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31990R3640 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3640/90 of 11 December 1990 determining the general rules for the system of accession compensatory amounts for milk and milk products during the second stage of the accession of Portugal
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3640/90 of 11 December 1990 determining the general rules for the system of accession compensatory amounts for milk and milk products during the second stage of the accession of Portugal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 310 of the Act of Accession provides for the fixing of prices, for Portugal, at a level which may be different from that of the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 240 of the Act, such differences in price level are to be compensated for by a system of compensatory amounts;
Whereas the accession compensatory amounts are intended to avoid disturbances in trade resulting from differences in prices; whereas, as a result, the application of accession compensatory amounts is not required where there is no fear of such disturbances; whereas, as regards butter in particular, pursuant to Article 240 (2) of the Act of Accession, no such amount need be fixed given the slight difference between the prices applicable in Portugal and the common prices;
Whereas the situation as regards trade in skimmed-milk powder, where the price applicable in the Azores differs from that applicable in mainland Portugal, would warrant setting the accession compensatory amount on the basis of the latter price;
Whereas Article 311 of the Act of Accession provides that the accession compensatory amounts for dairy products other than butter and skimmed-milk powder are to be fixed with the help of coefficients to be determined; whereas, for the determination of such coefficients, account should be taken, in particular, of the difference between the prices recorded on the Portuguese market and the prices recorded in the other Member States;
Whereas, where it becomes necessary, provision should be made for the possible introduction of a system for the advance fixing of accession compensatory amounts;
Whereas a certain amount of deflection of trade and distortion of competition may, in particular, occur in the final period of moves towards price alignment and when common prices are applied throughout the Community; whereas it is therefore justified that measures intended to avoid such deflection and distortion should apply for such time as is necessary,
For the purposes of this Regulation:
'Community of Ten` shall mean the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985,
'accession compensatory amounts` shall mean compensatory amounts applicable in trade between the Community of Ten and Portugal, between Spain and Portugal and between Portugal and third countries.
Without prejudice to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) N° 3792/85(1), no compensatory amount shall be set for butter or for milk fat contained in other products.
The accession compensatory amounts applicable for each milk year shall be:
(a)for skimmed-milk powder, equal to the difference between the intervention price fixed for mainland Portugal and the intervention price applicable in the Community of Ten or in Spain;
(b)for the other products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) N° 804/68(2), fixed using one or more of the following factors:
the difference between the prices recorded on the Portuguese market and the prices recorded in the Community of Ten or in Spain,
the quantities of raw materials used in the manufacture of the products concerned,
specific manufacturing costs.
In trade between the Community of Ten and Portugal, or between Spain and Portugal, accession compensatory amounts shall be levied or granted by the Member State concerned whose price level used for the determination of the accession compensatory amounts is the highest.
1. The accession compensatory amount applicable shall be that in force at the time of acceptance of the declaration of import or export.
2. However, where necessary, the introduction of a system for the advance fixing of the accession compensatory amount may be decided upon in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 6.
Article
1. The following shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) N° 804/68:
(a)the detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, in particular for fixing the accession compensatory amounts;
(b)the procedure for granting and levying accession compensatory amounts in order to prevent any deflection of trade or distortion of competition.
2. Measures to prevent any deflection of trade or distortion of competition may continue to apply, for as long as is deemed necessary, after the accession compensatory amounts have been discontinued.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
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32002R1464 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/2002 of 9 August 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/2002
of 9 August 2002
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001(3). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling EUR 24,385/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 August 2002.
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32008R0157 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 157/2008 of 21 February 2008 determining the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 for the private storage of butter
| 22.2.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 48/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 157/2008
of 21 February 2008
determining the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 for the private storage of butter
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 41(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2008 of 5 February 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter (2) stipulates that the amount of aid for private storage referred to in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is to be fixed each year.
(2) The third subparagraph of Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 specifies that the aid shall be fixed in the light of storage costs and the likely trend in prices for fresh butter and butter from stocks.
(3) Regarding storage costs, notably the costs for entry and exit of the products concerned, the daily costs for cold storage and the financial costs of storage should be taken into account.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. The aid referred to in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 shall be calculated per tonne of butter for contracts concluded in 2008 on the basis of the following elements:
— EUR 15,62 for fixed storage costs,
— EUR 0,23 for the costs of cold storage for each day of contractual storage,
— an amount per day of contractual storage, calculated on the basis of 90 % of the intervention price for butter in force on the day the contractual storage begins and on the basis of an annual interest rate of 4,25 %.
2. The intervention agency shall register the date of receipt of the applications to conclude a contract as referred to in Article 37(1) of Regulation (EC) No 105/2008 as well as the corresponding quantities.
3. The Member States shall inform the Commission no later than 12 noon (Brussels time) on each Tuesday of the quantities covered during the preceding week by such applications.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001R1431 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/2001 of 13 July 2001 fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 32nd invitation to tender carried out under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/2001
of 13 July 2001
fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 32nd invitation to tender carried out under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/2001(4), provides that, in the light of the tenders received for each invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed in relation to the intervention price applicable and that it may also be decided not to proceed with the invitation to tender.
(2) As a result of the tenders received, the maximum buying-in price should be fixed as set out below.
(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 32nd invitation to tender issued under Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, for which tenders had to be submitted not later than 10 July 2001, the maximum buying-in price is fixed at 295,38 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R2907 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2907/93 of 20 October 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 100 (order No 40.1000), originating in China, India and Malaysia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2907/93 of 20 October 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 100 (order No 40.1000), originating in China, India and Malaysia, 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 Council 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 100 (order No 40.1000), originating in China, India and Malaysia, the relevant ceiling respectively amounts to 27, 138 and 138 tonnes;
Whereas on 14 May 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in China, India and Malaysia, countries covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against those ceilings;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to China, India and Malaysia,
As from 26 October 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in China, India and Malaysia:
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5903 10 90
5903 20 10
5903 20 90
5903 90 10
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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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31997R1416 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1416/97 of 22 July 1997 fixing the basic price, and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price, for sheepmeat for the 1998 marketing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1416/97 of 22 July 1997 fixing the basic price, and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price, for sheepmeat for the 1998 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 1998 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 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 marketing years concerning private storage,
For the 1998 marketing year, the basic price for sheepmeat is hereby fixed at ECU 504,07 for 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 third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1998 marketing year.
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32004R1097 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2004 of 10 June 2004 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
| 11.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 209/24
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1097/2004
of 10 June 2004
fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
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 the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 9 June 2004.
(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 permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 9 June 2004, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 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 | 0 | 0 |
31996R1774 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1774/96 of 12 September 1996 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1996/97 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1774/96 of 12 September 1996 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1996/97 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize, sorghum and durum wheat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2054/93 (4), in particular fixes a maximum moisture content of 14 % for cereals other than durum wheat; whereas, under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/92 of 19 March 1992 fixing the procedure and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1773/96 (6), a maximum moisture content of 14,5 % was fixed; whereas Article 2 (4) of that Regulation also provides that the Member States may be authorized at their request and under certain conditions to apply a moisture content of 15 % for cereals offered for intervention, with the exception of maize and sorghum;
Whereas certain Member States have submitted requests to that end;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Member States listed in the Annex hereto are hereby authorized to fix a maximum moisture content of 15 % for cereals listed therein and offered for intervention during the 1996/97 marketing year.
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 1996.
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 |
31998D0568 | 98/568/EC: Commission Decision of 6 October 1998 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Guatemala (notified under document number C(1998) 2950) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 6 October 1998 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Guatemala (notified under document number C(1998) 2950) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/568/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (1), as last amended by the Council Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas a Commission expert has conducted an inspection visit to Guatemala to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
Whereas the provisions of legislation of Guatemala on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas, in Guatemala the 'Dirección General de Servicios Pecuarios (DIGESEPE) del Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación` is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force;
Whereas the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in Article 11(4)(a) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to sign it;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11(4)(b) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products giving the name of the third country and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores must be drawn up; whereas a list of freezer vessels registered in the sense of Directive 92/48/EEC (3) must be drawn up; whereas these lists must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the DIGESEPE to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the DIGESEPE to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas the DIGESEPE has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding the fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval or registration of establishments, factory vessels, cold stores or freezer vessels of origin;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The 'Dirección General de Servicios Pecuarios (DIGESEPE) del Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación` shall be the competent authority in Guatemala for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Guatemala must meet the following conditions:
1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A hereto;
2. the products must come from approved establishments, factory vessels, cold stores or registered freezer vessels listed in Annex B hereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the word 'GUATEMALA` and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters.
1. Certificates as referred to in Article 2(1) must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the DIGESEPE and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.
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31992R3577 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 of 7 December 1992 applying the principle of freedom to provide sevices to maritime transport within Member States (maritime cabotage)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3577/92 of 7 December 1992 applying the principle of freedom to provide sevices to maritime transport within Member States (maritime cabotage)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 84 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the amended proposal of the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinions of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas on 12 June 1992, the European Parliament adopted its Resolution on the liberalization of maritime cabotage and its economic and social consequences;
Whereas in accordance with Article 61 of the Treaty freedom to provide services in the field of maritime transport is to be governed by the provisions of the Title relating to transport;
Whereas the abolition of restrictions on the provision of maritime transport services within Member States is necessary for the establishment of the internal market; whereas the internal market will comprise an area in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured;
Whereas therefore freedom to provide services should be applied to maritime transport within Member States;
Whereas the beneficiaries of this freedom should be Community shipowners operating vessels registered in and flying the flag of a Member State whether or not it has a coastline;
Whereas this freedom will be extended to vessels also registered in Euros once that register is approved;
Whereas in order to avoid distortion of competition, Community shipowners exercising the freedom to provide cabotage services should comply with all the conditions for carrying out cabotage in the Member State in which their vessels are registered; whereas Community shipowners operating ships registered in a Member State who do not have the right to carry out cabotage in that State should nevertheless be beneficiaries of this Regulation during a transitional period;
Whereas the implementation of this freedom should be gradual and not necessarily provided for in a uniform way for all services concerned, taking into account the nature of certain specific services and the extent of the effort that certain economies in the Community showing differences in development will have to sustain;
Whereas the introduction of public services entailing certain rights and obligations for the shipowners concerned may be justified in order to ensure the adequacy of regular transport services to, from and between islands, provided that there is no distinction on the grounds of nationality or residence;
Whereas provisions should be adopted so that safeguard measures can be taken as regards maritime transport markets affected by a serious disturbance or in the event of an emergency; whereas, for this purpose, suitable decision-making procedures should be introduced;
Whereas, in view of the need to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and of possible adaptations in the light of experience, the Commission should report on the implementation of this Regulation and if necessary submit additional proposals,
1. As from 1 January 1993, freedom to provide maritime transport services within a Member State (maritime cabotage) shall apply to Community shipowners who have their ships registered in, and flying the flag of a Member State, provided that these ships comply with all conditions for carrying out cabotage in that Member State, including ships registered in Euros, once that Register is approved by the Council.
2. By way of derogation, the application of the provision of paragraph 1 requiring that ships fulfil all conditions for carrying out cabotage in the Member State in which they are registered at that time shall be temporarily suspended until 31 December 1996.
For the purposes of this Regulation:
1. 'maritime transport services within a Member State (maritime cabotage)' shall mean services normally provided for remuneration and shall in particular include:
(a) mainland cabotage: the carriage of passengers or goods by sea between ports situated on the mainland or the main territory of one and the same Member State without calls at islands;
(b) off-shore supply services: the carriage of passengers or goods by sea between any port in a Member State and installations or structures situated on the continental shelf of that Member State;
(c) island cabotage: the carriage of passengers or goods by sea between:
- ports situated on the mainland and on one or more of the islands of one and the same Member State,
- ports situated on the islands of one and the same Member State;
Ceuta and Melilla shall be treated in the same way as island ports.
2. 'Community shipowner' shall mean:
(a) nationals of a Member State established in a Member State in accordance with the legislation of that Member State and pursuing shipping activities;
(b) shipping companies established in accordance with the legislation of a Member State and whose principal place of business is situated, and effective control exercised, in a Member State;
or
(c) nationals of a Member State established outside the Community or shipping companies established outside the Community and controlled by nationals of a Member State, if their ships are registered in and fly the flag of a Member State in accordance with its legislation;
3. 'a public service contract' shall mean a contract concluded between the competent authorities of a Member State and a Community shipowner in order to provide the public with adequate transport services.
A public service contract may cover notably:
- transport services satisfying fixed standards of continuity, regularity, capacity and quality,
- additional transport services,
- transport services at specified rates and subject to specified conditions, in particular for certain categories of passengers or on certain routes,
- adjustments of services to actual requirements;
4. 'public service obligations' shall mean obligations which the Community shipowner in question, if he were considering his own commercial interest, would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions;
5. 'a serious disturbance of the internal transport market' shall mean the appearance on the market of problems specific to that market and which:
- are likely to lead to a serious and potentially lasting excess of supply over demand,
- are due to, or aggravated by, maritime cabotage operations, and
- pose a serious threat to the financial stability and survival of a significant number of Community shipowners,
provided that the short-term and medium-term forecasts for the market in question do not indicate any substantial and lasting improvements.
1. For vessels carrying out mainland cabotage and for cruise liners, all matters relating to manning shall be the responsibility of the State in which the vessel is registered (flag state), except for ships smaller than 650 gt, where host State conditions may be applied.
2. For vessels carrying out island cabotage, all matters relating to manning shall be the responsibility of the State in which the vessel is performing a maritime transport service (host State).
3. However, from 1 January 1999, for cargo vessels over 650 gt carrying out island cabotage, when the voyage concerned follows or precedes a voyage to or from another State, all matters relating to manning shall be the responsibility of the State in which the vessel is registered (flag State).
4. The Commission shall make an in-depth examination of the economic and social impact of the liberalization of island cabotage and shall submit a report to the Council before 1 January 1997 at the latest.
On the basis of this report, the Commission shall submit a proposal to the Council which may include adjustments to the manning nationality provisions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 so that the definitive system shall be approved by the Council in due time and before 1 January 1999.
1. A Member State may conclude public service contracts with or impose public service obligations as a condition for the provision of cabotage services, on shipping companies participating in regular services to, from and between islands.
Whenever a Member State concludes public service contracts or imposes public service obligations, it shall do so on a non-discriminatory basis in respect of all Community shipowners.
2. In imposing public service obligations, Member States shall be limited to requirements concerning ports to be served, regularity, continuity, frequency, capacity to provide the service, rates to be charged and manning of the vessel.
Where applicable, any compensation for public service obligations must be available to all Community shipowners.
3. Existing public service contracts may remain in force up to the expiry date of the relevant contract.
1. In the event of a serious disturbance of the internal transport market due to cabotage liberalization, a Member State may request the Commission to adopt safeguard measures.
After consulting the other Member States, the Commission shall decide where appropriate on the necessary safeguard measures, within 30 working days of receipt of the relevant request from a Member State. Such measures may involve the temporary exclusion, not exceeding 12 months, of the area concerned from the scope of this Regulation.
The Commission shall communicate to the Council and the Member States any decision on its safeguard measures.
If after the period of 30 working days the Commission has taken no decision on the subject, the Member State concerned shall be entitled to apply the measures requested until the Commission has taken its decision.
However, in the event of an emergency, Member States may unilaterally adopt the appropriate provisional measures which may remain in force for no more than three months. In such an event, Member States must immediately inform the Commission of the adoption of such measures. The Commission may abrogate the measures or confirm them with or without modification until it takes its final decision in accordance with the second subparagraph.
2. The Commission may also adopt safeguard measures on its own initiative, after consulting the Member States.
1. By way of derogation, the following maritime transport services carried out in the Mediterranean and along the coast of Spain, Portugal and France shall be temporarily exempted from the implementation of this Regulation:
- cruise services, until 1 January 1995,
- transport of strategic goods (oil, oil products and drinking water), until 1 January 1997,
- services by ships smaller than 650 gt, until 1 January 1998,
- regular passenger and ferry services, until 1 January 1999.
2. By way of derogation, island cabotage in the Mediterranean and cabotage with regard to the Canary, Azores and Madeira archipelagoes, Ceuta and Melilla, the French islands along the Atlantic coast and the French overseas departments shall be temporarily exempted from the implementation of this Regulation until 1 January 1999.
3. For reasons of socio-economic cohesion, the derogation provided for in paragraph 2 shall be extended for Greece until 1 January 2004 for regular passenger and ferry services and services provided by vessels less than 650 gt.
Article 62 of the Treaty shall apply to the matters covered by this Regulation.
Without prejudice to the provisions of the Treaty relating to the right of establishment and to this Regulation, a person providing a maritime transport service may, in order to do so, temporarily pursue his activity in the Member States where the service is provided, under the same conditions as are imposed by that State on its own nationals.
Before adopting laws, regulations or administrative provisions in implementation of this Regulation, Member States shall consult the Commission. They shall inform the latter of any measures thus adopted.
0
The Commission shall submit to the Council, before 1 January 1995, and thereafter every two years, a report on the implementation of this Regulation and, if appropriate, shall also put forward any necessary proposals.
1
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1993. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31989R3965 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3965/89 of 20 December 1989 suspending for the 1990 fishing year the duties applicable to fresh fishery products originating in Morocco and coming from joint fisheries ventures set up between natural or legal persons from Portugal and Morocco, on the direct landing of such products in Portugal
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3965/89
of 20 December 1989
suspending for the 1990 fishing year the duties applicable to fresh fishery products originating in Morocco and coming from joint fisheries ventures set up between natural or legal persons from Portugal and Morocco, on the direct landing of such products in Portugal
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 355 thereof,
Whereas Article 355 of the Act of Accession provides for the elimination, by 31 December 1992, of the exemptions, suspensions or tariff quotas granted by Portugal on fresh fishery products originating in Morocco and coming from joint fish ventures set up between natural or legal persons from Portugal and Morocco, when such products are landed directly in Portugal;
Whereas the present arrangements applied by Portugal to such products may be maintained on a transitional basis;
Whereas the duties applicable to such products should be suspended for 1990;
Whereas provision should be made for the supply of information to the Commission so that it can keep watch on the management of these arrangements;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the period 1 January to 31 December 1990 the customs duties applicable to the fishery products referred to in Article 355 of the Act of Accession, landed directly in Portugal, shall be wholly suspended.
Portugal shall inform the Commission, not later than 15 days after the end of each quarter, of the quantities and species actually imported under the suspension arrangements.
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 to 31 December 1990.
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 |
32009R0235 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 235/2009 of 19 March 2009 fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
| 20.3.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 74/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 235/2009
of 19 March 2009
fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a standing invitation to tender procedure.
(2) Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 17 March 2009.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 17 March 2009, the maximum amount of refund for the product and destinations referred to in Article 1(c) and in Article 2 of that Regulation shall be EUR 22,00/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R0814 | Council Regulation (EC) No 814/2003 of 8 May 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004
| Council Regulation (EC) No 814/2003
of 8 May 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Since its entry into force on 1 January 2002, Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001(1) has been found to require certain amendments.
(2) In particular, a specific provision should be introduced in order to allow any beneficiary country which would face a grave economic and financial crisis to be exempted from the graduation of new sectors. Furthermore, since the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 referring to sectors cannot apply to products to which no specific sector has been assigned, Annex III to the said Regulation should be amended so as to specify a sector for every product covered by any of the different arrangements.
(3) It proved impossible to adopt the first decision envisaged in Article 12(5) of the abovementioned Regulation before 1 January 2003; it is therefore appropriate to provide that the removal of tariff preferences should apply, in two stages, from 1 November 2003 and 1 May 2004.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) 2501/2001 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 10:
"3. The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to products of sectors in respect of which those tariff preferences have been removed, for the country of origin concerned, in accordance with column D of Annex I or a decision taken subsequently in accordance with Article 12.";
2. Paragraph 6 of Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:
"6. The first decision taken in accordance with paragraph 5 shall apply as follows:
- it shall apply with respect to the removal of tariff preferences by 50 % as from 1 November 2003 and by 100 % as from 1 May 2004, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1; and
- it shall apply as from 1 January 2003 with respect to the re-establishment of tariff preferences, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 2.
Subsequently, decisions taken in accordance with paragraph 5 shall enter into force on 1 January of the second year following the one during which they were taken.";
3. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 12:
"8. Where a beneficiary country records a decrease of at least 3 % of its real Gross Domestic Product, expressed in its national currency and in respect of the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, paragraph 1 shall not apply to the decisions taken in accordance with paragraph 5.";
4. In Annex I, the explanatory part at the beginning shall be amended as follows:
In the reference to "Column D", the parenthesis "(Article 7(8))" shall be replaced by "(Article 7(8) and Article 10(3))";
5. In Annex II, the text under Point 4 ("Statistical sources") shall be replaced by the following:
"The statistical source for per capita income is the World Bank's World Development Report, for quarterly gross domestic product the IMF International Financial Statistics, for manufactured exports the UN Comtrade statistics, and for Community imports the Comext statistics.";
6. In Annex III a further sector, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be added.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32007R1538 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1538/2007 of 20 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice
| 21.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/49
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1538/2007
of 20 December 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 (3) limits the validity of export licences issued by certain third countries for the purpose of submitting applications for import licences to the relevant quota year.
(2) This provision represents an administrative constraint on the Community authorities, although the validity and control of these licences is mainly the responsibility of the authorities in the countries of export. Maintaining this provision as a criterion for eligibility of applications for import licences is thus neither justified nor necessary. It should therefore be abolished.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 327/98 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The third subparagraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 shall be deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32009D0724 | Commission Decision 2009/724/JHA of 17 September 2009 laying down the date for the completion of migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)
| 30.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 257/41
COMMISSION DECISION 2009/724/JHA
of 17 September 2009
laying down the date for the completion of migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/839/JHA of 24 October 2008 on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (1), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11(2) of Decision 2008/839/JHA of 24 October provides for the migration of the Member States participating in SIS 1+ from N.SIS to N.SIS II using the interim migration architecture, with the support of France and of the Commission, by 30 September 2009 at the latest. If necessary, this date may be changed in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 17(2) of that Decision.
(2) Issues identified during testing of SIS II led to delay in the implementation of the activities set out in Decision 2008/839/JHA. Council Conclusions of 26 and 27 February 2009 stated that, given the time required to resolve outstanding issues, the date for migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II, set for September 2009, was no longer realistic.
(3) In the light of the delay to the migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II, the new date for the completion of migration should be set to coincide with the final expiry date of Decision 2008/839/JHA, allowing the continuation of activities leading to the start of operations of SIS II until that date.
(4) The United Kingdom is taking part in this Decision, in accordance with Article 5 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union annexed to the EU Treaty and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and Article 8(2) of Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(2).
(5) Ireland is taking part in this Decision in accordance with Article 5 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union annexed to the EU Treaty and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and Article 6(2) of Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland's request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(3).
(6) As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(4), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G of Council Decision 1999/437/EC (5) on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement.
(7) As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, which falls within the area referred to in Article 1, point G of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/149/JHA (6) on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement.
(8) As regards Liechtenstein, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/262/JHA of 28 February 2008 on the signature, on behalf of the European Union, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(7).
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 67(1) of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA (8) and referred to in Article 17(1) of Decision 2008/839/JHA,
The Member States participating in SIS 1+ shall complete migration from N.SIS to N.SIS II using the interim migration architecture, with the support of France and of the Commission, by the expiry date of Decision 2008/839/JHA. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0625 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 625/2002 of 11 April 2002 amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 625/2002
of 11 April 2002
amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 April 2002 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2002(2).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 552/2002 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 552/2002 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R1316 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1316/2008 of 19 December 2008 on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2008 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
| 20.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 344/68
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1316/2008
of 19 December 2008
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2008 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
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 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,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 of 15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin (3), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of egg products and egg albumin.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2008 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2009 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested.
(3) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2008 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2009 do not, for some quotas, 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,
1. The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2009 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.
2. The quantities for which import licence applications have not been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/2007, to be added to the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2009, are set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32003R2080 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2080/2003 of 27 November 2003 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 15th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2080/2003
of 27 November 2003
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 15th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
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), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 of 18 July 2003 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(3), for the 2003/2004 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the 15th partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 15th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 the maximum amount of the export refund to certain third countries is fixed at 51,993 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0283 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 283/2007 of 16 March 2007 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 27th individual invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
| 17.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 78/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 283/2007
of 16 March 2007
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 27th individual invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 47 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 (2), the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter. Article 54 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 %.
