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32010D0084 | 2010/84/: Commission Decision of 9 February 2010 setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2010) 764) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 11.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 February 2010
setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2010) 764)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/84/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (1), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 (2) establishes a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC.
(2) For a number of substance/product type combinations included in that list, either all participants have discontinued their participation from the review programme, or no complete dossier was received within the time period specified in Article 9 and Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 by the Member State designated as rapporteur for the evaluation.
(3) Consequently, and pursuant to Articles 11(2), 12(1) and 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the Commission informed the Member States accordingly. That information was also made public by electronic means on 13 January 2009, 11 February 2009 and 11 March 2009.
(4) Within 3 months of the electronic publication of that information, several companies indicated an interest in taking over the role of participant for some of the substances and product-types concerned, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007.
(5) A new deadline should therefore be established for the submission of dossiers for these substances and product-types in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of that Regulation.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
For the substances and product-types set out in the Annex, the new deadline for the submission of dossiers is 28 February 2011.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R1214 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/98 of 11 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2327/97 opening Community tariff quotas for 1998 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1214/98 of 11 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2327/97 opening Community tariff quotas for 1998 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 779/98 of 7 April 1998 on the import into the Community of agricultural products originating in Turkey, repealing Regulation (EEC) No 4115/86 and amending Regulation (EC) No 3010/95 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Annex I to Protocol 1 of Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998 on the trade regime for agricultural products lays down the quantities of meat of sheep or goats that may be imported under the preferential scheme within tariff quotas;
Whereas it is necessary to adapt the quantities laid down in Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2327/97 (2);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheepmeat and Goatmeat,
Annex IV.B to Regulation (EC) No 2327/97 is hereby replaced by the following:
'B. QUANTITIES FOR 1998 REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(5)
Order number 09.4037
Sheepmeat and goatmeat (tonnes CWE) - Duty rate zero
>TABLE>
(of which Greenland 100 tonnes, Faeroes 20 tonnes, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 107,5 tonnes and Turkey 200 tonnes)`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31983D0405 | 83/405/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1983 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 July 1983
on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC
(Only the French text is authentic)
(83/405/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms (1), as last amended by Directive 82/436/EEC (2), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 13 April 1983 the Government of Luxembourg notified the Grand-Ducal regulation of 8 March 1983 laying down for 1982 the fixing of the comparable earned income as well as certain provisions relating thereto;
Whereas under Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC the Commission has to determine whether, having regard to the Grand-Ducal regulation of 8 March 1983, the existing provisions in Luxembourg for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community;
Whereas the abovementioned Grand-Ducal regulation of 8 March 1983 is consistent with the aims and requirements of Directive 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
Having regard to the Grand-Ducal regulation of 8 March 1983 the provisions concerning the implementation in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg of Directive 72/159/EEC continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures as referred to in Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32015R0133 | Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/133 of 23 January 2015 establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in areas IV, VIId and Union waters of IIa by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
| 29.1.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 23/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/133
of 23 January 2015
establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in areas IV, VIId and Union waters of IIa by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 (2), lays down quotas for 2014.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2014.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2014 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32010D0512(01) | Council Decision of 29 March 2010 appointing the Greek members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work
| 12.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 123/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 29 March 2010
appointing the Greek members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work
2010/C 123/01
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2003/C 218/01 of 22 July 2003 on the setting up of an Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the list of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States,
Whereas:
(1) In its Decision of 16 February 2010 (2), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work for the period from 1 March 2010 until 28 February 2013, except for certain members and alternate members, including the Greek members and alternate members for the employers’ organisation categories.
(2) The Greek Government has proposed candidates for the vacant seats,
The following are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work for the period ending on 28 February 2013:
I. EMPLOYERS’ REPRESENTATIVES
Members Alternates
Mr Pavlos KYRIAKOGGONAS Ms Natassa AVLONITOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R1812 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1812/2004 of 19 October 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 20.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 319/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1812/2004
of 19 October 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October 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 |
32004R0700 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 700/2004 of 15 April 2004 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 700/2004
of 15 April 2004
on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96(3), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the delivery obligations at zero duty of products of CN code 1701, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.
(2) Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the zero duty tariff quotas for products of CN code 1701 11 10, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.
(3) Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 opens tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne for products of CN code 1701 11 10 for imports originating in Brazil, Cuba and other third countries.
(4) In the week of 5 to 9 April 2004 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding a country's delivery obligation quantity of ACP-India preferential sugar determined under Article 9 of that Regulation.
(5) In these circumstances the Commission must set reduction coefficients to be used so that licences are issued for quantities scaled down in proportion to the total available and must indicate that the limit in question has been reached,
In the case of import licence applications presented from 5 to 9 April 2004 in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 licences shall be issued for the quantities indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31992R3808 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3808/92 of 29 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 970/90 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3808/92
of 29 December 1992
amending Regulation (EEC) No 970/90 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries or territories (OCT) (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (2), and in particular Article 27 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 970/90 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (4), in Article 3 (1) and (2) provides for adjustments to the reduction in the import levies on beef and veal taking account of the monetary compensatory amounts and the monetary coefficients; whereas, since those two factors will cease to apply from 1 January 1993, the abovementioned adjustments should no longer be made;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Article 3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 970/90 is hereby replaced by the following:
'1. The amount referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 relating to each product to be imported into a Member State shall be equal to 90 % of the levy on imports into the Community applying on the first Monday of each quarter.
2. The reduction shall be deducted from the levy in force on the day on which the declaration of release for free circulation in the Community is accepted.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1993.
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 |
32014D0740 | 2014/740/EU: Council Decision of 9 October 2014 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors regarding the mandate to be given to the Executive Board of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE)
| 29.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 308/93
COUNCIL DECISION
of 9 October 2014
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors regarding the mandate to be given to the Executive Board of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE)
(2014/740/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 209(2) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) (‘the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’),
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) At the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, the Parties to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement called for a more direct private sector engagement in order to advance innovation, create income and jobs, promote SMEs and entrepreneurship, mobilise domestic resources and further develop innovative financial mechanisms.
(2) Taking into account the above and the evolution of the international context, in particular the considerable number of actors and modalities capable of providing effective private sector support, related programmes are to be implemented through organisations that have shown their capacity to provide high quality expertise in a cost-effective way.
(3) At its 39th session held on 19 and 20 June 2014 in Nairobi, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers agreed, in a Joint Declaration, to proceed with the orderly closing of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (‘CDE’) and the amendment of Annex III to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement and, for this purpose, decided to grant a delegation of powers to the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors to take the matter forward with a view to adopting the necessary decisions.
(4) The position of the Union within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors regarding the mandate to be given to the Executive Board of the CDE should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
1. The position to be adopted by the European Union within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors regarding the mandate to be given to the Executive Board of the CDE shall be established under the terms of the draft Decision of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors attached to this Decision.
2. Minor changes to the draft Decision may be agreed by the representatives of the Union within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors without requiring a Decision of the Council.
After its adoption, the Decision of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 |
31986D0559 | 86/559/EEC: Council Decision of 15 September 1986 on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning agriculture and fisheries
| 22.11.1986 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 328/98
COUNCIL DECISION
of 15 September 1986
on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning agriculture and fisheries
(86/559/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 it is necessary to approve the Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning agriculture and fisheries, to take account of the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community,
The Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning agriculture and fisheries are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The texts of the Exchanges of Letters are attached to this Decision
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreements for the purpose of binding the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0462 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 462/2005 of 21 March 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the German intervention agency
| 22.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 75/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 462/2005
of 21 March 2005
opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the German intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (2), lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies.
(2) Given the current market situation, a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the export of 500 693 tonnes of barley held by the German intervention agency.
(3) Special rules must be laid down to ensure that the operations are properly carried out and monitored. To that end, securities should be lodged to ensure that the goals of the operation are achieved without excessive cost to the operators. Derogations should accordingly be made to certain rules, in particular those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.
(4) Where removal of the barley is delayed by more than five days or the release of one of the securities required is delayed for reasons imputable to the intervention agency, the Member State concerned should pay compensation.
(5) To forestall reimportation refunds should be awarded only for exportation to certain third countries.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Subject to this Regulation, the German intervention agency shall issue a standing invitation to tender in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 for the export of barley held by it.
1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 500 693 tonnes of barley for export to third countries with the exception of Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico, Serbia and Montenegro (3), the United States of America, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Romania and Switzerland.
2. The regions in which the 500 693 tonnes of barley are stored are set out in Annex I.
1. As an exception to the third paragraph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be paid for the export shall be that quoted in the tender, without monthly increase.
2. No export refund or tax or monthly increase shall be granted on exports carried out under this Regulation.
3. Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 shall not apply.
1. Export licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 until the end of the fourth month thereafter.
2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to tender may not be accompanied by export licence applications submitted under Article 49 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (4).
1. As an exception to Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the time limit for submission of tenders under the first partial invitation to tender shall be 9.00 (Brussels time) on 31 March 2005.
2. The time limit for submission of tenders under subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be 9.00 (Brussels time) each Thursday hereafter, with the exception of 5 May 2005 and 26 May 2005.
3. The last partial invitation to tender shall expire at 9.00 (Brussels time) on 23 June 2005.
4. Tenders must be lodged with the German intervention agency:
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
Adickesallee 40
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Fax (49) 691 56 46 24
1. The intervention agency, the storer and a successful tenderer shall, at the request of the latter and by common agreement, either before or at the time of removal from storage as the tenderer chooses, take reference samples for counter-analysis at the rate of at least one sample for every 500 tonnes and shall analyse the samples. The intervention agency may be represented by a proxy, provided this is not the storer.
In the event of a dispute, the analysis results shall be forwarded to the Commission.
Reference samples for counter-analysis shall be taken and analysed within seven working days of the date of the successful tenderer's request or within three working days if the samples are taken on removal from storage. Where the final result of sample analyses indicates a quality:
(a) higher than that specified in the notice of invitation to tender, the successful tenderer must accept the lot as established;
(b) higher than the minimum characteristics laid down for intervention but below the quality described in the notice of invitation to tender, providing that the differences do not exceed the following limits:
— one kilogram per hectolitre as regards specific weight, which must not, however, be less than 64 kg/hl,
— one percentage point as regards moisture content,
— half a percentage point as regards the impurities specified in points B.2 and B.4 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 (5), and
— half a percentage point as regards the impurities specified in point B.5 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 824/2000, the percentages admissible for noxious grains and ergot, however, remaining unchanged,
(c) higher than the minimum characteristics laid down for intervention but below the quality described in the notice of invitation to tender, and a difference exceeding the limits set out in point (b), the successful tenderer may:
— accept the lot as established, or
— refuse to take over the lot concerned. The successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obligations relating to the lot in question and the securities shall be released provided the Commission and the intervention agency are immediately notified in accordance with Annex II; however, if the successful tenderer requests the intervention agency to supply another lot of intervention barley of the quality laid down at no additional charge, the security shall not be released. The lot must be replaced within three days of the date of the successful tenderer's request. The successful tenderer shall notify the Commission immediately thereof in accordance with Annex II;
(d) below the minimum characteristics laid down for intervention, the successful tenderer may not remove the lot in question. The successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obligations relating to the lot in question and the securities shall be released provided the Commission and the intervention agency are immediately notified in accordance with Annex II; however, the successful tenderer may request the intervention agency to supply another lot of intervention barley of the quality laid down at no additional charge. In that case, the security shall not be released. The lot must be replaced within three days of the date of the successful tenderer's request. The successful tenderer shall immediately inform the Commission thereof in accordance with Annex II.
2. However, if the barley is removed before the results of the analyses are known, all risks shall be borne by the successful tenderer from the time the lot is removed, without prejudice to any means of redress against the storer.
3. If, as a result of successive replacements, the successful tenderer has not received a replacement lot of the quality laid down within one month of the date of the request for a replacement, the successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obligations and the securities shall be released, provided the Commission and the intervention agency have been immediately informed in accordance with Annex II.
4. Except where the final results of analyses indicate a quality below the minimum characteristics laid down for intervention, the costs of taking the samples and conducting the analyses provided for in paragraph 1 but not of inter-bin transfers shall be borne by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) for up to one analysis per 500 tonnes. The costs of inter-bin transfers and any additional analyses requested by a successful tenderer shall be borne by that tenderer.
As an exception to Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 (6), the documents relating to the sale of barley under this Regulation, and in particular the export licence, the removal order referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, the export declaration and, where applicable, the T5 copy shall carry the entry:
— Cebada de intervención sin aplicación de restitución ni gravamen, Reglamento (CE) no 462/2005
— Intervenční ječmen nepodléhá vývozní náhradě ani clu, nařízení (ES) č. 462/2005
— Byg fra intervention uden restitutionsydelse eller -afgift, forordning (EF) nr. 462/2005
— Interventionsgerste ohne Anwendung von Ausfuhrerstattungen oder Ausfuhrabgaben, Verordnung (EG) Nr. 462/2005
— Sekkumisoder, mille puhul ei rakendata toetust või maksu, määrus (EÜ) nr 462/2005
— Κριθή παρέμβασης χωρίς εφαρμογή επιστροφής ή φόρου, κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 462/2005
— Intervention barley without application of refund or tax, Regulation (EC) No 462/2005
— Orge d'intervention ne donnant pas lieu à restitution ni taxe, règlement (CE) no 462/2005
— Orzo d'intervento senza applicazione di restituzione né di tassa, regolamento (CE) n. 462/2005
— Intervences rudzi bez kompensācijas vai nodokļa piemērošanas, Regula (EK) Nr. 462/2005
— Intervenciniai rugiai, kompensacija ar mokesčiai netaikytini, Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 462/2005
— Intervenciós árpa, visszatérítés, illetve adó nem alkalmazandó, 462/2005/EK rendelet
— Gerst uit interventie, zonder toepassing van restitutie of belasting, Verordening (EG) nr. 462/2005
— Jęczmień interwencyjny niedający prawa do refundacji ani do opłaty, rozporządzenie (WE) nr 462/2005
— Cevada de intervenção sem aplicação de uma restituição ou imposição, Regulamento (CE) n.o 462/2005
— Intervenčný jačmeň nepodlieha vývozným náhradám ani clu, nariadenie (ES) č. 462/2005
— Intervencija rži brez zahtevkov za nadomestila ali carine, Uredba (ES) št. 462/2005
— Interventio-ohra, johon ei sovelleta vientitukea eikä vientimaksua, asetus (EY) N:o 462/2005
— Interventionskorn, utan tillämpning av bidrag eller avgift, förordning (EG) nr 462/2005.
1. The security lodged under Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 shall be released once the export licences have been issued to the successful tenderers.
2. Notwithstanding Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the obligation to export shall be covered by a security equal to the difference between the intervention price applying on the day of the award and the price awarded but not less than EUR 25 per tonne. Half of the security shall be lodged when the licence is issued and the balance shall be lodged before the cereals are removed.
Within two hours of the expiry of the time limit for the submission of tenders, the German intervention agency shall notify the Commission of tenders received. Such notification shall be made using the model set out in Annex III and the fax numbers set out in Annex IV.
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31993D0154 | 93/154/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 January 1993 concerning an AIMA national programme on aid which Italy plans to grant for the private storage of carrots (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 12 January 1993 concerning an AIMA national programme on aid which Italy plans to grant for the private storage of carrots (only the Italian text is authentic)
(93/154/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 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 1754/92 (2), and in particular Article 31 thereof,
After giving notice to the parties concerned, in accordance with Article 93 (2) of the Treaty, to submit their comments (3),
Whereas:
I By letter of 20 December 1991, recorded as received on 28 January 1992, the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Communities notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 93 (3) of the Treaty, of a national programme concerning aid for the private storage of carrots established by AIMA (Italian intervention agency).
The programme was based on a decision of the CIPE (Comitato Interministeriale per la Programmazione Economica) of 4 December 1990, which, in its last two paragraphs, specified that the programme could be implemented only after notification to the European Commission and verification of its compatibility with Community rules.
The measure involves the granting, for a period of four months, of aid totalling Lit 2,46 billion for the conservation of a maximum overall quantity of 45 000 tonnes of carrots.
The Italian Government justified the measures on the grounds of the difficulties affecting the market in carrots.
II By letter No SG(92) D/5210 of 14 April 1992, the Commission informed the Italian Government that it had decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the Treaty in respect of this aid scheme.
In the same letter the Commission informed the Italian authorities that it considered the aid to be an operating aid incompatible with the Commission's standing philosophy regarding the application of Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty; a measure of this sort has the direct effect of artificially reducing cost prices and improving the conditions under which the producers concerned produce and dispose of their products as compared with other producers in other Member States who do not qualify for comparable aid.
The measure in question is therefore capable of distorting competition and affecting trade between the Member States and meets the criteria laid down in Article 92 (1) of the Treaty without qualifying under the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (2) and (3).
Moreover, the measure constitutes an infringement of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72.
That Regulation must be considered a comprehensive, exhaustive system which bars the Member States from taking any supplementary measures.
Under the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2), the Commission gave notice to the Italian Government to submit its comments.
It also gave notice to the other Member States and to the other parties concerned to submit their comments.
III By letter of 25 May 1992 the Italian Government replied to the Commission's letter of 14 April 1992, submitting the following comments.
According to the Italian authorities, carrots are subject to the market organization in fruit and vegetables only in a purely formal way. Since the product in question does not, at Community level, benefit from any aid measure or direct or indirect support, it would be reasonable to consider carrots as substantively outside the common organization of the market concerned.
Hence, carrots fall within Council Regulation No 26 (4), as amended by Regulation No 49 (5), and the Commission, applying only Article 93 (1) and (3), first sentence, of the Treaty, may only make recommendations in respect of the aid in question.
The absence of a market organization for carrots means, according to the Italian authorities, that aid for the private storage of carrots cannot be classified as operating aid, non-permissible under the competition rules of the Treaty.
IV With regard to the arguments put forward by the Italian authorities, the following points must be stressed.
Carrots are included in the list of products governed by the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (cf. Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72).
Hence, they are subject to all the rules of that market organization.
Each common organization of the market is characterized by the fact that, for a given sector, all possibility of national market organization measures is ruled out, being replaced by Community measures.
The Italian authorities may no longer - even in critical market situations - apply measures other than specified by the rules governing the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables. That organization is to be seen as a complete and exhaustive system which leaves Member States no power whatsoever to take any supplementary measures with regard to the operation of the market organization concerned.
The measure in question is therefore incompatible with the common market and does not qualify for any of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) of the Treaty.
This conclusion is not invalidated by the fact that the market organization in question does not provide for specific aid measures for carrots.
The absence of such measures reflects the Community legislator's intention to limit itself to the rules laid down by the market organization concerned, judging them to be sufficient to regulate the market in question.
In view of the above, the arguments put forward by the Italian authorities cannot be accepted.
V During the 1991 marketing year, Italian production of carrots was estimated at 475 500 tonnes (from an area of 11 100 hectares), which represents approximately to 18 % of the average annual Community production of carrots over the period 1988 to 1990.
The quantities concerned in the case of the aid in question amount to a maximum of 45 000 tonnes of carrots (i.e. 9,5 % of Italian production and 1,7 % of average Community production).
The impact of the aid on intra-Community trade could therefore be substantial.
VI Aid for the private storage of carrots would, if granted, constitute an operating aid for the benefit of producers, producer groups and associations, and traders active in this sector. Such aid, if granted, would enable the recipients to reduce storage costs and to benefit from more advantageous prices than would have been the case without the State aid. The measure could, therefore, distort competition between recipients of the aid and other non-recipient operators in the same sector in Italy and elsewhere in the Community.
Morever, a reduction in storage costs would reduce the general costs of marketing the product in question and enable Italian producer groups and associations and interested traders to sell the product in Italy and in the other Member States on more favourable terms. The aid would make them more competitive on the markets of the other Member States and is therefore likely to affect trade between Member States.
The measure in question therefore fulfils the criteria set out in Article 92 (1) of the Treaty according to which the aid to which it relates is incompatible with the common market.
The exceptions to such incompatibility, set out in Article 92 (2), are clearly not applicable to the aid in question. Those set out in Article 92 (3) relate to objectives pursued in the Community's interest and not only in the interest of individual sectors of the national economy. These exceptions are to be strictly interpreted when examining any regional or sectoral aid or any case of individual application of general aid schemes.
In particular, such exceptions can be granted only in cases where the Commission can establish that the aid is necessary for achievement of one of the objectives set out in those provisions. To allow such exceptions in respect of aid which does not offer the benefits set out would amount to allowing trade between Member States to be affected and competition to be distorted without justification from the point of view of the Community interest and would give an unfair advantage to operators in certain Member States.
In the case in point, the aid does not offer such benefits. The Italian Government was unable to provide any justification, and the Commission could find none, showing that the aid in question met the conditions required for the application of one of the exceptions set out in Article 92 (3) of the Treaty.
This is not a measure intended to promote an important project of common European interest as mentioned in Article 92 (3) (b), given that its likely effects on trade run counter to the common interest. Neither is the measure aimed at remedying a serious distrubance in the economy of the Member State concerned within the meaning of the same provision.
As regards the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) for aid intended to facilitate or promote the economic development of certain regions or of certain activities, it should be noted that the measure in question, as an operating aid, cannot bring about a lasting improvement in the conditions obtaining in the enterprises attracting the aid since, once the supply of aid stopped, the structural situation of the enterprise would be the same as before State intervention began to operate.
Consequently the proposed aid measure cannot qualify for any of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (2) and (3) of the Treaty.
Moreover, it is considered that the aid in question involves a product subject to a market organization and there are limitations on Member States' powers to intervene directly in the operation of market organizations comprising a system of common support, this being an area where the Community now has exclusive powers.
The granting of the aid in question ignores the principle that Member States no longer have the right to act independently in the matter of farmers' incomes within the framework of a common organization of the market by the granting of such aid. Even if an exception pursuant to Article 92 (3) of the Treaty had been conceivable in the case of the agricultural product in question, the fact that the aid infringes the market organization in question makes it impossible to apply any such exception.
The aid in question must be considered incompatible with the common market and may not be granted,
Aid for the private storage of carrots, as provided for in the national programme of AIMA (Italian intervention agency) of 27 November 1991, on the basis of a decision of 4 December 1990 by the CIPE (Comitato Interministeriale per la Programmazione Economica) is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the Treaty and must therefore not be granted.
Italy shall inform the Commission within one month of being notified of this Decision, of the measures it has taken to comply therewith.
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31993R2478 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2478/93 of 7 September 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category No 35 (order No 40.0350), originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2478/93 of 7 September 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category No 35 (order No 40.0350), originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for 1993 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of products of category 35 (order No 40.0350), originating in Thailand, the relevant ceiling amounts to 264 tonnes;
Whereas on 14 May 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Thailand, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand,
As from 12 September 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended, for 1993 pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003R0091 | Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics
| Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 16 December 2002
on rail transport statistics
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Having consulted the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3),
Whereas:
(1) Railways are an important part of the Community's transport networks.
(2) The Commission needs statistics on the transport of goods and passengers by rail in order to monitor and develop the common transport policy, as well as the transport elements of policies on the regions and on trans-European networks.
(3) Statistics on rail safety are required by the Commission in order to prepare and monitor Community actions in the field of transport safety.
(4) Community statistics on rail transport are also required in order to fulfil the monitoring tasks provided for in Article 10b of Council Directive 91/440/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the Community's railways(4).
(5) Community statistics on all modes of transport should be collected according to common concepts and standards, with the aim of achieving the fullest practicable comparability between transport modes.
(6) The restructuring of the rail industry under Directive 91/440/EEC, as well as changes in the type of information required by the Commission and by other users of Community statistics on rail transport, renders obsolete the provisions of Council Directive 80/1177/EEC of 4 December 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by rail, as part of regional statistics(5) in relation to the collection of statistics from specified administrations of main rail networks.
(7) The coexistence of publicly and privately owned railway undertakings operating in a commercial rail transport market requires an explicit specification of the statistical information which should be provided by all railway undertakings and disseminated by Eurostat.
(8) In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity laid down in Article 5 of the Treaty, the creation of common statistical standards which permit the production of harmonised data is an action which can only be undertaken efficiently at Community level. Such standards should be implemented in each Member State under the authority of the bodies and institutions in charge of producing official statistics.
(9) Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community statistics(6) provides a reference framework for the provisions laid down by this Regulation.
(10) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(7).
(11) The Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom of 19 June 1989 establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities(8) has been consulted in accordance with Article 3 of the said Decision,
Objective
The objective of this Regulation is to establish common rules for the production of Community rail transport statistics.
Scope
This Regulation shall cover all railways in the Community. Each Member State shall report statistics which relate to rail transport on its national territory. Where a railway undertaking operates in more than one Member State, the national authorities concerned shall require the undertaking to provide data separately for each country in which it operates so as to enable national statistics to be compiled.
Member States may exclude from the scope of this Regulation:
(a) railway undertakings which operate entirely or mainly within industrial and similar installations, including harbours;
(b) railway undertakings which mainly provide local tourist services, such as preserved historical steam railways.
Definitions
1. For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "reporting country" means the Member State transmitting data to Eurostat;
(b) "national authorities" means national statistical institutes and other bodies responsible in each Member State for producing Community statistics;
(c) "railway undertaking" means any public or private undertaking which provides services for the transport of goods and/or passengers by rail.
