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31986D0060 | 86/60/EEC: Commission Decision of 14 December 1985 on the aid which the Land of Rheinland-Pfalz of the Federal Republic of Germany has provided to an undertaking producing primary aluminium, situated in Ludwigshafen (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 December 1985
on the aid which the Land of Rheinland-Pfalz of the Federal Republic of Germany has provided to an undertaking producing primary aluminium, situated in Ludwigshafen
(Only the German text is authentic)
(86/60/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having given notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments as provided for in the said Article 93, and having regard to those comments,
Whereas:
I.
By telexes dated 26 July 1983 and 10 October 1983 and following a Commission request, the German Government notified the Commission of the intention of the Land of Rheinland-Pfalz to grant an aid of DM 8 million to an undertaking producing primary aluminium, employing 350 persons and situated in Ludwigshafen of this Land.
The aid would take the form of a grant and it would constitute an ad hoc measure provided on the basis of paragraphs 23 and 37 of the Budgetary Statute of the Land of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Being an ad hoc measure and as it did not constitute an application of an existing aid scheme approved by the Commission, the aid in question should have been notified to the Commission in advance and in accordance with the provisions of Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty.
Following the initial scrutiny, the Commission considered that the aid in question was a rescue aid that would allow the undertaking to remain in operation for a period of 12 months, starting from February 1983.
The difficulties of the undertaking resulted from the steep rise in the electricity charges it had to pay following the expiry of its electricity supply contract in September 1982.
The Commission noted that steep rises in electricity tariffs are a serious problem that all aluminium producers who do not generate their own electric power may have to face, and its importance originates from the fact that electricity costs may account for more than 30 % of the costs of smelting aluminium.
The Commission, therefore, considered that the provision of State aid in order to assist one firm to meet a problem that practically the entire sector is facing was liable to distort competition and to affect trading conditions between Member States to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Consequently, the Commission initiated the procedure provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty. By letter dated 25 November 1983 it gave the German Government notice to submit its comments. In conformity with the provisions of Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty, the other Member States and third parties were also given notice to submit their comments.
II.
The German Government, in submitting its comments under the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty by letter of 12 January 1984, stated that the aid in question must be regarded as a temporary support of an emergency nature. As a result of the steep rise in its electricity costs the undertaking had lost competitiveness and its survival was threatened, as aluminium production became unprofitable. In early 1983 preparations began for the closure of the Ludwigshafen smelter. However, the management of the company undertook not to proceed with the closure in return for the aid of DM 8 million. This aid would provide some time to the undertaking, in which to work out a plan for restoring its long-term competitiveness and viability.
The German Government also pointed out that the aluminium market is characterized by rising world demand for aluminium, which there is insufficient production capacity to meet; that primary aluminium prices improved in 1983; that as both the Federal Republic and the Community ran a deficit on their primary aluminium trade in 1982, the closure of the Ludwigshafen smelter would only have benefited competition from third countries and that therefore there was no possibility that this emergency aid could significantly affect trade between Member States or distort competition among the Community aluminium producers.
Finally, it was stated that structural improvements had been undertaken by the firm resulting in a reduction in specific electricity consumption, in an increase in value-added output and in a cost-saving in input use.
By letter dated 25 July 1985, the German Government requested the Commission to postpone its final decision on the aid case under reference, because negotiations were taking place between the Federal Government and the Government of the Land of Rheinland-Pfalz.
By letter dated 30 July 1985 the Commission informed the German Government that it was prepared to postpone its final decision on the aid case in question until the beginning of September 1985, in order to provide the German Government with the opportunity to complete these negotiations. It was also stated in the same letter that in the absence of a result in these negotiations by the beginning of September, the Commission would be obliged to take its final decision on the basis of the information available to it by that time. The German Government has never replied to that letter.
III.
In the primary aluminium sector there is trade between Member States and competition is keen, especially during periods of recession, when prices are low and imports from third countries aggravate the situation.
During 1983, the European Community countries produced 1 925 000 tonnes of primary aluminium, of which 743 000 tonnes originated in the Federal Republic of Germany. During the same year, 919 299 tonnes of unwrought aluminium were traded between Member States, 24,7 % of which were exports from Germany to the other Member States. During that year, the Community's apparent consumption of unwrought aluminium amounted to approximately 2 800 000 tonnes.
On the assumption that the Ludwigshafen plant fully utilized its 46 000 tonnes of capacity in 1983, its market share for that year was 6,2 % in the Federal Republic of Germany and 2,4 % in the EEC.
During 1984, the unwrought aluminium trade between Member States amounted to 930 778 tonnes of which around 790 000 tonnes concerned primary aluminium. During the same year Germany exported 211 030 tonnes of unwrought aluminium to the other Member States, of which around 164 000 tonnes were primary aluminium.
The undertaking uses primary aluminium produced in its own smelter or bought from elsewhere to produce extruded bars and rod. The capacity of production for these products amounts to 70 000 tonnes and approximately 70 % of this production annually is destined to the other Member States. When State financial aid strengthens the position of one undertaking compared with other undertakings competing in the intra-Community trade, the latter must be regarded as being affected by that aid. In this case, the aid in question, by artificially maintaing in operation the primary aluminium firm situated in Ludwigshafen at the moment when its management was preparing its closure, is liable to affect trade and distort or threaten to distort competition between Member States by favouring the said enterprise within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty. Article 92 (1) lays down the principles that aid having the features described therein is incompatible with the common market.
The derogations from this principle set out in Article 92 (2) of the EEC Treaty are not applicable in this case because the aid in question was not intended for such purposes.
Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty sets out which aids may be considered to be compatible with the common market. The compatibility with the Treaty must be determined in the context of the Community and not of a single Member State. In order to safeguard the proper functioning of the common market and taking into account the principles of Article 3 (f) of the EEC Treaty, the derogations from the principle of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty must be construed narrowly when an aid scheme or any individual award is scrutinized.
In particular, they may be applied only when the Commission is satisfied that the free play of market forces alone, without the aids, would not induce the prospective aid recipient to adopt a course of action contributing to attainment of one of the said objectives. To apply the exceptions to cases not contributing to such an objective or where an aid is not necessary to that end would be to give unfair advantages to certain Member States' industries or undertakings, the financial positions of which would merely be bolstered, and to allow trading conditions between Member States to be affected and competition to be distorted without any justification on grounds of Community interest within the meaning of Article 92 (3).
The German Government has been unable to give, or the Commission to discover, any justification for a finding that the aid in reference falls within one of the categories of exceptions in Article 92 (3).
The problems that led the management of the Ludwigshafen smelter to prepare to close the plant in early 1983 have not been solved. Indeed, the structural improvements undertaken by the firm, which brought its specific electricity consumption to the level of 14 kWh/kg of alminium produced, were completed before the increase in electricity prices occured; despite these improvements the preparations for the closure of the undertaking commenced in early 1983.
The production of higher value-added products is indirectly affected by the higher electricity tariff as the raw material for these products is mostly primary aluminium produced by the smelter. Furthermore, this improvement was completed before 1983.
The better use of raw materials through the use of ingots in cold presupposes that the smelter is kept into operation. Moreover, this process was available too before 1983.
The aid in question, as it is not linked to any restructuring programme, constitutes an aid for continued operation, provided to the undertaking in order partially to offset the increase in the electricity tariff.
The argument of the German Government that in the case of the closure of the Ludwigshafen smelter only competitors from third countries could benefit cannot be sustained, while the total primary aluminium capacity in the Community in 1982 was 93,8 % and in 1983 91,9 %. In 1983 the non-utilized primary aluminium capacity in the Community amounted to 179 000 tonnes, exceeding by far the 46 000 tonnes per year of the Ludwigshafen smelter. Some of this excess capacity could have been used to cover the part of the market occupied by the undertaking in question.
The grant of DM 8 million was provided to the undertaking illicitly in violation of the provisions of Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, because DM 4 million was provided in 1983 without the Commission's prior authorization and the remaining DM 4 million was provided in 1984 despite the procedure under Article 93 (2), first sentence, of the EEC Treaty that was initiated with respect to the aid in question in 1983.
In view of the above and with regard to the exemptions provided for in subparagraphs 3 (a) and (c) of Article 92 of the EEC Treaty relating to aids intended to promote or facilitate the development of certain areas, it must be observed that the standard of living in the Ludwigshafen area is not abnormally low nor is there serious under-employment within the meaning of the exemption specified in subparagraph (a). The Ludwigshafen plant is situated in an area not considered either by the Community or by the Federal Government as an assisted area.
Furthermore, as the viability of the smelter with the higher electricity charges applying remains dependent on aluminium prices, the aid in reference does not secure jobs currently in existence and consequently not promote the economic development of the Ludwigshafen area within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) as it does not bring to the area any lasting increase in income or reduction in unemployment, but distorts competition in intra-Community trade without making the necessary compensatory contribution to regional development.
As regards the exemption provided for in paragraph 3 (b) of Article 92 of the EEC Treaty, it is evident that the aid in question was not intended to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest, or to remedy a serious disturbance in the German economy. An aid in favour of one company in the primary aluminium sector is not adequate to remedy the kind of situation described in Article 92 (3) (b).
With regard to the exemption provided for in paragraph 3 (c) of Article 92 of the EEC Treaty in favour of 'aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities', it must be observed that the aid in question is not directly linked to a specific investment or restructuring programme that would improve the undertaking's competitiveness and secure its long-term viability, allowing it in that way to survive the increase in electricity charges and any eventual fall in aluminium prices, solely on the basis of its own efficiency, merits and means, without the need for further State aid. On that view it cannot be considered as 'facilitating the development' of the economic activity in question within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (c).
Furthermore, the aid in question has weakened the competitive position of the other primary aluminium producers in the Community who have survived the aluminium crisis and possibly increases in their electricity charges by means of restructuring, productivity and quality improvements undertaken by their own resources and favoured the undertaking under consideration without providing any justification from the Community point of view that would be sufficient to counteract the trade-distorting effects of the aid.
Consequently, the aid in question does not meet the conditions necessary to benefit from one of the derogations of Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty,
The aid of DM 8 million in the form of grants that the Land of Rheinland-Pfalz provided to a primary aluminium undertaking in Ludwigshafen in 1983 and 1984 is illegal, having been granted in violation of the provisions of Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty. Moreover, it is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the Treaty. The said aid shall therefore be recovered from the recipient.
The German Government shall inform the Commission, within three months of the date of the notification of this Decision, of the measures it has taken to comply therewith.
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32001D0674 | 2001/674/EC: Commission Decision of 9 August 2001 amending Decision 2001/433/EC for the purchase by the Community of bluetongue vaccine for restocking the Community bank (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2494)
| Commission Decision
of 9 August 2001
amending Decision 2001/433/EC for the purchase by the Community of bluetongue vaccine for restocking the Community bank
(notified under document number C(2001) 2494)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/674/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue(1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(2), as last amended by Decision 2001/12/EC(3), and in particular Article 3(3) and (5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2001/433/EC(4) has been adopted for restocking the BT vaccine bank with 1000000 doses.
(2) Article 2 of Decision 2001/433/EC provides that the maximum cost of this restocking shall be EUR 100000.
(3) Given the evolution of commercial circumstances, it appears that this maximum does not cover the actual cost of the purchase, storage and airfreight of 1000000 doses.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Article 2 of Decision 2001/433/EC, the amount "EUR 100000" is replaced by "EUR 115000".
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32000L0010 | Commission Directive 2000/10/EC of 1 March 2000 including an active substance (fluroxypyr) in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2000/10/EC
of 1 March 2000
including an active substance (fluroxypyr) in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/80/EC(2), and in particular Article 6(1) and the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1972/1999(4), has laid down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC (hereinafter referred to as "the Directive"). Pursuant to that Regulation, Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/95(6), laid down the list of active substances of plant protection products to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to the Directive.
(2) Those active substances should be included in that Annex when it may be expected that there will not be any harmful effects on human or animal health or on groundwater or any unacceptable influence on the environment.
(3) Such inclusion should be made for a period not exceeding 10 years.
(4) The Directive, at Article 8(2), provides that after inclusion of an active substance in Annex I to the Directive, Member States shall, within a prescribed period, grant, vary or withdraw, as appropriate, the authorisations of the plant protection products containing the active substance. In particular, Articles 4(1) and 13(1) of the Directive require that plant protection products are not authorised unless account is taken of the conditions associated with the inclusion of the active substance in Annex I and the uniform principles laid down in Annex VI on the basis of a dossier satisfying the data requirements laid down in Article 13.
(5) For fluroxypyr the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 for a number of uses proposed by the notifiers. Germany, acting as designated rapporteur Member State under Regulation (EC) No 933/94, submitted to the Commission on 27 September 1996 the relevant assessment report.
(6) The submitted report has been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Plant Health. This review was finalised on 30 November 1999 in the format of the Commission review report for fluroxypyr. It may be necessary to update this report to take account of technical and scientific developments. In such case the conditions for the inclusion of fluroxypyr in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC will also need to be amended pursuant to Article 6(1) of that Directive. The dossier and the informaiton from the review have also been submitted to the Scientific Committee for Plants for consultation.
(7) It has appeared from the assessments made that plant protection products containing the active substance concerned may be expected to satisfy in general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of the Directive, in particular with regard to the uses which were examined. Therefore it is necessary to include the active substance concerned in Annex I, in order to ensure that, in all Member States, the granting, varying or withdrawing, as appropriate, of the authorisations of plant protection products containing fluroxypyr can be organised in accordance with the provisions of the Directive, and to ensure that this activity is not further delayed.
(8) The Scientific Committee for Plants in its opinion identified the need to confirm by additional data the environmental safety of certain breakdown products of fluroxypyr occurring in soil and water.
(9) Article 5(5) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that the inclusion of an active substance in Annex I can be reviewed at any time if there are indications that the criteria for inclusion are no longer satisfied. Therefore, the Commission will reconsider the inclusion in Annex I if the results of the requested additional trials as outlined in point 7 of the review report were to indicate potential adverse effects, or if the requested additional data results and information were not submitted.
(10) Before inclusion a reasonable deadline is necessary to permit Member States and the interested parties to prepare themselves for the new requirements which will result from the inclusion. Moreover after inclusion a reasonable period is necessary for the Member States to implement the Directive and in particular to vary or withdraw, as appropriate, existing authorisations or grant new authorisations in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC. A longer period should be provided for the submission and assessment of the complete Annex III dossier of each plant protection product in accordance with the uniform principles laid down in Annex VI to the Directive. However, for plant protection products containing several active substances, the complete evaluation on the basis of the uniform principles can only be carried out when all the active substances concerned have been included in Annex I to the Directive.
(11) The periods laid down for implementation of this Directive do not prejudice the periods which will be established for the inclusion of other active substances in Annex I of the Directive.
(12) The review report is required for the proper implementation by the Member States, of several sections of the uniform principles laid down in Annex VI to the Directive, where these principles refer to the evaluation of the Annex II data which were submitted for the purpose of the inclusion of the active substance in Annex I to the Directive.
(13) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Fluroxypyr is hereby designated as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, as set out in the Annex hereto.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, at the latest by 1 June 2001. In particular they shall, in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing fluroxypyr as an active substance within such period.
2. However, with regard to evaluation and decision-making pursuant to the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III thereto, the period laid down in the first paragraph is extended:
- for plant protection products containing only fluroxypyr, to four years from the entry into force of this Directive,
- for plant protection products containing fluroxypyr together with another active substance which is in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, to four years from the entry into force of such Directive as shall include the last of those substances in Annex I.
3. When Member States adopt the provisions referred to in paragraph 1, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
Member States shall inform the Commission if the requested additional trials and information as outlined in point 7 of the review report are not submitted by 1 December 2000.
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 December 2000.
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31992R3062 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3062/92 of 23 October 1992 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3062/92 of 23 October 1992 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1249/89 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, on account of an outbreak of swine vesicular disease in a production region in the Netherlands, a temporary ban has been placed on the movement of live pigs from the affected area and on the dispatch of meat of such pigs to the other Member States;
Whereas restrictions on the free movement of goods resulting from the application of veterinary measures in the protection zone are likely to bring about serious disturbance of the market for pigmeat in the Netherlands, the balance of which depends to a large extent on intra-Community trade without barriers; whereas exceptional market support measures, to apply for the period of three weeks during which the veterinary measures are in force, must accordingly be adopted with respect solely to certain sensitive pigmeat products from the affected area;
Whereas private storage aid should be fixed to that end in accordance with the detailed rules for granting private storage aid for pigmeat laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90 (3);
Whereas the Netherlands authorities should be authorized to designate the places of slaughter and storage in order to limit the risks of infection;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
1. From 26 October to 13 November 1992, applications for private storage aid may be submitted to the Netherlands intervention agency in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90 and of this Regulation.
Only products from pigs reared on farms located in the protection zone referred to in point (b) of the Annex to Commission Decision 92/478/EEC (4) and slaughtered in the slaughterhouses designated by the Netherlands authority may qualify for such aid. The Netherlands authorities shall take all measures necessary to ensure compliance with these provisions.
The list of products which may qualify for the aid and the relevant amounts shall be as set out in the Annex.
2. Storage shall last at least one month and at most six months at the storer's discretion. Where the duration of storage exceeds one month, the aid shall be adjusted accordingly. Supplementary amounts per month and per day shall be as set out in the Annex.
The minimum quantity per contract and per product shall be five tonnes.
The Netherlands authorities may designate the places of storage in accordance with veterinary requirements.
The security shall amount to 20 % of the aid set out in the Annex.
Without prejudice to the notifications provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90, the Netherlands shall inform the Commission on Tuesday and Thursday each week of the quantities of products in respect of which applications to conclude contracts have been submitted since the preceding notification.
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31996R1261 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1261/96 of 1 July 1996 establishing the forecast supply balance for the Canary Islands as regards wine products qualifying under the specific arrangements provided for in Articles 2 to 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1261/96 of 1 July 1996 establishing the forecast supply balance for the Canary Islands as regards wine products qualifying under the specific arrangements provided for in Articles 2 to 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2537/95 (2), and in particular Article 2 and Articles 3 (4) and 4 (4) thereof,
Whereas, for the purposes of applying Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of table wine and similar wine from third countries qualifying under the specific arrangements introduced by that Regulation for supplies to the Canary Islands should be determined; whereas, for the sake of convenience in the application of the arrangements, the quantities covering the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 should be established;
Whereas, in order to ensure the continuity of the specific supply arrangements introduced by the abovementioned Regulation, the quantities in the supply balance for wine and the aid applying should be fixed for 12 months;
Whereas the Commission has adopted Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 of 16 November 1994 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2883/94 (4), whereas it should be pointed out that those provisions apply to wine products;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
1. For the purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of wine products in the forecast supply balance qualifying for exemption from customs duty on import from third countries or for Community aid shall be as set out in Annex I.
2. The quantities fixed for products covered by CN codes ex 2204 21 and ex 2204 29 may be exceeded by 20 % provided that the overall quantity fixed in the Annex is not exceeded.
1. The aid provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 for products covered by the forecast supply balance and coming from the Community market shall be as set out in Annex II.
2. Products qualifying for the aid shall be as described in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds (5), and in particular in Sector 15 of the Annex thereto.
The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 shall apply.
Operators may withdraw their licence applications within three working days of the date of notification of the single percentage reduction pursuant to Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2790/94. Securities covering licences shall be released in such cases.
The aid referred to in Article 2 shall be paid in respect of the quantities actually supplied.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1996.
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32003L0045 | Commission Directive 2003/45/EC of 28 May 2003 amending Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Directive 2003/45/EC
of 28 May 2003
amending Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants(1), as amended by Directive 2002/68/EC(2), and in particular Article 2(3a) and Article 24 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2002/57/EC lays out Community provisions for the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants within the Community. It does not cover, within the definition of the category "basic seed", seed of hybrids other than sunflower; furthermore the Directive does not establish specific conditions to be satisfied by the seed of swede rape and cotton.
(2) Commission Decision 95/232/EC of 27 June 1995 on the organisation of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 69/208/EEC in order to establish conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape(3), as last amended by Directive 2002/68/EC, aims at, inter alia, establishing the conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids of swede rape for certification and marketing under Community legislation.
(3) The results of the temporary experiment provided for in Decision 95/232/EC have confirmed that specific conditions for seed of hybrids of swede rape should be established. Accordingly, Directive 2002/57/EC should be amended in order to include specific conditions.
(4) The OECD has established rules for seed for intra- and inter-specific hybrids of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense). In order to ensure coherence between the OECD and the EU in such an area, Directive 2002/57/EC should be amended to include rules equivalent to those of the OECD.
(5) Varietal associations of oil and fibre plants came within the scope of Directive 2002/57/EC. However, the labelling provisions of that Directive do not adequately provide for the labelling of seeds of varietal associations. Accordingly, to provide for a specific labelling of seed of varietal associations, Directive 2002/57/EC should be amended to include adequate labelling requirements for varietal associations.
(6) Directive 2002/57/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures contained in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Directive 2002/57/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Article 2(1)(c), the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
"(c) basic seed: (varieties other than hybrids) means seed";
2. in Article 2(1)(d), the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
"(d) basic seed (hybrids)";
3. Annexes I, II, and IV are amended in accordance with the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2003 at the latest.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003R1213 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2003 of 7 July 2003 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2003
of 7 July 2003
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals
(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 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals(1), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 implements the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure (PIC procedure) for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, signed on 11 September 1998 and approved by the Community by Council Decision 2003/106/EC(2). Pending the entry into force of that Convention, Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 also implements the interim PIC procedure established by a Resolution on interim arrangements laid down in the Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference at which the Convention was adopted.
(2) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 consists of three parts containing, respectively, the list of chemicals subject to the export notification procedure, the list of chemicals qualifying for PIC notification and the list of chemicals subject to the PIC procedure under the Rotterdam Convention.
(3) In the light of a review of recent final regulatory actions under Community legislation to ban or severely restrict certain chemicals, a number of chemicals should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003.
(4) At its ninth session from 30 September to 4 October 2002, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention decided that the chemical monocrotophos should also be subject to the interim PIC procedure. Accordingly, monocrotophos should be added to the list of chemicals contained in part 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 and the existing entry in part 1 should be amended.
(5) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up pursuant to Article 29 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003(4),
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32009R0720 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 720/2009 of 6 August 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards reference prices, the calculation of financing costs and physical inspection of rice
| 7.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 720/2009
of 6 August 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards reference prices, the calculation of financing costs and physical inspection of rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 42 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) of intervention measures in the form of public storage operations and the accounting of public storage operations by the paying agencies of the Member States (2), the calculation method for financing the costs for funds mobilised by the Member States to buy in products requires the determination of the interest rates applicable for a given accounting year.
(2) This determination is based on the average interest rate, actually born during a set reference period, which the Member States should notify to the Commission at its request by a certain deadline. For reasons of homogeneity, this notification should be made using the form made available to the Member States by the Commission.
(3) Member States which do not reply to this request of the Commission by sending their notification in the due form and by the set deadline should be considered as bearing no interest costs during the reference period.
(4) For the Member States which declare in their notification, that they did not bear any interest costs during the reference period because they did not have agricultural products in public storage during that period the interest rate to be used for financing the costs for funds to be mobilised by those Member States to buy in products should be clearly determined.
(5) 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) (3) has introduced a distinction between reference prices and intervention prices. It is, therefore, necessary to adjust certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 884/2006.
(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 670/2009 of 24 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards public intervention by invitation to tender for the purchase of durum wheat or paddy rice, and amending Regulations (EC) No 428/2008 and (EC) No 687/2008 (4) has introduced new rules concerning the physical inspection for rice. It is, therefore, necessary to adjust certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 884/2006.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) For reason of sound management of intervention measures involving public storage, the amendments related to the distinction between reference price and intervention price should apply from 1 October 2009, the starting date of the new accounting year.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Annexes I, IV, VI, VII, X and XII to Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 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.
Points 3 to 6 of the Annex shall apply from 1 October 2009.
