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32008D0119(01) | Council Decision of 15 October 2007 of appointing the United Kingdom member of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
| 19.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 14/21
COUNCIL DECISION
of 15 October 2007
of appointing the United Kingdom member of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
(2008/C 14/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975 establishing the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and in particular Article 4 thereof (1),
Having regard to the nomination submitted by the United Kingdom Government,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decision of 18 September 2006 (2), the Council appointed the members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 18 September 2006 to 17 September 2009.
(2) A member's seat on the Governing Board of the Centre in the category of Government representatives has become vacant as a result of the resignation of Ms Pauline CHARLES.
(3) The United Kingdom member of the Governing Board of the aforementioned Centre should be appointed for the remainder of the current term of office, which expires on 17 September 2009,
The following person is hereby appointed member of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the remainder of the term of office, which runs until 17 September 2009:
I. GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE
UNITED KINGDOM: Ms Nicola SAMS | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999D0283(01) | 1999/283/EC: Commission Decision of 12 April 1999 concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries - (notified under document number C(1999) 873) - (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 April 1999
concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries
(notified under document number C(1999) 873)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/283/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Articles 14, 15 and 16,
(1) Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from Botswana, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa and Zimbabwe were established by Commission Decisions 92/22/EEC(3), 90/156/EEC(4), 84/295/EEC(5), 92/24/EEC(6), 92/23/EEC(7), 92/21/EEC(8) and 92/25/EEC(9);
(2) Whereas, with a view to the internal market, numerous health measures have been established in the framework of trade inside the Community; whereas the realisation of this objective necessitates, in parallel, an adaptation of the health conditions required for importation of fresh meat from third countries particularly from certain African countries;
(3) Whereas this adaptation must take into account the different epidemiological situations in the African countries concerned, and indeed in the different parts of their territories; whereas, given the existence of identical health situations between the various parts of those different countries, it is necessary to take account of this fact in establishing a new system of health guarantees;
(4) Whereas, as a result, it is appropriate to establish different health certificates in accordance with the conditions required for the importation of fresh meat from those different categories of countries or parts of countries;
(5) Whereas outbreaks of African swine fever are reported from time to time in these countries and therefore imports into the European Community of pigmeat cannot be authorised;
(6) Whereas as an interim step prior to an in depth analysis concerning the possibility to authorise bone-in meat from certain OIE free regions and, in order to clarify and simplify the Community legislation, it is necessary to group together the health conditions required for imports of fresh meat from the African countries concerned and to repeal the decisions in force for those countries;
(7) Whereas stricter health conditions have been established for offal destined for human consumption; whereas, moreover, the health conditions established apply without prejudice to the health conditions established by Council Directive 92/118/EEC(10), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC, and Commission Decision 89/18/EEC of 22 December 1988 concerning importations from third countries of fresh meat destined for purposes other than human consumption(11);
(8) Whereas having regard to the epidemiological features of foot-and-mouth disease of the ovine and caprines, special guarantees must be required as regards imports of meat of those species;
(9) Whereas, in addition, the responsible veterinary authorities of the concerned countries must confirm that their countries or regions have for at least 12 months been free from rinderpest, and foot-and-mouth disease;
(10) Whereas the responsible authorities of the concerned countries must undertake to notify the Commission and the Member States within 24 hours, by fax, telex or telegram of the confirmation of the occurrence of any of the abovementioned diseases or an alteration in the vaccination policy against them;
(11) Whereas other health conditions must be established for meat not intended for human consumption in accordance with the provisions of Directive 92/118/EEC and Decision 89/18/EEC;
(12) Whereas animal health conditions and veterinary certification must be adapted according to the animal health situation of the third country or part of third country concerned;
(13) Whereas Council Directive 96/93/EC(12) lays down standards of certification which are necessary for valid certification and to prevent fraud. Whereas it is appropriate to ensure that the rules and principles applied by third-country certifying officers provide guarantees which are at least equivalent to those laid down in this Directive;
(14) Whereas Council Directive 93/119/EC(13) requires that the veterinary health certificate accompanying meat to be imported from third countries to the European Community must be supplemented by an attestation certifying that the animals have been slaughtered under conditions which offer guarantees of humane treatment at least equivalent to the relevant provisions in the Directive;
(15) Whereas considering that a new certification regime is hereby established, a period of time should be provided for its implementation;
(16) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall be used:
(a) "fresh meat": as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 64/433/EEC(14);
(b) "de-boned fresh meat": meat as described in paragraph (a) of this Article, together with diaphrams but excluding offal, from which the bone and the main accessible lymphatic glands have been removed.
1. Member States shall authorise the importation of the categories of fresh meat set out in Annex II and coming from the territories laid down in Annex I, if they comply with the guarantees laid down in the health certificate, drawn up in conformity with Annex III.
2. Member States shall authorise the introduction onto their territory of fresh meat from the country of origin subject to the supplementary guarantees required in Annex II and described in Annex IV. These supplementary guarantees must be provided by the exporting country in Section V of each model of certificate laid down in Annex III.
3. In the case of imports of fresh meat described in Article 1 and intended for purposes other than human consumption, Member States shall ensure that the following requirements are complied with:
- the conditions set out in paragraph 1,
- the conditions established by Directive 92/118/EEC,
- the conditions established by Decision 89/18/EEC.
This Decision will be reassessed as required by the changing animal health situation in the Community and in the concerned African countries from which the imports are permitted.
This Decision shall come into effect from 1 June 1999.
1. Decisions 92/22/EEC, 90/156/EEC, 84/295/EEC, 92/24/EEC, 92/23/EEC, 92/21/EEC and 92/25/EEC are repealed on the date mentioned in Article 4.
2. Member States shall authorise the importation of fresh meat, produced and certified according to the requirements of Decisions 92/22/EEC, 90/156/EEC, 84/295/EEC, 92/24/EEC, 92/23/EEC, 92/21/EEC and 92/25/EEC during the 30 days following the date mentioned in paragraph 1.
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32002D0284 | 2002/284/EC: Commission Decision of 19 September 2001 on the State aid which the Netherlands is planning to implement in the form of development assistance for a high-technology dredger for the Republic of Djibouti (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2900)
| Commission Decision
of 19 September 2001
on the State aid which the Netherlands is planning to implement in the form of development assistance for a high-technology dredger for the Republic of Djibouti
(notified under document number C(2001) 2900)
(Only the Dutch text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/284/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) thereof,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 of 29 June 1998 establishing new rules on aid to shipbuilding(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above and having regard to their comments(3),
Whereas:
I. Procedure
(1) By letter dated 12 April 2000, the Dutch authorities, acting pursuant to Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty, notified the Commission of development assistance which they intended to grant to the Republic of Djibouti for the purchase of a dredger of more than 365 KW to be built by the Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem.
(2) By letter dated 13 February 2001, the Commission notified the Dutch authorities that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid. The Dutch authorities submitted their comments to the Commission by letter dated 21 February 2001.
(3) The Commission's decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(4). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments.
(4) The Commission did not receive any comments from interested parties.
II. Detailed description of the aid
(5) The project, which provides for development assistance under a general scheme for aid to developing countries, concerns a transaction involving the dredger and three other vessels for a total amount of NLG 11,664 million (EUR 5,293 million). Provision has been made for aid totalling NLG 3,447 million (EUR 1,464 million). Only the dredger falls within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98. The cost price is NLG 9,564 million (EUR 4,340 million) and the aid earmarked amounts to NLG 2,392 million (EUR 1,085 million), or 25 % of the contract price. The recipient is the autonomous port of Djibouti.
(6) The Commission decided to initiate the Article 88(2) procedure because it doubted whether the project complied fully with the conditions laid down in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 concerning the compatibility of aid related to shipbuilding granted as development assistance.
(7) New provisions have been incorporated into Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 in cases where aid for shipbuilding is granted in the form of development assistance to a developing country. The Article states that such aid may be deemed compatible with the common market if it complies with the terms laid down for that purpose by OECD Working Party 6 in its Agreement concerning the interpretation of Articles 6 to 8 of the OECD Understanding on export credits for ships. The Commission must verify the particular development content of the proposed aid and satisfy itself that it falls within the scope of the OECD Understanding on export credits and that the offer of development assistance is open to bids from different yards.
(8) On the basis of the information available to the Commission, it concluded that the projects complied with the OECD criteria.
(9) However, the Commission doubted whether the development assistance was open to bids from different yards and could not therefore rule out the possibility that it constituted operating aid for Damen.
III. Comments from the Netherlands
(10) The Dutch authorities provided new information of which they were not aware at the time of the various meetings held before the procedure was initiated.
(11) They explained that the authorities in Djibouti had asked two other Dutch shipyards to submit bids, but that this request was not taken up. It also emerges from various letters that other Dutch shipyards were aware of the transaction.
(12) In addition, the Dutch authorities referred once again to their role in the new procedure for ensuring that invitations to tender in the field of development assistance receive significant publicity in future. Thanks to this procedure, all Dutch shipyards will be better informed about specific projects for which a Dutch shipyard has submitted an application for development assistance; this information will be disseminated by the Dutch shipbuilding association (Vereniging Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Industrie, hereinafter referred to as VNSI), to which virtually all Dutch shipyards belong, as soon as a shipyard has submitted an application to the authorities. VNSI will provide its members with all the important information on the transaction (contract amount, type of vessel and customer). In this way, virtually the entire Dutch shipbuilding sector will be informed.
IV. Assessment of the aid
(13) As explained in the decision to initiate the Article 88(2) procedure, the aid for the contract must be tested against the provisions of Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98, which lays down new rules on development assistance for shipbuilding.
(14) That Article states that such aid may be deemed compatible with the common market if it complies with the terms laid down for that purpose by OECD Working Party 6 in its Agreement concerning the interpretation of Articles 6 to 8 of the OECD Understanding on export credits for ships. The Commission must verify the particular development content of the proposed aid and satisfy itself that it falls within the scope of the OECD Understanding and that the offer of development assistance is open to bids from different yards.
(15) As was also stated in the decision to introduce the procedure, the Commission had already noted that the OECD criteria with which the Member States must comply, as described by the Commission in its letter SG(89) D/311 of 3 January 1989, amended by letter SG(97) D4645 of 10 June 1997, had been fulfilled.
(16) As regards whether the offer of development assistance was open to bids from different yards, the Commission would point out that these are new provisions which have been incorporated into Regulation (EC) No 1540/98. In addition, they do not indicate how the Commission should check whether this criterion is met; it can therefore be interpreted in a number of ways. The Commission considers that the criterion should be strictly applied and that the offer of assistance should have been open to bids from other shipyards.
(17) In the decision to initiate the procedure the Commission took the view that, in the light of the information provided by the Dutch authorities and the fact that the shipyard and the Djibouti authorities had negotiated the contract before the new procedure entered into force, there were no grounds whatsoever for concluding that the contract had been given sufficient publicity in compliance with the principle of open tendering.
(18) The Dutch authorities have since provided information in addition to the comments submitted in the course of the procedure, namely that the authorities in Djibouti asked two other Dutch shipyards to submit a bid for the order in question, but that neither shipyard did so.
(19) The Commission notes that originally the invitation to tender was not confined to Damen alone, given that other shipyards were given the opportunity to submit a bid.
(20) In addition, following notification of the decision to initiate the procedure, information on the contract was widely disseminated between all potential interested parties.
(21) Although the way in which the contract was concluded does not quite fit the best interpretation of open tendering, the Commission is prepared to accept that the procedure followed has been in use for many years and that the Dutch authorities were not fully aware of the scope of Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98, a position borne out by the Dutch authorities' firm intention to review their procedure in future cases. Accordingly, the Commission would emphasise that the new procedure alone should be followed in all future cases so as to comply with the conditions for open tendering as described in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98.
V. Conclusion
(22) In the light of the above, the doubts underlying the Commission's decision to initiate the Article 88(2) procedure have been resolved. It can therefore be concluded that the project complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 and that it is therefore compatible with the common market,
The aid with an intensity of 25 % which the Netherlands intends to grant to the Republic of Djibouti in the form of development assistance for the purchase of a dredger from the Damen Shipyards is compatible with the common market.
Implementation of the aid is accordingly authorised.
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32003R2130 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2130/2003 of 4 December 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2130/2003
of 4 December 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31991R2329 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2329/91 of 25 July 1991 opening for 1991, as an autonomous measure, a special import quota for high-quality, fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 as well as products falling within CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2329/91 of 25 July 1991 opening for 1991, as an autonomous measure, a special import quota for high-quality, fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 as well as products falling within CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, having regard to the imports of high-quality meat of bovine animals which have taken place hitherto and to the need to export such meat produced in the Community, it is appropriate to open, for 1991 and as an autonomous and exceptional measure, a Community tariff import quota of 11 430 tonnes at a 20 % duty of high quality fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 as well as of products falling within CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91; whereas the market in the meat of bovine animals in the Community must form the subject of a complete overhaul and a new way of thinking;
Whereas equal and continuous access for all operators concerned in the Community to the said quota and the uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned in all the Member States until the volume provided for is exhausted should in particular be ensured; whereas, to this end, a system for utilizing the Community tariff quota, based on the presentation of a certificate of authenticity guaranteeing the type, provenance and origin of the products is required;
Whereas rules for the application of these provisions should be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (4),
1. A special tariff quota for high-quality, fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 as well as products falling within CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 is hereby opened for 1991.
The total amount of this contingent shall be 11 430 tonnes expressed in weight of the product.
2. The applicable duty for this contingent shall be fixed at 20 %.
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the rules for the application of this Regulation, and in particular:
(a) provisions guaranteeing the type, provenance and origin of the products;
(b) provisions relating to the recognition of the document enabling the guarantees provided for in (a) to be ascertained,
shall be determined.
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 | 1 | 0 |
31991R0314 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 314/91 of 7 February 1991 on the supply of refined rape seed oil as food aid
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 314/91 of 7 February 1991 on the supply of refined rape seed oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3) lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated to certain countries and beneficiary organizations 3 000 tonnes of refined rape seed oil;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be supplied as Community food aid (4); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs,
Article 1
Refined rape seed oil shall be mobilized in the Community as Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten. Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0622 | 2007/622/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 26 September 2007 appointing an Italian member of the European Economic and Social Committee and amending Decisions 2006/524/EC, Euratom and 2006/651/EC, Euratom
| 28.9.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 253/39
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 September 2007
appointing an Italian member of the European Economic and Social Committee and amending Decisions 2006/524/EC, Euratom and 2006/651/EC, Euratom
(2007/622/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,
Having regard to the nomination submitted by the Italian government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 2006/524/EC, Euratom appointing Czech, German, Estonian, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourg, Hungarian, Maltese, Austrian, Slovenian and Slovak members of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), and Decision 2006/651/EC, Euratom appointing Belgian, Greek, Irish, Cypriot, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish and British members and two Italian members of the European Economic and Social Committee (2), the Council appointed the Italian members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2006 to 20 September 2010.
(2) An Italian member’s seat on the Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Paolo NICOLETTI,
Mr Marco FELISATI is hereby appointed a member of the European Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr Paolo NICOLETTI for the remainder of the latter’s term of office, which runs until 20 September 2010.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R1367 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1367/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 of 14 January 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1367/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 of 14 January 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/97 (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Article 11(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 stipulates that products which are imported from a third country may be marketed only where they originate from a third country appearing in a list drawn up in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 of that Article; whereas such list has been laid down in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 314/97 (4);
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 314/97 has included Hungary and Switzerland in the list referred to by Article 11(1) to Regulation (EC) No 2092/91 for a period expiring on 30 June 1998, in order to examine in detail during this period certain aspects concerning the implementation in those countries of rules equivalent to those laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2092/91;
Whereas the effective implementation in Hungary of rules equivalent to those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 has been confirmed during an on-the-spot examination carried out by the Commission;
Whereas Switzerland has authorised a new inspection body that will carry out the inspections required under the Swiss order on organic farming;
Whereas for the operation of the Regime, for each third country the bodies in charge of issuing the certificate of inspection referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 have to be identified;
Whereas Australia has communicated changes in its inspection regime; whereas the inspections of operators in Australia are now made by private inspection bodies, supervised by a public authority;
Whereas Israel has confirmed that inspection and certification of organic products will be carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture;
Whereas the examination of the information submitted by the above third countries has led to the conclusion that the requirements are equivalent to those resulting from the Community legislation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 is hereby amended as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
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32004R1961 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2004 of 12 November 2004 fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 7th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 214/2001
| 13.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1961/2004
of 12 November 2004
fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 7th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 214/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2001 of 12 January 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in skimmed milk (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 214/2001.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling price should be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 7th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 214/2001, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 9 November 2004, the minimum selling price for skimmed milk is fixed at 209,83 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 November 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0280 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 280/2002 of 14 February 2002 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 280/2002
of 14 February 2002
on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2427/2001(2) fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences other than those sought in the context of food aid.
(2) In the light of the information available to the Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities laid down for the current export period for oranges and lemons will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.
(3) To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences for oranges and lemons exported after 14 February 2002 should be rejected until the end of the current export period,
Applications for system B export licences for oranges and lemons submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2427/2001, export declarations for which are accepted after 14 February 2002 and before 15 March 2002, are hereby rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32003R0418 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 418/2003 of 6 March 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds and rectifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 418/2003
of 6 March 2003
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds and rectifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds(1), as last amended by Regulation 257/2003(2), and in particular Article 19(3) and (6) and Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2003(3), provides for the amending of the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme including WTO members and separate customs territories that fulfils the requirements of the scheme.
(2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme and participants thereto have provided the Commission with the relevant information concerning the status as participant, in particular, of Algeria, Brazil, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Republic of Congo, Hungary, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Venezuela, and the separate customs territory Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, as well as with additional information regarding other participants. The additional information concerns China, Hong Kong, Ghana, Guinea, Japan, Laos, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Togo, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 257/2003 was intended to limit only the application of Article 1(1) to a renewable three-month period. Article 2 of that Regulation should therefore be rectified accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in Article 2 of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2, second sentence, of Regulation (EC) No 257/2003 is rectified as follows:"Article 1(1) of this Regulation shall apply for a three month period after that date."
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 apply until 12 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0337 | 2007/337/EC: Commission Decision of 15 May 2007 approving the systems of automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of infringements, developed by Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 2036)
| 16.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 128/49
COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 May 2007
approving the systems of automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of infringements, developed by Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom
(notified under document number C(2007) 2036)
(Only the Danish, German and English texts are authentic)
(2007/337/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to 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 stocks, applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular point 8.1.(h) of Annex IIA thereto,
Having regard to the requests made by Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom,
Whereas:
(1) Under Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, the development by Member States of systems of automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of infringements constitutes a condition which increases the maximum number of days a fishing vessel may be present within the geographical area defined in Annex IIA to that Regulation during the period from 1 February 2007 to31 January 2008.
(2) Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom have provided information to the Commission on systems of automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of infringements as regards vessels carrying on board the fishing gears referred to in point 4.1.(a)(v) of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, namely trawls, Danish seines and similar gears, except beam trawls, of mesh sizes equal to or larger than 120 mm.
(3) In view of that information, the systems of automatic suspension of fishing licences submitted by those Member States should be approved as regards such vessels,
Article 1
The systems of automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of infringements, developed by Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom, are approved for the purposes of point 8.1.(h) of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 for vessels carrying on board trawls, Danish seines and similar gears, except beam trawls, of mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31991D0310 | 91/310/EEC: Council Decision of 24 June 1991 providing further medium-term financial assistance for Hungary
| COUNCIL DECISION of 24 June 1991 providing further medium-term financial assistance for Hungary (91/310/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), submitted following consultation with the Monetary Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Hungary is undertaking fundamental political and economic reforms and has decided to adopt a market economy model;
Whereas the said reforms are already under implementation with the financial support from the Community and will strengthen mutual confidence and bring Hungary closer to the Community;
Whereas Hungary and the Community have entered into negotiations for the conclusion of European Agreements establishing a relationship of association;
Whereas, by Decision 90/83/EEC (3), the Council decided to grant Hungary a medium-term loan facility of a maximum amount of ECU 870 million in order to permit that country to overcome the difficulties of structural adjustment of its economy;
Whereas, however, following the changes in the international environment, Hungary, like other Central and Eastern European countries is now facing additional external shocks which might jeopardize its financial stability and cause its balance of payments to deteriorate sharply;
Whereas the Hungarian authorities have requested financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Group of 24 industrial countries and the Community; whereas, over and above the estimated financing which could be provided by the IMF, the World Bank and official bilateral creditors, a financial gap of some ECU 360 million remains to be covered in 1991, in order to prevent a further erosion of Hungary's reserve position and avoid an additional degree of import compression, which could seriously jeopardize the achievement of the policy objectives underlying the Government's reform effort;
Whereas the Commission, as coordinator of assistance from the Group of 24 has invited them and other third countries to provide medium-term financial assistance to Hungary to support that country's balance of payments and strengthen its reserve position;
Whereas the question of the risks associated with guarantees from the general budget of the European Communities will be examined in the context of the renewal in 1992 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure;
Whereas the Community loan should be managed by the Commission;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the adoption of this Decision, powers other than those of Article 235,
1. The Community shall grant to Hungary a medium-term loan facility of a maximum amount of ECU 180 million in principal, with a maximum average duration of seven years, with a view to ensuring a sustainable balance-of-payments situation and strengthening the reserve position.
2. To this end, the Commission is empowered to borrow, on behalf of the Community, the necessary resources that will be placed at the disposal of Hungary in the form of a loan.
3. This loan will be managed by the Commission in full consultation with the Monetary Committee and in a manner consistent with any Agreement reached between the IMF and Hungary.
1. The Commission is empowered to negotiate with the Hungarian authorities, after consultation with the Monetary Committee, the economic policy conditions attached to the loan. These conditions shall be consistent with any agreement as referred to in Article 1 (3) and with arrangements made by the Group of 24.
2. The Commission shall verify at regular intervals, in collaboration with the Monetary Committee and in close coordination with the Group of 24 and the IMF, that the economic policy in Hungary is in accordance with the objectives of this loan and that its conditions are being fulfilled.
1. The loan shall be made available to Hungary in two instalments. The first instalment shall be released as soon as an Extended Arrangement has been concluded between Hungary and the IMF and the second instalment after a period of at least two quarters, subject to Article 2 (2).