2. The definitions referred to in paragraph 1 may be adapted, and additional definitions needed to ensure harmonisation of statistics may be adopted, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
Data collection
1. The statistics to be collected are set out in the Annexes to this Regulation. They shall cover the following types of data:
(a) annual statistics on goods transport - detailed reporting (Annex A);
(b) annual statistics on goods transport - simplified reporting (Annex B);
(c) annual statistics on passenger transport - detailed reporting (Annex C);
(d) annual statistics on passenger transport - simplified reporting (Annex D);
(e) quarterly statistics on goods and passenger transport (Annex E);
(f) regional statistics on goods and passenger transport (Annex F);
(g) statistics on traffic flows on the rail network (Annex G);
(h) statistics on accidents (Annex H).
2. Annexes B and D set out simplified reporting requirements, which may be used by Member States as alternatives to the normal detailed reporting set out in Annexes A and C, for undertakings for which the total volume of goods or passenger transport is less than 500 million tonne-km or 200 million passenger-km respectively. These thresholds may be adapted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11(2).
3. Member States shall also provide a list of the railway undertakings for which statistics are provided, as specified in Annex I.
4. For the purposes of this Regulation, goods shall be classified in accordance with Annex J. Dangerous goods shall additionally be classified in accordance with Annex K.
5. The contents of the Annexes may be adapted, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
Data sources
1. Member States shall designate a public or private organisation to participate in collecting the data required under this Regulation.
2. The necessary data may be obtained using any combination of the following sources:
(a) compulsory surveys;
(b) administrative data, including data collected by regulatory authorities;
(c) statistical estimation procedures;
(d) data supplied by professional organisations in the rail industry;
(e) ad hoc studies.
3. The national authorities shall take measures for the coordination of the data sources used and to ensure the quality of the statistics transmitted to Eurostat.
Transmission of statistics to Eurostat
1. Member States shall transmit to Eurostat the statistics referred to in Article 4.
2. The arrangements for transmission of the statistics referred to in Article 4 shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
Dissemination
1. Community statistics based on the data specified in Annexes A to H to this Regulation shall be disseminated by Eurostat. In this context, and in view of the characteristics of the European railway market, data deemed to be confidential under Article 13(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 may be disclosed only if:
(a) the data are already available to the public in the Member States; or
(b) the explicit approval for such disclosure has been given in advance by the undertakings concerned.
The national authorities shall make a request to such undertakings for permission to disclose the required data and shall inform Eurostat of the result of this request when the data are transmitted to Eurostat.
2. The information reported under Annex I shall not be disseminated.
Quality of statistics
1. In order to assist Member States in maintaining the quality of statistics in the domain of rail transport, Eurostat shall develop and publish methodological recommendations. These recommendations shall take account of the best practices of national authorities, of railway undertakings and of professional organisations for the railway industry.
2. The quality of the statistical data shall be evaluated by Eurostat. To this end, on request by Eurostat, Member States shall supply information on the methods used in producing the statistics.
Report
After data have been collected over three years, the Commission shall send a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on experience acquired in the work carried out under this Regulation accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate proposals. That report shall include the results of the quality evaluation referred to in Article 8. It shall evaluate the impact on the quality of rail transport statistics of the application to this Regulation of the provisions on the confidentiality of statistics laid down in Regulation (EC) No 322/97. It shall also evaluate the benefits of the availability of statistics in this domain, the costs of obtaining such statistics and the burden on enterprises.
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Implementing procedures
The following implementing measures shall be taken in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 11(2):
(a) adaptation of the thresholds for simplified reporting (Article 4);
(b) adaptation of the definitions and adoption of additional definitions (Article 3);
(c) adaptation of the contents of the annexes (Article 4);
(d) arrangements for transmitting data to Eurostat (Article 6);
(e) definition of the guidelines for the reports on the quality and comparability of the results (Articles 8 and 9).
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Procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee instituted by Article 1 of Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
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Directive 80/1177/EEC
1. Member States shall provide results for the year 2002 in accordance with Directive 80/1177/EEC.
2. Directive 80/1177/EEC is hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2003.
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Entry into force
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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31991R0288 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 288/91 of 6 February 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium for producers of sheepmeat
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 288/91 of 6 February 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium for producers of sheepmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 5 (9) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 provides for the grant of a premium to sheepmeat producers; whereas the detailed implementing rules for the grant of the premium are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1260/90 (4);
Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84 provides for the Member States to notify certain information concerning the premium applications presented for each marketing year; whereas so that adjustments can be made in the compilation of official statistics for the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector this information should also be made available to the national agencies responsible for compiling them;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
Article 1
The following second subparagraph is hereby issued to Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3007/84:
'These particulars must, at the request of the national agencies responsible for compilation of official statistics in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector, be made available to them.' Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R0609 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2002 of 9 April 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 and increasing the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of rice held by the Italian intervention agency to approximately 25000 tonnes
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2002
of 9 April 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 and increasing the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of rice held by the Italian intervention agency to approximately 25000 tonnes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular the final indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91(3) lays down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 395/2002(4) opens a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of approximately 20000 tonnes of round-grain paddy rice held by the Italian intervention agency.
(3) In view of the current market situation, the quantity of rice placed on sale on the internal market should be increased to include 5000 tonnes of long-grain paddy rice B held by the Italian intervention agency.
(4) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 395/2002, the words "some 20000 tonnes of round-grain paddy rice held by that agency" are replaced by "approximately 25000 tonnes of paddy rice held by that agency, made up of approximately 20000 tonnes of round-grain paddy rice and approximately 5000 tonnes of long-grain paddy rice B."
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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31990R0410 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 410/90 of 16 February 1990 setting quality standards for kiwifruit
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 410/90
of 16 February 1990
setting quality standards for kiwifruit
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 1119/89 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas Annex 1 to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 listing the products for delivery fresh to the consumer to be covered by quality standards was supplemented by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/89 (3) adding kiwifruit; whereas the quality standards for this product must therefore be set;
Whereas application of these standards should have the effect of keeping products of unsatisfactory quality off the market, guiding production to meet consumers' requirements and facilitating trade under fair competitive conditions, so helping to improve the profitability of production;
Whereas these standards shall be applicable at all marketing stages; whereas transport over long distances, storage of more than a certain duration and the amount of handling to which products are subject can result in some degree of deterioration owing to the biological development of the product or its fairly perishable nature; whereas such deterioration should be taken into account in the application of the standards at the marketing stages following consignment; whereas since products of the 'extra' class must be particularly carefully selected and packed allowance should be made for a loss of freshness and turgidity alone;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The quality standards for kiwifruit falling within CN code 0810 90 10 shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
These standards shall apply to all marketing stages on the terms laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72.
However at stages following consignment the following tolerances shall be allowed:
- a slight loss of freshness and turgidity,
- for products other than the 'extra' class, slight deterioration arising from biological development and perishability.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1990.
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32006R0437 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 437/2006 of 16 March 2006 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 17.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 80/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 437/2006
of 16 March 2006
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that, subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of 60 days by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column 2.
Subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of 60 days, under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31990D0101 | 90/101/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 February 1990 amending Decision 88/122/EEC on the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet (1987 to 1991) forwarded by Belgium pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 February 1990
amending Decision 88/122/EEC on the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet (1987 to 1991) forwarded by Belgium pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86
(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(90/101/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector (1), and in particular Articles 4 and 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas the results of meetings with the Belgian authorities about the progress of the multiannual guidance programme established in Commission Decision 88/122/EEC (2) have been taken into account;
Whereas on the entry into service of new fishing vessels it became apparent that a net increase in fishing capacity expressed in tonnage (GRT) and power (kW) had taken place in 1987 and in the first six months of 1988;
Whereas the process of fleet adjustment which has been started and the implementation of measures by Belgium for the effective control of fishing fleet capacity requires some time;
Whereas the Commission intends to support efforts at improvement made by Belgium as soon as the administrative or regulatory measures undertaken appear to show results which confirm that the structural evolution of the fleet is oriented towards and will lead to achievement of the objectives set for not later than 31 December 1991 and established by Decision 88/122/EEC;
Whereas in order to administer the derogations to the principle of incompatibility of State aid with the common market the Commission has adopted guidelines for the examination of national aid in the fisheries sector (3);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry,
Decision 88/122/EEC is amended as follows:
1. Article 3, second paragraph, is replaced by the following:
'The Commission shall on the basis of its assessment of the information provided on a regular basis as specified in Article 2 or where this information is not supplied, inform the Member State, if necessary at the end of one six-month period that it has been found that the conditions to which approval of the programme was made subject have not been fulfilled.'
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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32003D0580 | 2003/580/EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2003 amending Decision 2000/49/EC repealing Decision 1999/356/EC and imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2800)
| Commission Decision
of 4 August 2003
amending Decision 2000/49/EC repealing Decision 1999/356/EC and imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt
(notified under document number C(2003) 2800)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/580/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 93/43/EEC of 14 June 1993 on the hygiene of foodstuffs(1), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2000/49/EC of 6 December 1999 repealing Decision 1999/356/EC and imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt(2) provides for a review of this Decision.
(2) A mission has been carried out by the European Commission's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) in Egypt from 2 to 6 September 2001 to assess the facilities and measures in place for the determination of aflatoxin levels in peanuts intended for export into the European Union. The mission revealed that significant steps to improve the controls on peanuts exported to the European Union had been made by the Egyptian authorities. The improvements in relation to peanut growing were particularly evident with an extensive education programme. Furthermore, the process of export and associated analysis and certification for aflatoxin was seen as satisfactory, with the exception of the applied sampling procedure. Laboratory performance was found acceptable for export procedures. It was observed that not all the legal requirements for peanut storage were applied.
(3) Written guarantees have been received from the Egyptian authorities concerning the applied sampling procedure and the reinforcement of the controls on the storage conditions for peanuts.
(4) The findings of the mission, the written guarantees from the Egyptian authorities and the favourable results until October 2002 of the sampling and analysis of consignments of peanuts by the importing Member States demonstrate that there is no longer need for the systematic sampling and analysis of consignments of peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt. However a significant increase in notifications of non-complying consignments were observed from November 2002 until February 2003. This is apparently due to a bad harvest year 2002 combined with insufficient controls by the Egyptian authorities. These authorities have taken additional measures to improve the situation.
(5) It is therefore appropriate to maintain the sampling and analysis by the competent authority of the importing Member State at a significant level in order to protect public health.
(6) In order to ensure that the random sampling and analysis of consignments of peanuts and products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt are performed in a harmonised manner throughout the Community, it is appropriate to fix an approximate frequency for the random sampling and analysis.
(7) 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(3) provides for the establishment of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).
(8) In the interests of public health, Member States should provide the Commission with periodical reports of all analytical results of official controls carried out in respect of consignments of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt. Such reports should be in addition to the notification obligation under the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed.
(9) At the request of certain Member States, It is necessary to update the list of points of entry through which the products concerned by Decision 2000/49/EC may be imported into the Community. For the sake of clarity, that list should be replaced.
(10) Decision 2000/49/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health has been consulted,
Decision 2000/49/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
"5. The competent authorities in each Member State shall undertake at random sampling of the consignments of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt for analysis of aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin.
Member States shall submit to the Commission every three months a report of all analytical results of official controls on consignments of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt. This report shall be submitted during the month following each quarter(4)."
(b) The following paragraphs 6 and 7 are added:
"6. The random sampling and analysis referred to in paragraph 5 shall be carried out on approximately 20 % of the consignments of products for each category of the products referred to in paragraph 1.
Any consignment to be subjected to sampling and analysis, should be detained before release onto the market from the point of entry into the Community for a maximum of 15 working days. In this event, the competent authorities in the Member States shall issue an accompanying official document establishing that the consignment has been subjected to official sampling and analysis and indicating the result of the analysis.
7. In case a consignment is split, copies of the health certificate and accompanying documents referred to in the paragraphs 1 and 6 and certified by the competent authority of the Member State on whose territory the splitting has taken place, shall accompany each part of the split consignment."
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following
"Article 2
This Decision shall be kept under review in the light of information and guarantees provided by the competent authorities of Egypt and on the basis of the results of the tests carried out by Member States. This review will assess whether the special conditions, referred to in Article 1, provide a sufficient level of protection of public health within the Community. The review shall also assess whether there is a continuing need for the special conditions."
3. Annex II is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
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31976R1624 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 of 2 July 1976 concerning special arrangements for the payment of aid for skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in the territory of another Member State
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1624/76 of 2 July 1976 concerning special arrangements for the payment of aid for skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in the territory of another Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in particular Articles 10 (3) and 28 thereof,
Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed-milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1530/76 (4), provides that a Member State may grant aid for skimmed-milk powder produced in its territory if it is denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in the territory of another Member State ; whereas the Member States have informed the Commission that they wish to make use of this power with effect from 15 July 1976 with respect to skimmed-milk powder intended for the abovementioned use in Italy;
Whereas it is therefore necessary with respect to the payment of aid to lay down administrative provisions such as will satisfy the Member State granting aid that the skimmed-milk powder in question is in fact used in the Member State of destination in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 990/72 of 15 May 1972 on detailed rules for granting aid for skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and for skimmed-milk powder for use as feed (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 804/76 (6) ; whereas for this purpose use should be made of the control copy referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2315/69 of 19 November 1969 on the use of Community transit documents for the purpose of applying Community measures for verifying the use and/or destination of goods (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 690/73 (8), and provision should be made that the Member State of destination subject the goods to a control involving the lodging of a security to be released when the skimmed-milk powder has been denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs;
Whereas the control to which the skimmed-milk powder is subject after transfer to the territory of the Member State of destination is designed to ensure that it is used for the prescribed purpose ; whereas, therefore, payment of aid should be authorized in the consignor Member State as soon as proof has been provided that the goods have been subjected to the said control;
Whereas proof that the goods have been subjected to control by the Member State of destination should in principle be provided by production of the control copy referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2315/69 ; whereas, however, if the control copy cannot be produced through circumstances outside the trader's control, although the product has indeed been subjected to the abovementioned control, other documents should in such cases be recognized as equivalent;
Whereas to facilitate trade it would further seem appropriate to authorize the consignor Member State to pay the exporter an advance on the aid after a certain period has elapsed counting from the day when he completes customs export formalities and provides a security to be released on presentation of proof of control by the Member State of destination;
Whereas to avoid duplicating aid payments special arrangements should be made to cover the transition from the present system of aid to that provided for in this Regulation;
Whereas with respect to the application of monetary compensatory amounts in respect of skimmed-milk powder consigned to the Member State of destination under this Regulation, the amount of aid paid to the exporter should be taken into account;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman; (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (2)OJ No L 67, 15.3.1976, p. 9. (3)OJ No L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 4. (4)OJ No L 170, 29.6.1976, p. 4. (5)OJ No L 115, 17.5.1972, p. 1. (6)OJ No L 93, 8.4.1976, p. 22. (7)OJ No L 295, 24.11.1969, p. 14. (8)OJ No L 66, 13.3.1973, p. 23.
Where, with respect to the payment of aid for skimmed-milk powder produced in one Member State (hereinafter referred to as the "consignor Member State") and intended to be dispatched into another Member State (hereinafter referred to as the "Member State of destination") in order to be denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs on the territory of the latter State in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 990/72, the authorization provided in the third subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 is used, the provisions of this Regulation shall apply.
1. The aid shall not be paid by the consignor Member State until proof is furnished that the skimmed milk has been subjected to customs control or equivalent administrative control in the Member State of destination, to this end a security equal to the amount of aid to be paid by the consignor Member State plus 10 % shall be lodged.
The security shall be provided by the importer established in the Member State of destination before completion of the customs formalities for release to the market of destination.
2. Proof of control by the Member State of destination and of provision of the security referred to in paragraph 1 may be provided only by production of the control copy referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2315/69.
Sections 101, 103, 104 and 106 of the control copy shall be completed. Section 104 shall be filled in by deleting as necessary and entering one of the following endorsements in the second indent:
"déstiné à être mis sous contrôle et à faire l'objet de la constitution d'une caution (règlement (CEE) nº 1624/76)",
"unter Kontrolle zu stellen gegen Stellung einer Kaution (Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 1624/76)",
"da sottoporre a controllo e destinato a fare l'oggetto della costituzione di una cauzione (regolamento (CEE) n. 1624/76)",
"bestemd om onder controle te worden geplaats en onderworpen te zijn aan het stellen van een waarborg (Verordening (EEG) nr. 1624/76)",
"to be placed under control and to be subject to a security (Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76)",
"bestemt til at blive sat under kontrol mod sikkerheds stillelse (forordning (EØF) nr. 1624/76)".
In section 106, there shall be entered the date on which customs export formalities were completed.
3. In the section of the control copy headed "Control as to use and/or destination", under the heading "Remarks", the customs office of destination shall enter particulars of the document produced as evidence that security has been lodged.
4. The control copy referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be issued in respect of the skimmed-milk powder referred to in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 990/72.
5. The security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released only on presentation of proof that the quantities of skimmed-milk powder in question have been denatured or processed in accordance with the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 990/72 within six months of the day on which the customs formalities for release to the market of destination were completed.
The security shall be released without delay.
6. Security as referred to in paragraph 1 that has been forfeited shall be set against intervention expenditure in the milk products sector, the amounts and quantitities concerned being entered separately in the accounts.
1. In cases where the conditions laid down regarding denaturing or processing have not been met as a result of force majeure, the appropriate authorities of the Member State of destination shall decide at the request of the person concerned: (a) that the period referred to in Article 2 (5) shall be extended for as long as necessary having regard to the circumstances invoked, or
(b) that, where the products have been irretrievably lost, control may be deemed to have been effected.
2. The person concerned shall provide evidence in respect of the circumstances relied upon as constituting force majeure.
3. The Member State of destination shall inform the Commission each quarter of cases where paragraph 1 has been applied, giving details of the circumstances invoked, the quantities concerned and the measures adopted.
1. Where the control copy referred to in Article 2 (2) is not returned to the office of departure or central body of the consignor Member State within three months of its date of issue by reason of circumstances outside the control of the person concerned, that person may apply to the appropriate authority for other documents to be accepted as equivalent, stating the grounds for such application and furnishing supporting documents. The latter shall include a written statement from the customs office which checked or arranged for the checking of the control procedures and the provision of security confirming that the requirements in these respects have been met.
2. On 1 March and 1 September of each year Member States shall forward to the Commission a statement showing the number of times this Article has been applied, the reason, where known, for the failure to return the control copy and the quantities of skimmed-milk powder and amount of aid concerned.
1. Consignor Member States may, after a period of two months has elapsed from the day on which customs formalities for export to the Member State of destination were completed, advance to the exporter an amount not exceeding 75 % of the aid, provided that security is lodged as guarantee for payment of the advance plus 10 % in cases where the proof referred to in Article 2 (2), or, if applicable, the supporting documents referred to in Article 4 (1), are not produced within six months of the day on which customs export formalities were completed.
2. Amounts repaid pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be set against intervention expenditure in the milk products sector, the amounts and quantities concerned being entered separately in the accounts.
The securities referred to in Articles 2 (1) and 5 shall be provided, at the choice of the person concerned, in cash or in the form of a guarantee given by an establishment that meets the criteria fixed by the Member State concerned.
1. Exporting Member States shall restrict use of the authorization provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 and the provisions of this Regulation to skimmed-milk powder in respect of which customs formalities for export to the Member State of destination are completed on or after 15 July 1976.
2. The Member State of destination shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that aid is not granted by its authorities for the quantities of skimmed-milk powder referred to in paragraph 1.
3. The Member State of destination shall grant no aid in respect of skimmed-milk powder exported from another Member State on or after the date specified in paragraph 1.
1. The amount of aid paid in accordance with Article 2 (1) shall be that applicable on the day the customs formalities for export to the Member State of destination are completed.
2. In cases where the amount of aid payable under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 990/72 is greater than that paid by the consignor Member State under Article 2 (1) of this Regulation, the difference between these two amounts shall be paid by the consignor Member State to the exporter only on production of written evidence from the appropriate authority showing that denaturing or processing on the territory of the Member State of destination took place after the entry into force of the new amount of aid.
Such evidence shall indicate the serial number of the control copy which accompanied the skimmed-milk powder and shall give the net weight of the quantity in question and the date of denaturing or of processing into compound feedingstuffs.
With respect to skimmed-milk powder exported to the Member State of destination under this Regulation, a coefficient of 0.58 shall be applied to the monetary compensatory amounts fixed pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 974/71.
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Each Member State shall notify the Commission at its request of measures taken in application of this Regulation.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32008R0481 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 481/2008 of 30 May 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 31.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 141/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 481/2008
of 30 May 2008
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in 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 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 May 2008.
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32007R1514 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1514/2007 of 19 December 2007 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2007 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 for pigmeat
| 20.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1514/2007
of 19 December 2007
on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2007 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 of 26 November 2007 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 concerning the import arrangements for pigmeat (2), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 has opened tariff quotas for the import of pigmeat products.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2007 for the subperiod 1 January to 31 March 2008 do not cover the total quantity available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod,
The quantities for which import licence applications covered by the quota bearing the serial number 09.4046 have not been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007, to be added to the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2008, shall be 1 750 000 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December 2007.
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32009D0708 | 2009/708/EC: Commission Decision of 19 August 2009 repealing Decision 2007/424/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain prepared or preserved sweet corn in kernels originating in Thailand
| 18.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/29
COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 August 2009
repealing Decision 2007/424/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain prepared or preserved sweet corn in kernels originating in Thailand
(2009/708/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the ‘basic Regulation’), and in particular Articles 8 and 9 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. EXISTING MEASURES
(1) In June 2007, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 682/2007 (2), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweet corn in kernels originating in Thailand (‘the product concerned’). Council Regulation (EC) No 954/2008 (3) amended Regulation (EC) No 682/2007 with regard to the duty imposed on one company and on ‘all other companies’.
(2) The Commission, by Decision 2007/424/EC (4), accepted price undertakings offered by two exporting producers, namely Sun Sweet Co., Ltd (‘Sun Sweet’) and Malee Sampran Public Co., Ltd (‘Malee’).
B. BREACHES OF THE UNDERTAKING
1. Obligations stipulated in the undertaking
(3) With regard to Sun Sweet, it is noted that in the framework of the undertaking, the company agreed to respect a number of obligations, such as, inter alia, not to issue undertaking invoices within 1 calendar year to customers in the Community to which they sell other products, in order to reduce the risk of cross-compensation.
(4) Moreover, and without prejudice to the abovementioned clause, the company agreed that it will not have the option of making some sales under the terms of the undertaking und others with payment of the anti-dumping duties as long as the quantitative ceiling is not reached.
(5) The company also agreed not to circumvent the undertaking by, inter alia, taking part in a trading system leading to a risk of circumvention.
(6) The terms of the undertaking also oblige the company to provide the Commission with regular and detailed information in the form of a quarterly report of its sales of the product concerned to the European Community.
(7) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with the undertaking, the company also undertook to allow on-spot verification visits at its premises in order to verify the accuracy and veracity of data submitted in the said quarterly reports and to provide all information considered necessary by the Commission.
(8) In addition, the acceptance of the undertaking by the European Commission is based on trust and any action which would harm the relationship of trust established with the European Commission shall justify the immediate withdrawal of the undertaking.
(9) Furthermore, any changes in circumstances occurring during the period of implementation of the undertaking from those circumstances prevailing at the time of acceptance of the undertaking which were relevant to the decision to accept the undertaking may give rise to the withdrawal of the undertaking by the European Commission.
2. Verification visit
(10) In this regard and in parallel to the visit carried out in the framework of the partial interim review limited to the form of the measure initiated on 16 September 2008 (5), a verification visit was carried out at the premises of Sun Sweet.
(11) The verification visit established a number of breaches of the undertaking.
(a) Change in the pattern of trade
(12) The verification visit revealed that the company changed the pattern of trade to the European Community after imposition of anti-dumping measures, at least with regard to one customer, representing a substantial part of the company’s turnover of the product concerned. During the original investigation period (original IP), the company delivered the product concerned to that customer to Germany only. In 2008, the company delivered more than one third of its sales of the product concerned to this customer to Russia.
(13) Such a change in the pattern of trade does affect the undertaking in so far as it constitutes a serious risk of cross-compensation, i.e. shipments to Russia may be sold at artificially low prices in order to compensate for the minimum prices to be respected for sales to the Community.
(14) Furthermore, and of equal importance is that it had to be concluded that due to the change in the pattern of trade during the application of the undertaking, the current circumstances are different from those prevailing at the time of acceptance of the undertaking which were relevant to the decision to accept the undertaking. It is standing practice of the Commission not to accept undertakings if the risk of cross-compensation is too high.
(b) Sales of the product concerned together with other products
(15) The verification established that the company also violated the cross-compensation clause of the undertaking by issuing undertaking invoices for sales of the product covered to one customer in the Community to which other products were sold in the same calendar year.
(c) Sales outside the undertaking before reaching the quantitative ceiling
(16) Moreover, it has been found that the company chose to sell the product covered by the undertaking to at least three customers outside the terms of the undertaking before the quantitative ceiling was reached. On some of those normal commercial invoices the phrase ‘goods subject to undertaking as detailed in the Official Journal of the European Union’ appeared. This phrase is misleading and may have caused customs authorities not to collect anti-dumping duties for those imports.
(17) In addition, some of those sales were not reported in the quarterly reports.
(d) Numerous errors in the undertaking reports
(18) Despite the fact that the company has been advised in February 2008 that the undertaking reports were not correct, in particular with regard to quantities, exchange rates and invoice values reported, it was found that the reports still contain numerous errors, which impeded a proper monitoring of the undertaking.
