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31990D0029 | Commission Decision of 10 January 1990 amending for the second time Commission Decision 80/775/EEC on laying down methods of control for maintaining the officially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certain regions of the Federal Republic of Germany (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 January 1990
amending for the second time Commission Decision 80/775/EEC on laying down methods of control for maintaining the officially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certain regions of the Federal Republic of Germany
(Only the German text is authentic)
(90/29/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by Directive 89/360/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3 (13) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 80/775/EEC (3), as amended by Decision 89/31/EEC (4), has already laid down methods of control for maintaining the officially brucellosis-free status of bovine herds in certain regions of the Federal Republic of Germany;
Whereas certain additional areas of the Federal Republic of Germany have fulfilled the requirements for decreasing the frequency of testing and increasing the age at which animals are tested for the maintenance of official freedom from brucellosis;
Whereas, if this qualification is to be maintained, it is necessary to lay down control measures ensuring that it is effectively justified and which are adapted to the special health situation of bovine herds in certain regions of the Federal Republic of Germany;
Whereas the additional measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Article 1 of Decision 80/775/EEC, 'Arnsberg, Cologne and Dusseldorf' is added after 'Rheinhessen-Pfalz'.
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32002D0230 | 2002/230/EC: Commission Decision of 15 March 2002 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals 2002 (notified under document number C(2002) 1003)
| Commission Decision
of 15 March 2002
on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals 2002
(notified under document number C(2002) 1003)
(Only the Spanish, Danish, German, English, French and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2002/230/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), as last amended by Decision 2001/572/EC(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Community financial aid should be granted to the Community reference laboratories designated by the Community to assist them in carrying out the functions and duties laid down in the following Directives and Decisions:
- Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(3),
- Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease(4), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland,
- Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992 introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease(5), as last amended by Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC(6),
- Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993 introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases(7),
- Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995 introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs(8),
- Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992 laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness(9), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland,
- Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue(10),
- Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for elaborating criteria for standardising serological tests to control the efficiency of rabies vaccines(11),
- Council Decision 96/463/EC of 23 July 1996 designating the reference body responsible for collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods and the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species(12).
(2) The financial contribution from the Community shall be granted provided that the actions planned are efficiently carried out and that the authorities supply all the necessary information within the time limits laid down.
(3) For budgetary reasons, Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year.
(4) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999(13), veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with Community rules shall be financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund; for financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 apply.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. For classical swine fever, the Community grants financial assistance to Germany for the functions and duties referred to in Annex IV to Directive 2001/89/EC, to be carried out by the Institut für Virologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule, Hanover, Germany.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 185000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
1. For Newcastle disease, the Community grants financial assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/66/EEC, to be carried out by the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United Kingdom.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 60000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
1. For swine vesicular disease, the Community grants financial assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties referred to in Annex III to Directive 92/119/EEC to be carried out by the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 95000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
1. For fish diseases, the Community grants financial assistance to Denmark for the functions and duties referred to in Annex C to Directive 93/53/EEC, to be carried out by the Statens Veterinære Serumlaboratorium, Århus, Denmark.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 130000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
1. For diseases of bivalve molluscs, the Community grants financial assistance to France for the functions and duties referred to in Annex B to Directive 95/70/EC, to be carried out by the IFREMER, La Tremblade, France.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 80000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
1. For African horse sickness, the Community grants financial assistance to Spain for the functions and duties referred to in Annex I to Directive 92/35/EEC, to be carried out by the Laboratorio de sanidad y producción animal, Algete, Spain.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 40000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
1. For bluetongue, the Community grants financial assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties referred to in Annex II to Directive 2000/75/EC, to be carried out by the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 115000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
1. For rabies serology, the Community grants financial assistance to France for the functions and duties referred to in Annex II to Decision 2000/258/EC, to be carried out by the laboratory of the A.F.S.S.A. Nancy, France.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 130000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
1. For the assessment of the results of the methods of testing pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, and the harmonisation of the various methods of testing, the Community grants financial assistance to Sweden for the functions and duties referred to in Annex II to Decision 96/463/EC to be carried out by the Interbull Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 60000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2002.
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The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:
(a) 70 % by way of an advance at the request of the recipient Member States;
(b) the balance following presentation of supporting documents and a technical report by the recipient Member State. Those documents must be presented at the latest three months after the end of the period for which financial assistance has been granted;
and provided that the actions planned are efficiently carried out and the authorities supply all the necessary information within the time limits laid down.
When the time limit is not observed, the financial contribution of the Community shall be reduced by 25 % on 1 May, 50 % on 1 June, 75 % on 1 July and 100 % on 1 September.