(2) An end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 is to be lodged to ensure the taking over of the concentrated butter by the retail trade.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the appropriate level and the end-use security should be determined accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 27th individual tender under the standing invitation to tender opened in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the maximum amount of the aid for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 %, as referred to in Article 47(1) of that Regulation, is fixed at 16,27 EUR/100 kg.
The end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 is fixed at 18 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 March 2007.
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 |
32002R1937 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1937/2002 of 30 October 2002 amending Annexes II and III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1937/2002
of 30 October 2002
amending Annexes II and III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1752/2002(2), and in particular Articles 6 and 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, maximum residue limits must be established progressively for all pharmacologically active substances which are used within the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for administration to food-producing animals.
(2) Maximum residue limits should be established only after the examination within the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products of all the relevant information concerning the safety of residues of the substance concerned for the consumer of foodstuffs of animal origin and the impact of residues on the industrial processing of foodstuffs.
(3) In establishing maximum residue limits for residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, it is necessary to specify the animal species in which residues may be present, the levels which may be present in each of the relevant meat tissues obtained from the treated animal (target tissue) and the nature of the residue which is relevant for the monitoring of residues (marker residue).
(4) For the control of residues, as provided for in appropriate Community legislation, maximum residue limits should usually be established for the target tissues of liver or kidney. However, the liver and kidney are frequently removed from carcases moving in international trade, and maximum residue limits should therefore also always be established for muscle or fat tissues.
(5) In the case of veterinary medicinal products intended for use in laying birds, lactating animals or honey bees, maximum residue limits must also be established for eggs, milk or honey.
(6) Aluminium salicylate, basic and omeprazole should be inserted into Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.
(7) In order to allow for the completion of scientific studies, tulathromycin and fenvalerate should be inserted into Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.
(8) An adequate period should be allowed before the entry into force of this Regulation in order to allow Member States to make any adjustment which may be necessary to the authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market which have been granted in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC(3) of the European Parliament and of the Council to take account of the provisions of this Regulation.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,
Annexes II and III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 60th day following its publication.
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 |
31993D0178 | 93/178/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 March 1993 concerning certain protection measures, with regard to swine vesicular disease
| COMMISSION DECISION of 26 March 1993 concerning certain protection measures, with regard to swine vesicular disease
(93/178/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last amended by Council Directive 92/118/EEC (2) and, in particular, Article 10 (4) thereof,
Whereas the swine vesicular disease situation within the Community in February 1993 resulted in establishing interim protective measures by the adoption of Commission Decision 93/128/EEC of 26 February 1993 concerning certain protection measures, with regard to swine vesicular disease, in the Netherlands and Italy (3);
Whereas general protective measures must be introduced by each Member State; whereas, however, the special situation in the Netherlands and Italy has made it necessary to adopt specific measures; whereas such measures have been defined by Commission Decision;
Whereas under certain circumstances swine vesicular disease virus infections may occur undetected due to lack of clinical signs of disease;
Whereas a serological screening of pigs for antibodies to swine vesicular disease virus would provide information on previous undetected infections; whereas screening for antibodies should be carried out in all Member States during a period of three months;
Whereas the swine vesicular disease virus can remain viable outside the pig for a considerable period of time; whereas the said virus, present in vehicles used for transportation of pigs, can infect the pigs being transported;
Whereas a thorough and repeated cleaning and disinfection of the transportation network engaged in transport of pigs should reduce the risk for spreading swine vesicular disease when pigs are being transported;
Whereas measures to control swine vesicular disease were introduced by Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992, introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal disease and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease (4);
Whereas the measures provided for in the said Directive shall apply in all Member States not later than 1 October 1993;
Whereas in case of outbreaks of swine vesicular disease Member States shall apply disease control and eradication measures; whereas the measures applied should include certain of the measures already agreed notably in Directive 92/119/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Member States shall carry out a serological screening of pigs for antibodies to swine vesicular disease virus, in accordance with the requirements of the Annex. The results obtained from the serological screening shall be submitted every two weeks to the Commission. The screening shall be submitted every two weeks to the Commission. The screening shall be completed by 1 August 1993.
2. The Commission will analyse the results obtained from the screening for antibodies referred to in paragraph 1 and may amend this Decision in the light of developments.
3. All Member States shall:
- arrange that all parts of the transportation network including assembly points, engaged in transport of pigs are undergoing thorough and repeated cleaning and disinfection,
- arrange in case of outbreaks of swine vesicular disease that the control and eradication measures applied are those laid down in Articles 4, 5 and 10 and points 4, 7 and 8 of Chapter 1, Annex II of Council Directive 92/119/EEC.
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32010R0043 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 43/2010 of 18 January 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 19.1.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 12/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 43/2010
of 18 January 2010
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 January 2010.
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32013D1011(01) | Council Decision of 7 October 2013 adopting the Council position on draft amending budget No 7 of the European Union for the financial year 2013
| 11.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 295/2
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 October 2013
adopting the Council position on draft amending budget No 7 of the European Union for the financial year 2013
2013/C 295/03
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (1), and in particular Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:
— the Union's budget for the financial year 2013 was definitively adopted on 12 December 2012 (2),
— on 25 July 2013, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 7 to the general budget for the financial year 2013,
The Council's position on draft amending budget No 7 of the European Union for the financial year 2013 was adopted on 7 October 2013.
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32001R1962 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1962/2001 of 8 October 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 on implementing rules for export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugars
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1962/2001
of 8 October 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 on implementing rules for export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugars
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 1239/2001(2), and in particular Article 16(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/97(4), lays down implementing rules for export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugars.
(2) Some amendments should be made in order to make the management of this scheme more effective.
(3) The calculation of the security lodged for the purpose of submitting a licence application should be simplified.
(4) E-mail should be used for sending the notifications to the Commission.
(5) Account must be taken of public holidays at the Commission and in the Member States.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,
Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The first indent of the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) is replaced by the following: "- the lodging of a security of EUR 20 per tonne net weight, up to the limit of the refund rate,".
2. Article 6 is replaced by the following: "Article 6
1. Member States shall notify the Commission, for each product category, of:
(a) the total quantities for which licences have been applied for, except for those relating to applications rejected under Article 3(4);
(b) the total quantities for which licences have been withdrawn under Article 4(4);
(c) the total quantities for which licences have been issued but not used;
(d) the total quantities not used within the tolerance laid down in Article 8(5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000(5).
Where there are no quantities to be communicated, the notification shall contain the word 'nil'.
2. The notifications shall:
(a) include, where appropriate, the words 'GATT food aid' if they relate to a refund granted in connection with food aid as provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations;
(b) be sent to the Commission by e-mail, using the form the Commission has supplied to the Member States for this purpose.
3. (a) The notifications shall be made no later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Mondays and Thursdays of each week, in the case of applications lodged each working day from the day of the preceding notification to the day preceding the notification in question and also in the case of the information that the Member States have received in the same period on quantities withdrawn and not used. Where the Monday or Thursday falls on a public holiday at the Commission, the latter may temporarily change the notification day.
(b) Where the day of notification referred to in point (a) is a national public holiday, the Member State concerned shall send the notification by 15.00 at the latest (Brussels time) on the working day immediately preceding the national holiday."
3. The Annex is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to licences applied for on or after 25 October 2001.
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31997D0346 | 97/346/EC: Commission Decision of 20 May 1997 on a common technical Regulation for the pan-European integrated services digital network (ISDN) basic access (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 May 1997 on a common technical Regulation for the pan-European integrated services digital network (ISDN) basic access (Text with EEA relevance) (97/346/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/263/EEC of 29 April 1991 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning telecommunications terminal equipment, including the mutual recognition of their conformity (1), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Article 6 (2), second indent, thereof,
Whereas the Commission has adopted the measure identifying the type of terminal equipment for which a common technical Regulation is required, as well as the associated scope statement;
Whereas the corresponding harmonized standards, or parts thereof, implementing the essential requirements which are to be transformed into common technical Regulations should be adopted;
Whereas, in some Member States, national implementation of ISDN may exhibit incompatibilities with Euro-ISDN terminals; whereas any such variations should not be subject to type-approval; whereas any such national variations should be identified by the appropriate national authorities and information on them should be made available to the public;
Whereas in order to ensure continuity of access to markets for manufacturers presently serving one or more national markets, it is necessary to lay down transitional provisions regarding equipment approved pursuant to Commission Decision 94/797/EC (3);
Whereas Decision 94/797/EC should be repealed with effect from the end of the transitional period;
Whereas the common technical Regulation adopted in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of ACTE,
1. This Decision shall apply to terminal equipment intended to be connected to a public telecommunications network and falling within the scope of the harmonized standard referred to in Article 2 (1).
2. This Decision establishes a common technical Regulation covering the technical characteristics, electrical and mechanical interface requirements, and access control protocol to be provided by terminal equipment which is capable of and intended by the manufacturer or his representative for connection to a T, or coincident S and T, reference point for a basic access at an interface to a public telecommunications network presented as a pan-European ISDN (Euro-ISDN) basic access point.
1. The common technical Regulation shall include the harmonized standard prepared by the relevant standardization body implementing, to the extent applicable, the essential requirements referred to in Article 4 (c), (d) and (f) of Directive 91/263/EEC. The reference to the standard is set out in at Annex I of which the parts not applicable thereof are identified in Annex II to this Decision.
2. Terminal equipment covered by this Decision shall comply with the common technical Regulation referred to in paragraph 1, shall meet the essential requirements referred to in Article 4 (a) and (b) of Directive 91/263/EEC, and shall meet the requirements of any other applicable Directives, in particular Council Directives 73/23/EEC (4) and 89/336/EEC (5).
Notified bodies designated for carrying out the procedures referred to in Article 9 of Directive 91/263/EEC shall, as regards terminal equipment covered by Article 1 (1) of this Decision, use or ensure the use of the harmonized standard referred to in Article 2 (1) within one year after the notification of this Decision at the latest.
1. Decision 94/797/EC shall be repealed with effect from one year after the notification of this Decision.
2. Terminal equipment approved pursuant to Decision 94/797/EC may continue to be placed on the market and put into service, provided that such approval is granted no later than one year after the notification of this Decision.
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32014R0787 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 787/2014 of 16 July 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for horsemackerel and associated by-catches in Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| 19.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 214/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 787/2014
of 16 July 2014
establishing a prohibition of fishing for horsemackerel and associated by-catches in Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 (2), lays down quotas for 2014.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2014.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2014 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32011D0630 | 2011/630/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 20 September 2011 on imports into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (notified under document C(2011) 6426) Text with EEA relevance
| 24.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 247/32
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 20 September 2011
on imports into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species
(notified under document C(2011) 6426)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/630/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June 1988 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (1), and in particular Article 8(1), the first subparagraph of Article 10(2), and Article 11(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 88/407/EEC lays down the animal health conditions applicable to imports from third countries into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species. It provides that only semen that comes from a third country included on a list of third countries drawn up in accordance with that Directive and accompanied by an animal health certificate corresponding to a model also drawn up in accordance with that Directive, is to be imported into the Union. The animal health certificate is to certify that semen comes from semen collection and storage centres offering guarantees provided for in Article 9(1) of that Directive.
(2) Commission Decision 2004/639/EC of 6 September 2004 laying down the importation conditions of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (2) currently sets out the list of third countries from which Member States are to authorise imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species in Annex I thereto.
(3) Under Article 8(2) of Directive 88/407/EEC, a Member State may authorise imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species only from those third countries which appear on a list to be drawn up in accordance with that Directive. In deciding whether a third country may appear on such a list, particular account is to be taken of various conditions, such as the state of health of the livestock.
(4) Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (3) repealed and replaced Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976 drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat (4). Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 sets out a list of third countries authorised for the introduction of ungulates into the Union in Annex I thereto. The conditions for the introduction of ungulates, laid down in that Regulation, are similar to the conditions for imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species laid down in Directive 88/407/EEC.
(5) There is no scientific evidence suggesting that, with regard to major exotic contagious diseases, the risks arising from the health status of the donor bovine male could be mitigated by treatment of the semen. Accordingly, the list of third countries from which Member States are to authorise imports of semen should be based on the animal health status of the third countries from which imports of live domestic animals of the bovine species are authorised. The list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 includes Chile, Iceland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Therefore, those third countries should also be included in the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2004/639/EC.
(6) The model animal health certificate in Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 2004/639/EC includes the animal health conditions for imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species into the Union. Currently, the conditions for enzootic bovine leukosis and epizootic haemorrhagic disease in that certificate are not entirely consistent with those set out respectively in Chapter I(1)(c) of Annex B to Directive 88/407/EEC and in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). As a result, that model animal health certificate should be amended to take account of that provision of that Directive and that Manual.
(7) The model animal health certificate in Part 3 of Annex II to Decision 2004/639/EC applies to imports and transits of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species dispatched from a semen storage centre or a semen collection centre either collected and processed in accordance with the conditions of Directive 88/407/EEC, as amended by Council Directive 2003/43/EC (5), or collected processed and stored before 31 December 2004 in conformity with the provisions of Directive 88/407/EEC applying until 1 July 2003, and imported after 31 December 2004 in accordance with Article 2(2) of Directive 2003/43/EC.
(8) In order to ensure full traceability of the semen, the model animal health certificate in Part 3 of Annex II to Decision 2004/639/EC should be supplemented by additional certification requirements and only used for trade in semen of domestic animals of the bovine species collected in the semen collection centres and dispatched from a semen storage centre, whether or not the latter constitute part of a semen collection centre approved under a different approval number. As a result, the model animal health certificate in Part 3 of Annex II to Decision 2004/639/EC should be adapted accordingly by this Decision.
(9) It is also necessary to adapt by this Decision the dates in the titles of model health certificates in Part 2 and Part 3 of Annex II to Decision 2004/639/EC related to the stocks of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species collected, processed and stored before 31 December 2004 to reflect the provisions of Article 2(1) of Directive 2003/43/EC.
(10) There are bilateral agreements concluded between the Union and certain third countries containing specific conditions for the imports into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species. Therefore, where the bilateral agreements contain specific conditions and model animal health certificates for imports, those conditions and models should apply instead of the conditions and models set out in this Decision.
(11) On the basis of Directive 88/407/EEC, Canada was recognised as a third country with an animal health status equivalent to that of Member States for imports into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species.
(12) It is therefore appropriate that semen of domestic animals of the bovine species collected in Canada and imported into the Union from that third country is accompanied by a simplified certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Commission Decision 2005/290/EC of 4 April 2005 on simplified certificates for the importation of bovine semen and fresh pig meat from Canada and amending Decision 2004/639/EC (6) laid down in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products (7), as approved by Council Decision 1999/201/EC (8).
(13) Switzerland is a third country with an animal health status equivalent to that of Member States. It is therefore appropriate that semen of domestic animals of the bovine species imported into the Union from Switzerland is accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the models used for trade within the Union in semen of domestic animals of the bovine species set out in Annex D to Directive 88/407/EEC, with the adaptations set out in point 4 of Chapter VII(B) of Appendix 2 of Annex 11 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Trade in Agricultural Products, as approved by Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (9).
(14) In the interest of clarity and consistency of Union legislation, Decision 2004/639/EC should be repealed and replaced by this Decision.
(15) To avoid any disruption of trade, the use of animal health certificates issued in accordance with Decision 2004/639/EC should be authorised during a transitional period subject to certain conditions.
(16) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Subject matter
This Decision lays down a list of third countries or parts thereof from which Members States shall authorise imports into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (semen).
It also lays down certification requirements for the imports of semen into the Union.
Imports of semen
1. Member States shall authorise imports of semen provided that it complies with the following conditions:
(a) it comes from a third country or part thereof listed in Annex I;
(b) it comes from a semen collection or storage centre listed in accordance with Article 9(2) of Directive 88/407/EEC;
(c) it is accompanied by an animal health certificate drawn up in accordance with the following model animal health certificates set out in Part 1 of Annex II, and completed in accordance with the explanatory notes set out in Part 2 of that Annex:
(i) Model 1 as set out in Section A, for semen collected, processed and stored in accordance with Directive 88/407/EEC, as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC, dispatched from a semen collection centre where the semen was collected;
(ii) Model 2 as set out in Section B, for stocks of semen collected, processed and stored before 31 December 2004 in conformity with the provisions of Directive 88/407/EEC applying until 1 July 2004, and imported after 31 December 2004 in accordance with Article 2(2) of Directive 2003/43/EC, dispatched from a semen collection centre where the semen was collected;
(iii) Model 3 as set out in Section C, for semen and stocks of semen referred to in (i) and (ii), dispatched from a semen storage centre;
(d) it complies with the requirements set out in the animal health certificates referred to in point (c).
2. Where specific animal health and certification conditions are laid down in bilateral agreements between the Union and third countries, those conditions shall apply instead of the conditions in paragraph 1.
Conditions concerning the transport of semen to the Union
1. The semen and stocks of semen referred to in Article 2 shall not be transported in the same container as other consignments of semen that:
(a) are not intended for introduction into the Union; or
(b) are of a lower health status.
2. During transport to the Union, semen and stocks of semen shall be placed in closed and sealed containers and the seal shall not be broken during transport.
Repeal
Decision 2004/639/EC is repealed.
Transitional provision
For a transitional period until 30 April 2012, Member States shall authorise imports of semen and stocks of semen from third countries which are accompanied by an animal health certificate issued not later than 31 March 2012 in accordance with the models set out in Annex II to Decision 2004/639/EC.
Applicability
This Decision shall apply from 1 November 2011.
Addressees
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31996D0024 | 96/24/EC: Commission Decision of 19 December 1995 approving the 1996 programme presented by Denmark for the monitoring and control of salmonella in breeding poultry and setting the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Danish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 19 December 1995 approving the 1996 programme presented by Denmark for the monitoring and control of salmonella in breeding poultry and setting the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Danish text is authentic) (96/24/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 Articles 32 and 24 (6) thereof,
Whereas Chapter 2 of Title III of Decision 90/424/EEC provides that the Community may make a financial contribution to the checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses;
Whereas Denmark has presented its programme for the monitoring and control of salmonella in breeding poultry for 1996;
Whereas the said programme is included in the list of programmes for the prevention of zoonoses which may receive a financial contribution from the Community in 1996, as laid down in Commission Decision 95/469/EC (3);
Whereas in view of the programme's important role in achieving the objectives pursued by the Community as regards the prevention of zoonoses the Community's financial contribution should be set at 50 % of the costs borne by Denmark, with a maximum of ECU 470 000;
Whereas this programme is part of a plan to monitor and control salmonella in poultry flocks;
Whereas the financial contribution from the Community may, according to the situation, refer to the compensation of the owners for the destruction of breeding poultry and hatching eggs, or to the difference between their estimated value and those of the products which were obtained after heat treatment;
Whereas the Community will make a financial contribution provided that the measures planned are carried out and the authorities supply all the information necessary within the time limit laid down;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the monitoring and control of salmonella in breeding poultry presented by Denmark is hereby approved for the period 1 January to 31 December 1996.
1. The Community's financial contribution is hereby set at 50 % of the costs borne by Denmark for the implementation of the programme referred to in Article 1, with a maximum of ECU 470 000, for
- according to the situation, the destruction of breeding poultry or the difference between the estimated value of the breeding poultry and the income from the sale of the heat treated meat obtained from this poultry,
- the destruction of incubated hatching eggs,
- according to the situation, the destruction of non-incubated hatching eggs or the difference between the estimated value of the non-incubated hatching eggs and the income from the sale of the heat treated egg products obtained from the eggs.
2. The Community's financial contribution shall be granted after:
- a quarterly report has been forwarded to the Commission on the progress of the measure and the expenditure incurred,
- a final report has been forwarded to the Commission by 1 June 1997 at the latest on the technical implementation of the measure, accompanied by supporting documents relating to the expenditure incurred.
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32000D0003 | 2000/3/EC: Council Decision of 21 December 1999 on the provisional application of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade in textile products
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 December 1999
on the provisional application of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade in textile products
(2000/3/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the European Community a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade in textile products;
(2) The Memorandum of Understanding should be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 2000 pending the completion of the producers for its conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the Arab Republic of Egypt,
The Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade in textile products shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 2000 pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusions, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the Arab Republic of Egypt(1).
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31988R1293 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1293/88 of 11 May 1988 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on women' s or girls' skirts, products of category 27 (order No 40.0270), nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope, products of category 97 (order No 40.0970), originating in Thailand to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1293/88
of 11 May 1988
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on women's or girls' skirts, products of category 27 (order No 40.0270), nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope, products of category 97 (order No 40.0970), originating in Thailand to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 of 3 December 1987 concerning the administration of the generalized tariff preferences for 1988 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3782/87 (2), to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of its Annex I or 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 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 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 women's or girls' skirts, products of category 27 (order No 40.0270), nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope products of category 97 (order No 40.0970), the relevant ceiling amounts to 145 000 pieces and 13 tonnes respectively;
Whereas on 3 May 1988 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 15 May 1988 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3782/87, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // Category // CN code // Description // // // // // // // // // 40.0270 // 27 (1 000 pieces) // 6104 51 00 6104 52 00 6104 53 00 6104 59 00 6204 51 00 6204 52 00 6204 53 00 6204 59 10 // Women's or girls' skirts, including divided skirts // 40.0970 // 97 (tonnes) // 5608 11 11 5608 11 19 5608 11 91 5608 11 99 5608 19 11 5608 19 19 5608 19 31 5608 19 39 5608 19 91 5608 19 99 5608 90 00 // Nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope, and made up fishing nets of yarn, twine, cordage or rope // // // //
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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31995R0560 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 560/95 of 14 March 1995 deducting from the quantitative limits on import of textile products of categories 4 and 5 originating in the People' s Republic of China amounts corresponding to those imported into the Community in circumvention of the Agreement between the European Community and the People' s Republic of China on trade in textile products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 560/95 of 14 March 1995 deducting from the quantitative limits on import of textile products of categories 4 and 5 originating in the People's Republic of China amounts corresponding to those imported into the Community in circumvention of the Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for import of certain textile products from third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3289/94 (2), and in particular Article 15 in conjunction with Article 17 thereof,
Whereas enquiries carried out in accordance with the procedures established in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 have led the Commission to conclude that certain textile products of categories 4 and 5 have been imported into the Community under false declarations of origin and possibly in circumvention of the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93;
Whereas, on the basis of further verifications, carried out with the assistance of third countries' authorities, it has appeared that these products physically emanated from the territory of the People's Republic of China before having been transhipped and imported into the Community under false declarations of origin;
Whereas consultations with the People's Republic of China have been requested and held on several occasions to clarify the situation in order to determine, on the basis in particular of the documentary evidence submitted by the Commission, the true origin of the products concerned and, if appropriate, to reach an agreement on an equivalent adjustment of the quantitative limits applicable to exports to the Community of products originating in the People's Republic of China;
Whereas during the course of the consultations, the Chinese authorities have not challenged the fact that the products in question emanated from the territory of the People's Republic of China, nor the conclusion drawn by the Community that they were therefore of Chinese origin;
Whereas, under the Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products initialled on 9 December 1988 as extended and modified by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992, and in particular to Article 7 thereof, exports to the Community of products of categories 4 and 5 originating in the People's Republic of China must be set off against the quantitative limits established for the year in which the shipment of the goods is effected and must be accompanied by an export licence issued by the competent Chinese authorities which, upon presentation to the competent authorities of the Community, will automatically entitle the bearer to an import authorization into the Community for the amount of products covered by the export licence if, after verification, it appears that the agreed quantitative limit has not been exhausted;
Whereas, on the basis of all the elements mentioned above, there are sufficient grounds to conclude that the products imported under false declaration of origin have for origin the People's Republic of China, that they have been imported into the Community without having been set off against the quantitative limits established under the bilateral agreement and that they have, therefore, been imported into the Community in circumvention of the Agreement;
Whereas under the Bilateral Agreement and Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, in such circumstances, where clear evidence of circumvention has been provided, the Community is entitled to deduct from the quantitative limits established amounts equivalent to the products imported in circumvention of the Agreement if within a specific time limit no satisfactory solution is reached;
Whereas the Community and the People's Republic of China have reached an agreement on the method by which adjustments of the quantitative limits should be made which is deemed to constitute a satisfactory solution within the meaning of Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93;
Whereas it is appropriate to implement the solution agreed and to this end to deduct from the quantitative limits concerned the agreed quantities;
Whereas the adjustments made to the quantitative limits of categories 4 and 5 should not prevent the importation into the Community of products shipped from the People's Republic of China before the entry into force of the present Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee established by Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,
The amounts specified in the Annex to the present Regulation are deducted from the corresponding quantitative limits for imports of products of categories 4 and 5 originating in the People's Republic of China laid down in Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93, as indicated in the Annex to the present Regulation.