3. Reasons to withdraw acceptance of the undertaking
(19) In view of the above, the following is concluded:
(20) A change in the pattern of trade since the imposition of measures has led to a significant risk of cross-compensation which no longer allows the Commission to effectively monitor the undertaking. This change in the pattern of trade is considered as a relevant change in circumstances compared to those prevailing at the time of acceptance of the undertaking.
(21) A breach of the cross-compensation clauses of the undertaking occurred since the company sold both, the product covered by the undertaking and other products to the same client in the same calendar year but continued to issue undertaking invoices for the product covered.
(22) The sales made to certain customers outside the undertaking before the quantitative ceiling was reached constitute another breach of the undertaking.
(23) In addition, the company failed to submit quarterly reports which are complete, exhaustive and correct in all particulars.
(24) Although the verification did not reveal that sales were made below the minimum import price, the numerous other breaches of the undertaking mentioned above do not allow the Commission to effectively monitor the undertaking and have undermined the relationship of trust which formed the basis for the acceptance of the undertaking.
4. Written submissions
(25) With regard to the change in the pattern of trade and the increasing risk of circumvention resulting from such a change, the company submitted that it had no intention to violate the undertaking and that it did not change the pattern of trade in order to circumvent the terms of the undertaking. It was further added that no cross-compensation had taken place.
(26) In response to this argument, it should be mentioned that there was indeed no evidence for an intentional violation of the price undertaking. However, the change in the pattern of trade as such constitutes a serious risk of cross-compensation, regardless of the underlying reason. It is long-standing practice of the Commission not to accept price undertakings if the risk of cross-compensation is too high. Consequently, if such a change in the pattern of trade occurs during the period of application of an undertaking, the change in itself is sufficient for the Commission to withdraw the undertaking, because it renders proper monitoring of the undertaking impractical, regardless of whether or not cross-compensation actually took place.
(27) Accordingly, the arguments presented by the company in this respect do not alter the Commission’s view that the change in the pattern of trade had led to a significant risk of cross-compensation.
(28) The company further submitted that it misunderstood the terms of the undertaking when selling the product concerned together with other products and when selling outside the undertaking before reaching the quantitative ceiling. It also underlined that it concerned only a small quantity and that those practices were immediately ceased.
(29) Additionally, the company argued that the errors in the undertaking reports were of limited importance and mainly due to typing errors which the company tried to correct as much as possible during the verification visit. A withdrawal of the undertaking would not give the company a chance to improve the reporting practice and to correct the shortcomings identified during the verification. The company also brought forward the argument that the Commission has sent each quarter an e-mail confirming that no error was found in the electronically submitted version of the report and underlined that the main clause of the undertaking, the respect of the minimum price, has never been violated.
(30) In response to those submissions, it has to be stressed that already in 2007, the Commission exceptionally provided all companies that offered an undertaking with detailed information and training regarding the functioning of undertakings and the obligations of the companies.
(31) Furthermore, it should be emphasised that the respect of the minimum price is indeed a core element of a price undertaking, but not the only one. It is equally important to respect the other obligations as well, including the obligation to provide regular sales reports that are complete, exhaustive and correct in all particulars in order to allow proper monitoring by the Commission. The confirmation e-mail the company referred to is an automatically generated message which confirms that the structure of the report is in accordance with the technical specifications outlined in the Annex to the undertaking text. As also explicitly mentioned in the same Annex, it does not confirm correctness in substance.
(32) Therefore, the arguments presented by the company in this respect do not alter the Commission’s view that the numerous breaches of the undertaking render the undertaking unworkable and are sufficient to withdraw acceptance of the undertaking.
C. PRACTICABILITY
(33) With regard to both undertaking offers accepted, it has also to be noted that the partial interim review limited to the form of the measures revealed that the undertakings in their current form, i.e. with a fixed minimum price are no longer appropriate to counteract the injurious effect of dumping, and that there is no possibility of indexing the minimum import prices in order to address the problem (6).
D. WITHDRAWAL OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNDERTAKINGS
(34) In view of the above, and in accordance with the relevant clauses of the undertakings in question, which authorise the Commission to unilaterally withdraw acceptance of the undertakings, the Commission has decided to withdraw the acceptance of both undertakings.
E. REPEAL OF DECISION 2007/424/EC
(35) In view of the above, Decision 2007/424/EC accepting undertakings from Sun Sweet Co., Ltd. and Malee Sampran Public Co., Ltd should be repealed. Accordingly, the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 682/2007 on imports of the product concerned from those companies should apply,
Decision 2007/424/EC is hereby repealed.
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32012R1119 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1119/2012 of 29 November 2012 concerning the authorisation of preparations of Pediococcus acidilactici CNCM MA 18/5M DSM 11673, Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 23376, NCIMB 12455 and NCIMB 30168, Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 3676 and DSM 3677 and Lactobacillus buchneri DSM 13573 as feed additives for all animal species Text with EEA relevance
| 30.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 330/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1119/2012
of 29 November 2012
concerning the authorisation of preparations of Pediococcus acidilactici CNCM MA 18/5M DSM 11673, Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 23376, NCIMB 12455 and NCIMB 30168, Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 3676 and DSM 3677 and Lactobacillus buchneri DSM 13573 as feed additives for all animal species
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation. Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 10(1) to (4) thereof sets out specific provisions for the evaluation of products used in the Union as silage additives at the date that Regulation became applicable.
(2) In accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, preparations of Pediococcus acidilactici CNCM MA 18/5M DSM 11673, Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 23376, Pediococcus pentosaceus NCIMB 12455, Pediococcus pentosaceus NCIMB 30168, Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 3676, Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 3677 and Lactobacillus buchneri DSM 13573 were entered in the Community Register of Feed Additives as existing products belonging to the functional group of silage additives, for all animal species.
(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 thereof, applications were submitted for the authorisation of those preparations as feed additives for all animal species, requesting those additives to be classified in the category ‘technological additives’ and in the functional group ‘silage additives’. Those applications were accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinions of 23 May 2012 (2) and 14 June 2012 (3) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparations concerned do not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. The Authority also concluded that the preparations of Pediococcus acidilactici CNCM MA 18/5M DSM 11673, Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 23376, Pediococcus pentosaceus NCIMB 12455, Pediococcus pentosaceus NCIMB 30168 concerned have the potential to improve the production of silage from all forages by reducing the pH and increasing the preservation of dry matter and/or protein. It also concluded that the preparations of Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 3676 and Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 3677 concerned have the potential to improve the production of silage from easy and moderately difficult to ensile material by increasing the lactic acid content and the preservation of dry matter, by reducing the pH and moderately the loss of protein. It also concluded that the preparation of Lactobacillus buchneri DSM 13573 concerned has the potential to increase acetic acid concentration for a wide range of forages. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additives in feed submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) The assessment of the preparations concerned shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of those preparations should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(6) Since safety considerations do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the authorisation.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Authorisation
The preparations specified in the Annex belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, are authorised as additives in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Transitional measures
The preparations specified in the Annex and feed containing them, which are produced and labelled before 20 June 2013 in accordance with the rules applicable before 20 December 2012 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32004R1541 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1541/2004 of 27 August 2004 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
| 28.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 279/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1541/2004
of 27 August 2004
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid (3) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2004.
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31987R3156 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3156/87 of 19 October 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81 for the stimulation of agricultural development in the less-favoured areas of Northern Ireland
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3156/87
of 19 October 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81 for the stimulation of agricultural development in the less-favoured areas of Northern Ireland
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (4), the United Kingdom is implementing an agricultural development programme in the less-favoured areas of Northern Ireland to bring about a significant improvement in agricultural structures and in agricultural production possibilities in the areas concerned;
Whereas the programme has been reviewed after its first four years of implementation in accordance with Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81;
Whereas Council Directive 84/169/EEC of 28 February 1984 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (United Kingdom) (5), extended the less-favoured areas of Northern Ireland;
Whereas the real needs for works on farm roads and land improvement have been much greater than the provisions on which Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81 were based; whereas there is a particular need in the less-favoured areas of Northern Ireland to reinforce investment in this sector as an indispensable prerequisite for maintaining farming and enabling diversification in rural areas;
Whereas little use has been made of the aid for the orientation of agricultural production and the farm improvement plan has since been duplicated by the farm improvement plan under Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87 (7); whereas this measure should be discontinued and replaced by a farm investment schedule aimed at smaller farmers encouraging higher livestock quality by improvement of winter feeding facilities and environmental protection by improvement of storage capacity for animal waste in order to reduce the risk of pollution from winter housing for livestock;
Whereas Northern Ireland is considered a priority for regional development and agriculture is a key element in the region; whereas in order to ensure the continuation of the development of the less-favoured areas of Northern Ireland, it is necessary to amend the measure and the limits of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund contribution; whereas it is opportune to allow a certain flexibility in these limits at the discretion of the Commission without, however, increasing the overall cost of the common measure,
Regulation (EEC) No 1942/81 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1 (2) the reference to 'Directive 75/276/EEC' shall be replaced by a reference to 'Directive 84/169/EEC'.
2. In Article 1 (3) the following shall be added:
'(d) the improvement of winter feeding of animals and environmental protection'.
3. Article 2 (3) shall be replaced by the following:
'3. All measures provided for in this common measure must fit into the framework of a regional development programme where the United Kingdom is obliged to forward it to the Commission under Article 2 (3) (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84 of 19 June 1984 establishing a European Regional Development Fund (1) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3641/85 (2).
(1) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1984, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 350, 27. 12. 1985, p. 40.'
4. The following Article shall be inserted after Article 3:
'Article 3a
The investments referred to in Article 1 (3) (a) (b) and (d) shall be made under a farm investment schedule to be prepared by the farmer and approved by the appropriate authorities'.
5. In Article 6, paragraph (a) shall be replaced by the following:
'(a) renewal of existing field drainage'.
6. In Article 11, the following paragraph shall be added:
'5. The present Title shall apply to improvement plans approved before 1 July 1987'.
7. The following Title shall be inserted after Title IV:
'TITLE IV a
Winter feeding and environmental protection
1a
1. The measure for the improvement of winter feeding of animals and environmental protection referred to in Article 1 (3) (d) shall include aid for investments granted to farmers without an improvement plan under Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 for
(a) the storage of silage including appropriate silage effluent tanks,
(b) the storage of animal wastes.
The aid provided under (a) and (b) shall not exceed that available to farmers with an improvement plan not providing a labour income in excess of 120 % of the reference income under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85. The limits to investment eligible for aid as laid down in that Regulation are not modified by this Regulation.'
8. In Article 12 (2), '48 million ECU' shall be replaced by '57 million ECU'.
9. In Article 13, '70 %' shall be replaced by '55 %'.
10. Article 14 (2) shall be replaced by the following:
'2. The fund shall reimburse to the United Kingdom the following percentage of its actual expenditure:
(a) 40 % for measures under Article 4 with a maximum eligible amount of 44,0 million ECU;
(b) 40 % for the other measures with a maximum eligible amount of:
- 600 ECU per hectare for the work referred to in Article 6 (a),
- 500 ECU per hectare for the work referred to in Article 6 (b) and (c),
- 40 ECU per livestock unit for the work referred to in Article 11 (2),
- 15 000 ECU per farm for the work referred to in Article 11a
subject to a maximum eligible amount of 21 million ECU for the work under Title IV and Title IVa.
However, if it proves necessary at a later stage, the Commission may at the request of the Member State concerned adjust the above maximum amounts under the procedure referred to in Article 17, provided the total amount of eligible expenditure does not exceed 142,5 million ECU.'
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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31989D0377 | 89/377/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 June 1989 terminating the proceeding in connection with a review of anti-dumping measures concerning imports of fibre building board (hardboard) originating in Romania, Brazil and Sweden, confirming the expiry of the undertakings given by Romanian, Brazilian and certain Swedish exporters, and repealing the undertaking given by another Swedish exporter
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 June 1989
terminating the proceeding in connection with a review of anti-dumping measures concerning imports of fibre building board (hardboard) originating in Romania, Brazil and Sweden, confirming the expiry of the undertakings given by Romanian, Brazilian and certain Swedish exporters, and repealing the undertaking given by another Swedish exporter
(89/377/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof,
After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation,
Whereas:
A. Product
(1) The product concerned is fibre board of a density exceeding 0,8g/cm3 falling within CN codes 4411 11 00 and 4411 19 00.
B. Procedure
(2) The Commission received two requests for a review of anti-dumping measures, lodged by the European Confederation of Wood-working Industries on behalf of Community producers representing the great majority of Community output of hardboard. One request was lodged under Article 15 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/87 (3), with regard to the undertakings accepted by the Commission on imports from Romania (4), Brazil (5) and certain Swedish exporters (6), and alleged that the expiry of the measures would lead again to injury or threat of injury. The other request, lodged under Article 14 of that Regulation, concerned the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by the Council on imports from Czechoslovakia and Poland (7) and from the USSR (8), and the undertakings accepted by the Commission on imports from certain (i. e. three) other Swedish exporters (9) (10), and contained evidence of changed circumstances sufficient to justify the need for such review.
(3) The Commission, accordingly, announced by a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities (11) the initiation of a review of anti-dumping measures concerning imports into the Community of fibre building-board (hardboard)
originating in Czechoslovakia, the USSR, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Brazil, and commenced an investigation which covered the period from 1 July 1987 to 31 May 1988.
(4) The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting countries and the complainants, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing. Most of the known producers and exporters and some importers made their views known in writing. Most of the known exporters and some producers and importers requested and were granted hearings.
(5) In December 1988 (1) the Commission gave notice that, in accordance with Article 15 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, the anti-dumping measures concerning imports of handboard from Czechoslovakia, Poland and two Swedish exporters (Swedeboard Vrena AB and Royal Board AB) would remain in force after the end of the relevant five-year period, pending the outcome of the review being carried out under Article 14 of that Regulation. The relevant five-year period has not expired regarding both the undertaking given by the third Swedish exporter, Karlit AB, and the anti-dumping duty on imports from the USSR.
(6) The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following companies:
(a) Community producers
- Isorel (Boulogne), France,
- ICL SpA (Mondovi), Italy,
- Legnochimica SpA (Mondovi), Italy,
- Tafisa (Madrid), Spain,
- Renitex GmbH (Losheim), Federal Republic of Germany,
- Atex Werke GmbH & Co. KG (Grafenau), Federal Republic of Germany,
- Tafinsa Ltd (Agent of Tafinsa) (Maidenhead), United Kingdom;
(b) Importers
- Portes Simon SA (Durtal), France,
- Ets Jean Huet et Fils SA (Challans), France,
- Sadepan SpA (Viadana), Italy,
- Homanit GmbH & Co. KG (Loehne), Federal Republic of Germany,
- Steinbruegge and Berninghausen GmbH & Co. (Bremen), Federal Republic of Germany,
- Svedex BV (Varsseveld), Netherlands,
- Beyleveld BV (Rotterdam), Netherlands,
- Tribomij BV (Amsterdam), Netherlands.
C. Injury or threat of injury
(7) The protective measures under consideration were introduced by the Commission and only concern imports from Romania, Sweden and Brazil. However, for the assessment of injury or threat of injury, it is considered appropriate to take into account also the imports from Czechoslovakia, Poland and the USSR, on which definitive anti-dumping duties were imposed by Council Regulations. The cumulation of the imports is in line with the institutions standard practice.
(8) With regard to the injury allegedly still being caused to the Community industry, the evidence available to the Commission shows that imports of hardboard originating in the six countries involved in the proceeding increased from 208 000 tonnes in 1985 to 263 000 tonnes in 1987 and reached 112 500 tonnes during the first five months of 1988. The development of these imports, assessed in the light of the increase in Community consumption of hardboard over the same period, was such that the combined market-share held by imports from those exporting countries, which remained stable at about 21 %.
(9) In particular, imports from Sweden and Brazil taken together, showed a decline of their market-share from 14,3 % in 1985 to 13 % during the first five months of 1988. In terms of volume these imports progressed by 15 % in that period, which is distinctly slower than the rise in Community consumption.
(10) Imports originating in the State-trading countries concerned increased over the same period faster than Community consumption, and consequently their combined market-share rose from 6,1 % to 8,3 %. It was found, however, that at least one third of the imports concerned related to a specification of hardboard exclusively addressed to the packaging industry in the Netherlands. This specification is hardly produced by the Community industry, so that no competition for it exists. As for the remaining imports, they consist mainly of hardboard directed at low-price segments of the market for which Community producers, under the present hight rate of capacity utilization, produce only insignificant quantities. Accordingly, the impact of imports from those countries on the Community industry is limited by their reduced degree of competition.
(11) As regards prices of the imports from the six countries concerned, their comparison during the period under investigation with prices of Community producers of like products did not show, in the case of Sweden, any margins of undercutting at all, and margins found for Brazil were not significant.
As for the prices of imports from the State-trading countries involved, it was found that, considering the application of the anti-dumping duties in force, as well as the adjustments justified by differences in quality and finish of the imported product, levels of undercutting were likewise not significant in the case of Czechoslovakia and Poland. Margins of undercutting found for the USSR and Romania have not significantly affected Community prices owing to the very small market-share held by imports from these two countries and their concentration in certain low-price sectors of the Community market.
(12) As far as the possible impact of the imports on the situation of the Community producers is concerned, account had to be taken of the following factors:
(a) total Community production of hardboard during the first five months of 1988, extrapolated on an annual basis, amounted to 789 000 tonnes against 651 000 tonnes in 1985, which represents an increase of 21 %. Over the same period, production capacities, expressed in tonnes, of Community producers taken together, increased by 5 % and capacity utilization consequently also increased by nearly 16 %. These trends enabled the Community industry to achieve a rate of capacity utilization of 93 % on average;
(b) stocks held by Community producers at the end of May 1988, expressed in tonnes, were nearly 9 % lower in tonnes than at the end of 1985;
(c) sales by Community producers of hardboard in the Community were in line with the increase in production between 1985 and the first five months of 1988;
(d) a comparison between the abovementioned development of production and sales of Community producers and that of Community consumption of hardboard shows that the market-share held by the Community producers remained stable at about 61 %. This indicates that the Community industry was able to take advantage of the increasing demand;
(e) with regard to profitability, the Community situation has improved considerably in the last three years. During this period the Community industry has been able to progressively reduce its losses and since the end of 1986 the majority of Community producers have once again achieved reasonable profit margins.
(13) In the light of the trends of the relevant economic factors referred to above, it appears that the situation of the Community has substantially improved. This is witnessed especially by the good financial results and the high level of capacity utilization, achieved by most Community producers. Under these circumstances, it is concluded that the Community industry is not at present suffering material injury as a result of the imports concerned.
(14) In order to analyse whether the expiry of the anti-dumping measures in force would lead to a situation causing or threatening to cause material injury to the Community industry, the Commission took into consideration the probable development of volumes and prices of the imported product.
(15) As previously mentioned, imports from the six countries concerned did not progress in terms of volume, during the last four years, distinctly faster than Community consumption, and consequently the market-share held by those countries remained stable over that period.
(16) With regard to installed capacity, that of Sweden has been recently reduced after the closure of one of the main producers/exporters in that country. In respect of Brazil and the State-trading countries concerned, no clear indication exists of additional capacities being installed in recent years.
(17) As to the likelihood that the existing spare capacities will be used to increase exports to the Community, two factors should be considered. First, even if these countries were to increase production, the magnitude of such increase would be limited, at least in the near future, by the already relatively high estimated rate of capacity utilization. Secondly, given the distribution of traditional exports from those countries between the Community and other regions, it is doubtful that such increase in production would lead to significant increases in exports to the Community in relation to Community consumption.
(18) It follows that, after the expiry of the protective measures, the foreseeable development of the imports concerned is not likely to have a significant impact on the Community industry.
(19) Concerning prices of imports from Sweden and Brazil, it was found that the exporters have been selling their products in the Community at prices similar to those of Community producers and that they have respected and, in many cases, even exceeded the minimum prices of the undertakings in force. This, together with the high quality of Swedish and Brazilian hardboard, leads the Commission to assume that there is no clear indication that prices for hardboard imported from these two countries would decline and undercut Community producers prices to an extent likely to cause material injury, if the undertakings were allowed to lapse.
(20) With regard to prices of imports from the State-trading countries concerned, the expiry of the protective measures would give the exporters an opportunity to adjust their prices to the level prevailing on the Community market. Even if the exporters did not take full advantage of such an opportunity, whatever undercutting would remain should have, under present circumstances, a limited effect on the prices charged by Community producers. The reason for this is that, in addition to the fact that no sizeable increase in imports from these countries is expected, a major proportion of these imports does not directly compete with Community production.
(21) In view of the above considerations, it must be assumed that, following the expiry of the anti-dumping measures in force, a situation in which the imports concerned would cause or threaten to cause material injury to the Community industry is not, at present, clearly foreseeable.
D. Dumping
(22) Given the above findings with respect to injury and threat of injury, the Commission considered it unnecessary to investigate further the question of dumping with regard to the imports concerned.
E. Termination of review proceeding
(23) In these circumstances, therefore, the review proceeding concerning imports of hardboard originating in Romania, Brazil and Sweden should be terminated without the imposition of further protective measures. The anti-dumping measures concerning one Swedish exporter (Karlit AB) should be repealed and those in respect of Romania, Brazil and the rest of the Swedish exporters allowed to lapse.
(24) No objections to this course of action were raised in the Advisory Committee.
(25) The complainants were informed of the considerations and main facts on the basis of which the Commission intended to terminate the proceeding.
(26) Termination of the review proceeding concerning imports of hardboard originating in Czechoslovakia, Poland and the USSR, is adopted by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1786/89 (1),
1. The review procedure of the anti-dumping measures concerning imports of fibre building-board (hardboard) falling within CN codes 4411 11 00 and 4411 19 00, originating in Romania, Brazil and Sweden, is hereby terminated.
2. The undertakings currently in force concerning imports of fibre building-board (hardboard) originating in Romania, Brazil and Sweden, with the exception of Karlit AB, shall lapse with effect from the day following the publication of this Decision in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31998R0055 | Council Regulation (EC) No 55/98 of 19 December 1997 allocating, for 1998, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Latvian waters
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 55/98 of 19 December 1997 allocating, for 1998, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Latvian waters
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Latvia (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 6 thereof, the Community and Latvia have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1998 and the management of common living resources;
Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed to recommend to their respective authorities that certain catch quotas for 1998 should be fixed for the vessels of the other Party;
Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to implement, for 1998, the results of the consultations held with Latvia;
Whereas to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities available in Latvian waters, quotas should be allocated among Member States in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92;
Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the control measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3);
Whereas additional conditions for the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (4), were not agreed with Latvia;
Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 1998,
From 1 January to 31 December 1998, vessels flying the flag of a Member State are hereby authorized to make catches within the quota limits set out in the Annex in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of Latvia.
The financial contribution provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Latvia shall be set for the period referred to in Article 1 at ECU 430 300, payable to an account designated by Latvia.
Stocks referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1998.
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31993R3639 | COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3639/93 of 20 December 1993 suspending wholly or in part the Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (1994)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3639/93 of 20 December 1993 suspending wholly or in part the Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (1994)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas under Annex 6 to the Additional Protocol laying down the conditions, procedures and timetables for implementing the transitional phase referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (2) and under Article 9 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey consequent on the accession of new Member States to the Community (3), which was signed in Ankara on 30 June 1973 and entered into force on 1 March 1986 (4) the Community must wholly or in part suspend the Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to certain products; whereas it also appears necessary, on a provisional basis, to adjust or supplement some of the advantages provided for in the abovementioned Annex 6; whereas the Community should, therefore, with regard to the products originating in Turkey contained in the list annexed to this Regulation, suspend until 31 December 1994 either the fixed component of the charge applicable to the goods falling within the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 or the customs duty applicable to the other products, at the levels indicated for each of them;
Whereas suspension of these duties shall be decided by the Commission,
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1994 the customs duties on imports into the Member States of the products originating in Turkey listed in the Annex shall be those indicated for each of them in the said Annex.
2. For the purposes of applying this Regulation, the rules of origin shall be those in force at the time for the implementation of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey.
The methods of administrative cooperation for ensuring that the products listed in the Annexes benefit from the total or partial suspension shall be those laid down in Association Council Decision No 5/72 attached to Regulation (EEC) No 428/73, as last amended by Decision No 1/83, attached to Regulation (EEC) No 993/83 (5).
When imports of products qualifying for the arrangements provided for in Article 1 come into the Community in quantities or at prices which cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the Community producers of such products or directly competitive products, the Common Customs Tariff duties may be partially or wholly re-established for the products in question. These measures may also be taken in the event of serious injury or the threat of serious injury limited to a single region of the Community.
1. In order to ensure the application of Article 2, the Commission may decide by means of a Regulation to re-establish Common Customs Tariff duties for a limited period.
2. Where the Commission has been requested by a Member State to take action it shall take a decision within a maximum period of 10 working days from receipt of the request and shall inform the Member States of the action taken.
3. Any Member State may refer the Commission's action to the Council, within 10 working days of its notification.
Referring the matter to the Council shall not have a suspensory effect. The Council shall meet without delay. It may by a qualified majority amend or annul the measure taken.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.