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32007R0387 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 387/2007 of 11 April 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 12.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 97/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 387/2007
of 11 April 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April 2007.
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32008L0044 | Commission Directive 2008/44/EC of 4 April 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus and prothioconazole as active substances (Text with EEA relevance)
| 5.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 94/13
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/44/EC
of 4 April 2008
amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus and prothioconazole as active substances
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC Belgium received on 19 April 2002 an application from Kumiai Chemicals Industry Co. Ltd for the inclusion of the active substance benthiavalicarb in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 2003/35/EC (2) confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(2) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC Germany received on 26 April 2001 an application from BASF AG for the inclusion of the active substance boscalid in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 2002/268/EC (3) confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(3) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC the Netherlands received on 26 March 1997 an application from Luxan B.V. for the inclusion of the active substance carvone in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 1999/610/EC (4) confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(4) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC United Kingdom received on 25 March 2002 an application from Bayer AG for the inclusion of the active substance fluoxastrobin in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Decision 2003/35/EC confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(5) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC Belgium received on 15 September 2002 an application from Prophyta for the inclusion of the active substance Paecilomyces lilacinus strain 251 (hereafter Paecilomyces lilacinus) in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 2003/305/EC (5) confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(6) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC United Kingdom received on 25 March 2002 an application from Bayer CropScience for the inclusion of the active substance prothioconazole in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Decision 2003/35/EC confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(7) For those active substances, the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(2) and (4) of Directive 91/414/EEC, for the uses proposed by the applicants. The designated rapporteur Member States submitted draft assessment report on 13 April 2004 (benthiavalicarb), 22 November 2002 (boscalid), 16 October 2000 (carvone), 2 September 2003 (fluoxastrobin), 3 November 2004 (Paecilomyces lilacinus) and 18 October 2004 (prothioconazole).
(8) The assessment reports were peer reviewed by the Member States and the EFSA within its Working Group Evaluation and presented to the Commission in the format of the EFSA Scientific Reports on 15 June 2007 for fluoxastrobin (6) and Paecilomyces lilacinus
(7) and on 12 July for benthiavalicarb (8) and prothioconazole (9). These reports and the draft assessment reports for boscalid and carvone were reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and the review was finalised on 22 January 2008 in the format of the Commission review reports for benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus and prothioconazole.
(9) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing the active substances concerned may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1) (a) and (b) and Article 5(3) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular with regard to the uses which were examined and detailed in the Commission review report. It is therefore appropriate to include benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus and prothioconazole in Annex I to that Directive, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authorisations of plant protection products containing these active substances may be granted in accordance with the provisions of that Directive.
(10) Without prejudice to the above conclusion, for fluoxastrobin and prothioconazole it is appropriate to obtain further information on certain specific points. Article 6(1) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that inclusion of a substance in Annex I may be subject to conditions. Therefore, it is appropriate to require that fluoxastrobin should be subjected to further testing for confirmation of the risk assessment for surface water and for non-rat metabolites and that prothioconazole should be subjected to further testing for confirmation of the risk assessment as regards the triazole metabolite derivatives and the risk to granivorous birds and mammals and that such studies should be presented by the notifiers.
(11) Without prejudice to the obligations defined by Directive 91/414/EEC as a consequence of including an active substance in Annex I, Member States should be allowed a period of six months after inclusion to review existing provisional authorisations of plant protection products containing benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus or prothioconazole to ensure that the requirements laid down by Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular in its Article 13 and the relevant conditions set out in Annex I, are satisfied. Member States should transform existing provisional authorisations into full authorisations, amend them or withdraw them in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC. By derogation from the above deadline, a longer period should be provided for the submission and assessment of the complete Annex III dossier of each plant protection product for each intended use in accordance with the uniform principles laid down in Directive 91/414/EEC.
(12) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 91/414/EEC accordingly.
(13) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall adopt and publish by 31 January 2009 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 1 February 2009.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall 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.
1. Member States shall in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus or prothioconazole as active substance by 31 January 2009. By that date, they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus or prothioconazole, respectively, are met, with the exception of those identified in part B of the entry concerning the active substance, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive in accordance with the conditions of Article 13(2) of that Directive.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus or prothioconazole as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances all of which were listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by 31 July 2008 at the latest, Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to that Directive and taking into account part B of the entry in Annex I to that Directive concerning benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus or prothioconazole. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
Following that determination Member States shall:
(a) in the case of a product containing benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus or prothioconazole as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 January 2010 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing benthiavalicarb, boscalid, carvone, fluoxastrobin, Paecilomyces lilacinus or prothioconazole as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 January 2010 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective Directive or Directives which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, whichever is the latest.
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 August 2008.