The adjustment referred to in Article 1 to the quantitative limits applicable to products of categories 4 and 5 originating in the People's Republic of China shall not prevent the importation of such products provided they have been shipped from the People's Republic of China to the European Community before the date of entry into force of the present Regulation.
This Regulation shall come into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003D0056 | 2003/56/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2003 on health certificates for the importation of live animals and animal products from New Zealand (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 326)
| Commission Decision
of 24 January 2003
on health certificates for the importation of live animals and animal products from New Zealand
(notified under document number C(2003) 326)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/56/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 97/132/EC of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products(1), as last amended by Decision 2002/957/EC(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon the importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(3), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(4), and in particular Article 11(2) and Article 22(2) thereof, and the corresponding provisions of the other Directives establishing sanitary conditions and models of certificates for the importation of live animals and animal products from third countries,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 97/132/EC provides for the adoption of guarantees for the importation of fresh meat and meat based products from New Zealand equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 72/462/EEC.
(2) Annex V to the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (the Agreement) establishes the public health and animal health measures for fresh meat and meat based products and for certain other animal products from New Zealand for which equivalence has been determined.
(3) By its Decision 2002/957/EC amending Annexes V and VII to the Agreement, the Council has determined the equivalence of certification systems for fresh meat and meat based products and for certain other animal products from New Zealand. Such equivalence should be implemented by laying down the models of the official health certificates to allow the importation of those products on that basis.
(4) Under Annex VII to the Agreement, the full equivalence of measures is the equivalence of animal health and/or public health measures as appropriate and of certification systems, without prejudice to certification requirements not covered by the Agreement.
(5) Annex VII to the Agreement provides for model health attestations to be included in the official health certificate for live animals and animal products for which full equivalence of measures has been agreed.
(6) Full equivalence has been determined for certain animal products with respect to animal health and public health and for certification systems. However, full equivalence for other animal products has been determined only for either animal or for public health measures and for certification systems. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain several models of official health certificates. These official health certificates should replace those laid down in accordance with Community legislation for the importation of the relevant animal products from New Zealand.
(7) For other animal products and for live animals full equivalence has not been determined. For those animal products and for live animals, the importation should be allowed on the basis of official health certificates in accordance with existing Community legislation or prevailing national health conditions of the Member States pending adoption of harmonised import conditions.
(8) As provided for in Annex V to the Agreement, the additional guarantees for the importation of certain animal products intended for certain Member States, should be provided by New Zealand in the form of a declaration to be included in the official health certificate. The additional declaration concerning transmissible spongiform encephalopathies should also be provided by New Zealand for certain products of animal origin.
(9) As provided for in Annex VII to the Agreement, the certification for consignments of commodities for which full equivalence has been agreed may be issued after departure of the consignment from New Zealand under certain conditions.
(10) As provided for in Annex VII to the Agreement the official health certificate should be issued in English as well as in one of the languages of the Member State of arrival.
(11) It is also appropriate to establish for New Zealand certain other additional certification requirements.
(12) Animal products imported into New Zealand and subsequently exported to the Community after storage or re-processing in New Zealand, should comply with Community rules relating to those products. An official health certificate should therefore be established for those products.
(13) Council Directive 93/119/EC of 22 December 1993 on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing(5) provides for official health certificates for meat to be supplemented by an attestation certifying that certain animals referred to in that Directive have been slaughtered under conditions which offer guarantees of humane treatment at least equivalent to those provided for in that Directive. This attestation should be included in the corresponding models of the official health certificates.
(14) Council Decision 97/131/CE of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products(6) approved an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Agreement, whereby, until the entry into force of the Agreement, the certification conditions applicable as at 31 December 1996 should continue to apply. It is therefore necessary to repeal Decision 80/805/EC of 25 July 1980 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the importation of fresh meat from New Zealand(7), and to ensure that the date of application of this Decision corresponds with the date on which the Agreement enters into force.
(15) To facilitate a smooth changeover from the existing official health certificates, provision should be made for a transitional period.
(16) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. The Member States shall authorise the importation from New Zealand of the live animals and animal products, set out in Annex I, provided that they meet the certification requirements referred to in that Annex, and where required, are accompanied by an official health certificate issued before departure of the consignment from New Zealand, in accordance with one of the following models:
(a) where equivalence has been established, the model referred to in Annex I as set out in Annexes II to V;
(b) in other cases, the models set out in the Annexes to the acts referred to in Annex I.
2. The official health certificate(s) for the live animals and animal products referred to in Annex VI shall bear the additional declaration(s) referred to in that Annex where the Member State of destination of the consignment is Finland or Sweden.
3. By way of derogation from the provisions of paragraph 1, official health certificates issued in accordance with the models set out in Annexes II to V may be issued after departure of the consignment from New Zealand provided that:
(a) they are available at arrival in the border inspection post; and
(b) the certifying officer has declared in writing to have certified the consignment on the basis of the New Zealand eligibility document(s), which were ascertained by him or her and which were issued prior to the departure of the consignment.
4. Pending the adoption of harmonised importation rules the national health requirements prevailing in Member States shall remain applicable for animals and animal products where it is so mentioned in Annex I.
Where the consignment is presented for veterinary inspection, the official health certificate shall be provided in the English language as well as in one of the official languages of the Member State in which the border inspection post where the consignment is presented is situated.
The official health certificate(s) for the animal products listed in Annex I shall bear the additional declaration(s) described in Annex VI where they have been imported from a third country into New Zealand and are subsequently exported to the Community.
For a transitional period not exceeding 90 days from the date of application of this decision, Member States shall authorise the importation of live animals and animal products set out in Annex I under the models of certificates previously applicable.
Commission Decision 80/805/EEC is repealed.
This Decision shall apply from 1 February 2003.
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32012R0374 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 374/2012 of 26 April 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 1255/2010 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import tariff quotas for ‘baby beef’ products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
| 3.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 118/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 374/2012
of 26 April 2012
amending Regulation (EU) No 1255/2010 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import tariff quotas for ‘baby beef’ products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 144(1) and Article 148, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 of 30 November 2009 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union’s Stabilisation and Association process (2) as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1336/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), has provided for an annual import tariff quota of 475 tonnes expressed in carcase weight for ‘baby-beef’ products as defined in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 and originating in the customs territory of Kosovo (4).
(2) This annual tariff quota should be administrated in line with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1255/2010 of 22 December 2010 laying down detailed rules for the application on the import tariff quotas for ‘baby beef’ products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia (5).
(3) Regulation (EU) No 1255/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Since Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1255/2010 provides that the tariff quotas are opened yearly from 1 January, this Regulation should apply as from 1 January 2012.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Regulation (EU) No 1255/2010 is amended as follows:
(1) the title is replaced by the following:
(2) in Article 1, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:
(a) the following point (f) is added:
‘(f) 475 tonnes of “baby beef”, expressed in carcase weight, originating in the customs territory of Kosovo (7).
(b) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
(3) the Annexes are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 1 of January 2012.
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31991R3871 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3871/91 of 16 December 1991 suspending for the 1992 fishing year the duties applicable to fresh fishery products originating in Morocco and coming from joint fisheries ventures set up between natural or legal persons from Portugal and Morocco, on the direct landing of such products in Portugal
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3871/91 of 16 December 1991 suspending for the 1992 fishing year the duties applicable to fresh fishery products originating in Morocco and coming from joint fisheries ventures set up between natural or legal persons from Portugal and Morocco, on the direct landing of such products in Portugal
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 355 thereof,
Whereas Article 355 of the Act of Accession provides for the elimination, by 31 December 1992, of the exemptions, suspensions or tariff quotas granted by Portugal on fresh fishery products originating in Morocco and coming from joint fish ventures set up between natural or legal persons from Portugal and Morocco, when such products are landed directly in Portugal;
Whereas the present arrangements applied by Portugal to such products may be maintained on a transitional basis;
Whereas the duties applicable to such products should be suspended for 1992;
Whereas provision should be made for the supply of information to the Commission so that it can keep watch on the management of these arrangements;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the period 1 January to 31 December 1992 the customs duties applicable to the fishery products referred to in Article 355 of the Act of Accession, landed directly in Portugal, shall be wholly suspended.
Portugal shall inform the Commission, not later than 15 days after the end of each quarter, of the quantities and species actually imported under the suspension arrangements.
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 to 31 December 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32003R0547 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 547/2003 of 27 March 2003 on the advance use of certain textile products following overlicensing by Malaysia
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 547/2003
of 27 March 2003
on the advance use of certain textile products following overlicensing by Malaysia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 138/2003(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Malaysian authorities have issued in 2002 licences for the export of textile products falling under categories 5 and 6 (anoraks and trousers) above the quota levels agreed between Malaysia and the European Communities. This implies that sufficient quantities are not available for the import of products of those categories shipped in 2002 in excess of year 2002 quotas, even after recourse to the flexibility provisions in Annex VIII of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.
(2) Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) 3030/93 allows the Commission to open up additional opportunities for imports under particular circumstances, and notably that in case of over-licensing by the authorities of a supplier country the additional quantities granted shall be deducted from the quantitative limits of the same categories of products for the following quota year, i.e. 2003.
(3) Although the granting of additional quantities for a quota year with a corresponding deduction from the quotas of the following year in cases of over-licensing contemplated in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 3030/93 constitutes a response to an extraordinary situation, which is not part of an usual management of textile import regulations, it is recognised that Malaysia in the past has been issuing export licenses in accordance with its agreement with the European Communities and that Malaysian authorities in the current case have been cooperating in order to minimise the negative impact of such over-licensing.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textiles Committee,
The following additional quantities are granted to Malaysia in quota year 2002:
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These quantities are deducted from the corresponding quantitative limits for 2003.
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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31972D0366 | Commission Decision of 16 October 1972 modifying the standard form of report provided for in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport
| COMMISSION DECISION of 16 October 1972 modifying the standard form of report provided for in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport (72/366/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 1 of 25 March 1969 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Nos 514/72 and 515/72, 2 and in particular Article 17 thereof;
After consultation with the Member States;
Whereas Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 requires the Commission to submit annually to the Council a general report on the implementation of that Regulation by Member States ; whereas to enable the Commission to draw up that report Member States are to forward annually to the Commission the required information, using a standard form of report to be drawn up by the Commission;
Whereas in its Decision of 18 June 1970 3 the Commission laid down the standard form for the aforementioned report ; whereas it is desirable that this standard form be modified to take account of experience acquired;
The standard form of report set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be substituted for the model set out in the Annex to the Commission Decision of 18 June 1970.
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 |
32013R0446 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 446/2013 of 14 May 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 15.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 130/24
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 446/2013
of 14 May 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002D0764 | 2002/764/EC: Commission Decision of 25 September 2002 on financial aid from the Community towards the eradication of bluetongue in France in 2000 (notified under document number C(2002) 3536)
| Commission Decision
of 25 September 2002
on financial aid from the Community towards the eradication of bluetongue in France in 2000
(notified under document number C(2002) 3536)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2002/764/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), as last amended by Decision 2001/572/EC(2), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 27 October 2000, France confirmed to the Commission that there had been outbreaks of bluetongue on sheep holdings in Corsica. The emergence of this disease poses a serious threat to Community livestock.
(2) In order to help eradicate the disease as rapidly as possible, the Community may contribute to the eligible expenditure incurred by the Member State, as provided for in Decision 90/424/EEC.
(3) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999(3), veterinary and plant health measures taken in accordance with Community rules shall be financed under the "Guarantee" Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. The auditing of these measures comes under Articles 8 and 9 of the said Regulation.
(4) The payment of the financial contribution from the Community must be subject to the condition that the actions planned have been efficiently carried out and that the authorities supply all the necessary information within the time limits laid down.
(5) On 13 June 2001, France submitted an official application for reimbursement of all expenditure incurred within the country up to the end of 2000.
(6) Pending checks by the Commission, it is necessary to arrange an advance on the Community financial aid. This advance has been calculated at 50 % of the Community contribution based on the costs submitted for compensation for animal prices and temporarily limiting the "other costs" to 10 % of the amount of this compensation.
(7) It is necessary to clarify the concepts of "swift and adequate compensation of the livestock farmers" and "destruction, cleaning, disinfection and disinsectisation costs" used in Article 3 of Decision 90/424/EEC.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
France may receive Community financial assistance for the swift and adequate compensation of owners for the compulsory slaughter of their animals under eradication measures related to outbreaks of Bluetongue which occurred in 2000, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC.
For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "swift and adequate compensation" means payment, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96(4), within 90 days of the slaughtering of the animals, of compensation corresponding to the value of the animals immediately before they became infected or were slaughtered;
(b) "destruction, cleaning, disinfection and disinsectisation costs" means the costs, excluding VAT, of purchasing products to clean, disinfect and disinsectise affected holdings, as well as the costs of services required to destroy carcasses.
1. Under the Community financial assistance referred to in Article 1, an advance of EUR 65000 shall be paid on the basis of supporting documents submitted by France concerning the swift and adequate compensation of owners for compulsory slaughter, the destruction of animals and, where appropriate, for the products used to clean, disinfect and disinsectise holdings and equipment, as well as for the destruction of contaminated feedingstuffs and equipment, and subject to the results of the checks referred to in Article 4.
2. The supporting documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall include an epidemiological report covering each holding on which animals have been slaughtered and destroyed, and a financial report.
3. The financial report shall take account of the categories of the animals destroyed, or slaughtered and destroyed, on each holding on account of bluetongue. The information shall be provided in electronic form in accordance with the model in the Annex.
4. The supporting documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be forwarded no later than 60 days after the date on which France is notified of this Decision.
The Commission may make on-the-spot checks, with the cooperation of the competent national authorities, on the application of the measures referred to in Article 1 and the related expenditure. The Member States will be informed of the results of these checks.
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31985D0170 | 85/170/EEC: Commission Decision of 14 February 1985 repealing and replacing Commission Decision 82/781/EEC establishing that the apparatus described as 'Varian - Automated Auger Microprobe, model 981-2850', 'PHI - Vacuum Console, model 60', 'PHI - Transfer Probe, model 160-661' and 'PHI - Specimen Fracture Attachment, model 10-520' may not be imported free of import duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 February 1985
repealing and replacing Commission Decision 82/781/EEC establishing that the apparatus described as 'Varian - Automated Auger Microprobe, model 981-2850', 'PHI - Vacuum Console, model 60', 'PHI - Transfer Probe, model 160-661' and 'PHI - Specimen Fracture Attachment, model 10-520' may not be imported free of import duties
(85/170/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March 1983 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2290/83 of 29 July 1983 laying down provisions for the implementation of Articles 50 to 59 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by Decision 82/781/EEC (3), the Commission decided that the apparatus described as 'Varian - Automated Auger Microprobe, model 981-2850', 'PHI - Vacuum Console, model 60', 'PHI - Transfer Probe, model 160-661' and 'PHI - Specimen Fracture Attachment, model 10-520' could not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties on the grounds that apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, were currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applied, in particular, to the apparatus 'Escalab 500' manufactured by VG Scientific Ltd, the Birches, Industrial Estate, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead, Sussex, United Kingdom;
Whereas that Decision was adopted after consultation of the Group of Experts, as provided for under Community rules; whereas, in the light of new information brought to the notice of this group, it has been confirmed that duty-free admission of the abovementioned apparatus was not justified; whereas, rather, the reference to the abovementioned apparatus 'Escalab 500' should be replaced by a reference to the apparatus 'MA 500' which was also being manufactured in the Community at the time of ordering of the apparatus described as 'Varian - Automated Auger Microprobe, model 981-2850', 'PHI - Vacuum Console, model 60', 'PHI - Transfer Probe, model 160'-661' and 'PHI - Specimen Fracture Attachment, model 10-520' and capable of being used for the same purposes,
Whereas Decision 82/781/EEC should therefore be repealed and replaced by the present Decision,
1. The apparatus described as 'Varian - Automated Auger Microprobe, model 981-2850', 'PHI - Vacuum Console, model 60', 'PHI - Transfer Probe, model 160-661' and 'PHI - Specimen Fracture Attachment, model 10-520', which are the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 20 April 1982, may not be imported free of import duties.
2. Decision 82/781/EEC is hereby repealed and replaced by the present Decision.
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32008R0854 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 854/2008 of 29 August 2008 providing for exceptional measures regarding export licences for pigmeat
| 30.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 232/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 854/2008
of 29 August 2008
providing for exceptional measures regarding export licences for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 161(3) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 of 28 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector (2) provides that export licences shall be valid for 90 days from their actual day of issue.
(2) Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 of 23 April 2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (3) provides that the import or export licence shall constitute authorisation and give rise to an obligation respectively to import or to export under the licence, and, except in cases of force majeure, during its period of validity, the specified quantity of the products or goods concerned.
(3) In accordance with Articles 31 and 34(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, where the obligation to import or export has not been met, the security shall be forfeit in an amount equal to the difference between 95 % of the quantity indicated in the licence or certificate and the quantity actually imported or exported.
(4) As of 25 April 2008 the Russian veterinary authorities have notified the Commission about health measures they have taken as regards exports of products from certain meat establishments in the Community. These health measures were introduced following findings of certain residues of antibiotics in the meat products that, according to the Russian competent authorities, are not permissible.
(5) The health measures have negatively affected the possibilities for exportation of pigmeat under the terms of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 and consequently the measures have seriously affected the activity of the exporters concerned and the possibilities in due time to fulfil their obligations as regard the Community rules.
(6) Therefore, in order to limit the adverse impact on exporters, it is necessary to provide that, under certain conditions, derogation should be made from Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 and the validity of export licences should be prolonged by 120 days and that, at the request of interested parties, and pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the security should be released by the Member States on a case-by-case basis.
(7) The exceptional measures proposed in this Regulation should apply only to export licences that were valid at least one of the days from 25 April 2008 to 7 May 2008. All exporters of pigmeat should have become aware, by 2 May 2008, of the practical difficulties that exports to Russia were facing.
(8) On the date of entering into force of this Regulation, part of licences that were valid at least one of the days from 25 April 2008 to 7 May 2008 has already expired. In order to ensure an equal treatment of the interested parties, it should be provided for the retroactive application to all licences valid in this period.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
1. For export licences issued in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 that were valid at least one of the days from 25 April 2008 to 7 May 2008:
(a) by way of derogation from Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003, the period of validity shall be prolonged by 120 days;
(b) pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, at the request of interested parties made no later than 30 November 2008, the export licences shall be cancelled and the securities released proportionally by the competent authorities of the Member States.
2. The measure provided for in paragraph 1(b) shall only apply in cases where the exporter invokes rules imposed by a third country that are considered by the competent authorities of the Member State to constitute force majeure in accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008. The exporter shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities, that he was unable to export owing to the introduction of health measures by the Russian authorities, and that a reasonably prudent trader could not have anticipated the introduction of these measures at the time of applying for the export licence.
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 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
31985R0461 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 461/85 of 21 February 1985 amending quantitative limits fixed for imports of certain textile products (categories 1 and 2) originating in Peru
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 461/85
of 21 February 1985
amending quantitative limits fixed for imports of certain textile products (categories 1 and 2) originating in Peru
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 3762/83 (2), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Whereas under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82, quantitative limits may be increased where it appears that additional imports are required;
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 Peru, 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.
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 |
31994D0743 | 94/743/EC: Council Decision of 10 November 1994 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997, the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea
| COUNCIL DECISION of 10 November 1994 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997, the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea (94/743/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off Equatorial Guinea (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea held negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the abovementioned Agreement on the expiry of the application period of the Protocol to the Agreement;
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 30 June 1994;
Whereas the Protocol provides Community fishermen with fishing opportunities in waters over which the Republic of Equatorial Guinea has sovereignty from 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997;
Whereas, in order to avoid any longer interruption in the fishing activities of Community vessels, the new Protocol should be applied as soon as possible; whereas for this reason the two Parties have initialled an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters providing for the provisional application of the initialled Protocol from 1 July 1994; whereas that Agreement should be approved, pending a final decision to be taken on the basis of Article 43 of the Treaty,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997, the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on fishing off the coast of Equatorial Guinea 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 authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement (in the form of an exchange of letters) in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0157 | 2013/157/EU: Council Decision of 7 March 2013 fixing the date of application of Decision 2007/533/JHA on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)
| 27.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 87/8
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 March 2013
fixing the date of application of Decision 2007/533/JHA on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)
(2013/157/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 2007/533/JHA of 12 June 2007 on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (1), and in particular Article 71(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 71(2) of Decision 2007/533/JHA specifies that the Decision shall apply to the Member States participating in SIS 1 + from a date to be fixed by the Council, acting by the unanimity of its Members representing the Governments of the Member States participating in SIS 1 +.
(2) In accordance with Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1272/2012 of 20 December 2012 on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1 +) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (2) the switchover into SIS II will start on the date fixed by the Council acting in accordance with Article 71(2) of Decision 2007/533/JHA.
(3) In accordance with Article 71(3)(a) of Decision 2007/533/JHA, the Commission has adopted the necessary implementing measures by Commission Implementing Decision 2013/115/EU (3) adopting the SIRENE Manual and other implementing measures for the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU of 4 May 2010 on the Security Plan for Central SIS II and the Communication Infrastructure (4).
(4) In accordance with Article 71(3)(b) of Decision 2007/533/JHA, all Member States fully participating in SIS 1 + have notified it that they have made the necessary technical and legal arrangements to process SIS II data and exchange supplementary information.
(5) In accordance with Article 71(3)(c) of Decision 2007/533/JHA, the Commission has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of SIS II, which was conducted by the Commission together with the Member States, and the relevant preparatory bodies of the Council validated on 6 February 2013 the proposed test result and confirmed that the level of performance of SIS II is at least equivalent to that achieved with SIS 1 +.
(6) In accordance with Article 71(3)(d) of Decision 2007/533/JHA, the Commission has made the necessary technical arrangements for allowing Central SIS II to be connected to N.SIS II of the Member States concerned.
(7) In accordance with Article 9(1) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2012 the Member States participating in SIS 1 + have successfully completed functional SIRENE tests and the relevant preparatory body of the Council has validated their results on 15 February 2013.
(8) The conditions laid down by Article 71(3) of Decision 2007/533/JHA thus being fulfilled, it is for the Council to determine the date from which the SIS II shall apply to the Member States participating in the SIS 1 +.
(9) In view of the need for the entry into operation of SIS II to be as early as possible, this Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(10) As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters’ association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(5) which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G, of Council Decision 1999/437/EC (6) on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement.
(11) As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(7) which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G, of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/146/EC (8).
(12) As regards Liechtenstein, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(9) which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G, of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2011/350/EU (10).
(13) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol (No 22) on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application. Given that this Decision builds upon the Schengen acquis, Denmark shall, in accordance with Article 4 of that Protocol, decide within a period of six months after the Council has decided on this Decision whether it will implement it in its national law.
(14) The United Kingdom is taking part in this Decision, in accordance with Article 5(1) of the Protocol (No 19) on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and Article 8(2) of Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(11).
(15) Ireland is taking part in this Decision, in accordance with Article 5(1) of the Protocol (No 19) on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and Article 6(2) of Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(12).
(16) This Decision is without prejudice to the arrangements for the partial participation of Ireland and the United Kingdom in the Schengen acquis as determined by Decisions 2002/192/EC and 2000/365/EC respectively.
(17) As regards Cyprus, this Decision constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise related to, the Schengen acquis within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.
(18) It should be noted that Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 regarding access to the Second Generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) by services in the Member States responsible for issuing vehicle registration certificates (13) shall, pursuant to its Article 3, apply from the date set in accordance with Article 71(2) of Decision 2007/533/JHA,
Decision 2007/533/JHA shall apply to the Member States participating in the SIS 1 + from 9 April 2013.