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32000R1285 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1285/2000 of 19 June 2000 fixing for the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for Williams and Rocha pears and the amount of production aid for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and/or natural fruit juice
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1285/2000
of 19 June 2000
fixing for the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for Williams and Rocha pears and the amount of production aid for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and/or natural fruit juice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2701/1999(2), and in particular Articles 3(3) and 4(9) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/97 of 19 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the system of production aid for products processed from fruit and vegetables(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1607/1999(4), lays down the dates of the marketing years.
(2) The minimum price and the amount of the production aid should be fixed for the 2000/01 marketing year for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and/or natural fruit juice on the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 respectively, taking account of the guarantee threshold introduced by Article 5 of that Regulation above which the aid is reduced.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 2000/01 marketing year:
(a) the minimum price referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 35,552 per 100 kg net from the producer for Williams and Rocha pears intended for the production of pears in syrup and/or natural fruit juice;
(b) the production aid referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation shall be EUR 11,348 per 100 kg net for pears in syrup and/or natural fruit juice.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 15 July 2000.
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31988D0015 | 88/15/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 December 1987 amending Decision 86/77/EEC approving certain food-aid operations carried out by humanitarian organizations and exempting them from monetary compensatory amounts (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 17 December 1987 amending Decision 86/77/EEC approving certain food-aid operations carried out by humanitarian organizations and exempting them from monetary compensatory amounts (Only the English text is authentic) (88/15/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3154/85 (2) lays down detailed rules for the administrative application of the monetary compensatory amounts introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85;
Whereas exports to non-member countries carried out in the context of the food-aid operations referred to in Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3154/85 should be exempted from monetary compensatory amounts where such exports are carried out by humanitarian organizations and approved in accordance with Community procedure;
Whereas a number of humanitarian organizations were approved by Commission Decision 86/77/EEC (3); whereas other organizations may be regarded as humanitarian organizations on the basis of their approval pursuant to national legislative provisions; whereas 'The Assemblies of God Property Trust' may be regarded as such an organization;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of all the relevant management committees,
The humanitarian organization 'Assemblies of God Property Trust' is added to the Annex of Decision 86/77/EEC, with effect from 21 October 1987.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R1010 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1010/2014 of 25 September 2014 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2014 subperiod by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011
| 26.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1010/2014
of 25 September 2014
on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2014 subperiod by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 188 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 (2) opened and provided for the administration of certain import tariff quotas for rice and broken rice, broken down by country of origin and split into several subperiods in accordance with Annex I to that Implementing Regulation.
(2) September is the fourth subperiod for the quota provided for under Article 1(1)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011, the third subperiod for the quota provided for under Article 1(1)(d) of that Implementing Regulation and the first subperiod for the quota provided for under Article 1(1)(e) of that Implementing Regulation.
(3) The notifications sent in accordance with point (a) of Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 show that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4112, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and 09.4168, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2014 under Article 4(1) of that Implementing Regulation cover a quantity greater than that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested under the quotas concerned, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (3).
(4) Those notifications also show that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4129 and 09.4116, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2014 under Article 4(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 cover a quantity less than that available.
(5) The quantity not used for the September subperiod of the quotas with order numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4129 and 09.4130 is transferred to the quota bearing the order number 09.4138 for the following subperiod under Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011.
(6) The total quantity available for the following subperiod should also be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011.
(7) In order to ensure sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,
1. For import licence applications for rice under the quotas with order numbers 09.4112, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and 09.4168 referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2014, licences shall be issued for the quantity requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The total quantity available for the following subperiod under the quota with order numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168 referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32005R1623 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2005 of 4 October 2005 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 as regards the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Tuscia — (PDO) and Basilico Genovese — (PDO))
| 5.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 259/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1623/2005
of 4 October 2005
supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 as regards the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Tuscia — (PDO) and Basilico Genovese — (PDO))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Italy’s applications to register the two names ‘Tuscia’ and ‘Basilico Genovese’ were published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 was sent to the Commission, these names should be entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications,
The names in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby added to the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (3).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R1676 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1676/2006 of 14 November 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 15.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1676/2006
of 14 November 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 November 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0964 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 964/2006 of 29 June 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 30.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 176/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 964/2006
of 29 June 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990R1651 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1651/90 of 19 June 1990 on the consequences of the fact that the refund on export of milk products to the German Democratic Republic is not fixed
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1651/90
of 19 June 1990
on the consequences of the fact that the refund on export of milk products to the German Democratic Republic is not fixed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), and in particular Article 17 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 876/68 of 28 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on milk and milk products and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1344/86 (4), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1504/90 of 1 June 1990 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products (5), it has been decided not to fix any refund on products exported to the German Democratic Republic; whereas the fact that no refund has been fixed should not be taken into account for the purposes of determining the lowest rate of the refund granted in the case of export to other destinations;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The fact that no refund has been fixed on export of the products listed to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on export to the German Democratic Republic, the rate of which is lower than the lowest rate fixed for other destinations, shall not be taken into account for the purposes of determining the lowest rate of refund within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 or applying Articles 4 (7) and 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 2 June 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R1448 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1448/2002 of 8 August 2002 prohibiting fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of Spain
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1448/2002
of 8 August 2002
prohibiting fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of Spain
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 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December 2001 fixing for 2002 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(3), lays down quotas for whiting for 2002.
(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 whiting in the waters of ICES divisions VIIb-k by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain have exhausted the quota for 2002. Spain has prohibited fishing for this stock from 23 July 2002. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of whiting in the waters of ICES divisions VIIb-k by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Spain for 2002.
Fishing for whiting in the waters of ICES divisions VIIb-k by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain 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 Communities.
It shall apply from 23 July 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009D0358 | 2009/358/EC: Commission Decision of 29 April 2009 on the harmonisation, the regular transmission of the information and the questionnaire referred to in Articles 22(1)(a) and 18 of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries (notified under document number C(2009) 3011)
| 1.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/39
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 April 2009
on the harmonisation, the regular transmission of the information and the questionnaire referred to in Articles 22(1)(a) and 18 of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries
(notified under document number C(2009) 3011)
(2009/358/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC (1), and in particular Article 22(1)(a) and Article 18 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The purpose of this decision is to establish minimum requirements for ensuring an harmonized, timely and appropriate gathering and if requested, transmission of the information referred to in Article 7(5), 11(3) and 12(6) of Directive 2006/21/EC, and to set the basis for the questionnaire referred to in Article 18(1) of the same Directive.
(2) The annual transmission of the information referred to in Article 7(5), 11(3) and 12(6) of Directive 2006/21/EC should cover the period between 1 May and 30 April of the following year.
(3) The report referred to in Article 18(1) of Directive 2006/21/EC should cover, for the first time, the period from 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2011 and should be transmitted to the Commission no later than 1 February 2012.
(4) In order to limit the administrative burden linked with the implementation of this decision, the list of information required should be limited to useful data with the view of improving Directive implementation. Similarly, the transmission of yearly information on events referred to in Article 11(3) and 12(6) of Directive 2006/21/EC should be limited to Member States in which such an event occurs during the considered period.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, established in accordance with Article 23(2) of Directive 2006/21/EC,
The information contained in the permits granted under Article 7 of Directive 2006/21/EC, to be made available to the Community statistical authorities where requested for statistical purposes, is detailed in Annex I.
In case of one or more events referred to in Article 11(3) and 12(6) of Directive 2006/21/EC occur in a Member State, the concerned Member State shall transmit to the Commission for each event the information detailed in Annex II on a yearly basis. This information shall cover the period between 1 May and 30 April of the following year and shall be transmitted no later than 1 July of that year to the Commission.
The questionnaire in Annex III shall be used by the Member States to report on Directive implementation referred to in Article 18(1) of Directive 2006/21/EC.
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 |
32007R1144 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1144/2007 of 1 October 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996
| 2.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 256/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1144/2007
of 1 October 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 34(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 (2), approved by Council Decision 2006/930/EC (3), provides for the increasing of the existing GATT tariff quota for apples.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 of 23 September 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996 (4) should be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1831/96, the quota volume (tonnes) for Order No 09.0061 for Apples, fresh, other than cider apples is replaced by ‘696’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32015L0574 | Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/574 of 30 January 2015 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for mercury in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems Text with EEA relevance
| 10.4.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 94/6
COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/574
of 30 January 2015
amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for mercury in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2011/65/EU prohibits the use of mercury in electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market.
(2) Mercury is used in electric rotating connectors in medical devices for intravascular ultrasound imaging. Substitution of mercury or of the specific component would shorten product life or impair performance significantly.
(3) Both the substitution of mercury in the connector and the elimination of mercury via substitution of the connector or the device are technically impracticable or have negative overall impacts due to an impact on patients' health.
(4) The use of mercury in electric rotating connectors used in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems capable of high operating frequency modes of operation (> 50 MHz) should therefore be exempted until 30 June 2019. In view of the innovation cycles for medical devices this is a short transition period which is unlikely to have adverse impacts on innovation.
(5) Directive 2011/65/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the last day of the ninth month after entry into force at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998D0114 | 98/114/EC: Commission Decision of 28 January 1998 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative tests of seed potatoes under Article 14 of Council Directive 66/403/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 January 1998 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative tests of seed potatoes under Article 14 of Council Directive 66/403/EEC (98/114/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 97/90/EC (2), and in particular Article 14(4) thereof,
Whereas Article 14(4) of Directive 66/403/EEC provides for the carrying out of Community comparative tests of seed potatoes;
Whereas it is necessary for all Member States to participate in the Community comparative tests, in so as far seed potatoes are usually reproduced or marketed in their territories, in order to ensure that proper conclusions may be drawn therefrom;
Whereas the Commission is responsible for making the necessary arrangements for the Community comparative tests;
Whereas the arrangements for the tests should also cover, inter alia, certain harmful organisms which come within the scope of Directive 66/403/EEC as well as Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976, on protective measures against the introduction into Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/14/EC (4), Council Directive 93/85/EEC of 4 October 1993 on the control of potato ring rot (5), as well as Commission Decisions 95/506/EC of 24 November 1995 (6), as last amended by Commission Decision 97/649/EC of 26 September 1997 (7), and 96/301/EC of 3 May 1996 (8) against the dissemination of potato brown rot;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
1. Community comparative tests shall be carried out during 1998 on seed potatoes harvested in 1997.
2. All Member States shall participate in the Community comparative tests.
1. The general arrangements for the carrying out of the Community comparative tests are set out in the Annex hereto.
2. Further detailed arrangements for the carrying out of the Community comparative tests shall be submitted to the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
31996R1308 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1308/96 of 4 July 1996 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1308/96 of 4 July 1996 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1192/96 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and these rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivisions to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff or other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to this Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is appropriate that, subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information in the matter of classification of goods in the combined nomenclature issued by the customs authorities of the Member States which do not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992, establishing the Community Customs Code (3), for a period of 60 days by the holder;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the tariff and statistical nomenclature section of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information in the matter of classification of goods in the combined nomenclature issued by the customs authorities of the Member States which no longer conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of 60 days.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32004R1111 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1111/2004 of 14 June 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 laying down transitional measures for the application in respect of the year 2004 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 as regards the single area payment scheme for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
| 15.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1111/2004
of 14 June 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 laying down transitional measures for the application in respect of the year 2004 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 as regards the single area payment scheme for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 (1) lays down transitional measures for the application in respect of the year 2004 of the single area payment scheme. In particular, Article 4 provides that the date by which an application is to be submitted by a farmer shall be fixed by the new Member State and shall not be later than 15 June 2004 and that modifications of applications shall be done by 15 June 2004.
(2) In some new Member States farmers may face some difficulties with the introduction of a new support regime and may not be able to submit an application by 15 June 2004. Therefore, it is appropriate to provide, with effect from 15 June 2004, for the possibility for the new Member States concerned to fix a latest date for submitting an application which shall not be later than 15 July 2004. Consequently, the latest date for modifications of applications should be postponed to 15 July 2004. Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 should be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 4
Single area payment application
1. In order to benefit from the single area payment scheme, a farmer shall submit to the competent authority, by a date to be fixed by the new Member State which shall not be later than 15 July 2004, an application indicating the areas eligible according to the conditions referred to in Article 143b(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.
2. For modifications of applications, within the meaning of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001, to the single area payment scheme, the date referred to in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 shall be a date to be fixed by the new Member State which shall not be later than 15 July 2004.
3. The single area payment application shall be treated as an aid application within the meaning of Article 2(i) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 15 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32005R1789 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1789/2005 of 28 October 2005 fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from 1 to 30 November 2005
| 29.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 288/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1789/2005
of 28 October 2005
fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from 1 to 30 November 2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the fifth indent of Article 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, production refunds may be granted on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f) of that Regulation, on syrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof and on chemically pure fructose covered by CN code 1702 50 00 as an intermediate product, that are in one of the situations referred to in Article 23(2) of the Treaty and are used in the manufacture of certain products of the chemical industry.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (2) provides that these refunds shall be determined according to the refund fixed for white sugar.
(3) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 provides that the production refund on white sugar is to be fixed at monthly intervals commencing on the first day of each month.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The production refund on white sugar referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 shall be equal to 33,715 EUR/100 kg net for the period from 1 to 30 November 2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 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 |
32005D0870 | 2005/870/EC: Commission Decision of 6 December 2005 recognising Bulgaria as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al . ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al . (notified under document number C(2005) 4722)
| 7.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 319/9
COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 December 2005
recognising Bulgaria as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al.
(notified under document number C(2005) 4722)
(2005/870/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 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), and in particular Annex III, Part A, point 12 thereof,
Having regard to the request made by Bulgaria,
Whereas:
(1) Under the provisions of Annex III, Part A, point 12 of Directive 2000/29/EC tubers of species of Solanum L. and their hybrids, other than seed potatoes and certain other potatoes specified in Annex III, Part A, points 10 and 11, originating in certain European third countries other than those recognised as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al. (hereinafter called the organism), or, in which provisions are recognised as equivalent to the Community provisions on combating the organism, may not be introduced into the Member States.
(2) It appears from official information supplied by Bulgaria and from information collected during missions carried out in this country in March 2004 and March 2005 by the Food and Veterinary Office, that the organism does not occur in that country and that Bulgaria has applied a control, inspection and testing procedure for the organism on imports of potatoes and domestic seed and ware potato production.
(3) It can therefore be established that there is no risk of the organism spreading.
(4) This Decision is without prejudice to any subsequent findings that may show that the organism is present in Bulgaria.
(5) The Commission will ensure that Bulgaria makes all technical information available that is necessary to continue to assess the aforementioned situation.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
It is hereby recognised that Bulgaria is recognised as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al.
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 |
31988R0154 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 154/88 of 18 January 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1698/85 imposing a definitive duty on imports of electronic typewriters originating in Japan
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 154/88
of 18 January 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1698/85 imposing a definitive duty on imports of electronic typewriters originating in Japan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1) as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation,
WHEREAS:
1. The Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 1698/85 (3), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of electronic typewriters originating in Japan and at the same time excluded from this duty certain small-size electronic typewriters because they fell into a different category from those produced in the Community. In addition, by Regulations (EEC) No 3002/85 (4), (EEC) No 2127/86 (5) and (EEC) No 547/87 (6) the Council excluded, for the same reasons, additional models from the scope of the duty.
2. Subsequently the following new models were found not to be comparable with any electronic typewriters produced in the Comunity:
- Brother: EP 150;
- Casio: CW 16 G, CW 17.
3. Consequently, these models should be excluded from the scope of the duty and Regulation (EEC) No 1698/85 should be amended accordingly.
Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1698/85 is hereby replaced by the following:
'3. The duty shall not apply to the following models manufactures by the following companies:
- Brother Industries Ltd: EP 20, EP 22, EP 41, EP 43, EP 44, EP 150, TC 600;
- Canon Inc.: S 10 (Typemate 10), S 50 (Typestar 5), S 50R (Typestar 5R), S 51 (Typestar 5), S 60 (Typestar 6), S 61 (Typestar 6 II), S 70 (Typestar 7);
- Casio Computer Co. Ltd: CW 10, CW 11, CW 16G, CW 17, CW 20, CW 21, CW 25;
- Epson: 'Word Bank';
- Matsushita (Panasonic): RK-H 500;
- Sharp Corporation: PA 950, PA 1000, PA 1050;
- Silver Seiko Ltd: EXD 10 (Tescomate 55), EXD 15 (Tescomate/Tescomatic Ă 77).'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 23 June 1985.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31986R2976 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2976/86 of 29 September 1986 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Italy
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2976/86
of 29 September 1986
adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Italy
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in certain production regions in Italy, the introduction of live pigs and certain fresh pigmeat products from Italy into the other Member States has been temporarily prohibited pursuant to Commission Decision 86/448/EEC of 4 September 1986 on certain protective measures against foot-and-mouth disease in Italy (3);
Whereas, in order to take account of the limitations to free movement of goods resulting from the situation, exceptional measures to support the market must be taken;
Whereas it is therefore appropriate to fix private storage aid for certain sensitive products coming from the infection zone in accordance with detailed implementing rules for the granting of private storage aid in the pigmeat sector adopted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 201/85 (5);
Whereas in order to limit the risk of infection the Italian authorites should be authorized to designate the places of storage;
Whereas, given this exceptional situation, this Community measure should be widened by allowing Italy to grant a supplementary aid to be borne by the national budget, the amount of which should be fixed by that Member State with the agreement of the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
1. As from 29 September until 31 December 1986 applications for private storage aid in the pigmeat sector may be made to the Italian intervention agency in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 and of this Regulation.
Only products coming from pigs reared in local health units in which foot-and-mouth disease has been detected and which have not been declared free of the disease, as well as from local health units which share a boundary with such local health units, may be subject to this aid.
Products coming from pigs reared in local health units in which no cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been recorded for three months and local health units which share a boundary with such local health units shall not be subject to this aid.
Modifications to the boundary of the infection zone shall be immediately notified by the Italian authorities to the Commission.
The list of products which qualify for aid and the relevant amounts are set out in the Annex hereto.
2. If the period of storage is extended or curtailed, the amount of aid shall be adjusted accordingly. The amounts of the supplements per month and the dedutions per day are set out in columns 7 and 8 of the Annex.
3. Where Community aid is granted, Italy may grant supplementary national aid, the amount of which shall be fixed by that Member State in agreement with the Commission.
The minimum quantity per contract and per product shall be 5 tonnes.
The Italian authorities may designate the places of storage in accordance with veterinary requirements.
The security shall be 20 % of the amount of aid set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 29 September 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993L0002 | Commission Directive 93/2/EEC of 28 January 1993 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/2/EEC of 28 January 1993 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC (2), and in particular Article 21 (a) thereof,
Whereas, according to present scientific and technical knowledge, it appears that certain varieties of oat (Avena sativa) of the 'naked oat` type have a potential value as fodder;
Whereas, however, it is difficult to produce seed of these varieties with a germination capacity equal to that normally achieved by seed of the oat varieties;
Whereas by Directive 88/506/EEC (3) the Commission declared that, in the light of the development of scientific and technical knowledge it was appropriate to reduce, for varieties of oats of the 'naked oat` type, the minimum germination capacity of 85 % of pure seed laid down for oats in Annex II to Directive 66/402/EEC to 75 %;
Whereas that reduction applied only until 31 December 1992 so that further technical data about those varieties could be collected and assessed;
Whereas further technical data has shown that it is appropriate for the reduction to continue indefinitely;
Whereas the measures provided in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Section (2) (B) (d) of Annex II to Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows:
'(d) in the case of varieties of Avena sativa which are officially classified as of the "naked oat" type the minimum germination capacity is reduced to 75 % of pure seed. In such a case the official label shall be endorsed "minimum germination capacity 75 %"`.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this Directive by 31 May 1993 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
31988D0445 | 88/445/EEC: Council Decision of 25 July 1988 on the transition of the Eurotra programme to the third phase
| COUNCIL DECISION of 25 July 1988 on the transition of the Eurotra programme to the third phase (88/445/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,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(1),Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Whereas Council Decision 82/752/EEC of 4 November 1982 on the adoption of a European Economic Community research and development programme for a machine translation system of advanced design(3) as amended by Decision 86/591/EEC(4), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 1 thereof, states that at the end of each phase of the abovementioned programme (hereinafter called Eurotra) the Council, acting in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Treaty, shall decide, on the basis of a report from the Commission and the opinion of the Management and Coordination Advisory Committee ´Linguistic Problems' (CGC-12) whether to move on to the next phase;
Whereas Council Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC of 28 September 1987 concerning the framework programme for Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1987 to 1991)(5) recalls in Article 1 (3) that an amount of 1 084 million ECU was deemed necessary in respect of research programmes already decided or under way;
Whereas Eurotra is among those programmes already decided and under way and the amount of 5,5 million ECU was deemed necessary by the said Decision 82/752/EEC for its third phase;
Whereas the objectives of the second phase of the Eurotra programme are expected to be achieved in the course of 1988 within the budgetary resources allocated by the budgetary authority; whereas the Eurotra programme has been assessed by a panel of independent experts, whose recommendations have been incorporated by the Commission in the definition of the guidelines for the third phase;
Whereas all twelve Member States are actively participating in the implementation of the Eurotra programme;
Whereas it is essential to start immediately preparations for the transition of the Eurotra programme to an industrial development phase;
Whereas the CGC-12 Committee has been consulted and has delivered a positive opinion on the transition to the third phase;
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest) has been consulted;
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary powers other than those of Article 235,
The Eurotra Programme as adopted by Decision 82/752/EEC shall move on to the third phase on 1 July 1988. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R1680 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1680/2003 of 24 September 2003 amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1680/2003
of 24 September 2003
amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2),
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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98(4), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The amounts of the representative prices and additional duties applicable to the import of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1166/2003(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1575/2003(6).
(2) It follows from applying the general and detailed fixing rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 to the information known to the Commission that the representative prices and additional duties at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September 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 |
32002R1018 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1018/2002 of 13 June 2002 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Fagiolo di Sorana)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1018/2002
of 13 June 2002
supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Fagiolo di Sorana)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2796/2000(2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Italy has sent the Commission an application for the registration of the name "Fagiolo di Sorana" as a protected geographical indication.
(2) In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the application has been found to meet all the requirements laid down therein and in particular to contain all the information required in accordance with Article 4 thereof.
(3) No statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 has been received by the Commission in respect of the name given in the Annex hereto following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities(3).
(4) The name should therefore be entered in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications and hence be protected throughout the Community as a protected geographical indication.
(5) The Annex hereto supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 564/2002(5),
The name in the Annex hereto is hereby added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as a protected geographical indication (PGI) in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010D0513(01) | Council Decision of 10 May 2010 appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency
| 13.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 125/6
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 May 2010
appointing one member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency
2010/C 125/04
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency (1), and in particular Article 79 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council should appoint as Members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency one representative from each Member State.
(2) By Decision of 7 June 2007 (2) the Council appointed 27 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency.
(3) The Bulgarian Government has informed the Council of its intention to replace the Bulgarian representative on the Management Board and has submitted a nomination for a new representative, who should be appointed for a period which runs until 31 May 2011,
Mr Boyko Marinov MALINOV of Bulgarian nationality, born on 30 August 1964, shall be appointed member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency in place of Ms Ekaterina Spasova GECHEVA-ZAHARIEVA for the period from 14 May 2010 to 31 May 2011.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R1226 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2006 of 14 August 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005 as regards the entry into storage of intervention butter put on sale
| 15.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1226/2006
of 14 August 2006
amending Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005 as regards the entry into storage of intervention butter put on sale
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2) lays down that intervention butter placed on sale must have entered into storage before 1 January 2004.
(2) Article 1(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (3) lays down that intervention butter bought in under Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 to be sold at reduced prices must have been taken into storage before 1 January 2004.
(3) Given the situation on the butter market and the quantities of butter in intervention storage it is appropriate that butter in storage before 1 January 2005 should be available for sale.
(4) Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the date ‘1 January 2004’ is replaced by the date ‘1 January 2005’.
In Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, the date ‘1 January 2004’ is replaced by the date ‘1 January 2005’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0482 | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 482/2014 of 4 March 2014 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 114/2013 as regards the 2010 average specific CO 2 emissions specified for the manufacturer Great Wall Motor Company Limited
| 13.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 138/51
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 482/2014
of 4 March 2014
amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 114/2013 as regards the 2010 average specific CO2 emissions specified for the manufacturer Great Wall Motor Company Limited
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (1), and in particular Article 11(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The manufacturer of light commercial vehicles, Great Wall Motor Company Limited, has informed the Commission that the average specific CO2 emissions in 2010 specified for that manufacturer in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 114/2013 (2) are incorrect. The manufacturer has provided detailed evidence demonstrating that the average specific CO2 emissions in 2010 were significantly higher than the value indicated in that Regulation.
(2) The Commission has assessed the evidence provided by Great Wall Motor Company Limited and considers that it is appropriate to correct the value.
