies necessary for the production of the products referred to in Article 62(2) of that Regulation, the Commission may suspend, in whole or in part, the application of import duties for certain quantities of sugar.
(2) In order to ensure that the supplies necessary for the production of the products referred to in Article 62(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 are available at a price corresponding to the world price, a complete suspension of import duties on sugar intended for the production of those products is in the Community’s interest for the 2009/2010 marketing year, for a quantity corresponding to half of its industrial sugar needs.
(3) The quantities of industrial import sugar for the 2009/2010 marketing year should therefore be set accordingly.
(4) 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 2009/2010 marketing year, the suspension of the import duties shall be applied for a quantity of 400 000 tonnes of industrial sugar falling within CN code 1701.
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 1 October 2009.
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31985R3703 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3703/85 of 23 December 1985 laying down detailed rules for applying the common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3703/85
of 23 December 1985
laying down detailed rules for applying the common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 4 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 of 19 January 1976 laying down common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish (2), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3396/85 (3), and in particular Articles 6, 8 and 8a thereof,
Whereas experience has shown the need to clarify certain provisions concerning the application of the common marketing standards laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 to ensure that these standards are more uniformly applied in the Member States;
Whereas the grading of herring and mackerel by sample assessment, as provided for in Article 8a of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76, should be carried out so as to ensure compliance with the Community standards for these species; whereas, to ensure that extrapolation of the results of the grading by sample assessment to all the lots concerned is justified, the number of samples to be taken, the weight or volume of each sample and the methods of grading and checking the weight of the lots marketed should be specified, account being taken of the various ways in which products are offered for sale;
Whereas, to help improve the quality of fish graded on the basis of a sampling system and to prevent the marketing of fish which is not sufficiently fresh, the Member States concerned must introduce control arrangements including inspections of the preserving facilities on the vessels landing the fish concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee Fishery Products,
This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the control of the conformity with the common marketing standards laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 for the grading and the weighing of certain species.
A lot is to be considered as uniform within the meaning of Articles 7 (1) and 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 if not more than 10 % of the total quantity in the lot falls within the freshness or size category immediately below and/or above that stated for the box or lot in question.
When the quantities of a given product landed from a vessel are being graded, the total quantities of the lots considered to be small lots within the meaning of Articles 7 (1) and 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 should not exceed 100 kg of the product in question which are landed from the vessel and are intended to be marketed for a particular sale. However, the competent authorities of the Member States are authorized to fix a quantity less than 100 kg where specific production and marketing conditions require it.
Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the grading of the product in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 cannot be altered when the product is first offered for sale except under the supervision of the competent authorities.
To ensure that the contents of standardized boxes are the same as their presumed contents, as provided for in 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76, at least one box in every hundred boxes must be weighed, without prejudice to more restrictive national provisions or commercial rules applied in Member States. The net weight may vary, as provided for in Article 8 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76, by 5 % above or below the weight stated or presumed, subject to more restrictive national provisions on matters of commercial law.
1. The grading of herring or mackerel into the various freshness and size categories on the basis of a sampling system as provided for in Article 8a of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76, shall be carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in the following paragraphs.
2. Samples shall be taken from the quantity to be offered for sale as follows:
- a sample of at least 50 kg shall be taken from any quantity less than 50 tonnes,
- two samples of at least 50 kg each shall be taken from any quantities between 50 and 100 tonnes,
- at least three 50 kg - samples shall be taken from any quantities exceeding 100 tonnes, or as many 50 kg - samples as necessary to give a total quantity of not less than 0,08 % of the quantities concerned.
In cases where landings are made by a vessel equipped with fish tanks, samples shall be taken from the contents of each tank, account being taken of the above provisions.
3. These samples are taken in such a way as to be representative of the given lot, account being taken of commercial practices applied in this matter, in the Member States.
Samples shall be taken in a regular manner, depending on the number of samples to be taken and the total quantity to be offered for sale.
4. The quantities to be offered for sale concerned shall then be graded in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76, in the light of the results of the sampling and subject to the following provisions and a visual inspection.