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32013D0403 | 2013/403/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 25 July 2013 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2013 and amending Implementing Decision 2012/761/EU as regards the Union financial contribution for certain programmes approved by that Decision (notified under document C(2013) 4663)
| 27.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/30
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 25 July 2013
approving certain amended programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2013 and amending Implementing Decision 2012/761/EU as regards the Union financial contribution for certain programmes approved by that Decision
(notified under document C(2013) 4663)
(2013/403/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 27(5) and (6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2009/470/EC lays down the procedures governing the Union financial contribution for programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses.
(2) Commission Decision 2008/341/EC of 25 April 2008 laying down Community criteria for national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses (2) provides that in order to be approved under the Union financial measure provided for in Article 27(1) of Decision 2009/470/EC, programmes submitted by the Member States to the Commission for the eradication, control and monitoring of the animal diseases and zoonoses listed in the Annex to that Decision are required to meet at least the criteria set out in the Annex to Decision 2008/341/EC.
(3) Commission Implementing Decision 2012/761/EU of 30 November 2012 approving annual and multiannual programmes and the financial contribution from the Union for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2013 (3) approves certain national programmes and sets out the rate and maximum amount of the Union financial contribution for each programme submitted by the Member States.
(4) Commission Decision 2009/719/EC of 28 September 2009 authorising certain Member States to revise their annual BSE monitoring programmes (4), as recently amended by Implementing Decision 2013/76/EU (5), provides that certain Member States may discontinue the testing of healthy slaughtered bovine animals. This will have a significant impact on the number of tests to be performed under their programmes for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), and for the eradication of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and of scrapie approved for the year 2013 and significantly reduce the related funding needs.
(5) Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom have submitted to the Commission for approval amended programmes for the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie in relation to that amendment to Decision 2009/719/EC.
(6) In addition, Hungary has submitted an amended programme for the eradication and monitoring of bluetongue modifying its activities in relation to the implementation of entomological surveillance.
(7) Following the detection of the Bluetongue virus serotype 1 circulating in certain areas of its territory, Spain has submitted an amended programme for the eradication and monitoring of bluetongue to include compulsory vaccination in those areas in order to control that disease and prevent its spread.
(8) Greece has submitted an amended programme for the eradication of rabies to define the areas where oral vaccination will be applied, following the discovery of rabies cases in its territory.
(9) Following the recent conclusion of bilateral negotiations with Belarus on rabies cooperation, Poland has submitted an amended programme for the eradication control and monitoring of rabies to include oral vaccination activities in certain bordering areas in the territory of that third country, in order to protect the Union from the reintroduction of rabies through the movement of infected wild animals across the common borders.
(10) The Commission has assessed those amended programmes from both a veterinary and a financial point of view. They were found to comply with relevant Union veterinary legislation and in particular with the criteria set out in Decision 2008/341/EC. The amended programmes should therefore be approved.
(11) The approval by this Decision of the amended programmes has an impact on the amounts needed for carrying out the eradication, control and monitoring programmes approved by Implementing Decision 2012/761/EU. The maximum amount of the Union financial contribution for certain of those programmes should therefore be adjusted accordingly.
(12) Implementing Decision 2012/761/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(13) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The amended programmes for monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), and for the eradication of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and of scrapie submitted by the following Member States on the following dates are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013:
(a) Belgium on 5 April 2013;
(b) Czech Republic on 5 April 2013;
(c) Denmark on 24 April 2013;
(d) Germany on 20 March 2013;
(e) Estonia on 26 March 2013;
(f) Ireland on 22 March 2013;
(g) Spain on 27 March 2013;
(h) France on 29 March 2013;
(i) Cyprus on 29 March 2013;
(j) Latvia on 28 March 2013;
(k) Luxembourg on 3 April 2013;
(l) Hungary on 27 March 2013;
(m) Austria on 27 March 2013;
(n) Slovenia on 20 March 2013;
(o) Slovakia on 26 March 2013;
(p) Finland on 28 March 2013;
(q) Sweden on 22 March 2013;
(r) United Kingdom on 7 June 2013.
The amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of bluetongue in endemic and high risk areas submitted by the following Member States on the following dates are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013.
(a) Spain on 26 March 2013;
(b) Hungary on 24 January 2013.
The amended programmes for the eradication of rabies submitted by the following Member States on the following dates are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013:
(a) Poland on 28 March 2013;
(b) Greece on 28 June 2013.