2. The funds shall be paid to the National Bank of Hungary.
1. The borrowing and lending operations referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out using the same value date and must not involve the Community in the transformation of maturities, in any exchange or interest-rate risk, or in any other commercial risk.
2. The Commission shall take the necessary steps, if Hungary so decides, to include in the loan conditions, and also to exercise, an early repayment clause.
3. At the request of Hungary, and where circumstances permit an improvement in the interest rate on the loans, the Commission may refinance all or part of its initial borrowings or restructure the corresponding financial conditions. Refinancing or restructuring operations shall be carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in paragraph 1 and shall not have the effect of extending the average duration of the borrowing concerned or increasing the amount, expressed at the current exchange rate, of capital outstanding at the date of the refinancing or restructuring.
4. All related costs incurred by the Community in concluding and carrying out the operation under this Decision shall be borne by Hungary.
5. The Monetary Committee shall be kept informed of developments in the operations referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 at least once a year.
At least once a year the Commission shall address to the European Parliament and to the Council a report, which will include an evaluation, on the implementation of this Decision. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32002D0791 | 2002/791/EC: Commission Decision of 10 October 2002 amending for the second time Decision 2002/161/EC as regards the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rheinland-Pfalz (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3694)
| Commission Decision
of 10 October 2002
amending for the second time Decision 2002/161/EC as regards the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rheinland-Pfalz
(notified under document number C(2002) 3694)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/791/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(1), and in particular Articles 16(1), 20(1), 25(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In April 2002 classical swine fever was confirmed in the feral pig population in North Rhine-Westphalia at the border with Rhineland-Pfalz in Germany.
(2) In accordance with Articles 16 and 20 of Directive 2001/89/EC, the German authorities have submitted plans for the eradication of classical swine fever and for the emergency vaccination of feral pigs in certain areas of North Rhine-Westphalia.
(3) The submitted plans have been approved by the Commission by means of Decision 2002/161/EC(2), amended by Decision 2002/531/EC(3).
(4) Due to the evolution of the disease in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany has requested to apply the emergency vaccination plan also in certain areas which have recently been concerned by the disease.
(5) It is therefore appropriate to amend the Annex to Decision 2002/161/EC to include in this Annex the new areas of North Rhine-Westphalia where vaccination will be applied and those areas within which the evolution of the disease will probably be influenced by the vaccination. It is also appropriate to introduce minor corrections to the description of the vaccination area of Rheinland-Pfalz.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 2002/161/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R2402 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2402/95 of 12 October 1995 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1995/96 wine year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2402/95 of 12 October 1995 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1995/96 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1544/95 (2), and in particular Article 38 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2181/91 (4), lays down detailed rules for voluntary distillation, as provided for in Articles 38, 41 and 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/95 (5) fixes the prices, the aid and certain other factors applicable to preventive distillation for the 1995/96 wine year;
Whereas, in view of the foreseeable situation on the market, the harvest forecast and the level of end-of-year-stocks, the quantities eligible should be fixed at levels which, in combination with the other distillation measures for the wine year, will enable the market to be stabilized, without, however, exceeding the quantities compatible with sound management of the market; whereas, for that purpose, an overall quantity should be fixed for Community production regions eligible for preventive distillation at 6 300 000 hl of table wine, and that quantity should be broken down per region;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 of 4 February 1988 laying down detailed rules for applying compulsory distillation as referred to in Article 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2587/94 (7), delimits the Community wine-producing regions;
Whereas, if the overall quantity applied for per region exceeds the quantity specified in the Regulation, provision should be made for a rapid notification of the Member States in order to fix a single reduction rate, per region, for the quantities of table wine or of wine suitable for yielding table wine which may be delivered to the distilleries;
Whereas, for the proper administration of the quantities in question, it is necessary to derogate from the special measures laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2721/81 and to provide that the contracts or declarations submitted may be subject to a reduction of the quantities applied for; whereas such contracts or declarations must not exceed 12 hl of wine per hectare of vines used for the production of table wines or of wine suitable for yielding table wines, except in the case of German and Austrian producers;
Whereas, in order to increase the efficiency of this measure, it is necessary to concentrate it on the first months of the wine year and to ensure proper performance of the contracts and declarations signed by the producers by establishing a security which will guarantee delivery of wine to a distillery;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
1. Preventive distillation of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine as provided for in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 is hereby introduced for the 1995/96 wine year. The distillation, introduced for all table wines produced in the production regions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 and in Austria shall be restricted to 6 300 000 hectolitres.
That quantity shall be broken down by production region referred to above in the following way:
>TABLE>
Each producer having produced table wine or wine suitable for yielding table wine may sign, by 30 November 1995 at the latest, a preventive distillation contract of declaration with the competent authorities of the Member State specifying:
(a) the family name, first name and address of the applicant;
(b) the quantity of wine which be wishes to have distilled in accordance with current Community provisions concerning the quality of products to be delivered to a distillery. That quantity may not exceed 12 hl of table wine per hectare of vines producing such products, except in the case of German and Austrian producers where that volume may not exceed 2 and 3 hectolitres per hectare of utilized vine area respectively;
(c) the name and address or company name of the distillery.
The contract or declaration shall be accompanied by proof of the lodging of a security of ECU 5 per hectolitre.
Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities subject to contracts or declarations of preventive distillation by 8 December 1995 at the latest.
The Commission shall notify each Member State by telefax by 15 December 1995 at the latest of the reduction rate to be applied to the above contracts and declarations where the overall quantity covered by contracts or declarations submitted exceeds that established for each region. Member States shall take the necessary administrative measures to approve the above contracts and declarations with the indicated reduction rate by 15 January 1996 at the latest.
The security shall be released for quantities applied for and not accepted.
2. The quantities for which a contract and declaration have been signed and approved must be delivered to the distillery by 15 March 1996 at the latest.
3. The security shall be released pro rata of the quantities delivered when the producer presents proof of delivery to a distillery.
If no deliveries have taken place within the time limit, the security is forfeited.
4. Member States may restrict the number of contracts a producer may sign for the distillation operation concerned.
5. Where necessary, Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 shall apply, in particular Article 6 (2) and (5) thereof.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0544 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 544/2006 of 31 March 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
| 1.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 94/24
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 544/2006
of 31 March 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
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 the first subparagraph of Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 (2), refund certificates issued for a single budget period may be applied for separately in six tranches. A closing date applies for applications in respect of each of these tranches. Operators may submit an application for a refund certificate only in respect of the tranche corresponding to the first closing date following the date of submission.
(2) The tranche system of allocation was designed to ensure that, in circumstances where refund certificate applications were received for greater amounts than can be granted, certificates were available both to operators who export at the beginning of the budget period and to those who export at end of the budget period.
(3) If amounts in respect of which refund certificates may be issued remain available towards the end of the budget period, after completion of the six tranche allocation system, Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 allows the Commission to open a weekly application system for allocation of the remaining amounts.
(4) Recent reductions in the refund rates fixed in respect of agricultural products have led to a reduction in the amounts for which refund certificates are applied for under the tranche system. As a consequence amounts reserved for allocation under recent individual tranches have not been fully allocated.
(5) It is therefore necessary to increase the flexibility of export operations. In circumstances where the level of refund certificate applications for an individual tranche is less than the amount available for that tranche, operators should be permitted to lodge applications on a weekly basis for refund certificates to be issued in respect of any remaining amount available for that tranche for which refund certificate applications have not yet been lodged.
(6) The existing system for the allocation, on a weekly basis, of refund certificates in respect of the amount available at the end of the budget period should therefore be extended to the allocation of the remaining amount available for a particular tranche.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty,
Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 is amended as follows:
1. the following Article 38a is inserted:
(a) set a reduction coefficient applicable to applications for refund certificates lodged in that particular application week, which have been notified to the Commission and for which refund certificates have not yet been issued;
(b) direct Member States to reject applications, lodged in that particular application week, which have yet to be notified to the Commission;
(c) suspend the lodging of applications for refund certificates.’;
2. in Section I of Annex VI, the fifth paragraph is replaced by the following:
— the words “Article 33”, or other words to the satisfaction of the competent authority, if the application refers to a certificate provided for in Article 33,
— the words “Article 38”, or other words to the satisfaction of the competent authority, if the application refers to a certificate provided for in Article 38,
— the words “Article 38a” or other words to the satisfaction of the competent authority, if the application refers to a certificate provided for in Article 38a.’
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 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990D0072 | 90/72/EEC: Council Decision of 12 February 1990 concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on a programme plan to stimulate the international cooperation and interchange needed by European research scientists (Science)
| COUNCIL DECISION of 12 February 1990 concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on a programme plan to stimulate the international cooperation and interchange needed by European research scientists (Science) (90/72/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130 q (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), In cooperation with the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas by Decision 88/419/EEC (4), the Council adopted a programme plan to stimulate the international cooperation and interchange needed by European research scientists (1988 to 1992) (Science); whereas Article 5 of that Decision authorizes the Commission to negotiate agreements with third countries and in particular with those European countries having concluded framework agreements for scientific and technical cooperation with the Community with a view to associating them wholly or partly with the programme plan; Whereas by Decision 87/177/EEC (5), the Council approved the conclusion on behalf of the European Economic Community of the Framework Agreement for scientific and technical cooperation between the European Communities and, among others, the Republic of Finland; Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on a programme plan to stimulate the international cooperation and interchange needed by European research scientists (Science) should be approved,
The Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on a programme plan to stimulate the international cooperation and interchange needed by European research scientists (Science), is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 10 of the Agreement (6). | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994R2760 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2760/94 of 10 November 1994 adjusting, for the fourth time, the system of aid for cotton introduced by protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2760/94 of 10 November 1994 adjusting, for the fourth time, the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular paragraph 11 of Protocol 4 on cotton,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of 2 July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 provides that, with a view to avoiding excessive variations in the reduction of the norm price applied if the maximum guaranteed quantity is exceeded, the reduction shall be limited; whereas the said reduction is limited to 20 % of the norm price from the 1994/95 marketing year, while the reduction for the 1993/94 marketing year was limited to 15 %;
Whereas, in order to prevent the increase in the said reduction limit from 15 % to 20 % having damaging repercussions for operators, the adjustment should be introduced progressively by applying an intermediate limit of 18,5 % for the 1994/95 marketing year,
This Regulation provides for adjustments to the system of aid for the production of cotton provided for in paragraph 3 of Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece and adjusted by Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87.
The second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 shall be replaced by the following:
'However, without prejudice to the third subparagraph, if the reduction in the amount of aid exceeds 20 % of the norm price, this reduction shall be limited to 20 % for the marketing year concerned, except in the case of the 1994/95 marketing year, in respect of which the two abovementioned percentages shall be 18,5 %. The reduction which exceeds these limits shall be carried over to the norm price for the following marketing year within the limit of 7 %.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 1994/95 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R1868 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1868/2002 of 18 October 2002 concerning the issue of licences for the import of garlic
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1868/2002
of 18 October 2002
concerning the issue of licences for the import of garlic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 of 2 April 2002 establishing the method for managing the tariff quotas and introducing a system of certificates of origin for garlic imported from third countries(3), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 provides that if quantities covered by applications for licences exceed the quantities available, the Commission is to fix a simple reduction percentage and suspend the issue of such licences covered by subsequent applications.
(2) Quantities applied for on 14 and 15 October 2002 under Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 for products originating in all third countries other than China and Argentina exceed the quantities available. The extent to which licences can be issued, and whether the issue of those licences should be suspended for any subsequent applications, should therefore be determined,
Import licences covered by applications under Article 3(1), of Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 for products originating in all third countries other than China and Argentina on 14 and 15 October 2002 and forwarded to the Commission on 17 October 2002 shall be issued at the rate of:
- 6,292 % of the quantity applied for, for new importers.
The issue of import licences relating to the quarter running from 1 December 2002 to 28 February 2003 covered by applications under Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 for new importers for products originating in all third countries other than China and Argentina is hereby suspended for applications lodged after 15 October 2002. Applications for the quarter running from 1 March 2003 to 31 May 2003 may be lodged from 13 January 2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 October 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31981D0641 | 81/641/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 July 1981 amending for the sixth time Decision 78/360/EEC authorizing several Member States to sell butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated butter
| COMMISSION DECISION of 24 July 1981 amending for the sixth time Decision 78/360/EEC authorizing several Member States to sell butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated butter (Only the German text is authentic) (81/641/EEC)
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 the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 649/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3474/80 (4), provides that the Member States may be authorized to sell butter at a reduced price from public storage or to grant aid in respect of butter from private storage for the purpose of its release for direct consumption as concentrated butter;
Whereas several Member States were authorized by Commission Decision 78/360/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 81/125/EEC (6), to sell butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated butter ; whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has requested authorization to sell a further quantity of 1 250 tonnes of butter in order to continue the operation ; whereas the said Member State is in a position to guarantee that the butter in question will reach its prescribed destination ; whereas it is necessary to accede to this request, and accordingly to amend the said Decision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1 (2) of Decision 78/360/EEC, the quantity of 15 000 tonnes shown for the Federal Republic of Germany is replaced by the quantity of 16 250 tonnes.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31966D0556 | 66/556/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 September 1966 on the aid instituted by the Government of the French Republic for the purchase of aircraft (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 23 September 1966 on the aid instituted by the Government of the French Republic for the purchase of aircraft (Only the French text is authentic) (66/556/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof;
Whereas Decree No 54-109 of 28 January 1954, as several times amended, lays down the conditions for granting subsidies for the purchase of aircraft ; whereas this aid, which existed before the entry force of the Treaty, was reviewed in accordance with Article 93 (1) of the Treaty and consequently amended by Decree No 64-341 of 16 April 1964;
Whereas, however, as regards gliders only, that Decree retained it as a condition for the grant by the State of non-reimbursable aid that the gliders should have been built in France;
Whereas the total amount of the subsidies for the purchase of gliders is between 30 % and 80 % of the price of the craft (taxes and duties included), depending on the type of glider and the category of purchaser ; whereas, although the subsidy for accessory equipment is granted without regard to the origin of the goods, this is of minor importance compared with the subsidy granted in respect of the glider itself;
Whereas this aid encourages users, in particular recognized associations, to purchase gliders built in France in preference to those manufactured in other Member States ; whereas whatever appropriations the French budget provides for, the purposes tend to distort competition by favouring the French production of gliders ; whereas, moreover, it has given rise to a complaint to the Commission on the part of another Member State;
Whereas, therefore, the aid falls under Article 92 (1) of the Treaty;
Whereas the provisions of Article 92 (2) of the Treaty clearly do not apply to this case;
Whereas the French Government has neither asked for any one of the provisions of Article 92 (3) of the Treaty to be applied, nor supplied the information required by the Commission for such purpose;
Whereas, therefore, the discriminatory nature of the aid instituted by the Decree of 28 January 1954, as amended in particular in 1964, renders it incompatible with the common market.
The French Republic shall, before 23 December 1966, take the necessary measures either to abolish the aid for the purchase of gliders instituted by Decree No 54-109 of 28 January 1954, as amended in particular by Decree No 64-341 of 16 April 1964, or so to amend it that the aid is granted to purchasers on the same terms for gliders built in other Member States as for gliders built in France.
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31996D0481 | 96/481/EC: Council Decision of 23 July 1996 authorizing the Portuguese Republic to extend until 7 March 1997 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa
| COUNCIL DECISION of 23 July 1996 authorizing the Portuguese Republic to extend until 7 March 1997 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa (96/481/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 354 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement on mutual fishery relations between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the Government of the Republic of South Africa, signed on 9 April 1979, entered into force on that day for an initial period of 10 years; whereas the Agreement remains in force for an indeterminate period if it is not denounced by the giving of 12 months' notice;
Whereas Article 354 (2) of the Act of Accession lays down that the rights and obligations resulting from the fisheries agreements concluded by the Portuguese Republic with third countries shall not be affected during the period for which the provisions of such agreements are provisionally maintained;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 354 (3) of the said Act, the Council is to adopt, before the expiry of the fisheries agreements concluded by the Portuguese Republic with third countries, decisions appropriate for the continuation of fishing activities resulting therefrom, including the possibility of prolonging for periods not exceeding one year; whereas the abovementioned Agreement has been extended until 7 March 1996 (1);
Whereas, in order to avoid fishing by the Community vessels concerned being interrupted, it appears appropriate to authorize the Portuguese Republic to renew the Agreement in question until 7 March 1997,
The Portuguese Republic is hereby authorized to extend until 7 March 1997 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa which entered into force on 9 April 1979.
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31982D0614 | 82/614/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 August 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Farrand - Spectrofluorometer, model MK 2' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 August 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Farrand - Spectrofluorometer, model MK 2' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/614/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 16 February 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Farrand - Spectrofluorometer, model MK 2', ordered 15 July 1978 and to be used for the analysis of catecholamines in the blood of pigs and for the examination of the relationship between the catechol amine level and post-mortem glyco-genolysis, 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 15 July 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrofluorometer, whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the sensibility of the analysis, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'JY3C', manufactured by Jobin Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, 91160 Longjumeau, France,
The apparatus described as 'Farrand - Spectrofluorometer, model MK 2', which is subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 16 February 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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31993D0027 | 93/27/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 December 1992 on the list of establishments in the Republic of Slovenia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION of 11 December 1992 on the list of establishments in the Republic of Slovenia approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
(93/27/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) and Article 18 (1) (a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas establishments in third countries cannot be authorized to export fresh meat to the Community unless they satisfy the general and special conditions laid down in Directive 72/462/EEC;
Whereas in accordance with Article 4 (3) of Directive 72/462/EEC, the Republic of Slovenia has forwarded a list of the establishments authorized to export to the Community;
Whereas a Community veterinary inspection visit to Slovenia has shown that the animal health situation is satisfactory and that it is thus possible to consider importing fresh meat from that country;
Whereas the hygiene standards of those establishments are sufficient and they may therefore be entered on a first list of establishments, drawn up in accordance with Article 4 (1) of that Directive, from which imports of fresh meat may be authorized;
Whereas a Community veterinary inspection will soon be conducted of such establishments in Slovenia;
Whereas, following the adoption of Commission Decision 92/377/EEC of 2 July 1992 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from the Republic of Slovenia (3), imports of fresh pigmeat from that country are no longer authorized;
Whereas, however, in accordance with Commission Decision 92/447/EEC of 30 July 1992, amending Commission Decision 91/449/EEC laying down the specimen animal health certificates in respect of meat products imported from third countries (4), imports of pigmeat products which have undergone treatment as provided for in that Decision are authorized; whereas, as a consequence, such products must be manufactured from pigmeat obtained in approved establishments;
Whereas imports of fresh meat from establishments appearing on the list in the Annex hereto continue to be subject to provisions already laid down, the general provisions of the Treaty and in particular other Community veterinary regulations, particularly as regards health protection;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The establishments in the Republic of Slovenia listed in the Annex are hereby approved for the purposes of exporting fresh meat to the Community.
2. Imports from those establishments shall remain subject to the Community veterinary provisions laid down elsewhere, and in particular those concerning health protection.
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32011R0784 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 784/2011 of 5 August 2011 on advances to be paid from 16 October 2011 of the direct payments listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers
| 6.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 203/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 784/2011
of 5 August 2011
on advances to be paid from 16 October 2011 of the direct payments listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (1), and in particular Article 29(4)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 provides that payments under support schemes listed in Annex I to that Regulation are to be made within the period from 1 December to 30 June of the following calendar year. However, Article 29(4)(a) of that Regulation permits the Commission to provide for advances.
(2) In 2011 unfavourable weather conditions in Europe, with a very harsh winter and a late spring followed by an extreme drought and high temperatures, have caused serious damages on the crop and fodder production. Severe financial difficulties have been encountered by farmers as a result, in particular by cattle producers. These difficulties are compounded by the effects of the ongoing financial crisis which have caused many farmers to be confronted with serious liquidity problems. This already difficult situation has been worsened by the effects on the markets of the spread of E.coli bacteria which has lead to dramatic falls in the demand and prices of fruit and vegetables. In order to help to alleviate these difficulties it is appropriate to allow for farmers to receive advance payments of up to 50 % of the support schemes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. Regarding the beef and veal payments provided for in Section 11 of Chapter 1 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Member States should also be authorised to increase the payment of advances as referred to in Article 82 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 (2), to up to 80 % of the payment.
(3) In order to ensure that the advance payments will be accounted for under the 2012 budget year, they should be made from 16 October 2011. The necessary verification of eligibility conditions under Article 29(3) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 should nevertheless be carried out before payment of the advances in the interests of good financial management.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
Member States may pay, from 16 October 2011, advances to farmers of up to 50 % of the direct payments listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of applications made in 2011, provided that the verification of the eligibility conditions pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 has been finalised.
Regarding the beef and veal payments provided for in Section 11 of Chapter 1 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Member States shall be authorised to increase the amount referred to in the first paragraph to up to 80 %.
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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32001R0685 | Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 concerning the distribution of authorisations among Member States received through the Agreements establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary
| Regulation (EC) No 685/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 4 April 2001
concerning the distribution of authorisations among Member States received through the Agreements establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3),
Whereas:
(1) By Council Decisions 2001/265/EC(4) and 2001/266/EC(5) of 19 March 2001, the European Community has concluded Agreements with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Hungary establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport.
(2) These Agreements provide that the Community will receive road transit authorisations from Bulgaria and Hungary respectively.
(3) It is necessary to establish rules governing the distribution and management of the authorisations which are made available to the Community.
(4) For practical and management reasons, those authorisations should be made available to the Member States by the Commission.
(5) To that end, an allocation method should be established. Thereafter, the Member States should share out the authorisations allocated to them among undertakings in accordance with objective criteria.
(6) In order to ensure the optimal use of authorisations, all unallocated authorisations should be returned to the Commission for redistribution.
(7) The allocation of authorisations should be based on criteria that take full account of existing land transport flows between Greece and the other Member States,
This Regulation lays down the rules for the distribution between the Member States of authorisations available to the Community by virtue of Article 6(2) of the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreements").
1. The Commission shall allocate authorisations in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.
2. The authorisations shall be allocated between Member States in accordance with the Annex. In the light of experience, especially the changes in traffic flows, the Commission will, where appropriate and at the earliest three years after the entry into force of this Regulation, make a proposal to the Council to decide on a modification of the allocation of the authorisations between Member States.