If a sample indicates:
(a) that the fish examined fall within the same freshness and size category the quantities concerned shall be graded on the basis of this result. Variations in size and in freshness as provided for by Article 2, shall be permitted;
(b) that a proportion of the fish examined, representing more than 10 % of the quantity in the sample, falls within category B, the number of the samples to be taken shall be doubled. However, the quantities concerned may not be placed in a category higher than category B;
(c) that a proportion of the fish examined do not fulfil the conditions to be marketed for human consumption, the quantities concerned may not be used for this purpose, unless grading in accordance with Articles 6, 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 shows that a proportion thereof may be marketed for human consumption.
1. In order to ascertain the weight of the quantities put up for sale and landed the recipient units, or the transport vehicle into which these quantities are loaded, shall be weighed.
If such weighing cannot be carried out, the weight of the landed quantities shall be calculated by addition of the contents of the standardized boxes in which the quantities must be landed. However, a supplementary weighing by sample shall be carried out for the standardized boxes.
2. If the quantities are presented for public auction in standardized boxes to be marketed for a particular sale, weighing shall be carried out according to the provisions of Article 5.
3. The weight of quantities transshipped on board a vessel shall be calculated by applying the coefficients shown in Annex I:
- on the one hand, to the volume of the catches taken by each vessel or to the contents of each tank as measured by the appropriate technical means,
- on the other hand, to the volume of the quantities transshipped to the processing vessel as measured by means of the recipient approved by the office responsible for weights and measures in the Member State concerned.
Within the framework of the sampling system Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure in particular:
- that all vessels possess appropriate facilities, and use these facilities for maintaining the quality of the products concerned in accordance with the criteria laid down in Regulation No 103/76,
- that, the vessels equipped with fish tanks, the tanks are proprerly cleaned, that the temperature in the tanks is suitable for the keeping of fish end that this temperature can be noted,
- that all quantities marketed are recorded, with a breakdown by freshness and size cateogry. Recording shall be based, in the case referred to in Article 7, paragraph 1, on the substantiating documents signed by the skipper of the vessel concerned and by the purchaser and, in the case referred to in Article 7, paragraph 3, on those signed by the skippers of the vessels concerned.
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31995R0887 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 887/95 of 21 April 1995 repealing Regulation (EC) No 734/95 suspending advance fixing of export refunds on certain cereals and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 887/95 of 21 April 1995 repealing Regulation (EC) No 734/95 suspending advance fixing of export refunds on certain cereals and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 17 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods no covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 482/95 (3), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 5 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 makes provision for advance fixing of the refund to be suspended for basic products exported in the form of certain goods;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 734/95 (4) has suspended the advance fixing of the refund for durum wheat exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92; whereas, under present circumstances, suspension of advance fixing is no longer necessary; whereas Regulation (EC) No 734/95 should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 734/95 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 1995.
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32006R1314 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1314/2006 of 1 September 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 2.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1314/2006
of 1 September 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 September 2006.
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32006L0142 | Commission Directive 2006/142/EC of 22 December 2006 amending Annex IIIa of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council listing the ingredients which must under all circumstances appear on the labelling of foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
| 23.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 368/110
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/142/EC
of 22 December 2006
amending Annex IIIa of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council listing the ingredients which must under all circumstances appear on the labelling of foodstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (1) and in particular Article 6(11), third paragraph, thereof,
Having regard to the opinions of the European Food Safety Authority of 6 December 2005 and 15 February 2006,
Whereas:
(1) Annex IIIa of Directive 2000/13/EC lists the ingredients which must under all circumstances appear on the labelling of foodstuffs, as they are likely to cause adverse reactions in susceptible individuals.
(2) Article 6(11), first paragraph, of the aforementioned Directive stipulates that the list in Annex IIIa will be systematically re-examined and, where necessary, updated on the basis of the most recent scientific knowledge.
(3) As part of this re-examination, the Commission asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to give its opinion on the possible inclusion in Annex IIIa of a number of other products.
(4) As far as lupin is concerned, the EFSA states in its opinion of 6 December 2005 that this leguminous plant, of which there are 450 species, has long been consumed in its current state but that lupin flour is being added for a number of years in wheat flour for the production of bakery products. Cases of direct allergic reactions, some of them severe, have been documented and studies show that there is a relatively high risk of a cross-allergy to lupin in between 30 % and 60 % of persons who are allergic to peanuts.