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32003D0810 | 2003/810/EC: Commission Decision of 17 November 2003 amending Decisions 94/984/EC, 2000/609/EC, 2001/751/EC in relation to imports of fresh poultrymeat, farmed ratite meat, live ratites and hatching eggs thereof from third countries with respect to Australia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 4117)
| Commission Decision
of 17 November 2003
amending Decisions 94/984/EC, 2000/609/EC, 2001/751/EC in relation to imports of fresh poultrymeat, farmed ratite meat, live ratites and hatching eggs thereof from third countries with respect to Australia
(notified under document number C(2003) 4117)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/810/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries, of poultry and hatching eggs(1), as last amended by Decision 806/2003/EC(2), and in particular Articles 23 and 24 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultrymeat(3), as last amended by Directive 1999/89/EC(4), and in particular Articles 11 and 12, thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC(5), as last amended by Commission Decision 2003/721/EC(6), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 94/984/EC of 20 December 1994 laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certificates for the importation of fresh poultrymeat from third countries(7), as last amended by Decision 2002/477/EC(8), provides for health conditions and veterinary certificates for imports of fresh poultrymeat. Two different health attestations, models A and B, are set out. Their use depends on the Newcastle disease situation in the third country concerned.
(2) Commission Decision 2000/609/EC of 29 September 2000 laying down animal and public health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of farmed ratite meat amending Decision 94/85/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of fresh poultrymeat(9), as last amended by Decision 2003/573/EC(10), lays down animal and public health conditions and veterinary certificates for imports of fresh meat of farmed ratites containing two different health attestations, models A and B. The attestation to be used takes into account the Newcastle disease situation in the third country concerned.
(3) Commission Decision 2001/751/EC(11), as last amended by Decision 2002/789/EC(12), lays down the animal health conditions and veterinary certificates for imports of live ratites and hatching eggs. The model health certificate to be used takes into account the Newcastle disease situation in the third country concerned.
(4) Australia has experienced several outbreaks of Newcastle disease in particular in the States of Victoria and New South Wales since 1998.
(5) Since mid-November 2002 no further outbreaks of Newcastle disease have been notified in Australia and on the 26 June 2003 the Australian veterinary authorities declared Australia free of that disease to the OIE (Office International des Epizooties).
(6) The Newcastle disease situation in Australia has been complicated by the fact that an endemic lentogenic strain of Newcastle disease virus appears to be circulating in Australia, which has shown the capacity to mutate into a velogenic strain. Australia is currently changing its control strategy for Newcastle disease from a non-vaccinating, ND-free country to a vaccinating country.
(7) According to information received from the Australia Veterinary Authorities, live vaccines against Newcastle Disease are used which do not comply with Community legislation. It is therefore necessary to amend Decisions 94/984/EC, 2000/609/EC, and 2001/751/EC in relation to imports of fresh poultrymeat, farmed ratite meat, live ratites and hatching eggs thereof from third countries with respect to Australia taking into account the evolution of the epidemiological situation for Newcastle disease and the use of such live vaccines.
(8) The Commission has adopted several Commission Decisions in relation to those outbreaks of Newcastle disease, in particular, Decision 2002/537/EC of 2 July 2002 concerning protection measures relating to Newcastle disease in Australia(13), as amended by Decision 2002/942/EC(14), which applied from 6 July 2002 to 1 December 2002. Lastly, Commission Decision 2003/489/EC of 25 June 2003 concerning protection measures relating to Newcastle disease in Australia(15), which applies until 1 January 2004.
(9) Given the certification requirements laid down in the present Decision, the safeguard measures provided for in Decision 2003/489/EC are no longer required and Decision 2003/489/EC should be repealed accordingly.
(10) However, the Australian veterinary authorities have requested to be granted a derogation for fresh meat of poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, poultry meat products and poultry meat preparations consisting or containing meat of the abovementioned species, which have been obtained from birds slaughtered before 13 May 2002 as foreseen by Decision 2002/537/EC before the epidemic started.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Decision 94/984/EC is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision.
Annex I to Decision 2000/609/EC is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.
By derogation from the Articles 1 and 2 Member States may still authorise imports of fresh meat of poultry and farmed ratites by using the model A certificates foreseen in Decisions 94/984/EC and 2000/609/EC until 31 May 2004, if
- the meat has been obtained from birds which have been slaughtered before 13 May 2002, and
- in the veterinary certificates accompanying consignments of fresh meat of poultry and farmed ratites the following words as appropriate to the species shall be included:
"Fresh poultrymeat/Fresh ratite meat(16) in accordance with Article 3 of Decision 2003/810/EC."
Annex I to Decision 2001/751/EC is replaced by Annex III to this Decision.
Decision 2003/489/EC is hereby repealed.
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32008R0442 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 442/2008 of 22 May 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the May 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007
| 23.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 134/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 442/2008
of 22 May 2008
on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the May 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 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (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 1529/2007 of 21 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration of import quotas for rice originating in the States that make up the Cariforum region and the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (3), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 opened 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 (serial number 09.4219), an import tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (serial number 09.4189) and an import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the leastdeveloped OCTs (serial number 09.4190).
(2) For these quotas, provided for in Article 1(1) and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007, the second subperiod is the month of May.
(3) The information provided in accordance with Article 6(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 shows that in the case of the quota with serial number 09.4219 applications lodged during the first seven days of May 2008 in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 2(1) of that Regulation cover a quantity in husked-rice equivalent greater than the quantity 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 under the quota in question.
(4) The above information also shows that in the case of the quotas with serial numbers 09.4189 — 09.4190 applications lodged during the first seven days of May 2008 in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/0007 cover a quantity in husked-rice equivalent less than the quantity available.
(5) In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006, the quantities available for the next subperiod should therefore be laid down,
1. For import licence applications for rice under the quota(s) with serial number 09.4219 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 lodged during the first seven days of May 2008, licences shall be issued for the quantities applied for, multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The quantities available under the quotas with serial numbers 09.4219 — 09.4189 — 09.4190 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 for the next subperiod shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32013R0850 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 850/2013 of 23 August 2013 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pastel de Tentúgal (PGI))
| 4.9.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 235/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 850/2013
of 23 August 2013
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pastel de Tentúgal (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 repealed and replaced 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 (2).
(2) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Portugal’s application to register the name ‘Pastel de Tentúgal’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(3).
(3) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Pastel de Tentúgal’ should therefore 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 twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31985R3758 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3758/85 of 23 December 1985 adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 concerning seeds, by reason of the accession of Spain and Portugal
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3758/85
of 23 December 1985
adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 concerning seeds, by reason of the accession of Spain and 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 396 thereof,
Whereas, by reason of the accession of Spain and Portugal and in accordance with Article 396 of the Act of Accession, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 of 6 June 1979 laying down special provisions for the implementation of the system of import licences for seeds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3478/80 (2), should be adapted;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Treaty of Accession, the institutions of the Community may adopt before accession the measures referred to in Article 396 of the Act, these measures to enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the said Treaty,
The following terms are added to Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79:
'Importación realizada en el marco de un contrato de multiplicación'
'Importação realizada no âmbito de um contrato de multiplicação'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986 subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal.
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31994R1156 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1156/94 of 20 May 1994 on the sale at a price fixed in advance of unprocessed dried grapes to distillation industries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1156/94 of 20 May 1994 on the sale at a price fixed in advance of unprocessed dried grapes to distillation industries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1206/90 of 7 May 1990 laying down general rules for the system of production aid for processed fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2202/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 913/89 of 10 April 1989 on the sale of unprocessed dried grapes by storage agencies for the manufacture of alcohol (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Article 6 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 626/85 of 12 March 1985 on the purchasing, selling and storage of unprocessed dried grapes and figs by storage agencies (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3601/90 (5), provides that products intended for specific uses shall be sold at prices fixed in advance or determined by an invitation to tender;
Whereas the aforementioned Commission Regulation (EEC) No 913/89 provides that unprocessed dried grapes may be sold at a price fixed in advance to distillation industries;
Whereas a storage agency is holding roughly 19 tonnes of unprocessed dried grapes from the 1991 harvest; whereas these products cannot find outlets for direct human consumption; whereas the products should be offered to the distillation industries;
Whereas the selling price should be fixed in such a way that disturbance of the Community market in alcohol and spirituous beverages is avoided;
Whereas the amount of the processing security provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 913/89 should be fixed, taking into consideration the difference between the normal market price for dried grapes and the selling price fixed by this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for products processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
1. The storage agency referred to in the Annex shall proceed to the sale of approximately 19 tonnes of sultanas from the 1991 harvest, in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 626/85 and (EEC) No 913/89 at a price of ECU 8,3 per 100 kilograms net.
2. The processing security referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 913/89 shall be ECU 7,77 per 100 kilograms net.
1. Purchase applications must be lodged in writing with the storage agency at the headquarters of the YDAGEP, 241 Acharnon Street, Athens, hereinafter referred to as the 'competent authority'.
2. Details of quantities and storage locations may be obtained by interested parties at the address given in the Annex.
The storage agency shall notify the competent authority on a daily basis of the applications and quantities deemed acceptable under Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 626/85. For this purpose, the said authority shall approve the purchase applications before acceptance.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006L0119 | Commission Directive 2006/119/EC of 27 November 2006 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning heating systems for motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance)
| 28.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 330/12
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/119/EC
of 27 November 2006
amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning heating systems for motor vehicles and their trailers
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1) and in particular Article 13(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2001/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is one of the separate directives under the EC type-approval procedure which has been established by Directive 70/156/EEC. Directive 2001/56/EC lays down requirements for the type-approval of vehicles fitted with combustion heaters and of combustion heaters as components.
(2) United Nations ECE Regulation No 122 concerning the approval of vehicles of categories M, N and O with regard to their heating systems entered into force on 18 January 2006. Since this regulation is applicable to the Community, it is necessary to provide equivalence between the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/56/EC and those laid down in United Nations ECE Regulation No 122. Therefore, the specific requirements set out in Annex 9 to United Nations ECE Regulation No 122, concerning the heating systems of vehicles transporting dangerous goods, shall be introduced in Directive 2001/56/EC.
(3) Directive 2001/56/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress established under Article 13 of Directive 70/156/EEC,
Amendment to Directive 2001/56/EC
Directive 2001/56/EC is amended in accordance with the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Transitional provisions
1. With effect from 1 October 2007, in respect of a type of vehicle fitted with an LPG fuelled heating system which complies with the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/56/EC as amended by this Directive, Member States may not, on grounds relating to heating systems take either of the following measures:
(a) refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval;
(b) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of a vehicle of that type.
2. With effect from 1 October 2007, in respect of a type of LPG fuelled combustion heater as a component which complies with the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/56/EC as amended by this Directive, Member States may not take either of the following measures:
(a) refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval;
(b) prohibit the sale or entry into service of a component of that type.
3. With effect from 1 April 2008, in respect of a type of vehicle fitted with an LPG fuelled heating system, or a type of LPG fuelled combustion heater as a component, which does not comply with the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/56/EC as amended by this Directive, Member States shall refuse to grant EC type-approval and may refuse to grant national type-approval.
Transposition
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2007 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Addressees
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31979R0772 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 772/79 of 18 April 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 with regard to the standard amount for overhead costs used in calculating the sluice-gate price for pig carcases
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 772/79 of 18 April 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 with regard to the standard amount for overhead costs used in calculating the sluice-gate price for pig carcases
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the standard amount representing overhead costs of production and marketing referred to in Article 12 (2) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 was fixed at 20 units of account per 100 kilograms of pig carcases by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing the list of products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (4);
Whereas the overhead costs of production and marketing and in particular the overhead costs of production recorded on the world market have increased considerably over the past few years ; whereas the standard amount representing these cost must therefore be fixed at a level higher than 20 units of account per 100 kilograms of pig carcases,
The following text shall be substituted for Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75:
"2. The standard amount referred to in Article 12 (2) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 shall be 38 769 ECU per 100 kilograms of pig carcases."
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1979.
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31997R1103 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1103/97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Monetary Institute (3),
(1) Whereas, at its meeting held in Madrid on 15 and 16 December 1995, the European Council confirmed that the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union will start on 1 January 1999 as laid down in Article 109j (4) of the Treaty; whereas the Member States which will adopt the euro as the single currency in accordance with the Treaty will be defined for the purposes of this Regulation as the 'participating Member States`;
(2) Whereas, at the meeting of the European Council in Madrid, the decision was taken that the term 'ECU` used by the Treaty to refer to the European currency unit is a generic term; whereas the Governments of the fifteen Member States have achieved the common agreement that this decision is the agreed and definitive interpretation of the relevant Treaty provisions; whereas the name given to the European currency shall be the 'euro`; whereas the euro as the currency of the participating Member States will be divided into one hundred sub-units with the name 'cent`; whereas the European Council furthermore considered that the name of the single currency must be the same in all the official languages of the European Union, taking into account the existence of different alphabets;
(3) Whereas a Regulation on the introduction of the euro will be adopted by the Council on the basis of the third sentence of Article 109l (4) of the Treaty as soon as the participating Member States are known in order to define the legal framework of the euro; whereas the Council, when acting at the starting date of the third stage in accordance with the first sentence of Article 109l (4) of the Treaty, shall adopt the irrevocably fixed conversion rates;
(4) Whereas it is necessary, in the course of the operation of the common market and for the changeover to the single currency, to provide legal certainty for citizens and firms in all Member States on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro well before the entry into the third stage; whereas this legal certainty at an early stage will allow preparations by citizens and firms to proceed under good conditions;
(5) Whereas the third sentence of Article 109l (4) of the Treaty, which allows the Council, acting with the unanimity of participating Member States, to take other measures necessary for the rapid introduction of the single currency is available as a legal basis only when it has been confirmed, in accordance with Article 109j (4) of the Treaty, which Member States fulfil the necessary conditions for the adoption of a single currency; whereas it is therefore necessary to have recourse to Article 235 of the Treaty as a legal basis for those provisions where there is an urgent need for legal certainty; whereas therefore this Regulation and the aforesaid Regulation on the introduction of the euro will together provide the legal framework for the euro, the principles of which legal framework were agreed by the European Council in Madrid; whereas the introduction of the euro concerns day-to-day operations of the whole population in participating Member States; whereas measures other than those in this Regulation and in the Regulation which will be adopted under the third sentence of Article 109l (4) of the Treaty should be examined to ensure a balanced changeover, in particular for consumers;
(6) Whereas the ECU as referred to in Article 109g of the Treaty and as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 3320/94 of 22 December 1994 on the consolidation of the existing Community legislation on the definition of the ECU following the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union (4) will cease to be defined as a basket of component currencies on 1 January 1999 and the euro will become a currency in its own right; whereas the decision of the Council regarding the adoption of the conversion rates shall not in itself modify the external value of the ECU; whereas this means that one ECU in its composition as a basket of component currencies will become one euro; whereas Regulation (EC) No 3320/94 therefore becomes obsolete and should be repealed; whereas for references in legal instruments to the ECU, parties shall be presumed to have agreed to refer to the ECU as referred to in Article 109g of the Treaty and as defined in the aforesaid Regulation; whereas such presumption should be rebuttable taking into account the intentions of the parties;
(7) Whereas it is a generally accepted principle of law that the continuity of contracts and other legal instruments is not affected by the introduction of a new currency; whereas the principle of freedom of contract has to be respected; whereas the principle of continuity should be compatible with anything which parties might have agreed with reference to the introduction of the euro; whereas, in order to reinforce legal certainty and clarity, it is appropriate explicitly to confirm that the principle of continuity of contracts and other legal instruments shall apply between the former national currencies and the euro and between the ECU as referred to in Article 109g of the Treaty and as defined in Regulation (EC) No 3320/94 and the euro; whereas this implies, in particular, that in the case of fixed interest rate instruments the introduction of the euro does not alter the nominal interest rate payable by the debtor; whereas the provisions on continuity can fulfil their objective to provide legal certainty and transparency to economic agents, in particular for consumers, only if they enter into force as soon as possible;
(8) Whereas the introduction of the euro constitutes a change in the monetary law of each participating Member State; whereas the recognition of the monetary law of a State is a universally accepted principle; whereas the explicit confirmation of the principle of continuity should lead to the recognition of continuity of contracts and other legal instruments in the jurisdictions of third countries;
(9) Whereas the term 'contract` used for the definition of legal instruments is meant to include all types of contracts, irrespective of the way in which they are concluded;
(10) Whereas the Council, when acting in accordance with the first sentence of Article 109l (4) of the Treaty, shall define the conversion rates of the euro in terms of each of the national currencies of the participating Member States; whereas these conversion rates should be used for any conversion between the euro and the national currency units or between the national currency units; whereas for any conversion between national currency units, a fixed algorithm should define the result; whereas the use of inverse rates for conversion would imply rounding of rates and could result in significant inaccuracies, notably if large amounts are involved;
(11) Whereas the introduction of the euro requires the rounding of monetary amounts; whereas an early indication of rules for rounding is necessary in the course of the operation of the common market and to allow a timely preparation and a smooth transition to Economic and Monetary Union; whereas these rules do not affect any rounding practice, convention or national provisions providing a higher degree of accuracy for intermediate computations;
(12) Whereas, in order to achieve a high degree of accuracy in conversion operations, the conversion rates should be defined with six significant figures; whereas a rate with six significant figures means a rate which, counted from the left and starting by the first non-zero figure, has six figures,
For the purpose of this Regulation:
- 'legal instruments` shall mean legislative and statutory provisions, acts of administration, judicial decisions, contracts, unilateral legal acts, payment instruments other than banknotes and coins, and other instruments with legal effect,
- 'participating Member States` shall mean those Member States which adopt the single currency in accordance with the Treaty,
- 'conversion rates` shall mean the irrevocably fixed conversion rates which the Council adopts in accordance with the first sentence of Article 109l (4) of the Treaty,
- 'national currency units` shall mean the units of the currencies of participating Member States, as those units are defined on the day before the start of the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union,
- 'euro unit` shall mean the unit of the single currency as defined in the Regulation on the introduction of the euro which will enter into force at the starting date of the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union.
1. Every reference in a legal instrument to the ECU, as referred to in Article 109g of the Treaty and as defined in Regulation (EC) No 3320/94, shall be replaced by a reference to the euro at a rate of one euro to one ECU. References in a legal instrument to the ECU without such a definition shall be presumed, such presumption being rebuttable taking into account the intentions of the parties, to be references to the ECU as referred to in Article 109g of the Treaty and as defined in Regulation (EC) No 3320/94.
2. Regulation (EC) No 3320/94 is hereby repealed.
3. This Article shall apply as from 1 January 1999 in accordance with the decision pursuant to Article 109j (4) of the Treaty.
The introduction of the euro shall not have the effect of altering any term of a legal instrument or of discharging or excusing performance under any legal instrument, nor give a party the right unilaterally to alter or terminate such an instrument. This provision is subject to anything which parties may have agreed.
1. The conversion rates shall be adopted as one euro expressed in terms of each of the national currencies of the participating Member States. They shall be adopted with six significant figures.
2. The conversion rates shall not be rounded or truncated when making conversions.
3. The conversion rates shall be used for conversions either way between the euro unit and the national currency units. Inverse rates derived from the conversion rates shall not be used.
4. Monetary amounts to be converted from one national currency unit into another shall first be converted into a monetary amount expressed in the euro unit, which amount may be rounded to not less than three decimals and shall then be converted into the other national currency unit. No alternative method of calculation may be used unless it produces the same results.
Monetary amounts to be paid or accounted for when a rounding takes place after a conversion into the euro unit pursuant to Article 4 shall be rounded up or down to the nearest cent. Monetary amounts to be paid or accounted for which are converted into a national currency unit shall be rounded up or down to the nearest sub-unit or in the absence of a sub-unit to the nearest unit, or according to national law or practice to a multiple or fraction of the sub-unit or unit of the national currency unit. If the application of the conversion rate gives a result which is exactly half-way, the sum shall be rounded up.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004R1582 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1582/2004 of 8 September 2004 initiating an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1470/2001 on imports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) originating in the People’s Republic of China by imports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) consigned from Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines, whether declared as originating in Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines or not, and making such imports subject to registration
| 10.9.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 289/54
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1582/2004
of 8 September 2004
initiating an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1470/2001 on imports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) originating in the People’s Republic of China by imports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) consigned from Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines, whether declared as originating in Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines or not, and making such imports subject to registration
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the basic Regulation), and in particular Article 13(3) and Article 14(3) and (5) thereof,
After having consulted the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. REQUEST
B. PRODUCT
C. EXISTING MEASURES
D. GROUNDS
The evidence submitted is as follows:
The request shows a significant change in the pattern of trade, as imports of the products under investigation have increased substantially, whereas imports of the product concerned originating in the People’s Republic of China have decreased following the imposition of measures, and that there is insufficient due cause or justification other than the imposition of the duty for such a change.
This change in the pattern of trade appears to stem from the transhipment of CFL-i originating in the People’s Republic of China via Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines and/or assembly in Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines of CFL-i.
Furthermore, the request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the remedial effects of the existing anti-dumping measures on imports of the product concerned originating in the People’s Republic of China are being undermined in terms of quantity and prices. Significant volumes of imports of CFL-i from Vietnam, Pakistan and the Philippines appear to have replaced imports of the product concerned originating in the People’s Republic of China.
Finally, the request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the prices of the product under investigation are dumped in relation to the normal value previously established for CFL-i originating in the People’s Republic of China.
E. PROCEDURE
(a) Questionnaires
(b) Collection of information and holding of hearings
(c) Exemption of registration of imports or measures
F. REGISTRATION
G TIME LIMITS
In the interest of sound administration, time limits should be stated within which:
— interested parties may make themselves known to the Commission, present their views in writing and submit questionnaire replies or any other information to be taken into account during the investigation,
— producers in Vietnam, Pakistan and the Philippines may request exemption from registration of imports or measures,
— interested parties may make a written request to be heard by the Commission.
H. NON-COOPERATION
An investigation is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, in order to determine if imports into the Community of electronic compact fluorescent discharge lamps with one or more glass tubes, with all lighting elements and electronic components fixed to the lamp foot or integrated in the lamp foot, falling within CN code ex 8539 31 90 (TARIC code 85393190*91), consigned from Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines, whether declared as originating in Vietnam, Pakistan or the Philippines or not, are circumventing the measures imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1470/2001 on imports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) originating in the People’s Republic of China.
For the purpose of this Regulation, electronic compact fluorescent discharge lamps shall consist of one or more glass tubes, with all lighting elements and electronic components fixed to the lamp foot or integrated in the lamp foot. They are designed to replace normal incandescent lamps and fit into the same sockets as the incandescent lamps and are produced in different types, depending on, inter alia, the lifetime, the wattage and the cover of the lamp.
The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Articles 13(3) and 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Community identified in Article 1 of this Regulation.
Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
The Commission, by regulation, may direct Customs authorities to cease registration in respect of imports into the Community of products exported by exporters having applied for an exemption of registration and having been found not to be circumventing the anti-dumping duties.
1. Questionnaires should be requested from the Commission within 15 days from publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. If their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, interested parties must make themselves known by contacting the Commission, present their views in writing and submit questionnaire replies or any other information within 40 days from the date of the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, unless otherwise specified.
3. Producers in Vietnam, Pakistan and the Philippines requesting exemption from registration of imports or measures should submit a request duly supported by evidence within the same 40-day time limit.
4. Interested parties may also apply to be heard by the Commission within the same 40-day time limit.
5. Any information relating to the matter, any request for a hearing or for a questionnaire as well as any request for exemption must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise specified), must indicate the name, address, e-mail address, telephone, fax and/or telex numbers of the interested party. All written submissions, including the information requested in this Regulation, questionnaire replies and correspondence provided by interested parties on a confidential basis shall be labelled as ‘Limited’ (3) and, in accordance with Article 19(2) of the basic Regulation, shall be accompanied by a non-confidential version, which will be labelled ‘For inspection by interested parties’.