3. The authorisations for each year shall be allocated before 15 October of the preceding year.
4. The number of authorisations to be allocated for the first year of implementation of either of the Agreements shall be adjusted pro rata if the Agreement has entered into force after 1 January of that year.
Member States shall distribute authorisations amongst undertakings established in their territory according to objective and non-discriminatory criteria.
Before 15 September of each year, the competent authorities of the Member States shall return to the Commission those authorisations which, on the basis of available data and estimates, are unlikely to be used before the end of that year. The Commission shall allocate these returned authorisations taking account of the distribution key in the Annex and the request of Member States for additional authorisations.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32015R0410 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/410 of 11 March 2015 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 12.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 67/28
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/410
of 11 March 2015
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 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
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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32004D0026(01) | 2004/26/: Decision No 26/2004 of the Committee of the Regions of 10 February 2004 relating to the conditions and procedures for internal investigations in relation to the prevention of fraud, corruption and any illegal activity detrimental to the Communities' interests
| Decision No 26/2004 of the Committee of the Regions
of 10 February 2004
relating to the conditions and procedures for internal investigations in relation to the prevention of fraud, corruption and any illegal activity detrimental to the Communities' interests
THE BUREAU OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
,
Having regard to Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom, of 28 April 1999, establishing a European Anti-Fraud Office(1),
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No. 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office(2),
Having regard to the inter-institutional agreement of 25 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the Commission of the European Communities concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office(3),
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (hereinafter the Office) provides that the Office is to initiate and conduct administrative investigations within the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies established by or on the basis of the Treaties;
Whereas the responsibility of the European Anti-Fraud Office as established by the Commission extends beyond the protection of financial interests to include all activities by the Office relating to the need to safeguard Community interests against irregular conduct liable to give rise to administrative or criminal proceedings;
Whereas the scope of the fight against fraud should be broadened by exploiting existing expertise in the area of administrative investigations;
Whereas therefore, on the basis of their administrative autonomy, all the institutions, bodies and offices and agencies should entrust to the Office the task of conducting internal administrative investigations with a view to bringing to light serious situations relating to the discharge of professional duties which may constitute a failure to comply with the obligations of officials and servants of the Communities, as referred to in Articles 11, 12, second and third paragraphs, 13, 14, 16 and 17, first paragraph, of the Staff Regulations of the European Communities (hereinafter the Staff Regulations), detrimental to the interests of those Communities and liable to result in disciplinary or, where appropriate, criminal proceedings, or serious misconduct, as referred to in Article 22 of the Staff Regulations, or a failure to comply with the analogous obligations of the members, managers or members of staff of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Communities not subject to the Staff Regulations;
Whereas such investigations should be carried out under appropriate conditions in all the Community institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; whereas assignment of this task to the Office should not affect the responsibilities of the institutions, bodies, offices or agencies themselves and should in no way reduce the legal protection of the persons concerned;
Whereas, pending the amendment of the Staff Regulations, practical arrangements should be laid down stipulating how the members of the institutions and bodies, the managers of the offices and agencies and the officials and servants of the institutions, bodies and offices and agencies are to cooperate in the smooth operation of the internal investigations;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 provides in Article 4(6), that each institution, body, office and agency is to adopt a decision, which shall in particular include rules concerning a duty on the part of members, managers, officials and other servants of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to cooperate with and supply information to the Office's employees, the procedures to be observed by the Office's employees when conducting internal investigations and guarantees of the rights of persons concerned by an internal investigation;
Whereas, however, account should be taken of the fact that unlike the members of the other institutions, the members of the Committee exercise essentially national functions and that, in the exercise thereof they remain subject to national law; whereas, therefore, the application of this Decision should be limited to the professional activities of such persons undertaken in their capacity as members of the Committee;
Whereas the Office has no judicial powers and conducts only administrative investigations; whereas such investigations should be conducted in full compliance with the relevant provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Communities, in particular the Protocol on privileges and immunities, the texts implementing them and the Staff Regulations;
Whereas, in the long term, the prevention of fraud, corruption and any other illegal activity should be the responsibility of a body that is not an integral part of the administrative structure of the European Commission, but which enjoys the independence necessary for it to carry out its tasks as effectively as possible;
Considering Decision No 294/99 of the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions of 17 November 1999, relating to the conditions and procedures for internal investigations in relation to the prevention of fraud, corruption and any illegal activity detrimental to the Communities' interests,
Duty to cooperate with the Office
Without prejudice to the relevant provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Communities, in particular the Protocol on privileges and immunities, the texts implementing them and the provisions of the Staff Regulations, the Secretary-General, the services and any manager, official or servant of the Committee of the Regions (hereinafter the Committee) and the members, shall be required to cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (hereinafter the Office).
Duty to supply information
Any official or servant of the General Secretariat who becomes aware of evidence which gives rise to a presumption of the existence of possible cases of fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity detrimental to the interests of the Communities, or of serious situations relating to the discharge of professional duties which may constitute a failure to comply with the obligations of officials or servants of the Communities liable to result in disciplinary or, in appropriate cases, criminal proceedings, or a failure to comply with the obligations imposed by Community law on Members of the Committee in the context of the duties they perform in that capacity, where that failure is detrimental to the interests of the Communities, shall without delay inform his head of service, his director or the Secretary-General, or, if he considers it useful, the Office direct.
The Secretary-General, the directors and the heads of service shall transmit without delay to the Office any evidence of which they are aware from which the existence of irregularities as referred to in the first paragraph may be presumed.
Officials or servants of the General Secretariat must in no way suffer inequitable or discriminatory treatment as a result of having communicated the information referred to in the first and second paragraphs.
Members of the Committee who acquire knowledge of facts as referred to in the first paragraph shall inform the President of the Committee or, if they consider it useful, the Office direct.
Assistance from the Security Office
At the request of the Director of the Office, the Security Office of the Committee shall assist the Office in the practical conduct of investigations.
Informing the interested party
Where the possible personal implication of a member, manager, official or servant emerges, the interested party shall be informed rapidly provided that this does not jeopardise the investigation. In any event, conclusions referring by name to a member, manager, official or servant of the Committee may not be drawn once the investigation has been completed without the interested party having been enabled to express his views on all the facts which concern him.
In cases necessitating the maintenance of absolute secrecy for the purposes of the investigation and requiring the use of investigative procedures falling within the remit of a national judicial authority, compliance with the obligation to invite the member, manager, official or servant of the Committee to give his views may be deferred in agreement with either the president or the Secretary-General.
Information on the closing of the investigation with no further action taken
If, following an internal investigation, no case can be made out against the person against whom allegations have been made, the internal investigation concerning him shall be closed, with no further action taken, by decision of the Director of the Office, who shall inform the interested party in writing.
Waiver of immunity
Any request from a national police or judicial authority regarding the waiver of immunity from judicial proceedings of an official or servant of the Committee, concerning possible cases of fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity shall be transmitted to the Director of the Office for his opinion. If a request for a waiver of immunity concerns a member of the Committee, the Office shall be informed.
Final provision
This Decision cancels Decision No 294/99 of the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions of 17 November 1999, relating to the conditions and procedures for internal investigations in relation to the prevention of fraud, corruption and any illegal activity detrimental to the Communities' interests.
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31987D0318 | 87/318/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 June 1987 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 June 1987
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(87/318/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Belgian Government has forwarded the Ministerial Decree of 23 December 1986, amending the Ministerial Decree of 4 March 1986 on aids for investments and for setting up in farming;
Whereas, under Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 continue to be satisfied in the light of the stated provisions with that Regulation and bearing in mind the objectives of the latter and the need to ensure that the various measures are properly related;
Whereas the abovementioned provisions satisfy the conditions and objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
Account being taken of the Ministerial Decree of 23 December 1986 amending the Ministerial Decree of 4 March 1986 on aids for investments and for setting up in farming, the regulations and administrative provisions adopted in Belgium with a view to implementing Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 continue to satisfy the conditions governing a Community financial contribution to the common measure provided for in Article 1 of that Regulation.
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32004R0223 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 223/2004 of 9 February 2004 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 on the entry of certain names in the Register of certificates of specific character provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Hushållsost)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 223/2004
of 9 February 2004
supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 on the entry of certain names in the Register of certificates of specific character provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Hush책llsost)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 of 14 July 1992 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92, Sweden has forwarded an application to the Commission for the name "Hush책llsost" to be entered in the Register of certificates of specific character.
(2) The description "traditional speciality guaranteed" can only be used with names entered in that Register.
(3) No objection under Article 8 of that Regulation was sent to the Commission following the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union(2) of the name set out in the Annex hereto.
(4) As a consequence, the name set out in the Annex should be entered in the Register of certificates of specific character and thereby protected as a traditional speciality guaranteed within the Community under Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92.
(5) The Annex hereto supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2301/97(3),
The name in the Annex hereto is hereby added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 and entered in the Register of certificates of specific character in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92.
Protection under Article 13(2) of that Regulation shall not apply.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988R4064 | Commission Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 4064/88 of 21 December 1988 laying down provisions for applying Article 46a of the Conditions of Employment of staff of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
| 24.12.1988 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 356/58
COMMISSION REGULATION (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM) No 4064/88
of 21 December 1988
laying down provisions for applying Article 46a of the Conditions of Employment of staff of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1860/76 of 29 June 1976 laying down the Conditions of Employment of staff of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 680/87 (2), and in particular Article 46a thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of Experts provided for in paragraph 2 of that Article 46a,
Whereas Article 46a of the Conditions of Employment of staff of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions sets out the conditions for granting an unemployment allowance to former staff members who are unemployed following termination of their service with the Foundation;
Whereas it is for the Commission to lay down such provisions as it deems necessary for applying paragraph 2 of that Article 46a;
Whereas Commission Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 91/88 (3) lays down provisions for implementing Article 28a of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities, which is identical to Article 46a of the Conditions of Employment of Staff of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions,
The provisions of Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 91/88, with the exception of Article 5 thereof, shall apply by analogy to staff of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working conditions.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31998R0825 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 825/98 of 20 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 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
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 825/98 of 20 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 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
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 the third paragraph of Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Article 5(3) and Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2883/94 (4), allow processed products obtained from raw materials which entered the Canary Islands under the specific supply arrangements to be re-exported or re-dispatched within the limits of traditional exports and consignments;
Whereas Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 lays down the maximum quantities of processed products which can be exported or shipped annually; whereas preserved fish falls within traditionally exported or dispatched products and has not been included in that list to date, as a result of incomplete communication of those products; whereas, consequently, the list in that Annex II should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the relevant management committees,
The following products are hereby added to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 listing the maximum quantities of processed products which may be covered by traditional exports and consignments:
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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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32003D0559 | 2003/559/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 2003 amending Decision 2002/251/EC to reduce the protective measures with regard to poultrymeat and certain fishery and aquaculture products imported from Thailand (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2721)
| Commission Decision
of 28 July 2003
amending Decision 2002/251/EC to reduce the protective measures with regard to poultrymeat and certain fishery and aquaculture products imported from Thailand
(notified under document number C(2003) 2721)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/559/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(1), and in particular Article 53(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries(2), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2002/251/EC of 27 March 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to poultrymeat and certain fishery and aquaculture products intended for human consumption and imported from Thailand(3) was adopted because of the presence of nitrofurans in poultrymeat and shrimps imported from Thailand.
This Decision has been modified by Decision 2003/477/EC(4) to revoke the systematic checks imposed to shrimps consignments certified after 21 September 2002. This modification was based on the results of the tests carried out by Member States and on the guarantees provided by the Thai competent authority.
(2) The results of the checks carried out by Member States in poultrymeat imported from Thailand have been favourable. Therefore, the systematic checks imposed by Decision 2002/251/EC on all poultrymeat consignments, should be reduced to 20 % for those consignments certified by the Thai authority after the date of 21 September 2002 as having been submitted to a systematic pre-shipment check.
(3) Decision 2002/251/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Article 2(1) of Decision 2002/251/EC is replaced by the following:
"1. Member States shall, using appropriate sampling plans and detection methods, subject 20 % of consignments of poultrymeat imported from Thailand certified from the date of 21 September 2002, and each consignment of shrimps and poultrymeat imported from Thailand and accompanied by a health certificate issued before the date of 21 September 2002, to a chemical test in order to ensure that the products concerned do not present a danger to human health. This test must be carried out, in particular, with a view to detecting the presence of antimicrobial substances and in particular nitrofurans and their metabolites."
This Decision shall apply from 1 August 2003.
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32007D0767 | 2007/767/EC: Commission Decision of 15 November 2007 derogating from the rules of origin set out in Council Decision 2001/822/EC as regards certain fishery products imported from the Falkland Islands (notified under document number C(2007) 5393)
| 28.11.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 310/19
COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 November 2007
derogating from the rules of origin set out in Council Decision 2001/822/EC as regards certain fishery products imported from the Falkland Islands
(notified under document number C(2007) 5393)
(2007/767/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (‘Overseas Association Decision’) (1), and in particular Article 37 of Annex III thereto,
Whereas:
(1) On 7 August 2002 the Commission adopted Decision 2002/644/EC (2) derogating from the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’; to take account of the special situation of the Falkland Islands with regard to various species of frozen fish of CN heading 0303, various species of frozen fish fillets of CN heading 0304 and frozen Loligo squid and Illex squid of CN heading 0307. That derogation expired on 31 August 2007.
(2) On 31 July 2007 the Falkland Islands requested a new derogation from the rules of origin set out in Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC for a period of five years. This request covers a total annual quantity of 16 200 tonnes of frozen fish of CN heading 0303, 5 100 tons of frozen fish fillets of CN heading 0304, 57 900 tons of frozen Loligo squid and 47 200 tons of frozen Illex squid of CN heading 0307.
(3) The Falkland Islands have based their request on the fact that for frozen fish, frozen fish fillets and Loligo squid, it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit crews for their fishing vessels and factory ships from the OCTs, the Community or ACP States. As regards Illex squid, the Falkland Islands indicate that not all specific fishing expertise required is currently available from crew from the OCTs, the Community or ACP States. The lack of crew from the OCTs, the Community or the ACP states, stems in particular from the specific geographical situation of the Falkland Islands and cannot be remedied by increasing the presence of Community fishing fleets in the Falkland area.
(4) A derogation should be granted from the rules of origin set out in Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC for products falling within CN headings 0303 and 0304, Loligo squid of CN code 0307 49 35 and Illex squid of CN code 0307 99 11. This derogation is justified under Article 37(1) of that Annex, in particular as regards the development of an existing local industry. Derogation from Article 3(2) d of Annex III will provide greater security for the local fishing companies enabling investment in new activities and markets. Use of the derogation granted in 2002 remained extremely low (51 620 tons for CN heading 0303, 35 320 tons for CN heading 0304, 52 348 tons for Loligo squid and 6 720 tons for Illex squid over a period of five years) The derogation should therefore be granted for the following total annual quantities, based on the total annual quantities as covered by the derogation in 2002 i.e. 12 500 tons for CN heading 0303, 5 100 tons for CN heading 0304, 34 600 tons for Loligo squid of CN 0307 49 35 and 31 000 tons for Illex squid of CN 0307 99 11.
(5) Subject to compliance with certain conditions relating to quantities, surveillance and duration, the derogation would not cause serious injury to an established industry of the Community or one or more of the Member States.
(6) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Common Customs Code (3) lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas. Those rules should be applied mutatis mutandis to the management of the quantity in respect of which the derogation in question is granted.
(7) As Decision 2002/822/EC expires on 31 December 2011, it should be laid down that the derogation will continue to apply after 31 December 2011 if a new decision is adopted on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community or if Decision 2001/822/EC is extended.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
By way of derogation from Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC, the fishery products referred to in the Annex to this Decision taken from the sea outside the territorial waters shall be regarded as originating in the Falkland Islands under the conditions set out in this Decision.
The derogation provided for in Article 1 shall apply to fish taken from the sea by vessels or factory ships and to the annual quantities set out in the Annex to this Decision which are imported into the Community from the Falkland Islands from 1 December 2007 to 30 November 2012.
The vessels and factory ships referred to in the first paragraph shall comply with the criteria set out in Article 3(2) of Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC, with the exception of point (d).
Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 relating to the management of tariff quotas shall apply mutatis mutandis to the management of the quantities referred to in the Annex to this Decision.
The customs authorities of the Falkland Islands shall take the necessary measures to carry out quantitative checks on exports of the products referred to in Article 1.
To that end, all the certificates they issue pursuant to this Decision shall bear a reference to it.
The competent authorities of the Falkland Islands shall forward to the Commission every three months a statement of the quantities in respect of which EUR 1 movement certificates have been issued pursuant to this Decision and the serial numbers of those certificates.
Box 7 of EUR 1 certificates issued under this Decision shall contain one of the following entries:
— ‘Derogation — Decision No …’;,
— ‘Dérogation — Décision no …’,
indicating the number of this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2007 until 30 November 2012.
However, if a new preferential regime is adopted replacing Decision 2001/822/EC beyond 31 December 2011, or if the current regime is extended, this Decision shall continue to apply until the date of expiry of the new regime or of the extended current regime but in any case not later than 30 November 2012.
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32003R0048 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 48/2003 of 10 January 2003 laying down the rules applicable to mixes of different types of fresh fruit and vegetables in the same sales package
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 48/2003
of 10 January 2003
laying down the rules applicable to mixes of different types of fresh fruit and vegetables in the same sales package
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2002(2), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Packages containing different types of fruit and vegetables are becoming more common on the market in response to demand from certain consumers.
(2) Fair trading requires that fresh fruit and vegetables sold in the same package must be of uniform quality. This can be ensured for products for which Community standards have not been adopted by recourse to general provisions.
(3) The marketing standards contain provisions on the labelling of packages containing fruit and vegetables. Labelling requirements should be laid down for mixes of different types of fruit and vegetables in the same package, but these should be less strict than those laid down by the standards to take account, in particular, of the space available on the label. However, in order to prevent consumers from being misled, the same details should be laid down for products not covered by marketing standards as for those that are.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
Sales packages of fresh fruit and vegetables of a net weight of three kilograms or less may contain mixes of different types of fresh fruit and vegetables provided that:
(a) the products are of uniform quality and that each type concerned complies with the standards in accordance with Article 2;
(b) the package is appropriately marked, in accordance with Article 3; and
(c) the mix is not such as to mislead the consumer.
The products contained in mixes as referred to in Article 1 must be of the same commercial class (Class I, Class II or "Extra" Class where there is an "Extra" Class for each of the products in the mix).
Where a mix contains fruit and vegetables not covered by Community marketing standards, those products must be classed either in the same class, in accordance with the Annex.
The marking on sales packages as referred to in Article 1 and/or on each package containing them shall show at least the following details:
(a) name and address or officially issued or accepted code of the packer and/or dispatcher. Where a code mark is used, the reference "packer and/or dispatcher" (or equivalent abbreviations) must be indicated close to the code mark;
(b) name of each of the products/types contained in the package;
(c) name of the variety or of the commercial type for each product contained in the mix for which the Community marketing standard requests it for non-mixed products;
(d) country of origin of each of the products concerned, next to the name of the products concerned;
(e) class.
For fruit and vegetables covered by Community marketing standards, these details shall replace the particulars laid down by those standards.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31991R0251 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 251/91 of 31 January 1991 adding a temporary provision to the detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oil seeds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 251/91 of 31 January 1991 adding a temporary provision to the detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 27 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 11 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 of 21 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oil seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3603/90 (4), states that advance-fixing part of the certificate referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1321/90 (6), shall be valid for five months from the month following that in which the application was lodged; whereas in view of the uncertainty prevalent at the present time the validity of licences applied for from February 1991 onwards should be restricted to 30 June 1991;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Article 1
The advance-fixing part of the certificate referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1594/83 for rapeseed requested in February 1991, shall, Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 notwithstanding, be valid until 30 June 1991 only. Article 2
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31995D0084 | 95/84/EC: Commission Decision of 20 March 1995 concerning the implementation of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 defining the characteristics of fishing vessels
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 March 1995 concerning the implementation of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 defining the characteristics of fishing vessels (95/84/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining the characteristics of fishing vessels (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3259/94 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof and the Annex thereto,
Whereas it is appropriate to take into account the situations in the different Member States regarding the procedures and methods for the measurement of the tonnage of their fleets;
Whereas the new deadlines agreed by the Council to ensure the remeasurement of small fishing vessels with a length of less than 24 metres must be used to ensure a gradual and balanced implementation of the formulae and operations linked to the remeasurement; whereas it is therefore appropriate that annual intermediate objectives should be fixed to ensure that those operations are gradually accomplished;
Whereas in the meantime it is necessary to have estimates of the gross tonnage of the Community fleet made available before the deadline fixed for the mid-term review of the multiannual guidance programmes for the period 1993-1996 defined by Commission decisions (3),
Whereas rationalization at the level of each Member State and harmonization at Community level of the units of tonnage measurement are amongst the conditions for the effective implementation of the multiannual guidance programmes for the period 1993-1996, under the transparent conditions which are needed for supervising compliance with the objectives;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
The values of the functions a1, a2 and a3 set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 are fixed in accordance with the tables in Annex I to this Decision.
Each Member State will forward to the Commission before 15 March 1995 the lists of vessels by segment of their multiannual guidance programme, together with their gross tonnages (GT), measured, in the case of vessels of more than 24 metres, between perpendiculars which do not undertake international voyages, and estimated, in the case of the vessels of less than 24 metres in length, between perpendiculars.
The compilation of the parameters of the 1969 London Convention and their application to small vessels of less than 15 metres in overall length for which the parameters Bi and Ti are not available will be carried out progressively in accordance with the timetable set out in Annex 2.
The effective remeasurement of vessels from 15 metres in overall length to 24 metres in length between perpendiculars according to the provisions of the London Convention shall be carried out progressively in accordance with the timetable set out in Annex 3.
For this purpose each Member State may draw up lists of vessels selected on the basis of their age or other relevant parameters so that this timetable can be adhered to.
The lists of vessels concerned by Articles 2 and 3 as well as the data on the gross tonnages attached to these lists are communicated to the Commission in accordance with Articles 3, 8 and 9 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/94 (4). The internal number of each vessel will be communicated with these lists.
Any modification of the physical characteristics of a vessel, when such modification is carried out during the remeasurement period and when such modification is likely to result in a change in the GT tonnage for the purposes of the London Convention, shall be the subject of a communication from the Member State concerned to the Commission, giving the tonnage values before and after modification.