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32002R2248 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2248/2002 of 17 December 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2248/2002
of 17 December 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R1392 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1392/98 of 30 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 establishing the supply balance for the Canary Islands for products from the pigmeat sector and fixing the aid for products coming from the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1392/98 of 30 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 establishing the supply balance for the Canary Islands for products from the pigmeat sector and fixing the aid for products coming from the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures for the Canary Islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Articles 3(4) and 4(4) thereof,
Whereas in application of Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, it is necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 701/98 (4), in order to determine for the pigmeat sector and for the 1998/99 marketing year, on the one hand, the quantities of meat of the forecast supply balance with benefit from an exemption from the duty on imports from third countries or from an aid for deliveries proceeding from the rest of the Community, and on the other hand, the quantities of pure-bred breeding animals originating in the Community which benefit from an aid with a view to developing the potential for production in the archipelago of the Canaries;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EEC) No 1487/95 are hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
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 |
31997D0716 | 97/716/EC: Commission Decision of 2 June 1997 on the approval of the single programming document for Community structural assistance in the region of Gibraltar concerned by Objective 2 in the United Kingdom (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 2 June 1997 on the approval of the single programming document for Community structural assistance in the region of Gibraltar concerned by Objective 2 in the United Kingdom (Only the English text is authentic) (97/716/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (2), and in particular Article 10 (1) last subparagraph thereof,
After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and the Committee pursuant to Article 124 of the Treaty,
Whereas the programming procedure for structural assistance under Objective 2 is defined in Article 9 (6) to 9 (10) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94; whereas however the last subparagraph of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in order to simplify and to speed up programming procedures, Member States may submit in a single programming document the information required for the regional and social conversion plan referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and the information required at Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas Article 10 (1) last subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in that case the Commission adopt a single decision in a single document covering the points referred to in Article 8 (3) and the assistance from the Funds referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 14 (3);
Whereas the Commission has established, by Decision 96/472/EC (4), the list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 for the programming period from 1997 to 1999;
Whereas the United Kingdom Government has submitted to the Commission on 6 August 1996 the single programming document as referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 for the region of Gibraltar; whereas this document contains the elements referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas expenditure under this single programming document is eligible as from that date;
Whereas the single programming document submitted by this Member State includes a description of the conversion priorities selected and the applications for assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) as well as an indication of the planned use of the assistance available from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments in implementing the single programming document;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the Commission is charged with ensuring, within the framework of the partnership, coordination and consistency between assistance from the Funds and assistance provided by the EIB and the other financial instruments;
Whereas the EIB has been involved in the drawing up of the single programming document in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, applicable by analogy in the establishment of the single programming document; whereas it has declared itself prepared to contribute to the implementation of this document in conformity with its statutory provisions; whereas, however, it has not yet been possible to evaluate precisely the amounts of Community loans corresponding to the financial needs;
Whereas Article 2 second subparagraph of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 of 2 July 1990 on arrangements for using the ecu for the purpose of the budgetary management of the Structural Funds (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2745/94 (6), stipulates that in the Commission decisions approving a single programming document, the Community assistance available for the entire period and the annual breakdown thereof shall be set out in ecus at prices for the year in which each decision is taken and shall be subject to indexation; whereas this annual breakdown must be compatible with the progressive increase in the commitment appropriations shown in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88; whereas indexation is based on a single rate per year, corresponding to the rates applied annually to budget appropriations on the basis of the mechanism for the technical adjustment of the financial perspectives;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Regional Development Fund (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2083/93 (8), defines the measures for which the ERDF may provide financial support;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4255/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Social Fund (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2084/93 (10), defines the measures for which the ESF may provide financial support;
Whereas the single programming document has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas the single programming document satisfies the conditions and includes the information required by Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88;
Whereas the present assistance satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, and so should be implemented by means of an integrated approach involving finance from more than one Fund;
Whereas Article 1 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (11), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2335/95 (12), states that the legal commitments entered into for measures extending over more than one financial year must contain a time limit for implementation which must be specified to the recipient in due form when the aid is granted;
Whereas Article 20 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 provides, subject to available funding, for a single commitment where the Community assistance granted is less than ECU 40 million for the whole programming period;
Whereas it is appropriate to mention that this Decision is ruled by the provisions on the eligibility of expenditure laid down in the Annex to Commission Decision C(97) 1035/7 of 23 April 1997 modifying the decisions approving the Community support frameworks, the single programming documents and the Community initiative programmes in respect of the United Kingdom;
Whereas all the other conditions laid down for the grant of aid from the ERDF and the ESF have been complied with,
The single programming document for Community structural assistance in the region of Gibraltar concerned by Objective 2 in the United Kingdom, covering the period 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1999, is hereby approved.
The single programming document includes the following essential elements:
(a) a statement of the main priorities for joint action, their specific quantified objectives, an appraisal of their expected impact and their consistency with economic, social and regional policies of Gibraltar;
the principle conversion priority is:
'To maximize the potential for generating wealth and employment in Gibraltar through sustainable economic diversification, particularly towards the tourism sector`;
(b) the assistance from the Structural Funds as referred to in Article 4;
(c) the detailed provisions for implementing the single programming document comprising:
- the procedures for monitoring and evaluation,
- the provisions on financial implementation,
- the rules for compliance with Community policies;
(d) the procedures for verifying additionality and an initial evaluation of the latter;
(e) the arrangements for associating the environmental authorities with the implementation of the single programming document;
(f) the means available for technical assistance necessary for the preparation, implementation or adaptation of the measures concerned.
1. For the purpose of indexation, the annual breakdown of the global maximum allocation foreseen for the assistance from the Structural Funds is as follows:
>TABLE>
The assistance from the Structural Funds granted to the single programming document amounts to a maximum of ECU 6,050 million.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds to the various priorities and measures, is set out in the financing plan and the detailed implementing provisions which form an integral part of the single programming document.
The national financial contribution envisaged, which is approximately ECU 6,827 million for the public sector and ECU 0,904 million for the private sector, may be met in part by Community loans, in particular from the EIB.
1. The breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
- ERDF: ECU 4,840 million,
- ESF: ECU 1,210 million.
2. The budgetary commitments at the moment of approval of the single programming document refer to the total Community assistance.
The breakdown among the Structural Funds and the procedure for the grant of the assistance may be altered subsequently, subject to the availability of funds and the budgetary rules, in the light of adjustments decided according to the procedure laid down in Article 25 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88.
The Community aid concerns expenditure on operations under the single programming document which, in the Member State concerned, are the subject of legally binding commitments and for which the requisite finance has been specifically allocated no later than 31 December 1999. The final date for taking account of expenditure on these measures is 31 December 2001.
The single programming document shall be implemented in accordance with Community law, and in particular Articles 6, 30, 48, 52 and 59 of the Treaty and the Community Directives on the coordination of procedures for the award of contracts.
This Decision is ruled by the provisions laid down in the Annex to Decision C(97) 1035/7.
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32004R1994 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2004 of 19 November 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of countries and territoriesText with EEA relevance
| 20.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 344/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1994/2004
of 19 November 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of countries and territories
(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 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (1), and in particular Articles10 and 21 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and the rules applying to checks on such movement. Part C of Annex II to that Regulation contains a list of third countries where the risk of rabies entering the Community, as a result of movements from their territories of pet animals, has been found to be no higher than the risk associated with such movements between Member States.
(2) Under Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 a list of third countries was to be drawn up before 3 July 2004. To be included on that list, a third country should demonstrate its rabies status and that it complies with certain conditions relating to notification, monitoring, veterinary services, prevention and control of rabies and regulation of vaccines.
(3) In order to avoid any unnecessary disturbance in the movements of pet animals, and to allow time for the third countries to provide where necessary additional guarantees, it is appropriate to establish a provisional list of third countries. That list should be based on the data available through the International Office of Epizootie Diseases (OIE-World Organisation for Animal Health), the results of inspections carried out by the Commission's Food and Veterinary Office in the third countries concerned and information gathered by Member States.
(4) The list should also be based on the data provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), the WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research in Wusterhausen, and the Rabies Bulletin.
(5) The provisional list of third countries should include countries which are free of rabies and countries in respect of which the risk of rabies entering the Community as a result of movements from their territories has been found to be no higher than the risk associated with movements between Member States.
(6) Following requests of the competent authorities of Chile, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates to be included in the list in part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, it appears appropriate to modify the provisional list established in accordance with Article 10.
(7) In addition, by Council Decision 2004/650/EC of 13 September 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 (2), Malta was added to the list of countries in part A of Annex II to the Regulation. Consequently specific provisions applying to entries of pet animals into Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom should be extended to Malta.
(8) Finally, measures adopted by Spain in Ceuta and Melilla as regard entries from Morocco and controls on those territories of stray dogs and movements of pet animals from those territories to Morocco now permit the rabies status of those territories to be considered as equivalent to the status of Member states in continental Europe. Accordingly, it is appropriate to include Ceuta and Melilla in the list in section I of part B of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003.
(9) In the interests of clarity of Community legislation, it is appropriate to replace Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 in its entirety.
(10) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R2291 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2291/87 of 30 July 1987 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1870/87 on the transfer to Italy of 50 000 tonnes of barley held by the Spanish intervention agency
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2291/87
of 30 July 1987
laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 1870/87 on the transfer to Italy of 50 000 tonnes of barley held by the Spanish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 870/85 (4),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1870/87 of 30 June 1987 on the transfer of 50 000 tonnes of barley held by the Spanish intervention agency (5), and in particular Article 1 (5) thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1870/87 the Spanish intervention agency is to make available to the Italian intervention agency 50 000 tonnes of barley that is to be moved to specified areas; whereas the detailed rules for applying this measure should be adopted;
Whereas there is a shortage of feed grain in Sardinia; whereas it should therefore be specified that the barley is to be distributed to all ports in this region of Italy with grain storage facilities;
Whereas the Italian intervention agency must be quickly informed of the storage locations of the barley to be transferred; whereas this information and the storage locations in Sardinia must be notified to the Commission so that it can, in particular, assess the cost of the transfer operation;
Whereas transport of the barley to Sardinia should be put out to tender so that it can be done as cheaply as possible;
Whereas the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1055/77 of 17 May 1977 on the storage and movement of products bought in by an intervention agency (6) and of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/77 of 28 July 1977 laying down common detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1055/77 on the storage and movement of products bought in by an intervention agency (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3476/80 (8), will apply to this transfer operation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1870/87 the Spanish intervention agency shall make available to the Italian intervention agency 50 000 tonnes of barley.
2. The barley is to be transferred to Sardinian ports with grain storage facilities.
3. Before loading is commenced the Spanish and Italian agencies shall note the characteristics of the barley and agree on the selection of storage, departure and destination locations that will reduce transport costs to the minimum and also the date of removal of the barley, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1870/87. Lists of these locations shall be sent to the Commission immediately.
1. The Italian intervention agency shall take delivery of the barley when it is loaded on the means of transport at the storage location of the Spanish intervention agency and shall assume responsibility for it from that moment.
The Spanish intervention agency shall keep the Italian intervention agency informed as to the quantities of barley removed.
2. The cost of transporting the barley shall be determined by the Italian intervention agency by means of a tendering procedure. The cost shall include:
(a) that of the actual transport (excluding loading) from the storage location of departure to the storage location of destination (excluding unloading); and
(b) the cost of insurance cover for the purchase price of the barley within the meaning of Article 7 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75.
3. The invitation to tender may invite offers for the transport of a single of several consignments.
4. The Italian intervention agency shall, conforming to the provisions of this Regulation, decide on the terms and conditions to be set out in the invitation to tender. These must provide for the lodging of a security guaranteeing successful completion of the operations covered by the invitation and must allow the lodging of tenders by telex.
They must also ensure equality of access and of treatment to all interested parties whatever their place of establishment in the Community. To this end the intervention agency, after signing the decision to open the tendering procedure, shall notify the Commission of the date on which the invitation is to opened. This information shall be immediately published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. A period of five working days from the date of publication shall be allowed for the submission of tenders to the Italian intervention agency.
Tenders lodged with the Italian intervention agency shall be made and accepted in Italian lire.
5. The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering the best terms.
If, however, tenders are not in line with normal prices and costs, no awards shall be made.
6. The Italian intervention agency shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of the tendering procedure operations and shall immediately notify the outcome both to the Commission and to the Spanish intervention agency.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32010R0413 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 413/2010 of 12 May 2010 amending Annexes III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste so as to take account of changes adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156 (Text with EEA relevance)
| 13.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 413/2010
of 12 May 2010
amending Annexes III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste so as to take account of changes adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156
(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 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (1), and in particular Article 58(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In December 2005, at its 8th meeting, the Working Group on Waste Prevention and Recycling (WGWPR) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) agreed to clarify the wording of entry B1030 of Annex IX to the Basel Convention. The amendment of that entry has been adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156 and still needs to be agreed under the Basel Convention. Pending approval by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention and amendment of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, it is appropriate to incorporate that clarification in Union legislation.
(2) In April 2008, at its 11th meeting, WGWPR of OECD agreed to amend the wording of entry AA010 of the OECD Amber list of wastes. The amendment of that entry has been adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156. It is therefore appropriate to incorporate that amendment in Union legislation.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),
Annexes III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001D0731 | 2001/731/EC: Commission Decision of 16 October 2001 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products, in particular in relation to New Caledonia and the Islands of St Pierre and Miquelon (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3080)
| Commission Decision
of 16 October 2001
amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products, in particular in relation to New Caledonia and the Islands of St Pierre and Miquelon
(notified under document number C(2001) 3080)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/731/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 79/542/EEC(3), as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/117/EC(4), draws up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products.
(2) It is opportune to clarify, with regard to the listing of countries in relation to the different species of live animals covered by the Decision, that the authorisation to import is conditional upon the existence for these countries and for such live animals of Community harmonised health conditions and veterinary certification, laid down in Community legislation under the provisions of Articles 8 and 11 of Council Directive 72/462/EEC. Therefore, it is necessary for transparency that only imports from those countries where harmonised rules have been laid down shall be mentioned in part 1 of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC as being authorised.
(3) Following Community veterinary missions, it appears that New Caledonia and the Islands of St Pierre and Miquelon are covered by sufficiently well-structured and organised veterinary services.
(4) New Caledonia has during the last 12 months been free from foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest; no vaccinations have been carried out against any of these diseases for the past 12 months, and the importation of animals vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease is forbidden.
(5) New Caledonia can be included on the list of third countries from which Member States authorise the imports of meat from wild animals and can also be listed for fresh meat and meat products of bovine animals.
(6) The equine health situation is satisfactorily controlled by the veterinary services of St Pierre and Miquelon and, in particular, the country has been free from African horse sickness and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis for more than two years, and from dourine and glanders for more than six months.
(7) St Pierre and Miquelon can be listed for equidae.
(8) Since the adoption of Commission Decision 2001/611/EC of 20 July 2001 amending Decision 92/160/EEC with regard to the regionalisation of Mexico, amending Decisions 92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC, 93/196/EEC and 93/197/EEC with regard to imports of equidae from Mexico and repealing Decisions 95/392/EC and 96/486/EC(5), Member States may again authorise imports of certain categories of equidae from certain areas in Mexico. However, a reference to the regionalisation and to the prohibition on imports of equidae for slaughter was omitted in Decision 79/542/EEC, and this should be clarified.
(9) Countries appearing in the list being identified according to the ISO codes used by the Community legislation for the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade, the provisional status of such codes should be specified whenever appropriate.
(10) The Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC should be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Part 1 of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 20 October 2001.
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32004R0686 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 686/2004 of 14 April 2004 laying down transitional measures concerning producer organisations in the market of fresh fruit and vegetables by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 686/2004
of 14 April 2004
laying down transitional measures concerning producer organisations in the market of fresh fruit and vegetables by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
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, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
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 1432/2003 of 11 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 regarding the conditions for recognition of producer organisations and preliminary recognition of producer groups(1), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 of 11 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operating funds, operational programmes and financial assistance(2) set certain dates and conditions for the recognition of and aid to producer organisations. Transitional measures should be laid down in order to enable producer organisations and producer groups in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as "the new Member States") to apply for the aid provided for in those Regulations before 1 January 2005.
(2) A number of new Member States have adopted national legislation on the recognition of and aid to producer organisations and producer groups, and a certain number of producer organisations and producer groups exist already.
(3) The new Member States should be given the possibility of temporarily considering producer organisations and producer groups recognised under their respective national legislation as being recognised under Regulation (EC) No 2200/96. Those producer organisations and producer groups may then apply for the available Community aid. The new Member States should verify before the end of 2005 whether the producer organisations and producer groups really meet the recognition criteria provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(3). The financial responsibility for aid paid to those producer organisations and producer groups falls on the new Member State in question.
(4) Certain new Member States have not provided in their national legislation recognition of producer organisations based on the categories of products referred to in Article 11(1)(a)(ii) to (vii) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96. For the sake of clarity, the producer organisations or groups which have been recognised before 1 May 2004, in accordance with national legislation, should be considered as belonging to category "fruit and vegetables" referred to in Article 11(1)(a)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.
(5) In order to speed up the process, producer organisations and producer groups recognised before 1 May 2004, in accordance with national legislation, should not be required to submit another application. The new Member States should notify them whether they are recognised for 2004 under Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003 or not.
(6) Neither the producer organisations nor the new Member States have experience with operational programmes. As a transitional measure for producer organisations in the new Member States, an operational programme of a maximum duration of one-and-a-half years may be submitted. The drafting of short, simple programmes should reduce the period required for preparation by the producer organisations and the period required for evaluation by the national authorities. The drafting, evaluation, implementation and control of those programmes should help both producer organisations and national authorities with the handling of operational programmes of normal length after the transitional period.
(7) For recognition plans approved in the new Member States under their respective national legislation before 1 May 2004, the starting date should be deemed to be 1 May 2004.
(8) The new Member States have the obligation to check a certain percentage of the producer organisations and producer groups each year concerning compliance with the recognition criteria, and the conditions for the grant of aid. In view of the administrative burden which this represents for the new Member States, they should be allowed to reduce the percentage of checks of producer organisations and producer groups to no less than half of the normal level in 2005, but if they make use of this possibility, the percentage should be increased by the same rate in 2006, in order to reach the normal level on a two-year average.
(9) Operators in the new Member States are free to choose not to make use of these transitional provisions and apply the normal rules contained in Regulations (EC) No 1432/2003 and (EC) No 1433/2003 in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003 of 3 November 2003 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards aid to producer groups granted preliminary recognition(4) and in Commission Regulation (EC) No 103/2004 of 21 January 2004 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards intervention arrangements and market withdrawals in the fruit and vegetable sector(5).
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
Definition
For the purposes of this Regulation, "new Member States" shall mean the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
Recognition and preliminary recognition
1. By way of derogation from Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003 and Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the new Member States may decide to consider producer organisations or groups which have been recognised before 1 May 2004 in accordance with national legislation, either as recognised producer organisations or producer groups granted preliminary recognition under Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (hereinafter referred to as "recognised producer organisations" and "recognised producer groups").
The new Member States shall notify each producer organisation or group recognised in accordance with national legislation before 1 May 2004 of the decision concerning its recognition, as provided for in the first subparagraph, as soon as possible after 1 May 2004.
2. The decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply from the date of its notification until 31 December 2005.
3. The new Member States shall communicate to the Commission, within 30 days following the notification of the decision referred to in paragraph 1, the information referred to in Article 12(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003 concerning producer organisations and producer groups respectively, which have been recognised or refused recognition in accordance with this Regulation.
Categories of producer organisations
If a new Member State has no legislative provisions regarding the categories of producer organisations, provided for in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the recognised producer organisations in such new Member States shall be considered as belonging to category "fruit and vegetables", referred to in Article 11(1)(a)(i) of that Regulation.
Operational programmes
1. A producer organisation of a new Member State, recognised before 1 May 2004 in accordance with national legislation, may submit an operational programme, for a period ending 31 December 2005 at the latest, for approval before 30 June 2004. Such applications shall be accompanied by an undertaking from the organisation to submit a new operational programme on 15 September 2005 at the latest. Operational programmes shall indicate the estimated amounts of operating funds as provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, based on a reference period determined pursuant to Article 4 of that Regulation, and contain the information referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of that Regulation.
2. Within three months from the submission of the application referred to in paragraph 1, the competent national authorities shall take a decision on the operational programmes submitted.
However, operational programmes shall not be approved unless a positive decision, as referred to in Article 2(1), has been notified to the producer organisations concerned.
3. The competent national authorities shall notify the producer organisations of their decisions approving operational programmes. Implementation of operational programmes may commence only after the competent national authorities have approved them.
4. Subject to Articles 18, 20 and 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003, producer organisations may apply for aid to their operational programme.
However, the relevant new Member State shall bear the financial responsibilities resulting from the use of aid received in 2004 and 2005 in violation of Article 6 or 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003.
5. Subject to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 103/2004, producer organisations recognised before 1 May 2004 in accordance with national legislation may apply for Community withdrawal compensation.
However, the new Member State concerned shall bear the financial responsibilities resulting from the notification of a negative decision, as referred to in Article 2(1).
Aid to recognised producer groups
Recognised producer groups may apply for aid referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, if available in the Member State concerned, subject to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003.
If the implementation of a recognition plan, accepted in accordance with national legislation, has started before 1 May 2004, its date of acceptance referred to in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003 shall be deemed to be 1 May 2004.
Checks
In 2005, the new Member States may reduce the percentage of checks at producer organisations and producer groups to no less than half of the minimum percentages provided for in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003 and in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003.
If the new Member States make use of this possibility, the percentage shall be increased by the same rate as the rate of reduction in 2005 in 2006, in order to reach the normal level on a two-year average.
Regulations (EC) No 1432/2003, (EC) No 1433/2003, (EC) No 1943/2003 and (EC) No 103/2004 shall apply subject to the rules provided for in this Regulation.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
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32005R2023 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2005 of 12 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 on the mutual recognition of procedures for the complete denaturing of alcohol for the purposes of exemption from excise duty
| 13.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 326/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2023/2005
of 12 December 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 on the mutual recognition of procedures for the complete denaturing of alcohol for the purposes of exemption from excise duty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (1), and in particular Article 27(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 (2) provides that the denaturants which are employed in each Member State for the purposes of completely denaturing alcohol in accordance with Article 27(1)(a) of Directive 92/83/EEC are to be described in the Annex of that Regulation.
(2) Pursuant to Article 27(1)(a) of Directive 92/83/EEC, Member States are required to exempt from excise duty alcohol which has been completely denatured in accordance with the requirements of any Member State, provided that such requirements have been duly notified and accepted in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Article.
(3) Latvia has communicated some changes to denaturing process number 2 authorised by Regulation (EC) No 3199/93.
(4) The Commission transmitted the said communication to the other Member States on 25 March 2005.
(5) No objections have been received to the requirements notified.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Excise Duties,
The paragraph concerning Latvia in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘Latvia
Minimum amount per 100 litres of spirit:
1. mix of following substances:
— isopropyl alcohol 9 litres,
— acetone 1 litre,
— methylene blue or thymol blue or crystallic violet 0,4 grams;
2. mix of following substances:
— methylethylketone 2 litres,
— methylisobutylketone 3 litres;
3. mix of following substances:
— acetone or isopropyl alcohol 3 litres,
— denatonium benzoate 2 grams;
4. ethylacetate 10 litres.
Minimum amount per 100 litres of dehydrated ethyl alcohol (containing maximum 0,5 % of water):
1. benzine or petroleum minimum 5 litres and maximum 7 litres.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32000D0453 | 2000/453/EC: Commission Decision of 11 July 2000 amending Decision 96/252/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating in the People's Republic of China, Croatia and Thailand (notified under document number C(2000) 1957)
| Commission Decision
of 11 July 2000
amending Decision 96/252/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating in the People's Republic of China, Croatia and Thailand
(notified under document number C(2000) 1957)
(2000/453/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/98(2), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 96/252/EC(3) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE
(1) The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 584/96 imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel originating in the People's Republic of China, Croatia and Thailand and by Decision 96/252/EC accepted undertakings from certain exporting producers. These undertakings concerned also the Thai company Thai Benkan Co. Ltd.
B. PRESENT INVESTIGATION
(2) The present investigation carried out in the framework of an interim review requested by one Thai producer/exporter Thai Benkan Co. Ltd, has led to a finding of no dumping for the exporter concerned and has confirmed the lasting nature of these changed circumstances(4).
Therefore, it is proposed to amend Article 1 of Decision 96/252/EC by deleting the reference to the undertaking of Thai Benkan Co. Ltd Prapadaeng-Samutprakarn,
Article 1(b) of Decision 96/252/EC shall be amended as follows.
The reference to Thai Benkan Co. Ltd, Prapadaeng-Samutprakarn shall be deleted.
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32011R0771 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 771/2011 of 2 August 2011 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
| 3.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 200/21
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 771/2011
of 2 August 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
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 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 760/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 August 2011.