(3) Delegated Regulation (EU) No 114/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,
In the list in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 114/2013, the entry in the second column, with the heading ‘Average emissions, (g/km)’, for the make Great Wall is replaced by ‘225,00’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31996D0321 | 96/321/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1995 refusing Austria's application for protective measures with regard to pharmaceutical products coming from Spain (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1995 refusing Austria's application for protective measures with regard to pharmaceutical products coming from Spain (Only the German text is authentic) (96/321/EC)
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, and in particular Article 379 thereof,
Having regard to the application by Austria,
Whereas Austria, by letter of 30 November 1995, applied to the Commission for authorization to invoke Article 379 of the Act of Accession for safeguard measures, aimed at solving the problem caused by the expiry of the transitional period provided for by Article 47 of the Act of Accession, concerning pharmaceutical products coming from Spain, which are protected in Austria by a product patent but not in Spain;
Whereas in their request, the Austrian authorities provided the Commission with the material facts to enable it to evaluate the validity of the application;
Whereas the Austrian authorities base their application upon the economic difficulties to which the pharmaceutical products market in Austria would, according to them, be subjected as a result of the expiry of the transitional period provided for by Article 47 of the Act of Accession, namely as from 7 October 1995; whereas the expiry of the transitional period will lead to an appreciable increase in parallel imports from Spain;
Whereas Article 379 derogates from a fundamental principle of the EC Treaty, that of the free movement of goods; whereas consequently in accordance with the well-established case-law of the Court of Justice it should be restrictively interpreted;
Whereas consequently, in accordance with that case-law and with the established practice of the Commission in the past, Article 379 of the Act of Accession cannot apply;
Whereas the purpose of Article 379 is to rectify and adjust to the economy of the common market a given economic sector experiencing economic difficulties which are serious and liable to persist;
Whereas an analysis of the economic data provided by the Austrian authorities has shown that the conditions for the application of Article 379 are not fulfilled; whereas, more particularly, it has revealed that the Austrian pharmaceutical industry is not experiencing economic difficulties which are serious and liable to persist; whereas an increase in the volume of imports coming from Spain of pharmaceutical products patented in Austria but not in Spain would not appear to be so significant in the long run as to bring about, by itself, serious economic difficulties on the Austrian pharmaceutical market,
The application for safeguard measures made by Austria under Article 379 of the Act of Accession, aimed at solving the problem caused by the expiry of the transitional period provided for by Article 47 of the Act of Accession, concerning pharmaceutical products coming from Spain, which are protected by a product patent in Austria but not in Spain, is rejected.
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32011D0535 | 2011/535/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
| 13.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 236/6
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 6 July 2011
on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
(2011/535/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 26 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (2),
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the ‘Fund’) to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.
(2) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.
(4) Slovenia, Croatia and the Czech Republic submitted their application to mobilise the Fund, concerning disaster caused by heavy flooding,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, the European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 19 546 647 in commitment and payment appropriations.
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32000D0306 | 2000/306/EC: Council Decision of 30 March 2000 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Czech Republic concerning the extension of the common communication network/common system interface (CCN/CSI) within the framework of the Convention on a common transit procedure
| Council Decision
of 30 March 2000
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Czech Republic concerning the extension of the common communication network/common system interface (CCN/CSI) within the framework of the Convention on a common transit procedure
(2000/306/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 together with the first sentence of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The implementation of the computerised system introduced by Decision No 1/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on common transit(1) requires the setting up of an international computer network to make possible the exchange of information between the competent authorities of the parties to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure(2), hereinafter referred to as "the Convention".
(2) The European Community has already developed the common communication network/common system interface (CCN/CSI) which fulfils the necessary requirements.
(3) Decision No 2/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on common transit provides that the CCN/CSI is to be used by all contracting parties to the Convention(3) and that the financial participation of the partner countries and other related issues will be determined by mutual agreement between the Community and each of the partner countries.
(4) On 22 October 1999 the Council authorised the Commission of the European Communities to negotiate with each of the non-Community partner countries, parties to the Convention, an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the extension of CCN/CSI to each of them.
(5) The Commission has negotiated the extension of CCN/CSI to the Czech Republic.
(6) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning this extension should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Czech Republic concerning the extension of the common communication network/common system interface (CCN/CSI), in the framework of the Convention on a common transit procedure, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) authorised to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters so as to render it binding on the Community.
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32004R0429 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2004 of 4 March 2004 fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2004 fishing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2004
of 4 March 2004
fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2004 fishing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/2000 of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of private storage aid for certain fishery products(2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The aid should not exceed the sum of technical and financial costs recorded in the Community during the fishing year preceding the year in question.
(2) To discourage long-term storage, to shorten payment times and to reduce the burden of controls, private storage aid should be paid in one single instalment.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 2004 fishing year the amount of private storage aid for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be as follows:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 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 |
31997R2095 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2095/97 of 24 October 1997 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2095/97 of 24 October 1997 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries
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 organization of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that exportable amounts of rice are currently held by producers; whereas this situation could affect the normal development of producer prices during the 1997/98 marketing year;
Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appropriate to make use of export refunds to zones which may be supplied by the Community; whereas the special situation of the rice market makes it necessary to limit the refunds, and therefore to apply Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 enabling the refund amount to be fixed by tendering procedure;
Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of tendering for export refunds on rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95 (3), apply to this invitation to tender;
Whereas, in order to avoid disturbances on the markets of the producing countries, the invitation to tender should be limited to certain zones specified in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3304/94 (5);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, for Zones II (a), (b), (d) and III as specified in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.
2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 25 June 1998. During that period weekly invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be determined in the notice of invitation to tender.
3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 and with the following provisions.
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 5 000 tonnes.
The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 shall be ECU 20 per tonne.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (6), export licences issued within this invitation to tender shall, for the purposes of determining their period of validity, be considered as having been issued on the day the tender was submitted.
2. The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1, until the end of the fourth month following.
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of the time limit for weekly submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordance with the table given in the Annex.
If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall inform the Commission accordingly within the same time limit as that given in the above subparagraph.
The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.
1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:
- either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95,
- or not to take any action on the tenders.
2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at or below the maximum export refund level.
The time limit for submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 10 a.m. on 6 November 1997.
The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 25 June 1998.
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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32012R0071 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 71/2012 of 27 January 2012 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals
| 28.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 26/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 71/2012
of 27 January 2012
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (1), and in particular Article 22(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 implements the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, signed on 11 September 1998 and approved, on behalf of the Community, by Council Decision 2003/106/EC (2).
(2) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 should be amended to take into account regulatory action in respect of certain chemicals taken pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (3), Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (4) and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (5).
(3) The substances dichlobenil, dicloran, ethoxyquin and propisochlor have not been included as active substances in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (6), with the effect that those substances are banned for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008. The addition of dichlobenil, dicloran, ethoxyquin and propisochlor to Annex I was suspended due to a new application for inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC submitted pursuant to Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 of 17 January 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards a regular and an accelerated procedure for the assessment of active substances which were part of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of that Directive but have not been included into its Annex I (7). That new application resulted again in the decision not to include the substances dichlobenil, dicloran, ethoxyquin and propisochlor as active substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC with the effect that dichlobenil, dicloran, ethoxyquin and propisochlor remain banned for pesticide use and that the reason for suspending the addition to Annex I disappeared. Therefore, the substances dichlobenil, dicloran, ethoxyquin and propisochlor should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(4) The substance methyl bromide has not been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and methyl bromide has not been included as an active substance in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC, with the effect that methyl bromide is banned for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008. The addition of methyl bromide to Annex I was suspended due to a new application for inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC submitted pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008. That new application resulted again in the decision not to include the substance methyl bromide as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC with the effect that methyl bromide remains banned for pesticide use and that the reason for suspending the addition to Annex I disappeared. Therefore, the substance methyl bromide should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(5) The substance cyanamide has not been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, with the effect that cyanamide is severely restricted for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 because virtually all use is prohibited despite the fact that cyanamide has been identified and notified for evaluation under Directive 98/8/EC and may thus continue to be authorised by Member States until a decision under that Directive is taken. The addition of cyanamide to Annex I was suspended due to a new application for inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC submitted pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008. That new application has been withdrawn by the applicant with the effect that the reason for suspending the addition to Annex I disappeared. Therefore, the substance cyanamide should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(6) The substance flurprimidol has not been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, with the effect that flurprimidol is banned for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008. The addition of flurprimidol to Part 2 of Annex I was suspended due to a new application for inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC submitted pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008. That new application resulted again in the decision not to include the substance flurprimidol as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC with the effect that flurprimidol remains banned for pesticide use and that the reason for suspending the addition to Part 2 of Annex I disappeared. Therefore, the substance flurprimidol should be added to the list of chemicals contained in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(7) The substance triflumuron has been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, with the effect that triflumuron is no longer banned for pesticide use. Consequently the active substance triflumuron should be deleted from Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(8) The substance triazoxide has been approved as an active substance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, with the effect that triazoxide is no longer banned for pesticide use. Consequently the active substance triazoxide should be deleted from Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 133 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2012.
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31995R2658 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2658/95 of 15 November 1995 fixing the olive yields and oil yields for the 1994/95 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2658/95 of 15 November 1995 fixing the olive yields and oil yields for the 1994/95 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil producer organizations (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 636/95 (4), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 provides that olive yields and oil yields shall be fixed by homogeneous production zones on the basis of the figures supplied by producer Member States; whereas, in view of the information received, it is appropriate to fix yields as specified in Annex I hereto;
Whereas the demarcation of production zones is as specified in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1934/93 of 8 July 1993, fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the yields of olives and olive oil (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 38/94 (6); whereas, for the 1994/95 marketing year, reference should be made to that Annex as regards the demarcation of production zones; whereas, however, for administrative and structural reasons, it is necessary to make certain amendments to the homogeneous zones, particularly in Spain and in Greece;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
1. For the 1994/95 marketing year, yields of olives and olive oil and the relevant production zones are specified in Annex I.
2. The demarcation of the production zones is as specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1934/93, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 38/94, with the following amendments:
(1) Annex II C is amended as follows:
(a) the prefecture of Argolida, in zone 2, the commune of Statheika is replaced by Vrousti;
(b) the prefecture of Attiki, the commune of Egaleo is deleted from zone 4 and the commune of Nea Liossia is added to the same zone;
(c) the prefecture of Evvia, the communes of Edipos and Ilia are deleted from zone 11;
(d) the prefecture of Pella, the communes of Axos, Athira, Agrossikia, N. Milotopos, Paelos Milotopos, Drosero, Anidro, Arkhondiko, Mesiano, Damiano, Leptokariia and Rakhona are added to zone 2;
(e) the prefecture of Pieria, the commune of Paleos Eleftherokhori is deleted from zone 2 and added to zone 1;
(f) the prefecture of Samos, a new zone number 11 is added. The town of Pithagorio and the communes of Mitilinio and Khora are added to that zone and deleted from zone 7.
(2) Annex II D is amended as follows:
(a) in the Autonomous Community of Aragon:
- in the province of Zaragoza, the commune of Villalba de Perejil is added to zone 2, the commune of Leciñena is deleted from zone 3 and the communes of Cosuenda and Alpartir are added to zone 5,
- in the province of Teruel the communes of Jatiel, La Portellada and Torre del Compte are added to zone 4,
- in the province of Huesca, the communes of Aguero, Alberuela de Tubo, Altorricón, Baldellou, Ballobar, Castejón del Puente, Estada, Lanaja and Valfarta are added to zone 5;
(b) in the Autonomous Community of Castile-La-Mancha:
- in the province of Toledo, the commune of Ventas de Retamosa is added to zone 2, the commune of San Martín de los Montes is replaced in zone 5 by San Martín de Montalban and the commune of Camuñas is deleted from zone 7;
(c) in the Autonomous Community of Navarra:
- the commune of Buñuel is added to zone 1.
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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32003R1950 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1950/2003 of 4 November 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1918/2003 fixing the export refunds in the milk and milk products sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1950/2003
of 4 November 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1918/2003 fixing the export refunds in the milk and milk products sector
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 organization of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003(2), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2003(3) sets export refunds on products in the milk and milk products sector. A check has shown that its Annex is not consistent with the measures presented for an opinion to the management committee; therefore, the Regulation should be corrected,
In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1918/2003, the amount of refund for product codes 0406 20 90 99/15 and 0406 90 15 91/00 are replaced by the following:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It is applicable from 31 October 2003 for the product code 0406 90 15 91/00.
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 |
31995D0374 | 95/374/EC: Commission Decision of 8 September 1995 on the carrying out of Community trials on propagating and planting material of certain species under Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 92/33/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 8 September 1995 on the carrying out of Community trials on propagating and planting material of certain species under Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 92/33/EEC (95/374/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Council Directive 92/33/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 94/152/EC (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas propagating and planting material of vegetable species listed in the said Directive must comply with the requirements and conditions of the said Directive;
Whereas to this end it is necessary to carry out Community trials under Article 20 (2) of the said Directive in the early stages of its implementation to ensure that the technical methods of examination of propagating and planting material of certain species, in the first instance, are harmonized;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Community trials on propagating and planting material of Allium spp. and Lycopersicon lycopersicum shall be carried out during 1995 to be used for the harmonization of technical methods of examination.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
32003R0642 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2003 of 9 April 2003 fixing the export refunds on olive oil
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2003
of 9 April 2003
fixing the export refunds on olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001(2), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that, where prices within the Community are higher than world market prices, the difference between these prices may be covered by a refund when olive oil is exported to third countries.
(2) The detailed rules for fixing and granting export refunds on olive oil are contained in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 616/72(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2962/77(4).
(3) Article 3(3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund must be the same for the whole Community.
(4) In accordance with Article 3(4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the refund for olive oil must be fixed in the light of the existing situation and outlook in relation to olive oil prices and availability on the Community market and olive oil prices on the world market. However, where the world market situation is such that the most favourable olive oil prices cannot be determined, account may be taken of the price of the main competing vegetable oils on the world market and the difference recorded between that price and the price of olive oil during a representative period. The amount of the refund may not exceed the difference between the price of olive oil in the Community and that on the world market, adjusted, where appropriate, to take account of export costs for the products on the world market.
(5) In accordance with Article 3(3) third indent, point (b) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, it may be decided that the refund shall be fixed by tender. The tendering procedure should cover the amount of the refund and may be limited to certain countries of destination, quantities, qualities and presentations.
(6) The second indent of Article 3(3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that the refund on olive oil may be varied according to destination where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary.
(7) The refund must be fixed at least once every month. It may, if necessary, be altered in the intervening period.
(8) It follows from applying these detailed rules to the present situation on the market in olive oil and in particular to olive oil prices within the Community and on the markets of third countries that the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(9) The Management Committee for Oils and Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(2)(c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 April 2003.
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32002R0520 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 520/2002 of 21 March 2002 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 520/2002
of 21 March 2002
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that the difference between quotations of prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each of those Regulations and the prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1563/2001(6), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate.
(3) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(4) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. Whereas it is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. Whereas the fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(5) Now that a settlement has been reached between the European Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States and has been approved by Council Decision 87/482/EEC(7), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 according to their destination.
(6) Pursuant to Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that a reduced rate of export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93(8), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1786/2001(9), for the basic product in question, used during the assumed period of manufacture of the goods.
(7) Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However, Protocol 19 of the Act of Accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark stipulates that the necessary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is necessary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals exported in the form of spirituous beverages.
(8) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(9) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to amended Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 respectively, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 2002.
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32008R1013 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1013/2008 of 15 October 2008 establishing a prohibition of fishing for common sole in VIIf and VIIg by vessels flying the flag of Ireland
| 17.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1013/2008
of 15 October 2008
establishing a prohibition of fishing for common sole in VIIf and VIIg by vessels flying the flag of Ireland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.
(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 2008.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2008 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.
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31985R2309 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2309/85 of 7 August 1985 amending quantitative limits fixed for imports of certain textile products originating in India
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2309/85
of 7 August 1985
amending quantitative limits fixed for imports of certain textile products originating in India
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82 of 31 December 1982 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1003/85 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82, quantitative limits agreed with third countires are shared between the Member States for 1985;
Whereas, in the bilateral agreements, the Community has given undertakings to the supplier countries to adjust the allocation of limits among Member States in such a way as to ensure optimum utilization and to establish efficient and speedy procedures for adjusting the allocations;
Whereas India has asked that the allocation of Community quantitative limits among the Member States be adjusted in order to take account of the trend of trade flows, and to enable suppliers to utilize agreed Communmity limits more fully;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
The quantitative limits for textile products originating in India, as fixed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82, are hereby amended for 1985 as laid down in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31990R3816 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3816/90 of 19 December 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism for certain products in the pigmeat sector destined for Portugal and originating in the other Member States
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3816/90
of 19 December 1990
laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism for certain products in the pigmeat sector destined for Portugal and originating in the other Member States
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 251 (1) thereof
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal (3), and in particular Article 13 thereof, as amended by Regulation 3296/88,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3659/90 (4) has specified the list of products submitted to transition by stage which are subject to the STM from the beginning of the second stage,
Whereas Article 5 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 specifies that the imports from Spain of these products are submitted to the STM according to Articles 249 to 252 of the Act of Accession;
Whereas the indicative ceilings on imports into Portugal of certain products of the pigmeat sector listed in the Annex to this Regulation are laid down on the basis of the provisional balance sheet established in application of Article 251 of the Act of Accession and on taking account of in particular the traditional trade volumes of imports into Portugal as well as the necessity for a progressive opening up of the Portuguese market;
Whereas it is appropriate to foresee that Community operators can only export certain products in the pigmeat sector to Portugal under certain restrictive conditions concerning in particular the period during
which they have engaged in their commerce; whereas it is appropriate to derogate from that rule for 1991 to benefit those operators situated in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic in order to allow them to export those products to Portugal;
Whereas to lay down detailed rules for the application for the issue of licences it is necessary to derogate from both Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1599/90 (6), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 of 26 February 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of the STM (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88;
Whereas the pigmeat management committee has not delivered its opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The indicative ceilings relating to certain products in the pigmeat sector which may be imported into Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and Spain shall be those set out in the Annex.
1. STM licences shall be requested for imports into Portugal from the other Member States for products falling within:
- one of the subheadings of the combined nomenclature, or
-one of the groups of subheadings of the combined nomenclature given in the Annex.
2. In derogation to Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, the rights deriving from the STM licence are not transferable.
In derogation to:
(a) Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, applications for STM licences lodged between Monday and Friday at 1 p.m., shall be deemed to have been lodged simultaneously;
(b)the first and second subparagraphs of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, the Member States shall notify the Commission before 1 p.m. every Wednesday of the quantitiy for which licence applications have been lodged the previous week specified by group number. The Member States shall issue STM licences for the quantities requested on the following Monday, unless the Commission has taken any special measures;
(c)Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, the first copy of the licence shall be handed to the applicant or sent to the address stated in the request;
(d)the third subparagraph of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, the obligation to use the licence shall remain if the single reduction coefficient is applied.
1. The applicant must be a natural or legal person who at the time his application is submitted has, for 12 months at least, been engaged in trade in products of the pigmeat sector between Member States or with third countries and who is entered in the official register of a Member State. However, until 31 December 1991, these conditions do not apply to applicants established for at least twelve months in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic.
2. Licence applications shall be considered only if the applicant declares in writing that he has not lodged and undertakes not to lodge any application for the same product in any Member State other than that where his present application is lodged; if an applicant lodges applications in two or more Member States, none of the applications shall be considered.
3. All applications from one applicant shall be regarded as a single application.
The sum of the quantities stated in the STM licences applied for by a given operator in any one week shall, for each of the groups of products specified in the Annex, not exceed 300 head for live animals or 40 tonnes for meat or meat products.
STM licences as provided for in Articles 1 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 shall be valid for 18 days for all products set out in the Annex from the actual date of issue, in accordance with Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88.
The security relating to STM licences shall be:
- ECU 4 per animal in the case of live swine,
and
-ECU 5 per 100 kg for all other products set out in the Annex.
1. Portugal shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products actually imported in each three-month period, broken down by product, not later than 45 days after the end of the period concerned.
2. Portugal shall notify the Commission not later than 15 October each year of the forecast production and consumption in that Member State for the following year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
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32002D0031 | 2002/31/EC: Commission Decision of 14 January 2002 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain and amending Decision 2001/925/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 74)
| Commission Decision
of 14 January 2002
concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain and amending Decision 2001/925/EC
(notified under document number C(2002) 74)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/31/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever have occurred in the Province of Barcelona in Cataluña in Spain.
(2) In view of the trade in live pigs, these outbreaks are liable to endanger the herds of other Members States.
(3) Spain has taken measures within the framework of Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001, on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(3).
(4) The Commission adopted Decision 2001/925/EC of 20 December 2001 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain(4).
(5) In the light of the evolution of the situation and following results of the epidemiological enquiries, it is necessary to prolong the measures adopted and to reduce the area subjected to some of these measures. Decision 2001/925/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Article 8 of Decision 2001/925/EC:
(a) the words "20 January 2002" are replaced by the words "20 February 2002";
(b) the words "31 January 2002" are replaced by the words "28 February 2002".
In the Annex to Decision 2001/925/EC the word "Cataluña" is replaced by the words "The Provinces of Barcelona and Gerona in Cataluña".
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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32007R0186 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2007 of 21 February 2007 concerning the authorisation of a new use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Biosaf SC 47) as a feed additive (Text with EEA relevance )
| 1.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 63/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 186/2007
of 21 February 2007
concerning the authorisation of a new use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Biosaf SC 47) as a feed additive
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of the preparation set out in the Annex. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of that Regulation.
(3) The application concerns authorisation of a new use of the preparation Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCYC Sc 47) (Biosaf SC 47) as a feed additive for horses to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.
(4) The method of analysis included in the application for authorisation in accordance with Article 7(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 concerns the determination of the active substance of the feed additive in feed. The method of analysis referred to in the Annex to this Regulation is therefore not to be understood as a Community method of analysis within the meaning of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (2).
(5) The use of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCYC Sc 47) was authorised for cattle for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 316/2003 of 19 February 2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (3) for piglets (weaned), by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2148/2004 of 16 December 2004 concerning the permanent and provisional authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs and the authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (4) for sows, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1288/2004 concerning the permanent authorisation of certain additives and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (5) for rabbits for fattening, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 600/2005 of 18 April 2005 concerning a new authorisation for 10 years of a coccidiostat as an additive in feedingstuffs, the provisional authorisation of an additive and the permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs (6) for dairy cows, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1811/2005 of 4 November 2005 (7) concerning the provisional and permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs and for lambs for fattening by Commission Regulation No 1447/2006 of 29 September 2006 concerning the authorisation of a new use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Biosaf SC 47) as a feed additive (8).
(6) New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation for horses. The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) concluded in its opinion of 12 September 2006 that the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCYC Sc 47) does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment (9). It further concluded that the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCYC Sc 47) does not present any other risk for this additional animal category which would, in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, exclude authorisation. According to that opinion, the use of that preparation is efficacious in improving fibre digestion in horses. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post market monitoring. This opinion also verifies the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. The assessment of that preparation shows that the conditions for authorisation, provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘digestibility enhancers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex .
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31981R2137 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2137/81 of 28 July 1981 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2137/81
of 28 July 1981
amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and exort licences in the beef and veal sector
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 the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 15 (2), 16 (4) and 25 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 217/81 of 20 January 1981 opening a Community tariff quota for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) and 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 263/81 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2136/81 (4), laid down that, for meat imported from non-member countries which have not entered into a voluntary restraint agreement, the import licence must bear certain specific information; whereas several countries are now in that category and therefore, in order better to check the quantities eligible for these special arrangements, the existing provisions should be supplemented to include information to distinguish the country of origin of the products; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3469/80 (6), should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 12 is replaced by the following:
'Article 12
1. In order to qualify for the special import arrangements referred to in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 263/81 (1):
(a) the licence application or applications lodged by any one applicant shall relate to a total quantity corresponding to not less than five tonnes of meat by product weight and not more than 10 % of the quantity fixed pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 263/81 in respect of the arrangements in question for the quarter during which the application or applications are lodged;
(b) section 12 of the licence application and of the licence itself shall contain one of the following endorsements:
- High-quality beef/veal (Regulation (EEC) No 263/81),
- Oksekoed af hoej kvalitet (forordning (EOEF) nr. 263/81),
- Qualitaetsrindfleisch (Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 263/81),
- Vóeion kréas ypsilís poiótitos (kanonismós (EOK) arith. 263/81),
- Viande bovine de haute qualité (règlement (CEE) no 263/81),
- Carni bovine di alta qualità (regolamento (CEE) n. 263/81),
- Kwaliteitsrundvlees (Verordening (EEG) nr. 263/81),
(c) section 14 of the licence application and of the licence itself shall show the country of origin; the licence shall carry with it an obligation to import from the country in question.
2. For the purposes of these special arrangements , with regard to quantities imported under the conditions laid down in Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 (2), the levy fixed pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be charged for quantities in excess of those stated on the import licence.
For the purposes of the above subparagraph, section 20 A of the licence shall bear one of the following endorsements:
- Levy suspended. Licence valid for . . . (in figures and words) kg,
- Importafgift suspenderet. Licens gyldig for . . . . kg,
- Aussetzung der Abschoepfung. Lizenz gueltig fuer . . . kg,
- I eisforá échei anastaleí. Pistopoiitikó égkyro gia . . . chgr,
- Prélèvement suspendu. Certificat valable pour . . . kg,
- Prelievo sospeso. Titolo valido per . . . kg,
- Heffing geschorst. Certificaat geldig voor . . . kg.
(1) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1981, p. 52.
(2) OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1.'
2. The provisions in Annex I point 3 (e) are replaced by the following:
'(e) beef and veal originating in the United States of America and in Canada and referred to in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 263/81.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1981.