European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate B
J-79 5/16
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 295 65 05
Telex COMEU B 21877
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31998R0096 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 96/98 of 14 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 28/97 and assessing requirements for the supply of certain vegetable oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry in the French overseas departments
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 96/98 of 14 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 28/97 and assessing requirements for the supply of certain vegetable oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry in the French overseas departments
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16 December 1991 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas departments (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2598/95 (2), and in particular Article 2(6) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 28/97 of 9 January 1997 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific measures for the supply of certain vegetable oils for the processing industry in the French overseas departments and assessing supply requirements (3) establishes the supply requirements of those products for 1997;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 requires that supply requirements for agricultural products essential for consumption and processing be established each year; whereas, therefore, the supply requirements of vegetable oils intended for the processing industry in the French overseas departments should be established for 1998;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Regulation (EC) No 28/97 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
For the purposes of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91, the quantity of the assessment of supply requirements of vegetable oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry falling within CN codes 1507 to 1516 (except 1509 and 1510) exempt from customs duty when imported into the French overseas departments or entitled to aid when brought in from elsewhere in the Community is hereby fixed and allocated as indicated in the Annex hereto.
The French authorities may adjust this allocation by an amount not exceeding 20 % of the quantity for each department. They shall inform the Commission thereof.`;
2. the Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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 January 1998.
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32001R1124 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1124/2001 of 7 June 2001 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1124/2001
of 7 June 2001
fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000 of 3 October 2000 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 680/2001(6), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland or Sweden to all third countries was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000.
(2) Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 1 to 7 June 2001, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2097/2000, the maximum refund on exportation of oats shall be EUR 25,45/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 June 2001.
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31986R1730 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1730/86 of 3 June 1986 on certain detailed rules for financing interventions by the EAGGF, Guarantee Section, and amending Regulation (EEC) No 467/77
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1730/86
of 3 June 1986
on certain detailed rules for financing interventions by the EAGGF, Guarantee Section, and amending Regulation (EEC) No 467/77
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1334/86 (2), and in particular Articles 5 and 6, second paragraph, thereof,
Whereas with a view to ensuring that the Community budget continues to be implemented under appropriate conditions, Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 authorizes the Commission to fix the uniform interest rate at a level below its representative level and to fix uniform standard amounts at a level which corresponds to three-quarters of the standard amounts established on the normal basis, for the 1986, 1987 and 1988 budget years; whereas the budget year includes, for this type of expenditure, expenditure on material operations from 1 December of the previous year to 30 November;
Whereas, in these circumstances, the interest rate currently fixed at 8 % should be reduced to 7 %;
Whereas, following the reduction in value of certain agricultural products in public storage fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1624/86 (3) it will be necessary to modify the method for calculating the financial costs of intervention indicated in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 467/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3617/85 (5);
Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 provides that material operations resulting from storage of products in intervention are financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, by uniform standard amounts agreed for the Community as a whole; whereas, these standard amounts are normally aligned on the average level of costs in the Member States; whereas, under the present circumstances, the standard amounts should be reduced to a level corresponding to three-quarters of their present level;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Fund Committee,
Regulation (EEC) No 467/77 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following subparagraph is added to Article 1 (2):
'In the case of products for which a reduction in value has been fixed pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, the calculation of average stocks shall be made before the effective date of each reduction in value taken into account for the purposes of the average value.'
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'Article 2
The interest rate mentioned in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 shall be 7 % with effect from 1 December 1985.'
The standard amounts fixed pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 shall be multiplied by the coefficient 0,75 with effect from 1 December 1985.
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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31996R1631 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1631/96 of 13 August 1996 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1631/96 of 13 August 1996 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas examination of the balance sheet shows that exportable amounts of rice are currently held by producers; whereas this situation could affect the normal development of producer prices during the 1996/97 marketing year;
Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, it is appropriate to make use of export refunds to zones which may be supplied by the Community; whereas the special situation of the rice market makes it necessary to limit the refunds, and therefore to apply Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 enabling the refund amount to be fixed by tendering procedure;
Whereas it should be stated that the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of tendering for export refunds on rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95 (4), apply to this invitation to tender;
Whereas, in order to avoid disturbances on the markets of the producing countries, the invitation to tender should be limited to certain zones specified in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3304/94 (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened, for the refund on export of wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, for Zones II (a), (b), (d) and III as specified in Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.
2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 26 June 1997. During that period weekly invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be determined in the notice of invitation to tender.
3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 and with the following provisions.
A tender shall be valid only if it covers a quantity for export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 5 000 tonnes.
The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 shall be ECU 20 per tonne.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7), export licences issued within this invitation to tender shall, for the purposes of determining their period of validity, be considered as having been issued on the day the tender was submitted.
2. The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1, until the end of the third month following.
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of the time limit for weekly submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordance with the table given in the Annex.
If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall inform the Commission accordingly within the same time limit as that given in the above subparagraph.
The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.
1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76:
- either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of the criteria laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76,
- or not to take any action on the tenders.
2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at or below the maximum export refund level.
The time limit for submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 10 a.m. on 5 September 1996.
The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 26 June 1997.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004R1428 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/2004 of 9 August 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes
| 10.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1428/2004
of 9 August 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 46(1) and (2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The third subparagraph of Article 42(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 lays down detailed rules on the coupage of white wines and red wines in areas where such a practice was traditional. This practice has now been prohibited in Spain since 1 August 2003. The specific rules applicable to the coupage of such wines in Spain laid down in Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 (2) are no longer applicable. That Article should therefore be deleted.
(2) Five French table wines with geographical indications and with a total alcoholic strength by volume higher than 15 % vol. and a residual sugar content higher than 45 g/l have recently been designated by the French authorities and for their preservation in good quality conditions require a sulphur dioxide content above the general limit of 260 mg/l but less than 300 mg/l. Those wines should therefore be added to the list under the fifth indent of point (a) of the first paragraph of Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000.
(3) One Italian quality wine psr and two French quality wines psr recently recognised by the French authorities which are made using special methods and have a residual sugar content of more than five grams per litre require, for their preservation in good quality conditions, a sulphur dioxide content above the general limit of 260 mg/l but less than 400 mg/l. The same applies to the Luxembourg quality wines psr for which special production methods have recently been laid down allowing them to be described by the words ‘vendanges tardives’, ‘vin de glace’ or ‘vin de paille’. Those wines should therefore be added to the list of wines with similar characteristics in point (b) of the first paragraph of Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000.
(4) Certain French and Luxembourg quality wines psr and one Spanish quality wine psr, for which special production methods have recently been laid down or amended, are made using special methods and normally have a volatile acid content above the limits laid down in Annex V(B) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 but less than 25, 30 or 35 milliequivalents per litre depending on the wine in question. Those wines should therefore be added to the list in Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000.
(5) Austrian quality wines psr meeting the requirements to be described as ‘Eiswein’ from the 2003 harvest have a volatile acid content above the limits laid down in point (d) of Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 but less than 40 milliequivalents per litre, as a result of exceptionally unfavourable weather conditions during the 2003 harvest. These wines from the 2003 vintage should therefore be added to the list in the second indent of point (d) of Annex XIII to that Regulation.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 36 is deleted;
2. Annex XII is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;
3. Annex XIII is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2004.
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31988D0486 | 88/486/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 August 1988 recognizing that the production of certain quality wines produced in specified regions, because of their qualitative features, is far below demand (Only the Spanish, French and Italian texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 August 1988
recognizing that the production of certain quality wines produced in specified regions, because of their qualitative features, is far below demand
(Only the Spanish, French and Italian texts are authentic)
(88/486/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/77 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1441/88 (2), and in particular Article 6 (4) thereof,
Whereas under Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 all new plantings of vines are prohibited until 31 August 1990; whereas, however, that provision allows Member States to grant authorizations for new plantings in the case of quality wines psr for which the Commission has recognized that production, because of their qualitative features, is far below demand;
Whereas requests to apply that provision to certain quality wines psr were submitted by the Spanish Government on 29 January 1988, the Italian Government on 20 June 1988 and the French Government on 7 April 1988;
Whereas scrutiny of those requests shows that the quality wines psr concerned meet the requirements applicable provided that, for all quality wines psr produced in the same region, the increase in the areas intended for their production does not exceed the limits laid down by the Spanish, Italian or French Governments, respectively;
Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The quality wines psr listed in the Annex hereto meet the requirements laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 subject, for all quality wines psr in any given region, to compliance with the maximum increase in area specified in the Annex.
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32000R1616 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1616/2000 of 24 July 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1616/2000
of 24 July 2000
amending Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), as last amended by: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1437/2000(2), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 stipulates that products which are imported from a third country may be marketed only where they originate from a third country appearing in a list drawn up in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 11(2) of the Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91. Such list has been laid down in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 94/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 548/2000(4).
(2) Argentina, and Switzerland introduced in the Commission a request to extend the product categories, included in the list provided for in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, in order to include livestock and livestock products. They submitted the information required pursuant to Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 94/92.
(3) The examination of this information and consequent discussion with their authorities has led to the conclusion that in these countries the rules governing production and inspection of livestock and livestock products are equivalent to those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91. However certain assurances are expected from the Argentinean authorities, therefore the equivalency for livestock and livestock products should be limited to a period of six months.
(4) Israel has applied to the Commission to amend the terms of its inclusion in the list in order to permit the import of organically grown raw material. Israel has submitted the information required pursuant to Article 2(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 94/92. The examination of the information submitted has led to the conclusion that the requirements are equivalent to those resulting from the Community legislation.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee mentioned in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 94/92 is hereby amended as regards Argentina, Israel and Switzerland as shown in the Annex to the current Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 August 2000.
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31996R0923 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 of 23 May 1996 altering the codes and descriptions of certain products included in Annex B to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the common organization of the market in cereals
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 923/96 of 23 May 1996 altering the codes and descriptions of certain products included in Annex B to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the common organization of the market in cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 of 5 February 1979 on the procedure for adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1863/95 (4), and in particular Article 13 (11) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (5), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 586/96 (6), contains in Annex I the combined nomenclature at present in force;
Whereas certain codes and descriptions given in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 no longer correspond to those of the combined nomenclature; whereas the said Annex B should therefore be amended; whereas for clarity a new Annex B should be issued;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31998R2101 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2101/98 of 30 September 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1352/98 amending Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2101/98 of 30 September 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1352/98 amending Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1097/98 (2), and in particular the first indent of Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1352/98 of 26 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), amended the provisions of that Regulation relating to sugar products other than white sugar by assimilating those other sugar products to white sugar;
Whereas the Community's commitments in relation to the granting of export refunds for agricultural products incorporated in certain goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty cover only basic products listed in the Community tender to GATT as well as assimilated products and products resulting from the processing of those products; whereas at the time of the Community tender inulin syrups were not assimilated to a basic product and do not result from the processing of a basic or assimilated product; whereas inulin syrups, although covered by the common organisation of the market in sugar under 'other sugar syrups` and therefore subject to a levy, could not be granted an export refund at the time of the tender;
Whereas the granting of export refunds should be strictly limited to agricultural products which could be granted a refund for export in the form of certain goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty at the time of the Community tender in relation to commitments to the export of agricultural products in the form of such goods; whereas the rule assimilating inulin syrups to white sugar and the conversion of quantities of inulin syrup into equivalent quantities of white sugar should therefore be abolished;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on Horizontal Questions concerning Trade in Processed Agricultural Products not listed in Annex II,
Regulation (EC) No 1352/98 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1, point 2 amending Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the fifth indent of Article 1(2)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 shall be deleted;
2. in Article 1, point 4 amending Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the final indent shall be deleted.
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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R0976 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 976/95 of 28 April 1995 reducing the basic price and the buying-in price fixed for cauliflowers for the period 1 to 31 May 1995 as a result of the overrun of the intervention threshold for the 1994/95 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 976/95 of 28 April 1995 reducing the basic price and the buying-in price fixed for cauliflowers for the period 1 to 31 May 1995 as a result of the overrun of the intervention threshold for the 1994/95 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 16 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1146/94 (3) fixes the intervention threshold for cauliflowers for the 1994/95 marketing year at 64 300 tonnes; whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1121/89 of 27 April 1989 on the introduction of an intervention threshold for apples and cauliflowers (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (5), if, in the course of the marketing year, intervention measures adopted for cauliflowers involve quantities exceeding the intervention threshold fixed for that product and for that marketing year, the basic price and the buying-in price fixed for that product for the following marketing year are reduced by 1 % for each 20 000 tonnes by which the threshold is exceeded;
Whereas, according to information supplied by the Member States, intervention measures adopted in the Community in respect of the 1994/95 marketing year related to 170 676 tonnes; whereas the Commission therefore notes an overrun of the intervention threshold fixed for that marketing year of 106 376 tonnes;
Whereas, in view of the foregoing, the basic price and the buying-in price for cauliflowers fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 975/95 (6) must be reduced by 5 %;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The basic price and the buying-in price for cauliflowers in the period 1 to 31 May 1995 as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 975/95 are hereby reduced by 5 % and shall be as follows:
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These prices refer to packed, trimmed cauliflowers of quality class I.
These prices do not take account of the cost of the packaging in which the product is put up.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1995.
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 |
32007R1187 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1187/2007 of 10 October 2007 setting the allocation coefficient for issuing of licences applied for from 1 to 5 October 2007 to import sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements
| 11.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 265/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1187/2007
of 10 October 2007
setting the allocation coefficient for issuing of licences applied for from 1 to 5 October 2007 to import sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for importing and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authority during the period from 1 to 5 October 2007, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 or Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006 of 13 December 2006 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (3) for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for serial numbers 09.4317, 09.4318, 09.4319, 09.4320 and 09.4325 (2007 to 2008).
(2) In these circumstances, the Commission should fix an allocation coefficient in order to issue licences in proportion to the quantity available and inform the Member States that the set limit has been reached,
Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of applications for import licences submitted from 1 to 5 October 2007, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 or Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31980D1282 | 80/1282/ECSC: Commission Decision of 7 November 1980 approving aids from the United Kingdom for the coal-mining industry during the 1979/80 financial year and approving additional aids from the United Kingdom for the coal-mining industry during the 1978/79 financial year (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 November 1980 approving aids from the United Kingdom for the coal-mining industry during the 1979/80 financial year and approving additional aids from the United Kingdom for the coal-mining industry during the 1978/79 financial year (Only the English text is authentic) (80/1282/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 528/76/ECSC of 25 February 1976 regarding the Community system of measures taken by the Member States to assist the coal-mining industry (1),
Having consulted the Council,
I
Whereas the United Kingdom Government has informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 2 of the above Decision, of the financial measures which it intends to implement directly or indirectly for the benefit of the coal industry during the 1979/80 financial year (2) ; whereas the following of these measures may be approved pursuant to the Decision: >PIC FILE= "T0035408">
Whereas these aids meet the criteria laid down in the Decision for the admissibility of such State assistance;
The aid for attracting and keeping skilled workers is intended to offset in part the National Coal Board's costs arising from rationalization and the transfer of production to their best pits. This results in outgoings on removals, transport, etc.;
Whereas the United Kingdom Government is to contribute £ 3 75 million towards such costs borne by the NCB in 1979/80;
Whereas the purpose and form of the aid show that it meets the criteria set out in Article 8 of the Decision;
Whereas the £ 13 74 million aid to cover the costs of stocks of coal and coke is based on total producers' stocks and additional stock held by consumers financed directly or indirectly by the producers, amounting to some 19 million tonnes ; whereas, with monthly production of around 10 million tonnes, stocks eligible for aid under Article 9 (2) of the Decision amount to 9 million tonnes ; whereas the amount of aid per tonne is accordingly £ 1 75 ; whereas the actual cost of stocks (including depreciation and interest) is substantially higher than the amount of aid;
Whereas the purpose and form of the aid show that it meets the criteria set out in Article 9 of the Decision;
Whereas the £ 9 76 million aid for power-station coal is intended to cover the cost of deliveries of power station coal to Scotland. From the information provided by the United Kingdom Government, the amount and purposes of the aid granted can be regarded as being compatible with Article 11 of the Decision;
Whereas the aid given to cover losses on mining (£ 160 75 million) will only partly cover the losses sustained by NCB pits in 1979/80. The aid is given to avoid serious economic and social problems in those coalfields where there are not yet adequate re-employment opportunities and to maintain existing production capacities so as to safeguard energy supplies. The aid is therefore compatible with Article 12 of the Decision. (1) OJ No L 63, 11.3.1976, p. 1. (2) The 1979/80 financial year runs from the beginning of April 1979 to the end of March 1980.
II
Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of the Decision, an examination of the compatibility of the abovementioned aids with the proper functioning of the common market must also extend to all other financial measures to support current production in the 1979/80 financial year;
Whereas aids for current production in the United Kingdom will amount to 279 72 million European units of account or 2 731 European units of account per tonne for the 1979/80 financial year ; whereas the British coal industry therefore receives the lowest subsidy of all coal-producing Member States;
Whereas an examination of the compatibility of these aids with the proper functioning of the common market requires no detailed information or investigations: - there were no supply difficulties on the British market in 1979/80,
- British coal exports to other Community countries rose in 1979/80 compared with 1978/79,
- the closure of five unprofitable pits resulted in rationalization and the concentration of production on pits where productivity is highest,
- industrial consumers of coal did not receive indirect aids in 1979 as a result of the prices of British coking coal and steam coal;
Whereas it can therefore be stated that the aids for the British coal industry for current production in the 1979/80 financial year are compatible with the proper functioning of the common market;
Whereas this also applies when account is taken of aids to the coal industry pursuant to Decision 73/287/ECSC.
III
Whereas on 7 December 1978 the Commission of the European Communities adopted Decision 79/23/ECSC (1) ; whereas that Decision authorized the aids which the United Kingdom Government proposed to grant to the coal industry for the 1978/79 financial year provided they had been dealt with and examined by the Commission in the "Memorandum on the financial aid awarded by the Member States to the coal industry in 1978" (2);
Whereas, as was stated in that memorandum, the United Kingdom Government proposed to grant £ 20 78 million of aid under Decision No 528/76/ECSC to the coal industry;
Whereas, in addition in its letter of 19 March 1979, the United Kingdom Government applied, for the 1978/79 financial year (3), to increase aid to producers' stocks of coal and coke by £ 27 75 million and aid for power station coal by £ 17 72 million and to award a further £ 50 million in aid to cover pit operating losses ; whereas the overall amount of aid to current production in the British coal industry in the 1978/79 financial year is thus increased by £ 94 77 million;
Whereas the application to grant aid to producers' stocks totalling £ 9 million was based on the estimates of the costs of producers' stocks of coal for September 1977 ; a falling-off in sales has, however, led to an increase in coal stocks and hence also to additional costs, with the result that producer stock aid has risen by £ 11 75 million. There has also been a steep increase in the coke stocks held by NSF (National Smokeless Fuels), a subsidiary of the NCB. The United Kingdom Government thus plans to award aid totalling £ 16 million to NSF for the 1978/79 financial year as part of a five-year programme to balance supply and demand on the coke market;
Whereas any assessment of aid to cover the cost of pithead stocks of coal and coke (£ 36 75 million) must take into account the fact that the total pithead stocks held by producers and the additional stocks held by consumers, which are directly or indirectly financed by the producers totalled approximately 21 75 million tonnes at the end of 1978. Given a monthly production of some 10 million tonnes, the volume of producers' stocks qualifying for aid is 11 75 million tonnes. This means that the per-tonne grant in aid is £ 3 72 and the actual costs of maintaining producers' stocks (including depreciation and interest) are approximately £ 5 per tonne;
Whereas the aid thus complies with the provisions of Article 9 of the Decision;
Whereas the £ 8 75 million in aid for power station coal which the United Kingdom Government applied to (1) OJ No L 9, 13.1.1979, p. 33. (2) Doc. COM(78) 367 final, p. A 16 ff. (3) The 1978/79 financial year runs from the beginning of April 1978 to the end of March 1979. award was based on price estimates for September 1977, which did not take account of the sharp fall in the dollar in 1978;
Whereas, generally speaking, there are no new factors in addition to those described in the Commission Decision of 7 December 1978 (1) which need to be considered in assessing the increase in aid for power station coal ; whereas the aid envisaged is hence compatible with the provisions of Article 11 of the Decision;
Whereas the United Kingdom Government has applied to grant aid totalling £ 50 million to the NCB to cover operating losses for the 1978/79 financial year. The actual losses suffered by NCB coalfields in 1978/79 are estimated to be around £ 100 million in the NCB's annual report;
Whereas the aid will be used to defer the closure of unprofitable pits in order to obviate serious economic and social problems in areas in which there is not yet sufficient scope for re-employment, and to maintain the production capacity needed for security of energy supply in the long term ; whereas it thus meets the requirements of Article 12 of the Decision.
IV
Whereas the following points should be noted with regard to the compatibility of United Kingdom aids to current production with the proper functioning of the common market: - there were no indications in trade in coal between the United Kingdom and the other Member States in 1978 of distortions in competition resulting from aids between the British coal industry and that of other Member States;
- industrial consumers of coal did not receive indirect aids in 1978 as a result of the prices of British coking coal and steam coal;
Whereas it may therefore be concluded that the additional aids proposed in the 1978/79 financial year for current production in the British coal industry are compatible with the proper functioning of the common market.
V
Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (1) of the Decision, the Commission must ascertain that the aids authorized are used exclusively for the purposes set out in Articles 7 to 12 thereof ; whereas the Commission must be informed in particular of the amount of these aids and the manner in which they are apportioned,
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized in respect of the 1979/80 financial year to grant aids totalling £ 187 000 000 to the British coal-mining industry.
The said aids are made up as follows: 1. grant to cover the costs incurred by the National Coal Board in respect of relocation of personnel under the production rationalization programme, not exceeding £ 3 500 000;
2. aid towards stocking costs in respect of coal and coke not exceeding £ 13 400 000;
3. aid for deliveries of power station coal to Scotland not exceeding 9 600 000;
4. aid to cover losses on mining not exceeding £ 160 500 000.
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized in respect of the 1978/79 financial year to grant additional aids totalling £ 94 700 000 to the British coal-mining industry.
The said aids are made up as follows: 1. aid towards stocking costs in respect of coal and coke not exceeding £ 27 500 000;
2. aid for deliveries of power station coal to Scotland not exceeding £ 17 200 000;
3. aid to cover losses on mining not exceeding £ 50 000 000.
The United Kingdom shall notify the Commission by 31 December 1980 of details of the aids granted (1) OJ No L 9, 13.1.1979, p. 33. pursuant to this Decision, and in particular of the amounts paid and the manner in which they are apportioned.
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31994D1017 | 94/1017/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1994 on the approval of the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Marche concerned by Objective 2 in Italy (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 1994 on the approval of the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Marche concerned by Objective 2 in Italy (Only the Italian text is authentic) (94/1017/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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (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 (8) to (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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (4); 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 adopts 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 94/169/EC (5), an initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 for the period 1994 to 1996;
Whereas the Italian Government has submitted to the Commission on 29 April 1994 the Single Programming Document referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 for the region of Marche; 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 pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, from 1 January 1994;
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, including the ECSC and the other actions for structural purposes;
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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2745/94 (2), 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 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2083/93 (4), 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 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2084/93 (6), 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 Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 lays down that Member States shall provide the relevant financial information to the Commission to permit verification of the respect of the principle of additionality; whereas the analysis, in the framework of partnership, of the information provided for by the Italian authorities has not yet allowed this verification; whereas, payments should therefore be suspended after the first advance provided for in Article 21 (2) of the said Regulation until the Commission will have verified the respect of the additionality;
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 (7), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) No 2730/94 (8), 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 programmation period;
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 Marche concerned by Objective 2 in Italy, covering the period 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1996, 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 in Italy;
the main priorities are:
1. strengthening local firms;
2. improving land use;
3. development of human resources;
4. exploiting the potential for tourism;
(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 financial implementation provisions,
- the rules for compliance with Community policies;
(d) the procedures for verifying additionality;
(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.
For the purpose of indexation, the annual breakdown of the global maximal allocation foreseen for the assistance from the Structural Funds is as follows:
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The assistance from the Structural Funds granted to the Single Programming Document amounts to a maximum of ECU 21,0 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 30 million for the public sector and ECU 5,6 million for the private sector, may be met in part by Community loans, in particular from the ECSC and EIB.
1. The breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
- ERDF:ECU 17,9 million,
- ESF:ECU 3,1 million.
