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32003R0678 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 678/2003 of 14 April 2003 fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the first invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 596/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 678/2003
of 14 April 2003
fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the first invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 596/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Tenders have been invited for certain quantities of beef fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 596/2003(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 of 4 October 1979 on detailed rules of application for the disposal of beef bought in by intervention agencies and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 216/69(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95(5), the minimum selling prices for meat put up for sale by tender should be fixed, taking into account tenders submitted.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The minimum selling prices for beef for the first invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 596/2003 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 7 April 2003 are as set out in the Annex hereto.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0369 | 2003/369/EC: Commission Decision of 16 May 2003 amending Decision 85/377/EEC establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings (notified under document number C(2003) 1557)
| Commission Decision
of 16 May 2003
amending Decision 85/377/EEC establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings
(notified under document number C(2003) 1557)
(2003/369/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1256/97(2), and in particular Articles 4(4) and 7(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 85/377/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 1999/725/EC(4), is the basis for the classification of agricultural holdings by economic size and type of farming both in the farm structure surveys and under the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). The results of the farm structure surveys, classified by European size units and type of farming serve as a basis for selecting and weighting the FADN farm sample.
(2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77 of 23 September 1977 on the form of farm return to be used for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) 1837/2001(6), lays down the type of accountancy data to be given in the farm return.
(3) Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988 on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings(7), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 143/2002(8), lists the characteristics to be surveyed in a series of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings.
(4) The structure and content of both the farm return and the list of survey characteristics for the 2003, 2005 and 2007 surveys have been recently amended by those Regulations.
(5) Decision 85/377/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
Annexes I and II to Decision 85/377/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0446 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 446/2007 of 23 April 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the survey of prices of certain bovine animals on representative Community markets
| 24.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 106/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 446/2007
of 23 April 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the survey of prices of certain bovine animals on representative Community markets
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), and in particular Article 41 thereof,
Whereas,
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 (2) lays down provisions on the recording of prices on the representative markets of the Member States for various categories of bovine animals. Detailed rules on the information to be provided for the price survey for each of these categories are provided in the Annexes to that Regulation.
(2) On the request of Ireland, Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 should be partly revised in light of how marketing of cattle in that Member State has developed, thereby ensuring that the price survey continues to be based on representative markets.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 is amended as follows:
1. in Annex I, Part E, point 1 is replaced by the following:
2. in Annex II, Part D, point 1 is replaced by the following:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0329 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 329/2013 of 10 April 2013 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 as regards the deadlines for communicating sugar quantities carried forward from the marketing year 2012/13
| 11.4.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/12
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 329/2013
of 10 April 2013
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 as regards the deadlines for communicating sugar quantities carried forward from the marketing year 2012/13
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 85, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 17 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 of 29 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards sugar production in excess of the quota (2), lays down deadlines within which Member States have to communicate to the Commission the quantities of sugar carried forward to the next marketing year.
(2) By way of derogation from Article 63(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 319/2013 (3) extended, for the marketing year 2012/13, the time limits within which Member States determine the deadline within which operators have to communicate to Member States their decision to carry forward surplus sugar production.
(3) Consequently, deadlines within which Member States have to communicate to the Commission the quantities to be carried forward, pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006, should be shifted accordingly.
(4) It is therefore necessary to derogate, for the marketing year 2012/13, from the deadlines fixed in points (a) and (b) of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006.
(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,
By way of derogation from points (a) and (b) of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006, Member States shall communicate to the Commission not later than 1 September 2013, the quantities of beet and cane sugar that are to be carried forward, from the 2012/13 marketing year to the next marketing year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall expire on 30 September 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990D0212 | 90/212/Euratom: Council Decision of 23 April 1990 amending Decision 77/271/Euratom on the implementation of Decision 77/270/Euratom empowering the Commission to issue Euratom loans for the purpose of contributing to the financing of nuclear power stations
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 April 1990
amending Decision 77/271/Euratom on the implementation of Decision 77/270/Euratom empowering the Commission to issue Euratom loans for the purpose of contributing to the financing of nuclear power stations
(90/212/Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 77/270/Euratom of 29 March 1977 empowering the Commission to issue Euratom loans for the purpose of contributing to the financing of nuclear power stations (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the total value of transactions effected has reached the figure of ECU 2 800 million, provided for in Decision 77/271/Euratom (2), as last amended by Decision 85/537/Euratom (3);
Whereas nuclear energy accounts for a major part of the Community's total energy supplies and considerable investment ought to be made in this sector both at the production stage, in view of the safety and security requirements, and downstream of production, particularly with regard to the reprocessing and storage of waste;
Whereas experience indicated that it is desirable to raise, by ECU 1 000 million, the total amount of borrowings which the Commission is empowered to contract on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community;
Whereas Decision 77/271 should therefore be amended,
The Sole Article of Decision 77/271/Euratom shall be replaced by the following:
'Sole Article
Loans as provided for in Article 1 of Decision 77/270/Euratom may be contracted for amounts the total principal of which shall not exceed the equivalent of ECU 4 000 million.
When the total value of the transactions effected reaches ECU 3 800 million, the Commission shall inform the Council, which, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide on the fixing of a new amount as soon as possible.' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0724 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 724/2006 of 12 May 2006 fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 9th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
| 13.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 126/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 724/2006
of 12 May 2006
fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 9th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies may sell by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter of intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of that Regulation lays down that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further laid down that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure. The amount of the processing security as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should be fixed accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 9th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the amount of the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter and the amount the processing security, as referred to in Articles 25 and 28 of that Regulation respectively, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0693 | 2003/693/CFSP: Council Decision 2003/693/CFSP of 22 September 2003 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cyprus on the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in the European Union Forces (EUF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo
| Council Decision 2003/693/CFSP
of 22 September 2003
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cyprus on the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in the European Union Forces (EUF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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) On 5 June 2003, the Council adopted Joint Action 2003/423/CFSP on the European Union Military Operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo(1).
(2) Article 10(2) of that Joint Action provides that the Political and Security Committee shall take appropriate action with regard to participation arrangements and shall, if required submit those to Council.
(3) Following the Council Decision of 21 July 2003 authorising the Presidency, assisted where necessary by the Secretary General/High Representative to open negotiations, the Presidency negotiated an agreement with the Republic of Cyprus on the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in the European Union Forces (EUF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(4) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cyprus on the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in the European Union Forces (EUF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the European Union.
The Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
The Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31984D0087 | 84/87/EEC: Council Decision of 6 February 1984 authorizing the Italian Republic to derogate until 31 December 1983 from the value added tax arrangements in the context of aid to earthquake victims in southern Italy
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 February 1984
authorizing the Italian Republic to derogate until 31 December 1983 from the value added tax arrangements in the context of aid to earthquake victims in southern Italy
(84/87/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 99 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Italian Government has requested a further extension of the derogation from the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC (1), which was granted by Decisions 81/890/EEC (2) and 82/424/EEC (3); whereas this derogation consists in the exemption from value added tax for certain activities with reimbursement at the preceding stage;
Whereas it has become apparent that a further extension is necessary, in particular to regulate activities in operation; whereas this extension should in any event be limited to 31 December 1983,
In Article 1 of Decision 82/424/EEC, '31 December 1982' is hereby replaced by '31 December 1983'.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994R2500 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2500/94 of 14 October 1994 establishing the allocations to importers of toys falling within CN code 9503 41 from the additional quantitative quota introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1921/94
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2500/94 of 14 October 1994 establishing the allocations to importers of toys falling within CN code 9503 41 from the additional quantitative quota introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1921/94
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas (1), and in particular Articles 9 and 13 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/94 of 15 September 1994 establishing procedures for administering the additional quantitative quota introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1921/94 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2247/94 has established the portions of the quota in question which are to be set aside for traditional importers and for other importers, and has determined the conditions and rules governing applications for allocations from the quantities available;
Whereas in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2247/94 the Member States have informed the Commission of the number and aggregate amount of the import licence applications received for each portion of the quota, and of the traditional importers' total imports for 1991 and for 1992 (the reference period);
Whereas an examination of the figures received has revealed that the aggregate amount of the import licence applications lodged by traditional importers exceeds the portion of the quota set aside for them; whereas applications should consequently be met by applying the uniform rate of reduction given in Article 1 to the figure for each applicant's average imports over the reference period, expressed in ecus;
Whereas an examination of the figures received has revealed that the aggregate amount of applications lodged by other importers exceeds the portion set aside for them; whereas those applications should consequently be met by applying the uniform rate of reduction given in Article 2 to the amount requested by each importer, expressed in ecus,
Import licence applications lodged by traditional importers in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2247/94 in respect of toys falling within CN code 9503 41 shall be met up to the value resulting from the application to each importer's average level of imports for 1991 and 1992 of a rate of reduction of 79,759 %.
Where the use of this quantitative criterion would entail allocating a value greater than that applied for, the value allocated shall be limited to that contained in the application.
Import licence applications lodged by other importers in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2247/94 in respect of toys falling within CN code 9503 41 shall be met up to the value resulting from the application to the amount requested by the importers of a rate of reduction of 60,871 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R0382 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 382/2003 of 28 February 2003 derogating from Regulations (EC) No 1371/95 and (EC) No 1372/95 in 2003 as regards the dates for issuing export licences in the egg and poultrymeat sectors
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 382/2003
of 28 February 2003
derogating from Regulations (EC) No 1371/95 and (EC) No 1372/95 in 2003 as regards the dates for issuing export licences in the egg and poultrymeat sectors
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2002(2), and in particular Article 3(2), Article 8(13) and Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2002, and in particular Article 3(2), Article 8(12) and Article 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2260/2001(5), and of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1383/2001(7), laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the egg and poultrymeat sectors respectively, provides that export licences are to be issued on the Wednesday following the week in which the licence applications are lodged provided that no particular measures have been taken by the Commission in the meantime.
(2) Because of public holidays in 2003 and the irregular publication of the Official Journal of the European Union during those holidays, the period for consideration will be too brief to guarantee proper administration of the market. It should therefore be extended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulations (EC) No 1371/95 and (EC) No 1372/95, licences shall be issued on the dates given in the table below provided that no particular measures, as provided for in paragraph 4 of that Article, have been taken prior to those dates:
>TABLE>
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R1029 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1029/2008 of 20 October 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council to update a reference to certain European standards (Text with EEA relevance)
| 21.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 278/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1029/2008
of 20 October 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council to update a reference to certain European standards
(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 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (1), and in particular Article 64(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 establishes a harmonised framework of general rules for the organisation of official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules.
(2) According to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 the competent authority designates laboratories that may carry out the analysis of samples taken during official controls. Those laboratories must be accredited in accordance with certain European standards.
(3) The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) has developed European standards (EN standards) appropriate for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, and in particular for the accreditation of laboratories.
(4) CEN has replaced the European standards EN 45002 on ‘General criteria for assessment of testing laboratories’ and EN 45003 on ‘Calibration and testing laboratory accreditation system — General requirements for operation and recognition’ by standard EN ISO/IEC 17011 on ‘General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies’. It is therefore appropriate to update the reference to those European standards in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 is amended as follows:
1. Article 12(2)(b) is replaced by the following text:
‘(b) EN ISO/IEC 17011 on “General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies”,’
2. Article 12(2)(c) is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0638 | 2013/638/EU: Commission Decision of 12 August 2013 on essential requirements relating to marine radio communication equipment which is intended to be used on non-SOLAS vessels and to participate in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) (notified under document C(2013) 5185)
| 7.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 296/22
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 August 2013
on essential requirements relating to marine radio communication equipment which is intended to be used on non-SOLAS vessels and to participate in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
(notified under document C(2013) 5185)
(2013/638/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (1), and in particular Article 3(3)(e) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A number of Member States have implemented or intend to implement common safety principles and rules for radio equipment on vessels to which the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) does not apply (hereinafter ‘non-SOLAS vessels’).
(2) The harmonisation of radio services should contribute to a safer navigation of non-SOLAS vessels, particularly in case of distress and bad weather conditions.
(3) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) Circular 803 on the participation of non-SOLAS ships in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and Resolution MSC.131 (75) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) invite States to apply the Guidelines for the participation of non-SOLAS ships in the GMDSS and urges States to require certain features to be implemented in relation to the GMDSS on radio equipment to be used on all vessels.
(4) The International Telecommunications Union Radio Regulations specify certain frequencies that are designated for use by the GMDSS. All radio equipment operating on those frequencies which is intended for use in times of distress should be compatible with the designated use of those frequencies and it should provide a reasonable guarantee of assurance that it will function correctly in times of distress.
(5) It is necessary to clarify that Commission Decision 2004/71/EC of 4 September 2003 on essential requirements relating to marine radio communication equipment which is intended to be used on non-SOLAS vessels and to participate in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) (2) applies to GMDSS equipment for use on all non-SOLAS vessels, which is not covered by Council Directive 96/98/EC of 20 December 1996 on marine equipment (3).
(6) Implementation of requirements to be complied with by GMDSS equipment destined for non-SOLAS vessels should be consistent across all Member States and in line with relevant IMO guidelines.
(7) Given the number of changes to be made to Decision 2004/71/EC, that Decision should be replaced, in the interest of clarity.
(8) The measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Telecommunications Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Committee,
This Decision shall apply to all radio equipment not within the scope of Directive 96/98/EC and which are intended for use on all vessels to which the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) does not apply (hereinafter ‘non-SOLAS vessels’) and which are intended to participate in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), as laid down in Chapter IV of the SOLAS convention operating in either of the following services:
(a) the maritime mobile service as defined in Article 1.28 of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Radio Regulations;
(b) the maritime mobile satellite service as defined in Article 1.29 of the ITU Radio Regulations.
Without prejudice to Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) radio equipment shall be designed so as to ensure correct functioning under exposure to a marine environment, meet all the operational requirements of the GMDSS applicable to non-SOLAS vessels, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the International Maritime Organisation, and provide clear and robust communications with a high degree of fidelity of the analogue or digital communications link.
Decision 2004/71/EC is hereby repealed.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R1836 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1836/2006 of 12 December 2006 establishing a prohibition of fishing for hake in ICES zone II a (EC waters), IV (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| 14.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 354/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1836/2006
of 12 December 2006
establishing a prohibition of fishing for hake in ICES zone II a (EC waters), IV (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2006.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31999L0033 | Directive 1999/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 1999 amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC as regards the labelling of certain dangerous substances in Austria and Sweden
| DIRECTIVE 1999/33/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 10 May 1999
amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC as regards the labelling of certain dangerous substances in Austria and Sweden
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3),
(1) Whereas Article 30 of Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances(4), provides that Member States may not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market of substances which comply with that Directive;
(2) Whereas Article 23(2)(c) of Directive 67/548/EEC thereof requires every package of a substance to show danger symbols, as laid down in Annex II; whereas Article 23(2)(e) of the said Directive requires every package of a substance to show specific S-phrases (safety phrases) relating to the safe use of the substance, and whereas the wording of those S-phrases is laid down in Annex IV to that Directive;
(3) Whereas Article 69 of the 1994 Act of Accession and Annex VIII thereto provide that Article 30 in conjunction with Article 23(2) of Directive 67/548/EEC is not to apply to Austria before 1 January 1999, in that Austria may require the use of labels with additional symbols not included in Annex II and labels with additional S-phrases not listed in Annex IV to the said Directive regarding counter-measures in case of accident, and that those provisions are to be reviewed in accordance with EC procedures before 31 December 1998;
(4) Whereas Article 23(2)(d) of Directive 67/548/EEC requires every package of a substance to show specific R-phrases (risk phrases) indicating the special risks arising from the dangers involved in using the substance, and whereas the wording of those R-phrases is laid down in Annex III to the said Directive;
(5) Whereas Article 112 of the 1994 Treaty of Accession and Annex XII thereto provide that Article 30 in conjunction with Article 23(2)(d) of Directive 67/548/EEC is not to apply to Sweden before 1 January 1999, in that Sweden may require the use of the additional R-phrases "R-322" and "R-340" not listed in Annex III to the said Directive, and that those provisions are to be reviewed in accordance with Community procedures before 31 December 1998;
(6) Whereas Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations(5) provides for certain specific conditions for the application of the Directive as regards, inter alia, additional symbols, R-phrases and S-phrases for Austria and Sweden in order to take account of the level of their standards for the protection of health and the protection of the environment; whereas those specific conditions are limited to the two-year period running from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2000; whereas during that period coherence of the marketing conditions of dangerous substances and preparations should be sought;
(7) Whereas scientific and technical progress is foreseeable within the framework of international negotiations on the harmonisation of the classification of dangerous substances with regard to "R-322", and whereas, in the light of the ongoing international negotiations on the labelling of dangerous substances and taking account of the labelling survey launched by the Commission, Member State experts have agreed to consider the in-depth revision of existing Community legislation with regard to "R-340" an important priority;
(8) Whereas Community legislation will have to be reviewed in the light of the outcome of the negotiations on the international harmonisation of the classification and labelling of dangerous substances, and whereas it can be expected that the outcome will lead to an approximation of standards in this respect throughout the Community;
(9) Whereas the resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 3 December 1990 on improving the prevention and treatment of acute human poisoning(6) calls for harmonisation of the procedures for collecting clinical toxicology data for all the poison centres in the Community in order to facilitate the development of a policy for toxic risk prevention; whereas to that end, the relevant competent authorities, in cooperation with the Commission, are to set up between the poison centres or, where appropriate, other competent services a Community system of information and collaboration concerning the availability of antidotes;
(10) Whereas a symbol showing that residues of certain dangerous substances should be collected separately from other waste could reduce the potential release of dangerous substances to the environment by improving the use of special waste collection systems by the general public; whereas, owing to the lack of certain evidence, a certain amount of time is still required for considering the need for such a symbol within the Community;
(11) Whereas the review of Community legislation on dangerous substances with regard to the provisions of the 1994 Act of Accession relating to Austria and Sweden could not be completed by 31 December 1998;
(12) Whereas the provisions covered by this Directive should continue to be reviewed in accordance with Community procedures within the exemption period laid down; whereas, however, without prejudice to the outcome of that review, at the end of that period the acquis communautaire will apply to Austria and Sweden under the same conditions as it applies in the other Member States;
(13) Whereas Community legislation can provide for derogations for limited periods for certain Member States in the light of their specific situations,
The following paragraphs shall be added to Article 23 of Directive 67/548/EEC: "5. Austria may from 1 January 1999 until 31 December 2000 require the use of:
- the additional symbol 'dustbin with a cross through it' concerning waste disposal, not included in Annex II, and
- the additional S-phrase 'Antidote exists, medical staff contact Poisons Information Centre' regarding counter-measures in the case of accident, not listed in Annex IV.
6. Sweden may from 1 January 1999 until 31 December 2000 require the use of the following additional R-phrases, not listed in Annex III:
- 'R-322' for substances which present acute toxic effects not covered by criteria for classification of Annex VI (Swedish category 'moderately harmful'), and
- 'R-340' for substances classified as carcinogenic, category 3, instead of R-phrase R40."
The Republic of Austria and the Kingdom of Sweden shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 July 2000 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When the Member States concerned adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
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32014R0142 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 142/2014 of 13 February 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 14.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 44/43
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 142/2014
of 13 February 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1863 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1863/2005 of 15 November 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat held by the Latvian intervention agency for processing into flour in the Community
| 16.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 299/40
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1863/2005
of 15 November 2005
opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat held by the Latvian intervention agency for processing into flour in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 of 28 July 1993 laying down the procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies (2) provides in particular that cereals held by intervention agencies are to be sold by tendering procedure at a selling price which is not below the price recorded on the market at the place of storage or, failing that, on the nearest market, account being taken of transport costs, for an equivalent quality and for a representative quantity preventing market disturbance.
(2) Due to adverse weather conditions at the time of the 2005 harvest, the forecast quantity of common wheat in Latvia is insufficient to meet internal demand. Moreover, Latvia has intervention stocks of common wheat, outlets for which are hard to find and which should therefore be disposed of. Sales on the Community market may therefore be organised by tendering procedure with a view to processing the common wheat into flour.
(3) To take account of the situation on the Community market, provision should be made for the Commission to manage this invitation to tender. In addition, provision must be made for an award coefficient for tenders offering the minimum selling price.
(4) To enable checks on the particular destination of the stocks covered by tendering procedures, provision should be made for specific monitoring of the delivery of the common wheat and its processing into flour. To permit this monitoring, application of the procedures laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (3) should be made compulsory.
(5) To guarantee proper performance, tenderers should be asked to lodge a security which, in view of the nature of the operations concerned, should be fixed by derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, in particular as regards its level, which must be sufficient to guarantee the proper use of the products, and the conditions for its release, which must include proof of processing of the products into flour.
(6) It is also important that the Latvian intervention agency’s notification to the Commission should maintain the anonymity of the tenderers.
(7) With a view to modernising management, the information required by the Commission should be sent by electronic mail.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Latvian intervention agency shall open a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the Community market of 24 276 tonnes of common wheat held by it with a view to its processing into flour.
The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.
However, notwithstanding:
(a) Article 13(1) of that Regulation, tenders shall be drawn up by reference to the actual quality of the lot to which they apply;
(b) the second paragraph of Article 10 of that Regulation, the minimum selling price shall be set at a level which does not disturb the cereals market.
Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by:
(a) proof that the tenderer has lodged a security which, notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, is set at EUR 10 per tonne;
(b) the tenderer’s written undertaking to use the common wheat for processing within the Community into flour within 60 days of its release from intervention storage and in any event before 31 August 2006 and to lodge a security of EUR 40 per tonne within two working days of the day on which the notice of award of contract is received;
(c) an undertaking to keep stock records so that checks may be carried out to ensure that the quantities of common wheat awarded have been processed on Community territory into flour.