(5) In the case of molluscs (gastropods, bivalves or cephalopods), the EFSA states in its opinion of 15 February 2006 that they are most often consumed in their current state but are also used as ingredients, after any processing, in a number of preparations and in products such as surimi. Allergic reactions, which can be serious, affect up to 0,4 % of the population, i.e. 20 % of all cases of allergic reactions to seafood. The main allergenic protein in molluscs is tropomyosin, which is the same as that in crustaceans, and cases of cross-allergies between molluscs and crustaceans occur frequently.
(6) It can be concluded from these observations that lupin and molluscs should be added to the list in Annex IIIa of Directive 2000/13/EC.
(7) The measures provided for in this Directive comply with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The following ingredients shall be added to Annex IIIa of Directive 2000/13/EC:
‘Lupin and products thereof
Molluscs and products thereof.’
1. The Member States shall, as from 23 December 2007, authorise the sale of foodstuffs which comply with this Directive.
2. The Member States shall, as from 23 December 2008, prohibit the sale of foodstuffs which fail to comply with this Directive. However, the sale of foodstuffs which fail to comply with this Directive and which have been labelled prior to this date shall be authorised until stocks run out.
1. The Member States shall, by 23 December 2007 at the latest, adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those provisions to the Commission together with a correlation table of those provisions and this Directive.
When the Member States adopt those 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 of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
2. The Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31995R1795 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1795/95 of 25 July 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 providing for the determination and the administration of the variable components for certain goods originating in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia resulting from the processing of agricultural products referred to in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1795/95 of 25 July 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 providing for the determination and the administration of the variable components for certain goods originating in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia resulting from the processing of agricultural products referred to in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993, laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1661/95 of 29 June 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products including processed products, opened for Israel and Turkey (2),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 (3) establishes rules for the administration of the variable components; whereas there is a need to complete this Regulation for quotas applicable to goods originating in Israel and Turkey;
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/95 (4) establishes the basis for calculating reduced agricultural components applicable as from 1 July 1995 in the preferential agreements which provide for such a reduction;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex II to the Treaty,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 1:
'3. For the purposes of this Regulation:
- "goods originating in Israel" means goods meeting the conditions established by the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel (*),
- "goods originating in Turkey" means goods meeting the conditions established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 of 5 February 1973 on the application of Decisions No 5/72 and No 4/72 of the Association Council provided for by the Agreement establishing the Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (**).
` 2. Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1. The tariff quotas for goods subject to a reduced agricultural component shall be administered by the Commission, which may take all appropriate measures to ensure efficient administration thereof.`
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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32012R1181 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1181/2012 of 10 December 2012 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2012 in certain wine-growing regions
| 11.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/44
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1181/2012
of 10 December 2012
authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2012 in certain wine-growing regions
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 the third paragraph of Article 121 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Point A.3 of Annex XVa to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that Member States may request that the limits for increasing the alcoholic strength (enrichment) of wine by volume be raised by up to 0,5 % in years when climatic conditions have been exceptionally unfavourable.
(2) Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom have requested such increases of the limits for enrichment of the wine produced using the grapes harvested in the year 2012, as climatic conditions during the growing season have been exceptionally unfavourable in certain geographical regions.
(3) Due to the exceptionally adverse weather conditions during 2012, the limits on increases in the natural alcoholic strength provided for in Point A.2 of Annex XVa to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 do not enable the production of wine with an appropriate total alcoholic strength in certain wine-growing regions for which there would normally be market demand.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to authorise an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2012 in Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
(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,
In the geographical regions listed in the Annex to this Regulation, by derogation from Point A.2 of Annex XVa to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the increase in natural alcoholic strength by volume of fresh grapes harvested in the year 2012, grape must, grape must in fermentation, new wine still in fermentation and wine produced using the grapes harvested in the year 2012, shall not exceed 3,5 % vol.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32006D0917 | 2006/917/EC: Commission Decision of 11 December 2006 establishing the Community’s financial contribution to the expenditure incurred in the context of the emergency measures taken to combat bluetongue in France in 2004 and 2005 (notified under document number C(2006) 6382)
| 12.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 349/56
COMMISSION DECISION
of 11 December 2006
establishing the Community’s financial contribution to the expenditure incurred in the context of the emergency measures taken to combat bluetongue in France in 2004 and 2005
(notified under document number C(2006) 6382)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2006/917/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Outbreaks of bluetongue occurred in France in 2004 and 2005. The emergence of that disease presented a serious risk to the Community's livestock population.