For vessels having an overall length of less than 15 metres, those tonnage values shall be calculated using the formulae specified by Council Regulation (EC) No 3259/94 and Annex I to this Decision. For vessels having an overall length of 15 metres or more, those tonnage values shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the London Convention.
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32012D0690 | 2012/690/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 6 November 2012 amending Decision 2010/381/EU on emergency measures applicable to consignments of aquaculture products imported from India and intended for human consumption and repealing Decision 2010/220/EU on emergency measures applicable to consignments of farmed fishery products imported from Indonesia and intended for human consumption (notified under document C(2012) 7637) Text with EEA relevance
| 8.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 308/21
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 6 November 2012
amending Decision 2010/381/EU on emergency measures applicable to consignments of aquaculture products imported from India and intended for human consumption and repealing Decision 2010/220/EU on emergency measures applicable to consignments of farmed fishery products imported from Indonesia and intended for human consumption
(notified under document C(2012) 7637)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/690/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular Article 53(1)(b)(ii) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 lays down the general principles governing food and feed in general, and food and feed safety in particular, at Union and national level. It provides for emergency measures where it is evident that food or feed imported from a third country is likely to constitute a serious risk to human health, animal health or the environment, and that such risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by means of measures taken by the Member States.
(2) Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products (2) provides that the production process of animals and primary products of animal origin is to be monitored for the purpose of detecting the presence of certain residues and substances in live animals, their excrements and body fluids and in tissue, animal products, animal feed and drinking water.
(3) Commission Decision 2010/381/EU of 8 July 2010 on emergency measures applicable to consignments of aquaculture products imported from India and intended for human consumption (3) provides that at least 20 % of the consignments of aquaculture products from India intended for human consumption are to be tested for the presence of pharmacologically active substances as defined in Article 2(a) of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), and in particular of chloramphenicol, tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline and of metabolites of nitrofurans.
(4) The results of an inspection to India carried out in November 2011 by the Commission inspection service, the Food and Veterinary Office, have confirmed that an adequate official control system covering aquaculture production is now in place and that the recommendation from the 2009 inspection report concerning official monitoring of aquaculture farms has been partly addressed.
(5) Since the adoption of Decision 2010/381/EU, the number of samples of aquaculture products in which chloramphenicol, tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline or metabolites of nitrofurans were detected in the Member States has decreased. Therefore, it is appropriate to reduce the minimum percentage of consignments that are to be tested for the presence of pharmacologically active substances.
(6) The obligation for a mandatory testing should however be maintained to continue to provide more accurate information on the possible contamination of aquaculture products originating from India with those residues. The testing should also continue in order to deter producers in India from misusing those substances.
(7) Decision 2010/381/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) Commission Decision 2010/220/EU of 16 April 2010 on emergency measures applicable to consignments of farmed fishery products imported from Indonesia and intended for human consumption (5) provides that at least 20 % of the consignments of farmed fishery products from Indonesia intended for human consumption are to be tested for the presence of residues of pharmacologically active substances defined in Article 2(a) of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 and in particular of chloramphenicol, metabolites of nitrofurans and tetracyclines.
(9) Since the adoption of Decision 2010/220/EU, no residues of chloramphenicol, metabolites of nitrofurans or tetracyclines were detected in the consignments of farmed fishery products imported from Indonesia.
(10) The results of an inspection to Indonesia carried out in February 2012 by Commission inspection service, the Food and Veterinary Office, have concluded that the residue control system in Indonesia provided satisfactory guarantees with an effect equivalent to those provided for in Union law.
(11) Decision 2010/220/EU should therefore be repealed.
(12) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 3 of Decision 2010/381/EU, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States shall, by using appropriate sampling plans, ensure that official samples are taken from at least 10 % of consignments presented for import at border inspection posts on their territory.’.
Decision 2010/220/EU is repealed.
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32009R1081 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081/2009 of 11 November 2009 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Limone Interdonato Messina (PGI))
| 12.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 295/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1081/2009
of 11 November 2009
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Limone Interdonato Messina (PGI))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Limone Interdonato Messina’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, this name should be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31980D0489 | 80/489/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 April 1980 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/28.553 - Krups) (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 17 April 1980 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/28.553 - Krups) (Only the German text is authentic) (80/489/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 85 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962 (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to the application made by Robert Krups, Solingen, on 22 August 1975 for negative clearance for the "Vereinbarung zum Krups-Vertriebsverbund International" of August 1975,
Having regard to the publication of the main contents of the application in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 325 of 29 December 1979 pursuant to Article 19 (3) of Regulation No 17,
Having regard to the opinion delivered by the Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions on 19 February 1980 pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation No 17,
Whereas:
Facts
1. Robert Krups, Solingen, Federal Republic of Germany, is a limited partnership manufacturing electrical kitchen appliances, personal care appliances, clocks, and kitchen and bathroom scales. It is one of the leading firms of its kind in the common market, taking between 10 and 55 % of the market in each type of appliance in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in general less than 10 % in other Community countries. Krups sells its products in the Federal Republic of Germany through 10 sales depots and in the other Community countries through its own subsidiaries or sales branches to wholesalers and retailers in the electrical and household appliances industry, including department stores, discount stores and mail-order firms. Krups has interests in particular in Krups Leasing GmbH, Solingen ; Krups Engineering Ltd, Limerick (Ireland) and Pan Electric Haushaltsgeräte GmbH (Federal Republic of Germany).
2. On 1 October 1975 Krups introduced the "Vereinbarung zum Krups-Vertriebsverbund International" (agreement on the Krups international dealers' association) for the distribution of its products within the common market. Under this standard dealership agreement Krups is required to provide its appointed dealers with the following facilities: (a) membership of appointed dealers in the Krups-Vertriebsverbund International, an association of European dealers specializing in small electrical appliances and scales with a Europe-wide distribution network;
(b) international consumer advertising;
(c) appropriate sales promotion with merchandizing services, display materials and specialist consultancy services;
(d) international after-sales service and service support together with spare parts and assistance with repairs; (1)OJ No 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62.
(e) a policy on prices and terms adapted to market conditions;
(f) quality and progressive, modern design;
(g) a constant flow of information on innovations, the "Krups-Kurier" (news-letter), product films, and briefing films for sales staff;
(h) the Krups service manual.
3. By "a policy on prices and terms adapted to market conditions", Krups means a policy under which its prices and conditions are such that it is fully competitive and such competitiveness benefits trade. Krups exerts no influence on resale prices at subsequent marketing stages.
4. Appointed dealers undertake to: (a) cooperate as partners in the Krups-Vertriebsverbund;
(b) maintain adequate stocks in all current products covered by the contract;
(c) engage in intensive sales promotion relating to all the contract products in full compliance with the "Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb" (unfair competition law), the "Rabattgesetz" (trade discounts law) and the "Zugabeverordnung" (regulations on free gifts to consumers);
(d) provide adequate customer advice and service.
5. Cooperation as partners in the Krups-Vertriebsverbund means: - exchanging opinions, offering suggestions and making criticisms,
- supporting sales promotion activities voluntarily, there being no obligation to play an active part,
- availing oneself of services offered by Krups.
6. The volume of stocks that Krups dealers must keep depends on the size of the business and its turnover. Retailers are, however, expected to stock a majority of the individual types of article in the Krups range.
7. As a general rule Krups admits to its dealers association all dealers which can perform the functions specified in the dealership agreement.
The dealership agreement imposes no restrictions on the sale of the relevant goods by Krups or its approved dealers.
8. Of the services offered by Krups to its appointed dealers, Krups also offers those listed above under 2 (b), (d), (e) and (f) to dealers not belonging to its dealers' association. The international consumer advertising undertaken by Krups is primarily product-orientated and therefore benefits not only appointed dealers but all sellers of Krups appliances. The international after-sales service and service support provided by Krups is available without discrimination to these dealers also. Moreover, Krups does not distinguish between its appointed dealers and other dealers when determining its selling prices or its terms of business, including terms relating to discounts, and all dealers are supplied with the same types of appliance.
9. The services provided by Krups and listed under 2 (d) to (f) benefit not only consumers who buy from Krups appointed dealers but also those who buy from other dealers. Only the services listed under 2 (a), (c), (g) and (h) are in fact reserved for appointed dealers so that the resulting benefits accrue specifically to the customers of the appointed dealers.
10. No observations were received from third parties in response to the notice setting out the main contents of the application.
Legal assessment
Inapplicability of Article 85 of the EEC Treaty
Article 85 (1) of the Treaty establishing the EEC prohibits as incompatible with the common market all agreements between undertakings which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the common market.
11. The standard dealership agreement entered into or to be entered into by Krups with its wholesalers and retailers is an agreement between undertakings. It offers appointed dealers access to the Krups dealers' association and to the services provided by Krups in that connection. But admission to the dealers' association is conditional upon the dealer's assumption of the obligations to keep adequate stocks of all current products covered by the agreement, to undertake intensive sales promotion for these products and to serve and advise the customer. These obligations are of such a nature as to bar access to the Krups dealers' association to dealers who will not or cannot enter into them.
12. In considering to what extent exclusion from the Krups-Vertriebsverbund can be regarded as a restriction on competition, account must be taken of the fact that exclusion does not eliminate as competitors those dealers which are excluded.
The Krups-Vertriebsverbund is not a closed system in the sense of allowing access to the relevant goods exclusively to member dealers. In the purchase of Krups appliances neither Krups itself nor its appointed dealers are subject to any restrictions, and in point of fact Krups does supply its appliances to dealers which do not belong to its dealers' association. Access to the relevant goods is accordingly not reserved for member-dealers, but is open to all resellers wishing to deal in those products.
The standard dealership agreement accordingly in no way limits the number or the establishment of sales points.
13. Furthermore, appointed dealers do not gain any substantial business advantages over their competitors through membership of the Krups-Vertriebsverbund. The sales promotion services provided by Krups which are of any consequence for competitiveness at the distribution stage, which is to say wide international consumer advertising, international after-sales service, a policy on prices and terms that reflects market conditions, quality and modern design, are all available to outside dealers, so that the consumer can derive the full benefit from the provision of these services.
14. In addition, the standard dealership agreement contains no obligations constituting an appreciable restriction of competition prohibited by Article 85 (1).
This is true firstly in respect of the obligation on the part of appointed dealers to keep adequate stocks of all current relevant products. As far as wholesalers are concerned, this obligation is part of their normal job of supplying the retail trade. For the retailer it means that he must keep a majority of the individual types of article in the Krups range in sufficient quantities. As it happens the Krups range is not exceptionally broad. Moreover, the relevant products are small and relatively cheap appliances, stocks of which do not tie up substantial finance or storage space such as might make it impossible for retailers also to stock and sell competing products in sufficient numbers.
15. The obligation on the part of appointed dealers to undertake intensive sales promotion for the relevant products is likewise in the case in question no more of an appreciable restriction of competition. This obligation, which as a general rule will be not only in the interests of the manufactuer in promoting his own products but also in the interests of the dealer in maximizing his sales, does not prevent appointed dealers from taking advantage of competition and in particular competition between different brands. Since appointed dealers are not obliged to achieve a specified turnover with the relevant products or to take delivery of specified quantities at specified times, they remain to a large extent free also to purchase competing products where this is profitable to them.
16. The standard dealership agreement accordingly contains no appreciable restrictions of competition contrary to Article 85 (1). The Commission can accordingly give negative clearance pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation No 17,
On the basis of the facts in its possession the Commission has no grounds for action under Article 85 (1) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community in respect of the "Vereinbarung zum Krups-Vertriebsverbund International" of August 1975.
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32006D0405 | 2006/405/EC: Commission Decision of 7 June 2006 amending Decisions 2005/710/EC, 2005/734/EC, 2005/758/EC, 2005/759/EC, 2005/760/EC, 2006/247/EC and 2006/265/EC as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza (notified under document number C(2006) 2177) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 10.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 158/14
COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 June 2006
amending Decisions 2005/710/EC, 2005/734/EC, 2005/758/EC, 2005/759/EC, 2005/760/EC, 2006/247/EC and 2006/265/EC as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza
(notified under document number C(2006) 2177)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/405/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (2), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (3), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (4), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the outbreak of avian influenza, caused by a highly pathogenic H5N1 virus strain, in south-eastern Asia starting in December 2003, the Commission adopted several protection measures in relation to that disease.
(2) Commission Decision 2005/710/EC of 13 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in Romania (5) provides that Member States are to suspend imports of live poultry, ratites and farmed and wild feathered game and hatching eggs of those species from the whole territory of Romania and of certain products from birds from parts of that territory.
(3) Commission Decision 2005/734/EC of 19 October 2005 laying down biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza caused by influenza virus A subtype H5N1 from birds living in the wild to poultry and other captive birds and providing for an early detection system in areas at particular risk (6) provides that Member States shall take appropriate and practical measures to reduce the risk of transmission of that disease from birds living in the wild to poultry and other captive birds, taking into account certain criteria and risk factors.
(4) Commission Decision 2005/758/EC of 27 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Croatia and repealing Decision 2005/749/EC (7) provides that Member States are to suspend imports of live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, certain live birds other than poultry, including pet birds, and hatching eggs of those species as well as certain products from birds, from parts of the territory of Croatia.
(5) Commission Decision 2005/759/EC of 27 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain third countries and the movement from third countries of birds accompanying their owners (8) and Commission Decision 2005/760/EC of 27 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain third countries for the import of captive birds (9) lay down safeguard measures in relation to imports into the Community of birds other than poultry, including the movement of pet birds.
(6) Commission Decision 2006/247/EC of 27 March 2006 concerning certain protection measures regarding imports from Bulgaria in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in that third country (10) provides that Member States are to suspend imports of live poultry, ratites and farmed and wild feathered game and hatching eggs of those species from the whole territory of Bulgaria and of certain products from birds from parts of that territory.
(7) Commission Decision 2006/265/EC of 31 March 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Switzerland (11) provides that Member States are to suspend imports of live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, live birds other than poultry, including certain pet birds, and hatching eggs of those species and of certain products of birds from all areas of the territory of Switzerland for which the authorities of that third country have applied equivalent restrictions to those laid down in Commission Decisions 2006/115/EC (12) and 2006/135/EC (13).
(8) The threat posed to the Community by the Asian strain of the avian influenza virus has not abated. Outbreaks are still detected in wild birds in the Community and in wild birds and poultry in several third countries, including member countries of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). In addition, that virus appears to become more and more endemic in certain parts of the world. The validity of the protection measures laid down in Decisions 2005/710/EC, 2005/734/EC, 2005/759/EC, 2005/760/EC, 2006/247/EC and 2006/265/EC should therefore be extended.
(9) Information sent to the Commission by Romania and Bulgaria and the surveillance undertaken in those third countries makes it clear that they have controlled the disease on their territory and also ensured that the virus has not spread to those areas which to date have been free of the disease. Accordingly, it is appropriate to limit the suspension of the imports provided for in Decisions 2005/710/EC and 2006/247/EC to those parts of Romania and Bulgaria that have been affected by the virus and are at risk.
(10) Croatia has reported further cases of the virus in wild birds outside the area currently regionalised in Decision 2005/758/EC. Accordingly, it is necessary to extend the suspension of certain imports from Croatia as laid down in that Decision to cover the newly affected part of the territory of that third country.
(11) Decisions 2005/710/EC, 2005/734/EC, 2005/759/EC, 2005/760/EC, 2006/247/EC and 2006/265/EC expired on 31 May 2006. However, in the interests of animal health and in view of the existing epidemiological situation, it is necessary to ensure the continuity of the protection measures provided for in those Decisions. Those measures should therefore continue to apply without interruption. Accordingly, the provisions in this Decision concerning the dates of application of those six Decisions should have retroactive effect.
(12) Decisions 2005/710/EC, 2005/734/EC, 2005/758/EC, 2005/759/EC, 2005/760/EC, 2006/247/EC and 2006/265/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(13) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2005/710/EC is amended as follows:
1. Paragraph 1(a) of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
(a) live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, and hatching eggs of these species coming from the part of the territory of Romania referred to in Part B of the Annex;’
2. In Article 4, the date ‘31 July 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.
In Article 4 of Decision 2005/734/EC, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.
The Annex to Decision 2005/758/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
In Article 5 of Decision 2005/759/EC, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 July 2006’.
In Article 6 of Decision 2005/760/EC, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 July 2006’.
Decision 2006/247/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 1(a) is replaced by the following:
(a) live poultry, ratites and farmed and wild feathered game, and hatching eggs of these species coming from the part of the territory of Bulgaria referred to in Part B of the Annex;’
2. In Article 5, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.
In Article 3 of Decision 2006/265/EC, the date ‘31 May 2006’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.
The Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Articles 2, 4, 5, Article 6(2) and Article 7 shall apply from 1 June 2006.
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32002R2317 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/2002 of 20 December 2002 determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2002 for licences for certain eggs and poultrymeat products under the regime provided for by the Interim Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria can be accepted
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/2002
of 20 December 2002
determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2002 for licences for certain eggs and poultrymeat products under the regime provided for by the Interim Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria 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 1899/97, of 29 September 1997, setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by the Europe Agreements with central and east European countries provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2002(2) and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
Whereas:
The applications for import licences lodged for the first quarter of 2003 are for quantities less than or equal to the quantities available and can therefore be met in full,
1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 January to 31 March 2003 submitted under Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 shall be met as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. Applications for import licences for the period 1 April to 30 June 2003 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0114 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 114/2006 of 23 January 2006 amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 24.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 114/2006
of 23 January 2006
amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 20 January 2006 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 90/2006 (2).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 90/2006 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 90/2006 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0381 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 381/2012 of 3 May 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 4.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/39
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 381/2012
of 3 May 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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31993D0477 | 93/477/ECSC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1993 derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (158th derogation)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1993 derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (158th derogation)
(93/477/ECSC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 71 thereof,
Having regard to High Authority recommendation No 1/64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the Member States concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (1), as last amended by recommendation 88/27/ECSC (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas certain iron and steel products indispensable to the manufacture of certain goods and having very special physical and chemical characteristics are not produced in the Community, or are produced in insufficient quantities; whereas for a number of years insufficiency has been overcome by duty-free tariff quotas; whereas Community producers are still not in a position to comply with the present quality requirements put forward by the users; whereas a duty-free quota at a level securing the supply of users is consequently required;
Whereas import of these products on preferential terms is not injurious to iron and steel undertakings in the Community which produce directly competing products;
Whereas neither this suspension of duties nor these tariff quotas are likely to jeopardize the objectives of recommendation No 1/64, but will help to maintain existing trade flows between Member States and non-member countries;
Whereas these are special cases in the commercial policy field justifying the authorization of derogations pursuant to Article 3 of recommendation No 1/64;
Whereas it is necessary to make sure that the tariff quota granted will have no other function than meeting the specific needs of certain transforming industries - the applicant ones in the Member State concerned - excluding any other firms in any other Member State;
Whereas the Governments of the Member States have been consulted on the tariff quota set out below,
Member States are hereby authorized to derogate from the obligations arising pursuant to Article 1 of High Authority recommendation No 1/64 to the extent necessary to suspend at the levels indicated the customs duties on the products set out below, within the tariff quota of the amounts indicated for the Member States concerned:
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1. Member States accorded quotas pursuant to Article 1 shall ensure, in liaison with the Commission, that such quotas are apportioned among third countries on a non-discriminatory basis.
2. Community provisions on the matter shall apply for the purpose of verifying that the products in question are used for the particular purpose prescribed.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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32005R0141 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2005 of 27 January 2005 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2277/2004
| 28.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 25/62
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 141/2005
of 27 January 2005
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2277/2004
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 Spain from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2277/2004 (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 21 to 27 January 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2277/2004, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 31,49 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 147 500 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2005.
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32014D0263 | 2014/263/EU: Council Decision of 6 May 2014 appointing a Belgian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
| 12.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 137/6
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 May 2014
appointing a Belgian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2014/263/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Belgian Government,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).
(2) A member's seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Yves VANSCHUEREN,
Mr Dominique MICHEL, Administrateur délégué de COMEOS (Fédération belge du Commerce et des Services) is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2015.
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32005D0450 | 2005/450/EC: Commission Decision of 20 June 2005 amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards embryo collection teams in New Zealand and the United States of America (notified under document number C(2005) 1812) Text with EEA relevance
| 21.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 158/24
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 June 2005
amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards embryo collection teams in New Zealand and the United States of America
(notified under document number C(2005) 1812)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/450/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 92/452/EEC of 30 July 1992 establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community (2) provides that Member States are only to import embryos from third countries where they have been collected, processed and stored by embryo collection teams listed in that Decision.
(2) New Zealand has requested that amendments should be made to the list as regards entries for that country, notably the deletion of seven centres and amendments to the addresses of three centres. Furthermore, New Zealand has changed the lettering in the approval number of centres.
(3) The United States of America have requested that amendments should be made to the list as regards entries for that country, notably the addition of one centre and amendments to the addresses of three centres.
(4) New Zealand and the United States of America have provided guarantees regarding compliance with the appropriate rules set out in Directive 89/556/EEC and the embryo collection teams concerned have been officially approved for exports to the Community by the veterinary services of those countries.
(5) Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 24 June 2005.
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32014R0772 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 772/2014 of 14 July 2014 laying down the rules on intensity of public aid to be applied to the total eligible expenditure of certain operations financed under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
| 16.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 209/47
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 772/2014
of 14 July 2014
laying down the rules on intensity of public aid to be applied to the total eligible expenditure of certain operations financed under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 95(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 lays down in Article 95(1) general rules in relation to the intensity of public aid to be applied to the total eligible expenditure of an operation financed under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (‘EMFF’).
(2) By way of derogation, Article 95(4) provides for additional percentage points of public aid intensity applicable to specific types of operations which are set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014. At the same time, in order not to jeopardise the sustainability of the reform of Common Fisheries Policy (‘CFP’), Articles 94(3)(c) and Article 69(2) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 limit the EMFF support to certain types of operations by imposing a reduced co-financing rate. This logic is reflected also in the different levels of additional percentage points of aid intensity listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014. The compliance with certain conditions of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 may therefore lead to an increase of percentage points of public aid intensity or has to lead to a decrease of percentage points of the public aid intensity.