1. The first partial invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00 (Brussels time) on 23 November 2005.
The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 15.00 (Brussels time), with the exception of 28 December 2005 and 12 April and 24 May 2006, i.e. weeks when no invitation to tender shall be made.
The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 28 June 2006 at 15.00 (Brussels time).
2. Tenders must be lodged with the Latvian intervention agency at the following address:
Rural Support Service
Republic Square 2,
Riga, LV-1981
Latvia
Tel. (371) 702 78 93
Fax (371) 702 78 92
The Latvian intervention agency shall send the Commission the tenders received, no later than two hours after expiry of the time-limit for submitting tenders. This notification shall be made by e-mail, using the form in Annex I hereto.
Under the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 the Commission shall set the minimum selling price or decide not to award any quantities. In the event that tenders are submitted for the same lot and for a quantity larger than that available, the Commission may fix this price separately for each lot.
Where tenders are offering the minimum selling price, the Commission may fix an award coefficient for the quantities offered at the same time as it fixes the minimum selling price.
1. The security referred to in Article 3(a) shall be released in full in respect of quantities for which:
(a) no award is made;
(b) payment of the selling price is made within the period set and the security referred to in Article 3(b) has been lodged.
2. The security referred to in Article 3(b) shall be released in proportion to the quantities of common wheat used for the production of flour in the Community.
1. Proof that the undertakings referred to in Article 3(b) have been met shall be supplied in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.
2. In addition to the particulars provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of the control copy T5 shall refer to the undertaking provided for in Article 3(b) and (c) and contain one of the entries shown in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31999D0866 | 1999/866/ECSC: Commission Decision of 15 December 1999 on the conclusion of agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and Kazakhstan on trade in certain steel products [notified under document number C(1999) 4493]
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 December 1999
on the conclusion of agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and Kazakhstan on trade in certain steel products
[notified under document number C(1999) 4493]
(1999/866/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 95, first paragraph thereof,
Having consulted the consultative committee and with the unanimous assent of the Council,
(1) Whereas, following the Council Decision of 7 October 1996, the Commission opened negotiations with the Republic of Kazakhstan, culminating in an agreement concerning trade in certain steel products covered by the European Coal and Steel Community;
(2) Whereas the Agreement establishes quantitative limits for the entry into free circulation in the Community of certain steel products for the years 2000 to 2001, within a framework of progressive liberalisation and the development of competitive conditions in the Republic of Kazakhstan which justify the complete removal of quantitative restrictions,
1. The Agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning trade in certain steel products is hereby approved on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community.
2. The text of the Agreement(1) is annexed to this Decision.
The President of the Commission is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement referred to in Article 1 in order to bind the European Coal and Steel Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R2572 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2572/2001 of 20 December 2001 fixing the withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the fishing year 2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2572/2001
of 20 December 2001
fixing the withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the fishing year 2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products(1), as modified by Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2001(2), and in particular Article 20(3) and Article 22 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the Community withdrawal and selling prices for each of the products listed in Annex I thereto are to be fixed on the basis of the freshness, size or weight and presentation of the product by applying the conversion factor for the product category concerned to an amount not more than 90 % of the relevant guide price.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the withdrawal prices may be multiplied by adjustment factors in landing areas which are very distant from main centres of consumption in the Community.
(3) The guide prices for the fishing year 2001 were fixed for all the products concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No 2563/2001(3).
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
The conversion factors used for calculating the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishing year 2002 for the products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
The Community withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the fishing year 2002 and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.
The withdrawal prices applicable for the fishing year 2002 in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the products to which those prices relate are set out in Annex III.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0453 | 2014/453/EU: Council Decision of 8 July 2014 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
| 12.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/18
COUNCIL DECISION
of 8 July 2014
on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
(2014/453/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 172 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.
(2) Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (‘Protocol 31’).
(3) Protocol 31 contains provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
(4) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).
(5) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2014.
(6) The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
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 |
31983D0346 | 83/346/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 July 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Burleigh - Fabry-Perot Interferometer, model RC-110' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 July 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Burleigh - Fabry-Perot Interferometer, model RC-110' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/346/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 22 December 1982, France requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Burleigh - Fabry-Perot Interferometer, model RC-110', ordered on 28 November 1981 and intended to be used for Brillouin diffusion tests on minerals, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 30 May 1983, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an interferometer; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the very high resolution, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value, capable of use for the same purpose, is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as 'Burleigh - Fabry-Perot Interferometer, model RC-110', which is the subject of an application by France of 22 December 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32000R2240 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2240/2000 of 10 October 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 388/92 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the French overseas departments (FOD) and establishing the forecast supply balance
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2240/2000
of 10 October 2000
amending Regulation (EEC) No 388/92 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the French overseas departments (FOD) and establishing the forecast supply balance
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 2(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The quantities of products eligible for the specific supply arrangements are determined by means of periodic forecast balances which may be revised according to the essential requirements of the market taking into account local production and traditional trade flows.
(2) Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91, the forecast supply balance of cereal products to the FOD for 2000 was established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 388/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2622/1999(4). In order to meet the needs of this region, amendments must be made to this forecast supply balance. Subsequently, Regulation (EEC) No 388/92 should be amended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 388/92 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 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987D0178 | 87/178/EEC: Council Decision of 9 March 1987 giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF) for the financial year 1985
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 9 March 1987
giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF) for the financial year 1985
(87/178/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Convention of Association between the European Economic Community and the African States and Madagascar associated with the Community (1), signed at YaoundĂŠ on 29 July 1969,
Having regard to Council Decision 70/549/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community (2),
Having regard to the Internal Agreement on the financing and administration of Community aid (3), signed at YaoundĂŠ on 29 July 1969, and in particular Article 22 thereof,
Having regard to the Financial Regulation of the European Development Fund (1969) set up under the Internal Agreement on the financing and administration of Community aid (4), and in particular Articles 7 and 8 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decisions of 30 May 1972 and 30 October 1978 on the transfer and utilization of the unexpended balances of the First and Seond EDFs,
Having regard to the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF) as at 31 December 1985,
Having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors for the financial year 1985 together with the Commission's replies (5),
Recalling that, in accordance with the provisions applicable to the implementation of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF), only the Council, acting by a qualified majority, shall give a discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial administration of the Fund;
Whereas, by Decision 80/1184/EEC (6), the European unit of account was replaced by the ECU to express the amounts of financial assistance under the Second ACP-EEC Convention and the previous conventions;
Whereas revenue for the financial year 1985 consisted of the contributions of the Member States, amounting to 905 000 000 ECU, and of miscellaneous revenue of the Fund;
Whereas, pursuant to the abovementioned Council Decision of 30 October 1978, an amount of 11 516 474,85 ECU was transferred as the unexpended balance of the First and Second EDF to the Third EDF;
Whereas an advance of 36 463 458,18 ECU was paid to the European Development Fund (1979) (Fifth EDF), and an amount of 5 940 034,54 ECU was repaid by the Fifth EDF;
Whereas advances of 4 537 130,01 ECU have been paid into the price stabilization funds;
Whereas the overall implementation by the Commission of the operations of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF) during the financial year 1985 was such as to warrant its being given a discharge in respect of the implementation of those operations,
The Council shall close the revenue and expenditure accounts of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF) as at 31 December 1985 as follows:
- revenue: at the sum of 916 516 474,85 ECU,
- expenditure (payments): at the sum of 881 455 921,20 ECU.
The Council hereby gives a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF) for the financial year 1985. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0043 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 43/2004 of 9 January 2004 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled and parboiled long-grain B rice destined for certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1877/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 43/2004
of 9 January 2004
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled and parboiled long-grain B rice destined for certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1877/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), 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 1877/2003(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) To ensure the more balanced management of quantities exported with a refund, an allocation coefficient should be set for tenders presented at the level of the maximum refund.
(5) 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 and parboiled long-grain B rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1877/2003 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 5 to 8 January 2004 at 285,00 EUR/t.
For tenders presented at the level of the maximum refund, an allocation coefficient is set at 50 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992D0575 | 92/575/EEC: Commission Decision of 3 December 1992 on the eligibility of expediture to be incurred in 1993 by Portugal, France and Denmark for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (Only the Portuguese, German and French texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 3 December 1992 on the eligibility of expediture to be incurred in 1993 by Portugal, France and Denmark for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (Only the Danish, French and Portuguese texts are authentic) (92/575/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 989/631/EEC of 27 November 1989 on a Communtiy financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by Member States for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (1), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Decision 89/631/EEC, the Commission has received applications for Community financial contributions from Portugal, France and Denmark towards expenditure to be incurred during 1993;
Whereas the applications refer to expenditure for the acquisition or modernization of vessels, aircraft and land vehicles including their equipment, systems for the detection and recording of fishing activities and systems for recording and transmitting catch data and other relevant information;
Whereas such expenditure will help to develop monitoring and supervision facilities for the proprer implementation of the Community's fishery resources conservation arrangements;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Resources,
The expenditure foreseen for 1993 shown in the Annex, corresponding to an amount of ECU 26 287 480, is eligible for a financial contribution pursuant to Decision 89/631/EEC. The Community contribution shall be 50 % of the eligible expenditure.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of France and the Kingdom of Denmark. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0809 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2009 of 3 September 2009 prohibiting fishing for northern prawn in NAFO area, Division 3L, by vessels flying the flag of all Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
| 4.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 233/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 809/2009
of 3 September 2009
prohibiting fishing for northern prawn in NAFO area, Division 3L, by vessels flying the flag of all Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2009.
(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, Member States referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2009.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated for 2009 to the Member States referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein shall be deemed to be exhausted.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, the Member States referred to therein shall be prohibited. It shall also be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0792 | 2013/792/EU: Council Decision of 16 December 2013 on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Finland
| 21.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 349/103
COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 December 2013
on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Finland
(2013/792/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (1), in particular Article 25 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA (2), in particular Article 20 and Chapter 4 of the Annex thereto,
Whereas:
(1) According to the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties.
(2) Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is applicable and the Council must unanimously decide whether the Member States have implemented the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision.
(3) Article 20 of Decision 2008/616/JHA provides that decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision 2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With respect to automated data exchange in accordance with Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot run.
(4) According to Chapter 4, point 1.1, of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data category.
(5) Finland has completed the questionnaire on data protection and the questionnaire on dactyloscopic data exchange.
(6) A successful pilot run has been carried out by Finland with Austria.
(7) An evaluation visit has taken place in Finland and a report on the evaluation visit has been produced by the Austrian evaluation team and forwarded to the relevant Council Working Group.
(8) An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning dactyloscopic data exchange has been presented to the Council,
For the purposes of automated searching of dactyloscopic data, Finland has fully implemented the general provisions on data protection of Chapter 6 of Decision 2008/615/JHA and is entitled to receive and supply personal data pursuant to Article 9 of that Decision as from the day of the entry into force of this Decision.
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32008R1183 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1183/2008 of 28 November 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil
| 29.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 319/51
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1183/2008
of 28 November 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil
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 Articles 113(1)(a) and 121(h) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 (2) provides for a system designating certain optional references for olive oils. Under Article 5(c) of that Regulation, indications of organoleptic properties of virgin olive oils may appear on the labelling only if they are based on the results of a method of analysis provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July 1991 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis (3). In accordance with Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002, this provision shall apply from 30 November 2008.
(2) The research into new organoleptic evaluation methods launched by the International Olive Council (IOC) with a view to expanding the range of positive characteristics of virgin olive oils was completed in November 2007. The adaptation of Community legislation to the revised IOC method involves amending Article 5(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002. This adaptation is part of the amendment of several rules on the labelling of olive oil which are due to enter into force on 1 July 2009. It would be inopportune, in particular for operators who will have to adapt the labelling of their products, to apply the current provisions of Article 5(c) for a limited period running from 30 November 2008 to 30 June 2009.
(3) The date from which Article 5(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 applies should therefore be postponed until 1 July 2009.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 should be amended 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,
The third subparagraph of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 5(c) shall apply from 1 July 2009.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 30 November 2008.
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31994D0186 | Commission Decision of 30 March 1994 amending for the third time Decision 92/571/EEC relating to new transitional measures which are necessary to facilitate the move to the system of veterinary checks provided for in Council Directive 90/675/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 March 1994 amending for the third time Decision 92/571/EEC relating to new transitional measures which are necessary to facilitate the move to the system of veterinary checks provided for in Council Directive 90/675/EEC (94/186/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Whereas Directive 90/675/EEC makes arrangements for a new system of veterinary checks for products entering the Community from third countries;
Whereas the Commission, in Decisions 92/399/EEC (3) and 92/571/EEC (4), as last amended by Decision 94/123/EC (5), adopted certain transitional measures to facilitate the move to the new system of veterinary checks provided for in Directive 90/675/EEC; whereas these measures expire on 31 March 1994;
Whereas it is necessary to extend for a short period the new transitional measures which facilitate the gradual implementation of the system established by Directive 90/675/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Article 8 of Decision 92/571/EEC the date '31 March 1994' is replaced by '30 September 1994'.
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32003R0228 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 228/2003 of 5 February 2003 amending the corrective amount applicable to the refund on cereals
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 228/2003
of 5 February 2003
amending the corrective amount applicable to the refund on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The corrective amount applicable to the refund on cereals was fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 38/2003(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 198/2003(4).
(2) On the basis of today's cif prices and cif forward delivery prices, taking foreseeable developments on the market into account, the corrective amount at present applicable to the refund on cereals should be altered.
(3) The corrective amount must be fixed according to the same procedure as the refund. It may be altered in the period between fixings,
The corrective amount referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 which is applicable to the export refunds fixed in advance in respect of the products referred to, except for malt, is hereby altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 February 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 | 1 |
32007D0507 | 2007/507/EC: Commission Decision of 16 July 2007 amending Decision 2006/140/EC as regards a financial contribution by the Community for the year 2007 relating to the survey on TSE resistant PrP genes in goats in Cyprus (notified under document number C(2007) 3369)
| 18.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 186/46
COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 July 2007
amending Decision 2006/140/EC as regards a financial contribution by the Community for the year 2007 relating to the survey on TSE resistant PrP genes in goats in Cyprus
(notified under document number C(2007) 3369)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(2007/507/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular, Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in small ruminants, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) which is considered to be the cause of the fatal variant Creutzfeld Jacob disease in humans, is of major importance for animal health and consumer’s protection.
(2) A bi-annual survey on TSEs resistant genotypes in goats was submitted by Cyprus in 2005, with a view to obtain financial support from the Community. The objectives of that survey are to further investigate the PrP gene of goats in that Member State in order to confirm the results of previous preliminary studies where specific PrP polymorphisms were found indicating resistance against TSEs and to evaluate the data in order to be able to determine the baseline prevalence of TSE resistant PrP genes in goats. Cyprus has a very high prevalence of TSEs in goats and is therefore the appropriate Member State to carry out such pilot project. The survey started on 1 January 2006.
(3) In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 (2) of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, animal disease eradication and control programmes (veterinary measures) are to be financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 9, 36 and 37 of that Regulation are to apply.
(4) Commission Decision 2006/140/EC of 15 February 2006 concerning a specific financial contribution from the Community relating to the survey on TSE resistant PrP genes in goats presented by Cyprus for the year 2006 (3) granted a financial contribution from the Community for the year 2006 for the study of genetic resistance to TSE in goats in that Member State.
(5) For budgetary reasons, Community assistance is decided each year. It is appropriate to grant a financial contribution from the Community for that survey to cover the year 2007. Decision 2006/140/EC should therefore be amended to cover that year.
(6) The Annex to Decision 2006/140/EC lists the financial assistance of the Community and also the means of technical and financial reporting. That annex should be amended to take account of financial assistance for the year 2007 and also changes in reporting for that year.
(7) For reasons of administrative efficiency all expenditure presented for a financial contribution by the Community should be expressed in euro. In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the conversion rate for expenditure in a currency other than euro should be the rate most recently set by the European Central Bank prior to the first day of the month in which the application is submitted by Cyprus.
(8) Decision 2006/140/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(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,
Decision 2006/140/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
2. Article 2 is amended as follows:
(a) points (b) and (c) are replaced by the following:
‘(b) forwarding an intermediate yearly financial and technical evaluation covering the first eight months of each year of the survey, at the latest two months after the end of that period; the report shall conform to the model as set out in Chapter 2 of the Annex for the year 2006 and Chapter 4 thereof for the year 2007, accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred.
(c) forwarding a final yearly report for each year of the survey by 31 March 2007 at the latest for the year 2006 and 31 March 2008 at the latest for the year 2007, on the overall execution and results of the survey for the whole period during which Community financial assistance was granted; the report shall contain a technical and financial evaluation covering the years 2006 and 2007, in accordance with the model as set out in Chapter 2 of the Annex for the year 2006 and Chapter 4 thereof for the year 2007, accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred.’
(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
4. The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Cyprus. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R2215 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2215/2003 of 18 December 2003 setting the export refunds for nuts (shelled almonds, hazelnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts and walnuts in shell) using system A1
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2215/2003
of 18 December 2003
setting the export refunds for nuts (shelled almonds, hazelnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts and walnuts in shell) using system A1
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(4), sets detailed rules covering export refunds on fruit and vegetables.
(2) Under Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 refunds can be granted on products exported by the Community, to the extent necessary to enable economically significant quantities to be exported and within the limits ensuing from agreements concluded in line with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(3) In line with Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 care should be taken to ensure that trade flows already engendered by the granting of refunds are not disturbed. For that reason and given the seasonal nature of fruit and vegetable exports quantities should be set product by product using the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/2003(6). In setting quantities account must be taken of perishability.
(4) Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 stipulates that when refunds are set account is to be taken of the existing situation and outlook for prices and availability of fruit and vegetables on the Community market and for international trade prices, of marketing and transport costs and of the economic aspects of the exportation envisaged.
(5) Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 requires Community market prices to be determined using the prices that are most favourable from the point of view of exportation.
(6) The international trade situation or specific requirements of certain markets may necessitate differentiation of the refund on a given product by destination.
(7) Economically significant exports can at present be made of shelled almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts in shell.
(8) Since nuts have a relatively long storage life export refunds can be set at longer intervals.
(9) In order to permit the best possible use of available resources the export refunds should, given the structure of exportation from the Community, be set using system A1.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
1. Export refund rates for nuts, the period for lodging licence applications and the quantities permitted are stipulated in the Annex hereto.
2. Licences for food aid purposes issued as indicated in Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000(7) shall not be counted against the quantities indicated in the Annex hereto.
3. Without prejudice to Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001, the type A1 licences shall be valid for three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 2004.
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31990R0353 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 353/90 of 9 February 1990 on the conclusion of processing contracts for oranges in Spain and in Portugal in respect of 1989/90 marketing year production
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 353/90
of 9 February 1990
on the conclusion of processing contracts for oranges in Spain and in Portugal in respect of 1989/90 marketing year production
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 of 18 December 1969 laying down special measures to encourage the processing of mandarins, satsumas, clementines and oranges (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3848/89 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 7 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1562/85 of 7 June 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of measures to encourage the processing of certain citrus fruit and the marketing of products processed from lemons (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2987/89 (4), stipulates that industrial processing contacts for oranges are to be concluded before 15 February;
Whereas in Spain and Portugal, due to exceptional meteorological conditions, producers and processors have been able to conclude contracts for small quantities of oranges only; whereas the Spanish and Portuguese authorities should, as they have requested be authorized to set a later date for the conclusion of processing contracts for oranges for which financial compensation is granted under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 1989/90 marketing year Spain and Portugal are authorized to set 30 April 1990 as the final date for the conclusion of processing contracts for oranges for which financial compensation is granted under Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0268 | 2013/268/EU: Council Decision of 13 May 2013 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization (IMO) with regard to the adoption of certain Codes and related amendments to certain conventions and protocols
| 7.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 155/3
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 May 2013
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization (IMO) with regard to the adoption of certain Codes and related amendments to certain conventions and protocols
(2013/268/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at its 64th session in October 2012 and the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) at its 91st session in November 2012 approved an IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code). The 28th IMO Assembly is expected to adopt that code in December 2013.
(2) The MEPC at its 64th session and the MSC at its 91st session also approved an IMO Code on Recognised Organisations (RO Code). The MEPC is expected to adopt that code at its 65th session in May 2013 and the MSC at its 92nd session in June 2013.
(3) The MSC at its 91st session approved amendments to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (‘the Load Lines Convention’); to the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972; and to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement, 1969 with a view to rendering the III Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme, for consideration and adoption by the 28th IMO Assembly.
(4) The MEPC at its 64th session approved amendments to the protocols of 1978 and 1997 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (‘the MARPOL Convention’), with a view to rendering the III Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme. The MEPC is expected to adopt those amendments at its 66th session in 2014.
(5) The MSC at its 91st session approved amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (‘the SOLAS Convention’) and the 1988 protocol to the SOLAS Convention, as well as to the protocol of 1988 relating to Load Lines Convention, 1966, with a view to rendering the III Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme. At its 92nd session, due to take place in June 2013, the MSC is expected to approve amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (‘the STCW Convention’), with the same purpose. The MSC is expected to adopt those amendments to the SOLAS Convention and to the STCW Convention at its 93rd session in 2014.
(6) The MEPC at its 64th session approved amendments to the Protocol of 1978 relating to the MARPOL Convention with a view to rendering the RO Code mandatory. The MEPC is expected to adopt those amendments at its 65th session.
(7) The MSC at its 91st session approved amendments to the SOLAS Convention and to the protocol of 1988 relating to the Load Lines Convention, with a view to rendering the RO Code mandatory. The MSC is expected to adopt those amendments at its 92nd session.