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32010R0346 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 346/2010 of 15 April 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the placing on the market and import requirements for consignments of aquaculture animals intended for Member States or parts thereof with national measures approved by Decision 2010/221/EU (Text with EEA relevance)
| 24.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 104/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 346/2010
of 15 April 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the placing on the market and import requirements for consignments of aquaculture animals intended for Member States or parts thereof with national measures approved by Decision 2010/221/EU
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (1), and in particular Article 25 and Article 61(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2010/221/EU approving national measures for limiting the impact of certain diseases in aquaculture animals and wild aquatic animals in accordance with Article 43 of Council Directive 2006/88/EC (2) allows certain Member States to impose requirements on the introduction into their territories or parts thereof of consignments of certain aquaculture animals in order to prevent the introduction of or to control spring viraemia of carp (SVC), bacterial kidney disease (BKD), infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPN) and infection with Gyrodactylus salaris (GS). That Decision replaces Commission Decision 2004/453/EC of 29 April 2004 implementing Council Directive 91/67/EEC as regards measures against certain diseases in aquaculture animals (3).
(2) To prevent the introduction of or to control the spread of those diseases, consignments of aquaculture animals intended for farming, relaying areas, put and take fisheries, open ornamental facilities, or restocking introduced into a Member State or part thereof listed in Annexes I and II to Decision 2010/221/EU of species susceptible to the diseases for which the Member State or part thereof is regarded as disease-free or for which it has an eradication programme, should originate from an area with an equivalent health status.
(3) To ensure that those requirements are complied with, such consignments should be accompanied by an animal health certificate providing the necessary attestations.
(4) For movements of aquaculture animals within the European Union (placing on the market), specific animal health certificates are laid down in Decision 2004/453/EC. In the interest of simplification of Union legislation, the necessary animal health conditions as regards the diseases covered by the approved national measures should now be included in the animal health certificates for placing on the market laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 of 12 December 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and laying down a list of vector species (4). Annex II to that Regulation should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The relevant model animal health certificates for imports of aquaculture animals into the Union, laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 already include attestations as regards those diseases. However, those attestations should be amended to take account of the principles for imports of aquaculture animals laid down in Directive 2006/88/EC and the Aquatic Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Annex IV to that Regulation should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The placing on the market and import requirements for consignments of aquaculture animals intended for Member States and parts thereof with national measures approved by Decision 2010/221/EU should only apply to species susceptible to the relevant diseases. Consequently, a list of species susceptible to those diseases should be set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008.
(7) However, as fish of any species that are present in waters where fish of species infected with GS are present, may spread that disease, the placing on the market and import requirements related to GS should also apply to consignments of fish of any species introduced into Member States or parts thereof listed in Decision 2010/221/EU as free of that disease.
(8) As the model animal health certificates laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008, as amended by this Regulation, cover all the national measures approved in accordance with Article 43 of Directive 2006/88/EC and Decision 2004/453/EC is repealed by Decision 2010/221/EU, Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 should be deleted.
(9) It is appropriate to provide for transitional measures to allow Member States and the industry to take the necessary measures to comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation.
(10) To ensure that animal health certificates are correctly issued in those cases where certain statements of the model animal health certificates set out in Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 are not relevant and in those cases where they consist of more than one sheet of paper, further clarification should be provided for in the explanatory notes. Annex V to that Regulation should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) animal health conditions for the placing on the market of:
(i) ornamental aquatic animals either originating from or intended for closed ornamental facilities; and
(ii) aquaculture animals intended for farming, relaying areas, put and take fisheries, open ornamental facilities and restocking in Member States and parts thereof with national measures approved by Commision Decision 2010/221/EU (5);
2. The following Article 8a is inserted:
(a) are introduced into Member States or parts thereof listed in the second and fourth column of the table set out in:
(i) Annex I to Decision 2010/221/EU as free of one or more of the diseases listed in the first column of that table; or
(ii) Annex II to Decision 2010/221/EU as subject to an eradication programme for one or more of the diseases listed in the first column of that table;
(b) are of species which are listed in Part C of Annex II as species susceptible to the diseases, for which the Member State concerned or part thereof is regarded as disease-free, or for which an eradication programme applies in accordance with Decision 2010/221/EU, as referred to in point (a).
3. Article 18 is deleted.
4. Annexes II, IV and V are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Transitional provisions
1. For a transitional period until 31 July 2010, consignments of aquaculture animals accompanied by animal health certificates issued in accordance with Parts A or B of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 before the amendments introduced by the present Regulation, may continue to be imported into or transited through the Union.
2. For a transitional period until 31 July 2011, consignments of aquaculture animals accompanied by animal health certificates issued in accordance with Part A or B of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 before the amendments introduced by the present Regulation, may continue to be imported into or transited through the Union provided that the animal health attestations as regards spring viraemia of carp (SVC), bacterial kidney disease (BKD), infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPN) and Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris (GS) set out in Part II of those certificates are not applicable.
Entry into force and applicability
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 15 May 2010.
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31997R0552 | Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 of 24 March 1997 temporarily withdrawing access to generalized tariff preferences from the Union of Myanmar
| 27.3.1997 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 85/8
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 552/97
of 24 March 1997
temporarily withdrawing access to generalized tariff preferences from the Union of Myanmar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 of 19 December 1994 applying a four-year scheme of generalized tariff preferences (1995 to 1998) in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 12 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 of 20 June 1996 applying multiannual schemes of generalized tariff preferences from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1999 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (2), and in particular Article 12 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposals from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 and Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 the Union of Myanmar (hereafter referred to as ‘Myanmar’) is a beneficiary of generalized tariff preferences;
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 and Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 provide that the preferences in question may be temporarily withdrawn in whole or in part in circumstances including the practice of any form of forced labour as defined in the Geneva Conventions of 25 September 1926 and 7 September 1956 and International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions Nos 29 and 105;
Whereas on 7 June 1995 the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) made a joint complaint to the Commission under Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 and called for Myanmar to be temporarily withdrawn from the Community scheme of generalized tariff preferences because of its use of forced labour;
Whereas on 2 January 1997 the ICFTU and the ETUC notified the Commission that they were extending the scope of the joint complaint lodged under Regulation (EC) No 3281/94, with a view to obtaining the withdrawal of Myanmar's preferential entitlement also under Regulation (EC) No 1256/96;
Whereas the Commission examined the complaint of 7 June 1995 in consultation with the Generalized Preferences Committee; whereas the evidence put forward by the complainants was judged sufficient to justify the opening of an investigation, and whereas the Commission decided by a Notice of 16 January 1996 (6) that an investigation should take place;
Whereas the Myanmar authorities were formally notified of the opening of the investigation; whereas they denied that the practices referred to in the complaint constituted forced labour, citing the exceptions in Article 2 (2) of ILO Convention No 29, and claiming that those exceptions covered the 1907 Town Act and the 1908 Village Act, which allow the population to be made to carry out works and services; whereas that interpretation has been challenged by the ILO, whose competent bodies have called for the immediate repeal of the laws in question in order to ensure compliance with the letter and the spirit of Convention No 29;
Whereas the written and oral statements collected by the Commission during the course of the investigation conducted in consultation with the Generalized Preferences Committee corroborate the allegations contained in the complaint; whereas it has emerged that the authorities in Myanmar have routinely used forced labour, not only for military operations but also for civilian and military infrastructure building projects, backed by coercion and frequently violent reprisals;
Whereas, seeking to add to the information it had gathered during the investigation, the Commission requested the authorities of Myanmar to cooperate with that investigation by allowing a fact-finding team into the country; whereas this request was denied and since the conditions in Article 11 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 are thus fulfilled the findings of the investigation could be based on the information available;
Whereas the evidence gathered during the Commission's investigation of the initial complaint by the ICFTU and ETUC and the resulting conclusions are broad enough in scope to provide a valid basis for examining the extended complaint lodged by those organizations on 2 January 1997, thus rendering a specific investigation of the agricultural sector unnecessary, whereas the requirements of Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 have thus been met and the conditions laid down in Article 11 (5) of that Regulation have been fulfilled;
Whereas the information available thus provides sufficient grounds to conclude that withdrawal of Myanmar's access to the scheme of generalized preferences for which it is eligible is justified;
Whereas the findings of the investigation have been reported to the Generalized Preferences Committee in accordance with Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 3281/94;
Whereas the fact that the practices condemned have been routine and widespread means that a complete withdrawal of access to the arrangements is warranted;
Whereas in the light of the foregoing, the generalized tariff preferences applicable to industrial and agricultural products originating in Myanmar should be temporarily withdrawn until it has been established that the practices in question have been brought to an end;
Whereas goods in shipment to the European Community should be excluded from this withdrawal of preferences, provided that they were dispatched before the date of entry into force of this Regulation,
The Union of Myanmar's access to the tariff preferences granted by Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 and Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 is hereby temporarily withdrawn.
The Council, acting by qualified majority, on a proposal from the Commission, shall bring the application of this Regulation to an end in the light of a Commission report on forced labour in Myanmar, showing that the practices mentioned in Article 9 (1), first indent of Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 and Article 9 (1), first indent of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 which have caused the withdrawal of access to generalized tariff preferences from Myanmar no longer exist.
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 not apply to products proven to have been dispatched to the European Community before that date.
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31997D0043 | Commission Decision of 22 November 1996 approving the programme for the eradication and surveillance of swine vesicular disease for 1997 presented by Italy and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 November 1996 approving the programme for the eradication and surveillance of swine vesicular disease for 1997 presented by Italy and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Italian text is authentic) (97/43/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 (6) thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of swine vesicular disease;
Whereas, by letter dated 14 May 1996, Italy has submitted a programme for the eradication of this disease;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community and which was established by Commission Decision 96/598/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health, it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs incurred by Italy up to a maximum of ECU 350 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the eradication of swine vesicular disease presented by Italy is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1997.
Italy shall bring into force by 1 January 1997 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of virological and serological testing and those incurred in Italy by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 350 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1998 at the latest.
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32014R0178 | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 178/2014 of 6 November 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands
| 4.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 63/1
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 178/2014
of 6 November 2013
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 11(2), the third subparagraph of Article 15(4) and Article 18(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 has repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (2). Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts. In order to ensure the smooth functioning of the scheme in the new legal framework, the relevant rules have to be adopted by means of such acts. The new rules shall replace the implementing rules of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1914/2006 (3).
(2) In order to ensure that operators fully exercise their rights to participate in the specific supply arrangements, the conditions for recording them in the register of operators should be determined. Registered operators should be entitled to benefit from the arrangements provided that they meet the obligations laid down in Union and national rules. Applicants should be entitled to registration provided that they meet a certain number of objective requirements designed to facilitate the administration of the scheme.
(3) In order to support the marketing of products outside the region in which they are produced, the conditions for establishing the amount of aid awarded in respect of such products and, where appropriate, the conditions for establishing the quantities of products subject to that aid should be established. Consequently, additional rules should be laid down relating to the support for the marketing of certain local products determining the conditions for establishing the maximum amount of aid to be awarded and the maximum quantities of product that can be subject to that aid.
(4) In order to ensure a reasonable and proportional allocation of the financing with regard to studies, demonstration projects, training and technical assistance measures, the conditions for determining the maximum annual amount which may be allocated to those measures should be established.
(5) For the sake of clarity and legal certainty, Regulation (EC) No 1914/2006 should be repealed,
Register of operators
1. Aid certificates shall be issued only to operators entered in a Register of operators pursuing an economic activity under the specific supply arrangements kept by the competent authorities (hereinafter referred to as ‘the register’).
2. Any operator established in the Union may apply to be entered in the register.
Entry in the register shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) operators shall possess the means, structures and legal authorisations required to carry on their activities and shall, in particular, have duly complied with their obligations regarding business accounting as appropriate and taxation;
(b) operators shall be able to prove that their activities are carried out in the smaller Aegean islands;
(c) operators remain responsible for the compliance with all requirements subscribed when carrying out an operation of supply arrangements until the sale to the end-user.
Amount of aid for marketing outside the production region
1. The amount of aid granted under Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 in respect of the support for the marketing and transport of raw and processed products outside of the region in which they are produced shall not exceed 10 % of the value of the production marketed, delivered to destination zone, calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
However, the limit set out in the first subparagraph shall not exceed 13 % of the value of the production marketed where the contractor for the producers is a producer association, union or organisation.
2. For the purpose of calculating the aid, the value of the marketed production, delivered to destination zone, shall be evaluated on the basis of the annual contract (where applicable), transport documents and any other supporting documents submitted to justify the application for the aid.
The value of the marketed production to be taken into account shall be that of delivery to the first port or airport of unloading.
The competent authorities may request any information or additional supporting documentation appropriate for calculating the aid.
3. The conditions for granting the aid, the lines of agricultural production and the amounts concerned shall be specified in the support programme referred to in Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013.
Financing of studies, demonstration projects, training or technical assistance measures
The amount required to finance studies, demonstration projects, training and technical assistance measures provided for in the support programme referred to in Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 for the purposes of implementing that programme shall not exceed 1 % of the total amount of financing provided for by Article 18(2) of that Regulation.
Repeal
Regulation (EC) No 1914/2006 is repealed.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32010D0657 | 2010/657/EU: Commission Decision of 28 October 2010 on the financing of emergency measures concerning rabies in north-east Italy (notified under document C(2010) 7379)
| 30.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 285/33
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 October 2010
on the financing of emergency measures concerning rabies in north-east Italy
(notified under document C(2010) 7379)
(2010/657/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2009/470/EC provides that where a Member State is directly threatened by the occurrence or the development, in the territory of a third country or Member State, of one of the diseases listed in Annex I to that Decision, it may be decided to adopt measures appropriate to the situation and to grant a Union financial contribution towards the measures deemed particularly necessary for the success of the actions undertaken.
(2) Rabies is an animal disease that mainly affects wild and domestic carnivores and has serious public health implications. It is one of the diseases listed in Annex I to Decision 2009/470/EC.
(3) In recent years, the Union has co-financed programmes for the oral immunisation of wild carnivores, which are the reservoir of that disease, and they have resulted in a favourable situation in most Member States with a drastic reduction in the number of cases of rabies in wild and domestic animals and the disappearance of human cases.
(4) Italy has been considered a rabies free country since 1997. However, in October 2008 in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one case of rabies was detected, followed by eight new cases in the same region. In 2009, the sylvatic rabies spread also to the Veneto region. By the end of 2009, 35 cases were detected in Friuli Venezia Giulia and 33 cases in Veneto.
(5) Neighbouring Member States have expressed concern that their territories are threatened by the rabies situation in north-east Italy.
(6) Accordingly, emergency measures are necessary to prevent the further spread of the disease in Italy, as well as the spread to the neighbouring Member States of Austria and Slovenia, and to reinforce the efforts to eradicate the disease as soon as possible.
(7) On 9 December 2009, Italy submitted to the Commission an emergency plan for the oral vaccination of foxes, ‘Rabies control programme in the regions of north-east Italy – Special vaccination plan for foxes’. The plan was found to be acceptable and it is therefore appropriate that certain measures receive Union financing. A Union financial contribution should therefore be granted for its implementation.
(8) The Union financial contribution should be paid on the basis of the official request for reimbursement submitted by Member States and supporting documents referred to in Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 of 28 February 2005 laying down rules on the Community financing of emergency measures and of the campaign to combat certain animal diseases under Council Decision 90/424/EEC. (2)
(9) Taking into account the urgency to implement the extended vaccination plan in order to prevent spread to other Member States it is justified that Union financial contribution is made available from 9 December 2009 when the plan was submitted to the Commission for financing.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The ‘Rabies control programme in the regions of north-east Italy – Special vaccination plan for foxes’ (‘the plan’) submitted by Italy on 9 December 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 9 December 2009 to 31 December 2010.
1. The Union may grant a financial contribution for the plan at the rate of 50 % of the costs incurred by Italy for:
(a) the carrying out of laboratory tests for:
(i) the detection of rabies antigen or antibodies;
(ii) the isolation and characterisation of rabies virus;
(iii) the detection of biomarker;
(iv) the titration of vaccine baits;
(b) the purchase and distribution of oral vaccine plus baits and the purchase and administration to livestock of parenteral vaccines for the plan.
However, the Union financial contribution for the costs referred to in points (a) and (b) shall not exceed EUR 2 300 000.
2. The maximum amount of the costs to be reimbursed to Italy for the plan shall, on average, not exceed:
(a) for a serological test
(a) for a serological test
(b) for a test to detect tetracycline in bone
(c) for a fluorescent antibody test (FAT)
(d) for a polymerase chain reaction test (PCR)
(e) for the purchase of oral vaccine plus baits
(f) for the purchase of parenteral vaccine
(g) for the vaccination of livestock
(a) the costs paid for the purchase of test kits, reagents and all consumables used to carry out the tests;
(b) the costs paid for staff specifically allocated, entirely or in part, for carrying out the tests;
(c) a maximum of 7 % of overheads of the total sum of the costs referred to in points (a) and (b).
1. The Union financial contribution for the plan shall be granted provided that Italy:
(a) implements the plan in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union law, including rules on competition, the award of public contracts and State aid;
(b) submits a final report to the Commission, in accordance with the Annexes, by 30 April 2011 at the latest on the technical execution of the plan accompanied by evidence justifying the costs paid and the results attained during the period from 9 December 2009 to 31 December 2010;
(c) implements the plan efficiently.
2. In the event that Italy does not comply with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, the Commission shall reduce the Union financial contribution, taking into account the nature and gravity of the non-compliance and the financial loss incurred by the Union.
This Decision shall apply from 9 December 2009.
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32001R0575 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2001 of 23 March 2001 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops, with regard to set-aside
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2001
of 23 March 2001
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops, with regard to set-aside
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1672/2000(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Eligibility for area aid under the general scheme referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 is subject to an obligation to set land aside.
(2) Article 19(2) and (3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2860/2000(4), stipulate that the set-aside period must begin no later than 15 January and that no agricultural production is authorised on the land set aside.
(3) As a result of the health measures taken by the national authorities to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the slaughter of non-affected livestock cannot continue at the usual rate. Consequently, an exceptionally high number of animals will have to be kept and fed on holdings for a certain time.
(4) All measures should be adopted to ensure that in doing this animal welfare conditions are respected.
(5) The temporary use of land set aside under the arrangements for arable crops could ease this situation. The national authorities should therefore be permitted, in duly justified cases, to authorise the temporary use of set-aside land following the entry into force of restrictions on movement. Measures should, however, be adopted to ensure that use of the land concerned is not lucrative.
(6) In view of the situation facing farmers, this Regulation should enter into force immediately.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Notwithstanding Article 19(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2316/1999, Member States may, in duly justified cases, authorise producers in areas subject to restrictions on the movement of livestock because of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease to use set-aside land for sheltering and feeding livestock from 1 March to 30 April 2001.
Member States shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that the set-aside land is not put to any lucrative use.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001R2548 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2548/2001 of 21 December 2001 concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled long grain rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2548/2001
of 21 December 2001
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled long grain rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 14 to 20 December 2001 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled long grain rice to certain third countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2001.
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32004R0079 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 79/2004 of 16 January 2004 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 305th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 79/2004
of 16 January 2004
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 305th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999(4), the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter; Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of the tenders received in response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.
(2) In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-use security determined accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 305th special invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90, the maximum aid and the amount of the end-use security shall be as follows:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 January 2004.
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32000D0756 | 2000/756/EC, Euratom: Council Decision of 30 November 2000 appointing a French member of the Economic and Social Committee
| Council Decision
of 30 November 2000
appointing a French member of the Economic and Social Committee
(2000/756/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 258 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 166 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 15 September 1998 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1998 to 20 September 2002(1),
Whereas a member's seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr JoĂŤl DECAILLON, of which the Council was informed on 10 May 2000;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the French Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
Ms An LE NOUAIL is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr JoĂŤl DECAILLON for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 20 September 2002. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989L0108 | Council Directive 89/108/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption (89/108/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
In cooperation with the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the manufacture of and trade in quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for human consumption (hereinafter referred to as 'quick-frozen foodstuffs') are assuming increasing importance in the Community;
Whereas the differences between national laws relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs hamper the free movement thereof; whereas they may create unequal conditions of competition and therefore have a direct effect on the establishment and functioning of the common market;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to approximate these laws;
Whereas to that end the Community rules must be given the widest possible scope, extending to all quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for human consumption and including not only products intended for supply without further processing to the ultimate consumer and to restaurants, hospitals, canteens and to other similar mass caterers, but; also products having to be further processed or prepared;
Whereas, however, these rules need not apply to products not offered for sale as quick-frozen foodstuffs;
Whereas it is in any case appropriate to lay down the general principles which any quick-frozen foodstuffs must satisfy;
Whereas at a later stage special provisions over and above the general principles may, where necessary, be adopted for certain categories of quick-frozen foodstuffs,in accordance with the procedure applicable to each of these categories;
Whereas the purpose of quick-freezing is to preserve the intrinsic characteristics of foodstuffs by a process of rapid freezing; whereas it is necessary to attain a temperature of -18 °C or lower at all points in the product;
Whereas at -18 °C all microbiological activity likely to impair the quality of a foodstuff is suspended; whereas it is therefore necessary to maintain at least that temperature, subject to a certain technically inevitable tolerance, during the storage and distribution of quick-frozen foodstuffs before their sale to the ultimate consumer;
Whereas for technical reasons certain temperature increases are inevitable and may therefore be tolerated provided they do not harm the quality of the products, which may be ensured by complying with good storage and distribution practice, taking account in particular of the proper level of stock rotation;
Whereas the performance of certain technical equipment at present in use for the local distribution of quick-frozen foodstuffs is not capable of ensuring in every case full compliance with the temperature limits imposed in this Directive, and it is therefore necessary to provide for a transitional system allowing for existing material to be used for its normal lifetime;
Whereas this Directive need merely state the objectives to be attained as regards both the equipment used for the quick-freezing process and the temperatures to be observed in the storage, handling, transport and distribution installations and equipment;
Whereas it is incumbent upon Member States to ensure by means of official checks that the equipment used is capable of meeting these objectives;
Whereas such checks render superfluous any system of official certification for trade purposes;
Whereas it is desirable to provide for the possibility of using cryogenic fluids in direct contact with quick-frozen foodstuffs: whereas therefore these fluids must be sufficiently inert not to impart to the foodstuffs any constituents in quantities liable to constitute a hazard to human health, or to.
give rise to an unacceptable change in the composition of foodstuffs, or to impair their organoleptic characteristics;
Whereas in order to attain this objective it is necessary to adopt a list of these substances and to lay down criteria for their purity and conditions for their use;
Whereas quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for the ultimate consumer and for restaurants, hospitals, canteens and other similar mass caterers are subject, as far as their labelling is concerned, to the rules laid down by Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer (3), as last amended by Directive 86/197/EEC (4); whereas the present Directive need therefore merely lay down the particulars which are specific to quick-frozen foodstuffs;
Whereas, to facilitate trade, rules should also be adopted for the labelling of quick-frozen foodstuffs not intended for supply in the frozen state to the ultimate consumer or to restaurants, hospitals, canteens and other similar mass caterers;
Whereas, in order to simplify and speed up the procedure, the Commission should be assigned the task of adopting implementing measures of a technical nature;
Whereas, in all cases in which the Council empowers the Commission to implement the rules laid down for foodstuffs, a procedure establishing close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs set up by Council Decision 69/414/EEC (5) should be laid down,
1. This Directive shall apply to quick-frozen foods intended for human consumption, hereinafter referred to as 'quick-frozen foodstuffs'.
2. For the purposes of this Directive 'quick-frozen foodstuffs' means foodstuffs
- which have undergone a suitable freezing process known as 'quick-freezing' whereby the zone of maximum crystallization is crossed as rapidly as possible, depending on the type of product, and the resulting temperature of the product (after thermal stabilization) is continuously maintained at a level of -18 °C or lower at all points, and
- which are marketed in such a way as to indicate that they possess this characteristic.
For the purposes of this Directive, ice-cream and other edible ices shall not be regarded as quick-frozen foodstuffs.
3. This Directive shall apply without prejudice to Community provisions relating to:
(a) the common organization of markets in the agricultural and fisheries sectors;
(b) veterinary hygiene.
Only the products defined in Article 1 (2) may bear the names provided for in Articles 8 and 9.
1. Raw materials used in the manufacture of quick-frozen foodstuffs must be of sound, genuine and merchantable quality and be of the required degree of freshness
2. Preparation and quick-freezing of products must be carried out promptly, using appropriate technical equipment, in order to limit chemical, biochemical and microbiological changes to a minimum.
The cryogenic media authorized, to the exclusion of all others, for use in direct contact with quick-frozen foodstuffs shall be the following:
- air,
- nitrogen,
- carbon dioxide.
By way of derogation from the first paragraph, Member States may retain until 31 December 1992 national laws authorizing the use of dichlorodifluoromethane (R 12) as a cryogenic medium.
The purity criteria to be satisfied by these cryogenic media shall be determined, as far as necessary, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12.
1. The temperature of quick-frozen foodstuffs must be stable and maintained, at all points in the product, at -18 °C or lower, with possibly brief upward fluctuations of no more than 3 °C during transport.
2. However, tolerances in the temperature of the product in accordance with good storage and distribution practice shall be permitted during local distribution and in retail display cabinets subject to the following conditions:
(a) these tolerances shall not exceed 3 °C;
(b) they may, however reach 6 °C in retail display cabinets, if and to the extent that the Member States so decide. In that case, the Member States shall select the temperature in the light of stock or product rotation in the retail trade. They shall inform the Commission of the measures taken and of the grounds for those measures.
The Commission shall review the tolerance provided for in the previous subparagraph in the light of technical developments and shall make proposals to the Council if appropriate before 1 January 1993.