(2) In order to prevent the spread of the disease and to help eradicate it as quickly as possible, the Community should contribute financially towards the eligible expenditure incurred by the Member State under the emergency measures taken to combat the disease, as provided for in Decision 90/424/EEC.
(3) Commission Decision 2005/659/EC of 15 September 2005 concerning a financial contribution by the Community in the context of the vaccination campaigns against bluetongue in France in 2004 and 2005 (2) granted a financial contribution from the Community to France towards the expenditure incurred under the emergency measures to combat bluetongue implemented in 2004 and 2005.
(4) In accordance with that Decision, a first instalment of EUR 150 000 was granted.
(5) Pursuant to that Decision, the balance of the Community financial contribution is to be paid on the basis of the application submitted by France on 6 December 2005 and supporting documents setting out the figures quoted in the application.
(6) In view of those considerations, the total amount of the Community’s financial contribution to the eligible expenditure incurred associated with the eradication of bluetongue in France in 2004 and 2005 should now be fixed.
(7) The results of the inspections carried out by the Commission in compliance with the Community veterinary rules and the conditions for granting Community financial contributions mean the entire amount of the expenditure submitted cannot be recognised as eligible.
(8) The Commission’s observations, method of calculating the eligible expenditure and final conclusions were communicated to France in a letter dated 20 September 2006.
(9) 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 total Community financial contribution towards the expenditure associated with eradicating bluetongue in France in 2004 and 2005 pursuant to Decision 2005/659/EC is fixed at EUR 250 175.
Since a first instalment of EUR 150 000 has already been paid pursuant to Decision 2005/659/EC, the balance of EUR 100 175 shall be paid to France.
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32003R1618 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1618/2003 of 15 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for megrim by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1618/2003
of 15 September 2003
prohibiting fishing for megrim by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2003(4), lays down quotas for megrim for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of megrim in the waters of ICES zones VIIIa, b, d, e, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock from 1 September 2003. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of megrim in the waters of ICES zones VIIIa, b, d, e, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 2003.
Fishing for megrim in the waters of ICES zones VIIIa, b, d, e, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 September 2003.
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31984R3031 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3031/84 of 29 October 1984 amending Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public stocks for use in feed for animals other than young calves
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3031/84
of 29 October 1984
amending Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public stocks for use in feed for animals other than young calves
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/84 (2), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1223/83 of 20 May 1983 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (4), and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 (5) and (EEC) No 443/77 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2540/84 (7), the intervention agencies are to sell skimmed-milk powder put into storage before 1 June 1983;
Whereas, in view of the limited quantities still available which satisfy this condition as to age, and in order that implementation of the measure concerned may continue in the normal way, the abovementioned sales should be extended to skimmed-milk powder put into storage before 1 July 1983;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 and Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 443/77, '1 June 1983' is hereby replaced by '1 July 1983'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31979D0392 | 79/392/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 March 1979 on the refusal to accept the scientific character of an apparatus descirbed as 'Nikon mask alignment microscope'
| COMMISSION DECISION of 29 March 1979 on the refusal to accept the scientific character of an apparatus described as "Nikon mask alignment microscope" (79/392/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75 of 2 December 1975 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (2), and in particular Articles 4 and 5 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 26 September 1978, the United Kingdom Government requested the Commission to invoke the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Nikon mask alignment microscope", used in research into guided optical waves for communication purposes should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, if the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 7 February 1979 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case;
Whereas this examination shows that the apparatus in question is a microscope of rather simple conception which is used mainly for the manufacture of integrated circuits ; whereas in itself it does not have objective scientific characteristics making it specially suited to pure scientific research ; whereas its use in this particular case cannot in itself give it the character of a scientific apparatus specially suited to pure scientific research ; whereas it cannot therefore be regarded as a scientific apparatus,
The apparatus described as "Nikon mask alignment microscope" is not considered to be a scientific apparatus.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32007R1426 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1426/2007 of 3 December 2007 establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in ICES zones VII b-k, VIII, IX and X; EC waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| 5.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 317/57
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1426/2007
of 3 December 2007
establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in ICES zones VII b-k, VIII, IX and X; EC waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 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 2007.