(8) Once adopted, the amendments to those conventions and protocols will be submitted by the IMO Secretary-General to the respective contracting parties in order for them to express their consent to be bound by those amendments either tacitly or expressly, according to the relevant provisions of each convention or protocol.
(9) None of the conventions and protocols contain clauses excluding the formulation of reservations as regards amendments.
(10) The draft III Code is meant to replace IMO Assembly Resolution A.1054(27) which contains the existing Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments, which in turn replaced, after several amendments, IMO Assembly Resolution A.847(20), which the Member States, as regards their responsibilities as flag States, are obliged to apply by virtue of Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (1).
(11) The matter of the RO Code is exhaustively regulated by Directive 2009/15/EC and by Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (2), either directly or by reference to a number of IMO resolutions.
(12) Furthermore, Directive 2009/15/EC provides that, following the adoption of new instruments or protocols to the international conventions referred to therein, the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, is to decide, taking into account the Member States’ parliamentary procedures as well as the relevant procedures within the IMO, on the detailed arrangements for ratifying those new instruments or protocols, while ensuring that they are applied uniformly and simultaneously in the Member States. The term ‘international conventions’ as defined both in Directive 2009/15/EC and in Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 includes the SOLAS, MARPOL and Load Lines conventions, together with the protocols and amendments to those conventions, and the related codes of mandatory application, in their up-to-date version.
(13) The obligations incumbent on the flag States under the STCW Convention are covered by Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (3).
(14) In some areas, possible discrepancies have been identified between the III Code and the RO Code on the one hand, and legal acts of the Union on the other. It is necessary to ensure the consistency with Union law of the Member States’ obligations arising from the application of the III Code and the RO Code under the STCW, SOLAS, MARPOL and Load Lines conventions, their protocols and other conventions and protocols which render the III Code and the RO Code mandatory for the Contracting Parties.
(15) Directive 2009/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on compliance with flag State requirements (4) lays down a number of obligations for the Member States as flag States. These include in particular an obligation for Member States to take the necessary measures for an IMO audit of their administration to be carried out at least once every seven years. However, the relevant provision is to expire at the latest on 17 June 2017 or at an earlier date, as established by the Commission, if a mandatory IMO Member State Audit Scheme has entered into force.
(16) With the exception of the areas of discrepancy with Union law, the two draft Codes must, on the whole, be considered a positive development in so far as they will establish high global standards for the activities of flag States and recognised organisations alike. For those reasons, the development of an IMO RO Code was explicitly envisaged in recital 4 of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009. The Union should therefore support the adoption of both Codes as mandatory instruments of the IMO.
(17) The Union is neither a member of the IMO nor a Contracting Party to the conventions and protocols concerned. It is therefore necessary for the Council to authorise the Member States to give their consent to be bound, in the interests of the Union, by the amendments to those conventions and protocols which will make the III Code and the RO Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme,
1. The position of the Union at the 28th IMO Assembly shall be to agree to the draft IMO Instruments Implementation Code, as approved by the IMO Maritime Safety Committee in its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 16 to IMO document MSC 91/22.
2. The position of the Union at the 28th IMO Assembly shall be to agree to the following:
(a) amendments to Regulation 3 of Chapter 1 of Annex I and the inclusion of a new Annex IV to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 with a view to rendering the IMO Instruments Implementation Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme, as approved by the IMO Maritime Safety Committee at its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 10 to IMO document MSC 91/22;
(b) amendments to Regulation 2 of Annex I and the inclusion of a new Annex III to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement, 1969 with a view to rendering the IMO Instruments Implementation Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme, as approved by the IMO Maritime Safety Committee at its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 12 to IMO document MSC 91/22;
(c) amendments to the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, by including a new Part F with a view to rendering the IMO Instruments Implementation Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme, as approved by the IMO Maritime Safety Committee at its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 11 to IMO document MSC 91/22.
1. The position of the Union at the 65th session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee shall be to agree to the draft IMO Code on Recognised Organisations, as approved by that committee at its 64th session and by the IMO Maritime Safety Committee at its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 19 to IMO document MSC 91/22.
2. The position of the Union at the 65th session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendments to Regulation 6 of Annex I and Regulation 8 of Annex II to the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 with a view to rendering the IMO Code on Recognised Organisations mandatory, as approved by that committee at its 64th session and as laid down in Annex 23 to IMO document MEPC 64/23.
3. The position of the Union at the 66th session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendments to Regulation 1 of Annex I; the inclusion of a new Chapter 10 in Annex I; the amendments to Regulation 1 of Annex II; the inclusion of a new Chapter 9 in Annex II; the inclusion of new Chapters 1 and 2 in Annex III; the amendments to Regulation 1 of Annex IV; the inclusion of a new Chapter 6 in Annex IV; the inclusion of new Chapters 1 and 2 in Annex V; the amendments to Regulation 2 of Annex VI; and the inclusion of a new Chapter 5 in Annex VI to the protocols of 1978 and 1997 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 with a view to rendering the IMO Instruments Implementation Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme, as approved by that committee at its 64th session and as laid down in Annex 20 to IMO document MEPC 64/23.
1. The position of the Union at the 92nd session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee shall be to agree to the draft IMO Code on Recognised Organisations, as approved by that committee at its 91st session and by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee at its 64th session and as laid down in Annex 19 to IMO document MSC 91/22.
2. The position of the Union at the 92nd session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee shall be to agree to the following:
(a) amendments to Regulation 1 of Chapter XI-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (SOLAS 1974) with a view to rendering the IMO Code on Recognised Organisations mandatory, as approved by that committee at its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 20 to IMO document MSC 91/22;
(b) amendments to Regulation 2-1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the 1988 Protocol to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 with a view to rendering the IMO Code on Recognised Organisations mandatory, as approved by that committee in its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 21 to IMO document MSC 91/22.
3. The position of the Union at the 93rd session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee shall be to agree to the following:
(a) amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (SOLAS 1974) by including a new Chapter XIII with a view to rendering the IMO Instruments Implementation Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme, as approved by that committee at its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 17 to IMO document MSC 91/22;
(b) amendments to Regulation 3 of Chapter 1 of Annex I and the inclusion of a new Annex IV to Annex B to the 1988 Protocol to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 with a view to rendering the IMO Instruments Implementation Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme, as approved by that committee at its 91st session and as laid down in Annex 18 to IMO document MSC 91/22.
4. The position of the Union at the 92nd and 93rd sessions of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee shall be to agree to the approval and subsequent adoption of appropriate amendments to the Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 with a view to rendering the IMO Instruments Implementation Code mandatory, together with an associated flag State audit scheme.
1. The position of the Union as set out in Articles 1, 2 and 3 shall be expressed by the Member States which are members of the IMO acting jointly in the interest of the Union, and subject to the declaration contained in the Annex.
2. Formal and minor changes to the Union’s position as set out in Articles 1, 2 and 3 may be agreed without requiring that position to be amended.
Member States are hereby authorised to give their consent to be bound, in the interest of the Union and subject to the declaration set out in the Annex, by the amendments referred to in Article 1(2), Article 2(2) and (3) and Article 3(2), (3) and (4).
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32006D0665 | 2006/665/EC: Commission Decision of 3 October 2006 temporarily authorising Spain to approve for marketing seed of the species Pinus radiata and planting stock produced from this seed imported from New Zealand which does not satisfy the requirements of Council Directive 1999/105/EC in respect of identification and labelling (notified under document number C(2006) 4320)
| 4.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 273/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of 3 October 2006
temporarily authorising Spain to approve for marketing seed of the species Pinus radiata and planting stock produced from this seed imported from New Zealand which does not satisfy the requirements of Council Directive 1999/105/EC in respect of identification and labelling
(notified under document number C(2006) 4320)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(2006/665/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 1999/105/EC of 22 December 1999 on the marketing of forest reproductive material (1), and in particular Article 18(1) thereof,
Having regard to the request by Spain,
Whereas:
(1) In Spain the production of seed and planting stock produced from seed of the species Pinus radiata which satisfies the requirements for reproductive material, as provided for in Directive 1999/105/EC, is at present insufficient to meet the demand of end users. The necessary reproductive material cannot be supplied by other Member States.
(2) New Zealand is in a position to supply a sufficient amount of reproductive material of the species concerned intended for the production of planting. However, that seed does not comply with Directive 1999/105/EC as regards identification and labelling.
(3) In order to cover the shortage, Spain should be authorised, for a limited period of time, to approve for marketing seed and planting stock produced from seed of the species Pinus radiata which satisfies less stringent requirements with respect to identification and labelling.
(4) Such seed and planting stock should be marketed with a document containing certain details regarding its identification.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
1. Until 31 December 2006, Spain is authorised to approve for marketing, in accordance with the requirements set out in the Annex, 400 kg of seed of Pinus radiata, provenance New Zealand, which is intended for the production of planting stock and which does not satisfy in respect of identification and labelling the requirements provided for in Articles 13 and 14 of Directive 1999/105/EC.
2. Until 31 December 2011, Spain is authorised to approve for marketing, in accordance with the requirements set out in the Annex, planting stock which has been produced from seed, as referred to in paragraph 1, and which does not satisfy in respect of identification and labelling the requirements provided for in Articles 13 and 14 of Directive 1999/105/EC.
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32006R0374 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 374/2006 of 2 March 2006 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 20th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
| 3.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 62/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 374/2006
of 2 March 2006
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 20th 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 20th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 30,713 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March 2006.
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32013R0779 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 779/2013 of 13 August 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 14.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 218/24
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 779/2013
of 13 August 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31973R2247 | Regulation (EEC) No 2247/73 of the Commission of 16 August 1973 on the control of quality wines produced in specified regions
| REGULATION (EEC) No 2247/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 August 1973 on the control of quality wines produces in specified regions
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 (1) of 28 April 1970, laying down additional provisions for the common organization of the market in wine, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2680/72 (2), and in particular Article 29 (3) thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 817/70 (3) of 28 April 1970 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2236/73 (4), and in particular 13 (2) and 16 thereof;
Whereas, with a view to making the control of quality wines psr as effective as possible, provision should be made for such control to be entrusted to one or more specified agencies in each Member State and for close cooperation between the agencies of the various Member States and between those agencies and the Commission ; whereas such agencies should be given certain powers in relation to private persons such as will enable them to carry out their duties;
Whereas, in order to reconcile the requirements in respect of the control of quality wines psr with the requirement that such wines should be able to circulate freely throughout the Community, it would seem desirable to provide that a wine should be accepted, subject to proof of the contrary, as being a quality wine psr and as having the right to a particular name, on the basis of the accompanying document, or, in the absence of such a document, of the relevant commercial documents;
Whereas, in view of the obligations imposed on the Member States and on private persons by Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 817/70 and by this Regulation, it is desirable that the of quality wines psr be as widely known as possible ; whereas it should therefore be provided that the Commisson have these names, as communicated to it by the Member States, published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, the fact of such publication being, however, in no way to prejudge the question whether the provisions governing such names are in conformity with the relevant Community provisions;
Whereas the provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Wine;
1. Each Member State shall appoint one or more agencies to be responsible for the control of quality wines psr circulating in its territory and shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of the name of such agency or agencies.
2. The duly authorized servants or agents of the agencies referred to in paragraph 1: - shall have a right of access to all vehicles, or cellars, warehouses or other trade premises, of any person holding with view of sale, putting into circulation for commercial purposes, or transporting, any quality wine psr;
- may ask to be shown the accounts or other documents and to be supplied with all information required for control purposes;
- may make stock counts and take samples of any quality wine psr held, offered for sale or being transported.
3. Member States shall take such measures as may be necessary for the purpose of implementing this Article.
1. The accompanying document drawn up in respect of any quality wine psr pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1769/72 (5) of 26 July 1972 drawing up accompanying documents and determining the obligations of wine producers and traders other than retailers, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 930/73 (6), shall contain the name of the wine concerned.
2. Where, pursuant to Article 13 (2) or (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1769/72, no accompanying document is required, the name of the quality wine psr concerned shall be indicated in the relevant commercial documents.
3. Subject to proof of the contrary, indication in the documents referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the name of the specified region concerned shall be treated as sufficient evidence that a wine is a quality wine psr. (1)OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 289, 27.12.1972, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 20. (4)OJ No L 229, 17.8.1973, p. 26. (5)OJ No L 191, 21.8.1972, p. 1. (6)OJ No L 90, 6.4.1973, p. 23.
1. Each Member State shall, before 15 August 1973, communicate to the Commission and to the other Member States the names of the quality wines psr currently produced in its territory at the date of the entry into force of this Regulation, together with the terms of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing each such wine.
Each Member State shall forthwith communicate to the Commission and to the other Member States: - the names of any quality wines produced in its territory recognized after the entry into force of this Regulation, together with the terms of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing each such wine;
- any amendments to the provisions referred to in the first subparagraph hereof or to those referred to in the preceding indent.
2. The Commission shall have published in the Official Journal of the European Communities the names of the quality wines psr communicated to it pursuant to paragraph 1.
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1311/73 of 16 May 1973 on a provisional list of quality wines produced in specified regions and on the identification of such wines in the accompanying documents is repealed with effect from 31 August 1973.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1. September 1973, with the exception of Article 3, which shall take effect on the date of the said entry into force.
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31994R2150 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2150/94 of 31 August 1994 fixing, for unginned cotton, the actual production for the 1993/94 marketing year, the estimated production and the provisional reduction in the aid for the 1994/95 marketing year and the amount by which the guide price is to be reduced for the 1995/96 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2150/94 of 31 August 1994 fixing, for unginned cotton, the actual production for the 1993/94 marketing year, the estimated production and the provisional reduction in the aid for the 1994/95 marketing year and the amount by which the guide price is to be reduced for the 1995/96 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Protocol 14 annexed thereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 of 27 July 1981 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1554/93 (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 provides that the actual production in each marketing year is to be determined each year, taking account of the quantities for which the aid has been applied for; whereas the application of that criterion gives the actual production for the 1993/94 marketing year indicated below;
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 provides that the estimated production of cotton must be established before the beginning of each marketing year; whereas, on the basis of the figures available, the estimated production for the 1994/95 marketing year should be fixed at the figure given below;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of 2 July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1553/93 (4), where the maximum guaranteed quantity is exceeded by the estimated production, the aid should be reduced in accordance with the criteria laid down in that paragraph; whereas, however, the reduction in aid for the 1994/95 marketing year is limited to 20 % of the guide price but any reduction exceeding that limit is deducted from the guide price of the following marketing year up to a maximum of 7 %; whereas the application of the abovementioned provisions leads to the fixing of a reduction in the aid for the 1994/95 marketing year and a reduction of the guide price for 1995/96 as indicated below;
Whereas the Council recently undertook to reduce the maximum percentage reduction in the aid from 20 % to 18,5 %; whereas, pending formal amendment of the maximum percentage reduction, the reduction for 1994/95 should be fixed provisionally on the basis of the existing maximum reduction; whereas the carryover of the reduction for 1995/96 can, on the other hand, be fixed definitively, having regard to the extent by which the maximum guaranteed quantity is exceeded;
Whereas this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
1. For the 1993/94 marketing year, actual production of unginned cotton is hereby determined at 1 084 559 tonnes.
2. For the 1994/95 marketing year:
- the estimated production is hereby fixed at 1 170 070 tonnes,
- the provisional reduction in the amount of the aid is hereby fixed at ECU 25,365 per 100 kilograms.
3. For the 1995/96 marketing year, the guide price shall be reduced by ECU 7,102 per 100 kilograms.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1994.
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32005R0321 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 321/2005 of 24 February 2005 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004
| 25.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 52/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 321/2005
of 24 February 2005
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004 (2).
(2) Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 18 to 24 February 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 31,69 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 43 700 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 February 2005.
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31987D0482 | 87/482/EEC: Council Decision of 7 August 1987 concerning the conclusion of the Settlement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States of America
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 August 1987
concerning the conclusion of the Settlement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States of America
(87/482/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the United States of America on the Mediterranean preferences, citrus and pasta (1), approved by the Council on 3 November 1986, provides that both parties agree to proceed in good faith in seeking a prompt solution to their dispute over Community pasta export refunds;
Whereas on 5 August 1987 both sides reached an agreement on the settlement of the issue and this Settlement should therefore be approved,
The Settlement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Settlement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Settlement in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000D0296 | 2000/296/EC: Commission Decision of 5 April 2000 under the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 concerning the Chilean prohibition on unloading of swordfish catches in Chilean ports (notified under document number C(2000) 926)
| Commission Decision
of 5 April 2000
under the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 concerning the Chilean prohibition on unloading of swordfish catches in Chilean ports
(notified under document number C(2000) 926)
(2000/296/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 of 22 December 1994 laying down Community procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community's rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 356/95(2), and in particular Articles 13 and 14 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
(1) On 26 May 1998 the Commission received a complaint pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 (hereafter the "Regulation"). The complaint was lodged by ANAPA (AsociaciĂłn Nacional de Armadores de Buques Palangreros de Altura - Spanish national association of owners of deepsea longliners).
(2) The complainant alleged that Chile maintained a prohibition on transhipment and transit of swordfish catches in Chilean ports and a requirement of a zoo-sanitary certificate for fishing products which enter the Chilean territory, whatever their way of entry or their final destination, which are respectively inconsistent with Article V of GATT 1994 and Articles 2(3), 5(4) and (6) of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. On that basis, the complainant asked the Commission to take the necessary actions to convince Chile to repeal these measures.
(3) The complaint contained sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of a Community examination procedure pursuant to Article 8 of the Regulation. Consequently, such procedure was initiated on 10 July 1998(3).
(4) Following the initiation of the examination procedure the Commission carried out an investigation, which has led to the conclusions indicated below.
B. FINDINGS REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF AN OBSTACLE TO TRADE
(5) The relevant Chilean legislation concerning the prohibition on unloading of swordfish catches in Chilean ports is established on the basis of Article 165 of the Chilean Fishery Law (Ley General de Pesca y Acuicultura), as consolidated by the Supreme Decree 430 of 28 September 1991.
(6) The investigation revealed that the Chilean legislation imposes a ban on landing and transit of highly migratory species (such as swordfish) caught inside or outside the Chilean exclusive economic zone, when these catches are made in contravention of conservation rules unilaterally imposed by Chile. These rules apply to swordfish catches made in inland waters, the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and in the areas bordering the EEZ. Consequently, the prohibition applies to swordfish catches made in the bordering areas to the exclusive economic zone, i.e. outside the exclusive economic zone.
(7) While the Commission shares the general aim of conserving swordfish resources, it considers that any measures to this end must be taken in a way which least distorts trade and must not amount to arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination.
(8) The relevant Chilean legislation was adopted and the import prohibition enforced without Chile having entered into any serious negotiations involving the Community with the objective of concluding bilateral or multilateral agreements. In fact, Chile has been negotiating since 1997 an agreement on the conservation of the living resources in the South Pacific within the framework of a regional organisation but has not pursued the possibility of entering into cooperative arrangements with the Community.
(9) The requirement that WTO members should engage in serious efforts to negotiate consensual means of protection and conservation of living marine resources with all interested members, rather than resorting to unilateral and discriminatory measures was set out in "United States import prohibition of certain shrimp and shrimp products"(4). As a consequence of Chile's failure to comply with this requirement and its arbitrary application of its unilateral measures, the investigation concluded that the application of the Chilean measures amounts to an unjustifiable and arbitrary discrimination.
(10) The investigation established that the Chilean legislation prohibits Community fishing vessels from unloading their swordfish catches in Chilean ports either for the purpose of landing them for warehousing or for transhipment onto other vessels. This prohibition also applies in the Chilean territorial sea and exclusive economic zone and violates the principle of freedom of transit, established by Article V of GATT 1994.
(11) In addition, by making unloading in Chilean ports impossible for swordfish catches made by Community vessels, the Chilean measures render also impossible the importation of the affected catches into Chile, which is contrary to Article XI of GATT 1994.
(12) As regards the requirement for a zoo-sanitary certificate, the investigation stated that the Chilean authorities declared that the legislation that introduced the requirement in question (Oficio Circular n° 240) was repealed in November 1991. In consideration of the factual rectification given by the Chilean authorities, the Commission services did not carry out a more detailed analysis of the obstacle to trade.
(13) Under these circumstances the Commission considers that the complainant's allegation on prohibition of unloading is well-founded and that the Chilean practices constitute an obstacle to trade within the meaning of Article 2(1) of the Regulation, as they are contrary to Article V and Article XI of GATT 1994.
(14) The Commission none-the-less considers that reference to the above legal bases does not rule out recourse to any other pertinent provision of the WTO Agreement and of the Agreements annexed to it, which could be of use in procedures before the WTO.
C. FINDINGS REGARDING INJURY
(15) The investigation showed that that the Chilean ports are the most convenient for transhipment of swordfish catches made by Community vessels in the South-East Pacific because of their geographical position, their well-developed infrastructure and their commercial facilities. As a consequence, the Chilean prohibition on the transhipment of swordfish obliges the Community vessels to land or tranship their catches in the ports of other third countries in the region, which necessitates at least a six-day trip and cause them injury consisting of:
- costs incurred owing to the deficiencies of other third country ports compared to Chilean ones,
- additional operational costs for the trip to other third country ports,
- potential loss of catches during the additional trip period to other third country ports.
(16) The Commission concluded that the abovementioned effects constitute injury within the meaning of Article 2(3) of the Regulation.
D. FINDINGS REGARDING ADVERSE TRADE EFFECTS
(17) The investigation confirmed that the challenged Chilean practices prevent the Community fishing vessels to access third country markets. In particular, Chilean ports are essential bases for exporting especially fresh swordfish, to the United States of America because of the close commercial relationship in this field between Chile and the USA.