Implementing Decision 2012/761/EU is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 4(2), point (b)(vii) is replaced by the following:
‘(vii) EUR 500 000 for Spain;’
(2) in Article 10(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:
‘(c) shall not exceed the following:
(i) EUR 290 000 for Belgium;
(ii) EUR 270 000 for Bulgaria;
(iii) EUR 500 000 for the Czech Republic;
(iv) EUR 300 000 for Denmark;
(v) EUR 4 700 000 for Germany;
(vi) EUR 60 000 for Estonia;
(vii) EUR 1 210 000 for Ireland;
(viii) EUR 1 700 000 for Greece;
(ix) EUR 3 290 000 for Spain;
(x) EUR 12 600 000 for France;
(xi) EUR 4 800 000 for Italy;
(xii) EUR 230 000 for Croatia;
(xiii) EUR 1 900 000 for Cyprus;
(xiv) EUR 80 000 for Latvia;
(xv) EUR 420 000 for Lithuania;
(xvi) EUR 50 000 for Luxembourg;
(xvii) EUR 790 000 for Hungary;
(xviii) EUR 25 000 for Malta;
(xix) EUR 2 200 000 for the Netherlands;
(xx) EUR 500 000 for Austria;
(xxi) EUR 2 600 000 for Poland;
(xxii) EUR 1 100 000 for Portugal;
(xxiii) EUR 1 200 000 for Romania;
(xxiv) EUR 160 000 for Slovenia;
(xxv) EUR 250 000 for Slovakia;
(xxvi) EUR 160 000 for Finland;
(xxvii) EUR 210 000 for Sweden;
(xxviii) EUR 2 520 000 for the United Kingdom.’
(3) Article 11 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 2, point (d)(ii) is replaced by the following:
‘(ii) EUR 1 500 000 for Greece;’
(b) in paragraph 2, point (d)(vii) is replaced by the following:
‘(vii) EUR 6 850 000 for Poland;’
(c) in paragraph 4, point (c), is replaced by the following:
‘(c) not exceed:
(i) EUR 1 260 000 for the part of the Lithuanian programme implemented in Belarus;
(ii) EUR 1 255 000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Ukraine;
(iii) EUR 295 000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Belarus.’
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32008R1212 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1212/2008 of 5 December 2008 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
| 6.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1212/2008
of 5 December 2008
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
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 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1209/2008 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 December 2008.
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 |
32003R2184 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2184/2003 of 15 December 2003 fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the fourth invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1853/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2184/2003
of 15 December 2003
fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the fourth invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1853/2003
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 Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003(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 1853/2003 on periodical sales by tender of beef(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 fourth invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1853/2003 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 8 December 2003 are as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0502 | 2003/502/EC: Commission Decision of 23 June 2003 suspending the examination procedure concerning an obstacle to trade consisting of trade practices maintained by Canada in relation to certain geographical indications for wines
| Commission Decision
of 23 June 2003
suspending the examination procedure concerning an obstacle to trade consisting of trade practices maintained by Canada in relation to certain geographical indications for wines
(2003/502/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 11 and 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 6 December 2001 CIVB (Conseil Interprofessionel du Vin de Bordeaux) lodged a complaint pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 (hereinafter the Regulation).
(2) CIVB claimed that Community sales of Bordeaux and Médoc in Canada are hindered by a number of obstacles to trade within the meaning of Article 2(1) of the Regulation, i.e. "a practice adopted or maintained by a third country and in respect of which international trade rules establish a right of action".
(3) The alleged obstacle results from the C-57 Amendment to the Canadian Trademarks act, which deprives the geographical indications Bordeaux and Médoc of a standard protection in compliance with the protection requirements laid down by the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for geographical indications for wines.
(4) The Commission decided that the complaint contained sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of an examination procedure. A corresponding notice was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(3).
(5) The investigation confirmed the complainant's legal claim that the C-57 Amendment to the Canadian Trade-Marks Act violates Articles 23.1 and 2 as well as Article 24.3 (the so-called standstill clause) of TRIPS and that such infringements cannot be justified on the basis of the exception under Article 24.6 of TRIPS.
(6) The examination procedure also confirmed that Bordeaux wines have a considerable market share in Canada, which is strictly connected with the Bordeaux/Médoc product's name. If such an asset is not duly protected, holders of the "Bordeaux" and "Médoc" geographical indications could see their market position in Canada seriously curtailed. This prejudice could eventually result in adverse trade effects for the producers of "Bordeaux" and "Médoc" wine. It can therefore be concluded that the C-57 Amendment threatens to cause adverse trade effects to the complainant, within the meaning of Article 2(4) and 10(4) of the Regulation.
(7) On 12 February 2003, the Advisory Committee established by the Regulation considered the final report on the examination procedure.