2. The budgetary commitments at the moment of approval of the Single Programming Document refer to the total Community assistance.
3. The financial contribution will be suspended after the payment of the first advance provided for in Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 until such time as the Commission has verified the respect of the principle of additionality on the basis of the relevant information supplied by the Member State.
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 1996. The final date for taking account of expenditure on these measures is 31 December 1998.
The Single Programming Document shall be implemented in accordance with Community law, and in particular Articles 6, 30, 48, 52 and 59 of the EC Treaty and the Community Directives on the coordination of procedures for the award of contracts.
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32002R1521 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1521/2002 of 23 August 2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1521/2002
of 23 August 2002
suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1614/2001(4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1483/2002 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States(5) establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by Sweden under Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 1483/2002 should be repealed,
Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.
Regulation (EC) No 1483/2002 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 August 2002.
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32008R0012 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 12/2008 of 9 January 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 10.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 6/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 12/2008
of 9 January 2008
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January 2008.
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32014R1179 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1179/2014 of 30 October 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in Norwegian waters south of 62° N by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
| 4.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 316/50
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1179/2014
of 30 October 2014
establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in Norwegian waters south of 62° N by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
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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32005R0858 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 858/2005 of 6 June 2005 accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of potassium chloride originating in the Republic of Belarus or the Russian Federation and making imports of potassium chloride originating in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation subject to registration
| 7.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 143/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 858/2005
of 6 June 2005
accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of potassium chloride originating in the Republic of Belarus or the Russian Federation and making imports of potassium chloride originating in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation subject to registration
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the basic Regulation) and in particular Articles 8, 21 and 22(c) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 992/2004 of 17 May 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of potassium chloride originating in Belarus, Russia or Ukraine (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2004 of 18 May 2004 accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of potassium chloride originating in Belarus, Russia or Ukraine and making imports of potassium chloride in Belarus or Russia subject to registration (3),
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
(1) The Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92 (4), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty (the measures) on imports of potassium chloride (potash) originating in the Republic of Belarus (Belarus) and the Russian Federation (Russia) and Ukraine. By Regulation (EC) No 969/2000 (5), the Council amended Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92.
(2) In March 2004, by means of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(6), the Commission launched, on its own initiative, a partial interim review of the measures in force on imports of potash originating in Belarus and Russia in order to examine whether they should be amended to take account of the enlargement of the European Union to 25 Member States on 1 May 2004 (enlargement).
(3) The results of that partial interim review showed that it was in the interests of the Community to provide for the temporary adaptation of the measures so as to avoid a sudden and excessively negative economic impact immediately following enlargement on importers and users in the 10 new Member States (EU-10) which acceded to the European Union on enlargement.
(4) In this regard, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 992/2004, authorised the Commission to accept undertaking offers respecting the conditions set out in recitals 27 to 32 of the same Regulation. On this basis, and pursuant to Articles 8, 11(3), 21 and 22(c) of the basic Regulation, the Commission, by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2004 accepted undertaking offers (special Enlargement Undertakings) from (i) an exporting producer in Belarus jointly with companies situated in Austria, Lithuania and Russia, (ii) from an exporting producer in Russia jointly with companies situated in Russia and Austria, and (iii) from an exporting producer in Russia jointly with a company situated at the time of acceptance in Cyprus.
(5) In addition, in order to provide for the exemption from the anti-dumping duties imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92 on imports into the EU-10 made under the terms of the special Enlargement Undertakings, Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92 was amended by Regulation (EC) No 992/2004.
(6) In April 2004, by means of two notices published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(7), pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation, the Commission launched at the request of the two Russian exporting producers with special Enlargement Undertakings partial interim reviews of the anti-dumping measures applicable to the companies concerned (partial interim reviews for Russia).
(7) In April 2005, by means of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(8), pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the Commission launched at the request of the Community Industry for potash an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to Russia (expiry review for Russia) and to Belarus (expiry review for Belarus).
(8) In parallel, by means of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(9), pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation, the Commission launched at the request of the exporting producer in Belarus a review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to it (partial interim review for Belarus).
(9) Offers of new special Enlargement Undertakings for a further temporary period have been made by the companies concerned.
B. DURATION OF THE MEASURES
(10) It should be recalled that acceptance of the undertakings in question was an exceptional measure adopted pursuant to Article 22(c) of the basic Regulation as the Minimum Import Prices (MIPs) established (and to be respected by the companies concerned) were not directly equivalent to the anti-dumping duty.
(11) In this regard, the MIPs were set at levels which were higher than previous import prices from the countries concerned, but below prices which totally eliminated the injurious effects of dumping, as would normally be the case. It was intended that these MIPs, applied over a transitional period, would help lessen the economic impact of the anti-dumping measures for importers and particularly end users in the EU-10 during the period following enlargement.
(12) As concerns the length of this transitional period, it was stipulated in recital 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1002/2004 that acceptance of the Special Enlargement Undertakings would be limited to an initial period of 12 months without prejudice to the normal duration of the existing measures. It follows from this that acceptance of new undertakings, but with the same provisions, could be accepted if the circumstances so warranted (e.g. if the conditions prevailing at the time of acceptance of the original undertakings still existed), provided that the transitional character of these exceptional measures is respected. Accordingly, in determining whether new undertakings are required, it is necessary to make an appraisal of the effectiveness of the measures.
C. APPRAISAL
(13) Analysis of the monthly sales reports submitted to the Commission by the companies concerned backed up by available official statistical data showed that although there has been convergence in prices, a difference still appears to prevail between the prices charged by the companies with special Enlargement Undertakings for the product concerned to customers in the EU-10 and those prevailing in the Community as constituted before enlargement (EU-15).
(14) The question of a shortage of supply on the EU-10 market was also raised by certain interested parties and the alleged inability of the Community Industry to supply potash to new customers in the EU-10 who, prior to enlargement, had traditionally sourced the product concerned from Belarus or Russia.
(15) In this regard, it is to be expected that a period of re-adjustment would be required by the Community Industry given the complex logistical and sales network changes required for sales to the EU-10, to service what is in effect a new market for them. Nevertheless, the Commission found that intra-Community exports of potash from the largest producer in the EU-15 to customers in the EU-10 had more than doubled between 2003 and 2004, even if the starting point was comparatively low, which would indicate that partial changes to the structure of supply in the EU-25 have started to occur.
(16) As concerns compliance with the special Enlargement Undertakings, verification visits to the exporting producers showed that the companies concerned had observed the MIPs and that the volumes exported to the EU-10 had not exceeded the levels of the quantitative ceilings stipulated in the undertakings. In addition, it was found that the companies were broadly respecting their traditional patterns of trade with individual customers in the EU-10.
(17) Moreover, according to the information available, there have been no apparent ‘spill-overs’ from the EU-10 into the EU-15 of imports of the product concerned which had benefited from the exemption to the anti-dumping duties afforded by the undertakings.
D. CONCLUSION
1. General
(18) The available information suggests that certain of the negative conditions which prevailed prior to enlargement and which necessitated the undertakings still appear to exist.
(19) In addition, although there appear to have been some changes in the supply chain with Community Industry supplying more potash to the EU-10, information received from various interested parties indicated that there may be short term supply difficulties in the EU-10 for the product concerned, even though the Community Industry has started to increase its sales there.
(20) It should also be recalled that a significant degree of difficulty in planning for potash customers in the EU-10 market has also undoubtedly been created due to (i) the fact that there was uncertainty in the market concerning whether the current anti-dumping measures would expire in May 2005 following their five-year imposition, and (ii) the unknown results of the two partial interim reviews for Russia initiated in April 2004 by the Commission.
(21) In view of the foregoing, it is considered that particular account should be taken of the question of Community Interest and the concerns of the many importers and end users of potash in the EU-10. It is considered that the protection afforded by the current anti-dumping duties would still cause a degree of financial hardship to be suffered by the importers and end users if these anti-dumping duties were to be applied at the present time.
(22) Therefore, on balance, it is concluded that the acceptance of new special Enlargement Undertakings offered by the companies concerned for a further period is justified as this will not only lessen the economic impact for buyers in the EU-10 but also help to alleviate the problems of supply in the EU-10 in the short term.
(23) As concerns the length of the further period of application of the special Enlargement Undertakings, as mentioned above, an expiry review for Belarus and Russia and a partial interim review for Belarus was initiated on 13 April 2005. Given that the expiry review will normally be concluded within twelve months, it is considered appropriate to accept the new special Enlargement Undertakings until 13 April 2006.
(24) Given also that the level of the anti-dumping measures for Belarus and Russia are being reviewed, it is considered appropriate to leave the level of the MIPs unchanged pending the outcome of these reviews.
(25) With regard to the level of the quantitative ceilings to be applied, it should be noted that these correspond to the quantitative ceilings for the initial period of twelve months.
(26) In conformity with Regulation (EC) No 992/2004, the undertakings oblige each individual producing exporter to respect MIPs within the framework of import ceilings and, in order that the undertakings can be monitored, the exporting producers concerned have also agreed to broadly respect their traditional selling patterns to individual customers in the EU-10. The exporting producers are also aware that if it is found that these sales patterns change significantly, or that the undertakings become in any way difficult or impossible to monitor, the Commission is entitled to withdraw acceptance of the company’s undertaking resulting in definitive anti-dumping duties being imposed in its place, or it may adjust the level of the ceiling, or it may take other remedial action.
(27) It is also a condition of the undertakings that if they are breached in any way, the Commission will be entitled to withdraw acceptance thereof resulting in definitive anti-dumping duties being imposed in their place.
(28) The companies will also provide the Commission with regular and detailed information concerning their exports to the Community, meaning that the undertakings can be monitored effectively by the Commission.
(29) In order that the Commission can monitor effectively the companies’ compliance with the undertakings, when the request for release for free circulation pursuant to an undertaking is presented to the relevant customs authority, exemption from the duty will be conditional upon the presentation of an invoice containing at least the items of information listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 992/2004. This level of information is also necessary to enable customs authorities to ascertain with sufficient precision that the shipment corresponds to the commercial documents. Where no such invoice is presented, or when it does not correspond to the product presented to customs, the appropriate anti-dumping duty will instead be payable.
2. Disclosure to interested parties
(30) All interested parties which had previously made themselves known were advised of the intention to accept undertakings for a further period. No comments were received, however, which caused the Commission to alter its views on the matter.
E. REGISTRATION OF IMPORTS
(31) Although the terms of the original undertakings have been observed during the initial period of their application by the companies concerned, there is still considered to be an inherent risk that breaches of the undertakings may occur, particularly towards the end of the period of application of these special measures.
(32) It is therefore considered appropriate that customs authorities register imports into the Community of the product concerned originating in Belarus and Russia exported by the companies from which new special Enlargement Undertakings are accepted and for which an exemption from the anti-dumping duties imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 992/2004, is sought for a maximum period of nine months in accordance with Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation,
The undertakings offered by the exporting producers mentioned below, in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of potassium chloride originating in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation are hereby accepted:
Country Company Taric Additional Code
Republic of Belarus Produced and sold by Republican Unitary Enterprise Production Amalgamation Belaruskali, Soligorsk, Belarus, or produced by Republican Unitary Enterprise Production Amalgamation Belaruskali, Soligorsk, Belarus and sold by Belarus Potash Company, Minsk, Belarus, or JSC International Potash Company, Moscow, Russia, or Belurs Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Vienna, Austria, or UAB Baltkalis, Vilnius, Lithuania, to the first independent customer in the Community acting as an importer A518
Russian Federation Produced by JSC Silvinit, Solikamsk, Russia and sold by JSC International Potash Company, Moscow, Russia, or Belurs Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Vienna, Austria to the first independent customer in the Community acting as an importer A519
Russian Federation Produced and sold by JSC Uralkali, Berezniki, Russia or produced by JSC Uralkali, Berezniki, Russia and sold by Uralkali Trading SA, Geneva, Switzerland to the first independent customer in the Community acting as an importer A520
Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Community of potassium chloride originating in the Republic of Belarus or the Russian Federation falling within CN codes 3104 20 10 (TARIC codes 3104201010 and 3104201090), 3104 20 50 (TARIC codes 3104205010 and 3104205090), 3104 20 90, ex 3105 20 10 (TARIC codes 3105201010 and 3105201020), ex 3105 20 90 (TARIC codes 3105209010 and 3105209020), ex 3105 60 90 (TARIC codes 3105609010 and 3105609020), ex 3105 90 91 (TARIC codes 3105909110 and 3105909120), ex 3105 90 99 (TARIC codes 3105909910 and 3105909920) produced and sold or produced and exported by the companies listed in Article 1 for which an exemption to the anti-dumping duties imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 3068/92, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 992/2004, is sought.
Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and shall remain in force until 13 April 2006.
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32003R2346 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2346/2003 of 30 December 2003 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2346/2003
of 30 December 2003
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003(2), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 740/2003(4), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(2) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(3) Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account should be taken, where necessary, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Regulation on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products.
(4) Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions.
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice cream and other foodstuffs(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(6), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(6) In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1039/2003 of 2 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Estonia and the exportation of certain agricultural products to Estonia(7), Council Regulation (EC) No 1086/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Slovenia and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Slovenia(8), Council Regulation (EC) No 1087/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Latvia and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Latvia(9), Council Regulation (EC) No 1088/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Lithuania(10), Council Regulation (EC) No 1089/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in the Slovak Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Slovak Republic(11) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1090/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in the Czech Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Czech Republic(12) with effect from 1 July 2003, processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty which are exported to Estonia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia or Czech Republic are not eligible for export refunds.
(7) In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 999/2003 of 2 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the import of certain processed agricultural products originating in Hungary and the export of certain processed agricultural products to Hungary(13), with effect from 1 July 2003, the goods referred to in its Article 1(2) which are exported to Hungary shall not be eligible for export refunds.
(8) In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1890/2003 of 27 October 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Malta and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Malta(14), with effect from 1 November 2003, processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty which are exported to Malta, shall not be eligible for export refunds.
(9) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products referred to in paragraph 1 which are not listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.
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32007D0454 | 2007/454/EC: Commission Decision of 29 June 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community (notified under document number C(2007) 3183) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 30.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 172/87
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 June 2007
amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community
(notified under document number C(2007) 3183)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/454/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
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 (3), and in particular Articles 63(3) and Article 66(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2005/94/EC sets out certain preventive measures relating to the surveillance and the early detection of avian influenza and the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of that disease in poultry or other captive birds. It provides that detailed rules, required by the epidemiological situation to supplement the minimum control measures provided for in that Directive, are to be laid down. The date for the transposition of that Directive into the national law of the Member States is 1 July 2007.
(2) Commission Decision 2006/415/EC of 14 June 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community and repealing Decision 2006/135/EC (4) lays down certain protection measures to be applied in order to prevent the spread of that disease, including the establishment of areas A and B following a suspected or confirmed outbreak of the disease. Those areas are listed in the Annex to Decision 2006/415/EC and include parts of the Czech Republic, Hungary and the United Kingdom. That Decision currently applies until 30 June 2007.
(3) Commission Decision 2006/416/EC of 14 June 2006 concerning certain transitional measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry or other captive birds in the Community (5) provides for measures to be applied by Member States that have not fully transposed the provisions of Directive 2005/94/EC. That Decision applies until 30 June 2007. As Directive 2005/94/EC is to be transposed into the national law by the Member States by 1 July 2007, the measures provided for therein will replace the measures currently provided for in Decision 2006/416/EC.
(4) As outbreaks of the avian influenza virus of the subtype H5N1 continue to occur, the measures laid down in Decision 2006/415/EC should continue to apply where that virus is detected in poultry, thereby supplementing the measures provided for in Directive 2005/94/EC.
(5) Given this epidemiological situation, it is appropriate to extend the period of application of Decision 2006/415/EC until 30 June 2008.
(6) In addition, the references in Decision 2006/415/EC to Decision 2006/416/EC should be replaced by references to Directive 2005/94/EC.
(7) Decision 2006/415/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2006/415/EC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 1, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
2. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 4 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(a) area A, having regard to the legal requirements as set out in Article 16 of Directive 2005/94/EC;
(b) area B having regard to geographical, administrative, ecological and epizootiological factors relating to avian influenza.
(b) In Article 4(4)(b), point (i) is replaced by the following:
‘(i) for at least 21 days in the case of the protection zone and 30 days in the case of the surveillance zone after the date of completion of the preliminary cleansing and disinfection on the holding where an outbreak is confirmed in accordance with Article 11(8) of Directive 2005/94/EC; and’
4. In Article 5, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
5. In Article 12 the date ‘30 June 2007’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2008’.
6. In the Annex the date ‘30 June 2007’ is replaced by ‘22 July 2007’.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2007.
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32012R0548 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 548/2012 of 25 June 2012 initiating an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1458/2007 on imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People’s Republic of China by imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters consigned from Vietnam, whether declared as originating in Vietnam or not, and making such imports subject to registration
| 26.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 548/2012
of 25 June 2012
initiating an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1458/2007 on imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People’s Republic of China by imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters consigned from Vietnam, whether declared as originating in Vietnam or not, and making such imports subject to registration
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (‘the basic Regulation’) and in particular Articles 13(3) and 14(5) thereof,
After having consulted the Advisory Committee in accordance with Articles 13(3) and 14(5) of the basic Regulation,
Whereas:
A. REQUEST
(1) The European Commission (‧the Commission‧) has received a request pursuant to Articles 13(3) and 14(5) of the basic Regulation to investigate the possible circumvention of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China and to make imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters consigned from Vietnam, whether declared as originating in Vietnam or not, subject to registration.
(2) The request was lodged on 17 April 2012 by Société BIC, a Union producer of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters.
B. PRODUCT
(3) The product concerned by the possible circumvention is gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters currently falling within CN code ex 9613 10 00 originating in the People’s Republic of China (‧the product concerned‧).
(4) The product under investigation is the same as that defined in the previous recital, but consigned from Vietnam, whether declared as originating in Vietnam or not, currently falling within the same CN code as the product concerned (‧the product under investigation‧).
C. EXISTING MEASURES
(5) The measures currently in force and possibly being circumvented are anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1458/2007 (2).
(6) A circumvention investigation concerning imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters and of certain refillable pocket flint lighters was also carried out in 1998-1999 which led to the extension of the duty to imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China to imports of certain disposable refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China or consigned from or originating in Taiwan and to imports of non-refillable lighters consigned from or originating in Taiwan (3).
D. GROUNDS
(7) The request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the anti-dumping measures on imports of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters originating in the People's Republic of China are being circumvented by means of assembly operations in Vietnam.
(8) The prima facie evidence submitted is as follows.
(9) The request shows a significant change in the pattern of trade involving exports from the People's Republic of China and Vietnam to the Union has taken place following the imposition of measures on the product concerned, without sufficient due cause or justification for such a change other than the imposition of the duty.
(10) This change appears to stem from assembly operations in Vietnam of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters.
(11) Furthermore, the request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the remedial effects of the existing anti-dumping measures on the product concerned are being undermined both in terms of quantity and price. Significant volumes of imports of the product under investigation appear to have replaced imports of the product concerned. In addition, there is sufficient evidence that imports of the product under investigation are made at prices below the non-injurious price established in the investigation that led to the existing measures.
(12) Finally, the request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the prices of the product under investigation are dumped in relation to the normal value previously established for the product concerned.
(13) Should circumvention practices via Vietnam covered by Article 13 of the basic Regulation, other than assembly operations, be identified in the course of the investigation, the investigation may also cover these practices.
E. PROCEDURE
(14) In light of the above, the Commission has concluded that sufficient evidence exists to justify the initiation of an investigation pursuant to Article 13(3) of the basic Regulation and to make imports of the product under investigation, whether declared as originating in Vietnam or not, subject to registration, in accordance with Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation.
(a) Questionnaires
(15) In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will send questionnaires to the known exporters/producers and to the known associations of exporters/producers in Vietnam, to the known exporters/producers and to the known associations of exporters/producers in the People's Republic of China, to the known importers and to the known associations of importers in the Union and to the authorities of the People's Republic of China and Vietnam. Information, as appropriate, may also be sought from the Union industry.
(16) In any event, all interested parties should contact the Commission forthwith, but not later than the time-limit set in Article 3 of this Regulation, and request a questionnaire within the time-limit set in Article 3(1) of this Regulation, given that the time-limit set in Article 3(2) of this Regulation applies to all interested parties.
(17) The authorities of the People's Republic of China and Vietnam will be notified of the initiation of the investigation.
(b) Collection of information and holding of hearings
(18) All interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known in writing and to provide supporting evidence. Furthermore, the Commission may hear interested parties, provided that they make a request in writing and show that there are particular reasons why they should be heard.
(c) Exemption of registration of imports or measures
(19) In accordance with Article 13(4) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product under investigation may be exempted from registration or measures if the importation does not constitute circumvention.
(20) Since the possible circumvention takes place outside the Union, exemptions may be granted, in accordance with Article 13(4) of the basic Regulation, to producers in Vietnam of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters, that can show that they are not related (4) to any producer subject to the measures (5) and that are found not to be engaged in circumvention practices as defined in Articles 13(1) and 13(2) of the basic Regulation. Producers wishing to obtain an exemption should submit a request duly supported by evidence within the time-limit indicated in Article 3(3) of this Regulation.
F. REGISTRATION
(21) Pursuant to Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product under investigation should be made subject to registration in order to ensure that, should the investigation result in findings of circumvention, anti-dumping duties of an appropriate amount can be levied from the date on which registration of such imports consigned from Vietnam was imposed.
G. TIME-LIMITS
(22) In the interest of sound administration, time-limits should be stated within which:
— interested parties may make themselves known to the Commission, present their views in writing and submit questionnaire replies or any other information to be taken into account during the investigation,
— producers in Vietnam may request exemption from registration of imports or measures,
— interested parties may make a written request to be heard by the Commission.
(23) Attention is drawn to the fact that the exercise of most procedural rights set out in the basic Regulation depends on the party's making itself known within the time-limits mentioned in Article 3 of this Regulation.
H. NON-COOPERATION
(24) In cases in which any interested party refuses access to or does not provide the necessary information within the time-limits, or significantly impedes the investigation, findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, on the basis of the facts available.
(25) Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or misleading information, the information shall be disregarded and use may be made of facts available.
(26) If an interested party does not cooperate or cooperates only partially and findings are therefore based on the facts available in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, the result may be less favourable to that party than if it had cooperated.
I. SCHEDULE OF THE INVESTIGATION
(27) The investigation will be concluded, pursuant to Article 13(3) of the basic Regulation, within nine months of the date of the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.
J. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
(28) It is noted that any personal data collected in this investigation will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (6).
K. HEARING OFFICER
(29) Interested parties may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer of the Directorate-General for Trade. The Hearing Officer acts as an interface between the interested parties and the Commission investigation services. The Hearing Officer reviews requests for access to the file, disputes regarding the confidentiality of documents, requests for extension of time-limits and requests by third parties to be heard. The Hearing Officer may organise a hearing with an individual interested party and mediate to ensure that the interested parties' rights of defence are being fully exercised.
(30) A request for a hearing with the Hearing Officer should be made in writing and should specify the reasons for the request. The Hearing Officer will also provide opportunities for a hearing involving parties to take place which would allow different views to be presented and rebuttal arguments offered.
(31) For further information and contact details interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer's web pages on the Directorate-General for Trade's website: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/tackling-unfair-trade/hearing-officer/index_en.htm.
An investigation is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, in order to determine if imports into the Union of gas-fuelled, non-refillable pocket flint lighters, consigned from Vietnam, whether declared as originating in Vietnam or not, currently falling within CN code ex 9613 10 00 (TARIC code 9613100012), are circumventing the measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1458/2007.
The Customs authorities shall, pursuant to Article 13(3) and Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Union identified in Article 1 of this Regulation.
Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
The Commission, by regulation, may direct Customs authorities to cease registration in respect of imports into the Union of products manufactured by producers having applied for an exemption of registration and having been found to fulfil the conditions for an exemption to be granted.
1. Questionnaires must be requested from the Commission within 15 days from publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. Interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must make themselves known by contacting the Commission, present their views in writing and submit questionnaire replies or any other information within 37 days from the date of the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, unless otherwise specified.