(3) It is therefore necessary to ensure that the accumulation of additional percentage points of aid intensity in case of compliance with several conditions set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 in relation to one operation does not jeopardise the CFP goals and does not lead to the overcompensation or an excessive distortion of market rules in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
(4) Therefore, where an operation fulfils the conditions laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 allowing for additional increase of percentage points, Members States may apply increased public aid intensity. However, in case of compliance with more than one condition of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 allowing for several increases in percentage points in relation to one operation, the possible increase should be limited to the highest increase. In case of compliance with more than one condition of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 imposing decreases in percentage points in relation to one operation, the decrease should be limited to the highest decrease.
(5) Finally, in order to comply with an obligation to reduce the percentage points for certain types of operations set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, where an operation can benefit from one or several increases and decreases of percentage points at the same time due to the compliance with several criteria in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, the possible increases should be disregarded and only the highest decrease should be applied.
(6) In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Regulation, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund,
Specific intensity of public aid
Where several conditions set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 are fulfilled in relation to one operation, the different additional percentage increases and decreases of public aid intensity provided for in that Annex shall apply as follows:
(a) if several increases in percentage points are applicable pursuant to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, only the highest of those increases may apply;
(b) if several decreases in percentage points are applicable pursuant to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, only the highest of those decreases shall apply;
(c) if an operation can benefit from one or several additional increases of percentage points and at the same time one or several decreases of percentage points are applicable as referred to in Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, only the highest decrease shall apply.
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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31997D0649 | 97/649/EC: Commission Decision of 26 September 1997 amending Decision 95/506/EC authorizing Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 26 September 1997 amending Decision 95/506/EC authorizing Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance) (97/649/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Directive 97/14/EC (2), and in particular Article 15 (3) thereof,
Whereas, where a Member State considers that there is an imminent danger of the introduction into its territory of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith, the cause of potato brown rot, from another Member State, it may temporarily take any additional measures which it deems necessary, as long as the Commission has not adopted such measures;
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands informed the other Member States and the Commission on 3 October 1995 that some samples of potatoes originating in that country were identified as infected by Pseudomonas solanacearum; whereas complementary reports supplied by the Netherlands indicated that more samples of the 1995 potato production including seed potatoes, showed a confirmed infection by Pseudomonas solanacearum; whereas therefore the Commission adopted Decision 95/506/EC authorizing Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands (3);
Whereas, from information supplied to the Commission by the Netherlands and other Member States, the implementation of such measures during 1996 appeared to have provided the necessary safeguards to prevent the spread of Pseudomonas solanacearum; whereas however, since in spite of intensive investigations during 1996, it was not possible to identify the source of contamination nor to determine the extent thereof in the Netherlands, it was considered justified to continue additional measures to protect other Member States against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum as regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands; whereas accordingly Decision 95/506/EC was amended by Decision 96/599/EC (4) and extended by a limited time period;
Whereas during 1997, again from information supplied to the Commission by the Netherlands and other Member States, the implementation of such measures appears to have provided the necessary safeguards to prevent the spread of Pseudomonas solanacearum; whereas however, a small number of seed potato stocks in the Netherlands were confirmed to be infected by P. solanacearum and it was not possible to definitively identify the source of contamination and whereas also discussions are not yet finalized in order to establish a Community control regime on Pseudomonas solanacearum, it is still justified to adopt additional measures with regard to this situation; whereas accordingly Decision 95/506/EC should be extended for a further limited time period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Decision 95/506/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1 (1), the words 'potatoes of the 1996 crop, until 30 June 1997 for seed potatoes and until 30 September 1997 for other potatoes` shall be replaced by the words 'potatoes of the 1997 crop, until 30 June 1998 for seed potatoes and until 30 September 1998 for other potatoes`;
2. in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1), the reference to '1 May 1997` shall be replaced by '1 May 1998`;
3. in Article 3 (3), the references to '15 December 1996` and '1996` shall be replaced by '15 December 1997` and '1997`, respectively.
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31999R1455 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1455/1999 of 1 July 1999 laying down the marketing standard for sweet peppers
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1455/1999
of 1 July 1999
laying down the marketing standard for sweet peppers
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
(1) Whereas sweet peppers are listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as products for which standards are to be adopted; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 79/88 of 13 January 1988 laying down quality standards for lettuces, curled-leaved endives, broad-leaved (Batavian) endives and sweet peppers(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 888/97(4), has been amended many times and no longer ensures legal clarity;
(2) Whereas, in the interests of clarity, the rules on sweet peppers should be separated from those on other products under Regulation (EEC) No 79/88; whereas the rules in question should therefore be recast and Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 79/88 on sweet peppers deleted; whereas, to that end, for reasons of transparency on the world market, account should be taken of the standard recommended for sweet peppers by the Working Party on Standardisation of the Perishable Produce and Quality Development of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE);
(3) Whereas the effect of these standards must be to remove products of unsatisfactory quality from the market, gear production to satisfying consumer requirements and facilitate trade relations on the basis of fair competition, thereby helping to make production more profitable;
(4) Whereas the standards are applicable at all stages of marketing; whereas transport over a great distance, storage for a certain length of time and the various handling operations to which the products are subjected may bring about deterioration due to the biological development of the products or their perishability; whereas account should be taken of such deterioration when applying the standards at the marketing stages following dispatch;
(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The marketing standard for sweet peppers covered by CN code 0709 60 10 shall be as set out in the Annex.
The standard shall apply at all stages of marketing under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.
However, at stages following dispatch, the products may show, in relation to the provisions of the standards, a slight lack of freshness and turgidity, and slight deteriorations due to their development and their tendency to perish.
Regulation (EEC) No 79/88 is amended as follows:
1. in the title, "curled-leaved endives, broad-leaved (Batavian) endives and sweet peppers" is replaced by "curled-leaved endives and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives";
2. the first paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following: "The quality standards for lettuces, curled-leaved endives and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives falling within subheadings 0705 11, ex 0705 19 and 0705 29 00 of the Combined Nomenclature shall be as set out in the Annex.";
3. Annex II is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journl of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the first day of the month following that of its entry into force.
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32001R2342 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2342/2001 of 30 November 2001 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2342/2001
of 30 November 2001
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/2001(2).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 2316/2001 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2316/2001 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 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 |
32004R1062 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1062/2004 of 28 May 2004 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003
| 29.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1062/2004
of 28 May 2004
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003 (2).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 (3) allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 24 to 27 May 2004 at 54,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 May 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 |
31987R1448 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1448/87 of 26 May 1987 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herrings falling within subheading 03.01 B I a) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1448/87
of 26 May 1987
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herrings falling within subheading 03.01 B I a) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community undertook to open an annual duty-free Community tariff quota for 34 000 tonnes of herrings, whole, headless or in pieces, falling within subheading 03.01 B I a) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff, imported from 16 June to 14 February in a fresh, chilled or frozen state, subject to compliance with the reference price; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to open, for the period 16 June 1987 to 14 February 1988, the duty-free tariff quota in question, bearing in mind the obligation to comply with the reference price fixed;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the said quota should be ensured for all importers and the rate of levy for the tariff quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the said quota is used up; whereas, in the light of the principles outlined above, a Community tariff arrangement based on an allocation between the Member States would seem to preserve the Community nature of the quota; whereas, to represent as closely as possible the actual development of the market in the said goods, this allocation should follow proportionately the requirements of the Member States calculated both from statistics of imports from third countries during a representative reference period and according to the economic outlook for the quota period in question;
Whereas, during the last three years for which complete statistics are available, the imports of each Member State represent the following percentages in relation to the total imports of the products in question:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // // 1983 // 1984 // 1985 // // // // // Benelux // 5,99 // 4,06 // 3,70 // Denmark // 69,61 // 66.39 // 68,88 // Germany // 21,94 // 24,44 // 19,30 // Greece // - // - // - // Spain // - // - // - // France // 1,48 // 2,35 // 5,47 // Ireland // - // 0,02 // - // Italy // - // 0,02 // - // Portugal // - // - // - // United Kingdom // 0,98 // 2,72 // 2,65 // // // //
Whereas, in view of the above and of the foreseeable trend of the market for these products in the quota period, the initial quota shares may be as indicated in Articles 2 and 3;
Whereas, to take account of the possible import trends for this product, the quota volume should be divided into two parts, the first being allocated between the Member States and the second held as a reserve to cover any subsequent requirements of Member States which have used up their initial share; whereas, to give importers some degree of certainty, the first part of the tariff quota should be fixed at a high level, which in this case could be 30 000 tonnes;
Whereas initial shares may be used up at different rates; whereas, to take account of this fact and to avoid any interruption, it should be provided that any Member State which has almost used up its initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve; whereas, each time its additional share is almost used up, a Member State should draw a further share and so on as many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and additional shares should be valid until the end of the quota period; whereas this form of administration requires close collaboration between the Member States and the Commission, and the Commission must, in particular, be in a position to keep account of the extent to which the quotas have been used up and to inform the Member States accordingly; Whereas if, at a given date of the quota period, a con- siderable quantity of a Member State's initial share remains unused, it is essential that such State should return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve, in order to prevent a part of the Community tariff quota from remaining unused in one Member State while it could be used in others;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any measure concerning the administration of the share allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. From 16 June 1987 to 14 February 1988, the Common Customs Tariff duty on the following product shall be suspended at the level and within the limit of a Community tariff quota as shown below:
1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Order No // CCT heading No // Description // Quota volume (tonnes) // Quota duty (%) // // // // // // 09.0005 // 03.01 // Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen: // // // // // B. Saltwater fish: // // // // // I. Whole, headless or in pieces: // // // // // a) Herring: // 34 000 // 0 // // // 2. from 16 June to 14 February: // // // // // aa) fresh or chilled // // // // // bb) frozen // // // // // // //
2. Within the limit of this tariff quota, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply duties which are calculated according to the relevant provisions laid down in the 1985 Act of Accession.
3. Imports of herrings shall not be charged against this tariff quota if they are already free of customs duties under other preferential tariff treatment.
4. The use of the tariff quota referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to compliance with any reference price which may be fixed.
1. The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be divided into two parts.
2. The first part, amounting to 30 000 tonnes, shall be allocated among certain Member States; the shares which, subject to Article 6, shall be valid from 16 June 1987 to 14 February 1988, shall be as follows:
1.2 // // (tonnes) // Benelux // 1 419 // Denmark // 20 508 // Germany // 6 612 // France // 858 // United Kingdom // 603
3. The second part, constituting the reserve, shall consist of 4 000 tonnes.
If an importer who intends to import the products in question into Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal or Spain requests the benefit of the quota, the Member State concerned shall draw a quota share equal to these needs from the reserve, to the extent that the reserve so permits.
1. If a Member State has used 90 % or more of its initial share as fixed in Article 2 (2), or of that share minus any portion returned to the reserve pursuant to Article 6, it shall forthwith, by notifying the Commission, draw a second share, to the extent that the reserve so permits, equal to 10 % of its initial share, rounded up as necessary to the next whole number.
2. If a Member State, after exhausting its initial share, has used 90 % or more of the second share drawn by it, that Member State shall forthwith, under the conditions set out in paragraph 1, draw a third share equal to 5 % of its initial share, rounded up as necessary to the next whole number. 3. If a Member State, after exhausting its second share, has used 90 % or more of the third share drawn by it, that Member State shall, under the conditions set out in paragraph 1, draw a fourth share equal to the third.
This process shall apply until the reserve is used up.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, each Member State may draw shares lower than those specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds for believing that those specified may not be used in full. Any Member State applying this paragraph shall inform the Commission of its grounds for so doing.
Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 4 shall be valid until 14 February 1988.
Member States shall, not later than 15 November 1987, return to the reserve the unused portion of their initial shares which, on 1 November 1987, is in excess of 10 % of the initial volume. They may return a greater portion if there are grounds for believing that it may not be used in full.
Member States shall, not later than 15 November 1987, notify the Commission of the total quantities of the product in question imported up to and including 1 November 1987 and charged against the Community quota, and of any portion of their initial share returned to the reserve.
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2, 3 and 4 and shall, as soon as the information reaches it, inform each Member State of the extent to which the reserve has been used up.
It shall, not later than 20 November 1987, inform the Member States of the amount still in reserve, following any return of shares pursuant to Article 6.
It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the reserve does not exceed the balance available, and to this end shall notify the amount of that balance to the Member State making the last drawing.
1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 4 are opened in such a way that importations may be charged without interruption against their accumulated share of the Community quota.
2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the product in question have free access to the shares allocated to them.
3. Member States shall charge imports of the product in question against their shares as and when the product is entered with the customs authorities for free circulation.
4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its share shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged against it in accordance with paragraph 3.
When so requested by the Commission, Member States shall inform it of imports actually charged against their shares.
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Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 1987.
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31984R3420 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3420/84 of 5 December 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2737/77 on measures derogating from certain requirements of the quality standards applicable to exports to third countries of flowering bulbs, corms and tubers
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3420/84
of 5 December 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2737/77 on measures derogating from certain requirements of the quality standards applicable to exports to third countries of flowering bulbs, corms and tubers
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68 of 27 February 1968 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/68 of 12 March 1968 fixing quality standards for flowering bulbs, corms and tubers (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1733/84 (3), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2737/77 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3696/81 (5), amended Regulation (EEC) No 537/70 (6) and authroized the Member States to waive certain requirements of the quality standards for Hyacinthes orientalis bulbs exported to Japan; whereas that Regulation is valid only until 31 December 1984;
Whereas there is no likelihood of the abolition of the existing plant health measures in Japan; whereas, for this purpose, the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/77 should be extended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Live Trees and Other Plants, Bulbs, Roots and the like, Cut Flowers and Ornamental Foliage,
The last sentence in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/77 is hereby replaced by the following:
'It shall apply until 31 December 1987.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1985.
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 |
32006D0956 | 2006/956/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 18 December 2006 amending the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities with regard to languages
| 29.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 386/45
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 December 2006
amending the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities with regard to languages
(2006/956/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Article 64 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice,
In accordance with the procedure referred to in the second paragraph of Article 245 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the second paragraph of Article 160 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to the request of the Court of Justice,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament of 13 December 2006,
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission of 12 December 2006,
Whereas on the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania, Bulgarian and Romanian become official languages of the European Union and whereas those languages should be added to the list of languages of the case set out in the Rules of Procedure,
The Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 2 May 1991 (OJ L 136, 30.5.1991, p. 1. Corrigendum in OJ L 317 of 19.11.1991, p. 34), as amended on 15 September 1994 (OJ L 249, 24.9.1994, p. 17), 17 February 1995 (OJ L 44, 28.2.1995, p. 64), 6 July 1995 (OJ L 172, 22.7.1995, p. 3), 12 March 1997 (OJ L 103, 19.4.1997, p. 6. Corrigendum in OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 72), 17 May 1999 (OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 92), 6 December 2000 (OJ L 322, 19.12.2000, p. 4), 21 May 2003 (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 22), 19 April 2004 (OJ L 132, 29.4.2004, p. 3), 21 April 2004 (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 108) and 12 October 2005 (OJ L 298, 15.11.2005, p. 1) are hereby amended as follows:
5(1) shall be replaced by the following:
‘1. The language of a case shall be Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish or Swedish.’.
This Decision shall take effect at the same time as the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania to the European Union.
The texts of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance in Bulgarian and Romanian shall be adopted after the entry into force of the Treaty referred to in the first paragraph. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R1355 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1355/2006 of 13 September 2006 prohibiting fishing for orange roughy in ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (Community waters and international waters) by vessels flying the flag of France
| 15.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 252/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1355/2006
of 13 September 2006
prohibiting fishing for orange roughy in ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (Community waters and international waters) by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 and 2006 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (3) lays down quotas for 2005 and 2006.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State in 2006 referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein 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 |
32006L0103 | Council Directive 2006/103/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of transport policy, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
| 20.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 363/344
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2006/103/EC
of 20 November 2006
adapting certain Directives in the field of transport policy, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts of the institutions remain valid beyond 1 January 2007, and require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council, unless the Commission adopted the original act.
(2) The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.
(3) Directives 82/714/EEC (2), 91/439/EEC (3), 91/440/EEC (4), 91/672/EEC (5), 92/106/EEC (6), 96/26/EC (7), 1999/37/EC (8), 1999/62/EC (9) and 2003/59/EC (10) should therefore be amended accordingly,
Directives 82/714/EEC, 91/439/EEC, 91/440/EEC, 91/672/EEC, 92/106/EEC, 96/26/EC, 1999/37/EC, 1999/62/EC and 2003/59/EC shall be amended as set out in the Annex.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, 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.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0458 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 458/2008 of 26 May 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
| 27.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 137/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 458/2008
of 26 May 2008
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds (1), and in particular Articles 19 and 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair’s Notice of 20 November 2007, has decided to add Republic of Congo to the list of Participants as of 8 November 2007.
(2) Annex II should be amended accordingly.
(3) Bulgaria, Germany and Romania have informed the Commission of modifications to the contact details of their Community authorities.
(4) Annex III should be amended accordingly,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
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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31999R2629 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2629/1999 of 13 December 1999 establishing rules for the management and distribution of textile quotas established for the year 2000 under Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2629/1999
of 13 December 1999
establishing rules for the management and distribution of textile quotas established for the year 2000 under Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2542/1999(2), and in particular Articles 17(3), 17(6) and 21(2) and 3 thereof, in conjunction with Article 25(3) thereof,
(1) Whereas the Council, through Regulation (EC) No 517/94, established quantitative restrictions on imports of certain textile products originating in certain third countries and envisaged, in Article 17(2), that these quotas would be allocated in chronological order of receipt of notifications from the Member States according to the principle of first come, first served;
(2) Whereas Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 stipulates that it is possible, in certain circumstances, to make use of allocation methods which differ from the method based exclusively on the chronological order of receipt of notifications from Member States, as well as to envisage the division of the quotas into tranches or to set aside part of a specific quantitative limit exclusively for applications which are backed up by proof of the results of previous imports;
(3) Whereas it is advisable, in order not to affect unduly the continuity of trade flows, to adopt rules for management and distribution of the quotas established for 2000 under Regulation (EC) No 517/94 before the quota year begins;
(4) Whereas the measures contained in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2650/98(3) establishing rules for the management and distribution of textiles quotas established for the year 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 proved to be satisfactory;
(5) Whereas in order to satisfy the greatest possible number of operators it therefore seems appropriate to make the "first come, first served" allocation method based on the chronological order of receipt of the notifications from Member States more flexible by placing a ceiling on the quantities which can be allocated to each operator by that method;
(6) Whereas efforts should nevertheless be made to guarantee a degree of continuity in trade; whereas this consideration and the desirability of efficient quota administration make it appropriate for operators to be allowed to make their initial import authorisation application for 2000 equivalent to the quantity (for each textile category and each third country) which they imported in 1999;
(7) Whereas for optimum use of the quantities it is appropriate to envisage that each operator, after 50 % utilisation of a licence, can introduce a new request for a licence, not exceeding a predetermined quantity, provided quantities are available in the quotas;
(8) Whereas it is appropriate for the sake of sound administration to make import authorisations valid for nine months from the date of issue and to stipulate that the Member States can issue licences only after being notified of the Commission's decision and only if an operator can prove the existence of a contract and certify (except where specifically provided otherwise) that he has not already been allocated a Community import authorisation under this Regulation for the categories and countries concerned; whereas the competent national authorities are however authorised, in response to importers' applications, to extend by three months and up to 31 March 2001 licences of which at least 50 % has been used by the application date;
(9) Whereas in order to obviate any potential problems caused by the possible impact of a millenium bug on computer systems the import authorisations shall start to be allocated in December 1999;
(10) Whereas the measures contained in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion expressed by the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 517/94,
This Regulation specifies certain rules concerning the management of quantitative quotas established by Regulation (EC) No 517/94 and applicable for 2000.
The quotas referred to in Article 1 and shown in Annexes IIIB and IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 shall be allocated on a "first come, first served" basis according to the chronological order of receipt by the Commission of Member States' notifications of applications from individual operators, for amounts not exceeding the maximum quantities per operator stipulated in the Annex hereto.
These maximum quantities shall not, however, apply to operators able to prove to the competent national authorities when making their first application for 2000 that they imported, for given categories, given third countries and under import licences granted to them for 1999, more than the maximum quantities specified for each category. In the case of such operators, the competent authorities may authorise imports of no more than the quantities imported in 1999 for given third countries and given categories, provided that enough quota is available.
Any importer who has used 50 % or more of the amount allocated to him through a licence under this Regulation may make a further application for a licence, for the same category and country of origin, for amounts not exceeding the maximum quantities laid down in the Annex hereto, provided that enough of the quota is available.
The requests for import authorisations can be submitted to the Commission as of 20 December 1999 at 10 a.m., Brussels time. Import authorisations shall be valid for nine months from the date of issue, but not earlier than 1 January 2000, and in no case later than 31 December 2000. On licences issued before 1 January 2000, the competent authorities of the Member States will indicate in box 13 (further particulars): "This license is valid from 1 January 2000."
At the importer's request, the competent national authorities may, however, grant a three-month extension for licences which are at least 50 % used up at the time of the request. The extension must in no case last beyond 31 March 2001.
The competent authorities of the Member States shall issue authorisations only after being notified of the Commission's decision and only if an operator can prove the existence of a contract and, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 3, certify in writing that he has not already been allocated a Community import authorisation under this Regulation for the categories and countries concerned.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
shall apply as from 20 December 1999.
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31988D0536 | 88/536/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 October 1988 approving an integrated Mediterranean programme for the Campania region (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 October 1988
approving an integrated Mediterranean programme for the Campania region
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(88/536/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean programmes (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Italy has presented to the Commission an integrated Mediterranean programme for the Campania region, hereinafter Campania IMP;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85, the Campania IMP has been submitted in amended form to the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, which has given a favourable opinion;
Whereas the Campania IMP, including its financial plan, may therefore be approved by the Commission;
Whereas the Campania IMP relates to the period from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1992 inclusive;
Whereas the Campania IMP contains measures which constitute a specific programme of action eligible for assistance from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section, by virtue of the second paragraph of Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85;
Whereas in order to ensure its effectiveness the Campania IMP will be carried out in successive phases and will be subject to later decisions when the conditions for the granting of Community contributions have been met;
Whereas the expenditure on the measures constituting the Campania IMP is estimated at 172 460 000 ECU;
Whereas the Community contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 is estimated at 15 385 000 ECU,
The Campania IMP in the version submitted to the Commission on 18 December 1986, as subsequently modified after examination by the Commission and following consultation of the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, is hereby approved. The estimates of total expenditure and the estimated contributions from each Community budgetary source are shown in the financial plan of the Campania IMP.