(18) The prohibition to land the catches and consequently to use the adjacent airports, prevent the Community producers from exporting on the US market, which is one of the largest market for swordfish in the world, thus creating adverse trade effects for the Community producers.
(19) In addition, there are also potential adverse trade effects to be taken into consideration. In the perspective of future international cooperation in the South-East Pacific as provided by the Law of the Seas Convention, the position of the Community will be weakened by the limited presence of Community vessels in the area. As a consequence, it is clearly foreseeable that the impossibility for Community vessels to accede to Chilean ports is likely to develop into further adverse effects for the Community.
(20) Therefore, the Commission concluded that the abovementioned effects cause and threaten to cause adverse trade effects within the meaning of Article 2(4) of the Regulation.
E. COMMUNITY INTEREST
(21) It is essential for Community vessels to have access to international fishing areas and for freedom of transit to be guaranteed by international rules.
(22) It is in the Community interest that solutions to disputes involving environmental issues be found via multilaterally negotiated measures, which are supportive of both trade and sustainable development.
(23) Moreover, it is not acceptable that Chile imposes a measure which impedes the access of Community vessels to its ports unless such vessels comply with conservation rules imposed unilaterally. As stated by the Appellate Body report in "United States - Gasoline"(5) and further confirmed by the Appellate Body report in "United States - import prohibition of certain shrimp and shrimp products"(6), WTO members are free to adopt their own policies aimed at protecting the environment as long as, in doing so, they fulfil their obligations and respect the rights of other Members under the WTO agreements. Chile has not done this in the present case.
(24) Ensuring that WTO partners fully comply with their obligations is of the utmost importance for the Community, which has committed itself to the same obligations. It is fundamental for the good functioning of a multilateral trade system to consistently tackle all allegedly WTO incompatible practices.
F. CONCLUSIONS AND MEASURES TO BE TAKEN
(25) Meetings have been held with the relevant Chilean authorities to discuss this matter aimed at finding an amicable solution but the Chilean authorities have not forwarded any proposal which could have formed the basis of such a solution.
(26) In addition, Chile adopted a new decree (Decree 598 of 15 October 1999) that expressly extends the rules in question to swordfish catches made in the high sea. Consequently, the prohibition on unloading in Chilean ports, which previously applied to swordfish catches made in the exclusive economic zone and in its bordering areas, now also applies to catches made anywhere on the high sea.
(27) In these circumstances, it appears that the interests of the Community call for initiation of WTO dispute settlement proceedings,
1. The Chilean prohibition on unloading of swordfish catches in Chilean ports appears to be inconsistent with the obligations of that country under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation and constitutes an "obstacle to trade" within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3286/94.
2. The Community will initiate dispute settlement proceedings against Chile under the Understanding on the Rules and Procedures for the Settlement of Disputes and other relevant WTO provisions with a view to securing removal of the obstacle to trade.
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31999R1635 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1635/1999 of 26 July 1999 fixing the exchange rate applicable to certain direct aids
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1635/1999
of 26 July 1999
fixing the exchange rate applicable to certain direct aids
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(1),
(1) Whereas the operative event for the exchange rate applicable to aid for arable crops and grain legumes is to be the commencement of the marketing year in respect of which the aid is granted, as defined in Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999(3);
(2) Whereas that exchange rate is defined in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 as the average of the exchange rates applicable during the month preceding the date of the operative event, calculated pro rata temporis; whereas that date is 1 July 1999;
(3) Whereas the exchange rate to be applied to aid for hops as provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(5), is also defined in the above manner by Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1793/93 of 30 June 1993 regarding the operative event for the agricultural conversion rates used in the hops sector(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999;
(4) Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999 stipulates that the exchange rate to be applied is to be fixed by the Commission,
The exchange rate to be applied to:
- the aids referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 having an operative event on 1 July 1999, and
- the aid for hops provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71,
shall be that indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1999.
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31997D0429 | 97/429/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1997 amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorized for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 June 1997 amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorized for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance) (97/429/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorized to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 97/296/EC (3) established the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorized for human consumption;
Whereas Commission Decision 97/426/EC (4) laid down special conditions for the import of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Australia;
Whereas, therefore, Australia should be added to the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorized;
Whereas Article 3 (4) (b) of Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (5), as last amended by Directive 96/23/EC (6), lays down that processed bivalve molluscs must, before processing, satisfy the requirements laid down in Directive 91/492/EEC; whereas, therefore, the list of third countries satisfying the conditions laid down in Directive 91/492/EEC also applies to imports of processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 97/296/EC is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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32005D0630 | 2005/630/EC: Commission Decision of 26 August 2005 establishing a form for the transmission of legal aid applications under Council Directive 2003/8/EC
| 31.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 225/23
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 August 2005
establishing a form for the transmission of legal aid applications under Council Directive 2003/8/EC
(2005/630/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2003/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to legal aid for such disputes (1), in particular Article 16(1) thereof,
After consulting the committee established by Article 17 of Directive 2003/8/EC,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2004/844/EC (2) established the standard form for legal aid applications under Directive 2003/8/EC.
(2) Under Directive 2003/8/EC the Commission should also establish a standard form to facilitate the transmission of legal aid applications between the judicial authorities of the Member States.
(3) Under Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark did not participate in the adoption of Directive 2003/8/EC and is accordingly neither bound by it nor required to give effect to it,
The standard form for the transmission of legal aid applications set out in the Annex to this Decision is adopted. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32001R2122 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2122/2001 of 29 October 2001 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2122/2001
of 29 October 2001
setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the Azores and Madeira(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1449/2001(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, the requirements of the Azores and Madeira for rice are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and quality by the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent to exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community origin. This aid is to be fixed with particular reference to the costs of the various sources of supply and in particular is to be based on the prices applied to exports to third countries.
(2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93(4), lays down common detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products, including rice, to the Azores and Madeira. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1983/92 of 16 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of rice products to the Azores and Madeira and establishing the forecast supply balance for these products(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1683/94(6), lays down detailed rules which complement or derogate from the provisions of the aforementioned Regulation.
(3) As a result of the application of these detailed rules to the current market situation in the rice sector, and in particular to the rates of prices for these products in the European part of the Community and on the world market the aid for supply to the Azores and Madeira should be set at the amounts given in the Annex.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community origin under the specific arrangements for the supply of the Azores and Madeira shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2001.
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31986R2736 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2736/86 of 3 September 1986 rectifying Regulation (EEC) No 2094/86 laying down detailed rules for the use of tartaric acid for deacidification of specified wine products in certain regions of zone A
| // // // REGULATION (EEC) No 2736/86
of 3 September 1986
rectifying Regulation (EEC) No 2094/86 laying down detailed rules for the use of tartaric acid for deacidification of specified wine products in certain regions of zone A
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (2), and in particular Article 46 (6) thereof,
Whereas verification has shown that, as a result of an error, the text of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2094/86 (3) does not correspond to the measures submitted for the opinion of the Management Committee on Wine; whereas the Regulation in question therefore has to be rectified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2094/86 is replaced by the following:
'2. The wine-growing regions referred to in the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 46 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 are the following:
- Ahr,
- Rheingau,
- Mittelrhein,
- Mosel-Saar-Ruwer,
- Nahe,
- Rheinhessen,
- Rheinpfalz,
- Moselle luxembourgeoise.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1985.
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31998R1804 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1804/98 of 14 August 1998 establishing an autonomous duty applicable for residues from the manufacture of starch from maize falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 and introducing a tariff rate quota on imports of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (corn gluten feed) falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 originating in the United States of America
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1804/98 of 14 August 1998 establishing an autonomous duty applicable for residues from the manufacture of starch from maize falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 and introducing a tariff rate quota on imports of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (corn gluten feed) falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 originating in the United States of America
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 the United States of America has decided to impose a safeguard measure in the form of a quantitative restriction on imports of wheat gluten from, inter alia, the Community as from 1 June 1998;
Whereas this measure is causing considerable injury to the Community producers concerned and calls into question the balance of concessions and obligations resulting from the WTO Agreements; whereas the quota will significantly limit Community exports of wheat gluten to the United States of America with a loss to Community exports of at least ECU 13,65 million per year;
Whereas the consultations which were held between the United States of America and the Community in accordance with Article 12 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards did not reach any satisfactory solution;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 8(2) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, any affected exporting Member has the right to suspend the application of substantially equivalent concessions or other obligations, provided the Council for Trade in Goods does not disapprove;
Whereas the suspension of substantially equivalent trade concessions should be applied with respect to the same sector; whereas residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (corn gluten feed) falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 are agricultural products;
Whereas the imposition of a tariff quota at a duty rate of ECU 5/MT on 2 730 000 tonnes of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (corn gluten feed) falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 originating in the United States of America imported each year into the Community represents a substantially equivalent trade concession; whereas an autonomous duty should be established to ensure respect of the quota;
Whereas the Community provided written notice of such suspension to the Council for Trade in Goods on 29 July 1998; whereas the Council for Trade in Goods has not disagreed within the 30 days provided for under Article 8(2) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards;
Whereas this Regulation is without prejudice to the compatibility of the safeguard measure applied by the United States of America with the WTO Agreements; whereas in accordance with Articles 8(2) and 8(3) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the suspension should apply from 1 June 2001 until the United States of America's safeguard measure is lifted; whereas the suspension should apply immediately on a decision from the WTO Dispute Settlement Body that the United States of America's safeguard action is incompatible with the WTO Agreements;
Whereas this Regulation should be reviewed in the light of developments, notably as regards the market for wheat gluten in the United States of America;
Whereas detailed rules for the application of this Regulation should be adopted pursuant to Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
1. The autonomous duty applicable for residues from the manufacture of starch from maize falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 is set at ECU 50/mt.
2. Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (corn gluten feed) falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 originating in the United States of America shall not be subject to the conventional duty rate.
1. An annual tariff quota, from 1 June to 31 May, for the import of the 2 730 000 tonnes of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (corn gluten feed) falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 originating in the United States of America is hereby opened.
2. The rate of duty applicable within the quota shall be ECU 5/mt.
The free circulation of the products referred to in Article 1 may be subject to presentation of proof of their origin.
The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5, adopt the rules necessary to suspend the rate of duty to 'free` as soon as the 2 730 000 tonnes of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (corn gluten feed) falling within CN codes 2303 10 19 and 2309 90 20 originating in the United States of America are imported.
The Commission shall adopt any necessary detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.
Any necessary modifications to this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5.
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
2. This Regulation shall be applicable from:
- 1 June 2001, or
- five days after the date of a decision from the WTO Dispute Settlement Body that the safeguard measure imposed by the United States of America is incompatible with the WTO Agreements,
whichever is earlier, and until the United States of America's safeguard measure is lifted. In this latter event, the Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities a notice giving the date of the decision of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.
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32004R1202 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1202/2004 of 29 June 2004 opening and providing for the administration of an import quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005)
| 30.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 230/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1202/2004
of 29 June 2004
opening and providing for the administration of an import quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Whereas,
(1) The WTO schedule CXL requires the Community to open an annual import tariff quota for 169 000 head of young male bovine animals for fattening.
(2) Pending the results of the negotiations under Article XXIV.6 GATT in the context of the WTO following the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as the new Member States) certain of which were, together with Romania, the principal supplier countries within this quota in the last three quota years, it is appropriate to lay down in the detailed rules for the management of this tariff quota that for the period 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 the available quantity should be phased over the year in a suitable manner within the meaning of Article 32(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.
(3) To take into account the traditional trade patterns between the Community and the supplier countries within this quota and the need to safeguard the equilibrium of the market, the quantity available is staggered over four quarters for the quota year 2004/05. Once the ongoing XXIV.6 negotiations have been finalised and ratified, new management rules will be implemented. Those rules should take into account the results of those negotiations and the quantities already used within the quota hereby opened.
(4) In order to provide a more equal access to the quota while ensuring a commercially viable number of animals per application, each application of import licences should respect a minimum and a maximum number of heads.
(5) With a view to preventing speculation, the quantities available within the quota should be made accessible to operators able to show that they are genuinely engaged in import of a significant scale from third countries. In consideration of this and in order to ensure efficient management, the traders concerned should be required to have imported a minimum of 100 animals during the year 2003 given that a consignment of 100 animals may be considered to be a commercial viable consignment. Operators in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta should be allowed to apply on the basis of imports from countries which for them were third countries during the year 2003.
(6) If such criteria should to be checked, applications must be presented in the Member State where the importer is entered in a VAT register.
(7) In order to prevent speculation, importers no longer involved in trade in live bovine animals at 1 January 2004 should be denied access to the quota and licences should not be transferable.
(8) Provision should be made for quantities for which licence applications may be requested to be allocated after a period of consideration and, where appropriate, once a uniform percentage reduction has been applied.
(9) The arrangements should be managed using import licences. To this end, rules should be laid down on the submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, where necessary by addition of certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (2), and of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (3).
(10) Experience shows that a proper management of the quota also requires that the titular holder of the licence is a genuine importer. Therefore, such importer should actively participate in the purchase, transport and import of the animals concerned. Presentation of proof of those activities should thus also be a primary requirement with regard to the licence security.
(11) With a view of ensuring a strict statistical control of the animals imported under the quota, the tolerance referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 should not apply.
(12) The application of this tariff quota requires effective checks on the specific destination of the imported animals. The animals should therefore be fattened in the Member State which has issued the import licence.
(13) A security should be lodged to ensure that the animals are fattened for at least 120 days in designated production units. The amount of the security should cover the difference between the common customs tariff (CCT) duty and the reduced duty applicable on the date of release for free circulation of the animals in question.
(14) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. A tariff quota for 169 000 young male bovine animals falling within CN code 0102 90 05, 0102 90 29 or 0102 90 49, and intended for fattening in the Community is hereby opened for the period 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 subject to any reductions negotiated subsequently between the Community and its WTO partners within the framework of the negotiations under Article XXIV.6 GATT in the context of the WTO.
This tariff quota shall have the order number 09.4005.
2. The customs import duty applicable under the tariff quota referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 16 % ad valorem plus EUR 582 per tonne net.
The rate of duty provided for in the first subparagraph shall apply on condition that the imported animals are fattened for at least 120 days in the Member State which has issued the import licence.
3. The quantities referred under paragraph 1 shall be staggered over the period referred to in that paragraph as follows:
(a) 42 250 live bovine animals for the period 1 July 2004 to 30 September 2004;
(b) 42 250 live animals for the period 1 October 2004 to 31 December 2004;
(c) 42 250 live animals for the period 1 January 2005 to 31 March 2005;
(d) 42 250 live animals for the period 1 April 2005 to 30 June 2005.
4. If, during one of the periods mentioned under paragraph 3(a), (b) and (c), the quantity covered by licence applications submitted for each of these periods is less than the quantity available for the period in question, the remaining quantity of that period will be added to the quantity available for the following period.
1. To be eligible under the quota provided for in Article 1, applicants must be natural or legal persons and must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned, at the time they submit their applications for import licences, that they have imported at least 100 animals covered by CN code 0102 90 during the year 2003.
Applicants must be listed in a national VAT register.
2. Operators in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia may apply for import licences on the basis of the imports referred to in paragraph 1 from countries which for them were third countries in the year 2003.
3. Proof of import shall be furnished exclusively by means of the customs document of release for free circulation, duly endorsed by the customs authorities and containing a reference to the applicant concerned as being the consignee.
Member States may accept copies of the documents referred to in the first subparagraph, duly certified by the competent authority. Where such copies are accepted, notification hereof shall be made in the communication from Member States referred to in Article 3(5) in respect of each applicant concerned.
4. Operators who at 1 January 2004 have ceased their activities in trade with third countries in the beef and veal sector shall not qualify for any application.
5. A company formed by the merger of companies each having reference imports complying with the minimum quantity referred to in paragraph 1 may use those reference imports as a basis for its application.
1. Applications for import licences may be submitted only in the Member State in which the applicant is registered for VAT purposes.
2. Applications for import licences per each period referred to in Article 1(3):
(a) must cover at least 100 animals;
(b) may not cover more than 5 % of the quantity available.
Where applications exceed the quantity referred to in the previous subparagraph, point (b), the excess shall be disregarded.
3. Applications for import licences shall be submitted during the first 10 working days of each period referred in Article 1(3). However, application for the first period shall be submitted no later than the second Thursday following the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
4. Applicants may lodge no more than one application each per period referred to in Article 1(3). Where the same applicant lodges more than one application, all applications from that applicant shall be inadmissible.
5. After verification of the documents presented, Member States shall forward to the Commission, by the fifth working day following the end of the period for the submission of applications at the latest, the list of applicants and their addresses as well as the quantities applied for.
All notifications, including nil returns, shall be forwarded by fax or e-mail using the model form in Annex I to this Regulation in cases where applications have actually been submitted.
1. Following the notification referred to in Article 3(5), the Commission shall decide as soon as possible to which extent the applications can be met.
2. If the quantities covered by applications as referred to in Article 3 exceed those available for the period in question, the Commission shall fix a single percentage reduction to be applied to the quantities applied for.
Where application of the reduction coefficient provided for in the first subparagraph gives a figure of less than 100 head per application, the quantity available shall be awarded by the Member States concerned by drawing lots for import rights covering 100 head each. Where the remainder lot is less than 100 head it shall be considered a single lot.
3. Licences shall be issued as soon as possible subject to the Commission's decision regarding acceptance of the applications.
1. Import licences shall be issued on the name of the operator who submitted the application.
2. Licence applications and licences shall show the following:
(a) in box 8, the country of origin;
(b) in box 16, one or several of the following Combined Nomenclature codes: 0102 90 05; 0102 90 29 or 0102 90 49;
(c) in box 20, the order number of the quota (09.4005) and one of the endorsements provided for in Annex III.
1. Notwithstanding Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transferable and shall confer rights under the tariff quotas only if made out in the same name and address as the one entered as consignee in the customs declaration of release for free circulation accompanying them.
2. No import licences shall be valid after 30 June 2005.
3. The security relating to the import licence shall be EUR 20 per head and shall be lodged by the applicant together with the licence application.
4. Licences issued shall be valid throughout the Community.
5. Pursuant to Article 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the full Common Customs Tariff duty applicable on the date of acceptance of the customs declaration for free circulation shall be collected in respect of all quantities imported in excess of those shown on the import licence.
6. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the security shall not be released until proof has been produced that the titular holder of the licence has been commercially and logistically responsible for the purchase, transport and clearance for free circulation of the animals concerned. Such proof shall at least consist of:
(a) the original commercial invoice or authenticated copy made out in the name of the titular holder by the seller or his representative, both established in the third country of export, and proof of payment by the titular holder or the opening by the titular holder of an irrevocable documentary credit in favour of the seller;
(b) the bill of lading or, where applicable, the road or air transport document, drawn up in the name of the titular holder, for the animals concerned;
(c) the copy No 8 of form IM 4 with the name and address of the titular holder being the only indication in box 8.
1. At the time of import, the importer shall provide proof that he has:
(a) given a written undertaking to inform within one month the competent authority of the Member State that issued the licence, of the farm or farms where the young bovine animals are to be fattened;
(b) lodged a security of an amount as laid down for each eligible CN code in Annex II with the competent authority of the Member State that issued the licence; the fattening of the imported animals in that Member State for at least 120 days from the date of acceptance of the customs declaration of release for free circulation is a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of Commission (4).
2. Except in cases of force majeure, the security referred to paragraph 1(b) shall be released only if proof is furnished to the competent authority of the Member State that issued the licence that the young bovine animals:
(a) have been fattened on the farm or farms indicated pursuant to paragraph 1;
(b) have not been slaughtered before a period of 120 days from the date of import has elapsed; or
(c) have been slaughtered for health reasons or have died as a result of sickness or accident before that period has elapsed.
The security shall be released immediately after such proof has been furnished.
However, where the time limit referred to in paragraph 1(a) has not been observed, the security to be released shall be reduced by:
— 15 %, and by
— 2 % of the remaining amount for each day by which it has been exceeded.
The amounts not released shall be forfeited and retained as customs duties.
3. If the proof referred to in paragraph 2 is not furnished within 180 days from the date of import, the security shall be forfeited and retained as customs duty.
However, if such proof is not furnished within the period of 180 days provided for in the first subparagraph but is produced within six months following the said period, the amount forfeited, less 15 % of the security, shall be repaid.