3. Producers in Vietnam requesting exemption from registration of imports or measures must submit a request duly supported by evidence within the same 37-day time-limit.
4. Interested parties may also apply to be heard by the Commission within the same 37-day time-limit.
5. Interested parties are required to make all submissions and requests in electronic format (non-confidential submissions via e-mail, confidential ones on CD-R/DVD), and must indicate their name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers. However, any Powers of Attorney, signed certifications, and any updates thereof, accompanying questionnaire replies must be submitted on paper, i.e. by post or by hand, at the address below. If an interested party cannot provide its submissions and requests in electronic format, it must immediately inform the Commission in compliance with Article 18(2) of the basic Regulation. For further information concerning correspondence with the Commission, interested parties may consult the relevant web page on the website of the Directorate-General for Trade: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/tackling-unfair-trade/trade-defence.
All written submissions, including the information requested in this Regulation, questionnaire replies and correspondence provided by interested parties on a confidential basis must be labelled as ‧Limited‧ (7) and, in accordance with Article 19(2) of the basic Regulation, must be accompanied by a non-confidential version, which must be labelled ‧For inspection by interested parties‧.
Commission address for correspondence:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate H
Office: N105 4/92
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
BELGIQUE/BELGIË
Fax: +32 2 29 93988
E-mail: [email protected]
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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31988R3492 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3492/88 of 9 November 1988 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2226/78 and (EEC) No 1091/80 in respect of conditions that must be met for intervention measures and for the grant of aid for private storage in the beef and veal sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3492/88
OF 9 NOVEMBER 1988
AMENDING REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 AND ( EEC ) NO 1091/80 IN RESPECT OF CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE MET FOR INTERVENTION MEASURES AND FOR THE GRANT OF AID FOR PRIVATE STORAGE IN THE BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2248/88 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 6 ( 5 ) AND 8 ( 2 ) THEREOF,
WHEREAS INTERVENTION AND PRIVATE STORAGE ARE DESIGNED TO ENABLE PRODUCTS TO BE WITHDRAWN TEMPORARILY FROM A MARKET SUFFERING DISEQUILIBRIUM WITH A VIEW TO THEIR RESALE AS SOON AS THE MARKET SITUATION HAS IMPROVED; WHEREAS, ACCORDINGLY, PRODUCTS OFFERED FOR INTERVENTION OR STORED MUST BE SUITABLE, ACCORDING TO CASE, FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL CONSUMPTION;
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EURATOM ) NO 3954/87 OF 22 DECEMBER 1987 LAYING DOWN THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF FOODSTUFFS AND OF FEEDINGSTUFFS FOLLOWING A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT OR ANY OTHER CASE OF RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY ( 3 ) SPECIFIES THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN CASES OF RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION WHICH FOODSTUFFS AND FEEDINGSTUFFS MUST COMPLY WITH IF THEY ARE TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE; WHEREAS, CONSEQUENTLY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN WHICH SUCH RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION LEVELS ARE EXCEEDED MAY BE NEITHER BOUGHT IN NOR PLACED UNDER A STORAGE CONTRACT;
WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1707/86 OF 30 MAY 1986 ON THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER-STATION ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 624/87 ( 5 ), SET MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY; WHEREAS, FOLLOWING THE EXPIRY OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1707/86, THE SAME MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS WERE INCLUDED IN ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3955/87 ( 6 ) SUPERSEDING IT; WHEREAS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS BEING OF SOUND AND FAIR MERCHANTABLE QUALITY;
WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN ASCERTAINED THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT MENTIONED ABOVE, SOME COMMUNITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION HAS UNDERGONE, TO VARYING DEGREES, RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WHEREAS IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR THAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OF COMMUNITY ORIGIN EXCEEDING THE VALUES FIXED IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3955/87 CANNOT BE BOUGHT IN OR BE PLACED UNDER A STORAGE CONTRACT;
WHEREAS ARTICLE 6 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 ( 7 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3338/88 ( 8 ), LAYS DOWN CONDITIONS FOR INTERVENTION BUYING-IN OF BEEF; WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1091/80 ( 9 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2826/82 ( 10 ), LAYS DOWN CONDITIONS FOR THE CONCLUSION OF STORAGE CONTRACTS FOR THIS PRODUCT; WHEREAS THOSE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CLARIFIED; WHEREAS THOSE REGULATIONS SHOULD BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY;
WHEREAS THE DEGREE OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF FOODSTUFFS FOLLOWING A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY SITUATION VARIES WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS; WHEREAS THE DECISION AS TO THE NEED TO CARRY OUT MONITORING AND ON THE CONTROLS THEMSELVES MUST ACCORDINGLY BE ADAPTED TO EACH SITUATION AND MUST TAKE ACCOUNT, FOR EXAMPLE, OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGIONS, THE PRODUCTS AND THE RADIONUCLIDES CONCERNED;
WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR BEEF AND VEAL HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT SET BY ITS CHAIRMAN,
1 . THE FOLLOWING POINT ( E ) IS HEREBY ADDED TO ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2226/78 :
"( E ) NOT EXCEEDING MAXIMUM LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY PERMITTED UNDER COMMUNITY REGULATIONS . THE LEVELS APPLICABLE TO PRODUCTS OF COMMUNITY ORIGIN CONTAMINATED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER-STATION SHALL BE
THOSE
FIXED IN ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3955/87 (*). THE LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF THE PRODUCT SHALL BE MONITORED IF THE SITUATION SO REQUIRES AND DURING THE PERIOD NECESSARY ONLY . WHERE NECESSARY, THE DURATION AND SCOPE OF THE CONTROLS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 27 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 .
(*) OJ NO L 371, 30 . 12 . 1987, P . 14 .'
2 . THE FOLLOWING SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH IS HEREBY ADDED TO ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1091/80 :
"ALSO, NO PRODUCTS THE RADIOACTIVE CONTENT OF WHICH EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM LEVELS PERMITTED UNDER COMMUNITY REGULATIONS MAY BE PLACED UNDER A STORAGE CONTRACT . THE LEVELS APPLICABLE TO PRODUCTS OF COMMUNITY ORIGIN CONTAMINATED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER-STATION SHALL BE THOSE FIXED IN ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3955/87 (*). THE LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF THE PRODUCT SHALL BE MONITORED IF THE SITUATION SO REQUIRES AND DURING THE PERIOD NECESSARY ONLY . WHERE NECESSARY, THE DURATION AND SCOPE OF THE CONTROLS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 27 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 .
(*) OJ NO L 371, 30 . 12 . 1987, P . 14 .'
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
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32010D0031(01) | 2011/15/EU: Decision of the European Central Bank of 20 December 2010 concerning the opening of accounts for the processing of payments in connection with EFSF loans to Member States whose currency is the euro (ECB/2010/31)
| 14.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 10/7
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 20 December 2010
concerning the opening of accounts for the processing of payments in connection with EFSF loans to Member States whose currency is the euro
(ECB/2010/31)
(2011/15/EU)
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Articles 17 and 21 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 17 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter the ‘Statute of the ESCB’), in order to conduct its operations, the European Central Bank (ECB) may open accounts for credit institutions, public entities and other market participants.
(2) Pursuant to Article 21.1 and 21.2 of the Statute of the ESCB, the ECB may act as fiscal agent for Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by public law, or public undertakings of Member States.
(3) Pursuant to Article 1(2) of Decision ECB/2007/7 of 24 July 2007 concerning the terms and conditions of TARGET2-ECB (1), the ECB may accept central banks as customers.
(4) Reference is made to the EFSF Framework Agreement between the Member States whose currency is the euro and European Financial Stability Facility, Société Anonyme (EFSF), a public limited liability company incorporated in Luxembourg, with the Member States whose currency is the euro as its shareholders. The EFSF Framework Agreement entered into force and became binding on 4 August 2010.
(5) Pursuant to the EFSF Framework Agreement and in accordance with EFSF’s by-laws, EFSF is to provide financing in the form of loan facility agreements (hereinafter the ‘Loan Facility Agreements’) to Member States whose currency is the euro where such Member States are in financial difficulties and have entered into a memorandum of understanding with the European Commission containing policy conditionality.
(6) Article 3(5) of the EFSF Framework Agreement provides that the disbursement of the loan made available by EFSF to a Member State whose currency is the euro will be made through the accounts of EFSF and the relevant borrower Member State which have been opened with the ECB for the purpose of the Loan Facility Agreements. Decision ECB/2010/15 of 21 September 2010 concerning the administration of EFSF loans to Member States whose currency is the euro (2) lays down provisions concerning the opening of a cash account in the name of EFSF with the ECB for the operation of the Loan Facility Agreements.
(7) The repayment under the Loan Facility Agreements will be made through cash accounts opened with the ECB in the name of the national central bank (NCB) of the relevant borrower Member State.
(8) It is necessary to lay down provisions concerning the cash accounts that are to be opened with the ECB in the name of the NCB of the relevant borrower Member State for the operation of the Loan Facility Agreements,
Opening of cash accounts
The ECB may, upon request of the NCB of a borrower Member State, open cash accounts in the name of such NCB for the processing of payments in connection with a Loan Facility Agreement (hereinafter an ‘NCB cash account’).
Acceptance of payments on the cash accounts
An NCB cash account shall only be used to process payments in connection with a Loan Facility Agreement.
Acceptance of instructions
The ECB shall, in relation to an NCB cash account, only accept instructions from the NCB holding the account.
Balance of cash accounts
No amount shall be standing to the debit of an NCB cash account at any time. Therefore, no payments shall be effected from such accounts beyond the amount standing to the credit of these accounts.
Remuneration
The ECB shall pay interest on the balance standing overnight to the credit of an NCB cash account in an amount equal to the applicable ECB deposit facility rate on an actual/360 basis.
Entry into force
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31989R1237 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1237/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1237/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (2), and in particular Article 72 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas most of the table wines bearing a geographical description and words, such as those referred to in Article 2 (3) (i) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3485/87 (4), which reveal the typically regional character of these wines have become so well known on the market that there is no longer any need to make it mandatory for them to bear the words ´table wine'; whereas the said Regulation should be amended as a result,
Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 (1) (a) is replaced by the following:
´(a) the words "table wine'', without prejudice to the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 (i);'.
2. The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 (3) (i):
´For the table wines described as referred to in the preceding subparagraph, the indication "table wine'' shall not be compulsory.'
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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32010R0385 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 385/2010 of 5 May 2010 correcting Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996
| 6.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 113/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 385/2010
of 5 May 2010
correcting Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996
THE 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 148 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 (2) opened tariff quotas for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products listed in its Annexes and provides for the administration of those tariff quotas.
(2) Since the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1831/96, several CN codes listed in the original Annexes I, II and III to that Regulation have changed. For that reason, those Annexes were replaced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2006 (3).
(3) It has appeared that in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1831/96, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 973/2006, CN code 2009 80 34 is missing and that it is appropriate to insert it.
(4) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1831/96, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 973/2006, should therefore be corrected accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1831/96, in respect of order No 09.0093, CN code ‘2009 80 34’ is inserted in the column ‘CN code TARIC subheading’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 3 July 2006.
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32005R0788 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 788/2005 of 25 May 2005 fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
| 26.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 132/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 788/2005
of 25 May 2005
fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 291/2005 (3) fixed the indicative quantities for the issue of B system export licences.
(2) The definitive rate of refund for tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples covered by licences applied for under system B between 16 March 2005 to 13 May 2005, should be fixed at the indicative rate, and the percentage of licences to be issued for the quantities applied for should be laid down,
For applications for system B export licences submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 291/2005 between 16 March 2005 and 13 May 2005, the percentages of licences to be issued and the rates of refund applicable are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May 2005.
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32010D0694 | Council Decision 2010/694/CFSP of 17 November 2010 concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians
| 19.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/13
COUNCIL DECISION 2010/694/CFSP
of 17 November 2010
concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 27 October 2009, the Council adopted Common Position 2009/787/CFSP concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians (1), which provided for an extension of the validity of their national permits for entry into, and stay in, the territory of the Member States referred to in Common Position 2002/400/CFSP of 21 May 2002 concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians (2) for a further period of 12 months.
(2) On the basis of an evaluation of the application of Common Position 2002/400/CFSP, the Council considers it appropriate that the validity of those permits be extended for a further period of 12 months,
The Member States referred to in Article 2 of Common Position 2002/400/CFSP shall extend the validity of the national permits for entry and stay granted pursuant to Article 3 of that Common Position for a further period of 12 months.
The Council shall evaluate the application of Common Position 2002/400/CFSP within 6 months of the adoption of this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R2071 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2071/2001 of 24 October 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2071/2001
of 24 October 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October 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 |
32005D0763 | 2005/763/EC: Commission Decision of 28 October 2005 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the restricted zones in relation to bluetongue in Spain (notified under document number C(2005) 4162) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 29.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 288/54
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 October 2005
amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the restricted zones in relation to bluetongue in Spain
(notified under document number C(2005) 4162)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/763/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Article 8(2)(d), Article 8(3) and the third paragraph of Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2000/75/EC lays down control rules and measures to combat bluetongue in the Community, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones and a ban on animals leaving those zones.
(2) Commission Decision 2005/393/EC of 23 May 2005 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue and conditions applying to movements from or through these zones (2) provides for the demarcation of the global geographic areas where protection and surveillance zones (the restricted zones) are to be established by the Member States in relation to bluetongue.
(3) Spain has informed the Commission that virus circulation has been detected in a number of peripheral areas of the restricted zone.
(4) As a consequence the restricted zone should be extended taking account of the data available on the ecology of the vector and the evolution of its seasonal activity.
(5) Decision 2005/393/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Decision 2005/393/ EC, the part for zone E relating to Spain, is replaced by the following:
‘Spain:
— Province of Cádiz, Málaga, Sevilla, Huelva, Córdoba, Cáceres, Badajoz,
— Province of Jaen (comarcas of Jaen and Andujar),
— Province of Toledo (comarcas of Almorox, Belvis de Jara, Gálvez, Mora, Los Navalmorales, Oropesa, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Torrijos and Juncos),
— Province of Avila (comarcas de Candelada, Arenas de San Pedro, Sotillo de la Adrada,
— Province of Ciudad Real (comarcas of Almadén, Almodóvar del Campo, Horcajo de los Montes, Malagón and Piedrabuena),
— Province of Salamanca (comarcas of Bejar and Sequeros),
— Province of Madrid (comarcas of Aranjuez, El Escorial, Grinon, Navalcarnero and San Martin de Valdeiglesias).’
This Decision shall apply from 1 November 2005.
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31986R0658 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 658/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the reference prices for intra-Community trade in anchovies and Atlantic sardines for the 1986 fishing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 658/86
of 28 February 1986
fixing the reference prices for intra-Community trade in anchovies and Atlantic sardines for the 1986 fishing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 170 and 357 thereof,
Whereas Articles 170 (1) and 357 (1) of the Act of Accession provide that, during the period of moves towards alignment of the prices of anchovies and Atlantic sardines listed in Annex I (A) to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), a monitoring system is to be introduced based on the annual fixing of reference prices applicable to certain trade in the products in question between the new Member States and the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985;
Whereas Articles 170 (2) and 357 (2) of the Act of Accession provide that the reference prices in question are to be the same as the withdrawal prices applicable in Spain for anchovies and in the other Member States for Mediterranean sardines respectively, fixed in accordance with Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81;
Whereas the withdrawal prices for the 1986 fishing year for anchovies and Mediterranean sardines listed in Annex I (A) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 were fixed by Commission Regulations (EEC) No 3693/85 (2) and (EEC) No 656/86 (3);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
The reference prices for the 1986 fishing year applicable under the monitoring system provided for in Articles 170 and 357 of the Act of Accession shall be as follows:
- for imports of Atlantic sardines into the Community as at constituted on 31 December 1985 from Portugal and Spain, fresh products:
(ECU/tonne)
1,3 // // Whole fish (1) // // // 1.2.3 // Size (1) // Extra, A (1) // B (1) // // // // 1 // 215 // 137 // 2 // 215 // 137 // 3 // 332 // 137 // 4 // 215 // 137 // // //
(1) The freshness, size and presentation categories are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81.
- for imports of anchovies into Spain from other Member States of the Community:
(ECU/tonne)
1,3 // // Whole fish (1) // // // 1.2.3 // Size (1) // Extra, A (1) // B (1) // // // // 1 // 686 // 441 // 2 // 833 // 441 // 3 // 686 // 441 // 4 // 284 // 284 // // //
(1) The freshness, size and presentation categories are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81.
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 March 1986.
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31993D0744 | Council Decision of 20 December 1993 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the supplementary Protocol between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 December 1993
concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the supplementary Protocol between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part
(93/744/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Europe Agreement signed in Luxembourg on 4 October 1993, it is necessary to approve the Supplementary Protocol to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 16 December 1991, as subsequently amended by the exchange of letters signed on 15 December 1992 concerning the extension of the duration of this Agreement;
Whereas the Interim Agreement was last amended by an Additional Protocol initialled on 16 July 1993 and applied provisionally from 1 July 1993 in order to increase and accelerate the granting of certain Community concessions;
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Communities a Supplementary Protocol with the Slovak Republic to the Interim Agreement in order to adapt this Agreement to the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic on 31 December 1992 and the subsequent succession thereto by the Slovak Republic;
Whereas it is necessary to approve this Supplementary Protocol,
The Supplementary Protocol between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Slovak Republic of the other part to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Supplementary Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Supplementary Protocol in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0272 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/2005 of 17 February 2005 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
| 18.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 47/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 272/2005
of 17 February 2005
fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products in the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2).
(3) As far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of cereals required for their manufacture. These quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying the detailed rules set out above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, excluding malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31986D0349 | 86/349/EEC: Commission Decision of 1 July 1986 amending Decision 81/91/EEC as regards the list of establishments in Argentina approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 July 1986
amending Decision 81/91/EEC as regards the list of establishments in Argentina approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
(86/349/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 18 (1) thereof,
Whereas a list of establishments in Argentina, approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community, was drawn up initially by the Commission Decision of 25 November 1980, and was amended and published by Decision 81/91/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 86/294/EEC (4);
Whereas a routine inspection under Article 5 of Directive 72/462/EEC and Article 3 (1) of Commission Decision 83/196/EEC of 8 April 1983 concerning on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from non-member countries (5) has revealed that the level of hygiene of one establishment has altered since the last inspection;
Whereas the list of establishments should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 81/91/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31977D0406 | 77/406/EEC: Commission Decision of 1 June 1977 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 1 June 1977 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Only the German text is authentic) (77/406/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), as last amended by Council Directive 73/438/EEC of 11 December 1973 (2), and in particular Article 15 (2) and (3) thereof,
Having regard to the application lodged by the Federal Republic of Germany,
Whereas, under Article 15 (1) of the said Directive, seeds or propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant species which have been officially accepted during 1974 in one or more Member States and which also meet the conditions laid down in the said Directive are, with effect from 31 December 1976, no longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to variety in the Community;
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) thereof provides that a Member State may be authorized upon application to prohibit the marketing of seed and propagating material of certain varieties;
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has applied for such authorization for a certain number of varieties of different species;
Whereas Commission Decision 77/151/EEC of 29 December 1973 (3) extended the period provided for in the said Article 15 (1) for the majority of these varieties for the Federal Republic of Germany from 31 December 1976 to 31 March 1977;
Whereas the Commission has meanwhile completed its examination of the German application in respect of these varieties;
Whereas the varieties listed in this Decision have been the subject of official growing trials in the Federal Republic of Germany ; whereas the results of these trials have led the Federal Republic of Germany to decide that these varieties are not distinct or stable there;
Whereas in respect of the varieties Wintergreen (red fescue) and Patora (perennial ryegrass), the results of the trials show that in the Federal Republic of Germany, when compared with the national rules governing the acceptance of varieties there, which apply as part of current Community provisions, they are not distinct from other varieties accepted therein (Article 15 (3) (a) of the said Directive);
Whereas therefore the application of the Federal Republic of Germany in respect of these varieties should be granted in full;
Whereas other varieties are no longer included in the German application; (1)OJ No L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 356, 27.12.1973, p. 79. (3)OJ No L 47, 18.2.1977, p. 64.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby authorized to prohibit the marketing in its territory of seed of the following varieties listed in the 1977 common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species:
Fodder plants 1. Festuca rubra L.
Commutata
Wintergreen
2. Lolium perenne L.
Patora
The authorization under Article 1 shall be withdrawn as soon as it is established that the conditions thereof are no longer satisfied.
The Federal Republic of Germany shall notify the Commission of the date from which it makes use of the authorization under Article 1 and the detailed methods to be followed. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32003R1993 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1993/2003 of 13 November 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1993/2003
of 13 November 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 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 |
32002D0508 | 2002/508/EC: Commission Decision of 22 March 2001 approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Limousin in France (notified under document number C(2001) 630)
| Commission Decision
of 22 March 2001
approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Limousin in France
(notified under document number C(2001) 630)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2002/508/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee pursuant to Article 147 of the Treaty and the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 13 et seq. of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 lay down the procedure for preparing and implementing Single Programming Documents.
(2) Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that, after consultation with the partners referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation, the Member State may submit to the Commission a development plan which is treated as a draft Single Programming Document, and which contains the information referred to in Article 16 of the Regulation.
(3) Under Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, on the basis of the regional development plan submitted by the Member State and within the partnership established in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation, the Commission is to take a decision on the Single Programming Document, in agreement with the Member State concerned and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles 48 to 51.
(4) The French Government submitted to the Commission on 17 April 2000 an acceptable draft Single Programming Document for the region of Limousin fulfilling the conditions for Objective 2 pursuant to Article 4(1) and qualifying for transitional support under Objective 5(b) pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. As permitted by Article 40(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(2), the draft includes rural development measures other than those referred to in Article 35(1) of the Regulation. It also includes the information listed in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, in particular a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section.
(5) The date of submission of the draft which was considered acceptable by the Commission constitutes the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible. Under Article 52(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, as an acceptable plan was submitted between 1 January and 30 April 2000 the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible is 1 January 2000 in the case of the Structural Funds. In the case of the EAGGF Guarantee Section, Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/1999(3) provides that the expenditure is eligible only if it has actually been paid to the beneficiary after the date of submission of the programme. Under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, it is necessary to lay down the final date for the eligibility of expenditure.
(6) The rural development measures to be financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section are governed, in particular as regards their compatibility and consistency with common agricultural policy measures, by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.
(7) The Single Programming Document has been drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned and within the partnership.
(8) The Commission has satisfied itself that the Single Programming Document is in accordance with the principle of additionality.
(9) Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Commission and the Member State are required to ensure, in a manner consistent with the principle of partnership, coordination between assistance from the Funds and from the EIB and other existing financial instruments.
(10) The EIB has been involved in drawing up the Single Programming Document in accordance with the provisions of Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and has declared itself prepared to contribute to its implementation in conformity with its statutory provisions.
(11) The financial contribution from the Community available over the entire period and its year-by-year breakdown are expressed in euro. The annual breakdown should be consistent with the relevant financial perspective. Under Article 7(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Community contribution has already been indexed at a rate of 2 % per year. Under Article 7(7) and Article 44(2) of the Regulation, the Community contribution may be reviewed at mid-term, and not later than 31 March 2004, to take account of the effective level of inflation and the allocation of the performance reserve.
(12) Provision should be made for adapting the financial allocations of the priorities of this Single Programming Document within certain limits to actual requirements reflected by the pattern of implementation on the ground, in agreement with the Member State concerned,
The Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Limousin in France eligible under Objective 2 and qualifying for transitional support under Objective 5(b) for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006 is hereby approved.
1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Single Programming Document includes the following elements:
(a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Structural Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategy of France.