In so far as the measures are carried out in accordance with the Campania IMP, within the limits of the overall expenditure estimates and in compliance with the rules and procedures relating to each source of Community financing, the Commission shall pay the Community contributions specified in the Campania IMP.
The contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 shall not exceed 15 385 000 ECU in respect of the expenditure to be incurred in the period from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1992 on measures to be financed in the context of the Campania IMP, estimated at 172 460 000 ECU.
Pursuant to Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85, a first instalment from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of that Regulation amounting to 284 000 ECU is hereby committed in accordance with the financial plan of the Campania IMP.
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32005D0903 | 2005/903/EC: Commission Decision of 13 December 2005 amending Decision 2005/263/EC on authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (notified under document number C(2005) 3565) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 15.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/62
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 December 2005
amending Decision 2005/263/EC on authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road
(notified under document number C(2005) 3565)
(Only the English, Lithuanian and Swedish texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/903/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (1), and in particular Article 6(9) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC, Member States must give the Commission advance notification of their derogations for the first time by 31 December 2002 or up to two years after the last date of application of the amended versions of the Annexes to the Directive.
(2) Commission Directive 2003/28/EC (2) amended Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC. By virtue of Directive 2003/28/EC Member States had to bring into force national legislation no later than 1 July 2003, as the last date of application referred to in Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC was 30 June 2003.
(3) Certain Member States had notified the Commission by 31 December 2003 of their wish to adopt derogations from Directive 94/55/EC. By Decision 2005/263/EC of 4 March 2005 authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (3), the Commission authorised the adoption by the Member States of the derogations listed in Annexes I and II to that Decision.
(4) Sweden, the United Kingdom and Lithuania notified the Commission by 31 December 2004 of their wish to adopt new derogations and to amend their existing derogations in Annexes I and II to Decision 2005/263/EC. The Commission has examined the notifications for compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC and has approved them. Those Member States should therefore be authorised to adopt the derogations in question.
(5) It is therefore necessary to amend Annexes I and II to Decision 2005/263/EC.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods set up under Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC,
Decision 2005/263/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex I shall be amended by the derogations listed in Annex I to this Decision.
2. Annex II shall be amended by the derogations listed in Annex II to this Decision.
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31997R1119 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1119/97 of 19 June 1997 amending Regulations (EC) No 411/97 and (EC) No 412/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards fixing a transitional time limit for 1997
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1119/97 of 19 June 1997 amending Regulations (EC) No 411/97 and (EC) No 412/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards fixing a transitional time limit for 1997
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 57 thereof,
Whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/97 of 3 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial assistance (2) lays down the transitional provisions applicable to 1997 with regard to the submission and approval of proposed operational programmes; whereas paragraph 2 of that Article stipulates that the competent national authority must take a decision on proposals submitted within three months; whereas, in certain exceptional cases, that time limit may prove insufficient and put interested producer organizations at a disadvantage; whereas, therefore, in the interests of the latter, Member States should be given the opportunity to extend that time limit by two months in duly justified cases;
Whereas Article 12 (1) (a) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 fixes at three months the time limit for a decision by the Member States on applications for recognition presented by producer organizations; whereas, in certain exceptional cases likely to occur during the first year of application of that provision, the time limit may prove insufficient and put interested producer organizations at a disadvantage; whereas it is in the interests of the latter to allow Member States, in duly justified cases, to extend, as an exceptional measure for 1997, that time limit by two months; whereas, therefore, it is necessary to introduce a transitional measure into Commission Regulation (EC) No 412/97 of 3 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards the recognition of producer organizations (3);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 411/97 is hereby replaced by the following:
'2. Within three months the competent national authority shall take a decision on proposals submitted. Member States, acting in the interests of the producer organizations concerned, may extend that time limit by two months in duly justified cases. Proposals for operational programmes submitted by producer organizations which do not receive recognition shall be rejected automatically.`
The following Article 9a is inserted after Article 9 in Regulation (EC) No 412/97:
'Article 9a
As a transitional measure for 1997, Member States, acting in the interests of the producer organizations concerned, may, in duly justified cases, extend by two months the time limit referred to in Article 12 (1) (a) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.`
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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32004R1598 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1598/2004 of 10 September 2004 prohibiting fishing for megrim by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
| 15.9.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 292/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1598/2004
of 10 September 2004
prohibiting fishing for megrim by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and associated fishing conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required, lays down quotas for megrim for 2004 (2).
(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 division VIIIc, sub-areas IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. Portugal has prohibited fishing for this stock from 14 June 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of megrim in the waters of ICES division VIIIc, sub-areas IX and X and CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Portugal for 2004.
Fishing for megrim in the waters of ICES division VIIIc, sub-areas IX and X and CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal 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 14 June 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000R2889 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2889/2000 of 22 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 with regard to intra-Community transfers and exports of dual-use items and technology
| Council Regulation (EC) No 2889/2000
of 22 December 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 with regard to intra-Community transfers and exports of dual-use items and technology
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) Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 of 22 June 2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology(1), dual-use items and technology should be subject to effective control when they are exported from the Community.
(2) In order to enable the Member States and the EU to comply with their intentional commitments, particularly within the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers' Group) Category 0 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 (nuclear materials, facilities and equipment) was included in its entirety in Annex IV (items requiring authorisation for intra-Community transfer).
(3) It has since become apparent that intra-Community controls on less proliferation-sensitive nuclear materials under Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 are hampering trade without improving the level of protection already conferred by the Euratom Treaty. The controls imposed on such materials should therefore be abolished.
(4) In the 1984 Dublin Declaration on common policy, however, the Member States acknowledged the need for intra-Community controls on transfers of goods regarded as particularly sensitive in the context of weapons non-proliferation. Controls on certain special fissile materials under item 0C002 (separated plutonium and "uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233" to more than 20 %) should therefore remain in place.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 should be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 is amended as follows:
1. In Annex II, Part 2, after the first indent, the following indents shall be inserted:
"- 0C001 'natural uranium' or 'depleted uranium' or thorium in the form of metal, alloy, chemical compound or concentrate and any other material containing one or more of the foregoing;
- 0C002 'special fissile materials' other than those specified in Annex IV;
- 0D001 (software) and OE001 (technology) insofar as these relate to 0C001 or to those items of 0C002 that are excluded from Annex IV."
2. In Annex IV, Part II, the words "All Category 0 of Annex I is included in Annex IV" shall be replaced by:
"All Category 0 of Annex I is included in Annex IV, subject to the following:
- 0C001: this item is not included in Annex IV;
- 0C002: this item is not included in Annex IV, with the exception of special fissile materials as follows:
(a) separated plutonium;
(b) 'uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233' to more than 20 %;
- 0D001 (software) and 0E001 (technology) are included in Annex IV except insofar as these relate to 0C001 or to those items of 0C002 that are excluded from Annex IV."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the fifth 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R0939 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/96 of 28 May 1996 fixing certain indicative quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the third quarter of 1996 (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/96 of 28 May 1996 fixing certain indicative quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the third quarter of 1996 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas Article 9 (1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 875/96 (4), provides for the fixing of indicative quantities expressed as a percentage of the quantities allocated to the various countries or groups of countries mentioned in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (6), for the purpose of issuing import licences for each quarter using data and forecasts relating to the Community market;
Whereas it should be recalled that Commission Regulation (EC) No 2568/95 (7) provides for the transfer to Colombia of the quantity allocated to Nicaragua for 1996 on account of the fact that Nicaragua will be unable to export bananas to the Community; whereas, moreover, Commission Regulation (EC) No 356/96 (8) transferred to Colombia part of the quantity allocated to Venezuela with effect from the second quarter of 1996;
Whereas, on the basis of an analysis of the data relating on the one hand to the quantities of bananas marketed in the Community in 1995 and in particular to actual imports during the third quarter, and on the other hand to outlook for supply of the market and consumption within the Community during the third quarter of 1996, an indicative quantity should be fixed for each country of origin at 27 % of the quantity allocated to it in the tariff quota to ensure adequate supplies to the Community as a whole;
Whereas, on the basis of the same data, the authorized quantity referred to in Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 which operators in categories A and B can apply for in respect of the third quarter of 1996 should be fixed;
Whereas the indicative quantities provided for in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for the purposes of issuing import licences for traditional imports from ACP States should also be fixed;
Whereas this Regulation must enter into force prior to the period for the submission of licence applications in respect of the third quarter of 1996;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the Community as a whole for the third quarter of 1996, the indicative quantities provided for in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for imports of bananas under the tariff quota provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be 27 % of the quantities laid down for each country or group of countries mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/95.
The indicative quantities shall apply to import licence applications in respect of imports of bananas originating in Costa Rica and Colombia from operators in Categories A and C as well as Category B.
The authorized quantities for Category A and B operators for the third quarter of 1996 as provided for in Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 shall amount to 27 % of the quantity allocated to each operator pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 6 of that Regulation.
The indicative quantities provided for in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for traditional imports of ACP bananas for the third quarter of 1996 shall be 30 % of the traditional quantities laid down in respect of each country in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 404/93.
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 | 1 | 0 |
31992R3428 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3428/92 of 27 November 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to importation into Portugal of the products processed from fruit and vegetables listed in Annex XXII to the Act of Accession
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3428/92 of 27 November 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to importation into Portugal of the products processed from fruit and vegetables listed in Annex XXII to the Act of Accession
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 252 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), lays down the general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88, lays down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to importation into Portugal of the products processed from fruit and vegetables listed in Annex XXII to the Act of Accession (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3697/91 (5), fixes in particular the target ceilings provided for in Article 251 (1) of the Act of Accession for certain processed fruit and vegetable products for the period 1 January to 31 December 1992;
Whereas the target ceilings fixed for 1992 for provisionally preserved fruit, jams and fruit juices will be exceeded; whereas this situation is not causing any disturbance of the Portuguese market; whereas, pursuant to Article 253 (3) (a) of the Act of Accession, those ceilings may be revised if the market in question has not suffered significant disturbance as a result of the rise in the imports in question; whereas the ceiling for provisionally preserved fruit, jams and fruit juices should be increased by 25 % for 1992;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 is hereby amended as follows:
- the figure '1 161' opposite CN code 0812 is replaced by '1 451',
- the figure '1 239' opposite CN code 2007 is replaced by '1 549',
- the figure '3 788' opposite CN code 2009 is replaced by '4 735'.
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 |
32001R1094 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1094/2001 of 5 June 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1094/2001
of 5 June 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989D0204 | 89/204/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 November 1988 on regional aid for mandarin growers in Sicily (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 November 1988
on regional aid for mandarin growers in Sicily
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(89/204/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 2238/88 (2), and in particular Article 31 thereof,
After giving notice to the parties concerned, pursuant to Article 93 (2), to submit their comments (3),
Whereas:
I
1. In accordance with Article 93 (3) of the Treaty, by letter of 23 June 1987, recorded as received on 29 June 1987, the Italian Permanent Representation to the European Communities notified the Commission of draft Law No 86/A introducing aid in respect of citrus production and damage caused to citrus plantations by bad weather between December 1986 and March 1987.
By letter of 30 July 1987, the Italian Permanent Representation notified the Commission that the Sicilian Regional Assembly had adopted the draft law as Law No 24 of 27 May 1987. In bringing the Law into force, the Italian authorities infringed Article 93 (3) of the Treaty. In cases where aid schemes have been approved, such aid is to be regarded as unlawful.
2. Article 9 of the Law provides that the Regional Councillor for Agriculture and Forests is authorized to grant aid for mandarin growers through producers' organizations recognized under Italian law; the aid is equal to the aid approved at Community level for industrial processing of oranges of the 'Biondo commune' variety for the current marketing year (4); the aid was ECU 6,51/100 kg for 1986/87 and ECU 6,39/100 kg for 1987/88.
For the 1987 financial year, the Law makes provision for a total amount of Lit 5 000 million (about ECU 3,4 million); about 50 000 tonnes of mandarins could therefore be eligible for regional aid.
The aid is granted to producers through recognized producers' organizations which have signed processing contracts. Processors must undertake to pay a minimum price to the growers; this minimum price corresponds to the average of prices fixed for the current year for products corresponding to Class II of the Community quality standard.
II
1. By letter of 28 August 1987 (No SG(87) D/10832), addressed to the Italian Government, the Commission stated that it had decided to initiate, in respect of the aid, the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2).
2. In the same letter the Commission informed the Italian authorities that since the effects of the aid scheme ceased once the scheme came to an end it regarded the aid as an operating aid with no lasting effect on the development of the sector concerned. As a rule, such schemes are regarded by the Commission as incompatible with the common market.
Furthermore, the Community rules for the common organization of the markets for fruit and vegetables (Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72) constitute a complete and comprehensive system which rules out any option for the Member States to take additional independent measures to support fruit or vegetable growers' incomes. The rules do not provide for any processing aid for mandarins, although they do for oranges.
The regional aid therefore constitutes an infringement of Community law.
3. Under the procedure, the Commission gave notice to the Italian Government to submit its comments.
It also gave notice to the other Member States and other interested parties to submit their comments.
III
By telex of 29 October 1987, the Italian Government answered the Commission's letter of notice. It submitted the following comments:
(a) the chronic problems of the mandarin market are familiar to the Commission; these problems necessitated the withdrawal of 1 557 071 quintals during 1986/87;
(b) in these circumstances, the regional measure is designed to:
(i) limit withdrawals, thereby also limiting Community expenditure,
(ii) encourage processing, thus avoiding the need for destruction of the fruit,
(iii) ensure fairer returns for growers;
(c) the regional measure is an aid measure consistent with the Community's policy on stabilizers as it establishes a guarantee threshold for the marketing of mandarins;
(d) according to the regional authorities, the measure is exceptional and limited to the current marketing year;
(e) Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that state aid may be granted subject to scrutiny in the light of Articles 92 and 94 of the Treaty.
IV
With regard to the arguments put forward by the Italian authorities, the following points should be underlined:
(a) the problems of the mandarin market are not new; the market is subject to permanent structural surpluses, which have not yet been reduced despite Community programmes of structural reform introduced for citrus fruit in Italy. Although the regional aid scheme in 1987 may have increased outlets on a purely regional scale, the application of such a measure does not encourage growers to take the necessary structural steps to remedy the chronic problems persisting in Italy.
If, as the regional authorities aver, the measure is an exceptional one, the provisions of the Law should not authorize the Regional Councillor with responsibility for agriculture to take such measures every year.
The aid scheme encourages growers to maintain, or even increase, mandarin production. Indirectly, therefore, it could increase the quantities offered to the market and thus affect intra-Community trade.
Furthermore, the regional aid is supplementary to the Community 'marketing premium' or financial compensation provided for in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 (1), granted under certain conditions, in particular in respect of mandarins marketed in other Member States;
(b) to solve the problems facing the mandarin market, all the requisite measures must be taken at Community level in order to prevent the creation of even greater problems as a result of unilateral national measures which might shift problems from assisted mandarin-growing areas to non-assisted areas;
(c) the fact that Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty apply to aid for the production and marketing of mandarins enables the Commission to regard certain aid schemes as compatible with the common market on condition that they are eligible for exception under Article 92; however, as explained below, the scheme in question does not satisfy the conditions of eligibility for such an exception;
(d) in view of the foregoing, the reasoning put forward by the Italian authorities is unacceptable.
V
The mandarin market is affected by structural surpluses, particularly in Italy; mandarin production in Italy totalled 291 000 tonnes in 1985/86, 283 100 tonnes in 1986/87 and 196 100 tonnes in 1987/88 (1); mandarin production in Sicily accounts for more than 50 % of national production and the production area in 1983 was 8 412 hectares (2); Community withdrawal measures concerned 248 000 tonnes in 1985/86, 201 400 tonnes in 1986/87 and 5 608 tonnes in 1987/88 (1); export outlets are small and mandarins are subject to competition from other citrus fruits, particularly clementines.
Total Italien exports of mandarins represent, as an annual average, less than 2 % of Italian production; among the Member States which produced and exported mandarins (7 490 tonnes) to the rest of the Community in 1987 (1), Italy was in second place (1 840 tonnes), after Spain (2 956 tonnes); Italy does not import mandarins.
About 50 000 tonnes of mandarins were concerned by the regional aid scheme in 1987, representing about one quarter of mandarin production in Italy in that year; the quantity of mandarins concerned by regional aid (about ECU 3,4 million) is greater than the quantity exported.
VI
1. Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty apply to the production and marketing of mandarins pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72.
The aid scheme in question gives a special advantage to Sicilian mandarin growers by providing an income supplement which they could not have obtained from the market under normal conditions. Its effect, therefore, is to distort competition between the recipients of the aid and growers not receiving such aid in Italy and the other Member countries.
Article 9 of Law No 24/87, and in particular the provision granting aid in 1987, encourages mandarin growers to maintain or even increase production by guaranteeing an outlet at a minimum price; the financial advantage enjoyed by the recipients of the regional aid will enable them to exert pressure to bring down prices of mandarins offered fresh on the market and, in particular, those offered for export to other Member States; the measure may thus affect intra-Community trade in mandarins grown in Sicily; the aid thus affects intra-Community trade.
The aid may also affect products processed from mandarins (fruit juice, essential oils and peel used in the manufacture of feedingstuffs); because of the regional aid, the processing industries may be encouraged to produce larger quantities than they would have done without aid; the quantities of processed products exported to the other Member States may therefore be affected by the aid scheme.
The scheme in question therefore satisfies the criteria of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty, which provides that such aid is incompatible with the common market.
2. The exceptions provided for in Article 92 (2) are clearly not applicable to the aid measure in question; those provided for in paragraph 3 relate to objectives pursued in the Community interest and not simply in the interest of individual branches of the national economy; these exceptions must be interpreted strictly.
They may be allowed only in cases where aid is required for the attainment of one of the objectives referred to in the provisions; allowing exceptions in respect of aid not satisfying this condition would be tantamount to allowing interference in trade between Member States and distortions of competition without any justification on grounds of Community interest, together with undue advantages for certain Member States.
In the case in point, these conditions are not satisfied; the Italian Government has been unable to provide, and the Commission unable to discern, any evidence that the aid satisfies the conditions for any of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) of the Treaty.
The measures are not intended to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (b) since the effects of the scheme on trade may be counter to the common interest.
The measure is not intended to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (b).
With regard to the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) in respect of aid to promote or facilitate the economic development of regions, and the development of certain activities referred to in (c), the measure cannot bring a lasting improvement in the situation of the economic sector concerned by the aid since, when the scheme is discontinued, the sector will be in the same structural situation as it was before the scheme came into effect; in the case in point, the effect of the aid might even be to maintain or increase existing problems.
Consequently, the aid should be regarded as operating aid for the undertakings concerned, to which the Commission has always been opposed, as a matter of
principle, because such aid is not subject to conditions qualifying it for one of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) and (c).
Furthermore, the products are subject to a market organization and there are limits to the power of the Member States to intervene directly in the operation of market organizations comprising a system of common prices, for which the Community has exclusive competence.
Consequently, the scheme disregards the principle that Member States no longer have the power to act unilaterally on farmers' incomes.
Even if an exception under Article 92 (3) had been open to consideration, the fact that the scheme infringes the market organization rules out the application of any exception in its respect.
3. Because of the potential effect of the Sicilian scheme on the production of mandarins and products processed from mandarins, it may also have the effect of increasing expenditure from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund; it must therefore be regarded as counter to the common interest.
4. The aid scheme is therefore incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the Treaty and must be discontinued.
5. This Decision is without prejudice to any consequences which the Commission may deduce for the financing of the common agricultural policy by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF),
The aid provided for in Article 9 of the Sicilian Regional Law No 24 of 27 May 1987 for mandarin growers is unlawful under Article 93 (3) of the Treaty. Furthermore, the aid is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the Treaty and must be discontinued.
The Italian Government shall inform the Commission within two months of the notification of this Decision of the measures it has taken to comply with the Decision.
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31998D0437 | 98/437/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1998 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards internal and external wall and ceiling finishes (notified under document number C(1998) 1611) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 June 1998 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards internal and external wall and ceiling finishes (notified under document number C(1998) 1611) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/437/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products (1), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,
Whereas the Commission is required to select, as between the two procedures pursuant to Article 13(3) of Directive 89/106/EEC for attesting the conformity of a product, the 'least onerous possible procedure consistent with safety`; whereas this means that it is necessary to decide whether, for a given product or family of products, the existence of a factory production control system under the responsibility of the manufacturer is a necessary and sufficient condition for an attestation of conformity, or whether, for reasons related to compliance with the criteria mentioned in Article 13(4), the intervention of an approved certification body is required;
Whereas Article 13(4) requires that the procedure thus determined must be indicated in the mandates and in the technical specifications; whereas, therefore, it is desirable to define the concept of products or family of products as used in the mandates and in the technical specifications;
Whereas the two procedures provided for in Article 13(3) are described in detail in Annex III to Directive 89/106/EEC; whereas it is necessary therefore to specify clearly the methods by which the two procedures must be implemented, by reference to Annex III, for each product or family of products, since Annex III gives preference to certain systems;
Whereas the procedure referred to in point (a) of Article 13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in the first possibility, without continuous surveillance, and the second and third possibilities of point (ii) of Section 2 of Annex III, and the procedure referred to in point (b) of Article 13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in point (i) of Section 2 of Annex III, and in the first possibility, with continuous surveillance, of point (ii) of Section 2 of Annex III;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Construction,
The products and families of products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby the manufacturer has under its sole responsibility a factory production control system ensuring that the product is in conformity with the relevant technical specifications.
The products set out in Annex II shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby, in addition to a factory production control system operated by the manufacturer, an approved certification body is involved in assessment and surveillance of the production control or of the product itself.
The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex III shall be indicated in mandates for harmonised standards.