Regulations (EC) No 1291/2000 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall apply, subject to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31998D0207 | 98/207/EC: Commission Decision of 3 March 1998 concerning the extension of an exemption granted to Germany pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 3 March 1998 concerning the extension of an exemption granted to Germany pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the German text is authentic) (98/207/EC)
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), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/27/EC (2), and in particular Article 8(2)(c) thereof,
Whereas by Decision 96/212/EC (3) the Commission approved the request for an exemption submitted by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Article 8(2)(c) of Directive 70/156/EEC concerning one type of gas discharge lamp for three types of headlamp for motor vehicles, meeting the requirements of UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulations Nos 8, 98 and 99, with a view to the granting of EC type approval;
Whereas the request for an extension of the exemption submitted by Germany on 13 October 1997 is justified by the fact that the measures needed to adapt the Directives which were the subject of that exemption have not yet come into force and the exemption should therefore be extended until the entry into force of the adaptations to those directives and, in any case, for a maximum period of 24 months;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The exemption granted to Germany by Decision 96/212/EC is hereby extended until the entry into force of the adaptations to the directives concerned and, in any case, for a period not exceeding twenty-four months.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R3480 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3480/93 of 17 December 1993 laying down transitional measures for the management of base areas in Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3480/93 of 17 December 1993 laying down transitional measures for the management of base areas in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1552/93 (2), and in particular Articles 12 and 16 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides for a reduction in the area eligible for compensatory payments and special set-aside without compensation where the sum of the areas for which aid is claimed by producers exceeds the regional base area;
Whereas as a result of a severe drought and restrictions on the use of water in Spain in 1993 there was a transfer of the type of production on irrigated land in the Regadio from non-arable crops such as rice, cotton and tomatoes to sunflowers; whereas this transfer resulted in an increase in the area for which applications were made for compensatory payments and for compensation for the corresponding amount of set-aside, which exceeded the base area for other crops for the Regadio;
Whereas this increase was caused solely as a result of an increase in the area on which sunflowers were cultivated; whereas there was no increase in the area on which other arable crops were cultivated; whereas it would be inequitable to penalize, in the first year of application of the support system, producers of other arable crops;
Whereas, in addition, in view of the fact that the increase in the area on which sunflowers were cultivated was caused because of climatic changes outside the control of producers which led producers who traditionally did not produce sunflowers to transfer to sunflower production; whereas these producers are likely, having regard to their previous production, to transfer production back to that of rice, cotton and tomatoes in the marketing year 1994/95; whereas it would therefore be inequitable to require producers of sunflowers in 1994 to undertake the special set-aside referred to in Article 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, as only those who remained in sunflower production in the marketing year 1994/95 would be penalized;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 requires that the compensatory payments shall be paid by 31 December following the harvest;
Whereas the relevant management committees have not delivered opinions within the time limits set by their chairmen,
Notwithstanding Article 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, in the marketing year 1993/94, the following shall apply in relation to the regional base area for 'Regadio' in Spain as referred to in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 845/93 (3):
- only the eligible area per farmer in relation to sunflowers, including the corresponding area of set-aside, shall be reduced proportionately,
- the second indent of Article 2 (6) shall not be applied.
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 to the 1993/94 marketing year.
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31992L0073 | Council Directive 92/73/EEC of 22 September 1992 widening the scope of Directives 65/65/EEC and 75/319/EEC on the approximation of provisions laid down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action relating to medicinal products and laying down additional provisions on homeopathic medicinal products
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/73/EEC of 22 September 1992 widening the scope of Directives 65/65/EEC and 75/319/EEC on the approximation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to medicinal products and laying down additional provisions on homeopathic medicinal products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas differences currently existing between the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in the Member States may hinder trade in homeopathic medicinal products within the Community and lead to discrimination and distortion of competition between manufacturers of these products;
Whereas the essential aim of any rules governing the production, distribution and use of medicinal products must be to safeguard public health;
Whereas, despite considerable differences in the status of alternative medicines in the Member States, patients should be allowed access to the medicinal products of their choice, provided all precautions are taken to ensure the quality and safety of the said products;
Whereas the anthroposophic medicinal products described in an official pharmacopoeia and prepared by a homeopathic method are to be treated, as regards registration and marketing authorization, in the same way as homeopathic medicinal products;
Whereas the provisions of Directive 65/65/EEC (4) and the Second Directive 75/319/EEC (5), are not always appropriate for homeopathic medicinal products;
Whereas homeopathic medicine is officially recognized in certain Member States but is only tolerated in other Member States;
Whereas, even if homeopathic medicinal products are not always officially recognized, they are nevertheless prescribed and used in all Member States;
Whereas it is desirable in the first instance to provide users of these medicinal products with a very clear indication of their homeopathic character and with sufficient guarantees of their quality and safety;
Whereas the rules relating to the manufacture, control and inspection of homeopathic medicinal products must be harmonized to permit the circulation throughout the Community of medicinal products which are safe and of good quality;
Whereas, having regard to the particular characteristics of these medicinal products, such as the very low level of active principles they contain and the difficulty of applying to them the conventional statistical methods relating to clinical trials, it is desirable to provide a special, simplified registration procedure for those traditional homeopathic medicinal products which are placed on the market without therapeutic indications in a pharmaceutical form and dosage which do not present a risk for the patient;
Whereas, however, the usual rules governing the authorization to market medicinal products should be applied to homeopathic medicinal products placed on the market with therapeutic indications or in a form which may present risks which must be balanced against the desired therapeutic effect; whereas, in particular, those Member States which have a homeopathic tradition should be able to apply particular rules for the evaluation of the results of tests and trials intended to establish the safety and efficacy of these medicinal products provided that they notify them to the Commission,
1. For the purposes of this Directive, 'homeopathic medicinal product' shall mean any medicinal product prepared from products, substances or compositions called homeopathic stocks in accordance with a homeopathic manufacturing procedure described by the European Pharmacopoeia or, in absence thereof, by the pharmacopoeias currently used officially in the Member States.
2. A homeopathic medicinal product may also contain a number of principles.
1. The provisions of this Directive shall apply to homeopathic medicinal products for human use, to the exclusion of homeopathic medicinal products prepared in accordance with a magistral or an officinal formula as defined in Article 1 (4) and (5) of Directive 65/65/EEC and of homeopathic medicinal products which satisfy the criteria laid down in Article 2 (4) of the said Directive.
2. The medicinal products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be identified by a reference on their labels, in clear and legible form, to their homeopathic nature.
CHAPTER II Manufacture, control and inspection
The provisions of Chapter IV of Directive 75/319/EEC shall apply to the manufacture, control, import and export of homeopathic medicinal products.
The supervision measures and the sanctions provided for in Chapter V of Directive 75/319/EEC shall apply to homeopathic medicinal products, together with Articles 31 and 32 of the same Directive.
However, the proof of therapeutic efficacy referred to in Article 28 (1) (b) of the same Directive shall not be required for homeopathic medicinal products registered in accordance with Article 7 of this Directive or, where appropriate, admitted in accordance with Article 6 (2).
Member States shall communicate to each other all the information necessary to guarantee the quality and safety of homeopathic medicinal products manufactured and marketed within the Community, and in particular the information referred to in Articles 30 and 33 of Directive 75/319/EEC.
CHAPTER III Placing on the market
1. Member States shall ensure that homeopathic medicinal products manufactured and placed on the market within the Community are registered or authorized in accordance with Articles 7, 8 and 9. Each Member State shall take due account of registrations and authorizations previously granted by another Member State.
2. A Member State may refrain from establishing a special, simplified registration procedure for the homeopathic medicinal products referred to in Article 7. A Member State applying this provision shall inform the Commission accordingly. The Member State concerned shall, by 31 December 1995 at the latest, allow the use in its territory of homeopathic medicinal products registered by other Member States in accordance with Articles 7 and 8.
3. Advertising of the homeopathic medicinal products referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and in Article 7 (1) shall be subject to the provisions of Directive 92/28/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the advertising of medicinal products for human use (¹), with the exception of Article 2 (1) of that Directive.
However, only the information specified in Article 7 (2) may be used in the advertising of such medicinal products.
Moreover, each Member State may prohibit in its territory any advertising of the homeopathic medicinal products referred to in paragraph 2 and in Article 7 (1).
1. Only homeopathic medicinal products which satisfy all of the following conditions may be subject to a special, simplified registration procedure:
- they are administered orally of externally,
- no specific therapeutic indication appears on the labelling of the medicinal product or in any information relating thereto,
- there is a sufficient degree of dilution to guarantee the safety of the medicinal product; in particular, the medicinal product may not contain either more than one part per 10 000 of the mother tincture or more than 1/100th of the smallest dose used in allopathy with regard to active principles whose presence in an allopathic medicinal product results in the obligation to submit a doctor's prescription.
At the time of registration, Member States shall determine the classification for the dispensing of the medicinal product.
2. In addition to the clear mention of the words 'homeopathic medicinal product', the labelling and, where appropriate, package insert for the medicinal products referred to in paragraph 1 shall bear the following, and no other, information:
- the scientific name of the stock or stocks followed by the degree of dilution, making use of the symbols of the pharmacopoeia used in accordance with Article 1 (1),
- name and address of the person responsible for placing the product on the market and, where appropriate, of the manufacturer,
- method of administration and, if necessary, route,
- expiry date, in clear terms (month, year),
- pharmaceutical form,
- contents of the sales presentation,
- special storage precautions, if any,
- a special warning if necessary for the medicinal product,
- manufacturer's batch number,
- registration number,
- 'homeopathic medicinal product without approved therapeutic indications',
- a warning advising the user to consult a doctor if the symptoms persist during the use of the medicinal product.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, Member States may require the use of certain types of labelling in order to show:
- the price of the medicinal product,
- the conditions for refunds by social security bodies.
4. The criteria and rules of procedure provided for in Articles 5 to 12 of Directive 65/65/EEC shall apply by analogy to the special, simplified registration procedure for homeopathic medicinal products, with the exception of the proof of therapeutic efficacy.
An application for special, simplified registration submitted by the person responsible for placing the product on the market may cover a series of medicinal products derived from the same homeopathic stock or stocks. The following documents shall be included with the application in order to demonstrate, in particular, the pharmaceutical quality and the batch-to-batch homogeneity of the products concerned:
- scientific name or other name given in a pharmacopoeia of the homeopathic stock or stocks, together with a statement of the various routes of administration, pharmaceutical forms and degree of dilution to be registered,
- dossier describing how the homeopathic stock or stocks is/are obtained and controlled, and justifying its/their homeopathic nature, on the basis of an adequate bibliography,
- manufacturing and control file for each pharamceutical form and a description of the method of dilution and potentization,
- manufacturing authorization for the medicinal product concerned,
- copies of any registrations or authorizations obtained for the same medicinal product in other Member States;
- one or more specimens or mock-ups of the sales presentation of the medicinal products to be registered,
- data concerning the stability of the medicinal product.
1. Homeopathic medicinal products other than those referred to in Article 7 of this Directive shall be authorized and labelled in accordance with Articles 4 to 21 of Directive 65/65/EEC including the provisions concerning proof of therapeutic effect and
Articles 1 to 7 of Directive 75/319/EEC.
2. A Member State may introduce or retain in its territory specific rules for the pharmacological and toxicological tests and clinical trials of homeopathic medicinal products other than those referred to in Article 7 (1) in accordance with the principles and characteristics of homeopathy as practised in that Member State.
In this case, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of the specific rules in force.
CHAPTER IV Final provisions
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1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1993. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt the said measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference when they are officially published. The procedure for making such reference shall be adopted by the Member States.
2. Applications for registration or for marketing authorization for medicinal products covered by this Directive lodged after the date set in paragraph 1 shall comply with the provisions of this Directive.
3. Not later than 31 December 1995, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council concerning the application of this Directive.
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31989D0434 | 89/434/EEC: Council Decision of 3 May 1989 on the conclusion of the Third Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community
| 18.7.1989 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 206/10
COUNCIL DECISION
of 3 May 1989
on the conclusion of the Third Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community
(89/434/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas a total suspension by the Kingdom of Norway of duties on imports from Spain would facilitate trade between the two countries;
Whereas the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (1) consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973 does not make provision for the Kingdom of Norway to suspend customs duties on goods imported from Spain;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to approve a Third Additional Protocol to the abovementioned Agreement in order to provide for the total suspension of duties on products covered by that Agreement imported into Norway from Spain,
The Third Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol (2).
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31992R1225 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1225/92 of 12 May 1992 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category No 36 order of 40.0360, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1225/92 of 12 May 1992 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category No 36 order of 40.0360, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile product originating in developing countries (1), extended into 1992 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3387/91 (2) and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for each category of products in Annexes I and II thereto individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulaiton providesd that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of products of category No 36 (order No 40.0360), originating in China, the relevant ceiling amounts to 12 tonnes;
Whereas on 17 January 1992 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in China, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to China,
As from 17 May 1992 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in China:
Order No Category
(unit) CN code Description 40.0360 36 (tonnes) 5408 10 00
5408 21 00
5408 22 10
5408 22 90
5408 23 10
5408 23 90
5408 24 00
5408 31 00
5408 32 00
5408 33 00
5408 34 00
ex 5811 00 00
ex 5905 00 70 Woven fabrics of continuous artificial fibres, other than those for tyres of category 114
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31976L0331 | First Commission Directive 76/331/EEC of 29 March 1976 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed
| FIRST COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 29 March 1976 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed (76/331/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard for the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed (1), as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC (2), and in particular Article 21a thereof,
Whereas in the light of developments in scientific and technical knowledge Annex I to the said Directive should be amended for the reasons set out below;
Whereas the monogerm varieties of beets, which are being used more and more frequently, show a tendency to hybridization;
Whereas, in order to avoid any risks which could result from this, the minimum distance between neighbouring cultures shall be extended in certain specified cases;
Whereas, improvements in the quality of sugar-beet seeds allows the minimum requirements in respect of the germination capacity and monogermity to be raised;
Whereas certain provisions shall be adapted to the conditions for official examination of seeds carried out according to current international methods;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
In Part A (5) of Annex I, the text of the table is hereby replaced by the following: (1)OJ No 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2290/66. (2)OJ No L 196, 26.7.1975, p. 6.
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In Part B (3) (a) of Annex I, the text of the table is hereby replaced by the following: >PIC FILE= "T0009115">
1. In Part B (3) (b) of Annex I, the following sentence is hereby added to (aa):
"The percentage of clusters giving three or more seedlings shall not exceed five, calculated on the germinated clusters."
2. In Part B (3) (b) of Annex I, the following (a) shall be added after (aa):
"(aa)(a) Precision seed of sugar beet:
At least 70 % of the germinated clusters shall give single seedlings. The percentage of clusters giving three or more seedlings shall not exceed five, calculated on the germinated clusters."
3. In Part B (3) (b) of Annex I, the heading (bb) shall be replaced by the following:
"(bb) Precision seed of fodder-beet."
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive on: - 1 July 1978 in the case of Article 1;
- 1 July 1977 in the case of the other provisions of this Directive.
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32003R1069 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1069/2003 of 20 June 2003 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1069/2003
of 20 June 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002
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 1897/2002(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 grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 16 to 19 June 2003 at 131,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2003.
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31995R3073 | Council Regulation (EC) No 3073/95 of 22 December 1995 determining the standard quality of rice
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3073/95
of 22 December 1995
determining the standard quality of rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072 of 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the intervention price for paddy rice should correspond to a specific standard quality; whereas that quality is determined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 of 21 June 1976 determining standard qualities for rice and broken rice (2);
Whereas, with regard to quality, trends in demand for rice on the Community market as well as the guidelines followed in the reform of the common organization of the market make it appropriate to re-determine the standard quality taking account of both the quality characteristics of Community production and the most representative qualities of imported rice; whereas it follows from those factors as well as other factors in the reform of the common organization of the market that requirements should be made more stringent and the system provided for by the abovementioned Regulation should be replaced,
The standard quality of paddy rice for which the intervention price is fixed shall be defined as follows:
(a) rice of a sound and fair marketable quality, free of odour;
(b) moisture content: 14 % in 1996/97 and 13 % from 1997/98 onwards;
(c) yield of wholly milled rice 63 % by weight in whole grains (with a tolerance of 3 % of clipped grains) of which a percentage by weight of wholly milled rice grains which are not of unimpaired quality:
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For the purposes of this Regulation, the definition of grains which are not of unimpaired quality shall be as shown in the Annex.
Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 is hereby repealed. References to Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 shall be taken as references to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1996.
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32007R1257 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1257/2007 of 25 October 2007 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the October 2007 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
| 26.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/32
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1257/2007
of 25 October 2007
on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the October 2007 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
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 markets 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,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (3) opened and provided for the administration of certain import tariff quotas for rice and broken rice, broken down by country of origin and split into several subperiods in accordance with Annex IX of the Regulation.
(2) October is the only subperiod for the quota with serial number 09.4138 laid down in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98. This quota comprises the balance of the unused quantities from the quotas with serial numbers 09.4127-09.4128-09.4129-09.4130 in the previous subperiod. October is the last subperiod for the quotas with serial numbers 09.4148 and 09.4168 laid down in Article 1(1)(b) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98, which comprise the balance of the unused quantities from the previous subperiod.
(3) The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quota(s) with serial numbers 09.4138-09.4148, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2007 under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity greater than that 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 quotas in question.
(4) The final percentage take-up for 2007 of each quota provided for by Regulation (EC) No 327/98 should also be made known,
1. For import licence applications for rice under the quotas with the serial numbers 09.4138-09.4148 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2007, licences shall be issued for the quantities requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The final percentage take-up for 2007 of each quota provided for by Regulation (EC) No 327/98 is given 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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32007L0001 | Commission Directive 2007/1/EC of 29 January 2007 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purposes of adapting Annex II thereof to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)
| 1.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 25/9
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/1/EC
of 29 January 2007
amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purposes of adapting Annex II thereof to technical progress
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP),
Whereas:
(1) Following the opinions of the SCCP issued on the basis of scientific studies, the Commission together with Member States and stakeholders agreed on an overall strategy to regulate hair dye substances according to which the industry was required to submit files with scientific data on hair dye substances to be evaluated by the SCCP.
(2) The substances for which no explicit interest was expressed during the public consultation in defence of their use in hair dyes and for which no updated safety files were submitted to allow an adequate risk assessment should be included in Annex II.
(3) The substance 4-amino-3-fluorophenol has until now been considered to be covered by the general entry, reference number 22, concerning aniline, its salts and its halogenated and sulphonated derivatives. However, as it is not obvious that 4-amino-3-fluorophenol belongs to that aniline family a specific entry for that substance should be included in Annex II.
(4) For the sake of clarity, the substance epoxiconazole should be moved from the separate reference number 1182 to reference number 663 in Annex II to Directive 76/768/EEC.
(5) As no new further scientific data were submitted to the SCCP before 31 July 2006 for the evaluation of N,N′-dihexadecyl-N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)propanediamide, that substance should be included in Annex II.
(6) Directive 76/768/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Cosmetic Products,
Annex II to Directive 76/768/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Member States shall ensure that with effect from 21 February 2008, cosmetic products which fail to comply with this Directive are not sold or disposed of to the final consumer.
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 21 August 2007 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 21 November 2007.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31991R0898 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 898/91 of 8 April 1991 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain welded tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel, originating in Turkey or Venezuela and definitively collecting the provisional anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 898/91 of 8 April 1991 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain welded tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel, originating in Turkey or Venezuela and definitively collecting the provisional anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted after consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation,
Whereas:
A. Previous action
(1) By Regulation (EEC) No 3617/90 (2) the Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain welded tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel, originating in Turkey or Venezuela, and accepted undertakings offered by major exporters in connection with such imports.
B. Subsequent procedure
(2) Having been informed of the main conclusions of the preliminary investigation, none of the parties concerned made known its views in writing or applied to be heard by the Commission within the period specified in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3617/90.
C. Dumping
(3) As no new evidence on dumping has been received since the imposition of the provisional duties in respect of imports originating in Turkey and Venezuela, the findings on dumping with regard to Turkey and Venezuela, as set out in Regulation (EEC) No 3617/90, are therefore considered to be definitive.
D. Injury
(4) With regard to injury, as no new evidence has been received since the imposition of the provisional duties in respect of imports originating in Turkey and Venezuela, the findings as set out in Regulation (EEC) No 3617/90 are therefore confirmed.
E. Community interest
(5) No observations were received from any user of welded tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel, imported from Turkey and Venezuela, and subject to provisional anti-dumping duties within the time limit laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3617/90.
(6) The Commission's conclusion, that it is in the Community's interest that action be taken, is therefore confirmed. Under these circumstances, in order to minimize the risk of circumvention of the anti-dumping measures, protection of the Community's interest calls for the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain welded tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel, originating in Turkey and Venezuela.
F. Rate of duty
(7) The provisional anti-dumping duties were calculated as being adequate to remove the injury to the Community industry. The provisional findings of the Commission having been confirmed, the amounts of the definitive anti-dumping duties should be the same as the amounts of the provisional duties.
G. Undertakings
(8) The Turkish and Venezuelan producers/exporters which cooperated during the investigation, having been informed of the preliminary findings of the Commission services with regard to dumping and injury, offered price undertakings which, after consultation within the Advisory Committee, have been accepted under Regulation (EEC) No 3617/90.
H. Collection of provisional duty
(9) In view of the high level of the dumping margins found and the seriousness of the injury caused to Community producers, it is considered necessary that amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duty should be collected in full.
I. Consultation
(10) The advisory committee has been consulted with regard to this course of action and has raised no objection to the proposals.
Article 1
1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of welded tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel, threaded or threadable, zinc-coated or not, of circular cross-section, of an external diameter of not more than 168,3 mm, falling within CN codes 7306 30 51, 7306 30 59, ex 7306 30 71, (Taric code 7306 30 71*90), ex 7306 30 78, (Taric code 7306 30 78*90), originating in Turkey or Venezuela.
2. The rate of the duty shall be 18,5 % for products originating in Turkey (Taric additional code 8511) and 22,1 % for products originating in Venezuela (Taric additional code 8513). The duty shall be calculated on the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the duties shall not apply for the products concerned:
- exported directly to the Community by
- Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari AS (Taric additional code 8510)
- Borusan Ihracat Ithalat Ve Dagitim AS (Taric additional code 8510)
- Yuecel Boru Ve Profil Enduestrisi AS (Taric additional code 8510)
- Cayirova Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (Taric additional code 8510)
- Yuecel Boru Ihracat Ithalat Ve Pazarlama AS (Taric additional code 8510),
- produced by Conduven, Caracas, Venezuela and exported by Connectors, New York, USA (Taric additional code 8512).