3. For a period of eight years from the notification of this Directive, the Member States may, for local distribution, authorize tolerances of up to 6 °C.
1. The Member States shall:
(a) ensure that the equipment used for quick-freezing, storage, transport, local distribution and retail display cabinets is such that compliance with the requirements of this Directive can be guaranteed:
(b) conduct random official checks on the temperature of quick-frozen foodstuffs.
2. Member States shall not require that, as a preliminary to or during the marketing of quick-frozen foodstuffs, compliance with the provisions of paragraph 1 be attested by means of an official certificate.
Quick-frozen foodstuffs intended for supply to the ultimate consumer must be packed by the manufacturer or packer in suitable pre-packaging which protects them from microbial or other forms of external contamination and against drying.
1. Directive 79/112/EEC shall apply to products covered by this Directive and intended for supply without further processing to the ultimate consumer and to restaurants, hospitals, canteens and other similar mass caterers on the following conditions:
(a) one or more of the following shall be added to the sales name:
in Danish: 'dybfrossen',
in German: 'tiefgefroren' or Tiefkuehlkost' or 'tiefgekuehlt' or 'gefrostet',
in Spanish: 'ultracongelado' or 'congelado rapidamente',
in Greek: "vaqeias kaapszxis tacheias zperkatepszgena",
in English: 'quick-frozen',
in French: 'surgélé',
in Italian: 'surgelato',
in Dutch: 'diepvries',
in portuguese: 'ultracongelado'.
(b) in addition to the date of minimum durability, the period during which quick-frozen products may be stored by the purchaser and the storage temperature and/or type of storage equipment required must be indicated:
(c) the labelling of any quick-frozen foodstuff must include a reference from which the batch may be identified;
(d) the label of any quick-frozen foodstuff must bear a clear message of the type 'do not refreeze after defrosting'.
1. The labelling of the products defined in Article 1 (2) which are not intended for sale to the ultimate consumer or to restaurants, hospitals, canteens and other similar mass caterers shall contain only the following mandatory particulars:
(a) the sales name supplemented in accordance with Article 8 (1) (a) of this Directive;
(b) the net quantity expressed in units of mass;
(c) a reference enabling the batch to be identified;
(d) the name or business name and address of the manufacturer or packer, or of a seller established within the Community.
2. lhe particulars provided for in paragraph 1 shall appear on the packaging, container or wrapping, or on a label attached thereto.
3. This Article shall not affect any Community metrological provisions which are more detailed or more comprehensive.
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Member States may not, for reasons related to their manufacturing specifications, presentation or labelling,
prohibit or restrict the marketing of any of the products defined in Article I (2) which comply with this Directive and, with measures taken for its application.
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The sampling procedures for quick-frozen foodstuffs, the procedures for monitoring their temperature and for monitoring temperatures in the means of transport and warehousing and storage shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12, before the end of a 24-month period following notification of this Directive.
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1. Where the procedure provided for in this Article is invoked, the matter shall be referred to the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs, hereinafter referred to as the 'committee', by its chairman, acting either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The Commission representative shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be adopted. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a period to be determined by the chairman having regard to the urgency of the matter. It shall decide by a qualified majority, as laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures proposed where these are in conformity with the opinion of the committee;
(b) where the measures proposed are not in conformity with the opinion of the committee or where no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall forthwith submit to the Council a proposal concerning the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority;
(c) if, upon the expiry of a period of three months from the date on which the matter is brought before the Council, the latter has failed to take any measures, the Commission shall adopt the proposed measures
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1. The Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. The measures taken shall:
- permit no later than 18 months after notification (6) of the Directive trade in products which comply with this Directive,
- prohibit no later than 24 months after notification of the Directive trade in products which do not comply with this Directive
2. As regards retail display cabinets, for a period of eight years following notification of this Directive, Member States may retain the laws applying on the date when this Directive enters into force.
In this case, the Member States shall inform the Commission, stating the reasons for their decision.
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32004R2044 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2044/2004 of 29 November 2004 fixing the adjustment coefficients to be applied to the reference quantity for each traditional operator under the tariff quotas A/B and C for banana imports for 2004
| 30.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 354/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2044/2004
of 29 November 2004
fixing the adjustment coefficients to be applied to the reference quantity for each traditional operator under the tariff quotas A/B and C for banana imports for 2004
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 organisation of the market in bananas (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 of 7 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 of 7 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community lays down the method for calculating the reference quantity for traditional operators A/B and C for 2004 and 2005 on the basis of the use of import licences for those operators during a reference year.
(2) According to the reports from the Member States under Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, the sum of the reference quantities thus determined for 2004 is 2 197 147,342 tonnes for all traditional operators A/B and 630 713,105 tonnes for all traditional operators C.
(3) Notwithstanding Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2036/2003 of 19 November 2003 (3) did not provisionally fix the adjustment factors to be applied to the traditional operators’ reference quantity for the tariff quotas A/B and C for 2004, in order to allow for the adoption of the appropriate measures justified in dealing with exceptional hardship situations and in order to take account of pending legal procedures.
(4) Ultimately, for 2004, the quantities of 5 731,658 tonnes and 5 642,248 tonnes prove available respectively for the tariff quotas A/B and C. Pursuant to Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, it is advisable to fix an adjustment factor to be applied to the reference quantity of each traditional operator in each of the two categories of A/B and C operators, and to repeal Regulation (EC) No 2036/2003.
(5) It is advisable to provide for the issuing of import licences to the amount of the quantities available.
(6) The provisions of this regulation must enter into force immediately in order to allow for the issuing of import licences as soon as possible.
(7) The measures provided for in this regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
For the tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, the adjustment coefficient provided for in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, for 2004, shall be:
— for each traditional operator A/B: 1,00261;
— for each traditional operator C: 1,00894.
By 3 December 2004 at the latest the competent authorities of the Member States shall notify the operators concerned of their reference quantities as adjusted pursuant to this Article.
Operators can submit licence requests on 7 and 8 December 2004.
To be accepted, the requests for import licences submitted by a traditional operator must not cover a quantity higher than the difference between the reference quantity, communicated pursuant to Article 1, and the total of the quantities referring to the import licences which were issued to him for 2004.
The national authorities shall issue the import licences as soon as possible.
Regulation (EC) No 2036/2003 shall be repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32011D0165 | 2011/165/EU: Council Decision of 14 March 2011 appointing four Hungarian members and six Hungarian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
| 18.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 71/19
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 March 2011
appointing four Hungarian members and six Hungarian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2011/165/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Hungarian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) Four members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Ferenc BENKŐ, Mr Attila JÓSZAI, Mr Gyögy IPKOVICH and Mr András SZALAY. Four alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr László BÁKONYI, Ms Károlyné KOCSIS, Mr Zoltán NAGY and Mr József PAIZS. Two alternate members’ seats will become vacant following the appointment of Mr István BÓKA and Mr Attila KISS as members of the Committee of the Regions,
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
(a) as members:
— Mr István BÓKA, Balatonfüred város polgármestere,
— Mr Attila KISS, Hajdúböszörmény város polgármestere,
— Mr Sándor KOVÁCS, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Közgyűlés elnöke,
— Mr Jenő MANNINGER, Zala Megyei Közgyűlés elnöke.
(b) as alternate members:
— Mr Zoltán HORVÁTH, Baranya Megyei Közgyűlés alelnöke,
— Mr Ferenc KOVÁCS, Vas Megyei Közgyűlés elnöke,
— Mr Ferenc TEMERINI, Soltvadkert, önkormányzati képviselő,
— Mr Attila TILKI, Fehérgyarmat város polgármestere,
— Mr Botond VÁNTSA, Szigetszentmiklós, önkormányzati képviselő,
— Mr Tamás VARGHA, Fejér Megyei Közgyűlés elnöke.
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32004D0568 | 2004/568/EC: Commission Decision of 23 July 2004 amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards embryo collection teams in the United States of America (notified under document number C(2004) 2420)(Text with EEA relevance)
| 28.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 252/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 July 2004
amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards embryo collection teams in the United States of America
(notified under document number C(2004) 2420)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/568/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 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) The United States of America has requested that amendments be made to the list as regards entries for that country.
(3) The United States of America has 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 that country.
(4) Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 31 July 2004.
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31992R2063 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2063/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing the basic price, and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price for sheep meat for the 1993 marketing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2063/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing the basic price, and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price for sheepmeat for the 1993 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 3 (1) and (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89;
Whereas, when the basic price for sheep carcases is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy; whereas the main objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in particular, to guarantee a fair standard of living for the farming community and to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices; whereas these factors result in the price for the 1993 marketing year being fixed at the level laid down in this Regulation;
Whereas the weekly seasonally-adjusted amounts applicable to the basic price should be fixed in the light of experience gained during the 1990 and 1991 marketing years concerning private storage,
For the 1993 marketing year, the basic price for sheepmeat is hereby fixed at ECU 422,95/100 kg carcase weight.
The basic price referred to in Article 1 is hereby seasonally adjusted in accordance with the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1993 marketing year.
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32003R0212 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 212/2003 of 3 February 2003 fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 212/2003
of 3 February 2003
fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
Pursuant to Article 2(2) and Article 3 of abovementioned Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87, Community import and producer prices are fixed each fortnight for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses and apply for two-weekly periods. Pursuant to Article 1b of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 of 17 March 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(4), those prices are determined for fortnightly periods on the basis of weighted prices provided by the Member States. Those prices should be fixed immediately so the customs duties applicable can be determined. To that end, provision should be made for this Regulation to enter into force immediately,
The Community producer and import prices for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses as referred to in Article 1b of Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 for a fortnightly period shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February 2003.
It shall apply from 5 to 18 February 2003.
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31984D0117 | 84/117/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 February 1984 concerning the implementation by Denmark of certain measures to adapt capacity in the fisheries sector pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC (Only the Danish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 February 1984
concerning the implementation by Denmark of certain measures to adapt capacity in the fisheries sector pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC
(Only the Danish text is authentic)
(84/117/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 83/515/EEC of 4 October 1983 concerning certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector (1), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Denmark intends to introduce a system of financial aids for measures involving the permanent reduction of production capacities in the fisheries sector; whereas, on 6 December 1983 and 12 January 1984, it communicated the information concerning this scheme required under Article 6 of Directive 83/515/EEC;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of the said Directive, the Commission has considered whether, having regard to the requirements of the Directive and to the other structural measures existing or planned in the fisheries sector, the measures contemplated fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community;
Whereas this Decision relates solely to aid granted under Article 5 of the said Directive;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Structures,
The measures which Denmark intends to take to implement a financial aids scheme for measures involving the permanent reduction of production capacity in the fisheries sector fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community.
This Decision shall not apply to national aid referred to in Article 12 of Directive 83/515/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0421 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 421/2012 of 16 May 2012 on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of May 2012 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
| 17.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 130/18
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 421/2012
of 16 May 2012
on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of May 2012 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 of 13 July 2009 providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for high-quality beef (3) sets out detailed rules for the submission and issue of import licences.
(2) Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 provides that in cases where quantities covered by licence applications exceed the quantities available for the quota period, allocation coefficients should be fixed for the quantities covered by each licence application. The applications for import licences submitted pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 between 1 and 7 May 2012 exceed the quantities available. Therefore, the extent to which import licences may be issued and the allocation coefficient should be determined,
Import licence applications covered by the quota with order number 09.4449 and submitted between 1 and 7 May 2012 in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009, shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 16,215775 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31994R2490 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2490/94 of 14 October 1994 amending and correcting Regulations (EEC) No 1913/92 and (EEC) No 2255/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for supplying the Azores and Madeira with products from the beef and veal sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2490/94 of 14 October 1994 amending and correcting Regulations (EEC) No 1913/92 and (EEC) No 2255/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for supplying the Azores and Madeira with products from the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures for the Azores and Madeira concerning certain agricultural products (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/93 (2), and in particular
Article 10
thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 provides for the establishment, for the beef and veal sector and for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995, of the quantities of the specific supply balances for the Azores and Madeira with beef and veal, male bovines for fattening and pure-bred breeding animals;
Whereas, pending further information, the provisional supply balance for those products was fixed by Regulations (EEC) No 1913/92 (3) and (EEC) No 2255/92 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1620/94 (5), only for the three-month period from 1 July to 30 September 1994; whereas, on the basis of information received, the said balance should be fixed for the entire period from 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995; whereas that balance covers the quantities fixed for the above three-month period; whereas the aid amounts laid down in Annex III to this Regulation are lower than those fixed for that three-month period and can only therefore be applied with effect from 1 October 1994;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
2. Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2255/92 is hereby replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
3. Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 is hereby replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1994.
However, the aid amounts listed in Annex III shall apply with effect from 1 October 1994.
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 |
32009R0833 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 833/2009 of 11 September 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 12.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 241/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 833/2009
of 11 September 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 September 2009.
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31985D0275 | 85/275/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 November 1984 on the proposal of the French Government to grant regional aid to an undertaking engaged in the watch-making and optical and electronic engineering industries at Besançon, Doubs, France (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 November 1984
on the proposal of the French Government to grant regional aid to an undertaking engaged in the watch-making and optical and electronic engineering industries at Besançon, Doubs, France
(Only the French text is authentic)
(85/275/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 given notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments in accordance with the above provision (1), and having regard to those comments,
Whereas:
I
French Decree No 82/379 of 6 May 1982 relating to the regional planning premium (Prime d'Aménagement du Territoire) (2) instituted a scheme to promote economic activity in certain designated areas. The scheme enables the French Government to award a premium to industrial, tertiary or research projects subject to a limit of 25 % of the investment net of tax up to a maximum of FF 50 000 per job created or 17 % of the investment net of tax up to a maximum of FF 35 000 per job created, depending on the area.
The Commission first of all scrutinized the abovementioned scheme in accordance with Article 93 (3) of the Treaty.
The Commission considered that the award of premiums to industrial projects qualified for application of the exception to the incompatibility of State aids provided for in Article 92 (3) (c) in certain designated areas, but that the exception did not cover the award of such premiums in certain other areas where the social and economic situation was satisfactory.
The Commission therefore initiated the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the Treaty in respect of the award of premiums in the latter areas. It informed the French authorities of this by letter dated 11 June 1982.
In this letter initiating the Article 93 (2) procedure, the Commission refused to agree unreservedly to the award of premiums to projects outside the areas designated in the Decree and continued to make the award of such premiums subject to a prior notification procedure where the circumstances warranted it.
The notifications requested by the Commission are intended to enable it to establish the compatibility of the award of such exceptional and discretionary aids with the Treaty and in particular with Article 92 (3) thereof.
II
By telex dated 11 February 1983, the French Government notified the Commission in accordance with this procedure of its intention to award a regional planning premium to an undertaking engaged in the watch-making and optical and electronic engineering industries in respect of a project at Besançon in the department of Doubs. Besançon is outside the areas eligible for the regional planning premium as designated in the French Decree relating to the regional planning premium.
In the present case, a premium of FF 34 475 000 was proposed by the French Government towards a project costing a total of FF 363 million, a ratio of premium to investment costs of 9,5 % gross.
The project was for the reconversion to new employment of 985 workers at the company's factory at Besançon out of a total workforce of 1 960. These workers, who were employed in watch-making, were to be reconverted to employment in optics and electronics.
The Commission assessed the aid proposal in accordance with Article 93 (3) of the Treaty. One of the main issues it took up with the French Government was the economic and social justification for exercising the discretion to award regional planning premiums outside the designated areas in favour of Besançon.
The Commission also asked the French authorities whether other State aid, in particular for training and research, was proposed for the projects. The French Government sent a reply.
On the basis of this assessment and the social and economic arguments presented by the French Government, the Commission did not feel that the proposed regional planning premium in favour of Besançon was eligible for application of the exception provided for in Article 92 (3) (c), and, by letter dated 15 April 1983, therefore informed the French Government that it was initiating the procedure laid down in Article 93 (2) in respect of the proposal.
The French Government's comments, presented in its letter of 27 June 1983 and in further correspondence, the last being dated 17 September 1984, did not contain any new facts causing the Commission to modify its view of the proposal, in particular as regards the social and economic situation in the Besançon area.
One Member State which replied to the invitation to comment supported the Commission's action in initiating the Article 93 (2) procedure.
III
The premium which the French Government proposes to award to the undertaking concerned, the amount of which depends on the number of jobs reconverted to employment in optics and electronics, represents nominally 9,5 % of the total cost of the planned investment and favours that firm and the production of its goods. This financial support would improve the competitive position of the undertaking by enabling it to dispose freely of not inconsiderable resources.
In the sectors and on the markets in question such aid distorts or threatens to distort competition and affects trade between Member States within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the Treaty. It is necessary to distinguish, however, between the effects of the aid in the light of the competitive conditions peculiar to the two types of activity involved.
One of these activities concerns the electronics sector including sub-unit assembly and sub-contract work for other firms. This activity concerns the manufacture of electronic equipment and components, a field in which there is generally strong competition and a large volume of trade between Member States.
The other new activity concerns the optics sector. This involves the application of new American three-dimensional photography technology, including the manufacture of picture-taking, -developing and -printing equipment. For the time being, this will be the only production unit of its type in Europe. Trade between Member States might, however, be affected in so far as the products and services derived from this new technology may, to some extent, oust those of other firms in the Community using more conventional photographic technology, but this effect may be limited in so far as this new technology will create a new market in the photographic field instead of taking a share of the existing market by way of substitution.
There could be a distortion in both sectors and trade between Member States could be affected in so far as an aid may artificially induce an undertaking to invest in one Member State rather than in another. It has not been possible to establish whether the aid proposed in this case would constitute such an inducement. Article 92 (1) of the Treaty provides that aid having the features set out therein is in principle incompatible with the common market. The exceptions that are provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) - the only ones potentially applicable in the present case - require that the aid should serve specified Community objectives rather than simply serving the interests of the aid recipient. These exceptions must be interpreted narrowly when any regional or industry aid scheme or any individual award under a general scheme is scrutinized. In particular, they may be invoked only when the Commission is satisfied that, without the aid, market forces alone would be insufficient to guide the recipients towards patterns of behaviour that would serve one of the said objectives.
To invoke the exceptions in the case of aid that did not serve such an objective would be to give unfair advantages to certain Member States and allow trading conditions between Member States to be affected and competition to be distorted without any justification on grounds of Community interest.
In applying the principles set out above in its scrutiny of regional aid schemes, the Commission must satisfy itself that the regions concerned are suffering from problems that are sufficiently serious, on a Community-wide comparison, to require the grant of aid at the level proposed if the objectives specified in Article 92 (3) (a) or (c) of the Treaty are to be attained. Where this cannot be demonstrated, it is evident that the aid does not serve the objecitives specified in the exception clauses, but does little more than further the private interests of the recipient.
The first resolution on general regional aid schemes adopted by the representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on 20 October 1971 (1) following a communication from the Commission recognized that regional aid, when it is adequate and judiciously applied, forms one of the essential instruments of regional development and enables the Member States to follow regional policies aimed at a more balanced growth of the various regions of the same country and of the Community. This consideration, together with the need to reduce the danger of an escalation of aids, which is the major purpose of the current principles of coordination of regional aid schemes, means that when it assesses the compatibility of regional aid with Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) of the Treaty, the Commission must take account both of the social and economic situation in the regions concerned in comparison with other parts of the Community and of any serious disparities existing between regions of the same country.
The detailed social and economic analysis which the Commission has made of the Besançon area shows that the exception provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) cannot be invoked in its regard because it does not display an abnormally low standard of living or serious underemployment. This was not disputed by the French Government either in its original notification or in its submissions following the opening of the Article 93 (2) procedure. The only exception that can be considered in the present case is therefore that provided for in Article 92 (3) (c) for aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas which does not affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.
To determine whether application of this exception to the aid which the French Government was proposing to grant to the undertaking concerned was justified, the Commission applied the principles outlined above. That is, after seeing how the designated areas stood in a Community context by comparing income per capita and unemployment in the area with the Community averages, the Commission then examined whether there were any disparities between the area and other areas in the country that might warrant the grant of regional aid. For this purpose, the Commission took a number of indicators of economic development and the employment situation, in particular taxable income, employment and unemployment figures, the distribution of industry, net migration and demographic trends.
The results of the analysis of the distribution of industry and of the other indicators of causality established the nature of the economic problems of the area concerned and their possible structural character, but not the existence of regional difficulties justifying the aid envisaged.
The comments made by third parties did not contain any new facts giving ground to revise the assessment of the situation of the Besançon area resulting from the Commission's social and economic analysis described above.
In the absence of regional considerations, an aid may nevertheless be justified under Article 92 (3) (c) of the Treaty if the project has positive features from the point of view of the industry which are sufficient to offset the distortion effects of the aid in the interests of the Community. The activities planned in the electronics sector, which have no particular innovative value, do not seem likely to promote development in that sector. Thus the aid towards the cost of investment in this field does not satisfy the conditions for the application of the exception provided for in Article 92 (3) (c).
On the other hand, the activities planned in the optics sector hold out prospects of growth in that sector. This is due, in particular, to the novelty and originality of this technology in the Community, and to the fact that this investment might lead to research activities at some future date. From a conservative appraisal of these aspects of the matter, it can be concluded that the proposed aid qualifies for application of the exception provided for in Article 92 (3) (c) provided it does not exceed 55 % of the investment planned in the optics sector,
The French Republic may not proceed with the proposed award of a regional planning premium for all the investments being undertaken at Besançon involving the reconversion of watch-making activities by the undertaking concerned, notified to the Commission on 11 February 1983 and enlarged upon in other communications the last of which was dated 17 September 1984.
A Regional planning premium not exceeding 9,5 % gross of 55 % of the fixed capital investment in activities in the optics sector may be awarded. No regional planning premium may be awarded for investment in activities in the electronics sector.
The French Government shall inform the Commission within four weeks of the date of notification of this Decision of the measures taken to comply therewith.
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31990D0678 | 90/678/EEC: Council Decision of 13 December 1990 recognizing certain parts of the territory of the Community as being either officially swine fever free or swine fever free
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 December 1990
recognizing certain parts of the territory of the Community as being either officially swine fever free or swine fever free
(90/678/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by Directive 90/425/EEC (2), and in particular Article 4b (1) (c) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/461/EEC of
12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by Directive 89/662/EEC (4), and in particular Article 13a (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Decision 88/303/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 90/63/EEC (6), recognizes certain parts of the territory of Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, the Netherlands and Spain as being officially swine fever free and certain parts of Belgium, Germany, France and Italy as being swine fever free;
Whereas by Commission Decisions 89/420/EEC (7), 89/473/EEC (8), 90/251/EEC (9) Spain, the Netherlands and Greece were recognized respectively as officially swine fever free Member States within the context of disease eradication in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (2), 3 (2) and 7 of Directive 80/1095/EEC (10), as last amended by Directive 87/487/EEC (11); whereas those Member States comply since that date with the criteria for an
¹
officially swine fever free Member State as defined in Article 2 (q) of Directive 64/432/EEC;
Whereas in a certain part of the territory of Germany swine fever has not been detected for more than one year, vaccination against swine fever has not been authorized for at least the preceding 12 months and the holdings contain no pigs which have been vaccinated against swine fever during the previous 12 months; consequently, this part of the territory fulfils the requirements for being recognized
as officially swine fever free for the purpose of intra-Community trade;
Whereas within the framework of an eradication plan the Commission, by Decision 90/614/EEC (12), has recognized certain regions in Germany as being officially swine fever free;
Whereas in certain parts of the territory of Germany, Belgium, France and Italy swine fever has not been detected for more than one year; whereas, consequently, these parts of the territory fulfil the requirements for being recognized as swine fever free for the purpose of intra-Community trade in fresh meat,
The parts of the territory of the Community described in Annex I shall be recognized as being officially swine fever free in accordance with Article 4b (1) (c) of Directive 64/432/EEC.
The parts of the territory of the Community described
in Annex II shall be recognized as being swine fever
free in accordance with Article 13a (2) of Directive 72/461/EEC.
Decision 88/303/EEC is hereby repealed.
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32013R0743 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 743/2013 of 31 July 2013 introducing protective measures on imports of bivalve molluscs from Turkey intended for human consumption Text with EEA relevance
| 1.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 743/2013
of 31 July 2013
introducing protective measures on imports of bivalve molluscs from Turkey intended for human consumption
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 counties (1), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission’s audit service, the Food and Veterinary Office has carried out a follow-up audit in Turkey to evaluate the official controls of the production of fishery products and bivalve molluscs intended for export to the Union. The audit identified several deficiencies in the implementation of official controls and in particular significant shortcomings of analyses in the official laboratories visited. Consequently, the Turkish competent authority cannot reliably guarantee that Union health standards for all bivalve molluscs exported to the Union are met.
(2) In addition, Member States have reported a high number of non-compliant consignments of bivalve molluscs originating in Turkey which were not fulfilling Union microbiological standards.
(3) In order to protect human health, it is appropriate to subject the bivalve molluscs originating in Turkey to appropriate checks, with the purpose of preventing products unfit for human consumption from being placed on the market. The competent authorities should place the consignments concerned under official detention in the border inspection post of entry into the Union until they receive the results of such checks.