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31972R1569 | Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 of the Council of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza and rape seed
| REGULATION (EEC) No 1569/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza and rape seed
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71,2 and in particular Article 36 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas in the present monetary situation and in the absence of compensation colza and rape seed harvested in the Community cannot be marketed under normal conditions ; whereas for Member States there is a risk of disorganizing the market in these seeds;
Whereas it seems justified to prevent these difficulties by providing for the application of a system of differential amounts to be levied or granted for seeds which are processed or exported ; whereas these differential amounts must take account of the incidence of the rate of exchange on the prices of seeds in different Member States;
Whereas to resolve the difficulties mentioned above intervention in Germany and Benelux should also be restricted to seed harvested in each of these countries respectively;
Member States shall, under the conditions hereinafter laid down, levy or grant differential amounts for colza and rape seed harvested in the Community during the 1972/73 marketing year and processed for oil or exported.
1. The differential amounts shall be determined taking into account the incidence on the prices of the percentage representing the difference between: - the par value of the currency of the Member State in question which has been communicated to and recognized by the International Monetary Fund and
- the arithmetic mean of the spot rates of this currency in relation to the US dollar recorded over a period to be determined.
2. The differential amounts shall be fixed initially in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.
If the difference referred to in Article 2 (1) departs by at least 1 point from the percentage used for the previous fixing the differential amounts shall be amended by the Commission on the basis of the new difference.
1. The differential amounts shall be levied or granted by the Member States in which the processing of the seeds or customs export formalities take place.
2. Persons eligible for the subsidy referred to in Article 27 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC or for the export refund referred to in Article 28 of the same Regulation shall pay or receive the amounts referred to in the preceding paragraph. 1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 8.
The differential amounts to be levied or granted shall be those valid on the day on which control is taken over at the oil mill within the meaning of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2114/711 of 28 September 1971 on the subsidy for oil seeds or on the day of exportation within the meaning of Article 1 of Commission Regulation No 1041/67/EEC2 of 21 December 1967 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds on products subject to a single price system.
1. Only colza and rape seed harvested in Germany may be presented for intervention in that country.
2. Only colza and rape seed harvested in either Belgium, Luxembourg or the Netherlands may be presented for intervention in those countries.
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32007R1467 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1467/2007 of 13 December 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 14.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 329/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1467/2007
of 13 December 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 December 2007.
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31976R0845 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 845/76 of 9 April 1976 amending the common quality standards for cucumbers
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 845/76 of 9 April 1976 amending the common 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 2482/75 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas the common quality standards for cucumbers were laid down in Council Regulation No 183/64/EEC of 17 November 1964 (3) ; whereas a quality class "III" was defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 of 26 June 1969 (4);
Whereas major changes have taken place in the techniques for growing cucumbers under glass or in frames ; whereas the common quality standards should allow cucumbers grown according to the new techniques to be marketed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Point (ii) of Chapter III "Sizing" of Annex I/2 to Council Regulation No 183/64/EEC is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(ii) Forced glasshouse and frame cucumbers marketed between 1 June and 31 August must, in addition: - have a minimum length of at least 30 cm,
- have a diameter, measured half way along their length, of between 4 and 7 cm."
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31991R1440 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1440/91 of 30 May 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 879/91 laying down detailed rules for urgent action for the supply of butter and skimmed-milk powder to Bulgaria and Romania and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1440/91 of 30 May 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 879/91 laying down detailed rules for urgent action for the supply of butter and skimmed-milk powder to Bulgaria and Romania and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 597/91 of 5 March 1991 on urgent action for the supply of agricultural and medical products intended for the people of Romania and Bulgaria (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 879/91 (2) provides for certain time limits for effecting the supply of skimmed-milk powder and butter to Bulgaria; whereas, in order to make it easier for the recipient to take delivery of the products, the deadlines for the delivery of the products should be extended by 30 days;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Article 1
As regards the supply of skimmed-milk powder and butter to Bulgaria provided for in Article 1 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 879/91, the dates '1 June 1991' and '1 July 1991' in Articles 2 (2) (e) and 5 (4) of that Regulation are hereby replaced by '1 July 1991' and '31 July 1991' respectively. Article 2
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32003R1659 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1659/2003 of 18 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1659/2003
of 18 September 2003
prohibiting fishing for common sole 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 common sole 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 common sole in the waters of ICES zone VIIIa, b, 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 common sole in the waters of ICES zone VIIIa, b, 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 common sole in the waters of ICES zone VIIIa, b, 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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32009R0690 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2009 of 30 July 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
| 31.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 690/2009
of 30 July 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 80(2) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 requires products, parts and appliances to comply with the environmental protection requirements of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (hereinafter Chicago Convention) as issued on 24 November 2005 for Volumes I and II, except for its Appendices.
(2) Annexe 16 of the Chicago Convention has been amended since the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008, with the incorporation of amendment 9 of Volume I and Amendment 6 of Volume II of 7 March 2008, both applicable since 20 November 2008.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are based on the opinion issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (hereinafter the Agency) in accordance with Articles 17(2)(b) and 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008. The Agency has advised that Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 should be amended in order to reflect the changes to the Chicago Convention.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 65 of the Regulation (EC) No 216/2008,
Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Products, parts and appliances shall comply with the environmental protection requirements contained in Amendment 9 of Volume I and in Amendment 6 of Volume II of Annex 16 to the Chicago Convention as applicable on 20 November 2008, except for the Appendices to Annex 16.’
This Regulation shall enter into force the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31990R1722 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/90 of 21 June 1990 amending the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1722/90
of 21 June 1990
amending the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4056/89 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of 30 December 1986 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1721/90 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof;
Whereas the German authorities have requested withdrawal from the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of two vessels that no longer meet the requirements laid down in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation; whereas the national authorities have provided all the information in support of the request required pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/87; whereas scrutiny of this information shows that the requirements of the Regulation are met; whereas the vessels in question should be withdrawn from the list,
The vessels listed in the Annex to this Regulation are deleted from the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 10th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006R1705 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1705/2006 of 17 November 2006 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 52nd individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
| 18.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 319/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1705/2006
of 17 November 2006
fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 52nd individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter held by them.
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling price should be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 52nd individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 14 November 2006, the minimum selling price for butter is fixed at 236,21 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 November 2006.
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32009D0381 | 2009/381/EC: Commission Decision of 13 May 2009 amending Decision 2006/771/EC on harmonisation of the radio spectrum for use by short-range devices (notified under document number C(2009) 3710) (Text with EEA relevance )
| 14.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/32
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 May 2009
amending Decision 2006/771/EC on harmonisation of the radio spectrum for use by short-range devices
(notified under document number C(2009) 3710)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/381/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Decision No 676/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a regulatory framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Community (Radio Spectrum Decision) (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2006/771/EC (2) harmonises the technical conditions for use of spectrum for a wide variety of short-range devices, including applications such as alarms, local communications equipment, door openers and medical implants. Short-range devices are typically mass-market and/or portable products which can easily be taken and used across borders; differences in spectrum access conditions therefore prevent their free movement, increase their production costs and create risks of harmful interference with other radio applications and services.
(2) Commission Decision 2008/432/EC (3) amended the harmonised technical conditions for short-range devices contained in Decision 2006/771/EC by replacing its Annex.
(3) However, due to rapid changes in technology and societal demands, new applications for short-range devices can emerge which require regular updates of spectrum harmonisation conditions.
(4) On 5 July 2006, the Commission issued a permanent mandate (4) to the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), pursuant to Article 4(2) of Decision No 676/2002/EC, to update the Annex to Decision 2006/771/EC in response to the technological and market developments in the area of short-range devices.
(5) In its November 2008 report (5) submitted in response to that mandate, the CEPT advised the Commission to amend a number of technical aspects in the Annex to Decision 2006/771/EC.
(6) Decision 2006/771/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) Equipment operating within the conditions set in this Decision must also comply with Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (6) in order to use the spectrum effectively so as to avoid harmful interference, demonstrated either by meeting harmonised standards or by fulfilling alternative conformity assessment procedures.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Radio Spectrum Committee,
The Annex to Decision 2006/771/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
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32005R1750 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1750/2005 of 25 October 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 26.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1750/2005
of 25 October 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 October 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 |
31999D0755 | 1999/755/EC: Council Decision of 12 November 1999 appointing a Spanish member of the Committee of the Regions
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 November 1999
appointing a Spanish member of the Committee of the Regions
(1999/755/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1998(1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas a seat as a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Manuel Hermoso Rojas, notified to the Council on 18 August 1999,
Having regard to the proposal from the Spanish Government,
Mr Román Rodríguez Rodríguez is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Manuel Hermoso Rojas for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2002. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0842 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 842/2005 of 1 June 2005 amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 for the 2004/2005 marketing year
| 2.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 139/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 842/2005
of 1 June 2005
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 for the 2004/2005 marketing year
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses (2), and in particular the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2004/2005 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 (3). These prices and duties have last been amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 292/2005 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 for the 2004/2005 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 June 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R1777 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1777/93 of 2 July 1993 on the sale of beef at prices fixed at a flat rate in advance held by certain intervention agencies and intended for supplying the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 642/93
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1777/93 of 2 July 1993 on the sale of beef at prices fixed at a flat rate in advance held by certain intervention agencies and intended for supplying the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 642/93
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 125/93 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas certain intervention agencies hold substantial stocks of beef bought into intervention; whereas an extension of the storage period for that beef should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1912/92 of 10 July 1992 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for supplying the Canary Islands with products from the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1736/93 (4), lays down the forecast supply balance for frozen meat of bovine animals for the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994; whereas, in the light of traditional trade patterns, it is appropriate to release intervention beef for the purpose of supplying the Canary Islands during that period;
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1695/92 of 30 June 1992 laying down common detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the Canary Islands (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2132/92 (6), provides for the use of aid certificates delivered by the competent Spanish authorities for supplies from the Community; whereas the potential purchaser should be obliged to submit an aid certificate to the intervention agency at the same time as the application to purchase from intervention; whereas, in order to improve the operation of the abovementioned arrangements, certain derogations from Regulation (EEC) No 1912/92 should be provided for, in particular, with regard to the payment of aid and the security for aid certificates; whereas the support arrangements for the supply of the Canary Islands from intervention stocks provided for in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (7), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92 (8), should be simplified by including the aid in the sale prices set in this Regulation;
Whereas for the purpose of purchase and control procedures, it is appropriate to apply certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 of 4 October 1979 on detailed rules of application for the disposal of beef bought in by intervention agencies and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 216/69 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (10), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (11), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 642/93 (12);
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 (EEC) No 642/93 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. A sale shall be organized of approximately:
- 3 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency,
- 1 500 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency,
- 1 500 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency,
- 1 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Italian intervention agency,
- 1 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency.
2. This meat shall be sold for delivery to the Canary Islands.
3. The qualities and selling prices of the products are given in Annex I hereto.
1. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, and in particular, Articles 2 to 5 thereof, and in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.
2. The intervention agencies shall sell those products which have been in storage longest first.
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.
1. A purchase application shall only be valid when accompanied by an aid certificate covering at least the quantity concerned and issued pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 1695/92 and (EEC) No 1912/92.
2. Notwithstanding Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1695/92, aid shall not be paid for intervention beef sold pursuant to this Regulation.
3. Notwithstanding Article 4 (4) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1695/92, in box 24 of the aid certificate application and of the aid certificate shall be entered: 'Aid certificate for use in the Canary Islands - no aid to be paid.'
4. Notwithstanding Article 6 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1912/92, the security laid down for aid certificates shall be ECU 2 per 100 kilograms.
Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, purchase applications shall not indicate the store or stores where the meat applied for is being kept.
1. Notwithstanding Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the security shall be ECU 100 per tonne.
2. A security of ECU 2 500 per tonne of bone-in beef and of ECU 3 000 per tonne of boneless beef to guarantee delivery to the Canary Islands shall be lodged by the purchaser before taking over the meat concerned. The guarantee for fillets, however, shall be ECU 7 000 per tonne.
Delivery of the products concerned to the Canary Islands shall be a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (13).
Satisfactory proof of compliance with the abovementioned obligation shall be provided by means of an appropriate certificate issued by the competent authority of the Canary Islands (14) and submitted to the intervention agency concerned within six months from the date of conclusion of the contract.
In the removal order referred to in Article 3 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 and the T 5 control copy shall be entered:
« Carne de intervención destinada a las islas Canarias - Sin ayuda [Reglamento (CEE) no 1777/93] »;
»Interventionskoed til De Kanariske OEer - uden stoette (Forordning (EOEF) nr. 1777/93)«;
"Interventionsfleisch fuer die Kanarischen Inseln - ohne Beihilfe (Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 1777/93)";
«Kreas apo tin paremvasi gia tis Kanarioys Nisoys - choris enischyseis [Kanonismos (EOK) arith. 1777/93]»;
'Intervention meat for the Canary Islands - without the payment of aid [Regulation (EEC) No 1777/93]';
« Viandes d'intervention destinées aux îles Canaries - Sans aide [règlement (CEE) no 1777/93] »;
« Carni in regime d'intervento destinate alle isole Canarie - senza aiuto [Regolamento (CEE) n. 1777/93] »;
"Interventievlees voor de Canarische eilanden - zonder steun (Verordening (EEG) nr. 1777/93)";
« Carne de intervençao destinada às ilhas Canárias - sem ajuda [Regulamento (CEE) no 1777/93] ».
Regulation (EEC) No 642/93 is hereby repealed.
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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32001R1240 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1240/2001 of 25 June 2001 initiating a "new exporter" review of Council Regulation (EC) No 2604/2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate originating, inter alia, in India, repealing the duty with regard to imports from one exporting producer and making these imports subject to registration
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1240/2001
of 25 June 2001
initiating a "new exporter" review of Council Regulation (EC) No 2604/2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate originating, inter alia, in India, repealing the duty with regard to imports from one exporting producer 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 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community(1) ("the basic Regulation"), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2338/2000(2), and in particular Article 11(4) thereof,
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 Futura Polymers Ltd ("the applicant"), an exporting producer in India ("the country concerned").
B. PRODUCT
(2) The product under investigation is polyethylene terephthalate ("PET") with a coefficient of viscosity of 78 ml/g or higher, according to DIN (Deutsche Industrienorm) 53728, as described in Article 1 of the Council Regulation imposing the existing measures, originating in India ("the product concerned"). It is currently classifiable within CN codes 3907 60 20 and ex 3907 60 80 (TARIC code 3907 60 80 10.) These CN codes are given for information only.
C. EXISTING MEASURES
(3) The measures currently in force are a definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2604/2000(3) ("the Regulation") under which imports into the Community of the product concerned are subject to a definitive duty in the form of a specific amount per tonne of EUR 181,7/t, with the exception of imports from several companies specifically mentioned, which are subject to individual duties. The imports of the product concerned produced by the applicant are subject to a definitive individual duty of EUR 223,0/t.
D. GROUNDS FOR THE REVIEW
(4) The applicant had co-operated in an anti-subsidy proceeding run in parallel with the investigation that led to the existing measures, but not in the anti-dumping proceeding leading to the existing measures, since it did not export the product concerned to the Community during the period of investigation on which the existing measures were based, i.e. 1 October 1998 to 30 September 1999 ("the original investigation period"). Therefore no individual margin could be established at that time and he was attributed the residual duty. The Regulation stated explicitly that the applicant was entitled to request a new exporter review, when they had exported to the Community or when they could demonstrate that they had entered into irrevocable contractual obligations to export significant quantities to the Community.
(5) The applicant alleges that, while it did not export the product concerned to the Community during the original investigation period, it has begun to do so thereafter, and that it is not related to any of the exporting producers of the product concerned which are subject to the above-mentioned anti-dumping measures.
E. PROCEDURE
(6) Having examined the evidence available, the Commission concludes that there is sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of a review pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation with a view to determining the applicant's individual margin of dumping and, should dumping be found, the level of duty to which its imports of the product concerned into the Community should be subject.
(7) 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.
(a) Questionnaires
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.
All interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known in writing and to provide supporting evidence. Furthermore, the Commission may hear interested parties, provided that they make a request in writing and show that there are particular reasons why they should be heard.
F. REPEAL OF THE DUTY IN FORCE AND REGISTRATION OF IMPORTS
(8) Pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation, the anti-dumping duty in force should be repealed with regard to imports of the product concerned originating in India, which are produced and sold for export to the Community 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 finding 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 applicants' possible future liabilities cannot be estimated at this stage of the proceeding.
G. TIME LIMIT
(9) 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 reply to the questionnaire mentioned in recital 7(a) 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
(10) In cases in which any interested party refuses access to, or otherwise does not provide, necessary information within the relevant 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.
(11) 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,
A review of Regulation (EC) No 2604/2000 is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation in order to determine if and to what extent imports of polyethylene terephthalate with a coefficient of viscosity of 78 ml/g or higher, according to DIN (Deutsche Industrienorm) 53728, falling within 3907 60 20 and ex 3907 60 80 (TARIC code 3907 60 80 10 ) originating in India, produced and sold for export to the Community by Futura Polymers Ltd, should be subject to the anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 2604/2000.
The anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 2604/2000 is hereby repealed with regard to imports of the product identified in Article 1 of this Regulation (TARIC additional code: A184).
The customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 14(5) of the 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 after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must make themselves known by contacting the Commission, present their views in writing and submit information, unless otherwise specified, within 40 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Interested parties may also apply to be heard by the Commission within the same 40-day time limit. This time limit applies to all interested parties, including parties not named in the application, and it is consequently in the interest of these parties to contact the Commission without delay.
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 numbers of the interested party.
Any information relating to the matter and any request for a hearing should be sent to the following address: European Commission Directorate General for Trade
TERV-0/13
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 B - 1049 Brussels Fax (32-2) 295 65 05 Telex COMEU B 21877.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31988D0648 | 88/648/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1988 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel and concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel
| 27.12.1988 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 358/19
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 December 1988
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel and concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel
(88/648/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel (1) was signed on 11 May 1975;
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the said Agreement and concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the Euroepan Economic Community and the State of Israel and concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R3064 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3064/93 of 5 November 1993 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to fruit and vegetable trade between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 as regards tomatoes, artichokes and melons
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3064/93 of 5 November 1993 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to fruit and vegetable trade between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 as regards tomatoes, artichokes and melons
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 of 23 October 1989 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fresh fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3831/92 (4), establishes the list of products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector from 1 January 1990; whereas tomatoes, artichokes and melons are included on the list;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3308/91 (6), lays down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism, hereinafter called the 'STM', to fresh fruit and vegetables;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2609/93 (7) lays down that the periods referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be up to 7 November 1993 for the above products; whereas, in view of expected exports from Spain to the rest of the Community, with the exception of Portugal, and of the Community market, a period I should be fixed up to 31 December 1993 for the products in question, in accordance with the Annex;
Whereas it should be recalled that the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 on statistical monitoring and the various communications from the Member States apply in order to ensure that the STM operates;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For tomatoes, artichokes and melons falling within the CN codes set out in the Annex, the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
For consignments from Spain to the rest of the Community market with the exception of Portugal of the products listed in Article 1, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 shall apply.
However, the notification referred to in Article 2 (2) of the said Regulation shall be made each Tuesday at the latest for the quantities consigned during the preceding week.
The communications referred to in the first paragraph of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 shall be made once a month by the fifth of each month at the latest for information referring to the previous month; where appropriate, this communication shall bear the word 'nil'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 November 1993.
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32001D0843 | 2001/843/EC: Commission Decision of 29 November 2001 providing for a compulsory beef labelling system in Luxembourg (notified under document number C(2001) 3783)
| Commission Decision
of 29 November 2001
providing for a compulsory beef labelling system in Luxembourg
(notified under document number C(2001) 3783)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2001/843/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97(1), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 provides for the possibility, up until 31 December 2001, that Member States where sufficient details are available in the identification and registration system for bovine animals, may decide that for beef from animals born, fattened and slaughtered in the same Member State, supplementary items of information must also be indicated on labels.
(2) Commission Decision 1999/375/EC(2) recognises the fully operation character of the Luxembourg database for bovine animals.
(3) Luxembourg has applied to the Commission for approval for such a compulsory beef labelling system in accordance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000,
The Luxembourg request, as summarised in the Annex, for the introduction of a compulsory labelling system for beef from animals born, fattened and slaughtered on its territory, is approved in accordance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.
This Decision is addressed to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997D0864 | 97/864/EC: Commission Decision of 5 December 1997 modifying Decision 96/304/EC of 22 April 1996 establishing ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to bed linen and T-shirts (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 5 December 1997 modifying Decision 96/304/EC of 22 April 1996 establishing ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to bed linen and T-shirts (Text with EEA relevance) (97/864/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 of 23 March 1992 on a Community eco-label award scheme (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 5 (1) thereof,
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 provides that the conditions for the award of the Community eco-label shall be defined by product group;
Whereas Commission Decision 96/304/EC of 22 April 1996 establishing ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to bed linen and T-shirts (2) needs to be modified in order to clarify the meaning of the terms '100 % cotton` and 'blends of cotton and polyester`;
Whereas in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 the Commission has consulted the principal interest groups within a consultation forum;
Whereas the measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92,
In Article 1 of Decision 96/304/EC the second paragraph shall be deleted and replaced by the following text:
'In all cases, the fibre materials for the final fabric must be 100 % cotton or blends of cotton and polyester. Up to 5 % of natural or synthetic elastic fibres may be allowed if justified on technical grounds.`
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994L0064 | Council Directive 94/64/EEC of 14 December 1994 amending the Annex to Directive 85/73/EEC on the financing of veterinary inspections and controls of animal products covered by Annex a to Directive 89/662/EEC and by Directive 90/675/EEC
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 94/64/EC of 14 December 1994 amending the Annex to Directive 85/73/EEC on the financing of veterinary inspections and controls of animal products covered by Annex A to Directive 89/662/EEC and by Directive 90/675/EEC
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 85/73/EEC of 29 January 1985 on the financing of veterinary inspections and controls of animal products covered by Annex A to Directive 89/662/EEC and by Directive 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 6 (1) and (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, for products of animal origin other than meat referred to in Directive 64/433/EEC (2), Directive 71/118/EEC (3) and Directive 72/462/EEC (4), it remains to lay down the necessary detailed rules for ensuring the financing of veterinary inspections;
Whereas, for meat from third countries, a link should be established with the date as from which agreements should be concluded on the reduced frequency of physical checks on consignments of certain products to be imported from third countries, under Directive 90/675/EEC (5),
Chapter II of the Annex to Directive 85/73/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Point 2 shall be replaced by the following:
'2. However, for imports from any of the countries which as at 31 December 1994 have begun exploratory talks with the Community with a view to concluding a comprehensive agreement on the equivalence of veterinary guarantees (animal health and public health) based on the principle of reciprocal treatment, Member States may, until such an agreement is concluded or until 30 June 1995 at the latest, maintain the reduced level of fees which they applied as at 1 January 1994.