4. The provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply. Article 2
The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duty pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3617/90 shall be definitively collected in full. Article 3
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32008D0234(01) | 2008/234/EC: Commission Decision of 18 March 2008 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis (notified under document number C(2008) 974) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 19.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 76/58
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 March 2008
amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis
(notified under document number C(2008) 974)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/234/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex D(I)(E) thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State or part of a Member State may, as regards bovine herds, be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free subject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that Directive.
(2) The lists of regions of Member States declared free of enzootic bovine leukosis are set out in Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (2).
(3) Poland has now submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards 14 administrative regions (powiaty) within the superior administrative units (Voivodships) of Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Łódzkie and Małopolskie, in order that those regions be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Poland.
(4) Following the evaluation of that documentation, those regions (powiaty) in Poland should be recognised as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of that Member State.
(5) Decision 2003/467/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,
Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
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31994R3311 | Council Regulation (EC) No 3311/94 of 20 December 1994 extending by one month the application of the agrimonetary arrangements in force on 31 December 1994 and fixing the agricultural conversion rates for the new Member States
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3311/94 of 20 December 1994 extending by one month the application of the agrimonetary arrangements in force on 31 December 1994 and fixing the agricultural conversion rates for the new Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the pursposes of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the 1994 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 150 (1) thereof,
Whereas the provisions of Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 and the correcting factor referred to in Article 1 (c) of that Regulation are limited to 31 December 1994; whereas the Commission has presented a report on the agrimonetary arrangements and proposals for the amendment of the said Regulation; whereas, in order to permit the Council to reach a decision on future agrimonetary policy taking account of the opinion of the European Parliament, the arrangements in force at the end of 1994 should be extended by one month;
Whereas, with effect from the date of entry into force of the Act of Accession, it is necessary to determine the initial agricultural conversion rates of the new Member States;
Whereas the fixing of certain amounts applicable under the Common Customs Tariff must derogate from the application of the correcting factor in order to accord with the other amounts concerned;
Whereas, as far as the initial agricultural conversion rate applicable for Austria is concerned, account must be taken of the close and long-established links which exist between the Austrian schilling and the German mark;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation require measures at Community level to ensure uniform application in all Member States from 1 January 1995,
The application of Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, of the correcting factor referred to in Article 1 (c) of that Regulation and of the provisions relating thereto is hereby extended to 31 January 1995.
However, the Commission may derogate from the application of the said correcting factor under the powers available to it by virtue of the acts concerning the common agricultural policy for each particular case, in order to lay down in ecus amounts applicable under the Common Customs Tariff.
The agricultural conversion rates for the new Member States acceding to the European Union on 1 January 1995 shall initially be equal to the representative market rates established in accordance with Article 1 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 for the final reference period ending prior to the date of accession.
However, in the case of Austria, the agricultural conversion rate shall initially correspond to the monetary difference of the German mark applicable on the date of entry into force of the Act of Accession.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
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32006R1135 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2006 of 25 July 2006 amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 26 July 2006
| 26.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 203/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1135/2006
of 25 July 2006
amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 26 July 2006
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) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1098/2006 (3).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1098/2006,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1098/2006 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 July 2006.
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32008D0329 | 2008/329/EC: Commission Decision of 21 April 2008 requiring Member States to ensure that magnetic toys placed or made available on the market display a warning about the health and safety risks they pose (notified under document number C(2008) 1484) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 26.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 114/90
COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 April 2008
requiring Member States to ensure that magnetic toys placed or made available on the market display a warning about the health and safety risks they pose
(notified under document number C(2008) 1484)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/329/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Having consulted the Member States,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC and Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety of toys (2), as amended by Council Directive 93/68/EEC (3), producers are obliged to place only safe toys on the market.
(2) Directive 88/378/EEC lays down the essential safety requirements that toys must meet to ensure the safety objectives of the Directive. In addition, the Directive provides that, in order to facilitate the proof of conformity with the essential safety requirements, European standards concerning the design and composition of toys should be drawn up by the standardisation bodies. Currently the risk posed by magnets is covered by the general safety requirement of Directive 88/378/EEC, but the Directive does not lay down particular safety requirements dealing with the risk posed by magnets.
(3) The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) issued European standard EN 71-1:2005 ‘Safety of toys — Part I: mechanical and physical properties’ which is a consolidated version of harmonised standard EN 71-1:1998 and its 11 amendments. Toys complying with the standard are presumed to be in conformity with the essential requirements of Directive 88/378/EEC, as far as the specific requirements covered by the standard are concerned. The standard does not currently contain technical requirements for magnetic toys. In accordance with Article 8(2)(a) of Directive 88/378/EEC, producers must have recourse to EC type-examination when a harmonised standard does not cover all the risks that a toy may present.
(4) In order to address the specific risks of magnetic toys, on 25 May 2007 the Commission gave a mandate to CEN (4), in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (5), to revise the European standard EN 71-1:2005 within 24 months. Pending the drawing up and entry into force of the revised standard, it is necessary to address immediately the risks posed by magnetic toys in order to minimise further accidents to children caused by these toys by improving the knowledge of the risks.
(5) In addition to Directive 88/378/EEC, the safety of toys is covered by Directive 2001/95/EC which sets out the market surveillance framework for consumer products. According to Article 13 of Directive 2001/95/EC, if the European Commission becomes aware that certain products present a serious risk to the health and safety of consumers, it may, under certain conditions, adopt a decision requiring Member States to take temporary measures intended in particular to restrict or make subject to specific conditions the placing and making available on the market of such products.
(6) Such a decision may be adopted if (a) Member States differ significantly on the approach adopted or to be adopted to deal with the risk concerned; (b) the risk cannot, in view of the nature of the safety issue, be dealt with in a manner compatible with the degree of urgency of the case under other procedures laid down by the specific Community legislation applicable to the product concerned; and (c) the risk can be eliminated effectively only by adopting appropriate measures applicable at Community level, in order to ensure a consistent and high level of protection of the health and safety of consumers and the proper functioning of the internal market.
(7) A serious risk has recently emerged concerning magnets in toys. Even though magnets have been used in toys for a long time, in the last few years they have become increasingly powerful and they can become detached more easily if attached using the same techniques as those employed in the past. Moreover, given their increased strength, loose magnets or magnetic parts used in toys now pose a higher risk of serious accidents than in the past.
(8) This serious risk has been established by a number of accidents that were reported worldwide in the course of 2006 and 2007 where children had swallowed magnets detached from toys or small parts of toys containing magnets. When more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and may cause intestinal perforation, infection or blockage, which can be fatal. Inhalation of those magnets has also caused serious injuries, and aspiration into the lungs requires immediate surgery.
(9) Besides one fatal accident reported in the United States, several occurrences of children swallowing at least two magnets or a magnet and a metal object, and requiring major surgery, have been reported worldwide since 2006. These incidents have involved children aged between 10 months and 12 years.
(10) In 2006 and 2007, several toy producers launched major recalls of magnetic toys. In particular, over 18 million magnetic toys were recalled worldwide during the summer of 2007, and a significant proportion of these toys were on the European market. As a result of the accidents and the recent recalls, many producers have realised the risk and modified the design of the toys concerned, encapsulating or collaring the magnets in the parts containing them.
(11) Some countries have already adopted measures to deal with the risk. In particular, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released, on 19 April 2007, a warning to parents concerning the health and safety risks posed by magnetic toys. The CPSC has also participated in the revision of ASTM F963-2007 ‘Standard Consumer Safety Specification on Toy Safety’ created under the auspices of the standardisation body, ASTM International, to deal with magnets in toys. In Europe, both France and Germany have informed the Commission of national measures.
(12) In its resolution of 26 September 2007 on the safety of products and particularly toys (6), the European Parliament urged the Commission to use its powers to take restrictive measures, including bans, if consumer goods placed on the Community market are found to be unsafe.
(13) Consultation of the Member States in the Committee set up by Article 15 of Directive 2001/95/EC has established that Member States differ significantly on the approach to deal with the risk posed by magnetic toys.
(14) In the absence of Community rules, some Member States have adopted or are about to adopt divergent national measures to manage the risk posed by magnetic toys. The introduction of such national measures will inevitably result in an uneven level of protection and in intra-Community barriers to trade in magnetic toys. Several Member States have called for a Community measure.
(15) There is Community legislation on small parts in toys meant for small children (7), but that legislation does not deal specifically and sufficiently with risks from magnetic toys to children who are over three years of age. In view of the nature of the hazard, the risk posed by magnetic toys cannot be dealt with effectively under other procedures laid down in specific rules of Community law in a manner compatible with the degree of urgency of the case. It is therefore necessary to have recourse to a temporary decision under Article 13 of Directive 2001/95/EC until the revised European standard EN 71-1:2005 provides a comprehensive solution to the problem identified. The targeted measure introduced by this Decision offers only a partial, temporary, short-term solution. The Commission has already clearly recognised the need for constructional requirements to deal adequately with the risks posed by magnetic toys when issuing the standardisation mandate to CEN to revise EN 71-1:2005.
(16) In view of the serious risk from magnetic toys, and in order to ensure a consistent and high level of consumer health and safety protection throughout the EU as well as to avoid barriers to trade, it is urgent that a temporary decision pursuant to Article 13 of Directive 2001/95/EC be adopted. Such a decision should rapidly make the placing and making available on the market of magnetic toys subject to the condition that they are marked with an adequate warning of the risks linked to the presence of magnets or magnetic components of ingestible shape and size that are accessible to children. Such a decision should contribute to the prevention of further deaths and injuries.
(17) In the light of the accident and hazard data and the pending permanent measure in the form of the revision of standard EN 71-1:2005, the scope of this Decision should cover magnetic toys.
(18) This Decision is without prejudice to Articles 3(4) and 6 to 8 of Directive 2001/95/EC, and thus does not bar Member States from taking appropriate measures where there is evidence that a magnetic toy is dangerous, regardless of the conformity with the requirements in this Decision and other criteria designed to ensure the general safety requirement. Member States must carry out market surveillance and enforcement activities to prevent risks posed by unsafe products to the health and safety of consumers.
(19) On the basis of the progress made with the revision of the European standard EN 71-1:2005 and with regard to the completeness of the revised standard and its adequacy to address fully the risks posed by magnetic toys, the Commission will decide whether to extend the validity of this Decision for additional periods and whether the Decision should be amended. In particular, the Commission will decide whether to introduce constructional requirements to supplement the warning required in this Decision.
(20) A short transition period is necessary in the interests of both the Member States who must ensure that the Decision will be applied efficiently and also of the producers and distributors of magnetic toys who are subject to the obligation to place or make available on the market only magnetic toys that bear the appropriate warning. In this case, the shortest possible transition period should be laid down, consistent with the need to prevent further accidents and to ensure proportionality, taking into account that the measure consists of a marking only and does not require changes to the product design itself. Therefore, the requirement for a warning to be affixed to magnetic toys should apply shortly after the adoption of this Decision by the Commission.
(21) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 15 of Directive 2001/95/EC,
Definitions
For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:
— ‘magnetic toy’ means a toy that contains or consists of one or more magnets or one or more magnetic components that are of ingestible shape and size and are accessible to children,
— ‘toy’ means any product or material designed or clearly intended for use in play by children of less than 14 years of age,
— ‘of ingestible shape and size’ means fitting entirely into the small-parts cylinder defined in the standard EN 71-1:2005,
— ‘accessible to children’ means loose or able of becoming detached from the toy under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use by children, even if originally contained, encapsulated, recessed or collared in the toy,
— ‘making available on the market’ means any supply of a magnetic toy for distribution, consumption or use on the Community market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge,
— ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of a magnetic toy on the Community market,
— ‘withdrawal’ means any measure aimed at preventing the distribution, display and offer.
Warning
1. Member States shall ensure that magnetic toys which are placed or made available on the Community market display a warning:
(a) with the following wording: ‘Warning! This toy contains magnets or magnetic components. Magnets sticking together or becoming attached to a metallic object inside the human body can cause serious or fatal injury. Seek immediate medical help if magnets are swallowed or inhaled.’;
(b) or with an equivalent easily understandable wording that clearly conveys the same content.
2. The warning shall appear in a clearly visible and legible manner, conspicuously displayed on the packaging or otherwise attached to the magnetic toy in such a way as to be visible to the consumer at the point of purchase.
3. The warning shall appear in the official languages of the Member State in which the product is placed or made available on the market.
Implementation
1. As of 21 July 2008, Member States shall ensure that magnetic toys which do not display the required warning are prohibited from being placed or made available on the market.
2. As of 21 July 2008, Member States shall ensure that magnetic toys which do not display the required warning and are placed or made available on the market are withdrawn from the market, and that consumers are adequately informed of the risk.
3. Member States shall inform the Commission without delay of the measures taken under this Article in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2001/95/EC.
Information
Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision, publish those measures and forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Period of application
This Decision shall be applicable until 21 April 2009.
Addressees
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31985R3522 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3522/85 of 9 December 1985 fixing for the 1986/87 milk year the guideline figure for the fat content of standardized whole milk imported into Ireland and the United Kingdom
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3522/85
of 9 December 1985
fixing for the 1986/87 milk year the guideline figure for the fat content of standardized whole milk imported into Ireland and the United Kingdom
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71 of 29 June 1971 laying down additional rules on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products falling within heading No 04.01 of the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 566/76 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6) (b) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71, Ireland and the United Kingdom apply within their territories the formula of non-standardized whole milk within the meaning of the second indent of Article 3 (1) (b) of that Regulation;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (6) and (7), a guideline figure must be fixed for the 1986/87 milk year for the fat which standardized whole milk coming from another Member State must contain to be able to be marketed within the territories of the two abovementioned Member States; whereas this guideline figure must be the weighted average fat content of the whole milk produced and marketed in the importing Member State during the previous year,
For the 1986/87 milk year, the guideline figure referred to in Article 3 (6) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71 shall be:
- 3,60 % for Ireland,
- 3,90 % for the United Kingdom.
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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32003R1593 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1593/2003 of 11 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1593/2003
of 11 September 2003
prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2003(4), lays down quotas for haddock for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions Skagerrak and Kattegat, III b, c, d (EC waters), by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. The Netherlands has prohibited fishing for this stock from 30 July 2003. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions Skagerrak and Kattegat, III b, c, d (EC waters), by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 2003.
Fishing for haddock in the waters of ICES divisions Skagerrak and Kattegat, III b, c, d (EC waters), by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 30 July 2003.
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32008R0638 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 638/2008 of 4 July 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 5.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 178/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 638/2008
of 4 July 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 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 of 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:
(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 5 July 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987L0184 | Commission Directive 87/184/EEC of 6 February 1987 amending Annex II to Council Directive 72/276/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain methods for the quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 6 February 1987
amending Annex II to Council Directive 72/276/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain methods for the quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures
(87/184/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 71/307/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to textile names (1), as last amended by Directive 83/623/EEC (2), and in particular Article 15a (2) thereof,
Whereas Directive 71/307/EEC requires labelling to indicate the nature of the fibres in textile products, checks on the conformity of these products with the indications given on the label being carried out by analysis;
Whereas pursuant to Article 13 (2) of the above Directive, Annex II to Council Directive 72/276/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 81/75/EEC (4), lays down 15 uniform methods of analysis for most of the textile products composed of binary mixtures that are on the market;
Whereas in the light of experience gained gradually by national laboratories and the results of interlaboratory tests carried out under the auspices of the Commission, it is necessary:
- to redraft method No 2 by the incorporation of the use of a stable and easily prepared additional reagent,
- to amend certain points in method No 8 so as to simplify the test procedures and ensure uniform results,
- to delete method No 12, which has proved to be insufficiently accurate;
Whereas textile products consisting of mixtures of chlorofibre, certain modacrylics, certains elastanes, acetate, triacetate and certain other fibres which are also subject to the labelling obligation stipulated in Directive 71/307/EEC are not covered by Directive 72/276/EEC; whereas uniform methods of analysis applicable to these products should therefore be established;
Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Directives relating to Textile Names and Labelling,
Section 2 of Annex II to Directive 72/276/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Special methods Nos 2, 8 and 12 are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.
2. Special method No 16 in Annex II to this Directive is hereby added.
1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 September 1988, and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. As soon as this Directive has been notified, Member States shall also ensure that the Commission is informed, in sufficient time for it to submit its comments, of any draft laws, regulations or administrative provisions which they intend to adopt in the field covered by the Directive.
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32014R0841 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 841/2014 of 1 August 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 2.8.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 231/4
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 841/2014
of 1 August 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1160 | Regulation (EC) No 1160/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders, as regards access to the Schengen Information System by the services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehiclesText with EEA relevance.
| 22.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 191/18
REGULATION (EC) No 1160/2005 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 6 July 2005
amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders, as regards access to the Schengen Information System by the services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71(1)(d) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles (3) provides that Member States are to assist one another in the implementation of that Directive and may exchange information at bilateral or multilateral level in particular so as to check, before any registration of a vehicle, the latter's legal status, where necessary in the Member State in which it was previously registered. Such checking may in particular involve the use of an electronic network.
(2) The Schengen Information System (or the SIS), set up under Title IV of the Convention of 1990 implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders (4)(hereinafter ‘the 1990 Schengen Convention’) and integrated into the framework of the European Union pursuant to the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, constitutes an electronic network between the Member States and contains, inter alia, data on motor vehicles with a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc which have been stolen, misappropriated or lost. Pursuant to Article 100 of the 1990 Schengen Convention, data on such motor vehicles sought for the purposes of seizure or use as evidence in criminal proceedings are entered in the SIS.
(3) Council Decision 2004/919/EC of 22 December 2004 on tackling vehicle crime with cross-border implications (5) includes the use of the SIS as an integral part of the law enforcement strategy against vehicle crime.
(4) Pursuant to Article 101(1) of the 1990 Schengen Convention, access to data entered in the SIS and the right to search such data directly is reserved exclusively to the authorities responsible for border checks and other police and customs checks carried out within the country, and the coordination of such checks.
(5) Article 102(4) of the 1990 Schengen Convention provides that data may not, in principle, be used for administrative purposes.
(6) Services responsible in the Member States for issuing registration certificates for vehicles and clearly identified for this purpose should have access to data entered in the SIS concerning motor vehicles with a cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc, trailers and caravans with an unladen weight exceeding 750 kg and vehicle registration certificates and vehicle number plates which have been stolen, misappropriated, lost or invalidated, in order to enable them to check whether the vehicles presented to them for registration have been stolen, misappropriated or lost. To that end it is necessary to adopt rules granting those services access to those data, and to allow them to use those data for the administrative purpose of properly issuing registration certificates for vehicles.
(7) Member States should take the necessary measures to ensure that, in case of a hit, the measures provided for under Article 100(2) of the 1990 Schengen Convention are taken.
(8) The European Parliament recommendation to the Council of 20 November 2003 on the second-generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) outlines a number of important concerns and considerations in relation to the development of the SIS, particularly as regards access to the SIS by private bodies such as vehicle registration services.
(9) To the extent that services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles are not government services, access to the SIS should be granted indirectly, that is to say through the intermediary of an authority as referred to in Article 101(1) of the 1990 Schengen Convention responsible for ensuring compliance with the measures taken by these Member States pursuant to Article 118 of that Convention.
(10) Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (6), and the specific rules on data protection in the provisions of the 1990 Schengen Convention, which supplement or clarify the principles set out in that Directive, apply to the processing of personal data by the services responsible in the Member States for issuing registration certificates for vehicles.
(11) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely granting access to the SIS to services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles, in order to facilitate their tasks under Directive 1999/37/EC, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States by reason of the very nature of the SIS as a joint information system, and can therefore only be achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
(12) Member States should have a sufficient period within which to take the practical measures necessary to apply this Regulation.
(13) As regards Iceland and Norway, this Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G, of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(7).
(14) As regards Switzerland, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the association of the Swiss Confederation with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G, of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 4(1) of Council Decision 2004/860/EC of 25 October 2004 (8) on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of that Agreement.
(15) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
(16) This Regulation constitutes an act building on the Schengen acquis or otherwise related to it within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession,
The following Article shall be inserted in Title IV of the 1990 Schengen Convention:
‘Article 102A
1. Notwithstanding Articles 92(1), 100(1), 101(1) and (2), 102(1), (4) and (5), the services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles, as referred to in Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles (9), shall have the right to have access to the following data entered into the Schengen Information System, for the sole purpose of checking whether vehicles presented to them for registration have been stolen, misappropriated or lost:
(a) data concerning motor vehicles with a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc which have been stolen, misappropriated or lost;
(b) data concerning trailers and caravans with an unladen weight exceeding 750 kg which have been stolen, misappropriated or lost;
(c) data concerning registration certificates for vehicles and vehicle number plates which have been stolen, misappropriated, lost or invalidated.
Subject to paragraph 2, the national law of each Member State shall govern access to those data by those services.
2. The services referred to in paragraph 1 that are government services shall be entitled to search directly the data entered in the Schengen Information System referred to in that paragraph.
The services referred to in paragraph 1 that are not government services shall have access to data entered in the Schengen Information System referred to in that paragraph only through the intermediary of an authority as referred to in Article 101(1). That authority shall be entitled to search directly the data and to pass them on to those services. The Member State concerned shall ensure that those services and their employees are obliged to respect any limitations on the permissible use of data passed on to them by the authority.
3. Article 100(2) shall not apply to a search made in accordance with this Article. The communication by services as referred to in paragraph 1 to the police or judicial authorities of information brought to light by a search of the Schengen Information System which gives rise to suspicion of a criminal offence shall be governed by national law.
4. Each year, after seeking the opinion of the joint supervisory authority set up pursuant to Article 115 on the data protection rules, the Council shall submit a report to the European Parliament on the implementation of this Article. That report shall include information and statistics on the use made of the provisions of this Article and the results obtained in their implementation and shall state how the data protection rules have been applied.