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31987R1844 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1844/87 of 30 June 1987 introducing private storage aid for Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1844/87
of 30 June 1987
introducing private storage aid for Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses
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 773/87 (2), and in particular Article 9 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 508/71 of 8 March 1971 laying down general rules on private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses (3) permits the granting of private storage aid for sheep's-milk cheeses requiring at least six months for maturing where a serious market imbalance could be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage;
Whereas the market in Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses is at present disturbed by the existence of stocks which are difficult to sell and which are causing a lowering of prices; whereas seasonal storage should therefore be introduced for these quantities to improve the situation and allow producers time to find outlets for their cheese;
Whereas the detailed rules for the application of such measure should essentially be the same as those laid down for a similar measure during the previous milk year by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1430/86 (4);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Aid shall be granted in respect of the private storage of 3 000 tonnes of Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses made from Community-produced ewes' milk and satisfying the requirements of Articles 2 and 3.
1. The intervention agency shall conclude storage contracts only when the following conditions are met:
(a) the quantity of cheese to which the contract relates is not less than two tonnes;
(b) the cheese was manufactured at least 90 days before the date specified in the contract as being the date of commencement of storage, and after 30 November 1986;
(c) the cheese has undergone tests which show that it meets the condition laid down in (b) and that it is of first quality;
(d) the storer undertakes:
- to keep the cheese during the entire period of storage in premises where the maximum temperature is +16 °C,
- not, during the term of the contract, to alter the composition of the batch which is the subject of the contract without authorization from the intervention agency. If the condition concerning the minimum quantity fixed for each batch continues to be met, the intervention agency may authorize an alteration which is limited to the removal or replacement of cheeses which are found to have deteriorated to such an extent that they can no longer be stored.
In the event of release from store of certain quantities:
(i) if the aforesaid quantities are replaced with the authorization of the intervention agency, the contract is deemed not to have undergone any alteration,
(ii) if the aforesaid quantities are not replaced, the contract is deemed to have been concluded ad initio for the quantity permanently retained.
Any supervisory costs arising from an alteration shall be met by the storer,
- to keep stock accounts and to inform the intervention agency each week of the quantity of cheese put into and withdrawn from storage during the previous week.
2. The storage contract shall be concluded:
(a) in writing, stating the date when storage covered by the contract begins; this may not be earlier than the day following that on which the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage were completed;
(b) after completion of the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage and at the latest 40 days after the date on which the storage covered by the contract begins.
1. Aid shall be granted only for cheese put into storage during the period 15 May to 30 November 1987.
2. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage under contract for less than 60 days.
3. The aid payable may not exceed an amount corresponding to 150 days' storage under contract terminating before 15 March 1988. By way of derogation from the second indent of Article 2 (1) (d), when the period of 60 days specified in paragraph 2 has elapsed, the storer may remove all or part of the batch under contract. The minimum quantity that may be removed shall be 500 kilograms. The Member States may, however, increase this quantity to two tonnes.
The date of the start of operations to remove cheese covered by the contract shall not be included in the period of storage under contract.
1. The amount of aid shall be 2,28 ECU per tonne per day.
2. The amount of aid in ECU in relation to a storage contract shall be that applying on the first day of storage under contract. It shall be converted into national currency at the representative rate applicable on the last day of storage under contract.
3. Aid shall be paid not later than 90 days from the last day of storage under contract.
The periods, dates and time limits mentioned in this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 (1). However, Article 3 (4) of that Regulation shall not apply for determination of the duration of storage under contract.
The intervention agency shall take the necessary measures to ensure that checks are kept on the quantities covered by storage contracts. It shall in particular make provision for the marking of the cheeses covered by the contract.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission on or before the Tuesday of each week:
(a) the quantity of cheese for which storage contracts have been concluded during the previous week;
(b) any quantities in respect of which the authorization referred to in the second indent of Article 2 (d) has been given.
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 15 May 1987.
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31987R0756 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 756/87 of 16 March 1987 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel and concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel (1987)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 756/87
of 16 March 1987
on the the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel and concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel (1987)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel (1) was signed on 11 May 1975;
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the said Agreement and concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel (1987) should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel and concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel (1987) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0638 | 2007/638/EC: Commission Decision of 24 September 2007 on emergency vaccination of poultry in Italy against low pathogenic avian influenza (notified under document number C(2007) 4393)
| 4.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 258/31
COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 September 2007
on emergency vaccination of poultry in Italy against low pathogenic avian influenza
(notified under document number C(2007) 4393)
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(2007/638/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (1), and in particular, Article 54(2) thereof;
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2005/94/EC sets out the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza in poultry or other captive birds.
(2) Under Commission Decision 2005/926/EC of 21 December 2005 on introducing supplementary measures to control infections with low pathogenic avian influenza in Italy and repealing Decision 2004/666/EC (2) Italy carried out vaccination against low pathogenic avian influenza until the end of 2006.
(3) Since May 2007 outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza have occurred in parts of Northern Italy and measures in accordance with Directive 2005/94/EC have been taken to control the spread of the virus.
(4) In July and August 2007 an increase of low pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in particular of the subtype H7 has been observed and further outbreaks of that disease continue to be detected. A small number of outbreaks caused by the low pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5 have been reported.
(5) In its scientific opinions on the use of vaccination to control avian influenza issued by the European Food Safety Authority in 2005 (3) and 2007 (4) the Animal Health and Welfare Panel stated that emergency and preventive vaccination against avian influenza is a valuable tool to complement the control measures for that disease.
(6) The outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza in Italy concern a densely populated poultry area and the epidemiogical situation is still evolving.
(7) The Italian authorities have carried out a risk assessment and identified a particular risk for further spread of the virus in the areas concerned. Italy has, therefore, by letter dated 7 September 2007, submitted an emergency vaccination plan to the Commission for its approval.
(8) The Commission has examined that plan together with Italy and is satisfied that it conforms with the relevant Community provisions. In the light of the development of the epidemiological situation in Italy, it is appropriate to approve the emergency vaccination plan submitted by Italy to supplement the control measures taken by that Member State and to introduce certain restrictions on movements of poultry, hatching eggs of poultry and day-old chicks and certain poultry products.
(9) According to the vaccination plan, Italy intends to vaccinate certain poultry categories following the Differentiating Infected from Vaccinated Animal (DIVA) strategy using both monovalent vaccines directed against avian influenza virus of subtype H7 and bivalent vaccines against H7 and H5 subtypes.
(10) Only vaccines authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (5) or Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (6) should be used.
(11) In addition, surveillance and monitoring of vaccinated and unvaccinated poultry flocks as set out in the emergency vaccination plan should be carried out.
(12) The measures provided for in Decision 2005/926/EC are no longer appropriate and that Decision should therefore be repealed.
(13) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Subject matter, scope and definitions
1. This Decision lays down certain measures to be applied in Italy where emergency vaccination is carried out in certain poultry holdings at particular risk for introduction of avian influenza, including certain restrictions on movements and dispatch of poultry, hatching eggs of poultry and day-old chicks and certain products derived thereof.
2. This Decision shall apply without prejudice to the measures taken by Italy in accordance with Directive 2005/94/EC to control outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza.
The emergency vaccination plan
1. The plan for emergency vaccination against low pathogenic avian influenza in Italy, as submitted by Italy to the Commission on 7 September 2007 (‘the emergency vaccination plan’) is approved.
2. Italy shall carry out the emergency vaccination plan in the areas listed in Annex I (‘the emergency vaccination area’).
It shall ensure that the emergency vaccination plan is implemented effectively.
3. The Commission shall publish the emergency vaccination plan on its website.
Vaccines to be used
Italy shall ensure that poultry is vaccinated in accordance with the emergency vaccination plan with one of the following types of vaccine authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC or Regulation (EC) No 726/2004:
(a) an inactivated heterologous vaccine of avian influenza subtype H7; or
(b) a bivalent inactivated heterologous vaccine containing both avian influenza subtypes H5 and H7.
Restrictions on movements of poultry
1. The competent authority shall ensure that poultry that come from and/or originate from holdings in Italy where emergency vaccination has been carried out (‘emergency vaccination holdings’) are not moved to other parts of Italy or dispatched to other Member States.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 poultry for slaughter that come from and/or originate from emergency vaccination holdings may be moved to other parts of Italy or dispatched to other Member States, where the poultry originate from flocks which:
(a) before loading have been examined with favourable results in accordance with point 1 of Annex II, and
(b) are dispatched to a slaughterhouse:
(i) within Italy and are slaughtered immediately upon arrival; or
(ii) in another Member State following the agreement of the Member State of destination and are slaughtered immediately upon arrival.
Restrictions on movements of hatching eggs of poultry
The competent authority shall ensure that hatching eggs of poultry that come from and/or originate from emergency vaccination holdings are moved to other parts of Italy or dispatched to other Member States, only where the hatching eggs:
(a) originate from flocks which have been examined with favourable results in accordance with point 2 of Annex II;
(b) have been disinfected before movement or dispatch in accordance with a method approved by the competent authority;
(c) are transported directly to the hatchery of destination;
(d) are traceable within the hatchery.
Restrictions on movements of day-old chicks
The competent authority shall ensure that day-old chicks that come from and/or originate from emergency vaccination holdings are moved to other parts of Italy or dispatched to other Member States, only where the day-old chicks:
(a) originate from hatching eggs of poultry which satisfy the conditions set out in Article 5;
(b) are placed in a poultry house or shed where there are no resident poultry.
Health certification for intra-Community trade of consignments of poultry, hatching eggs of poultry and day-old chicks
The competent authority shall ensure that health certificates for intra-Community trade in poultry, hatching eggs of poultry and day-old chicks that come from and/or originate from Italy include the words:
‘The animal health conditions of this consignment are in accordance with Decision 2007/638/EC’.
Restrictions on movements of table eggs
The competent authority shall ensure that table eggs that come from and/or originate from emergency vaccination holdings are moved to other parts of Italy or dispatched to other Member States, only where the eggs:
(a) originate from flocks which have been examined with favourable results in accordance with point 2 of Annex II;
(b) are directly transported to:
(i) a packing centre designated by the competent authority and are packed in disposable packaging and comply with the biosecurity measures required by the competent authority, or
(ii) an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 where they are to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004.
Restrictions on movements of poultrymeat, minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat and meat products consisting of or containing poultrymeat
1. The competent authority shall ensure that poultrymeat that comes from and/or originates from emergency vaccination holdings is moved to other parts of Italy or dispatched to other Member States, only where the meat is:
(a) obtained from poultry that complies with Article 4;
(b) produced in accordance with Annex II and Sections II and III of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and subject to controls in accordance with Sections I, II, III, and Chapters V and VII of Section IV of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
2. The competent authority shall ensure that minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat and meat products consisting of or containing poultrymeat that come from and/or originate from emergency vaccination holdings are moved to other parts of Italy or dispatched to other Member States, only where such products are produced:
(a) from meat that complies with paragraph 1;
(b) in accordance with Sections V and VI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
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Monitoring and surveillance
Monitoring and surveillance of vaccinated and unvaccinated poultry flocks, as set out in the emergency vaccination plan, shall be carried out.
1
Reports
Italy shall submit to the Commission a preliminary report on the implementation of the emergency vaccination plan by 1 November 2007 at the latest, and thereafter submit quarterly reports within one month of the end of each quarter.
The Commission shall ensure that the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health is informed of those reports.
2
Review of measures
The measures provided for in this Decision shall be reviewed in the light of the development of the epidemiological situation in Italy and any new information that becoms available.
3
Repeal
Decision 2005/926/EC is repealed.
4
Applicability
This Decision shall apply from 24 September 2007 until 31 March 2008.
5
Addresses
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32012R0724 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/2012 of 8 August 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 9.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 212/15
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 724/2012
of 8 August 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31990D0087 | 90/87/ECSC: Commission Decision of 22 February 1990 concerning an application for refund of an anti-dumping duty collected on the import of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Mexico and Yugoslavia (Transformados Siderurgicos, SA) (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 February 1990
concerning an application for refund of an anti-dumping duty collected on the import of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Mexico and Yugoslavia (Transformados Siderúrgicos, SA)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(90/87/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 2424/88/ECSC of 29 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Coal and Steel Community (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas:
A. Procedure
(1) By Decision No 2132/88/ECSC (2) the Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel coils originating in Mexico and Yugoslavia and definitively collected provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on those imports. The rate of duty was fixed at ECU 50 per 1 000 kg for Mexico and ECU 64 per 1 000 kg for Yugoslavia.
(2) On 30 November 1988 the Spanish firm Transformados Siderurgicos SA submitted, through the intermediary of the Spanish authorities, an application for the partial refund of the anti-dumping duties definitively collected on imports of rolled products originating in Mexico and Yugoslavia. The duties paid were Ptas [ . . . ] and Ptas [ . . . ] respectively. The refunds requested were Ptas [ . . . ] and Ptas [ . . . ] respectively (3). In view of the fact that the applicant had not claimed nor tried to prove, in accordance with Article 16 of Decision No 2424/88/ECSC, that the duties collected exceeded the effective dumping margin, bearing in mind the application of weighted averages, the Commission informed it that its application could not be accepted.
(3) The applicant had the opportunity to submit its comments prior to the final decision.
(4) The Commission informed the Member States and gave its opinion on the matter. No Member State raised any objection.
B. Argument of the applicant
(5) The applicant argued that its claim should have been covered by the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2336/86 of 24 July 1986 concerning the anti-dumping duties applicable to imports from third countries into Spain and Portugal (4). The rate of customs duty in force in Spain for the imported products in question (8,9 % at the relevant time) was, during the transitional period prior to Spain's accession to the European Communities, higher than that fixed by the Common Customs Tariff (4,4 %). The sums for which a refund has been requested are equivalent to the difference, on the basis of the abovementioned Regulation No 2336/86. The applicant maintained that if the refund were not granted the Spanish firms would be the victims of discrimination because they would have to bear an additional charge not borne by firms in other Member States and not justified by the objective of the anti-dumping measure.
C. Admissibility
(6) The application is admissible in that it was introduced in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Community's anti-dumping legislation, in particular with regard to the time-limits.
D. Merits of the claim
(7) The application is unfounded. A refund of anti-dumping duties can be granted only on the basis of proof furnished by the applicant importer that the effective dumping margin is less than the anti-dumping duty paid or is zero. The applicant wrote that it agreed with the size of the dumping margin and how it was determined. The Commission reminded the applicant of the information which had to be produced in order to establish the effective dumping margin, but the applicant merely referred to the invoices and customs documents produced in support of its application, which it proposed to compare with the normal value calcu
lated during the original investigation. The applicant was reminded that the effective dumping margin is established on the basis of the normal value and the export prices during a period of six months preceding the import in question. The applicant did not attempt to produce information other than that presented with the application.
(8) With regard to the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2336/86, which was the sole object of the applicant's arguments, this is the responsibility of the national administrative or legal authorities, or, if necessary, the Court of Justice of the European Communities. It is therefore not for the Commission to decide whether to apply it, even though the Spanish authorities in their notice accompanying the application to the Commission indicated that Regulation (EEC) No 2336/86 would not apply in the case of anti-dumping duties imposed by virtue of Decision No 2424/88/ECSC. This question has yet to be settled by the Tribunal Económico Administrativo before which the applicant states in its application that it has brought the matter.
(9) The applicant had asked the Commission to ask the Council to amend Regulation (EEC) No 2336/86. The Commission decided not to take that step since the aim of the Regulation was to settle the specific case of the anti-dumping duties already in force prior to the accession of the two new Member States to the Communities.
(10) Consequently, the application is unfounded and must be rejected,
The application for the refund of anti-dumping duties submitted by Transformados Siderurgicos SA is hereby rejected.
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31988L0180 | Council Directive 88/180/EEC of 22 March 1988 amending Directive 84/538/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of lawnmowers
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 22 March 1988
amending Directive 84/538/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level of lawnmowers
(88/180/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 (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas all the technical provisions required to determine the noise emission of lawnmowers should be brought together in one Directive; whereas it is not appropriate to exclude certain lawnmowers from the scope of this Directive because of the kind of cutting device employed;
Whereas Council Directive 84/538/EEC (4) should therefore be amended accordingly,
Directive 84/538/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 (3) is replaced by the following:
'3. This Directive shall apply to lawnmowers as referred to in paragraph 2, except for the following:
- agricultural and forestry equipment,
- non-independent devices (e.g. drawn cylinders) with cutting devices actuated by the wheels or by an integrated drawing or carrier component,
- multi-purpose devices, the main motorized component of which has an installed power of more than 20 kW.'
2. The following section 6.1.3 is inserted in Annex I:
'6.1.3. The cutting devices of cylinder lawnmowers shall be adjusted with a cylinder/cutting edge gap specified by the manufacturer such that:
- a standardized shell of paper of 80 g/m2 weight (kraft paper ISO/R4046) is cut over at least 50 % of the cutting which, or
- the distance between the cylinder blades and the cutting edge is not more than 0,15 mm over the whole length of the cutting-width, or
- the cutting mechanism shall be adjusted until the blades touch and then backed off until contact just ceases when the cylinder is rotating at maximum speed.
The option of making use of the test method laid down in the third indent is limited to electrically powered cylinder mowers with a cutting width of less than 50 cm.
Before and during the operation, the cutting device shall be lubricated with SAE 20/50 oil.'
1. The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Decision by 1 July 1991. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
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32011R0264 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 264/2011 of 17 March 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 18.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 71/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 264/2011
of 17 March 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 March 2011.
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32004R0669 | Regulation (EC) No 669/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1734/94 on financial and technical cooperation with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
| Regulation (EC) No 669/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 31 March 2004
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1734/94 on financial and technical cooperation with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 179 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(1),
Whereas:
(1) All efforts should be made to prevent any further deterioration of the Palestinian economy by contributing to the sound management and budgetary equilibrium of the Palestinian Authority and to consolidate that Authority by means of institutional reinforcement.
(2) Requirements for financial aid will continue to be generated in the territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a result of recent developments in the Middle East Peace Process.
(3) The Community should therefore pursue its aid effort pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1734/94(2).
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1734/94 should be reviewed by the European Parliament and the Council before the end of 2005 in order to take account of developments in the area, in particular with regard to the implementation of the roadmap for peace (Elements of a performance-based road map to a permanent two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict).
(5) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests(3) establishes a common legal framework for all the fields of the Communities' own resources and expenditure. Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities(4) applies to all areas of the Communities' activity without prejudice to the provisions of Community rules specific to different policy areas.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 1734/94 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 1734/94 shall be amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
"Article 1
1. The Community shall implement financial and technical cooperation with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with the aim of aiding their achievement of sustainable economic, political and social development. If circumstances allow, implementation shall be based on pluri-annual programmes.
2. The Commission shall provide a report reviewing this Regulation by 31 December 2005 at the latest, taking into account recent developments in the area.";
2. Article 2 is amended as follows:
(a) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 3:
"3a. The beneficiaries of support measures may include not only States and regions but also local authorities, regional organisations, public agencies, local or traditional communities, organisations supporting business, private operators, cooperatives, mutual societies, associations, foundations and non-governmental organisations.";
(b) the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 6:
"7. Invitations to tender and contract shall be open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons in the Member States and the Mediterranean partners as defined in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 of 23 July 1996 on financial and technical measures to accompany (MEDA) the reform of economic and social structures in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership(5)."
3. In Article 4, the following paragraph shall be added:
"5. Financing decisions and any financing agreements and contracts resulting therefrom shall provide, inter alia, for supervision and financial control by the Commission (including the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)), including on-the-spot checks and inspections in conformity with Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96(6) and audits by the Court of Auditors, where appropriate, to be carried out on the spot. Measures shall be taken in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 5 in order to provide for adequate protection of the European Communities' financial interests in conformity with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95(7). Where necessary, investigations shall be conducted by the OLAF and shall be governed by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999(8)."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31991R1909 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1909/91 of 28 June 1991 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, tafia and arrack originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated with the European Economic Community (1990/91)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1909/91 of 28 June 1991 opening and providing for the administration of a Communiy tariff quota for rum, tafia and arrack originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated with the European Economic Community (1990/91)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 86/283/EEC of 30 June 1986 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community (1), as extended by Decision 91/312/EEC (2) and in particular Articles 3 and 4 of Annex V thereto,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Annex V to Decision 86/283/EEC provides that rum, tafia and arrack shall be imported into the Community free of customs duties within the limits of a Community tariff quota;
Whereas the Community has established by Decision 86/47/EEC (3), as last extended by Decision 90/669/EEC (4), arrangements for trade between the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic on the one hand and the overseas countries and territories (OCT) on the other; whereas this Decision lays down provisions concerning the quota duties to be applied by those two Member States on imports of products originating in the OCT;
Whereas the annual size of the quota is to be fixed on the basis of a basic annual quantity, calculated in hectolitres of pure alcohol, equal to the amount of imports during the best of the past three years for which statistics are available and to which quantity a growth rate equal to 27 % is applied; whereas the quota period ranges from 1 July to 30 June;
Whereas Community statistics for these products and the trend for the years 1988 to 1990 show that the highest volume of imports into the Community of the products in question originating in the OCT, namely 1 126,49 hectolitres of pure alcohol, occurred in 1989, whereas, on that basis, the quota volume should therefore be fixed at 1 430,64 hectolitres of pure alochol;
Whereas by application of the provisions of Article 3 (3) of Annex V to Decision 86/283/EEC the quota volume in question should however be increased to 15 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Members States until the quota has been used up; whereas it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to ensure effective Community administration of this tariff quota while offering the Member States the opportunity to draw from the quota volume the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within, and jointly represented by, the Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning the administration of the quota may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. From 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992, the following products originating from the OCT shall be imported duty free into the Community within the limit of the relevant Community tariff quota mentioned:
Order No CN code Description Quota Volume
(in hl of pure
alcohol) Quota duty 09.1621 2208 40 10
2208 40 90
2208 90 11
2208 90 19 Rum, tafia and arrack 15 000 Free
2. The rules of origin applicable to the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be those set out in Annex II to Decision 86/283/EEC.
3. Within the limit of this quota, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the 1985 Act of Accession and Decision 86/47/EEC.
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission, which may take any appropriate measure with a view to ensuring the efficient administration thereof.
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry into free circulation including a request for preferential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation, and if this declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall draw, from the tariff quota, by means of notification to the Commission, a quantity corresponding to these needs.
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the date of acceptance of the said declaration, must be communicated to the Commission without delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis of the date of acceptance of the declarations of entry into free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member State concerned, to the extent that the available balance so permits.
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the tariff quota, allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member States shall be informed by the Commission of drawings made.
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the product concerned have equal and continuous access to the quota for such time as the residual balance of the quota volume so permits.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
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32003D0113 | 2003/113/EC: Commission Decision of 19 February 2003 amending Decision 1999/815/EC concerning measures prohibiting the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age made of soft PVC containing certain phthalates (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 557)
| Commission Decision
of 19 February 2003
amending Decision 1999/815/EC concerning measures prohibiting the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age made of soft PVC containing certain phthalates
(notified under document number C(2003) 557)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/113/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/59/EEC of 29 June 1992 on general product safety(1), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission adopted, on 7 December 1999, Decision 1999/815/EC(2), as last amended by Decision 2002/910/EC(3), based on Article 9 of Directive 92/59/EEC, requiring the Member States to prohibit the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age, made of soft PVC containing one or more of the substances di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP).
(2) The validity of Decision 1999/815/EC was limited to three months, in accordance with the provision of Article 11(2) of Directive 92/59/EEC. Therefore, the validity of the Decision was to expire on 8 March 2000.
(3) When adopting Decision 1999/815/EC it was foreseen to prolong its validity if necessary. The validity of the measures adopted under Decision 1999/815/EC was prolonged under several Decisions for an additional period of three months each time, and is now to expire on 20 February 2003.
(4) Some relevant developments have taken place concerning the validation of phthalates migration test methods and the comprehensive risk assessment of these phthalates under Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances(4). However, further work in this area is still necessary to try to solve some crucial outstanding difficulties.
(5) Pending resolution of the outstanding issues, and in order to guarantee the objectives of Decision 1999/815/EC and its prolongations, it is necessary to maintain the prohibition of the placing on the market of the products considered.
(6) Certain Member States have implemented Decision 1999/815/EC by measures applicable until 20 February 2003. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the validity of these measures is prolonged.
(7) It is therefore necessary to prolong the validity of Decision 1999/815/EC in order to ensure that all the Member States maintain the prohibition provided for by that Decision.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Emergencies Committee,
In Article 5 of Decision 1999/815/EC the words "20 February 2003" are replaced by the words "20 May 2003".