(4) The very short shelf life of live and chilled bivalve molluscs rules out testing at the Union border as a less restrictive trade measure. Consignments of those molluscs would have been unfit for human consumption before the laboratory results become available. Therefore, it is appropriate to suspend imports into the Union of live and chilled bivalve molluscs originating in Turkey until the Turkish authorities will be in position to provide the necessary guarantees.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
This Regulation shall apply to live, chilled, frozen and processed bivalve molluscs intended for human consumption and originating in Turkey.
Member States shall not allow importation into the Union of live and chilled bivalve molluscs from Turkey.
1. Member States shall, using appropriate sampling plans and detection methods, carry out tests on consignments of frozen and processed bivalve molluscs originating in Turkey as provided for in paragraph 2.
Those tests shall take place at the border inspection post of entry into the Union of the consignments concerned.
2. Member States shall carry out the tests necessary to identify:
(a) the contamination level of Escherichia coli in all consignments of frozen bivalve molluscs;
(b) the presence of marine biotoxins in all consignments of frozen or processed bivalve molluscs.
3. The consignments subjected to tests referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall stay under supervision of competent authorities at the border inspection post concerned until the results of those tests are received and assessed.
4. If the tests referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 indicate that a consignment is likely to be injurious to human health, the competent authority shall immediately seize and destroy the consignments.
All expenditures incurred in the application of this Regulation shall be charged to the operator or his representative responsible for the consignment at the time of presentation of that consignment to the border inspection post of entry into the Union.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply until 4 August 2014.
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32002D0461 | 2002/461/EC: Commission Decision of 12 June 2002 on the clearance of the accounts of Member States' expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2001 financial year (notified under document number C(2002) 2057)
| Commission Decision
of 12 June 2002
on the clearance of the accounts of Member States' expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2001 financial year
(notified under document number C(2002) 2057)
(2002/461/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, the Commission, on the basis of the annual accounts submitted by the Member States, accompanied by the information required for clearance and a certificate regarding the veracity, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts transmitted clears the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
(2) With regard to Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96 of 16 February 1996 on data to be transmitted by the Member States and the monthly booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1934/2001(3), account is taken for the 2001 financial year of expenditure incurred by the Member States between 16 October 2000 and 15 October 2001.
(3) The time limits granted to the Member States for the submission to the Commission of the documents referred to in Article 6(1)b of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and in Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2025/2001(5), have expired.
(4) The Commission has checked the information submitted and communicated to the Member States before the 31 March 2002 the results of its verifications with the necessary amendments.
(5) Under the first subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95, the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 must determine, without prejudice to decisions taken subsequently in accordance with Article 7(4) of the Regulation, the amount of expenditure effected in each Member State during the financial year in question recognised as being chargeable to the EAGGF Guarantee Section, on the basis of the accounts referred to in Article 6(1)b of the abovementioned Regulation and the reductions and suspensions of advances for the financial year concerned, including the reductions referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96; under Article 102 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(6), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 762/2001(7), the outcome of the clearance decision, that is to say, any discrepancy which may occur between the total expenditure booked to the accounts for a financial year pursuant to Articles 100 and 101 and the total expenditure taken into consideration by the Commission in this Decision, is to be booked, under a single article, as additional expenditure or a reduction in expenditure.
(6) For certain paying agencies, the annual accounts and the accompanying documents permit the Commission to take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted. In the light of the verifications made some of the accounts do not fulfil this condition and therefore part of the expenditure concerned cannot be recognised as chargeable to the EAGGF Guarantee Section. Annex I lists the amounts cleared by Member State. The details of these amounts have been described in the Summary Report that has been presented to the Fund Committee at the same time as the present Decision.
(7) In the light of the verifications made, the information submitted by certain other paying agencies requires additional inquiries and their accounts cannot be cleared in this decision. Annex II lists the paying agencies concerned.
(8) Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96, in liaison with Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 of 26 September 2000 on budgetary discipline(8) lays down that advances against booking are to be reduced for expenditure effected by the Member States after the limits or deadlines laid down. However, pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96, any overrun of deadlines during August, September and October are to be taken into account in the accounts clearance decision except where noted before the last decision of the financial year relating to advances; part of the expenditure claimed by certain Member States during the abovementioned period and for the measures for which the Commission did not accept any extenuating circumstances was effected after the limits or deadlines laid down. This Decision should therefore lay down the relevant reductions. A decision will be taken at a later date, in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, definitively fixing the expenditure for which Community financing will not be granted regarding those reductions and any other expenditure which may be found to have been effected after the limits or deadlines laid down.
(9) The Commission, in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 and Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96, reduced or suspended a number of monthly advances on entry into the accounts of expenditure for the 2001 financial year and proceeds in this Decision to the reductions laid down in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96. In the light of the above, to avoid any premature or even only temporary reimbursement of the amounts in question, they should not be recognised in this Decision, without prejudice to further examination according to Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999.
(10) The second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95, lays down that the amounts that, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in the first subparagraph, are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State shall be determined by deducting advances paid during the financial year in question, i.e. 2001, from expenditure recognised for that year in accordance with the first subparagraph. Such amounts are to be deducted from, or added to, advances against expenditure from the second month following that in which the accounts clearance decision is taken. Annex I lists the amounts cleared for each Member State.
(11) In accordance with the final subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95, this Decision, adopted on the basis of accounting information, does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,
With the exception of the paying agencies referred to in Article 2 the accounts of the paying agencies of the Member States concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section in respect of the 2001 financial year are hereby cleared. The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State in accordance with the present Decision are determined in Annex I.
For the 2001 financial year, the accounts of the paying agencies shown in Annex II are disjoined from this Decision and shall be the subject of a future clearance Decision.
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32013D0252 | Council Decision No 252/2013/EU of 11 March 2013 establishing a Multiannual Framework for 2013-2017 for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
| 21.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 79/1
COUNCIL DECISION No 252/2013/EU
of 11 March 2013
establishing a Multiannual Framework for 2013-2017 for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 352 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure,
Whereas:
(1) Bearing in mind the objectives of the foundation of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (‘the Agency’), and in order for the Agency to carry out its tasks properly, the precise thematic areas of its activity are to be determined by a Multiannual Framework covering five years as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (1).
(2) The first Multiannual Framework was adopted by the Council in Decision 2008/203/EC of 28 February 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 as regards the adoption of a Multi-annual Framework for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2007-2012 (2).
(3) The Multiannual Framework should be conducted only within the scope of Union law.
(4) The Multiannual Framework should be in line with the Union’s priorities, taking due account of the orientations resulting from the European Parliament resolutions and Council conclusions in the field of fundamental rights.
(5) The Multiannual Framework should have due regard to the Agency’s financial and human resources.
(6) The Multiannual Framework should include provisions with a view to ensuring complementarity with the remit of other Union bodies, offices and agencies, as well as with the Council of Europe and other international organisations active in the field of fundamental rights. The most relevant Union agencies and bodies in relation to this Multiannual Framework are the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) established by Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex) established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 (4), the European Migration Network established by Council Decision 2008/381/EC (5), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) established by Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) established by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), Eurojust, the Union’s judicial cooperation unit established by Council Decision 2002/187/JHA (8), the European Police Office (Europol) established by Council Decision 2009/371/JHA (9), the European Police College (CEPOL) established by Council Decision 2005/681/JHA (10), the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (IT Agency) established by Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (11) and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 (12).
(7) The Multiannual Framework should include the fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance amongst the thematic areas of the Agency’s activity.
(8) In view of the importance of the fight against poverty and social exclusion for the Union, which has made it one of the five targets of the Europe 2020 growth strategy, the Agency should take into consideration the economic and social preconditions enabling an effective enjoyment of fundamental rights when collecting and disseminating data within the thematic areas established by this Decision.
(9) The Agency, upon a request from the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission, provided its financial and human resources so permit, may work outside the thematic areas determined in the Multiannual Framework, in accordance with Article 5(3) of the Regulation (EC) No 168/2007. In accordance with the Stockholm Programme — An open and secure Europe serving and protecting citizens (13), adopted by the European Council, the institutions should make full use of the expertise of the Agency, and where appropriate consult the Agency, in line with its mandate, on the development of policies and legislation with implications for fundamental rights.
(10) The Commission, when preparing its proposal, consulted the Management Board of the Agency and received written comments on 18 October 2011,
Multiannual Framework
1. A Multiannual Framework for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (‘the Agency’) for the period 2013-2017 is hereby established.
2. The Agency shall, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007, carry out the tasks defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 within the thematic areas laid down in Article 2 of this Decision.
Thematic areas
The thematic areas shall be the following:
(a) access to justice;
(b) victims of crime, including compensation to victims of crime;
(c) information society and, in particular, respect for private life and protection of personal data;
(d) Roma integration;
(e) judicial cooperation, except in criminal matters;
(f) rights of the child;
(g) discrimination based on sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation;
(h) immigration and integration of migrants, visa and border control and asylum;
(i) racism, xenophobia and related intolerance.
Complementarity and cooperation with other bodies
1. The Agency shall ensure appropriate cooperation and coordination with relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies, Member States, international organisations and civil society, pursuant to Articles 7, 8 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007, for the implementation of the Multiannual Framework.
2. The Agency shall deal with issues relating to discrimination based on sex only as part of, and to the extent relevant to, its work in the context of point (g) of Article 2, taking into account that it is for the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to collect data on gender equality and sex discrimination. The Agency and EIGE shall cooperate in accordance with the cooperation agreement of 22 November 2010.
3. The Agency shall cooperate with the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) in accordance with the cooperation agreement of 8 October 2009, and with the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex) in accordance with the cooperation agreement of 26 May 2010. It shall, moreover, cooperate with the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), the European Migration Network, Eurojust, the Union’s judicial cooperation unit, the European Police Office (Europol), the European Police College (CEPOL) and the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (IT Agency) in accordance with the future respective cooperation agreements. Cooperation with these bodies shall be limited to activities falling within the scope of the thematic areas laid down in Article 2 of this Decision.
4. The Agency shall carry out its tasks in the area of information society and, in particular, of the respect for private life and the protection of personal data, without prejudice to the responsibilities of the European Data Protection Supervisor to ensure that the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, and in particular their right to privacy, are respected by Union institutions and bodies in accordance with its duties and powers as provided for in Articles 46 and 47 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
5. The Agency shall coordinate its activities with those of the Council of Europe in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 and the Agreement between the European Community and the Council of Europe on cooperation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe (14), referred to in that Article.
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31994D0446 | 94/446/EC: Commission Decision of 14 June 1994 laying down the requirements for the importation from third countries of bones and bone products, horns and horn products and hooves and hoof products, excluding meals thereof, for further processing not intended for human or animal consumption (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 14 June 1994 laying down the requirements for the importation from third countries of bones and bone products, horns and horn products and hooves and hoof products, excluding meals thereof, for further processing not intended for human or animal consumption (Text with EEA relevance) (94/446/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 10 (2) (a) and (c) thereof,
Whereas Annex I Chapter 5 of the abovementioned Directive lays down requirements for the import of bones and bone products, horns and horn products and hooves and hoof products, excluding meals thereof, not being intended for human or animal consumption;
Whereas for trade purposes those products must be accompanied by a commercial document;
Whereas in order to enable checks to be carried out on the imports of the abovementioned products, a similar document must accompany such imports, which will indicate, together with other information, the nature of the product;
Whereas, in view of the particular nature of the products, specific control conditions must be laid down to ensure that they are not delivered for direct use in human or animal food including a declaration by the importer and specific transport conditions;
Whereas, since a new certification scheme is established, a period of time should be provided for its implementation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Member States shall authorize the importation from third countries of bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal), and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal), intended for further processing but not for direct use in human or animal food, only if:
- the commercial documents accompanying the consignment include the information laid down in Annex A, and
- the consignment is accompanied by the declaration of the importer as laid down in Annex B, which must be in at least one official language of the Member State through which the consignment first enters the Community and in at least one official language of the Member State of destination.
The official veterinarian of the border inspection post at the first point of entry into the Community must countersign the declaration of the importer and stamp it with the official stamp of the border inspection post.
The stamped declaration must accompany the consignment to the processing establishment, which must be that specified in the declaration; it must be retained for a period of at least one year.
After importation the following minimum conditions shall be met:
(a) On dispatch the Community territory, the material shall be enclosed in lead-sealed container units or trucks or in bulk in a vessel. If transported in containers the containers and in all cases the accompanying documents must be clearly marked: 'not for use in human or animal food'. The containers and the accompanying documents shall bear the name and address of the processing establishment.
(b) The material shall be transported direct to the processing establishment from the point of arrival in Community territory in containers or means of transport which are sealed.
(c) On arrival in the territory of the Community and before dispatch of the material to the processing notification of intended dispatch shall be made as quickly as possible to the local official veterinarian or competent authority by Animo message or, when this is not possible, by telex or telefax.
(d) Records shall be kept of the quantity and nature of the material, during manufacture, in such a way as to ensure that the material has actually been used for the intended purpose.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1994.
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31985R2759 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2759/85 of 30 September 1985 on arrangements for imports into Italy of certain textile products (category 4) originating in Brazil
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2759/85
of 30 September 1985
on arrangements for imports into Italy of certain textile products (category 4) originating in Brazil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82 of 23 December 1982 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1003/85 (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82 lays down the conditions under which quantitative limits may be established; whereas imports into Italy of textile products of category 4, specified in the Annex hereto and originating in Brazil, have exceeded the level referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article 11;
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82, Brazil was notified on 12 September 1985 of a request for consultations;
Whereas, pending a mutually satisfactory solution, the Commission has requested Brazil for a provisional period of three months from the date of notification of the request for consultations to limit exports to Italy of products of category 4 to 400 000 pieces; whereas, pending the outcome of the requested consultations, quantitative limits identical to those requested of the supplier country should be applied provisionally to imports of the category of products in question;
Whereas paragraph 13 of the said Article 11 provides for compliance with the quantitative limit to be ensured by means of a double-checking system in accordance with Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82;
Whereas the products in question exported from the Brazil to Italy between 12 September 1985 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation must be set off against the quantitative limit which has been introduced;
Whereas this quantitative limit should not prevent the importation of products covered by it shipped from Brazil before the date of entry into force of this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textiles Committee,
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, imports into Italy of the category of products originating in Brazil and specified in the Annex hereto shall be subject to the provisional quantitative limit set out therein until 11 December 1985.
1. Products as referred to in Article 1, shipped from Brazil to Italy before the date of entry into force of this Regulation and not yet released for free circulation, shall be so released subject to the presentation of a bill of lading or other transport document proving that shipment actually took place before that date.
2. Imports of such products shipped from Brazil to Italy after the entry into force of this Regulation shall be subject to the double-checking system described in Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82.
3. All quantities of such products shipped from Brazil to Italy on or after 12 September 1985 and released for free circulation, shall be deducted from the quantitative limit laid down. This provisional limit shall not, however, prevent the importation of products covered by it but shipped from Brazil before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply until 11 December 1985.
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31997D0413 | 97/413/EC: Council Decision of 26 June 1997 concerning the objectives and detailed rules for restructuring the Community fisheries sector for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 with a view to achieving a balance on a sustainable basis between resources and their exploitation
| COUNCIL DECISION of 26 June 1997 concerning the objectives and detailed rules for restructuring the Community fisheries sector for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 with a view to achieving a balance on a sustainable basis between resources and their exploitation (97/413/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas the Community fishing fleet should be restructured with the aim of providing the sector with clear perspectives for sustainable fishing activities, taking into account the characteristics of each fishery and the possible economic and social consequences;
Whereas the objectives and detailed rules should be fixed by fleet segment or fishery in relation to the state of the stocks taking account of the third Multiannual Guidance Programme (MAGP III), the differing situations in Member States and of the fact that Member States should be able to deploy the necessary fishing effort to take the quota actually available;
Whereas the employment generated by the sector in areas dependent on fishing should be taken into account in order to safeguard the particular needs of those regions;
Whereas it is necessary to safeguard existing balances and the acquis communautaire, having due regard to the principle of relative stability;
Whereas in light of the most recent scientific advice available regarding the state of resources accessible to Community vessels, there is an urgent need to reduce the fishing mortality of certain stocks;
Whereas to that end it is necessary to adopt specific guidelines for reducing the fishing effort on the stocks in question, over an appropriate period of time;
Whereas the fishing effort reduction rates should target depletion risk and overfished stocks;
Whereas the precautionary approach requires that fishing effort on other stocks should not increase unless such an increase is duly justified;
Whereas in the case of fisheries composed of several species it is appropriate that the reductions in fishing effort be weighted to reflect the relative quantities of critical stocks in the overall catch;
Whereas the common fisheries policy provides for a wide range of measures which, individually and collectively, contribute to the reduction of fishing mortality;
Whereas it is agreed that small scale coastal non-trawling fishing activities merit special treatment since such activities maintain a high number of direct jobs while having a modest impact on depletion risk and overfished stocks;
Whereas, given the need to ensure the highest safety standards in the Community fishing fleet, safety improvements should not, in certain cases, be counted against the objectives for Member States' fleet segments;
Whereas the characteristics of power and tonnage are the most pertinent parameters for expressing fishing capacity of the fleets using active gear; whereas the main parameters for expressing effort in respect of passive gear are different; whereas it is nonetheless necessary to ensure a non-discriminatory approach and fully equivalent result as between the two gear types;
Whereas Member States should be able to choose to reduce fishing mortality by the different means available to them, either by reducing capacity for each fleet segment, or by reducing fishing effort for each fishery; whereas to this effect a certain period must be allowed for Member States to develop management programmes setting out the implementation of these means in order to achieve the objectives fixed;
Whereas the required reductions in fishing effort can be achieved through fishing effort limitation programmes or reductions in capacity; whereas specific fishing effort limitation programmes on depletion risk and overfished stocks are to be encouraged where a Member State demonstrates its ability to set up and administer such programmes; whereas in the absence of fishing effort limitation programmes, or if these programmes do not offer the necessary guarantees or do not have sufficient effect, the only alternative is capacity reduction;
Whereas the fleet objectives for Member States set by this Decision should be based on the previous objectives;
Whereas the fleet segments of Member States involved in bilateral fisheries agreements, or in fishing activities covered by international fishing conventions to which the Community is a Contracting Party, need to be adjusted in accordance with the resources available and accessible under those agreements or conventions;
Whereas this Decision is based on a five-year period in order to ensure real progress over a sufficient length of time; whereas the measures proposed must aim to eliminate the factors that made this restructuring necessary, in particular by putting into place a permanent regime of fleet renewal;
Whereas a review of the fishing effort reduction objectives should be carried out by the Council by the end of 1999 on the basis of the latest scientific advice available and an assessment made at the same time of the effects of all available measures on the state of resources and the sector to be provided by the Commission to the Council;
Whereas it is necessary to verify that the programmes of Member States are progressively achieved by reference to intermediate objectives;
Whereas full transparency is required among Member States; whereas this transparency should be ensured in the decision process leading to the adoption of the individual programmes for Member States, and their subsequent implementation, through the procedures provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (ECC) 3760/92,
For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions are used:
1. the capacities of fleet segments are expressed at least in GT tonnage and kW power as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining characteristics for fishing vessels (4);
2. the effort of fleet segments comprised of vessels using active gear is defined in accordance with Annex VI of Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/94 of 19 January 1994 concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community (5);
3. the effort of fleet segments comprised of vessels using passive gear is expressed in terms of the capacity of the vessels defined in subparagraph 1;
4. without prejudice to Article 4 (1), a fleet segment is defined as a group of vessels having homogeneous physical characteristics using the same fishing gear or the same type of fishing gear;
5. a fishery is defined as a fishing activity on a stock or a group of stocks harvested by the same fishing gear or the same type of fishing gear.
1. By 31 December 2001 at the latest, the fishing effort of each Member State shall be reduced, taking the levels defined in Article 7 (1) as a starting point, on the basis of the reduction rates in fishing effort which are required to be achieved in relation to the critical stocks set out in Annex I.
2. The pilot reduction rates shall be as follows:
- 30 % for the stocks defined as depletion risk in Annex I;
- 20 % for the stocks defined as overfished in Annex I.
3. In the case of stocks defined as fully exploited in Annex I, there shall be no increase in fishing effort for the period 1997 to 2001.
4. In respect of stocks other than those referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, including stocks for which the situation is insufficiently known, there shall be no increase in fishing effort for the period 1997 to 2001. In specific cases where Member States can identify additional fishing opportunities on these stocks, a level of additional fishing effort for the fleet segments fishing these stocks may be decided.
5. The weighted fishing effort reduction rates are calculated by fleet segment or by fishery as a function of the composition of the catches of stocks in these fleet segments or fisheries in accordance with Annex II.
A Member State may exempt fishing vessels of its fleet of less than 12 metres overall, other than trawlers, from the provisions of Article 2. In this case, the aggregate capacity of this fleet segment, expressed in GT tonnage and in kW power, shall not increase beyond the level at 1 January 1997, or beyond the level corresponding to the objectives of MAGP III, for the period to 31 December 2001, except in the framework of programmes for improving safety of navigation at sea.
1. The segmentation of the fleet of each Member State shall be determined in relation to the stocks defined in Annex I and to the fishing techniques, taking account of the segmentation adopted as part of MAGP III as well as the differing situations in Member States.
2. In the Multiannual Guidance Programmes for Member States, increases in capacity resulting exclusively from safety improvements shall justify, on a cases by case basis, an increase by the same amount of the objectives for fleet segments where they do not increase the fishing effort of the vessels concerned.
Reduction in fishing mortality of critical stocks shall be achieved for each fleet segment by a reduction in capacity or for each fishery by means of a reduction in fishing effort.
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission by 30 June 1997 a fishing effort limitation programme. This programme shall establish, by fleet segment, the starting levels for capacity and fishing effort on the basis of the objectives fixed in the MAGP III, whilst taking account of the fishing effort data submitted in accordance with the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 109/94.
In cases where the objectives are achieved by capacity reduction only, the Member State shall apply to the fleet segment the weighted reduction rates calculated in accordance with Annex II.
In cases where the objectives are achieved by fishing effort reductions, the Member State shall identify the fisheries related to each fleet segment and shall allocate to these fisheries starting levels for a fishing effort within the limits of the starting levels laid down for each fleet segment, with a view to ensuring that Member States can take up the quotas actually available to them. The Member State shall apply to the fishing effort levels defined above by fishery the reduction rates defined in Article 2.
The Member State shall identify and quantify the means (capacity, activity) by which to respect the aforementioned objectives.
2. Among the means to reduce fishing effort, each Member State shall determine in its programme the reduction in the capacity of each fleet segment which will permit the objectives to be achieved. This reduction in capacity shall be ensured by the establishment in each Member State of a permanent regime to control the renewal of the fleet. This regime shall determine, segment by segment, the ratio of entries/exits of vessels that will ensure over the period that the fishing capacity by type of vessel will be brought down to the determined levels.
3. Where a Member State does not submit such programmes or these are not approved, fishing effort reduction targets shall be achieved through reductions in capacity.
4. Where a Member State does not achieve the annual intermediate objectives referred to in Article 9 (1), the objectives of the following year shall be adjusted accordingly, including through reductions in capacity.
1. The starting point for Member States' fleet objectives for 31 December 2001 shall be the fleet objectives fixed by the previous programmes for 31 December 1996.
2. In fixing the objectives for the fishing fleets of each Member State under this Decision, account shall be taken of the specific characteristics of individual fishing fleets.
The fleet segment fishing in the waters of third countries or on the high seas shall be identified and the fishing effort adjusted by the Commission and the Member State taking account of the global fishing opportunities of this fleet segment in line with the objectives fixed in fisheries management recommendations issued by international organizations, approved by the Community or the Member States, and, where appropriate, the fishing opportunities in third country waters defined by agreements concluded between the Community and those third countries.
1. The implementation of the objectives and detailed rules of this Decision shall be carried out by the Commission for the period 1997 to 2001 in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 (6). The Commission shall adopt the Multiannual Guidance Programmes for the fishing fleets of individual Member States no later than 30 November 1997. The programmes shall apply with effect from 1 January 1997 and shall be progressively achieved, by reference to annual intermediate objectives, by 31 December 2001.
2. The Commission shall present to the Council, by 30 March 1999 at the latest, a report on the state and evolution of fish stocks and of fisheries based on the most recent scientific advice available and an assessment of the effects of structural, conservation, control and other policy measures as well as the effects of the Multiannual Guidance Programmes, on the state of the resources and on the sector.
3. The Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 by 31 December 1999 at the latest on the basis of the scientific advice and other information in the report from the Commission, on any necessary adjustments to the targets for fishing effort for the period from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2001.
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For the purposes of implementing the provisions of this Decision the procedures under Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 shall apply.
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This Decision shall apply as of 1 January 1997.
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32001R2118 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2118/2001 of 26 October 2001 correcting Regulation (EC) No 1888/2001 fixing the specific exchange rate for the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2118/2001
of 26 October 2001
correcting Regulation (EC) No 1888/2001 fixing the specific exchange rate for the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1527/2000(2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(3),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 of 30 June 1993 establishing special detailed rules for applying the agricultural conversion rate in the sugar sector(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1509/2001(5), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The specific exchange rates for the amount of the reimbursement of the storage costs in the sugar sector for August 2001 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1888/2001(6).
(2) An error has been discovered in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1888/2001. The Regulation in question should therefore be corrected.
(3) In order to safeguard operators' rights, the period of application of this Regulation should correspond to that of Regulation (EC) No 1888/2001,
In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1888/2001, the rate "0,623313" for the pound sterling is replaced by "0,626313".
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2001.
It shall apply from 1 August 2001.
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