(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 2007.
(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 2007 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 that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31980D0831 | 80/831/EEC: Commission Decision of 1 August 1980 finding that the apparatus described as 'Lexington-Lex-02-Con Analyser with starter kit' is not a scientific apparatus
| COMMISSION DECISION of 1 August 1980 finding that the apparatus described as "Lexington-Lex-02-Con Analyser with starter kit" is not a scientific apparatus (80/831/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 13 March 1980, the British Government has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Lexington-Lex-02-Con Analyser with starter kit" to be used to facilitate the research into techniques of artificial ventilation of patients and, in particular, to measure the oxygen content of blood, the arterial/venous oxygen difference of blood, the oxygen consumption and the oxygen saturation of blood, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 24 June 1980 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an analyser;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus,
The apparatus described as "Lexington-Lex-02-Con Analyser with starter kit" is not considered to be a scientific apparatus.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32004R1473 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1473/2004 of 18 August 2004 fixing the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs from the 2003/2004 marketing year
| 19.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1473/2004
of 18 August 2004
fixing the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs from the 2003/2004 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 9(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides for aid to be granted to storage agencies for the quantities of sultanas, currants and dried figs that they buy in and for the actual duration of storage.
(2) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables (2), lays down the dates of the marketing years.
(3) The storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs from the 2003/04 marketing year should be fixed and, to that end, account should be taken of Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the scheme for the storage of unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs (3) and of the fact that the storage aid is to be calculated on the basis of the technical cost of storage and of financing the buying-in price paid for the products.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
For products from the 2003/2004 marketing year, the storage aid provided for in Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:
(a) EUR 0,1106 per day and per tonne net weight until 28 February 2005 and EUR 0,0846 per day and per tonne net weight from 1 March 2005 for dried grapes,
(b) EUR 0,0949 per day and per tonne net weight for dried figs.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989D0245 | 89/245/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 March 1989 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of flax seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 March 1989
authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of flax seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC
(89/245/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (1), as last amended by Directive 88/380/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by Belgium, France and the Netherlands,
Whereas in Belgium, France and the Netherlands the production of flax seed complying with the requirements of Directive 69/208/EEC has been insufficient in 1988 and is not adequate to supply the needs of these countries;
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs sufficiently with seed from Member States, or from third countries, meeting all the requirements laid down in the said Directive;
Whereas Belgium, France and the Netherlands should therefore be authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 May 1989, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned species subject to less stringent requirements;
Whereas it also appears desirable to authorize other Member States which are able to supply Belgium, France and the Netherlands with such seed not complying with the requirements of the said Directive to permit the marketing of such seed, provided that it is intended for those Member States;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 may 1989, the marketing in their territories of a maximum of 500 tonnes of flax seed (Linum usitatissimum L.) of the categories 'certified seed of the first generation', 'certified seed of the second generation' and 'certified seed of the third generation' which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive 69/208/EEC with regard to the minimum germination capacity. This maximum applies to all three Member States taken together. The following requirements are satisfied:
(a) the germination capacity is at least 87 % of pure seed;
(b) the official label shall bear the following endorsements:
- 'Minimum germination capacity 87 %',
- 'Intended exclusively for Belgium, France or the Netherlands'.
The other Member States are authorized to permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1, the marketing in their territories of a maximum of 500 tonnes of flax seed, provided that such seed is intended exclusively for Belgium, France or the Netherlands. The official label shall bear the endorsement referred to in Article 1 (b).
The Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States before 31 July 1989 of the quantities of seed certified and marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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