(8) On 24 April 2003, the Commission initialled a bilateral agreement with Canada on trade in wine and spirits, which once it has entered into force, would contribute to the protection of Community interests in this field. In particular, this agreement would provide for the definitive elimination of the names listed as "generic" in Canada, including "Bordeaux", "Médoc" and "Medoc" by the entry into force of the agreement.
(9) However, the procedure cannot be terminated until the denominations "Bordeaux", "Médoc" and "Medoc" are effectively eliminated from the list of generics of the C-57 Amendment.
(10) The Commission considers therefore that it is appropriate to suspend the procedure.
(11) The measures provided for in this decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Advisory Committee,
The examination procedure concerning obstacles to trade, consisting of trade practices maintained by Canada in relation to certain geographical indications for wines, is hereby suspended. | 0.333333 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0620 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 620/2012 of 10 July 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 11.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 620/2012
of 10 July 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
31984D0316 | 84/316/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 June 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Collins - 350L Gasometer, model 10131' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 June 1984
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Collins - 350L Gasometer, model 10131' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(84/316/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 13 December 1983, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Collins - 350L Gasometer, model 10131', ordered on 10 June 1983 and intended to be used to determine energy balance in humans and in particular to measure volume of expired air, should be considered as 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 11 April 1984 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a gasometer;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research; whereas, in particular, the fact that it concerns a gasometer of a fundamental type, cannot confer upon it this character; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities and in particular in the medical field for routine analyses; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as 'Collins - 350L Gasometer, model 10131', which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 13 December 1983, may not 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 |
32002R1999 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1999/2002 of 8 November 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2019/93 as regards the specific aid arrangements for the smaller Aegean Islands in respect of vineyards
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1999/2002
of 8 November 2002
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2019/93 as regards the specific aid arrangements for the smaller Aegean Islands in respect of vineyards
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 442/2002(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 provides for a flat-rate aid per hectare for the continued cultivation of vines for the production of quality wines psr in traditional production areas in the smaller Aegean islands.
(2) To be granted the flat-rate aid per hectare, the interested party (either a wine producer group or organisation) must first submit a wine improvement measure, based on a programme approved by the competent authorities.
(3) Article 1(8) of Regulation (EC) No 2019/93 abolishes aid for ageing quality liqueur wines, since it was deemed unsuitable to the situation in the Aegean Islands, due to the short storage period.
(4) The detailed rules to administer this scheme and to monitor the conditions adopted by the Council should be laid down.
(5) To avoid any legal ambiguity, Regulation (EEC) No 3112/93(3) should be repealed.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for applying Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 442/2002.
1. The flat-rate aid per hectare for continuing to cultivate vines for the production of quality wines psr provided for in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2019/93 shall be granted at the request of wine producer groups or organisations for areas planted with vine varieties suitable for the production of quality wines psr.
2. The producer organisations shall be those referred to in Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. The Greek authorities shall lay down the criteria that the producer groups must satisfy to qualify for the aid in question, and notify them to the Commission.
1. Applications for the per-hectare aid shall be lodged by interested parties with the competent Greek authorities during the period fixed by them and by 1 May of each year, at the latest, for the following wine year. However, for the 2002/03 wine year, applications shall be lodged no later than 31 December 2002.
2. The aid application must include the following:
(a) the address of the producer group or organisation;
(b) the area cultivated for the production of quality wines psr, in hectares and ares, together with the land register reference or indication recognised as equivalent by the agency responsible for verifying the areas;
(c) the grape varieties used;
(d) an estimate of the potential crop.
Having checked that the wine producer group or organisation has carried out the wine improvement measure in accordance with the approved programme, the competent Greek authority shall pay the aid before 1 April of the wine year for which it is granted.
The competent Greek authority shall notify the Commission by 30 April of the areas for which aid applications have been made and in respect of which aid has actually been paid.
1. The competent Greek authority shall take all the measures necessary to ensure compliance with the conditions to which the grant of aid provided for in this Regulation is subject.
2. Aid applications shall be checked in a manner that ensures effective verification of compliance with the conditions imposed. Depending on the kind of support measure, the competent Greek authority shall define the method and means for conducting the check and the beneficiaries to be checked. In all appropriate cases the competent Greek authority shall use the vineyard register and the integrated administration and control system established by Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92.
3. The checks shall involve administrative and on-the-spot checks.
4. The administrative checks shall be exhaustive and shall include crosschecks, where appropriate, with the data in the integrated administration and control system in order to prevent multiple payments of undue aid.
5. On the basis of a risk analysis, the national authorities shall carry out random on-the-spot checks of a number of aid applications representing at least 5 % of the assisted areas.
6. The competent Greek authority shall establish the system of penalties to be imposed in the event of breaches of the obligations entered into and the applicable provisions, and shall take all the steps necessary to implement the system. The penalties must be effective, commensurate with their purpose and have a deterrent effect.
7. Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999(4) on the financing of the common agricultural policy shall apply.
Regulation (EEC) No 3112/93 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995D0525 | 95/525/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 1995 on a common technical regulation for attachment requirements for terminal equipment for digital european cordless telecommunications (DECT), public access profile (PAP) applications (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 1995 on a common technical regulation for attachment requirements for terminal equipment for digital european cordless telecommunications (DECT), public access profile (PAP) applications (Text with EEA relevance) (95/525/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/263/EEC of 29 April 1991 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning telecommunications terminal equipment, including the mutual recognition of their conformity (1) as amended by Council Directives 93/68/EEC (2) and 93/97/EEC (3), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/287/EEC (4) of 3 June 1991 on the frequency bands to be designated for the coordinated introduction of digital European cordless telecommunications (DECT) in the Community,
Whereas the Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Directive 91/263/EEC and in particular in accordance with the opinion delivered on 20 February 1992 by the Approvals Committee for Terminal Equipment (ACTE), has adopted the measure identifying the type of terminal equipment for which a common technical regulation is required as well as the associated scope statement;
Whereas the relevant standardization body has prepared the harmonized standards implementing the essential requirements applicable;
Whereas the Commission has submitted the draft measure for an opinion of ACTE in accordance with the second indent of Article 6 (2), of Council Directive 91/263/EEC;
Whereas the Commission under the terms of the second indent of Article 6 (2) of Council Directive 91/263/EEC is responsible for adopting the corresponding harmonized standards implementing the essential requirements which shall be transformed into common technical regulations;
Whereas the common technical regulation adopted in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of ACTE delivered on 28 September 1995,
1. This Decision shall apply to terminal equipment for digital European cordless telecommunications (DECT), public access attachment requirements and falling within the scope of the harmonized standard identified in Article 2 (1) of this Decision.
2. This Decision establishes common technical regulation covering the attachment requirements for the terminal equipment identified in paragraph 1.
1. The common technical regulation shall include the harmonized standard having been prepared by the relevant standardization body implementing to the extent applicable the essential requirements referred to in Articles 4 d), 4 e) and 4 f) of Directive 91/263/EEC. The reference to this standard is set out in the Annex.
2. Terminal equipment falling within this Decision shall comply with the common technical regulation referred to in paragraph 1, shall meet the essential requirements referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 4 of Council Directive 91/263/EEC, and shall meet the requirements of any other applicable Directives, in particular Council Directives 73/23/EEC (5) and 89/336/EEC (6).
Notified bodies designated for carrying out the procedures referred to in Article 9 of Council Directive 91/263/EEC shall, as regards terminal equipment covered by Article 1 (1) of this Decision use or ensure the use of the harmonized standard referred to in the Annex by the date of coming into force of this Decision at the latest.
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 |
32003R0013 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 13/2003 of 6 January 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 13/2003
of 6 January 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31980D0128 | 80/128/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 December 1979 authorizing the United Kingdom to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 December 1979 authorizing the United Kingdom to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Only the English text is authentic) (80/128/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), as last amended by Council Directive 79/967/EEC of 12 November 1979 (2), and in particular Article 15 (2), (3) and (7) thereof,
Having regard to the application lodged by the United Kingdom,
Whereas under Article 15 (1) of the said Directive, seeds and propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant species which have been offically accepted during 1977 in one or more Member States and which also meet the conditions laid down in the said Directive are, with effect from 31 December 1979, no longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to variety in the Community;
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) of the said Directive provides that a Member State may be authorized upon its application to prohibit the marketing of seed and propagating material of certain varieties;
Whereas the United Kingdom has applied for such authorization for a certain number of varieties of different species;
Whereas the varieties listed in this Decision have been the subject of official growing trials in the United Kingdom ; whereas the results of these trials have led the United Kingdom to decide that these varieties are not sufficiently distinct there;
Whereas in respect of the varieties Sport (Timothy) and Echo (Wheat), the results of the trials show that in the United Kingdom, when compared with the national rules governing the acceptance of varieties there, which apply as part of current Community provisions, they are not distinct from other varieties accepted therein (first subparagraph of Article 15 (3) (a) of the said Directive);
Whereas, therefore, the application of the United Kingdom in respect of these varieties should be granted in full;
Whereas the cases of the other varieties are now being carefully examined by the Commission ; whereas it is impossible to complete examination of the varieties Bingo, Ensylva, Luster, Parita (Lucerne) and Sonnet (Red fescue), Capper and Player (Perennial rye grass), Ramona (Timothy), and Vela before the time limit specified in Article 15 (1) of the said Directive;
Whereas the time limit in question shall therefore, where the United Kingdom is concerned, be extended for an appropriate period in order to allow complete examination of the application in respect of these varieties (Article 15 (7) of the above Directive);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to prohibit the marketing in its territory of seed of the following varieties listed in the 1980 common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species:
I. Fodder plants
Phleum bertolonii DC Sport
II. Cereals
Triticum aestivum L. emend Fiori et Paol Echo
The authorization given in Article 1 shall be withdrawn as soon as it is established that the conditions under which it was granted are no longer satisfied. (1)OJ No L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 293, 20.11.1979, p. 16.