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Decision within less than 10 days of its notification. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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31990D0592 | 90/592/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1990 on the establishment of the community support framework for community structural assistance in the region of France concerned by objective 5 (b), namely Languedoc- Roussillon (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 June 1990
on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural
assistance in the region of France concerned by Objective 5 (b), namely Languedoc-Roussillon
(Only the French text is authentic)
(90/592/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof;
Whereas Commission Decision 89/426/EEC (2) defined the rural areas eligible for Community assistance under Objective 5 (b) as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas in the Languedoc-Roussillon region certain areas have been selected to benefit from Community assistance under Objective 5 (b);
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 the Commission, on the basis of rural development plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, Community support frameworks for Community structural operations;
Whereas in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 11 (3) of the abovementioned Regulation the Community support framework shall cover in particular the development priorities, the forms of assistance, the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount of assistance and its source, and the duration of the assistance;
Whereas Title III, Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88 (3) sets out the conditions for the preparation and implementation of the Community support framework;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88, the French Government submitted to the Commission on 1 June and 26 Ocotber 1989 the rural development plans for Languedoc-Roussillon;
Whereas the plan for the rural areas of Languedoc-Roussillon submitted by the French Government include a description of the main development priorities selected and of the corresponding measures, and an indication of the use to be made of assistance under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments of the Community in implementing the plans;
Whereas the Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion
of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development; whereas the Committee provided for in Article 124 of the Treaty has been consulted;
Whereas in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 4253/88 this Decision is to be sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;
Whereas in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 4253/88 the budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned,
The Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the rural areas of Languedoc-Roussillon concerned by Objective 5 (b), covering the period 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1993 is hereby approved.
The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of this Community support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the rules and guidelines for the Structural Funds and other existing financial instruments.
The Community support framework includes the following essential information:
(a)
statement of specific priorities for joint action by the Community and the Member State:
ii(i)
in the department of Lozère:
- adaptation and diversification of the agricultural sector,
- forestry and wood processing sector,
- development of buisinesses,
- tourism,
- protection of nature and rural areas,
- common measures relating to the Massif Central,
- human resources.
i(ii)
in the Aude-Hérault zone,
- adaptation and diversification of the agriculture sector,
- development of businesses and new information technology,
- tourism,
- common measures relating to the Massif Central,
- human resources,
(iii)
in the Pyrénées of Languedoc-Roussillon,
- adaptation and diversification of the agricultural sector,
- forestry,
- development of businesses, new information technology,
- tourism, environment,
- human resources;
(b)
an outline of the forms of assistance to be provided primarily in the form of operational programmes;
(c)
an indicative financing plan at 1989 constant prices, specifying for the whole period the total appropriations to provide budgetary assistance from the Community for both the implementation of new measures covered by the priorities in (a) and multiannual measures under way or
decided, before the adoption of this Community support framework, broken down as follows:
>TABLE>
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32003R0402 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 402/2003 of 3 March 2003 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 402/2003
of 3 March 2003
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel
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 and 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)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the Community of fresh cut flowers.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 209/2003(4), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, respectively.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 400/2003(5) fixes the Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for the application of the import arrangements.
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(7), lays down the detailed rules for the application of the arrangements.
(5) On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must be concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel. The Customs duty should be re-established.
(6) The quota for the products in question covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2003. As a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up to the end of that period at the latest.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN code ex 0603 10 20 ) originating in Israel, the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 2003.
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32009R1131 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1131/2009 of 24 November 2009 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Moutarde de Bourgogne (PGI))
| 25.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 310/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1131/2009
of 24 November 2009
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Moutarde de Bourgogne (PGI))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) and in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, France’s application to register the name ‘Moutarde de Bourgogne’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no objections within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 were received by the Commission, this name should be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31990R2544 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2544/90 of 31 August 1990 reintroducing the levying of customs duties applicable to products of CN codes 2937 21 00 and 2937 29 10 originating in China, to which the preferential arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2544/90
of 31 August 1990
reintroducing the levying of customs duties applicable to products of CN codes 2937 21 00 and 2937 29 10 originating in China, to which the preferential arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties is accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I; whereas Article 7 of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be reintroduced as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level;
Whereas, in the case of the products of CN codes 2937 21 00 and 2937 29 10 originating in China, the individual ceilings amounts to ECU 735 000; whereas that ceiling was reached on 10 May 1990, by charges of imports into the Community of the products in question originating in China;
Whereas, it is appropriate to reintroduce the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to China,
As from 4 September 1990, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89, shall be reintroduced on imports into the Commmunity of the following products, originating in China:
1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // // // // 10.0370 // 2937 21 00 2937 29 10 // Cortisone, hydrocortisone, prednisone (dehydrocortisone) and prednisolone (dehydrohydrocortisone) // // // Acetates of cortisone or hydrocortisone // // //
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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31994R1855 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1855/94 of 27 July 1994 authorizing the competent authorities of the Member States to extend, on specific conditions, the period of validity of import authorizations issued on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 934/94
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1855/94 of 27 July 1994 authorizing the competent authorities of the Member States to extend, on specific conditions, the period of validity of import authorizations issued on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 934/94
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules (1), and in particular Article 21 (2), in conjunction with Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 934/94 of 27 April 1994 establishing rules for management and distribution with regard to certain textile quotas established under Regulation (EC) No 517/94 (2), the period of validity of import authorizations has been fixed at 90 days as of the date of issue by the competent authorities of the Member States;
Whereas Member States have indicated that some operators had or would have difficulties to import, within that specific time limit, all the goods for which an import authorization has been issued pursuant to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 934/94;
Whereas, after examination by the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 517/94, it has been considered appropriate to allow Member States' authorities to extend under certain conditions the duration of validity of the import authorizations concerned by a period of 45 days;
Whereas, in order to pursue the objective of an optimum use of the quantitative limits, it seems advisable to authorize this extension only on request of the operator concerned and on the condition that this operator can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the national authorities, that for duly justified reasons, he is, was or will not be able to import the goods for which an import authorization was issued according to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 934/94 within the time limit specified in the import authorization;
Whereas the present Regulation should be applicable from the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 934/94;
Whereas this measure is in conformity with the opinion expressed by the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 517/94,
The duration of validity for import authorizations issued by the competent Member State authorities on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 934/94 can be extended by 45 days upon request of the concerned operator.
The extension may only be granted by the competent Member State authorities if the concerned operator to whom the import authorizations has been issued can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the said authorities, that for duly justified reasons, he is, was or will not be able to import all the concerned products within the time limit specified in the import authorization.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 28 April 1994.
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32008L0005 | Commission Directive 2008/5/EC of 30 January 2008 concerning the compulsory indication on the labelling of certain foodstuffs of particulars other than those provided for in Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance )
| 31.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/12
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/5/EC
of 30 January 2008
concerning the compulsory indication on the labelling of certain foodstuffs of particulars other than those provided for in Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
(Codified version)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,
Having regard to Directive 94/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1994 on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Directive 94/54/EC of 18 November 1994 concerning the compulsory indication on the labelling of certain foodstuffs of particulars other than those provided for in Council Directive 79/112/EEC (3) has been substantially amended several times (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified.
(2) In order to ensure that consumers receive adequate information, it is necessary to provide for compulsory indication, for certain foodstuffs, of other particulars in addition to those provided for in Article 3 of Directive 2000/13/EC.
(3) Packaging gases used in packaging certain foodstuffs should not be regarded as ingredients for the purposes of Article 6(1) of Directive 2000/13/EC and therefore should not be included in the list of ingredients on the label.
(4) However, consumers should be informed of the use of such gases inasmuch as this information enables them to understand why the foodstuff they have purchased has a longer shelf life than similar products packaged differently.
(5) With a view to providing adequate consumer information, the labelling of foodstuffs which contain sweeteners should bear details to that effect.
(6) Moreover, warnings should also be given on the labelling of foodstuffs containing certain categories of sweetener.
(7) Furthermore, it is necessary to provide labelling which gives the consumers clear information on the presence of glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt in confectionery and beverages. In the case of high contents of glycyrrhizinic acid or its ammonium salt in those products, the consumers, and in particular those suffering from hypertension, should in addition be informed that excessive intake should be avoided. To ensure a good understanding of such information by the consumers, the well known term ‘liquorice’ should be preferably used.
(8) The measures provided for in this Directive are in conformity with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
(9) This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B,
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 3 of Directive 2000/13/EC, the labelling of the foodstuffs listed in Annex I to this Directive shall include additional particulars, as set out in that Annex.
Directive 94/54/EC, as amended by the Directives listed in Annex II, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
This Directive 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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32002R0760 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 760/2002 of 2 May 2002 amending the import duties in the cereals sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 760/2002
of 2 May 2002
amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 597/2002(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2002(5).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 745/2002,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 745/2002 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 May 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32008R1253 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1253/2008 of 15 December 2008 concerning the authorisation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine as a feed additive (Text with EEA relevance)
| 16.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1253/2008
of 15 December 2008
concerning the authorisation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine 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 the authorisation of the preparation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, to be classified in the additive category ‘nutritional additives’.
(4) From the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) of 16 April 2008 it results that copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment for chickens for fattening (2). The Authority further concluded that that product used as a feed additive for chickens for fattening does not present any other risk 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 may be considered as a source of available copper and fulfils the criteria of a nutritional additive for chickens for fattening. The opinion of the Authority also recommends appropriate measures for user safety. It does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) 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.
(6) 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 ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’, 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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32013D0442 | 2013/442/EU: Commission Decision of 21 August 2013 on the establishment of the annual priority lists for the development of network codes and guidelines for 2014 Text with EEA relevance
| 22.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/14
COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 August 2013
on the establishment of the annual priority lists for the development of network codes and guidelines for 2014
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/442/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 (1) and Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 (2), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Council on 4 February 2011 set 2014 as a target for the completion of the internal market for electricity and gas. The Third Energy Package is an important element in the development towards this target. However, further efforts have to be made to allow gas and electricity to flow freely across Europe. The network codes and guidelines which are foreseen by the Third Package will provide the relevant rules for this further development.
(2) As a first step towards binding European network codes, an annual priority list identifying the areas to be included in the development of network codes has to be established by the Commission in accordance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 (‘the Electricity Regulation’) and Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 (‘the Gas Regulation’). In setting the priorities, the Commission has to consult the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘ACER’), the responsible European Network of Transmission System Operators (‘ENTSOs’) and other relevant stakeholders. This decision sets out the priorities as decided by the Commission based on the outcome from the public consultation.
(3) For the planning of resources it is important to identify annually the key areas for the development of network codes and guidelines. As soon as an area is identified as important for the first time, scoping work needs to be started in order to identify to what extent a harmonisation is needed. Key areas where the work on network codes and guidelines has already started will be continued and completed.
(4) The public consultation, as required by Article 6(1) of the Electricity and the Gas Regulation, took place from 2 April to 13 May 2013. The Commission received 22 responses (3).
(5) The following were the major general comments received during the public consultation:
(a) A clear message from the public consultation was that stakeholders supported the focused approach of the Commission prioritising the work to deliver key elements that are necessary for the completion of the internal energy market. Stakeholders are of the view that the Commission has pointed out in its consultation the most important tasks to be done for further integration of the internal energy market and no more tasks should be added to the annual priority lists for 2014.
(b) Several stakeholders are emphasising the importance of a proper implementation of already adopted network codes, some of them calling for a more active role of the Commission and ACER in ensuring a coherent implementation. Furthermore, stakeholders seek clarity on future amendments of adopted network codes and what the governance would be. One stakeholder states the urgent need for a global and unique definitions list valid for all network codes.
(c) Several stakeholders stressed the importance of a transparent, efficient and coherent process which guarantees early and close stakeholder involvement. It was also mentioned that the necessary timeslots for the development of robust network codes, with sufficient time for consultation of involved actors need to be given. In this context stakeholders requested that draft proposals for the framework guidelines and network codes should be accompanied by the relevant Impact Assessment which has been subject to stakeholder consultation.
(6) The following were the major comments concerning the annual priority list for 2014 regarding electricity network rules received during the public consultation:
(a) Several stakeholders expressed concerns that the network codes under development do not provide for a sufficient level of harmonisation on a European level, pointing at the fact that many decisions (e.g. on values and methodologies) are not taken in the code itself but left open to a further decision making/approval process by TSOs and national regulatory authorities. Stakeholders fear that this could lead to a supplementary regulatory layer at European level, adding rather than solving existing diversity in network management and market design rules.
(b) Some stakeholders were concerned about possible inconsistencies between network codes and stated that developing several network codes under the same framework guideline has proven not be the most efficient way to establish European rules and therefore proposed to develop only one network code in line with the respective framework guideline. Some emphasised that in order to ensure the consistency at least some network codes need to be developed together such as the rules on requirement for generators, rules for longer term (forward) capacity allocation, balancing rules and rules on emergency requirements.
(c) Several stakeholders support the development of rules regarding harmonised transmission tariff structures, as the existing variety of tariff structures creates inequalities for electricity generators within the EU as some need, for example, to pay grid tariffs and others not.
(d) ENTSO-E expressed its concern that the annual priority list for 2014 does not include rules on investment incentives while they were part of the list for 2013. ENTSO-E is of the opinion that relying on the process set up by the new Regulation on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure (4) (‘TEN-E Regulation’), by which the EC may issue guidelines in case it considers that the methodology to be published by 31 March 2014 by the national regulatory authorities on the basis of best practice recommendations from ACER, is not sufficient to ensure the timely implementation of projects of common interests, endangers the efficiency of the entire TEN-E Regulation.
(7) The following were the major comments concerning the annual priority list for 2014 regarding gas network rules received during the public consultation:
(a) The majority of stakeholders welcome that incremental capacity has been put on the annual priority list for 2014 and emphasise that rules need to be thoroughly consulted on with stakeholders in their preparation and be coherent with the network code on capacity allocation mechanisms. Several stakeholders including ENTSOG point out the strong interaction of rules on tariffs and incremental capacity and that care needs to be given to the consistency between both topics.
(b) Several stakeholders including ENTSOG support the undertaking of a scoping exercise on rules for trading in 2014 in order to identify whether harmonised European rules for the design of capacity products and contracts as regards firmness, restrictions to allocation and secondary markets are needed. The scoping shall take into account the experience gained from implementing the network code on capacity allocation mechanisms and on balancing and the possible impacts of increasing renewable penetration in electricity markets. One stakeholder proposes to undertake a step-by-step analysis of the differences in contractual terms and transmission system operators processes at each Interconnections Point. ENTSOG calls for recognising the fact that mismatches of capacity and different levels of firmness are an inevitable consequence of implementation entry-exit systems. One stakeholder raised strong opposition with regard to the further harmonisation of the design of capacity products and contracts as it is not required and would lead to an insufficient offer of firm capacity and finally to inefficient investments. Furthermore it was stated that rules for trading should avoid adding complexity to the process of implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency.
(c) One stakeholder calls for a network code for gas quality and a network code for benchmark-related efficiencies including its tariffs in order to achieve the goal of an internal market in an efficient and effective manner, suggesting as a first step to mandate ACER to do a comparison of all European TSOs, including all provided services.
(d) One stakeholder suggests including in the priority list the development of guidelines to solve the situation of the historical contracts, in accordance with Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009.
(8) Even though this decision focuses only on setting the annual priority lists for 2014, the Commission also consulted stakeholders on the need and possible scope of network codes and guidelines which could be envisaged as key areas beyond 2014 in order to enable ACER to foresee scoping work in its work programme for 2014.
(9) The following were the major comments concerning possible scope and need of network codes and guidelines beyond 2014 regarding electricity network rules received during the public consultation:
(a) Some stakeholders welcome rules on setting the principles to judge the adequacy of transmission networks, and thus the requirement towards third parties. Other stakeholders are of the opinion that rules on reserves, adequacy and capacity mechanisms are not included in Article 8(6) of the Electricity and Gas Regulation and therefore do not appear legally sound, instead falling in the remit of national governments.
(b) Several stakeholders are asking for clarification what will be included in the rules on operational coordination.
(c) One stakeholder proposes to develop rules on procurement, trading and governance of ancillary services as well as all types of flexibility and capability services with the overall aim of developing a European market for grid support services, including balancing and all types of flexibility services.
(10) The following were the major comments concerning possible scope and need of network codes and guidelines beyond 2014 regarding gas network rules received during the public consultation:
(a) Several stakeholders were of the opinion that rules on network connection and emergency procedures have to be coherent with Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply.
(b) Stakeholders were questioning the scope of network connection rules with respect to provide locational signals and were not supporting development of such rules.
(11) Having regard to the responses of stakeholders supporting the prioritisation of the work to deliver key elements that are necessary for the completion of the internal energy market by 2014 and recognising the various actions needed towards its completion, the limits to resources, the fact that already adopted network codes and guidelines will require resources in order to be properly implemented, and the fact that any new area that is added to the annual priority list 2014 may not result in a guideline or network code being adopted by 2014,
The Commission establishes for the development of harmonised electricity rules this annual priority list for 2014:
— capacity allocation and congestion management rules including governance for day-ahead and intraday markets including capacity calculation (Commission adoption phase),
— network connection rules:
— rules on requirements for generators (Commission adoption phase)
— rules on distribution system operator and industrial load connection (Commission adoption phase)
— rules on high-voltage direct current transmission system connection (finalise network code and start Commission adoption phase),
— system operation rules (7):
— rules on operational security (Commission adoption phase)
— rules on operational planning and scheduling (Commission adoption phase)
— rules on load-frequency control and reserves (Commission adoption phase)
— rules on emergency requirements and procedures (finalise network code and start Commission adoption phase),
— balancing rules including network-related reserve power (Commission adoption phase),
— rules for longer term (forward) capacity allocation (Commission adoption phase),
— rules regarding harmonised transmission tariff structures (scoping by ACER to prepare framework guideline (8)).
As it is foreseen that harmonised rules on capacity allocation and balancing will be adopted in 2013, the Commission establishes for the development of harmonised gas rules this annual priority list for 2014:
— interoperability and data exchange rules (Commission adoption phase),
— rules regarding harmonised transmission tariff structures (ENTSOG drafting network code),
— rules regarding an EU-wide market-based approach on the allocation of ‘new build’ gas transmission capacity (drafting of amendment of network code on capacity allocation mechanisms by ACER and ENTSOG as well as including respective tariff rules in the network code on transmission tariff structures),
— rules for trading related to technical and operational provisions of network access services and system balancing (scoping by ACER to identify whether binding EU rules for the further harmonisation of the design of capacity products and contracts as regards firmness, restrictions to allocation or secondary markets are needed, taking into account the implementation of the guideline on congestion management procedures and the network codes on capacity allocation mechanisms and on balancing).
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31990R0579 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 579/90 of 7 March 1990 laying down detailed rules for the special measures for certain processed oil products in Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 579/90
of 7 March 1990
laying down detailed rules for the special measures for certain processed oil products in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2112/87 of 13 July 1987 introducing special measures for certain processed oil products in Spain (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 199/90 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2112/87 provides that the amount of the levy provided for in Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1183/86 of 21 April 1986 laying down detailed rules for the system for controlling the prices and the quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector released for consumption in Spain (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 578/90 (4), and collected in Spain on the purchase of oils intended for certain food industries may be repald to the undertakings using such oils at their request;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the oil qualifying for such repayment is used for its intended purpose, provision should be made for the approval of the establishments where such oil is used and detailed rules should be laid for the repayment of the levy;
Whereas in the case of the mayonnaise industry, in order to determine the quantities of oil which may qualify for such repayment, the oil content of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2112/87 should be fixed at a standard level;
Whereas, for the sake of legal clarity, the implementing rules laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2112/87 should be redrafted and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2722/87 of 10 September 1987 laying down detailed rules for the special measures for certain processed oil products in Spain (5) should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
1. Establishments operated by oil-processing undertakings must be approved if they are to qualify for the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2112/87.
2. An establishment shall not be approved unless:
(a) it has suitable technical equipment;
(b) it has premises designed to permit the isolation and identification of stocks of oils and fats;
(c) it undertakes to keep permanent records showing the quantities of soya oil uesed, the quantities, composition and soya oil content of the products obtained, the date on which the products leave the establishment and the names and addresses of their holders, supported by references to the delivery orders and invoices;
and
(d) it undertakes to forward to the agency responsible for inspection its manufacturing programme by batches, in accordance with the detailed rules laid down by the Member State.
Approval shall be withdrawn whenever the provisions of this Article are not complied with; approval may also be withdrawn if it is found that the establishment concerned has not complied with any other obligation arising from this Regulation.
At the request of the establishment concerned, approval may be restored after a period of not less than six months, following a through inspection.
3. To obtain repayment of the levy provided for in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1183/86, undertakings manufacturing the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2112/87 shall submit a monthly production declaration within the 15 days following the month in question.
In the case of products falling within CN codes 1516 and 1517, this declaration shall specify:
- the quantity of soya oil used;
- the quantity of products processed, broken down according to their soya oil content.
In the case of products falling within CN code 2103 90 90, the declaration shall be submitted in the form shown in Annex II.
4. The quantity of oil eligible for repayment shall be expressed in terms of crude oil equivalent. The coefficient of equivalence between crude oil and refined oil shall be 0,96.
5. The levy to be repaid shall be that applicable in the month for which the production declaration has been submitted.
In the case of products falling within CN code 2103 90 90, for the purposes of determining the quantities of oil eligible for repayment and within the limit of the oils on which the levy has been paid by the undertaking using them, the refined oil content of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2112/87 shall be that specified in Annex 1.
1. Spain shall carry out the necessary checks to ensure that this Regulation is applied correctly.
2. Spain shall inform the Commission each month, in respect of the preceding month, of the quantities of oil for which the levy has been repaid, giving separate figures for the mayonnaise industry, on the one hand, and the margarine and hydrogenated fats industry, on the other.
Regulation (EEC) No 2722/87 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R1872 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1872/2002 of 18 October 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1872/2002
of 18 October 2002
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002(4). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling EUR 24,417/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 October 2002.
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31994R0747 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 747/94 of 30 March 1994 establishing administration procedures for quantitative quotas on certain products originating in the people's Republic of China
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 747/94 of 30 March 1994 establishing administration procedures for quantitative quotas on certain products originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas (1), and in particular Articles 2 (3) and 24 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/823 and (EEC) No 3420/83 (2) introduced quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China listed in Annex II to that Regulation; whereas the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas are applicable to those quotas;
Whereas the Commission accordingly adopted Regulation (EC) No 738/94 (3) laying down general rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 520/94; whereas these provisions apply to the administration of the above quotas subject to the provisions of this Regulation;
Whereas after examination of the different administrative methods provided for by that Regulation, the method based on traditional trade flows should be adopted; whereas under this method quotas are divided into two portions, one of which is reserved for traditional importers and the other for other applicants;
Whereas this method should ensure a smooth transition between the previous system, which was marked by disparities between the Member States' import arrangements for the products concerned, and the uniform system resulting from the introduction of the Community quotas in question;
Whereas this method takes account of the traditional import trade flows formed under the previous system; whereas, however, the introduction of a Community system must ensure progressive access by non-traditional importers; whereas the portion set aside for other applicants must make due allowance for the disparities in the above import arrangements in accordance with Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 520/94; whereas in the light of all these factors a balance must therefore be sought in determining the portion to be allocated to the two categories of importers;
Whereas to qualify for the allocation of the part of the quota set aside for them, traditional importers must be able to demonstrate that during 1991 and 1992 they imported products originating in China covered by the quotas in question; whereas these two years constitute an appropriate reference period for which full statistics are available showing normal trade flows for the products in question;
Whereas for the portion set aside for other importers and allocated on a 'first come, first serve' basis, allowance must be made in setting the predetermined quantity which each importer may obtain for the need to assign economically significant quantities having regard to the nature of commercial practice for the product concerned, while at the same time remaining accessible to small importers;
Whereas for the purpose of quota allocation, a time limit must be set for the submission of licence applications by traditional and other importers, taking account of the need to ensure simple, clear and effective administration of quotas; whereas the initial procedure for making allocations to other applicants should be implemented by stages;
Whereas with a view to optimum use of quotas, licence applications for imports of footwear, under quotas which refer to several CN headings, must specify the quantities required for each CN heading;
Whereas the Member States must inform the Commission of the import licence applications received, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94; whereas the information about traditional importers' previous imports must be broken down by reference year and expressed in the unit of the quota in question; whereas if the quota is set in ecus, the counter-value of the currency in which previous imports are expressed must be calculated in accordance with Article 18 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (4);
Whereas in view of the special nature of transactions concerning products covered by quotas, the period of validity of import licences should be set at six months from the date of issue by the Member States;
Whereas measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up under Regulation (EC) No 520/94,
This Regulation lays down specific provisions for the administration of the quantitative quotas referred to in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994, for the period 15 March to 31 December 1994.