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. It shall apply from 11 January 2006.
3. For those Member States in which the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the SIS do not yet apply, this Regulation shall apply within six months after the date on which those provisions are put into effect for them, as specified in the Council Decision adopted to that effect in accordance with the applicable procedures.
4. The content of this Regulation shall become binding for Norway 270 days after the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
5. Notwithstanding the notification requirements laid down in Article 8(2)(c) of the Schengen Association Agreement with Norway and Iceland (10), Norway shall, before the date referred to in paragraph 4, notify the Council and the Commission that the constitutional requirements for becoming bound by the contents of this Regulation have been fulfilled.
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31999D0165 | 1999/165/EC: Commission Decision of 19 February 1999 approving the conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the Canary Islands (notified under document number C(1999) 389) (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 19 February 1999 approving the conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the Canary Islands (notified under document number C(1999) 389) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (1999/165/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 26(3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/96 of 22 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the use of a graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the most remote regions (3),
Whereas, pursuant to Article 26(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, a graphic symbol has been devised to improve awareness and encourage the consumption of quality processed and unprocessed agricultural products specific to the Canary Islands; whereas the Commission published that graphic symbol and the conditions governing its reproduction in Regulation (EC) No 2054/96 (4);
Whereas, in accordance with Article 26(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1601/92, the conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the Canary Islands are to be proposed by the trade organisations, forwarded by the national authorities and approved by the Commission; whereas, together with a favourable opinion, the Spanish authorities have forwarded these conditions of utilisation and the administrative rules on the basis of which the competent Canary authorities intend granting rights to use the graphic symbol;
Whereas those conditions of utilisation are in line with the objectives for which the graphic symbol was introduced; whereas those conditions of utilisation should accordingly be approved,
The conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the Canary Islands, as presented by the Spanish authorities and set out in the Annex hereto, are hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R3648 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3648/92 of 17 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3648/92 of 17 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1502/90 (4), lays down the conditions under which certain cheeses may be imported into the Community at a reduced levy;
Whereas developments in the situation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and in particular the creation of new republics no longer permit the system agreed with the former Yugoslavia as regards the application of a specific levy to kashkaval cheese and sheep's milk cheese in points (o) and (p) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 to be administered normally;
Whereas a derogation should be made from that system and the word 'Yugoslavia' in the column headed 'Country of origin' in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 should be replaced provisionally by 'Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'; whereas the requirement of presentation of the IMA 1 certificate required for all imports of the cheeses concerned originating in the abovementioned Republics should at the same time be provisionally suspended, without prejudice to the need to submit a licence as referred to in Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68; whereas it is also advisable to add that the rules of origin pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 343/92 (5) are to apply; whereas the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 must be amended accordingly and the heading in Annex IV thereto indicating the name of the issuing agency for IMA 1 certificates, situated in Belgrade, must be deleted;
Whereas this Regulation is without prejudice to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/96 (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2015/92 (7), or to Council Regulations (EEC) No 2655/92 (8) and (EEC) No 2656/92 (9) prohibiting trade between the European Economic Community and the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro;
Whereas the measures provided in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the following Article 7a is inserted after Article 7:
'Article 7a
By way of temporary derogation from Article 1 (2), the importation into the Community of the products listed in points (o) and (p) of Annex I hereto originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall no longer necessitate IMA 1 certificates.
The applicable rules as to the origin of the products referred to in the first paragraph and imported from the abovementioned Republics shall be those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 343/92 (*).
(*) OJ No L 38, 14. 2. 1992, p. 1';
2. in points (o) and (p) in Annex I, 'Yugoslavia' in the column headed 'Country of origin' is replaced by:
'Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia';
3. in Annex IV, the issuing agency for IMA 1 certificates situated in Belgrade is deleted.
This Regulation shall be without prejudice to Regulations (EEC) No 1432/92, (EEC) No 2655/92 and (EEC) No 2656/92 prohibiting trade between the European Economic Community and the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro.
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 |
31992R1675 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1675/92 of 29 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1730/87 laying down quality standards for table grapes as regards the lists of varieties
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1675/92 of 29 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1730/87 laying down quality standards for table grapes as regards the lists of varieties
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1156/92 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1730/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 658/92 (4), lays down quality standards for table grapes; whereas the Annex to the standards determines the lists of varieties;
Whereas an error has slipped in the list '(b) Small berry varieties' where 'Panse blanche' has been named as a synonym to '*Panse PrĂŠcoce' which is not correct according to information obtained; whereas the standard should be corrected accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1730/87 is hereby amended as follows:
in the Annex to the standards 'Lists of varieties, non exhaustive' under '(b) Small berry varieties', on the line '*Panse PrĂŠcoce', the term '- Panse Blanche' is deleted in the bracket.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998D0657 | 98/657/EC: Commission Decision of 12 November 1998 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1999 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community (notified under document number C(1998) 3485)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 12 November 1998 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1999 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community (notified under document number C(1998) 3485) (98/657/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 of 10 December 1987 laying down the general rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organisations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2535/95 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Articles 3(4) and 6(2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 267/96 (6), lays down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community; whereas, in accordance with Article 2 of the abovementioned Regulation, in order to implement the scheme for the supply of such food to the most deprived section of the population, the Commission must adopt a plan to be financed from resources available in the 1999 budget year; whereas this plan should indicate in particular the quantity of products by type that may be withdrawn from intervention stock for distribution in each Member State and the financial resources made available to implement the plan in each Member State; whereas this plan should also indicate the level of appropriations to be reserved to cover costs of intra-Community transport of intervention products as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92;
Whereas the Member States involved in the plan have supplied the information required in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92;
Whereas the intra-Community transfers necessary for the use of those quantities of products should also be authorised under the conditions provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92;
Whereas, to implement the plan, the conversion rates to be applied to the funds allocated to the Member States should be specified and Article 3(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 should be applied;
Whereas, to ensure that the budget appropriations are fully used, account must be taken of the degree to which the Member States used the resources allocated to them in previous years;
Whereas in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 the Commission has sought the advice of major organisations familiar with the problems of the most deprived persons in the Community when drawing up this plan;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinions of all the relevant management committees,
For the 1999 financial year, foodstuffs for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87, shall be supplied in accordance with the annual distribution plan set out in Annex I.
The intra-Community transfer operations listed in Annex II are hereby authorised.
The amounts in ecus shall be converted into national currencies using the rates applicable on 1 October 1998 and published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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 |
32004R1652 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1652/2004 of 20 September 2004 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
| 22.9.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 297/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1652/2004
of 20 September 2004
authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on arrangements in the area of market access for textile products, initialled on 31 December 1994 and approved by Council Decision 96/386/EC (2), provides that favourable consideration should be given to certain requests for so-called ‘exceptional flexibility’ by Pakistan.
(2) The Islamic Republic of Pakistan submitted a request for transfers between categories on 24 May 2004.
(3) The transfers requested by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and set out in Annex VIII thereto.
(4) It is appropriate to grant the request.
(5) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee set up by Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,
Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan are authorised for the quota year 2004 in accordance with the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994D0885 | 94/885/EC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1994 approving the programme for the eradication and surveillance of swine vesicular disease for 1995 presented by Italy and fixing the level of the Community' s financial contribution (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1994 approving the programme for the eradication and surveillance of swine vesicular disease for 1995 presented by Italy and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Italian text is authentic) (94/885/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas Council Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of swine vesicular disease;
Whereas by letter dated 29 July 1994, Italy has submitted a programme for the eradication of this disease;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 on laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as last amended by Council Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community and which was established by Commission Decision 94/769/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health, it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs inccurred by Italy up to a maximum of ECU 3 600 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the eradication of swine vesicular disease presented by Italy is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1995.
Italy shall bring into force by 1 January 1995 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of virological and serological testing and those incurred in Italy by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 3 600 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1996 at the latest.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Rebublic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012D0809 | Council Implementing Decision 2012/809/CFSP of 20 December 2012 implementing Decision 2011/486/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan
| 21.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 352/47
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/809/CFSP
of 20 December 2012
implementing Decision 2011/486/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP of 1 August 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 5 and Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 1 August 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/486/CFSP.
(2) On 20 November 2012, the United Nations Security Council Committee, established pursuant to paragraph 30 of Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011), amended the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.
(3) The Annex to Decision 2011/486/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Annex to Decision 2011/486/CFSP is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0915 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 915/2007 of 31 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (Text with EEA relevance)
| 1.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 200/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 915/2007
of 31 July 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security
(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 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission is required, by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002, when necessary, to adopt measures for the implementation of common basic standards for aviation security throughout the Community. Commission Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 of 4 April 2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (2) was the first act laying down such measures.
(2) The measures provided for by Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 on restricting liquids carried by passengers arriving on flights from third countries and transferring at Community airports should be reviewed in the light of technical developments, operational implications at airports and the impact on passengers.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Such a review has shown that the restrictions on liquids carried by passengers arriving on flights from third countries and transferring at Community airports create certain operational difficulties at these airports and cause inconvenience to the passengers concerned.
(5) Developments in screening technology should, in due course, provide solutions to these problems but, until technical solutions become available, temporary measures should be applied and reviewed in line with Regulation (EC) No 1546/2006. Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 should be amended accordingly.
(6) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002, the measures laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 were classified and were not published. The same necessarily applies to any amending act.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Civil Aviation Security,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
of that Regulation shall apply as regards the confidential nature of this Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32008R0792 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2008 of 7 August 2008 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
| 8.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 792/2008
of 7 August 2008
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
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), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July 2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2007/08 marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 7 August 2008, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 7 August 2008, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 shall be 26,005 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 August 2008.
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 |
32003R1439 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/2003 of 12 August 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/2003
of 12 August 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2587/2001(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1303/2003(4), lays down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, applicable from 1 July 2001, as regards the management of the import tariff quotas provided for in Article 18(1) of that Regulation.
(2) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 lays down, in particular, the method for establishing the reference quantity for each traditional operator A/B and C on the basis of the average of primary imports carried out by them during 1994, 1995 and 1996 taken into account for the purposes of administering the tariff quota opened for 1998.
(3) To update the data and simplify administration of the regime, for the tariff quotas A/B and C opened for 2004 and, subsequently, for 2005, the reference quantity for traditional operators should be calculated on the basis of the extent to which they used the import licences issued to them under Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 and/or transferred to them under Article 20 of that Regulation in the course of 2002 and 2003, respectively.
(4) The competent national authorities are responsible for making the documentary checks required to verify that import licences are used by their holder, or by the transferee where licences are transferred under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 and the relevant provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 325/2003(6).
(5) Account should be taken of the special situation of traditional operators to whom an exceptionally low reference quantity would be allocated in 2004 and/or 2005 as a result of hardship affecting their activities in the course of the reference year, and provision made for a procedure for taking appropriate measures if they prove necessary, within the limits of the quantities under tariff quotas A/B and C.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(7) The provisions of the import regime do not give rise to acquired rights nor may they be invoked as legitimate expectations by operators.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:
"1. 'traditional operators' means economic agents, whether natural persons or entities having legal personality, individual agents or groups, established in the Community, who, for their own account, purchased a minimum quantity of bananas originating in third countries from the producers or, where applicable, produced, consigned and sold such products in the Community during one of the years of the reference period used up to 31 December 2003.
Operations as defined in the previous subparagraph shall hereinafter be called 'primary imports'.
The minimum quantity referred to in the first subparagraph shall be 250 tonnes, or 20 tonnes where marketing or import concerns only bananas with a length of 10 centimetres or less."
2. Articles 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:
"Article 4
1. The reference quantity for each traditional operator A/B and C who submits a written application shall be established on the basis of the extent to which they used the import licences issued to them or transferred to them under Article 20 for 2002 (in the case of imports to be carried out in 2004) and 2003 (in the case of imports to be carried out in 2005), respectively.
2. Each traditional operator shall submit an application for a reference quantity to the competent national authority no later than 15 September of the year preceding the year for which the tariff quota is opened.
Applications shall include details of the quantities of bananas for which the import licences issued for the year determining the reference quantity in accordance with paragraph 1 have been used by the applicant. They shall be accompanied by copies of the import licences used by the applicant traditional operators.
3. Operators resulting from a merger of other traditional operators, each with their own rights under this Regulation, shall enjoy the same rights as those former operators.
1. The competent national authorities shall make the checks required to determine the reference quantity of traditional operators for each of the years 2004 and 2005. The extent to which licences have been used shall be verified on the basis of copies of the licences issued and used by applicant operators.
Where licences are transferred under Article 20, the competent national authorities of the Member States concerned shall exchange the necessary information.
2. The competent national authorities shall notify the Commission of the sum of the reference quantities separately for tariff quotas A/B and C no later than 15 October of the year preceding the year for which the tariff quota is opened.
3. Using the information received under paragraph 2, and in the light of the total quantities available under tariff quotas A/B and C, the Commission shall, where appropriate, set a single adjustment coefficient to be applied to each traditional operator's reference quantity.
4. The competent national authorities shall notify each traditional operator of their reference quantity, adjusted where applicable by the coefficient laid down in accordance with paragraph 3, no later than 15 November.
5. Where the reference quantity allocated to an operator is exceptionally low as a result of hardship affecting their activity during the reference year, a request for recognition of hardship may be submitted to the Commission by the competent national authority, accompanied by the necessary supporting documents. Where required, the Commission shall take appropriate measures in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 404/93, within the limits of the quantities under tariff quotas A/B and C.
6. The competent authorities in each Member State shall be as listed in the Annex. That list shall be amended by the Commission on the basis of changes notified by the Member States."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32008R0268 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 268/2008 of 19 March 2008 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
| 20.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 81/32
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 268/2008
of 19 March 2008
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 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month.
(4) However, in the case of certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, there is a danger that, if high refund rates are fixed in advance, the commitments entered into in relation to those refunds may be jeopardised. In order to avert that danger, it is therefore necessary to take appropriate precautionary measures, but without precluding the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of specific refund rates for the advance fixing of refunds in respect of those products should enable those two objectives to be met.
(5) Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account is to be taken, where appropriate, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Regulation on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 or to assimilated products.
(6) Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions.
(7) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter (3), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2008.
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32002R0849 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 849/2002 of 22 May 2002 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 849/2002
of 22 May 2002
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2002(2), and in particular Article 9 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 annexed to this Regulation should be classified under the CN code(s) indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate that binding tariff information, issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months by the holder, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
In the table in the Annex, the goods described in column 1 shall be classified, in the Combined Nomenclature, in the corresponding CN code(s) indicated in column 2.
Binding tariff information, issued by the customs authorities of Member States and which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months, under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32013R1168 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1168/2013 of 7 November 2013 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Sal de Tavira/Flor de Sal de Tavira (PDO)]
| 20.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 310/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1168/2013
of 7 November 2013
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Sal de Tavira/Flor de Sal de Tavira (PDO)]
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) Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Portugal's application to register the name ‘Sal de Tavira’/‘Flor de Sal de Tavira’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012has been received by the Commission, that name 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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008D0779 | 2008/779/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 6 October 2008 appointing a new member of the Commission of the European Communities
| 8.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 267/31
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 October 2008
appointing a new member of the Commission of the European Communities
(2008/779/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 128 thereof,
Whereas:
In a letter dated 3 October 2008, Mr Peter MANDELSON resigned from his post as a member of the Commission. He should be replaced for the remainder of his term of office,
Baroness Catherine Margaret ASHTON OF UPHOLLAND is hereby appointed a member of the Commission for the period from 6 October 2008 to 31 October 2009.
This Decision shall take effect on 6 October 2008.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R1565 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2006 of 19 October 2006 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of October 2006 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003
| 20.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 290/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1565/2006
of 19 October 2006
on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of October 2006 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003
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 Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10 December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of such agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (2),
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (Overseas Association Decision) (3),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 of 9 April 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 and Council Decision 2001/822/EC as regards the arrangements applicable to imports of rice originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (4), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 17(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 638/2003, the Commission shall decide to what extent applications for import licences may be accepted.
(2) Examination of the quantities for which import licence applications for rice have been submitted for the October 2006 tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for multiplied, where appropriate, by a reduction percentage, and the final percentage take-up of each quota in 2006 should be communicated,
1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first five working days of October 2006 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for multiplied, where appropriate, by the reduction percentages stipulated in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The final percentage take-up of each quota concerned for 2006 is set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October 2006.
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 |
32005R1530 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1530/2005 of 21 September 2005 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for table wine in Italy
| 22.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1530/2005
of 21 September 2005
opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for table wine in Italy
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 33(1)(f) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides for the possibility of a crisis distillation measure in the event of exceptional market disturbance due to major surpluses. Such measures may be limited to certain categories of wine and/or certain areas of production, and may apply to quality wines psr at the request of the Member State concerned.
(2) By letter of 3 June 2005, the Italian Government requested that crisis distillation be opened for table wine produced in its territory.
(3) Considerable surpluses have been recorded on the table wine market in Italy, which are reflected in a fall in prices and a worrying rise in stocks towards the end of the 2004/05 marketing year. In order to reverse this negative trend, and so remedy the difficult market situation, stocks of table wine should be reduced to a level that can be regarded as normal in terms of covering market requirements.
(4) Since the conditions laid down in Article 30(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 are satisfied, a crisis distillation measure should be opened for a maximum of 2 million hl of table wine.
(5) The crisis distillation opened by this Regulation must comply with the conditions laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms (2) as regards the distillation measure provided for in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. Other provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 must also apply, in particular those concerning the delivery of alcohol to intervention agencies and the payment of advances.
(6) The price distillers must pay producers should be set at a level that permits the market disturbance to be dealt with by allowing producers to take advantage of the possibility afforded by this measure.
(7) The product of crisis distillation must be raw or neutral alcohol only, for compulsory delivery to the intervention agency in order to avoid disturbing the market for potable alcohol, which is supplied largely by the distillation provided for in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 is hereby opened for a maximum of 2 million hectolitres of table wine in Italy, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 concerning this type of distillation.
Producers may conclude contracts as provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 (hereinafter referred to as the contract) from 25 September to 10 October 2005.
Contracts shall be accompanied by proof that a security equal to EUR 5 per hectolitre has been lodged.
Contracts may not be transferred.
1. If the total quantity covered by the contracts submitted to the intervention agency exceeds the quantity laid down in Article 1, Italy shall determine the rate of reduction to be applied to the above contracts.
2. Italy shall take the administrative steps necessary to approve the above contracts by 31 October 2005 at the latest. The approval shall specify any rate of reduction applied and the quantity of wine accepted per contract and shall stipulate that the producer may cancel the contract where the quantity to be distilled is reduced.
Italy shall notify the Commission before 30 November 2005 of the quantities of wine covered by approved contracts.
3. Italy may limit the number of contracts that individual producers may conclude under this Regulation.
1. The quantities of wine covered by approved contracts shall be delivered to the distilleries by 31 January 2006 at the latest. The alcohol obtained must be delivered to the intervention agency in accordance with Article 6(1) by 31 March 2006 at the latest.
2. The security shall be released for the quantities delivered when the producer presents proof of delivery to a distillery.
The security shall be forfeit where no delivery is made within the time limit laid down in paragraph 1.
The minimum price paid for wine delivered for distillation under this Regulation shall be EUR 1,914/% vol/hl.
1. Distillers shall deliver the product obtained from distillation to the intervention agency. That product shall be of an alcoholic strength of at least 92 % vol.
2. The price the intervention agency must pay distillers for raw alcohol delivered shall be EUR 2,281/% vol/hl. The payment shall be made in accordance with Article 62(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.
Distillers may receive an advance of EUR 1,122/% vol/hl. on that amount. In that case the advance shall be deducted from the price actually paid. Articles 66 and 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 shall apply.
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 25 September 2005.
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31997R1729 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1729/97 of 4 September 1997 on the adjustment, following a change in prices or the storage levy in the sugar sector, of certain export refunds fixed in advance
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1729/97 of 4 September 1997 on the adjustment, following a change in prices or the storage levy in the sugar sector, of certain export refunds fixed in advance
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (5) and (15) thereof,
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (3) lays down that if, where the refund is fixed periodically, during the period between the day on which the application for an export licence is lodged and the day of export, there is a change in the prices of sugar fixed pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, provision may be made for the refund to be adjusted; whereas such an adjustment is only permitted where there is a change in the prices fixed in ecus;
Whereas, in determining export refunds, account is taken of the storage levy to be paid on disposal of the sugar because it forms part of the ex-factory price of the sugar irrespective of its destination; whereas, therefore, the adjustment of export refunds fixed by invitation to tender is provided for not only following changes in prices fixed in ecus but also following changes in the storage levy between the day an application for an export licence is lodged and the day of export; whereas in order to ensure equal treatment and optimum management of the sugar markets, this latter possibility of adjustment should be extended to the refunds which are fixed periodically for the export of white sugar, raw sugar, sugar syrup and isoglucose exported in the form of the products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 where they are fixed before the change in the intervention price in question and/or the change in the storage levy and customs formalities are completed on the date of the change or later;
whereas the third subparagraph of Article 5 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 (4) lays down that the rate of refunds fixed in advance should be adjusted in accordance with the same rules as apply for the advance fixing of refunds for basic products exported in the natural state; whereas that adjustment is therefore made on the basis of the difference between the intervention price for the sugar concerned on the day an application for an export licence is lodged and that valid for the same sugar on the day of export, the two prices being increased by the storage levy applicable at the same time as the prices concerned;
Whereas, given the increase in trade in certain products referred to in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and white and raw candy sugar, the possibility of adjusting refunds should be extended to those products under the same conditions and, in order to ensure equal treatment, to isoglucose and inulin syrup exported in the natural state;
Whereas, in the interests of efficient management of these arrangements, a number of administrative and technical rules should be laid down enabling the uniform application of the adjustment of the refund for the basic product concerned;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 747/89 of 22 March 1989 on the adjustment, following a change in prices in the sugar sector, of certain export refunds fixed in advance (5) should be repealed and this Regulation applied for the first time to exports of sugar form the new harvest for which licences are applied for from 1 October 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
1. Notwithstanding Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95, if, between the date on which an application is lodged for an export licence with advance fixing of the refund and the date on which the product is exported, there is a change in the intervention prices fixed in ecus under Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and/or a change in the storage levy fixed in ecus under that Regulation, the export refunds in question, fixed periodically, shall be adjusted in accordance with the conditions set out below.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply:
(a) to products listed in Annex I hereto exported in the natural state; and
(b) to products listed in Annex II hereto exported in the form of the products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;
from the date of application of the new intervention price and/or of the new amount of the storage levy.