The United Kingdom shall notify the Commission of the date from which it makes use of the authorization under Article 1 and the detailed methods to be followed. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
The time limit specified in Article 15 (1) of Directive 70/457/EEC is, where the United Kingdom is concerned, extended from 31 December 1979 to 31 March 1980 in respect of the following varieties:
Fodder plants 1. Festuca rubra L.
Bingo
Ensylva
Luster
Parita
Sonnet
2. Lolium perenne L.
Capper
Player
3. Phleum pratense L.
Ramona
4. Medicago sativa L.
Vela
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31991R2237 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/91 of 26 July 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2930/81 adopting additional provisions for the application of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2237/91 of 26 July 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2930/81 adopting additional provisions for the application of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91 (2), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91 supplements the list of conformation classes of carcases of adult bovine animals by adding a class S thereto; whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2930/81 of 12 October 1981 adopting additional provisions for the application of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (3) should be adapted accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Part 1 (Conformation) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2930/81 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
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 |
31996D0570 | 96/570/EC: Commission Decision of 24 September 1996 amending Decision 93/693/EC establishing a list of semen collection centres approved for the export to the Community of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species from third countries (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 24 September 1996 amending Decision 93/693/EC establishing a list of semen collection centres approved for the export to the Community of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species from third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (96/570/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June 1988 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 93/693/EEC (2) as last amended by Decision 96/130/EC (3) establishes a list of semen collection centres approved for the export to the Community of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species from third countries;
Whereas the competent veterinary services of the United States of America, New Zealand and Hungary have forwarded requests for amendments to the list of semen collection centres officially approved for the export of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend the list of approved centres; whereas guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 9 of Council Directive 88/407/EEC have been received by the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 93/693/EC is amended as follows:
1. In part 2 in respect of the United States of America:
- the semen collection centre
'ATLANTIC BREEDERS COOPERATIVE
12575 Apollo Drive
Lancaster, PA 17601
Approved premises:
Entire premises
Approval code: U 015`
is replaced by
'GENEX
12575 Apollo Drive
Lancaster, PA 17601
Approved premises:
Entire premises
Approval code: U 015`
- the semen collection centre
'EASTERN AI COOPERATIVE
PO Box 510
219 Judd Falls Road
Ithaca, NY 14851
Approved premises:
Production Centre
522 Scheffield Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Approval code: U 003`
is replaced by
'GENEX
PO Box 510
219 Judd Falls Road
Ithaca, NY 14851
Approved premises:
Production Centre
522 Scheffield Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Approval code: U 003`
2. In part 5 in respect of New Zealand the following semen collection centre is added:
'NEW ZEALAND BREEDING SERVICES
3680 State Highway 3
RD 2
Hamilton
New Zealand
Approval code: NZAB 5`
3. In part 6 in respect of Hungary the following semen collection centre is added:
'ORSZAGOS MESTERSEGES TERMEKENYITO RT SZOMBATHELYI ALLOMASA
9707 Szombathely
Szt. Imre Herceg u. 98
Approval code: H 02`
This Decision is addressed to Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004D0769 | 2004/769/EC: Council Decision of 26 July 2004 appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| 17.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/24
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 July 2004
appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2004/769/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (1).
(2) A seat as a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Axel ENDLEIN, notified to the Council on 7 July 2004, and a seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the nomination of Mr Peter WINTER to be a full member,
(a) Mr Peter WINTER,
(b) Mr Helmut JAHN,
for the remainder of their term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000D0557 | 2000/557/EC: Commission Decision of 7 September 2000 amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community (notified under document number C(2000) 2497) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 7 September 2000
amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community
(notified under document number C(2000) 2497)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/557/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 92/452/EEC(2), as last amended by Decision 2000/344/EC(3), establishes a list of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for the export of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community.
(2) The competent veterinary services of Australia have forwarded a request for amendment to the list of teams officially approved in their territories for the export of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community. It is therefore necessary to amend the list of approved teams. Guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 8 of Directive 89/556/EEC have been received by the Commission.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In the Annex to Commission Decision 92/452/EEC, in the list concerning Australia the following team is added:
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32004R0278 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2004 of 17 February 2004 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2004
of 17 February 2004
concerning the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs(1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1756/2002(2), and in particular Article 3 and Article 9(e)(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 70/524/EEC provides that no additive may be put into circulation unless a Community authorisation has been granted.