Regulation (EC) No 738/94 laying down general rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall apply, subject to the specific provisions of this Regulation.
The quantitative quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated using the method based on traditional trade flows, referred to in Article 2 (2) (a) of Regulation (EC) No 520/94.
1. The portions of each quantitative quota set aside for traditional importers and other importers are set out in Annex I to this Regulation. The predetermined quantities referred to in Articles 10 and 12 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 are indicated in Annex II to this Regulation.
2. The reference period referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall comprise calendar years 1991 and 1992.
1. Applications for import licences for the portion of the quota set aside for traditional importers shall be lodged between 5 April and 12 April 1994 with the competent authorities listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 738/94.
2. The evidence referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 must refer to the release for free circulation of products originating in the People's Republic of China covered by the quota to which the application refers, during calendar years 1991 and 1992.
Instead of the evidence referred to under the abovementioned first indent of Article 7, applicants may enclose with their licence applications documents drawn up and certified by the competent national authorities on the basis of available customs information as evidence of the imports of the products in quesiton carried out by them or, where applicable, by the operator whose activities they have taken over during calendar years 1991 and 1992.
3. Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 shall apply, where appropriate, to evidence expressed in foreign currency.
In accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94, Member States shall inform the Commission no later than 26 April 1994 at 10 a.m. Brussels time of the number and aggregate amount of the import applications and of the amount of the previous imports carried out by traditional importers during each year of the reference periods referred to in Article 3 (2) of this Regulation.
The Commission shall inform Member States no later than 28 April 1994 of the decisions establishing the quantitative criteria according to which traditional importers' applications are to be met.
1. Licence applications for the part of the quota set aside for other importers shall be lodged with the competent administrative authorities listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 738/94 between 26 April and 28 April 1994, at 5 p.m. Brussels time.
2. For the verification and utilization of the Community balance available, the following provisions shall apply;
- the competent authorities in the Member States shall notify the Commission as from 26 April 1994 at 10 a.m. Brussels time, and up to 29 April 1994 at 5 p.m. Brussels time, of the import licence applications received in chronological order of receipt,
- the Commission shall examine all the applications notified and, on completion of this examination, send notification to confirm the applications that can be met and inform the Member States of the rate of depletion of the Community balance and, where applicable, of the date on which the procedure referred to above may be repeated. Should the quota be exceeded during the initial implementation phase, the Commission shall convene a meeting of the Committee set up under Regulation (EC) No 520/94 to deal with the matter,
- normally the notifications referred to in the previous paragraphs shall be communicated electronically within the integrated network set up for this purpose, unless for imperative technical reasons it is necessary to use other means of communication temporarily. Notification codes for each quota are listed in Annex III.
Any import licence application for one of the footwear quotas covering two CN headings must give the breakdown of the quantities applied for by CN heading.
The period of validity of the import licences issued by the competent authorities in the Member States shall be six months from the date of issue.
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32010R0106 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 106/2010 of 5 February 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 6.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 35/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 106/2010
of 5 February 2010
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 February 2010.
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31997D0203 | 97/203/EC: Council Decision of 17 March 1997 authorizing the Hellenic Republic to apply a measure derogating from Article 9 of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
| COUNCIL DECISION of 17 March 1997 authorizing the Hellenic Republic to apply a measure derogating from Article 9 of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes (97/203/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1), and in particular Article 27 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 27 (1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorize any Member State to introduce special measures for derogation from that Directive in order to simplify the procedure for charging the tax or to prevent certain types of tax evasion or avoidance;
Whereas, by letter to the Commission registered on 2 September 1996, the Hellenic Republic requested authorization to introduce a measure derogating from Article 9 of Directive 77/388/EEC;
Whereas the other Member States were informed on 20 December 1996 of the request made by the Hellenic Republic;
Whereas the measure is necessary to counter the tax avoidance effects that have led a growing number of Community taxable and non-taxable persons to purchase telecommunications services outside the Community in order to avoid payment of VAT; whereas the measure is furthermore necessary to discourage suppliers of telecommunications services established in a Member State from establishing themselves outside the Community;
Whereas the measure is also necessary to simplify the procedure for charging the tax insofar as it provides the same tax obligations for customers of telecommunications services regardless of whether these services are performed by suppliers established inside or outside the Community;
Whereas the derogations will not affect, except to a negligible extent, the amount of tax due at the final consumption stage and will not therefore have an adverse effect on the European Communities' own resources arising from value-added tax;
Whereas it is necessary to grant this measure from 1 January 1997 in order to remedy as quickly as possible a situation undermining the competitiveness of European telecommunications companies; whereas from 1 January 1997 the customers and the suppliers of telecommunications services had no longer a legitimate confidence in the continuation of the legislation in force at that date;
Whereas it is desirable that the derogation should be granted until 31 December 1999, or, if a Directive altering the place of taxation of telecommunications services enters into force at an earlier date, until that date, in order to allow the Council to adopt a general Community solution based on the Commission proposal,
By way of derogation from Article 9 (1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Hellenic Republic is authorized to include, within Article 9 (2) (e) of the Directive, telecommunications services. In the case of a Member State making use of this facility, the provisions of Article 9 (3) (b) of the Directive shall also apply to these services.
Telecommunications services shall be deemed to be services relating to the transmission, emission or reception of signals, writing, images and sounds or information of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems, including the transfer or assignment of the right to use capacity for such transmission, emission or reception.
This Decision may be applied to telecommunications services in respect of which the chargeable event took place from 1 January 1997. It will also apply to prepayments made in respect of telecommunications services paid for before the date of implementation of this Decision by the Member State insofar as these prepayments cover supplies of telecommunications services which are performed after the date of implementation.
The authorization specified in this Decision shall apply until 31 December 1999, or, if a Directive altering the place of taxation of telecommunications services enters into force at an earlier date, until that date.
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32014R0338 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 338/2014 of 28 March 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for tusk in Union and international waters of V, VI and VII by vessels flying the flag of Spain
| 2.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 99/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 338/2014
of 28 March 2014
establishing a prohibition of fishing for tusk in Union and international waters of V, VI and VII by vessels flying the flag of Spain
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 of 20 January 2014 fixing for 2014 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters (2), lays down quotas for 2014.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2014.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2014 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32004R2204 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2004 of 21 December 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings
| 22.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 374/40
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2204/2004
of 21 December 2004
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 (2), the Commission shall pay a standard fee to the Member State concerned in respect of each duly completed farm return forwarded to it within the period prescribed in Article 3 of that Regulation. For the sake of clarity some provisions relating to those payments laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 of 12 July 1982 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings (3) should also be included in Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83.
(2) For budgetary reasons and to facilitate financial management, the maximum number of farm returns per Member State to be paid should be limited to the number indicated in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82.
(3) Some flexibility in the number of farm returns per division eligible for payment should be allowed, within the maximum number of returning holdings per Member State as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 if the Member State concerned has more than one division.
(4) If the number of duly completed farm returns forwarded within the time limit per division or per Member State is less than 80 % of the number fixed for the division or the Member State in question, the standard fee for the farm returns from that division or from the Member State concerned should be reduced as from accounting year 2005. However, it is appropriate, as a transitional measure, to postpone the application of the reduction system in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, in order to allow a smooth adaptation of the new Member States to the system of keeping accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings, that is new for them.
(5) Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 is replaced by the following:
‘1. The Commission shall pay a standard fee to the Member States in respect of each duly completed farm return forwarded to it within the period referred to in Article 3.
1a. The total number per Member State of duly completed and forwarded farm returns that is eligible for the standard fee shall not be more than the total number of returning holdings laid down for that Member State in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82.
For Member States having more than one division, the number of duly completed and forwarded farm returns per division that is eligible for the standard fee may be up to 20 % higher than the number laid down for the division concerned, provided that the total number of duly completed and forwarded farm returns of the Member State concerned shall not be higher than the total number laid down for that Member State in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82.
If the number of duly completed and forwarded farm returns in respect of a division or a Member State is less than 80 % of the number of returning holdings laid down for that division or for the Member State concerned, the standard fee for the farm returns from that division or from the Member State concerned shall be reduced by:
— 10 % in the accounting years 2005 and 2006,
— 20 % in the 2007 accounting year and the subsequent accounting years.
If there is a shortfall for both a division and the Member State concerned, the reduction shall be applied only at national level.
The reduction in respect of the accounting year 2005 provided for in the first indent of the third subparagraph shall not apply to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 2005 accounting year.
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31987R1901 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1901/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing the prices applicable to cereals for the 1987/88 marketing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1901/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing the prices applicable to cereals for the 1987/88 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 3 (5) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5), Whereas the markets and prices policy, based on modern farms, is the main instrument of the incomes policy in agriculture; whereas full advantage cannot be drawn from such a policy unless it is integrated into the common agricultural policy as a whole, including a dynamic social and structural policy and the application of the rules on competition contained in the Treaty; Whereas, in many cases, surpluses can no longer be disposed of on normal terms either inside or outside the Community; whereas, in order to reduce the cost to the budget of disposing of surpluses on markets of third countries and to encourage greater consumption within the Community, the restrictive price policy should continue to be applied; whereas this objective can be attained, taking into account the new intervention arrangements, by maintaining, for the 1987/88 marketing year, the intervention price for common wheat, barley, rye, maize and sorghum applied during the previous marketing year; Whereas, as part of a quality policy, production of common wheat of higher breadmaking quality and production of rye of breadmaking quality should be supported; whereas, accordingly, the special premium for common wheat and of rye, both of breadmaking quality should be left unaltered; Whereas in 1986/87 the Council began a process of aligning the intervention price of durum wheat on that of common wheat; whereas in view of, on the one hand, the present ratio between the prices of those cereals and, on the other, the imbalance recorded on the durum wheat market, it is advisable to pursue that process; whereas, accordingly, the intervention price of durum wheat should again be reduced; whereas, however, in order to improve that cereal's fluidity on the Community market, the target price should remain unchanged; Whereas application of Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal has meant that prices in Spain differ from the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act of Accession, Spanish prices should be aligned with common prices each year at the start of the marketing year; whereas, as a result of applying the criteria for this alignment, Spanish prices are fixed at the level set out below,
For the 1987/88 marketing year, the prices applicable in the cereals sector shall be as indicated 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 1 July 1987.
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31987D0302 | 87/302/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 April 1986 amending Decisions 84/557/EEC, 84/562/EEC, 84/563/EEC and 85/11/EEC relating to laws of the region of Sicily concerning national aids in the agriculture sector regarded as incompatible with the common market (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 April 1986
amending Decisions 84/557/EEC, 84/562/EEC, 84/563/EEC and 85/11/EEC relating to laws of the region of Sicily concerning national aids in the agriculture sector regarded as incompatible with the common market
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(87/302/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof, and the corresponding provisions of the other Regulations on the common organization of the market in agriculture products,
Whereas:
I
In 1984 the Commission adopted the following:
- Commission Decision 84/557/EEC of 2 May 1984 concerning the State aids provided for by Law No 97 of the region of Sicily of 6 May 1981 on measures to encourage productive sectors of agriculture and various agricultural standards (3),
- Commission Decision 84/562/EEC of 2 May 1984 on State aids under Sicilian Regional Law No 87 of 5 August 1982 providing for measures in respect of agricultural loans and urgent assistance for certain sectors of agricultural production (4),
- Commission Decision 84/563/EEC of 30 May 1984 concerning the aids provided for in Law No 105 of 5 August 1982 of the region of Sicily amending the regional budget and the budget of the State Forests Office of the region of Sicily for 1982 (5),
- Commission Decision 85/11/EEC of 23 July 1984 concerning aids provided for under Law No 86 of the region of Sicily of 5 August 1982 on emergency measures in agriculture (6).
In those Decisions the Commission prohibited the grant of aid for investments in the processing and marketing of agricultural products which exceeded:
(a) 75 % of eligible expenditure for projects in mountain and hill areas and less-favoured areas within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (8), and forming part of national or regional programmes approved by the Commission pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural products are processed and marketed (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3827/85 (10); or
(b) 50 % in other areas or for projects not forming part of such programmes.
II
Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 provides for a single rate of 75 % for the entire Mezzogiorno and does not distinguish according to whether the areas are less favoured or not. Indeed such a distinction could be regarded as inappropriate since a large proportion of the products processed in the facilities are situated in areas with a developed infrastructure because if they were located elsewhere they would not be profitable.
The funds available from the EAGGF for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 are insufficient for financing all the projects presented. The result is that some projects are not eligible for Community financing for that reason alone and must be financed solely out of national or regional resources. It seems appropriate, however, that these projects should be subject to the same conditions as if they had qualified under Regulation (EEC) No 355/77.
In these circumstances it seemed advisable to align the rates of aids for investments to be applied to national or regional aids for processing and marketing and forming part of a national or regional programme approved by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 with the rates applied under that Regulation. This new Commission position was notified to the Member States by letter of 30 October 1985.
III
Commission Decisions 84/557/EEC, 84/562/EEC, 84/563/EEC and 85/11/EEC should accordingly be amended.
Moreover, the Italian authorities have adjusted the investment aid rates for processing and marketing provided for in Laws 97/1981, 86, 87 and 105/1982, Article 12 of Law 51 of 21 August 1984 and Articles 9, 11 and 12 of Law 7 of 5 January 1985,
1. Article 1 (3) of Decision 84/557/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
'3. The part of the aid arising from the application of Article 43 of Law No 97/81 which exceeds:
(a) 75 % of eligible expenditure for projects forming part of national or regional programmes approved by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, or
(b) 50 % of eligible expenditure for projects nor forming part of such programmes
is incompatible with Article 92 of the EEC Treaty and may no longer be granted.'
2. Article 1 (2) of Decision 84/562/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
'2. The part of the aid arising from the application of Articles 4, 5, 8 and 9 of the Law referred to in paragraph 1 which exceeds:
(a) 75 % of eligible expenditure for projects forming part of national or regional programmes approved by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, or
(b) 50 % of eligible expenditure for projects not forming part of such programmes
is incompatible with Article 92 of the EEC Treaty and may no longer be granted.'
3. Article 1 (1) of Decision 84/563/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
'1. The part of the aid arising from the application of Articles 39 and 42 of Law No 105 of 5 August 1982 of the region of Sicily which exceeds:
(a) 75 % of eligible expenditure for projects forming part of national or regional programmes approved by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, or
(b) 50 % of eligible expenditure for projects not forming part of such programmes
is incompatible with Article 92 of the EEC Treaty and therefore may not be granted.'
4. Article 1 (2) of Decision 85/11/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
'2. The part of the aid arising from the application of Articles 33 to 39 of the Law referred to in paragraph 1, in so far as they are intended to cover the cost of earlier investments, and from the application of Articles 18, 24 and 25 of the same Law, which exceeds:
(a) 75 % of eligible expenditure for projects forming part of national or regional programmes approved by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, or
(b) 50 % of eligible expenditure for projects not forming part of such programmes
is incompatible with Article 92 of the EEC Treaty and therefore may not be granted.'
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32004R0239 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 239/2004 of 11 February 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 239/2004
of 11 February 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 February 2004.
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32011R0634 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 634/2011 of 29 June 2011 opening a standing invitation to tender for the 2010/2011 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN code 1701 at a reduced customs duty
| 30.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 170/21
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 634/2011
of 29 June 2011
opening a standing invitation to tender for the 2010/2011 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN code 1701 at a reduced customs duty
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1) and in particular Article 187, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The world market prices for sugar have been at a constant high level during the first months of the 2010/2011 marketing year, which has slowed down the pace of imports in particular from third countries benefiting from certain preferential agreements.
(2) Confronted with this situation, the Commission recently adopted a series of measures with the purpose to bring additional supply to the Union market. Those measures included Commission Regulation (EU) No 222/2011 of 3 March 2011 laying down exceptional measures as regards the release of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose on the Union market at reduced surplus levy during marketing year 2010/2011 (2), which increased the combined availability of sugar and isoglucose on the Union market by 526 000 tonnes, and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 302/2011 of 28 March 2011 opening an exceptional import tariff quota for certain quantities of sugar in the 2010/11 marketing year (3), which suspended the import duties for sugar falling within CN 1701 for a quantity of 300 000 tonnes.
(3) Imports of sugar under Inward Processing in accordance with chapter 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (4) have been reduced and the processing industry has increased the use of quota sugar in exported products. Those developments have maintained the tight supply situation on the Union market, which threaten to cause undersupply during the last months of the marketing year, until the arrival of the new harvest.
(4) The high prices on the world market for sugar therefore threaten the availability of supply on the Union market. For that reason and with the view to increasing the supply, it is necessary to make imports easier through the reduction of the import duty for certain quantities of sugar. That quantity and the reduction of the duty should be assessed in the light of the current state and foreseeable development of the Union and world sugar market. The quantity and reduction should therefore be based on a tendering system.
(5) The minimum eligibility requirements to tender should be specified.
(6) A security should be lodged for each tender. That security should become the security for the import licence application in the case of a successful tender and be released when a tender is unsuccessful.
(7) The competent authorities of the Member States should notify the Commission of the admissible tenders. In order to simplify and standardise those notifications, models should be made available.
(8) For each partial invitation to tender, provision should be made for the Commission to fix a minimum customs duty and, if appropriate, an allocation coefficient in order to reduce the quantities accepted, or to decide not to fix a minimum customs duty.
(9) Member States should inform the tenderers of the result of their participation in the partial invitation to tender within a short period.
(10) The competent authorities should notify the Commission of the quantities for which import licenses have been issued. For this purpose, models should be made available by the Commission.
(11) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
A tendering procedure is opened for the 2010/2011 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN code 1701 at a reduced customs duty pursuant to Article 187 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and bearing reference number 09.4314.
That customs duty shall replace the common customs tariff duty and the additional duties referred to in Article 141 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 (5).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 (6) shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
1. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender shall end on 13 July 2011 at 12 noon, Brussels time.
2. The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response to the second and subsequent partial invitations shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period. They shall end at 12 noon., Brussels time, on 27 July 2011, 24 August 2011, 14 September 2011 and 28 September 2011.
3. The Commission may suspend the submission of tenders for one or several partial invitations to tender.
1. Tenders in connection with this tendering procedure shall be addressed to the competent authority in a Member State by fax or electronic mail.
The competent authorities of the Member States may require that electronic tenders be accompanied by an advance electronic signature within the meaning of Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (7).
2. Tenders shall be admissible only if the following conditions are met:
(a) tenders shall indicate:
(i) the name, address and VAT number of the tenderer;
(ii) the quantity of sugar tendered, which shall at least be 20 tonnes and shall not exceed 45 000 tonnes;
(iii) the proposed amount of the customs duty, in euros per tonne of sugar, rounded to no more than two decimal places;
(iv) the eight digit CN code of the sugar;
(b) proof is furnished before expiry of the time limit for the submission of tenders that the tenderer has lodged the security referred to in Article 4(1);
(c) the tender is accompanied by an application for an import licence for the tendered quantities and customs duty, containing the entries provided for Article 8(2);
(d) the tender is presented in the official language, or one of the official languages of the Member State in which the tender is lodged;
(e) the tender indicates a reference to this Regulation and the expiry date for the submission of the tenders;
(f) the tender does not include any additional conditions introduced by the tenderer other than those laid down in this Regulation.
3. A tender which is not submitted in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be admissible.
4. Applicants shall not submit more than one tender per eight digit CN code for the same partial invitation to tender.
5. A tender may not be withdrawn or amended after its submission.
1. In accordance with the provisions of Title III of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (8) each tenderer shall lodge a security of EUR 150 per tonne of sugar to be imported under this Regulation.
Where a tender is successful, that security shall become the security for the import licence.
2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released in the case of unsuccessful tenderers.
1. The competent authorities of the Member States shall decide on the validity of tenders on the basis of the conditions set out in Article 3.
Persons authorised to receive and examine the tenders shall be under an obligation not to disclose any particulars relating thereto to any unauthorised person.
Where the competent authorities of the Member States decide that a tender is invalid they shall inform the tenderer.
2. The competent authority concerned shall notify the Commission, by fax, of the admissible tenders submitted within 2 hours after the expiry of the time limit for the submissions laid down in Article 2(1) and (2). That notification shall not contain the data referred to in Article 3(2)(a)(i).
3. The form and content of the notifications shall be defined on the basis of models made available by the Commission to the Member States. When no tenders are submitted, the competent authority shall notify the Commission thereof by fax within the same time limit.
In the light of the current state and foreseeable development of the Union and world sugar markets, the Commission shall, for each partial invitation to tender and eight digit CN code, either fix a minimum customs duty or decide not to fix a minimum customs duty by adopting an Implementing Regulation in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
With that Regulation, the Commission shall also fix, where necessary, an allocation coefficient applicable to the tenders which have been introduced at the level of the minimum customs duty. In this case, the security referred to in Article 4 shall be released in proportion to the quantities allocated.
1. Where no minimum customs duty has been fixed all tenders shall be rejected.
The competent authorities of the Member States shall not accept tenders that have not been notified as provided for in Article 5.
2. The competent authority concerned shall notify applicants within three working days after the day of publication of the Regulation referred in Article 6 of the result of their participation in the partial invitation to tender. It shall send statements of award to any tenderer whose tender quotes a customs duty for the eight digit CN code equal to or more than the minimum customs duty fixed for that eight digit CN code. The quantities awarded for a specific customs duty and eight digit CN code shall be the quantities tendered for that customs duty and eight digit CN code.
3. Statements of award shall indicate at least:
(a) the procedure to which the tender relates;
(b) the quantity of sugar awarded;
(c) the amount, expressed in euros rounded to no more than two decimal places, of the customs duty to be paid per tonne of sugar of the quantity referred to in point (b);
(d) the eight digit CN code of the sugar.
1. No later than the last working day of the week following the week during which the Regulation referred in Article 6 was published, the competent authority shall issue an import licence to every successful tenderer covering the quantity awarded.
2. Import licence applications and import licences shall contain the following entries:
(a) in box 16, the eight digit CN code of the sugar;
(b) in boxes 17 and 18, the quantity of sugar;
(c) in box 20 at least one of the entries listed in Part A of the Annex;
(d) in box 24 the customs duty applicable using one of the entries listed in Part B of the Annex.
3. By way of derogation from Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the rights deriving from the import licence shall not be transferable.
Import licences issued in connection with a partial invitation to tender shall be valid from the day of issue until the end of the third month following the month in which the Regulation on partial invitation referred in Article 6 is published.
0
No later than the last working day of the second week following the week during which the Regulation referred in Article 6 is published the competent authorities shall notify the Commission of the quantities for which import licences have been issued under this Regulation. The notification shall be transmitted electronically in accordance with models and methods made available to the Member States by the Commission.
1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall expire on 31 October 2011.
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32014D0783 | 2014/783/EU: Council Decision of 7 November 2014 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (Health programme)
| 13.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/37
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 November 2014
on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (Health programme)
(2014/783/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 168(5) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.
(2) Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement.
(3) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
(4) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council. (3)
(5) It is appropriate that the participation of EFTA States in the activities resulting from Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 commence from 1 January 2014 irrespective of when the EEA Joint Committee Decision annexed to this Decision is adopted, or whether the fulfilment of constitutional requirements for this EEA Joint Committee Decision, if any, is notified after 10 July 2014.
(6) Entities established in the EFTA States should be entitled to participate in activities which start before the entry into force of the EEA Joint Committee Decision annexed to this Decision. The costs incurred for such activities, the implementation of which starts after 1 January 2014, may be considered eligible under the same conditions as those applicable to costs incurred by entities established in the Union Member States provided that the EEA Joint Committee Decision enters into force before the end of the action concerned.
(7) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2014.