3. For the purposes of the adjustment referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority of the Member State of issue shall, when issuing the export licence, mark the document as follows:
'To be adjusted in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1729/97 (OJ L 243, 5. 9. 1997) in the case of goods exported from the date on which the new intervention price in question and/or the new storage levy takes effect.`
The adjustment shall be made when the export refund in question is paid.
For white sugar falling within CN code 1701 99 10 listed in Annexes I and II, the adjustment referred to in Article 1 shall be obtained by increasing or reducing, as the case may be, the export refund by the difference, expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms of sugar, between the intervention price for white sugar in the non-deficit areas plus the storage levy applicable on the day the application for the export licence was lodged and the intervention price for white sugar plus the storage levy applicable on the day of export.
For products listed in Annexes I and II, with the exception of inulin syrup, falling within CN codes:
(a) 1701 91 00, ex 1701 99 90, 1702 60 90, 1702 90 60, 1702 90 71, ex 1702 90 99 and 2106 90 59, the adjustment determined in accordance with Article 2 shall apply for every 1 % of sucrose contained in the product in question; the amount shall be equal to one-hundredth of the difference established in accordance with the said Article;
(b) 1702 40 10, 1702 60 10, 1702 90 30 and 2106 90 30, the adjustment determined in accordance with Article 2 shall apply per 100 kilograms of dry matter contained in the product in question.
1. For standard-quality raw sugar falling within CN codes 1701 11 90 and 1701 12 90 listed in Annexes I and II, the adjustment referred to in Article 1 shall be obtained by increasing or reducing, as the case may be, the export refund by the difference, expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms of sugar, between the intervention price for raw sugar plus the storage levy, expressed as raw sugar, which are applicable on the day the application for the export licence was lodged and the intervention price for raw sugar plus the storage levy, expressed as raw sugar, which are applicable on the day of export.
2. Where the yield of the raw sugar differs from that of the standard quality referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (6), the refund payable adjusted in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be further adjusted in accordance with Article 5 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 (7).
For inulin syrup referred to in Annex I falling within CN code ex 1702 60 90, the adjustment per 100 kilograms of dry matter shall be equal to that calculated in accordance with Article 2 multiplied by 1,9.
Regulation (EEC) No 747/89 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 October 1997.
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32014D0900 | 2014/900/EU: Council Decision of 9 December 2014 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure
| 13.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 358/25
COUNCIL DECISION
of 9 December 2014
amending the Council's Rules of Procedure
(2014/900/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Article 11(6) of the Council's Rules of Procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) From 1 November 2014, when an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, it must be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 65 % of the population of the Union.
(2) Until 31 March 2017, when an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, a member of the Council may request that it be adopted in accordance with the qualified majority as defined in Article 3(3) of Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. In that case, a member of the Council may request that a check be made to ensure that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union.
(3) Those percentages are calculated according to the population figures set out in Annex III to the Council's Rules of Procedure (hereinafter ‘Rules of Procedure’).
(4) Article 11(6) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council is to amend the figures set out in that Annex, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year.
(5) The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2015,
Annex III to the Rules of Procedure is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX III
Figures concerning the population of the Union and the population of each Member State for implementing the provisions concerning qualified majority voting in the Council
For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU, Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU and Article 3(2) of Protocol No 36, the population of the Union and the population of each Member State, as well as the percentage of each Member State's population in relation to the population of the Union, for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 shall be as follows:
Member State Population (× 1 000) Percentage of the population of the Union
Germany 80 704,691 15,91
France 66 076,909 13,02
United Kingdom 64 105,654 12,63
Italy 61 152,798 12,05
Spain 46 507,760 9,17
Poland 38 018,000 7,49
Romania 19 942,642 3,93
Netherlands 17 082,000 3,37
Belgium 11 203,992 2,21
Greece 10 992,783 2,17
Portugal 10 427,301 2,06
Czech Republic 10 398,697 2,05
Hungary 9 877,365 1,95
Sweden 9 644,864 1,90
Austria 8 511,000 1,68
Bulgaria 7 245,677 1,43
Denmark 5 621,607 1,11
Finland 5 451,270 1,07
Slovakia 5 400,598 1,06
Ireland 4 604,029 0,91
Croatia 4 246,809 0,84
Lithuania 2 943,472 0,58
Slovenia 2 061,085 0,41
Latvia 2 001,468 0,39
Estonia 1 315,819 0,26
Cyprus 858,000 0,17
Luxembourg 549,680 0,11
Malta 425,384 0,08
Total 507 371,354
Threshold (62 %) 314 570,239
Threshold (65 %) 329 791,380’
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2015. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986R3127 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3127/86 of 13 October 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3127/86
of 13 October 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1485/85 (4), lays down that an aid is to be granted under certain circumstances for the products in question; whereas this aid depends, according to the use made of the products, on the average world market price for soya cake or the average world market price for peas and field beans; whereas these prices, as determined in accordance with Article 4 (1) and (2) of the said Regulation, should not be the arithmetic means of several prices which would hide the actual development of the market, but rather prices that represent average market trends; whereas the word 'average' in the expressions 'average world market price for soya cake' and 'average world market price for peas and field beans' could give rise to difficulties of interpretation which should be avoided,
In Articles 3 (1) and (2) and 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 the word 'average' shall be deleted.
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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31987R1782 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1782/87 of 26 June 1987 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3644/86 determining the price fixed in advance of unprocessed currants from the 1985 harvest, reserved for the manufacture of certain condiments
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1782/87
of 26 June 1987
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3644/86 determining the price fixed in advance of unprocessed currants from the 1985 harvest, reserved for the manufacture of certain condiments
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1838/86 (2), and in particular Article 8 (8) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1277/84 of 8 May 1984 laying down general rules for the system of production aid for processed fruit and vegetables (3), and in particular Article 6 (1) 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 344/86 (5), stipulates that such products, intended for specific uses yet to be determined, must be sold at prices fixed in advance or determined by an invitation to tender;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 682/86 of 4 March 1986 on the sale by storage agencies of unprocessed dried grapes for the manufacture of certain condiments (6) stipulates that certain quantities of dried grapes may be sold at a price fixed in advance to interested operators;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3644/86 (7) determines the price fixed in advance for a maximum of 700 tonnes of unprocessed currants from the 1985 harvest, reserved for the manufacture of certain condiments; whereas the remaining quantities are not likely to be sold for the abovementioned use; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3644/86 should accordingly be repealed;
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,
Regulation (EEC) No 3644/86 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Jouurnal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R0192 | Council Regulation (EC) No 192/98 of 20 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on the common organisation of the market in rice and Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organisation of the market in seeds
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 192/98 of 20 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on the common organisation of the market in rice and Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organisation of the market in seeds
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the system of compensatory payments introduced by Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 (4) should be extended to cover producers of rice in the husk (paddy or rough rice) for sowing; whereas the fall in prices attendant on the reduction in the intervention price provided for in Article 3 of that Regulation has an impact on prices of rice for sowing; whereas, given the lack of adequate compensation, there is a risk that the result would be lower use of certified seed and a deterioration in rice quality;
Whereas rice for sowing should be included among the products covered by Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 solely so it can qualify for compensatory payments; whereas it should be remembered that the product qualifies for production aid for seeds under Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 (5);
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 fixes the intervention price for paddy rice at the same level for the 1999/2000 and subsequent marketing years; whereas provision should be made at the same time for the compensatory payments fixed in Article 6(1) of that Regulation to remain the same for the 1999/2000 and subsequent marketing years;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the system of compensatory payments is to be applied on the basis of an area established by producer Member State; whereas provision should accordingly be made for the reduction applying in the event of an overrun in that area to be determined by the Member State concerned;
Whereas Article 6(5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides for information to be forwarded by the Member States on the basis of declarations from producers and processors; whereas that provision should be amended to delete any reference to the national base area;
Whereas it seems economically justified for export refunds to be granted subject to provision of proof that the product has been wholly obtained in the Community within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (6); whereas that obligation does not apply in the event of re-export;
Whereas, following the extension of the system of compensatory payments to rice for sowing and in order to ensure balance on the market for rice seed, in particular to safeguard possibilities of disposal in line with the base area established in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, it seems justified to introduce a mechanism to stabilise production of rice seed; whereas provision should be made for the system of compensatory payments to be extended and for the stabilisation mechanism established to apply from the beginning of the 1998/99 marketing year,
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1:
(a) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
'1. The common organisation of the market in rice shall comprise a price and trading system and shall cover the following products:
>TABLE>
;
(b) the following paragraph shall be added:
'3. This Regulation shall apply to rice in the husk (paddy or rough rice) for sowing covered by CN code 1006 10 10 solely for the purposes of the system of compensatory payments provided for in Article 6.`;
2. in Article 6:
(a) in paragraph 3, the heading of the fourth column of the table shall be replaced by '1999/2000 and subsequent marketing years`;
(b) in paragraph 5:
(i) the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
'Where the preceding subparagraph is applied, the Member State concerned shall, before a date fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of this Regulation, determine the scale of the reductions to be applied to the compensatory payment. It shall previously inform the Commission and as quickly as possible thereof.`;
(ii) at the beginning of the third subparagraph, the words 'For each base area` shall be deleted;
3. in Article 13:
(a) in the first subparagraph of paragraph 12, the first indent shall be replaced by the following:
'- the products have been wholly obtained in the Community within the meaning of Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, except where paragraph 13 applies`;
(b) the first subparagraph of paragraph 13 shall be replaced by the following:
'No export refund shall be granted on rice imported from and re-exported to third countries, unless the exporter proves that:
- the product to be exported and the product previously imported are one and the same,
- all the import duties were collected on the product's release for free circulation.`
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71:
'4a. The maximum quantity of rice seed on which the aid is payable in the Community shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 5. That quantity shall be apportioned among the producer Member States.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
However, Article 1(1) shall apply from 1 September 1998 and Article 2 shall apply from 1 July 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1020 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1020/2001 of 23 May 2001 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1020/2001
of 23 May 2001
on the issuing of system B export licences for 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 2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on 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 298/2000(2), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 397/2001(3) fixed the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export licences other than those requested in the context of food aid.
(2) In the light of information now available to the Commission, the indicative quantities have been exceeded in the case of oranges, lemons and apples.
(3) Those overruns are without prejudice to compliance with the limits resulting from the agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty. The rate of refund for all products covered by licences applied for under system B from 17 March to 13 May 2001 should be the indicative rate,
The percentages for the issuing of system B export licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, and applied for between 17 March and 13 May 2001, by which the quantities applied for and the rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, are as fixed in the Annex hereto.
The above subparagraph does not apply to licences applied for in connection with food-aid operations as provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986R1634 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1634/86 of 28 May 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to olive oil and oil-cake imported into Portugal
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1634/86
of 28 May 1986
laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to olive oil and oil-cake imported into 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 251 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 249 of the Act of Accession provides that olive oil and oil-cake are to be subject to the supplementary trade mechanism (STM); whereas Article 251 of the same Act provides that an estimate is to be drawn up at the start of each marketing year on the basis of production and consumption estimates for olive oil and oil-cake in Portugal; whereas a specific estimate is to be drawn up for the period 1 March 1986 until the beginning of the 1986/87 marketing year; whereas, however, as regards oil-cake, reference should be made to the calendar year; whereas the target ceilings fixed are based on these estimates;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 (2) laid down the detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism; whereas certain of the detailed rules for the application of that mechanism should be adapted to the particular requirements of the oils and fats sector;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 provides that products from third countries may be imported into a Member State in which the STM applies only on presentation of an STM import licence, unless the products in question are subject to quantitative restrictions; whereas certain detailed rules on the issue of the said licence should be specified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
1. The target ceiling for import into Portugal of olive oil falling within subheading 15.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff from the other Member States of the Community shall be 2 000 tonnes for the period 1 March to 31 October 1986.
2. The target ceiling for imports into Portugal of oil-cake falling within subheading 23.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff from the Community shall be 18 000 tonnes for the period 1 March to 31 December 1986.
1. The period of validity of the STM licence referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 shall be limited to three months from the date on which the application was submitted.
However, for each marketing year, including the period from 1 March to 31 October 1986, and in respect of olive oil, the validity of the licences shall expire no later that 31 October.
As regards oil-cake, the validity of the licences shall expire no later than 31 December.
2. The security shall be 50 ECU per 100 kg of olive oil and 30 ECU per tonne of oil-cake.
The security shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (3).
The undertaking to release the products in question for consumption during the period of validity of the document shall constitute the primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.
Before the 15th of each month, Portugal shall inform the Commission of the quantities of products in respect of which STM licences have been issued during the preceding month.
The provisions of Article 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to STM import licences.
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.
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 |
32010R0901 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 901/2010 of 8 October 2010 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Φάβα Σαντορίνης (Fava Santorinis) (PDO)]
| 9.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 266/54
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 901/2010
of 8 October 2010
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Φάβα Σαντορίνης (Fava Santorinis) (PDO)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Greece's application to register the name ‘Φάβα Σαντορίνης (Fava Santorinis)’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name 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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998D0483 | 98/483/EC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1998 establishing ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to dishwashers (notified under document number C(1998) 2102) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 July 1998 establishing ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to dishwashers (notified under document number C(1998) 2102) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/483/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 of 23 March 1992 on a Community eco-label award scheme (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 5(1) thereof,
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 provides that the conditions for the award of the Community eco-label shall be defined by product groups;
Whereas Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 states that the environmental performance of a product shall be assessed by reference to the specific criteria for product groups;
Whereas, by Decision 93/431/EEC (2), the Commission established ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to dishwashers, which, according to Article 3 thereof, expired on 30 June 1996;
Whereas it is appropriate to adopt a new decision establishing ecological criteria for this product group, which will be valid for a further period of three years after the expiry of the period of validity of the previous criteria, in order to allow for the participation in the Community eco-label award scheme of manufacturers and importers of dishwashers;
Whereas it is appropriate to revise the criteria which were established by Decision 93/431/EEC in order for the test methods and classification for energy consumption and cleaning and drying performance to be expressed in a manner consistent with Commission Directive 97/17/EC (3) implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC (4) with regard to energy labelling of household dishwashers and in order to adapt the energy and water consumption requirements to technological innovation and market developments;
Whereas in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 the Commission has consulted the principal interest groups within a consultation forum;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92,
The product group 'dishwashers` (hereinafter referred to as 'the product group`) shall mean:
- electric mains-operated household dishwashers sold to the general public. Appliances that may also use other energy sources, such as batteries, or have no internal heat source are excluded.
The environmental performance and the fitness for use of the product group shall be assessed by reference to the specific ecological criteria set out in the Annex.
The definition of the product group and the specific ecological criteria for the product group shall be valid for a period of three years from the first day of the month following the adoption of the criteria.
The code number assigned for administrative purposes to the product group shall be '002`.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31981R3462 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3462/81 of 3 December 1981 amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 2547/79 fixing the export refund on wine
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3462/81 of 3 December 1981 amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 2547/79 fixing the export refunds on wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3456/80 (2), and in particular Article 20 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2547/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3391/81 (4), fixes the export refunds on wine;
Whereas financially attractive prospects for the disposal of table wines currently exist on certain markets in non-member countries and in particular on that of Hungary ; whereas the list of non-member countries in respect of which an export refund is granted should therefore be extended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2547/79 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.
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 |
31979R1964 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/79 of 6 September 1979 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 on provisions for the implementation of the Community transit procedure and for certain simplifications of that procedure
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1964/79 of 6 September 1979 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 on provisions for the implementation of the Community transit procedure and for certain simplifications of that procedure
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 222/77 of 13 December 1976 on Community transit (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 983/79 (2), and in particular Article 57 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 983/79 increased the amount of the flat-rate guarantee required under the flat-rate guarantee system from 5 000 u.a. to 7 000 EUA ; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend the relevant provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 526/79 (4);
Whereas, by virtue of Article 32 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 222/77, it is necessary to determine the detailed rules for applying the exchange values in national currencies of the European unit of account;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Transit Committee,
Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Articles 23 (2) and 24 (1), (2), (3) and (4), the words "7 000 European units of account" shall be substituted for the words "5 000 units of account".
2. The following paragraph 5 shall be added to Article 24:
"5. The exchange value in a national currency of the amounts expressed in European units of account referred to in this Regulation shall be calculated by using the exchange rate in force on the first working day of the month of October, and shall be applied from 1 January of the following year.
If a rate is not available for a particular national currency, the rate to be applied for that currency shall be that obtaining on the last day for which a rate was published. For the application of this provision, the rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities shall be used.
The exchange value of the European unit of account to be used in applying the first subparagraph shall be that which was applicable on the date on which the Community transit declaration covered by the flat-rate guarantee voucher or vouchers was registered."
3. Annex X shall be replaced by Annex A to this Regulation.
4. Annex XIII shall be replaced by Annex B to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1980.
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 |
32002R1075 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1075/2002 of 20 June 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1075/2002
of 20 June 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye to all third countries except for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2002(5).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 14 to 20 June 2002, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002, the maximum refund on exportation of rye shall be EUR 45,95/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0546 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2008 of 16 June 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of June 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007 for meat products originating in Switzerland
| 17.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 157/92
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 546/2008
of 16 June 2008
on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of June 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007 for meat products originating in Switzerland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007 of 28 November 2007 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for sausages and certain meat products originating in Switzerland (2) and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007 has opened tariff quotas for the import of certain meat products.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of June 2008 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2008 do not cover the total quantity available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod,
The quantities for which import licence applications under the quota bearing the serial number 09.4180 have not been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007, to be added to the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2008, shall be 1 390 000 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 2008.
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 |
31985R1661 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1661/85 of 13 June 1985 laying down the technical adaptations to the Community rules on social security for migrant workers with regard to Greenland
| 20.6.1985 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 160/7
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1661/85
of 13 June 1985
laying down the technical adaptations to the Community rules on social security for migrant workers with regard to Greenland
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 51 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission drawn up after consulting the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers,
Whereas the Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the Communities (1) entered into force on 1 February 1985;
Whereas the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1660/85 (3), should be amended in order to take account of the new scope of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1660/85, corresponding to that of the Treaties;
Whereas rights that were acquired or were in the process of being acquired during the period in which Greenland belonged to the European Communities by nationals of Member States who had worked in Greenland, as well as rights acquired during that period by such nationals who had worked in the territory of a Member State and who reside in Greenland, should be safeguarded;
Whereas it is desirable to maintain benefit entitlement in the event of sickness or maternity during residence outside the competent State in the case of employed or self-employed persons and members of their families whose situation calls for the immediate provision of such benefits,
The following sections of the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 are hereby repealed:
— in Annex 1, Section B:
— in Annex 2, Section B:
— in Annex 3, Section B:
— in Annex 4, Section B:
— in Annex 10, Section B:
This Regulation shall not affect:
— any rights acquired or in the process of being acquired during the period in which Greenland belonged to the European Communities by nationals of Member States other than Denmark who worked in Greenland during that period,
— any rights acquired or in the process of being acquired during the period in which Greenland belonged to the European Communities by nationals of Member States who worked in the territory of a Member State other than Denmark and who reside in Greenland.
The provisions of Article 22 (1) (a) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and of Articles 21 and 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 shall remain in force in the event of a stay in Greenland of nationals of Member States meeting the conditions required by the legislation of Member States other than Denmark.
The Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the European Communities shall not preclude the application of the provisions referred to in the first paragraph in the event of a stay of Danish nationals resident in Greenland in the territory of a Member State other than Denmark.
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 February 1985.
However, Article 3 shall apply only from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0954 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 954/2013 of 4 October 2013 correcting the Czech and Polish language versions of Regulation (EC) No 828/2009 laying down detailed rules of application for the marketing years 2009/2010 to 2014/2015 for the import and refining of sugar products of tariff heading 1701 under preferential agreements
| 5.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 954/2013
of 4 October 2013
correcting the Czech and Polish language versions of Regulation (EC) No 828/2009 laying down detailed rules of application for the marketing years 2009/2010 to 2014/2015 for the import and refining of sugar products of tariff heading 1701 under preferential agreements
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 156 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 of 20 December 2007 applying the arrangements for products originating in certain states which are part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements (2), and in particular Article 9(5) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (3), and in particular Article 18(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) There is an error in the Czech and Polish language versions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 828/2009 (4), more precisely in Article 11(1) thereof.
(2) There is another error in the Polish language version of that Regulation, more precisely in Part II of Annex I thereof.
(3) These errors should be corrected with effect from the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 828/2009. The obligation imposed by Article 11(1) of the Czech and Polish language versions of that Regulation on each holder of an import licence for sugar should be withdrawn retroactively because it should be limited only to its original holder.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 828/2009 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,
Concerns only the Czech and Polish language versions.
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 with effect from 14 September 2009.
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 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
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