The priorities are as follows:
1. improving the underlying conditions for regional development;
2. making firms more competitive and encouraging the creation of activity and employment;
3. facilitating spatial development and promoting local cooperation;
4. technical assistance;
5. supporting the expansion of agricultural and rural activities;
(b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the priorities, including the information needed to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty;
(c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from each Fund and the other financial instruments, including the total amount from the EAGGF Guarantee Section and indicating separately the funding planned for the regions receiving transitional support in respect of Objective 5(b) and the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribution from the Funds planned for each year for the Single Programming Document is consistent with the relevant financial perspective;
(d) the provisions for implementing the Single Programming Document including designation of the managing authority, a description of the arrangements for managing the Single Programming Document and the use to be made of global grants, a description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, including the role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for the participation of the partners in that Committee;
(e) the ex ante verification of compliance with additionality and information on the transparency of financial flows.
2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 760627038 for the whole period, the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 137560365 and that from the EAGGF Guarantee Section at EUR 47689000 EUR.
The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 299394776 from the public sector and EUR 275982897 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and other lending instruments.
3. The rate of part-financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for each rural development measure is given in the Single Programming Document. The rate of part-financing by the EAGGF at the level of the sub-measure or action is given in the programme complement provided for in Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and shall be valid for at least one financial year.
1. The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted under the Single Programming Document amounts to EUR 137560365, to which the EAGGF Guarantee Section will contribute a further EUR 47689000.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds for the various priorities included in the Single Programming Document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision.
2. The indicative initial estimated breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
>TABLE>
3. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority may be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the Single Programming Document throughout the programme period, up to a maximum of EUR 30 million, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1.
This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which it has not yet approved. Submission of the application for assistance, the programme complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty.
Community financing of state aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls under the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 to certain categories of horizontal State aid(4). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its part-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.
Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of the Regulation for measures being part-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission.
By way of derogation from the preceding paragraphs, Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall apply in the context of rural development part financed by the EAGGF.
The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 1 January 2000 and 17 April 2000 for the EAGGF Guarantee Section.
The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2008 for the Structural Funds. This date is extended to 30 April 2009 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure in the area receiving transitional support shall be 31 December 2007.
The final date for the EAGGF Guarantee Section to take account of payments made by the paying bodies under this programming document shall be 31 December 2006.
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32006R0227 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 227/2006 of 9 February 2006 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 10.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 39/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 227/2006
of 9 February 2006
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003D0390 | 2003/390/EC: Commission Decision of 23 May 2003 establishing special conditions for placing on the market of aquaculture animals species considered not susceptible to certain diseases and the products thereof (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1641)
| Commission Decision
of 23 May 2003
establishing special conditions for placing on the market of aquaculture animals species considered not susceptible to certain diseases and the products thereof
(notified under document number C(2003) 1641)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/390/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products(1), as last amended by Directive 98/45/EC(2), and in particular Article 10(3), Article 14(1) and (3) and the second subparagraph of Article 14(4) thereof.
Whereas:
(1) Directive 91/67/EEC lays down requirements and provisions for the establishment of appropriate conditions for the placing on the market in zones and farms with approved programme or status, of live farmed fish, molluscs and crustaceans, their eggs and gametes, not belonging to the susceptible species referred to in Annex A, column 2, list II, to that Directive.
(2) Directive 91/67/EEC provides for a derogation from those requirements for species which are not a carrier of the diseases concerned, i.e. where it is shown that there is no passive transmission of those diseases when aquaculture animals, their eggs or gametes, not belonging to the susceptible species, are moved from a non-approved zone to an approved zone. That Directive also provides for the establishment of a list of the aquaculture animals to which that derogation is to apply.
(3) There is sufficient evidence that certain mollusc species are not susceptible to and do not passively transmit bonamiosis (Bonamia ostreae) and marteiliosis (Marteilia refringens). They should therefore be included in the list.
(4) Directive 91/67/EEC provides that farmed live fish and molluscs are to be accompanied by movement documents where they are introduced into zones and farms with approved programme or status. Commission Decision 93/22/EEC of 11 December 1992 laying down the model of the movement documents referred to in Article 14 of Council Directive 91/67/EEC(3), sets out those model movement documents. For the sake of clarity, the model movement documents should be updated and Decision 93/22/EEC should be replaced by this Decision.
(5) Directive 91/67/EEC provides that the placing on the market of molluscs, referred to in Annex A, column 2, list II to that Directive, is to be subject to additional guarantees, including guarantees relating to the origin of the molluscs. The application of those guarantees lead to difficulties in the supply of the molluscs. Accordingly, Commission Decision 93/55/EEC(4), as amended by Decision 93/169/EEC(5), amends the guarantees for the introduction of molluscs into zones for which a programme for demonstration of freedom from Bonamia ostreae and Marteilia refringens has been approved. The provisions of Decision 93/55/EEC should be updated and in the interests of clarity replaced by the provisions of this Decision.
(6) This Decision takes into account new scientific data and recommendations from the International office of Epizootic Diseases (OIE).
(7) This Decision is without prejudice to public health certification requirements, and therefore its model document should not be required when aquaculture animals, their eggs and gametes, are placed on the market directly for human consumption.
(8) A sufficient period of time should be provided for the implementation of these new certification requirements.
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Scope and subject-matter
1. This Decision lays down:
(a) animal health conditions for the placing on the market of aquaculture animals, their eggs and gametes, not susceptible to the diseases referred to in Annex A, column 1, list II to Directive 91/67/EEC, in zones and farms with approved programme or status;
(b) a model of the movement document provided for in Article 14(1) and (3) of Directive 91/67/EEC; and
(c) a list of the aquaculture animals species to which the derogation provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 14(4) of that Directive is applicable.
2. This Decision shall not apply where the aquaculture animals, their eggs and gametes, referred to in paragraph 1, are placed on the market directly for human consumption.
For the purpose of this Decision, the definitions in Article 2 of Directive 91/67/EEC, Article 2 of Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993 introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases(6), as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/288/EC(7), and Article 2 of Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995 introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain diseases affecting molluscs(8), as last amended by Commission Decision 2003/83/EC(9), should apply.
Movement documents
When introduced into zones and farms with approved programme or status, all aquaculture animals covered by this Decision, their eggs and gametes shall be accompanied by, and comply with the requirements referred in the model movement document set out in Annex I, taking into account the explanatory notes in Annex II.
Non carrier species
Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 14(4) of Directive 91/67/EEC, Annex III to this Decision sets out the list of aquaculture animals species to which the derogation referred to in its first subparagraph is applicable.
Repeal
Decisions 93/22/EEC and 93/55/EEC are repealed. References to the repealed Decisions shall be construed as references to this Decision.
Applicability
This Decision shall apply from 2 August 2003.
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32002R2024 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2024/2002 of 14 November 2002 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2024/2002
of 14 November 2002
on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2002(3) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of food aid.
(2) In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.
(3) In the case of table grapes, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate,
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable,
In the case of table grapes, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1917/2002 shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 November 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 |
32003R0681 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 681/2003 of 14 April 2003 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 681/2003
of 14 April 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(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 long grain B rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 7 to 10 April 2003 at 295,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April 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 |
31990R0200 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 200/90 of 22 January 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down special measures in respect of olive oil
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 200/90
of 22 January 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down special measures in respect of olive oil
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3880/88 (4), each producer Member State must set up an agency for the purpose of carrying out certain checks and duties in connection with the olive oil production aid scheme;
Whereas, in order better to ensure correct and effective application of Community rules in the olive oil sector generally, it is advisable to provide for the possibility of assigning to those agencies, in addition to their checks and duties as referred to above, checks relating to the consumption aid scheme and to the buying-in and storage of olive oil by intervention agencies,
Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in the second subparagraph, the final indent is deleted;
2. the last subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'On its own initiative or at the Commission's request, the Member State may instruct the agency to carry out:
- prescribed checks relating to consumption aid and to the buying-in and storage of olive oil by the intervention agencies,
- specific enquiries.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0019 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/2002 of 7 January 2002 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/2002
of 7 January 2002
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan 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) opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 17/2002(4) 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(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(6), 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 the West Bank and the Gaza strip; the Customs duty should be re-established.
(6) The quota for the products in question covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2001. 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 the West Bank and the Gaza strip, 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 9 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31978R1128 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1128/78 of 22 May 1978 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of two exchanges of letters amending the Agreement of 5 June 1970 between the European Economic Community and Spain on certain cheeses
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1128/78 of 22 May 1978 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of two exchanges of letters amending the Agreement of 5 June 1970 between the European Economic Community and Spain on certain cheeses
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, at the request of Spain, the Commission initiated consultations with that country with a view to re-examining the prices of certain cheeses covered by the Agreement of 5 June 1970 between the European Economic Community and Spain (1), as last amended on 22 July 1975 (2) ; whereas the Commission delegation and the Spanish delegation have reached an Agreement ; whereas the provisions thereof are acceptable,
The Agreement in the form of two exchanges of letters amending the Agreement of 5 June 1970 between the European Economic Community and Spain on certain cheeses 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 the form of two exchanges of letters in order to bind the Community.
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 |
32003R1839 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/2003 of 17 October 2003 concerning the 47th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/2003
of 17 October 2003
concerning the 47th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
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 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2002(4), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2) According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the examination of the offers received, the tendering procedure should not be proceeded with.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 47th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 14 October 2003, no award shall be made.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999D0312(01) | Council Decision of 22 February 1999 appointing a member and alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Education and Training in the field of Architecture
| COUNCIL DECISION of 22 February 1999 appointing a member and alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Education and Training in the field of Architecture (1999/C 69/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to Council Decision 85/385/EEC of 10 June 1985 setting up an Advisory Committee on Education and Training in the field of Architecture (1), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof;
Whereas, by its Decision of 26 February 1996 (2), the Council appointed Mr Michael O'CONNELL as a member and Mr Tim MAWE as an alternate member of the said Committee for the period ending on 25 February 1999;
Whereas the Irish Government has nominated Mr Michael McCARTHY to replace Mr Michael O'CONNELL and Ms Nancy CALLAGHAN to replace Mr Tim MAWE,
Mr Michael McCARTHY is hereby appointed a member of the Advisory Committee on Education and Training in the field of Architecture in place of Mr Michael O'CONNELL for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which expires on 25 February 1999.
Ms Nancy CALLAGHAN is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Education and Training in the field of Architecture in place of Mr Tim MAWE for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which expires on 25 February 1999. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0515 | Commission Regulation (EC) Νo 515/2007 of 10 May 2007 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
| 11.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 122/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) Νo 515/2007
of 10 May 2007
fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 provide that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regulations and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on the world market on the other. The same Articles provide that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on the markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports, and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market.
(3) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/95 (3) on the import and export system for products processed from cereals and from rice defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund on these products is being calculated.
(4) The refund to be granted in respect of certain processed products should be graduated on the basis of the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch content of the individual product concerned, this content being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic product actually incorporated in the processed product.
(5) There is no need at present to fix an export refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of potential exports and in particular the nature and origin of these products. For certain products processed from cereals, the insignificance of Community participation in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export refund at the present time.
(6) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(7) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(8) Certain processed maize products may undergo a heat treatment following which a refund might be granted that does not correspond to the quality of the product; whereas it should therefore be specified that on these products, containing pregelatinised starch, no export refund is to be granted.
(9) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 May 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31991D0023 | 91/23/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1990 on applications for assistance from the European Communities concerning exceptional financial support for Greece in the social field submitted by Greece (1990) (only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1990 on applications for assistance from the European Communities concerning exceptional financial support for Greece in the social field submitted by Greece (1990) (Only the Greek text is authentic) (91/23/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 of 26 March 1984 on exceptional financial support in favour of Greece in the social field (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4130/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Greece has submitted, in accordance with Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 815/84, applications for financial support to the Commission for the financial year 1990;
Whereas all the necessary conditions for the grant of aid are fulfilled;
Whereas particulars of the individual projects to which this Decision applies are contained in the Annex hereto;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 815/84,
Article 1
The amount of aid agreed for each project as well as certain amendments to previous Decisions are given in the Annex to this Decision. Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0118 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 118/2012 of 10 February 2012 amending Regulations (EC) No 2380/2001, (EC) No 1289/2004, (EC) No 1455/2004, (EC) No 1800/2004, (EC) No 600/2005, (EU) No 874/2010, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 388/2011, (EU) No 532/2011 and (EU) No 900/2011 as regards the name of the holder of the authorisation of certain additives in animal feed and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2011 Text with EEA relevance
| 11.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/36
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 118/2012
of 10 February 2012
amending Regulations (EC) No 2380/2001, (EC) No 1289/2004, (EC) No 1455/2004, (EC) No 1800/2004, (EC) No 600/2005, (EU) No 874/2010, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 388/2011, (EU) No 532/2011 and (EU) No 900/2011 as regards the name of the holder of the authorisation of certain additives in animal feed and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2011
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Alpharma BVBA and Pfizer Ltd have submitted an application under Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 proposing to change the name of the holder of the authorisations as regards Commission Regulations (EC) No 2380/2001 of 5 December 2001 concerning the 10-year authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs (2), (EC) No 1289/2004 of 14 July 2004 concerning the authorisation for 10 years of the additive Deccox® in feedingstuffs, belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances (3), (EC) No 1455/2004 of 16 August 2004 concerning the authorisation for 10 years of the additive ‘Avatec 15 %’ in feedingstuffs, belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances (4), (EC) No 1800/2004 of 15 October 2004 concerning the authorisation for 10 years of the additive Cycostat 66G in feedingstuffs, belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances (5), (EC) No 600/2005 of 18 April 2005 concerning a new authorisation for 10 years of a coccidiostat as an additive in feedingstuffs, the provisional authorisation of an additive and the permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs (6), (EU) No 874/2010 of 5 October 2010 concerning the authorisation of lasalocid A sodium as a feed additive for turkeys up to 16 weeks (holder of authorisation Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA) and amending Regulation (EC) No 2430/1999 (7), Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 388/2011 of 19 April 2011 concerning the authorisation of maduramicin ammonium alpha as a feed additive for chickens for fattening (holder of authorisation Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA) and amending Regulation (EC) No 2430/1999 (8), (EU) No 532/2011 of 31 May 2011 concerning the authorisation of robenidine hydrochloride as a feed additive for rabbits for breeding and rabbits for fattening (holder of authorisation Alpharma Belgium BVBA) and amending Regulations (EC) No 2430/1999 and (EC) No 1800/2004 (9) and as regards (EU) No 900/2011 of 7 September 2011 concerning the authorisation of lasalocid A sodium as a feed additive for pheasants, guinea fowl, quails and partridges other than laying birds (holder of authorisation Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA) (10).
(2) The applicants claim that, with effect from 1 March 2011 as a result of the acquisition of Alpharma BVBA by Pfizer Ltd, the latter owns the marketing rights for the additives decoquinate, lasalocid A sodium, maduramicin ammonium alpha, robenidine hydrochloride and salinomycin.
(3) The proposed change of the terms of the authorisations is purely administrative in nature and does not entail a fresh assessment of the additives concerned. The European Food Safety Authority was informed of the application.
(4) To allow the applicant to exploit its marketing rights under the name of Pfizer Ltd it is necessary to change the terms of the authorisations.
(5) Regulations (EC) No 2380/2001, (EC) No 1289/2004, (EC) No 1455/2004, (EC) No 1800/2004, (EC) No 600/2005, (EU) No 874/2010, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 388/2011, (EU) No 532/2011 and (EU) No 900/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Since the modifications to the conditions of the authorisations are not related to safety reasons, it is appropriate to provide for a transitional period during which existing stocks may be used up.
(7) The maximum residue limits (MRLs) for turkeys and chickens for fattening introduced into the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 101/2009 (11) and the trade name ‘Robenz 66 G’ for turkeys and chickens for fattening introduced into the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2009 (12) were, by error, omitted in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2011. It is therefore necessary to reintroduce these MRLs and the trade name.
(8) Therefore, the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2011 should be corrected accordingly.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2380/2001
In column 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2380/2001, the words ‘Alpharma Belgium BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004
In column 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1289/2004, the words ‘Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1455/2004
In column 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1455/2004, the words ‘Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004
In column 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004, the words ‘Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 600/2005
In column 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 600/2005, the words ‘Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 874/2010
In column 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 874/2010, the words ‘Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 388/2011
In column 2 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 388/2011, the words ‘Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2011
In column 2 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2011 the words ‘Alpharma Belgium BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 900/2011
In column 2 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 900/2011, the words ‘Alpharma (Belgium) BVBA’ are replaced by ‘Pfizer Ltd’.
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Correction to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2011
Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2011 is corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
1
Transitional measures
Existing stocks which are in conformity with the provisions applying before the date of entry into force of this Regulation may continue to be placed on the market and used until 2 September 2012.
2
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
0 and the Annex shall, however, apply from 21 June 2011.
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32013D0291 | 2013/291/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 14 June 2013 laying down transitional measures for certain products of animal origin covered by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council introduced into Croatia from third countries before 1 July 2013 (notified under document C(2013) 3475) Text with EEA relevance
| 18.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 164/25
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 14 June 2013
laying down transitional measures for certain products of animal origin covered by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council introduced into Croatia from third countries before 1 July 2013
(notified under document C(2013) 3475)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/291/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to Treaty of Accession of Croatia and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 42 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Croatia is expected to accede to the Union on 1 July 2013. Products of animal origin will be subject to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (1). However, certain products of animal origin introduced into Croatia before that date do not comply with the relevant rules set out in that Regulation.
(2) Some of those products have been released for free circulation in Croatia while others have not yet been placed under the customs procedure and are still under customs supervision.
(3) In order to facilitate the transition from the existing regime in Croatia to that resulting from the application of Union legislation, it is appropriate to lay down transitional measures for the marketing of those products.
(4) Those products should only be placed on the domestic market of Croatia under appropriate conditions. In particular, taking into account that the current traceability system is not sufficient, those non-compliant products should not be processed by establishments authorised to dispatch their products to other Member States.
(5) Products that do not comply with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 should not be introduced into other Member States. In order to ensure that the products concerned are not subject to intra-Union trade, Member States should carry out appropriate checks in accordance with Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (2).
(6) The export of such products to third countries should comply with appropriate arrangements and be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (3).
(7) After one year from the date of accession, products that have not yet been released for free circulation and placed on the market in Croatia or exported and remain in storage under customs supervision should be destroyed.
(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,
Scope
This Decision shall apply to products of animal origin which fulfil the following conditions:
(a) they fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(b) they do not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
(c) they were introduced into Croatia from third countries before 1 July 2013.
Products of animal origin released for free circulation in Croatia before 1 July 2013
Products referred to in Article 1 that have been released for free circulation in Croatia before 1 July 2013 may continue to be placed on the market on the territory of Croatia for a period of one year from that date, provided that they comply with the following requirements:
(a) they must not be processed by establishments authorised to dispatch their products to other Member States;
(b) they must bear a national mark provided for by the national rules of Croatia in force at the date of release for free circulation and which is different from the health mark referred to in Chapter III of Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) or from the identification mark referred in Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
Products of animal origin introduced into Croatia but not released for free circulation before 1 July 2013
Products referred to in Article 1 which were introduced into Croatia before 1 July 2013 but were not released for free circulation before that date, may be released for free circulation in Croatia and may be placed on the market on the territory of Croatia only until 30 June 2014, provided that they comply with the requirements laid down in Article 2.
Prohibition of dispatch of products of animal origin from Croatia to other Member States
1. Products referred in Article 1 shall not be dispatched from Croatia to other Member States.
2. Member States shall ensure, in accordance with Council Directive 89/662/EEC, and in particular Article 3 thereof, that the products referred to in Article 1 are not traded between Member States.
Export to third countries
For a transitional period until 1 July 2014, products referred to in Article 1 may continue to be exported from Croatia to third countries provided that the following conditions are complied with:
(a) the export must be carried out in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
(b) each consignment must exit Croatian territory directly under the supervision of the competent authority without crossing the territory of other Member States;
(c) each consignment must be transported in a means of transport sealed by the competent authority and the seals must be checked at the point of exit from Croatia.
Destruction of consignments under customs supervision on 1 July 2014
Consignments of products referred to in Article 1 which are still under customs supervision on 1 July 2014 shall be destroyed under the control of the competent authority.
All costs incurred with the destruction of those consignments shall be chargeable to the owner of the consignment.
Application
This Decision shall apply subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.
Addressees
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31994D0485 | 94/485/EC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1994 approving an amendment to the Spanish programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Castile-León
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 July 1994 approving an amendment to the Spanish programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Castile-León (94/485/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 of 21 March 1989 establishing a system of transitional aids to agricultural income (1), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3813/89 of 19 December 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of transitional aids to agricultural income (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1110/91 (3), and in particular
Article 10
(3) thereof,
Whereas on 4 December 1992 the Spanish authorities notified the Commission of their intention to establish a programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Castille y León; whereas the Commission approved the programme in its Decision 93/207/EEC (4);
Whereas Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 provides that that Regulation is to apply until 31 March 1993 and that no programme of agricultural income aid is to be approved after that date; whereas, therefore, in accordance with Article 7 (1) of the same Regulation, after that date the Commission can only approve technical amendments to programmes of aid to agricultural income;
Whereas on 21 March 1994 the Spanish authorities notified the Commission that they had experienced technical problems in processing individual applications for income aid between the date of entry into force of the Decision approving the programme and the deadline for benefiting from the funds entered in the Community budget for 1993 for the programme and that consequently no aid payments had been made between these two dates;
Whereas the Spanish authorities have requested that the amount entered in the Community budget for 1993 should be entered in the Community budget for 1994; whereas it seems appropriate to grant this request, given that it is not of a nature to alter the substance of the Decision of 16 March 1993 approving the programme;
Whereas the Management Committee for Agricultural Income Aid was consulted on 19 July 1994 on the measure provided for in this Decision;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee was consulted on 19 July 1994 on the maximum amounts that can be charged to the Community budget each year under the programme approved,
The programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Castile-León notified to the Commission by the Spanish authorities on 4 December 1992, as amended by the communication of 21 March 1994, is hereby approved.
The maximum amounts that may be charged to the Community budget each year under this Decision are as follows:
"(ECU)"" ID="1">1993> ID="2">none"> ID="1">1994> ID="2">16 937 000"> ID="1">1995> ID="2">6 408 000">
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32009R1218 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1218/2009 of 14 December 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 15.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/50
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1218/2009
of 14 December 2009
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 15 December 2009.
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31987R2157 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2157/87 of 22 July 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oil seeds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2157/87
of 22 July 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 (2), and in particular Article 27 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 30 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1980/87 (4), states in the circumstances under which rapeseed and sunflower seed are rendered ineligible for the subsidy; whereas white and striped sunflower seed in packages not exceeding 100 kg are ineligible for the subsidy since they are intended for consumption in the unaltered state; whereas, in order to clarify the provisions of Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83, those types of seed should be mentioned explicitly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The last indent of Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 is hereby replaced by the following:
'- intended for use in the unaltered state for human or animal food, where proof has been furnished to the satisfaction of the Member State concerned; in particular, proof shall be considered to have been furnished when white and striped sunflower seed has been put up in containers with a maximum content of 100 kilograms.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R1054 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1054/98 of 20 May 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/94 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of advance-fixing certificates for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1054/98 of 20 May 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/94 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of advance-fixing certificates for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8(3) and Article 20 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1909/97 (3), stipulates that for eggs exported in any form other than ovalbumin, the rate of the refund cannot be fixed in advance; whereas, for exports of eggs in the natural state, the granting of a refund is now subject to obtaining an export licence comprising advance fixing of the refund; whereas, therefore, advance fixing of refunds for eggs incorporated into goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty should also be allowed for a period identical to that applicable to these products when exported in the natural state;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1223/94 of 30 May 1994 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of advance-fixing certificates for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2340/96 (5), stipulates that, during the period of reflection referred to in Article 3(3), a number of special measures, listed in the second subparagraph, may be adopted; whereas it is necessary to provide a single measure, namely the rejection of applications; whereas, in the absence of such a measure, which may be applied at the latest on the first day on which the certificates can be issued, the latter should be issued for the quantity and rate of refund requested;
Whereas, in order to improve the management of acceptance or rejection of advance-fixing certificates, the days on which Member States inform the Commission of applications for certificates should be changed; whereas the time taken to issue certificates should be shortened whenever possible, while still carrying out the checks needed to ensure proper management;
Whereas the current situation regarding exports of milk products in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty calls for very close monitoring of the advance fixing of refunds; whereas the present validity period of certificates for milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty is three months following the month of application for butter, and six months following the month of application for milk powder; whereas the validity period of certificates for milk products exported in the natural state is four months following the month of application; whereas a longer validity period creates increased uncertainty regarding the amounts committed in respect of refunds which have not been paid, and complicates budgetary monitoring; whereas the validity period of certificates for all milk products exported in the form of goods should accordingly be reduced to a period identical to that applicable to milk products exported in the natural state;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex II,
In Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the first subparagraph is hereby replaced by the following:
'However, a system of fixing the rate of the refund in advance shall be applicable for basic products.`
Regulation (EC) No 1223/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3(3) is replaced by the following:
'3. Applications for certificates for each basic product can be lodged every working day. The issue of certificates by the relevant authority is subject to the following conditions:
(i) certificates applied for from Monday to Wednesday shall be issued on the following Monday;
(ii) certificates applied for on a Thursday or Friday shall be issued on the following Wednesday.