(8) The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
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31992R2223 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2223/92 of 31 July 1992 on the release of securities lodged for import licences provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 3745/91 in the pigmeat sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2223/92 of 31 July 1992 on the release of securities lodged for import licences provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 3745/91 in the pigmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20 December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1509/92 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3745/91 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 566/92 (4), laid down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3588/91 of 3 December 1991 extending to 1992 the application of Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 282/92 (6);
Whereas Council Directive 91/688/EEC (7) of 12 December 1972 amended Directive 72/462/EEC on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine, and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat, or meat products from third countries (8), as last amended by Directive 91/497/EEC (9), to the effect that, as of 1 July 1992, in respect of classical swine fever pigs must come from the territory of a third country which:
- has been free from classical swine fever for at least 12 months,
- has not permitted vaccination for the preceding 12 months;
Whereas Commission Decision 92/244/EEC (10), amended Commission Decision 91/449/EEC of 26 July 1991 laying down the specimen animal health certificates in respect of meat products imported from third countries concerning certain eastern European countries (11) since incompletely heat-treated meat products are not allowed to be imported from, inter alia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia because vaccinations against classical swine fever are carried out in those countries;
Whereas the import ban introduced by these veterinary measures will prevent, as of 1 July 1992, the import of certain pigmeat products from Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia into the Community;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to provide for the release of the securities provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3745/91 in respect of import licences which could not be used due to these veterinary measures;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Securities lodged for import licences for the products originating from Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia or Slovenia falling under order Nos 59.0010, 59.0040, 59.0060, 59.0070, and 59.0080 provided for in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 which have been issued prior to 1 July 1992 or which are to be issued on 23 July 1992 but of which the import obligations cannot be fulfilled, because the products do not respect the requirements laid down in Directive 72/462/EEC or in Annex D of Decision 91/449/EEC, shall be released.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R0486 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 486/93 of 2 March 1993 concerning the release of the securities relating to certain STM licences and STM import licences
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 486/93 of 2 March 1993 concerning the release of the securities relating to certain STM licences and STM import licences
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3817/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to imports into Spain of products other than fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 9 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 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (3), and in particular
Article 13
thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3831/92 of 28 December 1992 (4), amending Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (5), reduces as from 1 January 1993 the list of products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism (STM);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3832/92 of 18 December 1992 abolishing security for STM licences applicable from 1 January 1993 to deliveries into Spain of products other than fruit and vegetables (6), lays down that, from 1 January 1993, the security is abolished for deliveries into Spain of beef and milk products;
Whereas there are products in respect of which STM licences no longer apply as from 1 January 1993; whereas certain STM licences have been used only partly or not at all, their expiry date falling after 31 December 1992; whereas there are STM licences issued prior to 1 January 1993 for which the lodging of a security is not compulsory from 1 January 1993 onwards; whereas measures should therefore be presentation of the application for such licences;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the Management Committees concerned,
Securities lodged in respect of STM licences and STM import licences applicable to trade with Spain which did not expire on 1 January 1993, shall be released in accordance with Article 27 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (7).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000R0007 | Council Regulation (EC) No 7/2000 of 21 December 1999 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 7/2000
of 21 December 1999
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 517/94(1), and in particular its Annexes IIIB and VI, establishes the annual quantitative limits for certain products originating in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia;
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2000 of 17 December 1999 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and to imports of wine originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slovenia(2) introduces the splitting of the existing global concessions into country specific ones for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia;
(3) It is appropriate to also follow this approach for textiles products, and thus to split the existing common quantitative restrictions into country specific ones for Bosnia-Herzegovina (30 %) and Croatia (70 %) according to the trade patterns and actual utilisation of quantitative limits for the last three years (1996-1998), and therefore to amend Annexes IIIB and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94;
(4) The General Affairs Council of 13 September 1999 invited the Commission to examine possible improvements to the current measures;
(5) It is therefore appropriate to increase the quota levels for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, taking as a basis the quota growth rate per category which was foreseen in a Supplementary Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on trade in textile products, concluded by Decision 90/649/EEC(3);
(6) It is appropriate to allow, in certain cases, import authorisations to be issued by electronic means;
(7) The quota levels for Category 6 for the year 1999 for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia should be increased in order to absorb certain pending import requests,
Annexes IIIB and VI to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 shall be replaced by those appearing in Annexes I and II respectively to this Regulation.
The following paragraph shall be added to Article 21 "4. Import authorisations may be issued by electronic means at the request of the importer concerned. At the duly motivated request of that importer, and provided that paragraph 3 of this Article has been complied with, an import authorisation issued by electronic means may be replaced by an import authorisation in paper form by the competent authority of the same Member State which issued the original import authorisation. However, that authority shall only issue an import authorisation in written form after having ensured that the authorisation by electronic means has been cancelled.
The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 25(1), (2) and (3), take any measure necessary to implement this paragraph."
In order to accommodate certain additional requests for import authorisations made in 1999, in Annex IIIB under "Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia", under Category 6 "Quantity" "1415" shall be replaced by "1465".
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
However, Article 1 shall apply with effect from 1 January 2000, and Article 2 shall apply with effect from 20 December 1999.
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 | 0.5 |
31991R2276 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2276/91 of 29 July 1991 on transitional measures regarding the total acidity content of table wines produced in Spain and released to the Spanish market for 1991
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2276/91 of 29 July 1991 on transitional measures regarding the total acidity content of table wines produced in Spain and released to the Spanish market for 1991
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 (1), and in particular Article 90 thereof,
Whereas a table wine must have a total acidity content, expressed as tartaric acid, of not less than 4,5 grams per litre in accordance with point 13 of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1734/91 (3); whereas Article 127 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal lays down that until 31 December 1990, table wines produced in Spain and released to the Spanish market may have a total acidity content of not less than 3,5 grams per litre; whereas the conditions justifying this derogation are connected, in addition ot the climatic conditions, with the structure of the wine sector, the development of which is relatively slow;
Whereas, in order to avoid serious imbalance on the market for table wine in Spain, provision should be made for a derogation in respect of the total acidity content of table wine produced and placed on the market in Spain; whereas, because of the need ot adjust the total acidity content of such wine towards the Community level, a time limit should be set on the derogation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Until 31 December 1991, table wines produced in Spain and released to the Spanish market may have a total acidity content, expressed as tartaric acid, of not less than 3,5 grams per litre.
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 1991. 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 |
31995D0564 | 95/564/EC: Council Decision of 22 December 1995 on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry (Media II - Training)
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 December 1995
on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry (Media II - Training)
(95/564/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 127 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty (3),
1. Whereas the European Council meeting in Brussels on 10 and 11 December 1993 took note of the White Paper 'Growth, competitiveness and employment' as reference point for action by the European Union and its Member States; whereas the White Paper supports an industrial development approach based on global competitiveness, as the key to growth and employment, and states, in particular in Chapter 7, the need to adapt vocational skills in line with industrial and technological developments;
2. Whereas the European Council meeting in Corfu on 24 and 25 June 1994 took note of the report by the 'Bangemann Group' entitled 'Europe and the Global Information Society - Recommendations to the European Council', in particular acknowledging the strategic importance of the audiovisual programme industry in terms of content;
3. Whereas the 'Industry/Telecommunications' Council of 28 September 1994 issued a favourable opinion on the Commission's communication of 19 July 1994 entitled 'Europe's way to the information society: an action plan'; whereas it emphasized the need to improve the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry;
4. Whereas the Council took formal note of the Commission's communication of 1 September 1994 entitled 'An industrial competitiveness policy for the European Union' which showed the close correlation between the development prospects of technologies, products, programmes (in particular audiovisual programmes) and the associated services and networks and recalled the need to raise the training standards of human resources in order to make European industry competitive;
5. Whereas the Council took formal note on 17 June 1994 of the Green Paper 'Strategy options to strengthen the European programme industry in the context of the audiovisual policy of the European Union';
6. Whereas the Commission consulted the people in the industry on the options put forward in the Green Paper, in particular by holding the 'European Audiovisual Conference' in Brussels from 30 June to 2 July 1994; whereas the consultation process revealed a strong desire for an enhanced programme of support for the European audiovisual industry, in particular in the area of training;
7. Whereas the European Parliament, in its resolution of 6 May 1994 (4), examined the problems of the audiovisual industry, following Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (5) (the 'television without frontiers' Directive), in preparation for the European audiovisual conference, 'and took the view that the priorities established inter alia during the discussions on amendments to the Media programme, namely the financing mechanisms, pre-production, distribution and training, were the best means of establishing coherent, stable European networks';
8. Whereas on 14 September 1994 the Economic and Social Committee issued its opinion on the Green Paper, stating that European-level programmes such as Media could have a positive influence on the development of programme structures and means of production in Europe;
9. Whereas the Commission implemented an action programme to encourage the development of the European audiovisual industry (Media) (1991 to 1995), adopted by Council Decision 90/685/EEC of 21 December 1990 concerning the implementation of an action programme to promote the development of the European audiovisual industry (Media) (1991 to 1995) (1), including, in particular, training measures to upgrade the vocational skills of people working in the audiovisual programme industry;
10. Whereas the Council, at its meeting of 5 November 1993, after taking note of the Commission's communication of 23 July 1993 on the Media programme mid-term evaluation report, took the view that it would be appropriate to examine suitable measures for launching a Media II programme after 1995;
11. Whereas the European Council meeting in Essen on 9 and 10 December 1994 called on the Commission to present proposals for a new Media programme;
12. Whereas at its meeting of 6 December 1994 the Council adopted Decision 94/819/EC (2) setting up the 'Leonardo da Vinci' action programme for the implementation of a European Community vocational training policy; whereas Article 8 (1) of the said Decision requires the Commission to ensure overall consistency between that programme and other Community measures in the field of training;
13. Whereas there should be proper coordination with vocational training actions undertaken pursuant to the objectives of the Structural Funds;
14. Whereas pursuant to Article 128 (4) of the Treaty the Community shall take cultural aspects into account in its action under other provisions of the Treaty; whereas it is necessary to ensure that participation in this programme reflects European cultural diversity;
15. Whereas there is a need to take into account the cultural aspects of the audiovisual sector;
16. Whereas the emergence of a European audiovisual market requires vocational skills adapted to the new dimension of the market, particularly as regards economic and commercial management of the industry and utilization of new technology at all stages of programme design, development, production and transmission;
17. Whereas people in the industry should be provided with vocational skills that enable them to take full advantage of the, in particular, European dimension of the audiovisual programme market and they should be encouraged to develop projects which meet the demands of that market;
18. Whereas there should be an improvement in the exploitation of the European audiovisual heritage and a response to the needs of the market for programmes in the field;
19. Whereas the initial training of professionals must incorporate the indispensible economic and technological components; whereas the speed of change in these areas makes continuous training especially necessary;
20. Whereas networking between vocational training centres should be encouraged so as to facilitate the transfer of know-how and the development of training modules at European level;
21. Whereas support for vocational training must take account of structural objectives such as developing the potential for creation and production in countries or regions where audiovisual production capacity is low and/or where the geographical and linguistic area is restricted and/or developing the independent production sector, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
22. Whereas equal opportunities constitute a fundamental principle in the policies of the European Union which must be taken into account in implementing this programme;
23. Whereas a reference amount, within the meaning of point 2 of the declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 March 1995, is included in this Decision for the entire duration of this programme, without thereby affecting the powers of the budgetary authority as they are defined by the Treaty;
24. Whereas, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, action taken by the Community should support and supplement action taken by the relevant authorities in the Member States;
25. Whereas the measures provided for under this programme are all aimed at cross-border cooperation which will enhance the value of action taken in the Member States or by those responsible for training, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity referred to above;
26. Whereas it is appropriate to follow up and intensify the opening up of the Media programme to the participation of the associated countries of central and eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions laid down in the additional protocols to the association agreements on participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries and to the participation of Cyprus, Malta and the EFTA States members of the EEA Agreement on the basis of additional appropriations in accordance with the same rules as those applied to the EFTA countries, under procedures to be agreed on with those countries; whereas, moreover, this programme should be open to cooperation with other third countries which have concluded agreements with audiovisual clauses; whereas the details of such participation or cooperation should be determined at the appropriate time between the parties concerned;
27. Whereas it is desirable to coordinate the activities laid down by the programme with those deployed by international organizations, such as the Council of Europe;
28. Whereas Community support should be granted on the basis of prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation,
This Decision establishes a vocational training programme (hereinafter referred to as 'the programme') to run from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2000. This programme, which supports and supplements action taken by Member States in full recognition of the responsibility of those States for the content and organization of vocational training programmes and cultural diversity of the countries and regions, excluding any harmonization of the laws and regulations of the Member States, has the purpose of providing professionals in the European audiovisual industry with the skills they need to exploit the European dimension of the market to the full and make use of new technology.
In the context of Article 1, the aims of the programme are:
1. to meet the needs of the industry and bolster its competitiveness by improving initial and particularly continuing training for audiovisual professionals in order to provide them with the know-how and skills they need in order to take account of the European market and other markets, notably in the field of:
- economic and commercial management, including legal aspects,
- utilization and development of new technologies for the production of audiovisual programmes with high commercial and artistic added value, supplementing training in the audiovisual professions,
- screenplay techniques.
This aim will take account of the transnational dimension through supporting the development of businesses and projects (new programmes or enhancement of the audiovisual heritage) as well as of common entrepreneurial practices;
2. to encourage cooperation and exchange of know-how by networking between partners involved in training: training institutions, the professional sector and businesses and by developing teacher training.
In carrying out the objectives mentioned in points 1 and 2 of the first paragraph, particular attention shall be paid to the specific needs of countries or regions with a low production capacity and/or a restricted linguistic and geographical area, as well as the development of an independent European production and distribution sector and especially of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Recipients of Community support involved in implementing the measures laid down in the Annex must provide a significant proportion of the funding (at least 50 %). In duly justified exceptional cases this percentage may be reduced to as low as 25 %.
Community funding shall be determined in relation to the cost and nature of each measure envisaged.
The financial reference amount for implementing the programme for the period referred to in Article 1 shall be ECU 45 million.
The annual appropriations shall be authorized by the budgetary authority in accordance with the current financial perspective.
1. The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the programme, in accordance with the arrangements laid down in the Annex.
In the performance of this task, it shall be assisted by a committee composed of two representatives from each Member State and chaired by the representative of the Commission.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee, for its opinion, a draft of the measure to be taken concerning:
- the arrangements for the implementation of the actions provided for in the Annex,
- the content of calls for proposals, the definition of criteria and procedures for the approval and selection of projects and the final choice of intermediary organizations,
- questions concerning the annual internal distribution of finances within the programme,
- arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the operations.
Furthermore, the representative of the Commission shall also submit, for its opinion, the examination of all Community allocations of more than ECU 200 000 per year; this threshold can be reviewed by the Committee in the light of experience.
3. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event:
- the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided upon for a period of two months,
- the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the previous subparagraph.
4. The Commission may consult the Committee on any other question concerning the implementation of the programme.
The Committee shall deliver its opinion within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote.
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account.
The Commission representative shall keep the Committee informed in good time and on a regular basis of the financial allocation agreed in the framework of the programme (amounts, duration, internal distribution of finances, beneficiaries).
The programme shall be open to the participation of the associated countries of central and eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions laid down in additional protocols to the association agreements on participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries.
This programme shall be open to the participation of Cyprus, Malta and EFTA countries members of the EEA Agreement on the basis of additional appropriations in accordance with the same rules as applied to EFTA States, in accordance with procedures to be agreed with those countries.
It shall also be open to cooperation with other non-member countries which have concluded agreements containing audiovisual clauses.
The arrangements for this participation or cooperation will be fixed at the appropriate time between the parties concerned.
1. The Commission shall ensure that actions under this Decision are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation.
2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit an annual report to the Commission.
3. After the completion of projects, the Commission shall evaluate the manner in which they have been carried out and the impact of their implementation in order to assess whether the original objectives have been achieved.
4. After two years and six months of implementation of the programme and within the six months that follow this period, the Commission, after having brought the matter before the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4 (2) and (3), shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the results which were obtained, accompanied if need be by appropriate proposals.
This report shall in particular show the added value created on the basis of the financial support provided by the Community and the socio-economic aspect.
5. When the programme has run its full term, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report of the implementation and resuls of the programme. | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
31984R1954 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1954/84 of 9 July 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2102/75 determining the quantity of potatoes required for the manufacture of one tonne of starch
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1954/84
of 9 July 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2102/75 determining the quantity of potatoes required for the manufacture of one tonne of starch
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 of 29 October 1975 on production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1026/84 (4), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas the amount by which the production refund is increased under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 has been adjusted with effect from 1 August 1984;
Whereas the amounts in columns 4 and 6 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2102/75 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1854/83 (6), must be correspondingly amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2102/75 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0661 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 661/2012 of 19 July 2012 correcting the Slovenian version of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis
| 20.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 661/2012
of 19 July 2012
correcting the Slovenian version of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Articles 113(1)(a) and 121(h) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Slovenian language version of Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2011 (2) contains an error, i.e. in Annex XX, point 4.2, the wording "the purity must be checked" is erroneous. Therefore a correction of the Slovenian language version is necessary. The other language versions are not affected.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 should therefore be corrected accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Concerns only the Slovenian language version.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0543 | 2003/543/CFSP: Council Decision 2003/543/CFSP of 21 July 2003 concerning the implementation of Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP with a view to a European Union contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
| Council Decision 2003/543/CFSP
of 21 July 2003
concerning the implementation of Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP with a view to a European Union contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP of 12 July 2002 on the European Union's contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons(1), and in particular Article 6 thereof, in conjunction with the second indent of Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) With Council Decision 2001/200/CFSP(2), the European Union decided to contribute to combating the uncontrolled accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons, which posed a threat to peace and security and reduced the prospects for sustainable development, inter alia in Latin America and the Caribbean. The contribution of the European Union under that Decision to the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-LiREC) in Lima, acting on behalf of the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA), has been effective in ensuring preparatory activities and initial implementation of certain elements in the field of combating the uncontrolled accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in the region. In order to continue these activities, UN-LiREC and DDA have appealed for follow-up assistance from the European Union.
(2) In pursuing the objectives set out in Article 1 of Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP, the European Union envisages operating within the relevant international forums and in a regional context as appropriate to render assistance through international organisations, programmes and agencies as well as regional arrangements.
(3) UN-LiREC, acting on behalf of DDA, pursues, in its function as a Regional Clearing-House on Firearms, Ammunition and explosives in Latin America and the Caribbean, the overall objective to provide States in the region with assistance in implementing regional agreements and regulations and developing a coordinated approach to prevent firearms trafficking and improve capabilities and capacities in the region through a number of specific projects.
(4) The objectives of the different UN-LiREC projects are to train the trainers in law enforcement academies, develop equipment in order to improve the control of the legal firearms trade, prevent and combat illicit trafficking of firearms in Latin America and the Caribbean, facilitate destruction of surplus weapons and improvements of stockpile management, as well as to support parliamentarians in improving legislation related to firearms, ammunition and explosives.
(5) Activities under these projects will be undertaken by UN-LiREC and the Organisation of American States in cooperation with other institutions.
(6) The Commission has agreed to be entrusted with the implementation of this Decision.
(7) The European Union therefore intends to offer continued financial assistance to the activities of UN-LiREC in accordance with Title II of Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP.
(8) The Commission will ensure an adequate visibility of the contribution of the European Union to the projects, including by appropriate measures taken by UN-LiREC,
1. The European Union shall contribute to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean through continued support to the activities planned by UN-LiREC.
2. For this purpose, the European Union shall provide financial support to the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA), on behalf of which UN-LiREC is acting, for projects aimed at training the trainers (instructors) in law enforcement academies through the development of specific courses and simulation exercises, developing equipment with the view of facilitating efforts to improve the control of the legal firearms trade, preventing and combating their illicit trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean, facilitating destruction of surplus weapons and improvements of stockpile management, as well as supporting parliamentarians in improving legislation on control mechanisms related to firearms, ammunition and explosives.
3. The Commission shall be entrusted with the implementation of this Decision. To that end, the Commission shall conclude a financing agreement with DDA, on behalf of which UN-LiREC is acting, on the conditions for use of the European Union contribution, which will take the form of a grant. The financing agreement to be concluded will stipulate that UN-LiREC, DDA and the partners of UN-LiREC shall ensure visibility of the contribution of the European Union to the project, appropriate to its size.
1. The financial reference amount for the purposes referred to in Article 1 shall be EUR 700000.
2. The management of the expenditure financed by the amount specified in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the Community procedures and rules applicable to the general budget of the European Union.
The Commission shall submit regular reports on the implementation of this Decision to the relevant Council bodies, in accordance with Article 9(1) of Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP. This information will in particular be based on regular reports to be provided by UN-LiREC/DDA under its contractual relationship with the Commission, as stipulated in Article 1 above.
1. This Decision shall take effect on 1 August 2003; expenditure incurred in the implementation of this action shall be eligible as of that date. It shall expire on 31 July 2004.
2. This Decision shall be reviewed 10 months after 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 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 0 |
32008R0911 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2008 of 18 September 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007
| 19.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 911/2008
of 18 September 2008
on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007
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 1529/2007 of 21 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration in 2008 and 2009 of import quotas for rice originating in the ACP States which are part of the Cariforum region and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) (2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 opens and provides for the administration of an annual import tariff quota for 2008 of 187 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in States that are part of the Cariforum region (order number 09.4219), an import tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (order number 09.4189) and an import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the least-developed OCTs (order number 09.4190).
(2) September is the third subperiod for the quota laid down in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007.
(3) The notification sent in accordance with Article 6(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 shows that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4219 — 09.4189 — 09.4190, the applications lodged in the first seven days of September 2008 under Article 2(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity, in husked-rice equivalent, less than that available.
(4) The total quantities available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4189 — 09.4190, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007,
The total quantities available for the following subperiod under the quotas with order numbers 09.4189 and 09.4190 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 are 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.
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 |
31985D0035 | 85/35/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 December 1984 temporarily suspending the status of certain parts of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany with regard to classical swine fever
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 December 1984
temporarily suspending the status of certain parts of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany with regard to classical swine fever
(85/35/EEC)
THE COMMISSION 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 84/336/EEC (2), and in particular Article 4c (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 84/336/EEC, and in particular Article 13a (2) thereof,
Whereas Council Decision 82/838/EEC of 3 December 1982 (4) recognizes certain parts of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany as being either officially swine-fever-free or swine-fever-free;
Whereas outbreaks of classical swine fever have been recorded in some of the parts of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany referred to in Annexes I and II to Decision 82/838/EEC;
Whereas, therefore, the status of the affected parts of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany with regard to classical swine fever should be temporarily suspended,
The status of those parts of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany constituted by the regions set out in the Annex to this Decision, as areas recognized to be officially swine-fever-free within the meaning of Article 4c (1) c of Directive 64/432/EEC, shall be suspended for a period of 15 days.
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 |
32002R0330 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/2002 of 21 February 2002 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 9/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/2002
of 21 February 2002
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 9/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 9/2002(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 15 to 21 February 2002, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 9/2002, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 26,52 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 204600 tonnes.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R2358 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2358/2001 of 30 November 2001 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2358/2001
of 30 November 2001
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by 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 pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 23 to 29 November 2001 at 196,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0768 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 768/2014 of 11 July 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for alfonsinos in EU and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain
| 16.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 209/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 768/2014
of 11 July 2014
establishing a prohibition of fishing for alfonsinos in EU and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain
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 1262/2012 (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 |
31986R0571 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/86 of 24 February 1986 amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 on common rules for imports
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 571/86 of 24 February 1986 amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 on common rules for imports
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 396 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, it is necessary to incorporate in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 of 5 February 1982 on common rules for imports (1) the quantitative import restrictions which the new Member States are to, or may, apply vis-Ă -vis other countries from 1 January 1986 by virtue of the transitional provisions in the Act of Accession; whereas, further, these Member States should be authorized, just as are the other Member States, to maintain a number of quantitative restrictions until such time as the common import rules are completed,
The quantitative restrictions listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be inserted in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 288/82.
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 2. It shall be applicable as from 1 January 1986. The arrangements laid down in the Annex for imports into Spain and Portugal shall be applicable to agricultural products falling within Sections I to IV of the Common Customs Tariff from 1 March 1986.
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 |
32014D0279 | 2014/279/EU: Council Decision of 12 May 2014 on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, as regards matters related to readmission
| 16.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 145/3
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 May 2014
on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, as regards matters related to readmission
(2014/279/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 79(3), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the Council Decision 2013/40/EU (2), the Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part (the ‘Agreement’), was signed on 10 May 2010, subject to its conclusion at a later date.
(2) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of Freedom, Security and Justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and without prejudice to Article 4 of that Protocol, those Member States are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application.
(3) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(4) The provisions of the Agreement, other than Article 33(2), related to readmission, will be the subject of a separate Decision (3) adopted in parallel to this Decision.
(5) The Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Union,
The Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Korea, on the other part, as regards Article 33(2) thereof, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union (4).
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy shall chair the Joint Committee provided for in Article 44 of the Agreement. The Union or, as the case may be, the Union and the Member States, shall be represented in the Joint Committee depending on the subject matter.
The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, to the notification provided for in Article 49(1) of the Agreement (5).
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