This reduction may not exceed 55 % of the standard levels referred to in point 1.
The amount of the fee to be charged on imports from any of the third countries referred to in the first subparagraph will be fixed, following the conclusion of the comprehensive equivalence agreement with the said third country, by the procedure referred to in point 3, taking into account the following principles:
- the frequency level of checks,
- the level of the fee applied by the said third country to imports originating in the Community,
- abolition of other charges levied by the third country, such as compulsory loading or collection of a health bond.';
(b) point 4 shall be deleted.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than two days after the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31994D0831 | 94/831/EC: Commission Decision of 8 December 1994 approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural measures for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products in Luxembourg in respect of Objective 5a, covering the period between 1994 and 1999 (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 8 December 1994 approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural measures for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products in Luxembourg in respect of Objective 5 (a), covering the period between 1994 and 1999 (Only the French text is authentic) (94/831/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 of 29 March 1990 on improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2843/94 (2), and in particular Article 10 (a) thereof,
Whereas on 3 May 1994 the Luxembourg Government submitted to the Commission the Single Programming Document referred to in Article 10 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90, supplemented by additional information sent on 13 July, 9 and 12 August; whereas that document contains the plans designed to improve the structures relating to the various product sectors referred to in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 and the aid applications referred to in Article 10 (a) of that Regulation;
Whereas the Single Programming Document meets the conditions of and contains the information required in Article 1 (3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 860/94 of 18 April 1994 on plans and applications, in the form of operational programmes, for aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products (3);
Whereas the Single Programming Document was drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned under the partnership as defined in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (5);
Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 of 2 July 1990 on arrangements for using the ecu for the purposes of the budgetary management of the Structural Funds (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 402/94 (7), provides that in Commission decisions approving Single Programming Documents, the Community assistance decided upon for the entire period and the annual breakdown thereof are to be set out in ecus, at prices for the year in which the decision is taken, and are to be subject to indexation; whereas the annual breakdown must be compatible with the progressive increase in commitment appropriations as set out in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as amended; whereas the indexation is to be based on a single rate per year corresponding to the rates applied annually to the Community budget on the basis of the mechanisms for technical adjustment of the financial perspectives;
Whereas Article 1 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (8), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) No 2730/94 (9), provides that the legal commitments entered into for measures extending over more than one financial year are to contain a time limit for implementation which must be specified to the recipient in due form when the aid is granted;
Whereas, during the implementation of the Single Programming Document, the Member State is to ensure that the individual projects included therein will conform with the selection criteria for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products currently in force, in application of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90;
Whereas in order to ensure clarity over the whole of the conditions governing the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 in Luxembourg, this Member State will submit to the Commission, before 15 February 1995, a consolidated version of the Single Programming Document showing the agreement reached by the partnership, as set out within the document annexed to the present Decision (10); that this consolidated version must contain all the information required in accordance with Article 10 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 and Articles 8, 9, 10 and 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88;
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 states that the Member States will supply the Commission with appropriate financial information to verify that the principal of additionality is complied with; that this verification should be made for the whole of the Objective 5 (a) measures in each Member State concerned; that the analysis of the information supplied or still to be supplied by the Luxembourg authorities does not yet allow this verification and therefore must be continued within the framework of partnership; that final verification of the respect of the principal of additionality is essential for the continuation of the award of EAGGF aid to the measures which are the subject of the present Decision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
The Single Programming Document for Community structural measures for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products in Luxembourg, covering the period from 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1999, is hereby approved.
The sector included for joint action is:
- wine and alcohol.
The assistance from the EAGGF granted in respect of that Single Programming Document shall amount to a maximum of ECU 1 673 355.
The methods of approval of the financial assistance, including the EAGGF contribution to the sectors adopted for joint action, are specified within the implementation provisions and the financial plans annexed to the present Decision (11).
For the purposes of indexation, the annual breakdown of the planned maximum overall allocation for assistance from the EAGGF shall be as follows:
"ECU (1994 prices)"" ID="1">1994> ID="2">674 618"> ID="1">1995> ID="2">282 661"> ID="1">1996> ID="2">226 129"> ID="1">1997> ID="2">188 441"> ID="1">1998> ID="2">150 753"> ID="1">1999> ID="2">150 753"> ID="1">Total > ID="2">1 673 355">
The budget commitment for the first tranche shall be ECU 674 618.
The commitments for subsequent tranches shall be based on the financing plan for the Single Programming Document and on progress made in implementation.
The Community assistance shall relate only to expenditure connected with operations covered by this Single Programming Document which have been the subject, in the Member State, of legally binding provisions and for which the necessary funds have been specifically committed by 31 December 1999 at the latest. The deadline for the entry in the accounts of expenditure on such measures shall expire on 31 December 2001.
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31984R1299 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1299/84 of 7 May 1984 increasing the volumes of the Community tariff quotas, opened for 1984, for certain grades of ferro-chromium falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1299/84
of 7 May 1984
increasing the volumes of the Community tariff quotas, opened for 1984, for certain grades of ferro-chromium falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation presented by the Commission,
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 3187/83 (1), the Council opened, for 1984, and allocated among the Member States, duty-free Community tariff quotas for ferro-chromium containing not less than 4 % by weight of carbon, or not less than 6 % by weight of carbon, falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff, the volumes of which were fixed at 3 000 and 112 000 tonnes respectively;
Whereas it can be estimated, from the economic data now available on consumption, production and imports benefiting from other preferential tariff arrangements, that Community requirements of imports from third countries for products of this kind could, during the current year, reach levels higher than the volumes laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3187/83; whereas, in order not to disturb the equilibrium of the market for this product and to ensure parallel development in sales of Community production and satisfactory security of supplies to the user industries, it is appropriate to limit any increases in the volumes to 3 000 and 112 000 tonnes respectively;
Whereas, both for ferro-chromium containing not less than 4 % of carbon and for ferro-chromium containing not less than 6 % of carbon it is appropriate to divide into two instalments the volumes of the increases, the first instalments being allocated among certain Member States in proportion to their foreseeable needs, and the second held as a Community reserve to cover possible additional requirements,
The volumes of the Community tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3187/83 for ferro-chromium containing not less than 4 % by weight of carbon, and not less than 6 % by weight of carbon, falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be raised from 3 000 to 6 000 tonnes and from 112 000 to 224 000 tonnes respectively.
1. A first instalment of each of the additional volumes referred to in Article 1 and amounting to 2 800 and 108 000 tonnes respectively shall be allocated among certain Member States as follows:
(a) as regards ferro-chromium containing not less than 4 % by weight of carbon:
1.2 // // (tonnes) // Benelux // 1 750 // France // 700 // United Kingdom // 350
(b) as regards ferro-chromium containing not less than 6 % by weight of carbon:
1.2 // // (tonnes) // Benelux // 4 600 // Germany // 54 910 // France // 23 460 // Italy // 14 900 // United Kingdom // 10 130
2. The second instalments, being 200 and 4 000 tonnes respectively, shall constitute the reserves. The reserves provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3187/83 shall thus be raised from 100 to 300 tonnes and from 5 000 to 9 000 tonnes.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R1215 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1215/2002 of 5 July 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 20/2002 laying down detailed rules for implementing the specific supply arrangements for the outermost regions introduced by Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1215/2002
of 5 July 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 20/2002 laying down detailed rules for implementing the specific supply arrangements for the outermost regions introduced by Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the French overseas departments, amending Directive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 525/77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom) [1], and in particular Article 22 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima) [2], and in particular Article 34 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (Poseican) [3], and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Fixing the flat-rate minimum level of aid for supplying the outermost regions in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 20/2002 [4], as amended by Regulation (EC) No 474/2002 [5], involves the examination and assessment of a significant amount of data. Since that study is taking longer than provided for, the date from which the provision in question is to apply should be postponed and should coincide with the start of the calendar year, normally 1 January 2003.
(2) As a result, Regulation (EC) No 20/2002 should be amended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned,
The first indent of the second subparagraph of Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 20/2002 is replaced by the following:
"— the third and fourth paragraphs of Article 6 shall apply from 1 January 2003,"
.
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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32002D0816 | 2002/816/EC: Commission Decision of 14 October 2002 amending Decision 1999/187/EC on the clearance of accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1995 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (notified under document number C(2002) 3771)
| Commission Decision
of 14 October 2002
amending Decision 1999/187/EC on the clearance of accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1995 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
(notified under document number C(2002) 3771)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(2002/816/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 Committee of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 2002/524/EC(3), the Commission imposed a financial correction on Greece because of shortcomings in its system for controlling arable crops in the financial years 1996 to 1999. As the same shortcomings existed before then, a similar financial correction must be imposed for the 1995 financial year. To this end, it is necessary to amend Commission Decision 1999/187/EC of 3 February 1999 on the clearance of the accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1995 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), as last amended by Decision 2000/448/EC.
(2) This Decision is without prejudice to any financial consequences which may be determined in any subsequent clearance of accounts in respect of State aid or infringements for which the procedures initiated under Articles 88 and 226 of the Treaty are now in progress or were terminated after 15 May 2002.
(3) This Decision is without prejudice to any financial consequences drawn by the Commission during a subsequent accounts clearance procedure from current investigations under way at the time of this Decision, from irregularities within the meaning of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 729/70 or from judgments of the Court of Justice in cases pending on 15 May 2002 and relating to matters covered by this Decision,
The sections of the Annex to Decision 1999/187/EC relating to Greece are replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
The additional amount of GRD - 1827922367 arising under point 3 of the Annex and chargeable by virtue of this Decision shall be taken into account as part of the expenditure referred to in Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96(4) for the month of August 2002.
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32009R0444 | Regulation (EC) No 444/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States
| 6.6.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 142/1
REGULATION (EC) No 444/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 28 May 2009
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 62(2)(a) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),
Whereas:
(1) The European Council meeting in Thessaloniki on 19 and 20 June 2003 confirmed that a coherent approach is needed in the EU on biometric identifiers or biometric data for documents for third-country nationals, EU citizens’ passports and information systems (VIS and SIS II).
(2) In this context, the Council has adopted Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States (2), which represents an important step towards the use of new elements which render passports and travel documents more secure and establish a more reliable link between the holder and the passport or travel document, thus making an important contribution to ensuring that passports and travel documents are protected against fraudulent use.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 provides for a general obligation to provide fingerprints which will be stored on a contactless chip in the passport or travel document. However, experience from tests showed that exceptions are needed. During pilot projects in some Member States it appeared that the fingerprints of children under the age of 6 seemed not to be of a sufficient quality for one-to-one verification of identity. Furthermore, they are subject to significant changes which make it difficult to check them during the entire period of validity of the passport or travel document.
(4) The harmonisation of exceptions to the general obligation to provide fingerprints is essential in order to maintain common security standards and with a view to simplifying border controls. Both for legal and security reasons it should not be left to national legislation to define the exceptions to the obligation to provide fingerprints in passports and travel documents issued by Member States.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 requires biometric data to be collected and stored in the storage medium of passports and travel documents with a view to issuing such documents. This is without prejudice to any other use or storage of these data in accordance with national legislation of Member States. Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 does not provide a legal base for setting up or maintaining databases for storage of those data in Member States, which is strictly a matter of national law.
(6) Furthermore, as a supplementary security measure and in order to provide additional protection for children, the principle of ‘one person-one passport’ should be introduced. It is also recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and it ensures that the passport and the biometric features are only linked to the person holding the passport. It is more secure if every person has his/her own passport.
(7) Taking into account the fact that the Member States will be obliged to issue individual passports to minors and that there might be significant differences between the Member States’ legislation regarding children crossing the external borders of the Member States, the Commission should examine the need for measures to ensure a common approach regarding the rules for the protection of children crossing the external borders of the Member States.
(8) Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
(9) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark does not take part in the adoption of this Regulation and is not bound by it or subject to its application. Given that this Regulation builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark shall, in accordance with Article 5 of the said Protocol, decide within a period of six months after the adoption of this Regulation whether it will implement it in its national law.
(10) This Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(3). The United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(11) This Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(4). Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(12) As regards Iceland and Norway, this Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latter’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(5), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point A, of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement (6).
(13) As regards Switzerland, this Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(7), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point A, of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decisions 2008/146/EC (8) and 2008/149/JHA (9).
(14) As regards Liechtenstein, this Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Protocol signed between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point A, of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/261/EC (10).
(15) Therefore, Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 should be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the following:
(a) Children under the age of 12 years.
(b) persons, where fingerprinting is physically impossible.
2. The following Article shall be inserted:
3. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:
(a) additional security features and requirements, including enhanced anti-forgery, counterfeiting and falsification standards;
(b) technical specifications for the storage medium of the biometric features and their security, including prevention of unauthorised access;
(c) requirements for quality and common technical standards for the facial image and the fingerprints.’;
4. In Article 4, paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:
(a) the authenticity of the passport or travel document;
(b) the identity of the holder by means of directly available comparable features when the passport or travel document is required to be produced by law;
5. the following Article shall be inserted:
6. In Article 6, the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
(a) as regards the facial image: at the latest 18 months;
(b) as regards fingerprints: at the latest 36 months;
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32007R1349 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1349/2007 of 19 November 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 20.11.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 301/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1349/2007
of 19 November 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 November 2007.
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31995R1150 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1150/95 of 22 May 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 738/94 laying down certain rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1150/95 of 22 May 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 738/94 laying down certain rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas (1), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas in Regulation (EC) No 738/94 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2597/94 (3), the Commission laid down certain general rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 520/94 to any Community quantitative quota, with the exception of those listed in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation;
Whereas certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 738/94 must be adapted as a result of the accession to the European Union of Austria, Finland and Sweden, with particular regard to the list of national competent authorities and the incorporation of specific texts in Finnish and Swedish;
Whereas the forms for the import licence and export licence in respectively Annex II A and Annex II B to Regulation (EC) No 738/94 must be amended in order to be brought fully into line with the common form introduced for ECSC purposes by Commission Recommendation No 3118/94/ECSC of 19 December 1994 (4), as amended by Recommendation No 393/95/ECSC (5), and for textiles by Commission Regulations (EC) No 3168/94 (6) and (EC) No 3169/94 (7);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 to administer the quotas,
The following texts shall be inserted at the end of Article 3 (2) (g) of Regulation (EC) No 738/94:
'Minä allekirjoittanut todistan, että tässä hakemuksessa ilmoitetut tiedot ovat oikeita ja vilpittömässä mielessä annettuja ja että olen sijoittautunut Euroopan yhteisöön ja että tämä hakemus on ainoa minun jättämäni tai minun nimissäni jätetty hakemus, joka koskee tässä hakemuksessa kuvattuihin tavaroihin sovellettavaa kiintiötä.
Jos lisenssi jätetään käyttämättä kokonaan tai osittain, sitoudun palauttamaan sen lisenssin myöntäneelle toimivaltaiselle viranomaiselle 10 työpäivän kuluessa sen voimassaolon päättymispäivästä.`
'Undertecknad bekräftar härmed att upplysningarna i denna ansökan är riktiga och lämnade i god tro, att jag är etablerad i Europeiska gemenskapen, och att denna ansökan är den enda som lämnats av mig eller på mina vägnar för kvoten avseende de varor som beskrivs i denna ansökan.
Jag åtar mig att återlämna licensen till den utfärdande myndigheten inom 10 dagar efter det att den har gått ut för den händelse hela eller delar av den inte använts.`
The following text shall be inserted at the end of Article 10 (2) (2) of Regulation (EC) No 738/94:
'- Korvaava lisenssi (ote), joka korvaa kadonneen lisenssin (otteen) - Alkuperäisen lisenssin numero . . .
- Ersättningslicens (utdrag) för en förlorad licens (utdrag) - Ursprungslicensens licensnummer . . .`
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 738/94 shall be replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
Annexes II A and II B to Regulation (EC) No 738/94 shall be replaced by respectively Annexes II A and II B to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31980R3560 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3560/80 of 22 December 1980 on the application of Decision No 3/80 of the EEC- Austria Joint Committee amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of ' originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3560/80 of 22 December 1980 on the application of Decision No 3/80 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria [1], was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;
[1] OJ No L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 2
Whereas the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community on the one hand and the Republic of Austria on the other hand [2], was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1974;
[2] OJ No L 350, 19.12.1973, p. 33.
Whereas by virtue of Articles 11 and 9 respectively of the Protocols which were annexed to the above Agreements following the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community, and which form an integral part thereof, the EEC-Austria Joint Committee
has adopted Decision No 3/80 amending Protocol 3 to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community;
Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community,
For the application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria, Joint Committee Decision No 3/80 shall be applied in the Community.
The text of the Decision is annexed to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981.
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31998D0319 | 98/319/EC: Council Decision of 27 April 1998 relating to the procedures whereby officials and employees of the General Secretariat of the Council may be allowed access to classified information held by the Council
| COUNCIL DECISION of 27 April 1998 relating to the procedures whereby officials and employees of the General Secretariat of the Council may be allowed access to classified information held by the Council (98/319/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 151(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Council's Rules of Procedure (1), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Having regard to the declaration in the Annex to the Final Act of the Treaty of Amsterdam on enhanced cooperation between the European Union and the Western European Union whereby 'with a view to enhanced cooperation between the European Union and the Western European Union, the Conference invites the Council to seek the early adoption of appropriate arrangements for the security clearance of the personnel of the General Secretariat of the Council`,
Whereas, by Decision No 24 of 30 January 1995, the Secretary-General of the Council adopted measures to protect classified information applicable to the General Secretariat of the Council;
Whereas the security regulations must cover not only the physical protection of classified information held by the Council but also authorisation of members of staff to have access to such information;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to introduce a procedure for authorising staff of the General Secretariat of the Council required to have access to such information for professional reasons and to restrict such access to authorised persons only;
Whereas, in the case of staff of the General Secretariat of the Council, the decision to grant authorisation will be the responsibility of the appointing authority within the meaning of Article 2 of the Staff Regulations and Rules Applicable to Officials and Other Servants, hereinafter referred to as 'the appointing authority`, after security screening has been carried out by the competent national authorities of the Member States;
Whereas this Decision shall have no effect on the rules laid down by the Council regarding transparency, in particular, the Council Decision of 20 December 1993 on public access to documents,
1. The only persons authorised to have accesss to classified information held by the Council shall be officials and other servants of the General Secretariat of the Council or any person working within the General Secretariat who, by reason of their duties and for the requirements of the service, need to have knowledge of, or to use, such information.
2. In order to have access to information classified as 'secret` and 'confidential`, the persons referred to in paragraph 1 must have been authorised in accordance with Article 2.
3. Authorisation shall be granted only to persons who have undergone security screening by the competent national authorities of the Member States, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3.
1. The appointing authority shall be responsible for granting the authorisations referred to in Article 1.
The appointing authority shall grant authorisation after obtaining the opinion of the competent national authorities of the Member States on the basis of security clearance carried out in accordance with Articles 3 and 4.
2. Authorisation, which shall be valid for a period of five years, may not exceed the duration of the tasks on the basis of which it was granted. It may be renewed by the appointing authority in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 1.
Authorisation shall be withdrawn by the appointing authority where it considers there are justifiable grounds for doing so. Any decision to withdraw authorisation shall be notified to the person concerned, who may ask to be heard by the appointing authority, and to the competent national authority.
1. The aim of security screening shall be to establish that there are no objections to allowing the person to have access to classified information held by the Council.
2. Security screening shall be carried out with the assistance of the person concerned and at the request of the appointing authority by the competent national authorities of the Member State of which the person subject to authorisation is a national. Should the person concerned reside in the territory of another Member State, the national authorities concerned may secure the cooperation of the authorities of the State of residence.
3. As part of the screening procedure, the person concerned shall be required to complete a personal information form.
4. The appointing authority shall specify in its request the type and level of classified information to be made available to the person concerned, so that the competent national authorities can carry out the screening process and give their opinion as to the appropriate level of authorisation to be granted.
5. The whole security-screening process together with the results obtained shall be subject to the relevant rules and regulations in force in the Member State concerned, including those concerning appeals.
1. Where the competent national authorities of the Member States give a positive opinion, the appointing authority may grant the person concerned authorisation.
2. A negative opinion by the competent national authorities shall be notified to the person concerned, who may ask to be heard by the appointing authority. Should it consider it necessary, the appointing authority may ask the competent national authorities for any further clarification they can provide. If the negative opinion is confirmed, authorisation shall not be granted.
All persons granted authorisation within the meaning of Article 2 shall, at the time the authorisation is granted and at regular intervals thereafter, receive any necessary instructions concerning the protection of classified information and the means of ensuring such protection. Such persons shall sign a declaration acknowledging receipt of the instructions and give an undertaking to obey them.
1. The appointing authority shall take any measure necessary in order to implement this Decision, in particular as regards the rules governing access to the list of authorised persons.
2. Exceptionally, if required by the service, the appointing authority may, after giving the national competent authorities notification and provided there is no reaction from them within a month, grant temporary authorisation for a period not exceeding three months, pending the outcome of the screening referred to in Article 3.
This Decision shall be reviewed two years after the date on which it becomes applicable, on the basis of a report from the Secretary-General.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its publication.
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32010R1189 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1189/2010 of 15 December 2010 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 December 2010
| 16.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1189/2010
of 15 December 2010
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 December 2010
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 falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation 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, for the purposes of calculating 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 of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 16 December 2010 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,
From 16 December 2010, 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 16 December 2010.
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32005R1584 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1584/2005 of 29 September 2005 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 30.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 254/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1584/2005
of 29 September 2005
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month.
(4) However, in the case of certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, there is a danger that, if high refund rates are fixed in advance, the commitments entered into in relation to those refunds may be jeopardised. In order to avert that danger, it is therefore necessary to take appropriate precautionary measures, but without precluding the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of specific refund rates for the advance fixing of refunds in respect of those products should enable those two objectives to be met.
(5) Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account is to be taken, where appropriate, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Regulation on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 or to assimilated products.
(6) Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions.
(7) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (3), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 September 2005.
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