Certificates shall not be issued if during the period from the Monday to the Friday (for certificates applied for from Monday to Wednesday) or during the period from the Thursday to the following Tuesday (for certificates applied for on a Thursday or Friday) the Commission decides not to accept the applications.`;
2. Article 4(1) is replaced by the following:
'1. A certificate shall be valid from its day of issue:
- for products covered by the common organisations of the markets in sugar, cereals and rice, until the end of the fifth month following that of application,
- for products covered by the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products, until the end of the fourth month following that of application,
- for products covered by the common organisation of the market in eggs, until the end of the third month following that of application.
By way of derogation from the preceding subparagraph, where goods are exported on the basis of an invitation to tender, as referred to in Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, issued in an importing non-member country, the certificate shall be valid from the date of its issue until the date on which the obligations arising from the award must be met, although the period of validity of the certificate may not exceed eight months following the month of issue.`;
3. Article 4(2)(b) is deleted;
4. in Article 8(1) 'every Tuesday and Friday` is replaced by 'every Monday and Thursday before midday (Brussels time)`;
5. the following Article 9a is added:
'Article 9a
The time frame for issuing certificates shall be extended by one day if the day on which Member States are required to inform the Commission of certificate applications referred to in Article 8 falls on an official public holiday of the Commission in Brussels, irrespective of whether or not that day is a public holiday in the Member State where the application for a certificate was lodged.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Offical Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to applications for certificates lodged from 1 June 1998.
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32004D0051 | 2004/51/EC: Commission Decision of 23 December 2003 on the financial contribution from the Community towards the eligible costs of the eradication of avian influenza in the Germany in 2003 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 5009)
| Commission Decision
of 23 December 2003
on the financial contribution from the Community towards the eligible costs of the eradication of avian influenza in the Germany in 2003
(notified under document number C(2003) 5009)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/51/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 Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 3(3) and Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) As soon as the presence of avian influenza was officially confirmed in 2003, Germany reported that it had immediately implemented the control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of that disease as provided for in Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003, as required in order to obtain a financial contribution from the Community for the eradication of the disease in accordance with Decision 90/424/EEC.
(2) Avian influenza represents a serious danger to Community stocks. Accordingly, in order to prevent the spread of that disease and contribute to its eradication, the Community should contribute to eligible expenditures incurred by Germany. It is therefore appropriate that a financial contribution from the Community should be granted to Germany under the provisions of Decision 90/424/EEC in order to cover the costs related to the outbreak of avian influenza in 2003.
(3) 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 (2) of Decision 90/424/EEC and the concepts of "reasonable payments" and "justified payments" mentioned in the present Decision.
(4) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agriculture policy(4), veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with Community rules are to be financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 apply.
(5) Having regard to the uncertainty on the final eligible amount needed to compensate the outbreak of the disease, the financial contribution at this stage should be limited to an advance of EUR 135000, for the eligible costs incurred for the obligatory culling of the animals and the obligatory destruction of the eggs.
(6) The financial contribution from the Community should be granted provided that the actions planned are carried out efficiently and that the competent authorities supply all the necessary information within the time limits laid down in this Decision.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Payment of a financial contribution from the Community to Germany
Germany may obtain a financial contribution from the Community of 50 % of the eligible expenditure for:
(a) the swift and adequate compensation of the owners for their animals killed and their eggs destroyed pursuant to Article 10 of Council Directive 90/425/EEC(5) and Article 5 of Directive 92/40/EEC, under compulsory eradication measures mentioned the first and seventh indent of Article 3(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, related to outbreaks of avian influenza which occurred in 2003, and in accordance with the present Decision;
(b) the costs of the destruction of carcasses, eggs, contaminated feedingstuffs and equipment, the cleaning, disinsectisation and disinfection of holdings and equipment, mentioned in under the first, second and third indents of Article 3(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, and in accordance with the present Decision.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "swift and adequate compensation" means payment, within 90 days:
- of the culling of the animals, for compensation corresponding to the market value as defined in Article 3(1),
- of the destruction of the eggs, for compensation corresponding to the market value as defined in Article 3(1);
(b) "reasonable payments" means payments for the purchase of materials or services at proportionate prices compared to the market prices before the outbreak of the avian influenza;
(c) "justified payments" means payments for the purchase of materials or services of which the nature and the direct link with the compulsory culling of animals or the destruction of the eggs, as referred to in Article 1(a) is demonstrated.
The eligible expenditure covered by the financial contribution from the Community
1. The maximum eligible expenditure for the compensation of the owners of the animals and the eggs shall be based on the market value figures for the different types of poultry and eggs at different stages of their life cycle.
2. When the compensation payments made by Germany pursuant to Article 1(a) are effected after the 90-day deadline laid down in Article 2(a), the eligible amounts shall be reduced for expenditure effected after the deadline as follows:
- 25 % for payments made between 91 and 105 days after the culling of the animals or the destruction of the eggs,
- 50 % for payments made between 106 and 120 days after the culling of the animals or the destruction of the eggs,
- 75 % for payments made between 121 and 135 days after the culling of the animals or the destruction of the eggs,
- 100 % for payments beyond 136 days after the culling of the animals or the destruction of the eggs.
However, the Commission will apply a different time scale and/or lower reductions or none at all, if exceptional management conditions are encountered for certain measures, or if other well-founded justifications are introduced by Germany.
3. The costs referred to in Article 1(b) eligible for a financial contribution shall only be those set out in Annex III.
4. The calculation of the financial contribution from the Community shall exclude:
(a) value added tax;
(b) salaries of civil servants;
(c) use of public material other than consumables.
Conditions for payment and supporting documentation
1. Subject to the results of the eventual checks referred to in Article 5, an advance of EUR 135000 shall be paid on the basis of supporting documents submitted by Germany concerning the swift and adequate compensation of owners for the compulsory culling of the animals and compulsory destruction of the eggs in 2003 pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 90/425/EEC and Article 5 of Directive 92/40/EEC.
2. The balance of the financial contribution from the Community shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41 of Decision 90/424/EEC on the basis of:
(a) a claim submitted in accordance with Annexes Ia, Ib and II within the time limits provided for in paragraph 3;
(b) detailed documents confirming the figures in the claim referred to in point (a);
(c) the results of the eventual on-the-spot checks by the Commission as referred in Article 5.
The documents referred to in point (b) as well as relevant commercial information shall be made available for on-the-spot checks by the Commission.
3. The claim referred to in paragraph 2(a) shall be provided in computerised form in accordance with Annexes Ia, Ib and II within 60 calendar days after the notification of this Decision.
When these deadlines are not observed, the financial contribution from the Community shall be reduced by 25 % for each month of delay.
On-the-spot checks by the Commission
The Commission may make on-the-spot checks, with the cooperation of the competent national authorities, on the implementation of the avian influenza eradication measures and the related costs incurred.
Addressee
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32004R0540 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/2004 of 24 March 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/2004
of 24 March 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 25 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31983R0354 | Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983 concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM) No 354/83
of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 203 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, in carrying out their task, the institutions of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community have accumulated a vast collection of archives; whereas these archives constitute the property of these Communities, each of which has legal personality;
Whereas it is standard practice, both in Member States and in international organizations, to make archives available to the public after a number of years has passed; whereas common rules concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Communities should be laid down;
Whereas some of the documents and records emanating from institutions of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community are held physically in the archives of the Member States; whereas the Member States apply different rules to determine when and on what conditions their archives may be made available to the public; whereas classified documents and records emanating from Community institutions should be prevented from being released to the public through national archives on terms less strict than those provided for in this Regulation;
Whereas the processing and critical analysis of Community archives is not only of value to historical research in general but can at the same time facilitate the activities of bodies involved in Community affairs and thereby contribute to the better attainment of all the Communities' objectives;
Whereas the Treaties have not provided for any specific powers of action regarding the establishment of common rules for this subject;
Whereas certain essential principles alone need to be determined, adoption of the requisite rules for the implementation, at internal level, of such principles being left to each Community institution,
1. The institutions of the European Economic Community and of the European Atomic Energy Community (hereinafter referred to as 'the institutions') shall establish historical archives and open them to the public on the terms provided for by this Regulation after the expiry of a period of 30 years starting from the date of the creation of the document or record. For the purposes of this Regulation the Economic and Social Committee and the Court of Auditors shall be treated in the same way as the institutions referred to in Article 4 (1) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Article 3 (1) of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a) 'Community archives' means all those documents and records of whatever type and in whatever medium which have originated in or been received by one of the institutions or by their representatives or servants in the performance of their duties, which relate to the activities of the European Economic Community and/or the European Atomic Energy Community (hereinafter referred to as 'the European Communities');
(b) 'historical archives' consist of that part of the Community archives which has been selected, on the terms laid down in Article 7 of this Regulation, for permanent preservation.
3. All documents and records which were freely available before the expiry of the period provided for in paragraph 1 shall remain accessible to the public without restriction.
4. After the expiry of the 30-year period provided for in paragraph 1, access to the historical archives shall be given to any person who applies for it and agrees to abide by internal rules established for the purpose by each institution.
5. The historical archives shall be accessible in copy form. However, the institutions may release the originals of the documents or records if the user shows a special and duly substantiated interest.
This Regulation shall not apply to files of the European Communities' staff or to documents and records containing information on the private or professional life of individual persons.
1. The public shall not have access to:
(a) documents and records that have been classified in accordance with Article 10 of Council Regulation No 3 of 31 July 1958 implementing Article 24 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (1), and have not been declassified;
(b) contracts submitted to or concluded by the Euratom Supply Agency pursuant to Chapter VI of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community;
(c) documents and records of cases submitted for judgment to the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
2. The public shall not have access to documents and records which, according to the rules and practice of each institution, are graded confidential or higher, unless they have been declassified in accordance with Article 5.
1. Documents and records which, when brought to the notice of an institution, are covered by the obligation of professional or business secrecy shall not be released to the public after the 30-year period unless the institution which has notice of the document or record has previously informed the person or undertaking concerned of his intention to release them to the public and that person or undertaking does not object within a period to be laid down in the rules of application referred to in Article 9.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply also to documents and records drawn up by an institution and comprising information covered by professional or business secrecy.
1. For the sake of compliance with the 30-year rule provided for in Article 1 (1), each institution shall in good time, and not later than the 25th year following the date of the creation of a document or record, examine all documents and records graded confidential or higher in order to decide whether or not to declassify them. Documents and records not declassified at the first such examination shall be re-examined periodically and at least every five years.
2. As regards documents and records received from a Member State or from another institution, the institutions shall abide by the classification established by the originator. However, in order to ensure the broadest possible access to Community archives, the institutions and the Member States may agree on procedures for the declassification, according to criteria adopted by common agreement, of documents and records.
1. Member States shall refrain from releasing to the public, on terms less strict than those laid down in Articles 1 to 5, documents and records, emanating from institutions and physically held in their public archives, which have been classified and have not been declassified.
2. Paragraph 1 shall also apply to such documents and records of the Member States which reproduce in full or in part the content of the documents referred to in that paragraph.
Each institution shall transfer to the historical archives all documents and records contained in their current archives no later than 15 years after their date of creation. According to the criteria laid down by each institution pursuant to Article 9, there shall be an initial sorting process with the purpose of separating documents and records that are to be preserved from those that have no administrative or historical value.
1. Each institution may hold its historical archives in whatever place it considers most appropriate.
2. Each institution shall, on request, supply the Member States and the other institutions to the extent that the Member State concerned is not the one in which the institution is situated or the institutions concerned are not situated in the same Member State, with a complete set of microform copies of its historical archives, in so far as public access to them is available under this Regulation.
Each institution may adopt, at internal level, detailed rules for the application of this Regulation.
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32004R2087 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2087/2004 of 7 December 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 8.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 361/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2087/2004
of 7 December 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 8 December 2004.
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31997R2406 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2406/97 of 3 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1141/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 as regards the labelling of beef and beef products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2406/97 of 3 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1141/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 as regards the labelling of beef and beef products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of 21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products (1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1141/97 (2) lays down detailed rules as regards the labelling of beef and beef products;
Whereas Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 820/97 provides for certain provisions where the production of beef takes place, in full or in part, in a third country; whereas it is appropriate to provide for detailed implementing rules for the approval procedure for imports of beef from third countries;
Whereas in order to ensure that the labelling arrangements relating to imported beef are of equivalent reliability to those applicable to Community beef, the Commission shall examine notifications received from third countries; whereas complete notifications shall be transmitted to the Member States when the Commission reaches the conclusion that the procedures and/or criteria applied in the third country concerned are equivalent to the standards set out in Regulation (EC) No 820/97;
Whereas in order to guarantee the reliability of the labelling system in third countries the Commission may request additional information and should take the necessary measures in the light of the information received as a result of these requests;
Whereas the Commission may carry out checks in third countries; whereas in order to be able to carry out checks in a third country the Commission would need the prior consent of the third country concerned; whereas if such consent is not forthcoming, the Commission should take the necessary measures;
Whereas it is opportune to prolong the transitional period taking account of several practical problems that have arisen in Member States as well as in third countries;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EC) No 1141/97 is hereby amended as follows:
(a) the following Article 4a is inserted:
'Article 4a
Approvals granted by third countries
1. The Commission shall verify that notifications are complete as provided for in Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97. On receipt of a notification which is incomplete, the Commission shall inform the third country concerned, indicating the information which is required.
Complete notifications shall be transmitted to Member States without delay unless the Commission reaches the conclusion that the procedures and/or criteria applied in the third country concerned are not equivalent to the standards set out in Regulation (EC) No 820/97 in accordance with its power to do so pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 15 (2) of that Regulation.
2. If, at any time, the Commission considers, on the basis of the notification provided for in Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97, that it is appropriate to verify that the procedures and/or criteria notified by a third country are currently equivalent to the standards set out in Regulation (EC) No 820/97, the Commission may request the third country to provide any necessary information. In particular, the Commission may request the third country to provide copies of the specifications approved by the designated competent authority. The Commission may further request the third country to authorize representatives of the Commission to carry out checks in the third country.
3. If any information or authorization requested pursuant to the preceding paragraph is not received within the time specified by the Commission, the Commission may conclude that the procedures and/or criteria applied in a third country are not equivalent to the standards set out in Regulation (EC) No 820/97.
4. The Commission may at any time change its initial decision as regards the equivalency of the procedures and/or criteria applied in the third country concerned pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97.`;
(b) the second subparagraph of Article 6 is replaced by the following:
'However, beef labelled in accordance with previous arrangements may be sold until 31 March 1998 without changing the existing labels.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31993R1917 | COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1917/93 of 12 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3742/92 fixing the guide prices for fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 for the 1993 fishing year and Regulation (EEC) No 3725/92 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 for the 1993 fishing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1917/93 of 12 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3742/92 fixing the guide prices for fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 for the 1993 fishing year and Regulation (EEC) No 3725/92 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 for the 1993 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 9 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 reforms certain mechanisms of the common organization of the market in fishery products and introduces new products eligible for measures under those mechanisms; whereas the application of these mechanisms requires the guide prices for th new products concerned to be fixed in accordance with Article 9 (1) and (2) of that Regulation;
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3724/92 (2) and (EEC) No 3725/92 (3) fixed the guide prices for the 1993 fishing year for the fishery products covered by the common organization of the market before the entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92; whereas these Regulations must therefore be amended to include the guide prices fixed for the new products concerned;
Whereas the entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, scheduled for 1 January 1993, has given producer organizations an entitlement, from that date, to Community support for interventions on the market in the new products concerned; whereas, therefore, this Regulation should also apply from 1 January 1993,
1. The text which appears in Annex I to this Regulation shall be added to the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3724/92.
2. The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3725/92 is hereby amended as follows:
(a) point 1 in the table shall be deleted;
(b) the text in Annex II to this Regulation shall be added.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1993.
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32005R0622 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 622/2005 of 21 April 2005 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
| 22.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 103/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 622/2005
of 21 April 2005
fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products in the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2).
(3) As far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of cereals required for their manufacture. These quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying the detailed rules set out above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, excluding malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 April 2005.
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32014D0500 | 2014/500/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision Atalanta/4/2014 of 24 July 2014 on the appointment of the EU Force Commander for the European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (Atalanta) and repealing Decision Atalanta/1/2014
| 26.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/14
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION ATALANTA/4/2014
of 24 July 2014
on the appointment of the EU Force Commander for the European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (Atalanta) and repealing Decision Atalanta/1/2014
(2014/500/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 2008/851/CFSP of 10 November 2008 on a European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 6(1) of Joint Action 2008/851/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (‘PSC’) to take decisions on the appointment of the EU Force Commander for the European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (‘EU Force Commander’).
(2) On 18 March 2014, the PSC adopted Decision Atalanta/1/2014 (2) appointing Rear Admiral (LH) Jürgen zur MÜHLEN as EU Force Commander.
(3) The EU Operation Commander has recommended the appointment of Rear Admiral Guido RANDO as the new EU Force Commander to succeed Rear Admiral (LH) Jürgen zur MÜHLEN.
(4) The EU Military Committee supports that recommendation.
(5) Decision Atalanta/1/2014 should therefore be repealed.
(6) In accordance with Article 5 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 does not participate in the elaboration and the implementation of decisions and actions of the Union which have defence implications,
Rear Admiral Guido RANDO is hereby appointed EU Force Commander for the European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (Atalanta) as from 6 August 2014.
Decision Atalanta/1/2014 is hereby repealed.
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31993D0314 | 93/314/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible for Objective 2 in eastern Scotland (Only the English text is authentic)
| <{COM}>COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible for Objective 2 in eastern Scotland (Only the English text is authentic)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 9 (9) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Commission, on the basis of the regional and social conversion plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, the Community support frameworks for Community structural operations;
Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of that provision, Community support frameworks shall cover in particular the 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 et seq. of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other financial instruments (2) sets out the conditions for the preparation and implementation of Community support frameworks;
Whereas the Commission adopted with Decision 89/288/EEC (3) an initial list of the regions eligible for Objective 2; whereas this list was completed by Commission Decision 90/400/EEC (4) to take account of the decision on the Rechar Community initiative of 17 December 1989 (5); whereas the Commission decided on 30 April 1991 to maintain the list thus completed for 1992 and 1993;
Whereas the United Kingdom submitted to the Commission on 30 July 1991 the plan referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) 2052/88 in respect of the areas eligible for Objective 2 in eastern Scotland;
Whereas the plans submitted by the Member State include a description of the main priorities selected and an indication of the use to be made of assistance under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments in implementing the plans;
Whereas in accordance with Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 the Commission adopted on 20 December 1989 the Community support framework for the region of eastern Scotland for the period 1989 to 1991; whereas the present Community support framework constitutes the second phase of Community assistance to this area;
Whereas this Community support framework 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 EIB has also been involved in the preparation of the Community support frameworks in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas it has declared its readiness to help implement these frameworks on the basis of the estimated loan arrangements indicated in this Decision and in accordance with the provisions of its Statute;
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of these frameworks in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas this Decision is consistent with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and of the European Social Fund Committee;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 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) No 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 areas eligible for Objective 2 in eastern Scotland, covering the period 1 January 1992 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 governing the Structural Funds and the guidelines relating to them.
The Community support framework shall include the following essential information:
(a) a statement of the priorities for joint action:
- improving facilities for the development of productive activities,
- improvements in the road, rail and inland waterway networks and public transport facilities in order to facilitate business development and tourism,
- assistance for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises,
- improving the image and attractiveness of the region,
- the development of tourism and cultural activities,
- support for research and development and vocational training;
(b) an outline of the forms of assistance to be provided, primarily in the form of operational programmes;
(c) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1992 prices, the total cost of the priorities adopted for joint action by the Community and the Member State concerned, that is ECU 180,7 million for the whole period, and the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:
ERDF ECU 49,0 million
ESF ECU 12,3 million
Total for Structural Funds ECU 61,3 million.
The resultant national financing requirement, that is approximately ECU 95,90 million for the public sector and ECU 23,50 million for the private sector, may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other lending instruments.
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32015D0398 | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/398 of 13 February 2015 amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Hungary in the list of Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky's disease (notified under document C(2015) 718) Text with EEA relevance
| 11.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 66/16
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/398
of 13 February 2015
amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Hungary in the list of Member States or regions thereof free of Aujeszky's disease
(notified under document C(2015) 718)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules applicable to trade in the Union in bovine animals and swine. Article 9 of that Directive lays down criteria for the approval of compulsory national control programmes for certain contagious diseases, including Aujeszky's disease. In addition, Article 10 of that Directive provides that where a Member State considers its territory or part thereof to be free of such diseases, including Aujeszky's disease, it is to present appropriate supporting documentation to the Commission.
(2) Commission Decision 2008/185/EC (2) lays down the additional guarantees for movements of pigs between Member States. Those guarantees are linked to the classification of Member States according to their Aujeszky's disease status.
(3) Annex I to Decision 2008/185/EC lists Member States or regions thereof which are free of Aujeszky's disease and where vaccination is prohibited. Annex II to that Decision lists Member States or regions thereof where approved national control programmes for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease are in place.
(4) Hungary is currently listed in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC, as a Member State or region thereof where approved national control programmes for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease have been implemented.
(5) Hungary has submitted documentation in support of its application to declare Hungary free from Aujeszky's disease.
(6) Following the evaluation of the supporting documentation submitted by Hungary, it is appropriate that Hungary is no longer listed in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC, but instead be listed in Annex I thereto.
(7) Decision 2008/185/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Annexes I and II to Decision 2008/185/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
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32001R2421 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2421/2001 of 11 December 2001 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2421/2001
of 11 December 2001
fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95(2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in poultrymeat that the refund should be fixed at an amount which would permit Community participation in world trade and would also take account of the nature of these exports and their importance at the present time.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
The list of product codes for which, when they are exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 December 2001.
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32005R1930 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1930/2005 of 24 November 2005 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
| 25.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 307/46
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1930/2005
of 24 November 2005
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector (1), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (2), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.
(3) On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 23 November 2005, the quantity still available for the period until 15 January 2006, for destination zones (2) Asia and (3) eastern Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 16 to 22 November 2005 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for these zones until 16 January 2006,
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 16 to 22 November 2005 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 91,01 % of the quantities requested for zones (2) Asia and 83,48% of the quantities requested for zone (3) eastern Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 23 November 2005 and the submission of export licence applications from 25 November 2005 for destination zones (2) Asia and (3) eastern Europe shall be suspended until 16 January 2006.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 November 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0011 | Council Regulation (EU) No 11/2014 of 16 December 2013 concerning the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles
| 9.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 4/38
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 11/2014
of 16 December 2013
concerning the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 5 October 2006, the Council approved the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (1) (the ‘Agreement’) by means of Regulation (EC) No 1562/2006 (2).
(2) The fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement were set out in a Protocol (3). The most recent Protocol expires on 17 January 2014.
(3) The Union has negotiated with the Republic of Seychelles a new Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement (the ‘new Protocol’). The new Protocol was initialled on 10 May 2013.
(4) On 16 December 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2014/5/EU (4) on the signing and provisional application of the new Protocol.
(5) The fishing opportunities should be allocated among the Member States for the period of application of the new Protocol.
(6) In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (5), if it appears that the fishing opportunities allocated to the Union are not fully utilised, the Commission is to inform the Member States concerned. The absence of a reply within a deadline to be set by the Council is to be considered as confirmation that the vessels of the Member States concerned are not making full use of their fishing opportunities in the given period. It is necessary to set such deadline.
(7) This Regulation should apply from the date of provisional application of the new Protocol,
1. The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles (the ‘Protocol’) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a) Tuna purse seiners
Spain 22 vessels
France 16 vessels
Italy 2 vessels;
(b) Surface longliners
Spain 2 vessels
France 2 vessels
Portugal 2 vessels.
2. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Agreement and the Protocol.
3. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member State in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.
4. The deadline by which Member States are to confirm that they do not fully utilise the fishing opportunities granted to them, as referred to in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, shall be set at 10 working days from the day on which the Commission informs them that their fishing opportunities have not been fully exhausted.
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 18 January 2014.
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32002R0449 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/2002 of 12 March 2002 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/2002
of 12 March 2002
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 March 2002, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 April 2002 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52100 tonnes.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice 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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(4),
The following Member States shall issue on 21 March 2002 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:
Germany:
- 50 tonnes originating in Namibia.
United Kingdom:
- 200 tonnes originating in Namibia,
- 50 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of April 2002 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 2002.
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32006D0366 | Council Decision 2006/366/CFSP of 20 March 2006 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Government of Georgia on the status in Georgia of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and his/her support team
| 23.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 135/14
COUNCIL DECISION 2006/366/CFSP
of 20 March 2006
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Government of Georgia on the status in Georgia of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and his/her support team
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Presidency,
Whereas:
(1) Further to the decision to respond to the situation following the closure of the OSCE border monitoring mission in Georgia by strengthening the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, the Council adopted, on 28 July 2005, Joint Action 2005/582/CFSP amending and extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus (1).
(2) Further to Council Decision of 3 October 2005 authorising the Presidency, assisted where necessary by the Secretary-General/High Representative, to open negotiations, the Presidency negotiated an agreement between the European Union and the Government of Georgia on the status in Georgia of the EUSR for the South Caucasus and his/her support team.
(3) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Union and the Government of Georgia on the status in Georgia of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and his/her support team is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Union.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31990D0341 | 90/341/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 June 1990 approving an amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 June 1990
approving an amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87
(Only the German version of this text is authentic)
(90/341/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 of 22 September 1987 laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1986 harvest and providing for special measures for certain regions of production (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/89 (2), and in particular Article 2 (5) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87, on 28 March 1988 the Federal Republic of Germany forwarded to the Commission a varietal conversion programme for hops; whereas that programme, as amended on 3 July 1989, was approved by Commission Decision 89/482/EEC (3);
Whereas on 22 December 1989 the Federal Republic of Germany forwarded to the Commission amendments to that programme; whereas further amendments to that programme were decided on 4 May 1990;
Whereas the programme as amended satisfies the objectives of the Regulation in question and contains the information required pursuant to Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for certain regions of hops production (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2174/89 (5);
Whereas a part of the area subject to the programme has already been converted after the transmission of the programme to the Commission; whereas the Commission may decide to approve programmes for which the implementation has begun after their transmission to the Commission;
Whereas the programme submitted by the Federal Republic of Germany does not provide for any financial contribution to be borne by the national budget; whereas the actual costs referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may include factors for assessing the net loss of income as a result of the implementation of the conversion plan; whereas, however, only factors relating to the net loss of income incurred from the date of adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may enter into the calculation of the actual costs;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,
The amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 by the Federal Republic of Germany of 22 December 1989, as last amended on 4 May 1990, is hereby approved. The main aspects of the programme are given in the Annex hereto.
The Federal Republic of Germany shall inform the Commission every six months of progress in the programme.
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32002D0158 | 2002/158/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2001 on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure)
| Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 13 December 2001
on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument
(paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure)
(2002/158/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(1), and in particular paragraph 24 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation aiming to promote the conversion of vessels and of fishermen that were, up to 1999, dependent on the Fisheries Agreement with Morocco (COM(2001) 384 - 2001/0163(CNS))(2),
Having regard to the conclusions of the conciliation meeting between the Council and the European Parliament delegation, in which the Commission also took part, held on 21 and 22 November 2001 on the Council's second reading of the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2002,
Whereas:
(1) Following the non-renewal of the Fisheries Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Nice European Council called on the Commission to put forward proposals with a view to restructuring the Community fleet which operated in Moroccan waters.
(2) The targeted measure for the conversion of the Spanish and Portuguese fleets proposed by the Commission on 18 July 2001, valued at EUR 197 million, provides for measures similar to those financed by the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) and is modelled on its working methods, although it proposes special arrangements for the fleets concerned.
(3) This measure comes under heading 2 "Structural operations", subheading "Structural Funds", of the financial perspective and supplements the compensatory amounts earmarked in this context since January 2000.
(4) Measures to assist regions bordering on the applicant countries are planned with a budget of EUR 30 million in 2002 under heading 2 "Structural operations" as part of the Community initiative Interreg.
(5) In accordance with paragraph 12, second paragraph, of the Interinstitutional Agreement, the amounts to be earmarked for all the measures covered by heading 2 "Structural operations" of the financial perspective do not allow for a margin.
(6) The conditions for the use of the Flexibility Instrument, as set out in paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement, are therefore met,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2002, the Flexibility Instrument shall be used to provide the sum of EUR 200 million in commitment appropriations.
Of this sum, EUR 170 million shall be used to finance the targeted measure for the promotion of the conversion of the vessels and fishermen that were, up to 1999, dependent on the Fisheries Agreement with Morocco, which is covered by the "Structural operations" heading in the financial perspective, under the new line B2-2 0 0 N of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2002.
The remaining EUR 30 million shall be used to finance measures for strengthening the competitiveness of regions bordering on the candidate countries under Chapter B2-1 4, "Community initiatives" as part of the Interreg programme.
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32009R0059 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 59/2009 of 22 January 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
| 23.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 59/2009
of 22 January 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 20 January 2009.
(3) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 20 January 2009, the maximum amount of refund for the products and destinations referred to in Article 1(c) and in Article 2 of that Regulation shall be EUR 20/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January 2009.
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32007R0846 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 846/2007 of 18 July 2007 fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcasses for the 2007/08 marketing year
| 19.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 187/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 846/2007
of 18 July 2007
fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcasses for the 2007/08 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), and in particular Article 4(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Community market price for pig carcasses, as referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be established by weighting the prices recorded in each Member State by coefficients expressing the relative size of the pig population of each Member State.
(2) These coefficients should be determined on the basis of the number of pigs counted at the beginning of December each year in accordance with Council Directive 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production (2).
(3) In view of the results of the census of December 2006, new weighting coefficients should be set for the 2007/08 marketing year and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1201/2006 (3) should be repealed.
(4) Since the 2007/08 marketing year begins on 1 July 2007, this Regulation should be applicable as of this date.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
The weighting coefficients referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 shall be as specified in the Annex hereto.
Regulation (EC) No 1201/2006 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2007.
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 |
32004R1701 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/2004 of 30 September 2004 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 October 2004
| 1.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 305/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1701/2004
of 30 September 2004
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 October 2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
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 (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in Annex I to this Regulation,
The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31998D0704 | 98/704/Euratom: Council Decision of 22 June 1998 concerning the extension of the duration of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the engineering design activities (EDA) for the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER)
| 10.12.1998 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 335/61
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 June 1998
concerning the extension of the duration of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the engineering design activities (EDA) for the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER)
(98/704/Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
Having regard to the draft decision submitted by the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has, in accordance with the Council Directives of 8 April 1998, conducted negotiations on the extension of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the engineering design activities (EDA) for the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) (‘the ITER EDA Agreement’);
Whereas the extension of the duration of the ITER EDA Agreement should be approved,
The extension, by the Commission, for and on behalf of the Community, of the duration of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the engineering design activities for the international thermonuclear experimental reactor is hereby approved.
The text of the Amendment extending the ITER EDA Agreement is annexed to this Decision, together with the text of the Understandings for the extension of the duration of the ITER EDA Agreement. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1199 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1199/2005 of 22 July 2005 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 27.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1199/2005
of 22 July 2005
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31964L0054 | Council Directive 64/54/EEC of 5 November 1963 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 5 November 1963 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (64/54/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and 227 (2) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament 1;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee 2;
Whereas all laws relating to the preservatives which may be used in foodstuffs intended for human consumption must give priority to the protection of public health, but the protection of the consumer against falsification, and, so far as health protection allows, economic and technological needs must also be taken into consideration;
Whereas differences between national laws concerning these preservatives hinder the free movement of foodstuffs intended for human consumption and may create conditions of unfair competition, thereby directly affecting the establishment or functioning of the common market;
Whereas the approximation of those laws is necessary for the free movement of foodstuffs intended for human consumption;
Whereas such approximation must, as a first stage, involve the establishment of a single list of preservatives whose use is authorised for the protection of foodstuffs intended for human consumption against deterioration caused by micro-organisms, and the laying down of criteria of purity which those preservatives must satisfy;
Whereas the establishment of the methods of analysis needed to verify that general and specific criteria of purity are satisfied is an implementing measure of a technical nature, and whereas, in order to simplify and speed up procedure, the task of adopting such criteria should be entrusted to the Commission;
Whereas, to take the economic and technological needs of certain Member States into account ; a period should be set during which such Member States may, in respect of preservatives, maintain their existing laws;
Whereas, during a second stage, the Council must decide on the approximation of the laws concerning individual foodstuffs intended for human consumption to which the preservatives listed in the Annex to this Directive may be added, and on the conditions governing the addition of such preservatives;
Member States shall not authorise the use, for the protection of foodstuffs intended for human consumption (hereinafter called "foodstuffs") against deterioration caused by micro-organisms, of any preservatives other than those listed in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that the preservatives for whose use the 1 OJ No 106, 12.7.1963, p. 1923/63. 2 OJ No 161, 27.1.1964, p. 169/64. Annex lays down certain conditions are used solely in accordance with those conditions.
2. Save as otherwise provided in paragraph 1, this Directive shall not affect provisions of national laws specifying the foodstuffs to which the preservatives listed in the Annex may be added and the conditions governing the addition of such preservatives ; however, such provisions must not have the effect of totally excluding the use in foodstuffs of any of the preservatives listed in the Annex.
Member States shall authorise the smoking of certain foodstuffs only in smoke produced from wood or woody plants in the natural state, excluding wood or plants which have been impregnated, coloured, gummed, painted or treated in a similar manner, and provided that such smoking does not create any risk to human health.
1. Where the use in foodstuffs of one of the preservatives listed in the Annex, or the level of one or more of the components referred to in Article 7 contained in such preservative, might endanger human health, a Member State may, for a maximum period of one year, suspend the authorisation to use that preservative or reduce the maximum authorised level of one or more of the components in question. It shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof within one month.
2. The Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide without delay whether the list given in the Annex should be amended and, if so, adopt by directive the necessary amendments. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may also, if necessary, extend for a maximum of one year the period set in the first sentence of paragraph 1.
By way of derogation from Article 1, Member States may: (a) for a period of three years following notification of this Directive, maintain in force the provisions of their national laws relating to the use in foodstuffs of formic acid and its salts, boric acid and its salts, organo-borated compounds and hexamethylene-tetramine;
(b) until 31 December 1965 maintain in force the provisions of their national laws relating to the surface treatment of citrus fruit with diphenyl, orthophenylphenol and sodium orthophenylphenate.
This Directive shall not affect the provisions of national laws concerning: (a) products used as foodstuffs but which may also have preservative properties, for example vinegar, sodium chloride, ethanol, edible oils, and sugars in particular;
(b) nisin;
(c) products used for coating foodstuffs;
(d) products used to protect plants and plant products against harmful organisms;
(e) anti-microbial products used for the treatment of drinking water;
(f) antioxidants.
Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that the preservatives listed in the Annex and intended for use in foodstuffs satisfy: (a) the following general criteria of purity: - they must contain not more than 3 mg/kg of arsenic and not more than 10 mg/kg of lead;
- they must contain not more than 50 mg/kg of copper and zinc taken together, of which the zinc content must not be higher than 25 mg/kg, nor must they contain any measurable trace of toxicologically dangerous elements, in particular other heavy metals, always subject however to any exceptions implicit in the specific criteria referred to in subparagraph (b);
(b) the specific criteria of purity laid down where appropriate and in accordance with Article 8 (1).
1. The Council shall, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, lay down by directive the specific criteria of purity referred to in Article 7 (b).
2. After consulting the Member States, the Commission shall establish by directive the methods of analysis needed to verify that the general and specific criteria referred to in Article 7 are satisfied.
1. The Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that the preservatives listed in the Annex and intended for use in foodstuffs are placed on the market only if their packagings or containers bear the following information: (a) the name and address of the manufacturer, or of a seller responsible within the meaning of the laws of the Member State in which he is resident ; a person importing a product from a third country shall be treated as the manufacturer;
(b) the number and name of the preservative as they are given in the Annex;
(c) the words "for foodstuffs (restricted use)";
(d) in the case of a mixture composed of preservatives and other products, the percentage of the preservative and the name of the mixture.
2. If the information required under paragraph 1 appears on the packagings or containers, and if the information required under paragraphs (b) and (c) is given in two of the official languages of the Community, one of Germanic and the other of Latin origin, Member States shall not prohibit the introduction into their territory and the placing on the market of preservatives listed in the Annex solely on the grounds that they consider the labelling inadequate.
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1. This Directive shall also apply to preservatives intended for use in foodstuffs and to foodstuffs imported into the Community.
2. This Directive shall not apply to preservatives and foodstuffs intended for exportation from the Community.
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1. Member States shall, within a period of one year following notification of this Directive, amend their laws in accordance with the above provisions and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. The laws thus amended shall apply to preservatives and foodstuffs placed on the market in Member States not later than two years after that notification.
2. Where Article 5 (a) is applicable the date of expiry of the period set in that Article shall be substituted for the date of notification referred to in paragraph 1.
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This Directive shall also apply in the French overseas departments.
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This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
31975R1431 | Regulation (EEC) No 1431/75 of the Council of 26 May 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 on the application of Decisions No 5/72 and No 4/72 of the EEC- Turkey Association Council
| REGULATION (EEC) No 1431/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 26 May 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 on the application of Decisons No 5/72 and No 4/72 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 (1) of 5 February 1973 on the application of Decisions No 5/72 and No 4/72 of the Association Council provided for by the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Turkey, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3573/73 (2), implemented in the Community the rules of origin laid down by Decision No 4/72 on the definition of the concept of "originating products" from Turkey for implementation of Chapter I of Annex 6 to the Protocol of the Ankara Agreement;
Whereas these rules have been amended by Decision No 1/75 of the Association Council and it is therefore necessary to take the requisite measures to implement this Decision and, in particular, to amend Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 accordingly;
Whereas the rules of origin defined by Decision No 4/72 relate only to the agricultural products listed in Chapter I of Annex 6 to the Additional Protocol ; whereas, in order to avoid different rules of origin being applied within the same trading structure, the scope of the above rules should be extended to goods not listed in the said Annex and for which proof of Turkish origin must be produced on importation into the Community,
Decision No 1/75 of the Association Council amending Decision No 4/72 on the definition of the concept of "originating products" from Turkey for implementation of Chapter I of Annex 6 to the Additional Protocol of the Ankara Agreement shall apply in the Community.
The text of Decision No 1/75 is annexed to this Regulation.
The following Article shall be added to Regulation (EEC) No 428/73:
"Article 1a
The rules of origin laid down by Decision No 4/72 of the Association Council shall also apply to goods which are not listed in Annex 6 to the Additional Protocol and for which proof of Turkish origin must be produced on importation into the Community."
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1975.
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 |
31993R3183 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3183/93 of 19 November 1993 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1796/93 on the application of the system of import licences for cherries from third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3183/93 of 19 November 1993 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1796/93 on the application of the system of import licences for cherries from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (2), and in particular Article 22b thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1796/93 (3), of 30 June 1993 introduces a system of import licences for fresh cherries; whereas the 1993 Community marketing year for that product has ended; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1796/93 no longer fulfils the needs of the Community market and should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Regulation (EEC) No 1796/93 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R1444 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1444/93 of 11 June 1993 repealing the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3805/92 establishing, for 1993, the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall and permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls whose aggregate length exceeds nine metres
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1444/93 of 11 June 1993 repealing the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3805/92 establishing, for 1993, the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall and permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls whose aggregate length exceeds nine metres
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3034/92 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3554/90 of 10 December 1990 adopting provisions for the establishment of the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall which are permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls on an aggregate length exceeding nine metres (3), and in particular Article 1 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 9 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 provides for a list to be drawn up annually of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall and permitted to fish for sole within the areas mentioned in point (a) of that paragraph using beam trawls of an aggregate length in excess of nine metres;
Whereas the list for 1993 was published in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3805/92 (4);
Whereas the authorities of certain Member States have requested amendments to the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3805/92 concerning vessels meeting the conditions laid down in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas those amendments relate to the replacement, addition and/or withdrawal of vessels and to the technical characteristics of certain vessels on that list; whereas the requests from those national authorities contain all the information necessary pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3554/90; whereas an evaluation of that information shows that it complies with the abovementioned provision and whereas the list should accordingly be replaced,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3805/92 is hereby replaced in accordance with 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R1250 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1250/2014 of 21 November 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 as regards tariff quotas for sugar originating in Serbia
| 22.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/10
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1250/2014
of 21 November 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 as regards tariff quotas for sugar originating in Serbia
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Articles 180 and 187 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Serbia, of the other part (2) (‘the SAA’) was approved by Council and Commission Decision 2013/490/EU, Euratom (3) and entered into force on 1 September 2013. Article 26(4) of the SAA provides for a duty-free access on imports into the Union for products originating in Serbia of headings 1701 and 1702 of the Combined Nomenclature, within the limit of an annual tariff quota of 180 000 tonnes.
(2) The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (4) (‘the Protocol’) was signed on 25 June 2014. Its signature on behalf of the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Member States has been authorised by Council Decisions 2014/517/EU (5) and 2014/518/Euratom (6).
(3) Article 2 of the Protocol provides for an amendment to Article 26(4) of the SAA to increase the existing tariff quotas for sugar originating in Serbia within a limit of an annual tariff quota of 181 000 tonnes.
(4) In accordance with Article 3 of Decision 2014/517/EU, the Protocol is to be applied on a provisional basis, in accordance with its Article 14, as from the first day of the second month following the date of its signature, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion. Therefore, the increase of the existing tariff quotas for sugar originating in Serbia should take effect as from 1 August 2014.
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 (7) provides for the opening and the administration of tariff quotas in the sugar sector, including those originating in Serbia. It is therefore necessary to amend that Regulation to take account of the Protocol.
(6) In accordance with Article 11 of the Protocol, in the first year of provisional application of the Protocol the volumes of the new tariff quotas and the increases in the volumes of existing tariff quotas are to be calculated as a pro rata of the basic annual volumes specified in the Protocol, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before 1 August 2014. Therefore, for the year 2014 the increase of the volume of the existing quotas for sugar originating in Serbia should be available for the period from 1 August 2014 until 31 December 2014.
(7) Considering that in accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 tariff quotas are administered per marketing year in that sector, account has to be taken of the pro rata increase in volumes of the tariff quotas opened for the 2013/2014 marketing year and of the volumes to be granted for the 2014/2015 marketing year, in accordance with the Protocol. The pro rata increase in the annual volume for the months of August and September 2014 corresponds to 167 tonnes of sugar. As it will not be possible to use that quantity before the end of the 2013/2014 marketing year, it should be made available in the 2014/2015 marketing year.
(8) Pursuant to the second paragraph of its Article 135, the SAA does not apply to Kosovo (8). Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 (9) has been repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 (10). As Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 no longer provides for concessions on imports into the Union for products of headings 1701 and 1702 of the Combined Nomenclature originating in Kosovo, the references to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 and to Kosovo in Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 should therefore be deleted.
(9) Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(10) Since the 2014/2015 marketing year starts from 1 October 2014, the amendments to Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 should apply as soon as possible and this Regulation should therefore enter into force immediately.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 is amended as follows:
(1) In Article 1, point (b) is deleted;
(2) In Article 1, point (g) is replaced by the following:
‘(g) Article 26(4) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part (11), as amended by the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (12).
(3) In point (b) of Article 2, the term ‘Kosovo’ and the related footnote are deleted;
(4) In Annex I, Part II is replaced by the text 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.
It shall apply as from the 2014/2015 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
31988R1856 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1856/88 of 30 June 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3815/87 on the sale at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of certain bone-in beef and veal held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1856/88
of 30 June 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3815/87 on the sale at prices fixed at a standard rate in advance of certain bone-in beef and veal held by cerain intervention agencies and intended for export
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3905/87 (2),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3815/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1658/88 (4), provides for a sale of hindquarters for export without further processing or after boning; whereas, in order to avoid the further storage of some beef, the quantities put up for sale under the abovementioned Regulation should be increased;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
In Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3815/87, the third indent is hereby replaced by the following:
'- 4 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Irish intervention agency, and bought in before 1 January 1987.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0853 | Council Decision 2014/853/CFSP of 8 October 2014 on the signature and on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Republic of Mali regarding the status of the European Union CSDP Mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali)
| 29.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 344/1
COUNCIL DECISION 2014/853/CFSP
of 8 October 2014
on the signature and on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Republic of Mali regarding the status of the European Union CSDP Mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 37 thereof, in conjunction with Article 218(5) and (6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 15 April 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/219/CFSP (1) on the European Union CSDP mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali).
(2) Following the adoption of a Decision by the Council on 15 April 2014 authorising the opening of negotiations, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in accordance with Article 37 of the Treaty on European Union, negotiated an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Republic of Mali on the status of EUCAP Sahel Mali.
(3) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Republic of Mali regarding the status of the CSDP Mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the respective letter in order to bind the Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1463 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1463/2005 of 8 September 2005 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 4th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
| 9.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 233/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1463/2005
of 8 September 2005
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 4th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1) and in particular the second indent of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 of 15 July 2005 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2005/2006 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 4th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 40,687 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999D0466 | 1999/466/EC: Commission Decision of 15 July 1999 establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or regions of Member States and repealing Decision 97/175/EC (notified under document number C(1999) 2092) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 July 1999
establishing the officially brucellosis free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or regions of Member States and repealing Decision 97/175/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2092)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/466/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine(1), as last amended by Directive 98/99/EC(2), and in particular Annex AII(7) thereof,
(1) Whereas Member States or regions of Member States may be declared officially brucellosis-free if they meet certain conditions set up in Directive 64/432/EEC;
(2) Whereas Commission Decision 97/175/EC(3) of 18 December 1996 laying down the methods of control for maintaining the officially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certain Member States and regions of Member States, specifies the Member States and regions within Member States that fulfil these criteria;
(3) Whereas this Decision will not be adapted to the legal situation on 1 July 1999 since Directive 64/432/EEC was amended by Directive 98/46/EC(4); whereas moreover certain provisions for the recognition as officially brucellosis-free Member State or region have been modified by Directive 98/46/EC; whereas it is necessary to repeal Decision 97/175/EC;
(4) Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Directive 64/432/EEC Member States or regions may be declared officially brucellosis-free if they meet the conditions of Annex AII(7) and they retain their status as long as the conditions of Annex AII(8) are fulfilled;
(5) Whereas Member States and regions officially free of bovine brucellosis are to report the occurrence of all cases of brucellosis to the Commission, which may propose a decision to suspend or revoke the status in accordance with the provisions of Annex AII(9) of that Directive;
(6) Whereas in accordance with Annex AII(7)(b) an identification system allowing the identification of herds of origin and transit for each bovine animal in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97(5) is a prerequisite for granting the officially free status for bovine brucellosis;
(7) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Member States and regions thereof referred to respectively in Annexes I and II are declared officially free of bovine brucellosis.
The Decision shall be reviewed by 31 December 1999.
Decision 97/175/EC is hereby repealed.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1999.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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