(2) In the case of additives referred to in Part II of Annex C to Directive 70/524/EEC, which includes enzymes, provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised may be given if the conditions laid down in that Directive are satisfied, and if it is reasonable to assume, in view of the available results, that when used in animal nutrition it has one of the effects referred to in Article 2(a) of that Directive. Such provisional authorisation may be given for a period not exceeding four years in the case of additives referred to in Part II of Annex C to that Directive.
(3) The use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum (ATCC 2105) and subtilisin produced by Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 2107), as set out in the Annex, has been provisionally authorised for chickens for fattening and for turkeys by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/1999(3), for the first time.
(4) New data were submitted by the producing company in support of an application to extend the authorisation of this additive to laying hens.
(5) The assessment of the application for authorisation submitted in respect of the new use of this additive shows that the conditions provided for in Directive 70/524/EEC for provisional authorisation are satisfied.
(6) The European Food Safety Authority (Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or substances used in Animal Feed) delivered a favourable opinion of this additive on the safety for laying hens under the conditions of use set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(7) The use of this additive for laying hens should therefore be provisionally authorised for a period of four years.
(8) The assessment of the application shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additive set out in the Annex. Such protection should be assured by the application of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5).
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparation belonging to the group "Enzymes" as set out in the Annex is provisionally authorised for use as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004R2245 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2004 of 27 December 2004 amending Annexes I, II, III and IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
| 28.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 381/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2245/2004
of 27 December 2004
amending Annexes I, II, III and IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (1), and in particular Article 74 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 lists the rules of national jurisdiction. Annex II contains the lists of courts or competent authorities that have jurisdiction in the Member States to deal with applications for a declaration of enforceability. Annex III lists the courts for appeals against such decisions, and Annex IV enumerates the redress procedures for such purpose.
(2) Annexes I, II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 were amended by the 2003 Act of Accession so as to include the rules of national jurisdiction, the lists of courts or competent authorities and the redress procedures of the acceding States.
(3) France, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia have notified the Commission of amendments to the lists set out in Annexes I, II, III and IV.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 is amended as follows:
1. Annex I is amended as follows:
(a) the indent relating to Latvia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Latvia: section 27 and paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 9 of section 28 of the Civil Procedure Law (Civilprocesa likums),’;
(b) the indent relating to Slovenia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Slovenia: Article 48(2) of the Private International Law and Procedure Act (Zakon o medarodnem zasebnem pravu in postopku) in relation to Article 47(2) of Civil Procedure Act (Zakon o pravdnem postopku) and Article 58(1) of the Private International Law and Procedure Act (Zakon o medarodnem zasebnem pravu in postopku) in relation to Article 57(1) and 47(2) of Civil Procedure Act (Zakon o pravdnem postopku),’;
(c) the indent relating to Slovakia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Slovakia: Articles 37 to 37e of Act No 97/1963 on Private International Law and the Rules of Procedure relating thereto.’;
2. Annex II is amended as follows:
(a) the indent relating to France is replaced by the following:
‘— in France:
(a) the “greffier en chef du tribunal de grande instance”,
(b) the “président de la chambre départementale des notaires” in the case of application for a declaration of enforceability of a notarial authentic instrument.’;
(b) the indent relating to Slovenia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’;
(c) the indent relating to Slovakia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Slovakia, the “okresný súd”.’;
3. Annex III is amended as follows:
(a) the indent relating to France is replaced by the following:
‘— in France:
(a) the “cour d’appel” on decisions allowing the application,
(b) the presiding judge of the “tribunal de grande instance”, on decisions rejecting the application.’;
(b) the indent relating to Lithuania is replaced by the following:
‘— in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’;
(c) the indent relating to Slovenia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’;
(d) the indent relating to Slovakia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Slovakia, the “okresný súd”.’;
4. Annex IV is amended as follows:
(a) the indent relating to Lithuania is replaced by the following:
‘— in Lithuania, an appeal to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’;
(b) the indent relating to Slovenia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Slovenia, an appeal to the “Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije”,’;
(c) the indent relating to Slovakia is replaced by the following:
‘— in Slovakia, the “dovolanie”.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32010R0517 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 517/2010 of 15 June 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 16.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 150/48
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 517/2010
of 15 June 2010
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 2010.
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32001D0635 | 2001/635/EC: Commission Decision of 16 August 2001 amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2526)
| Commission Decision
of 16 August 2001
amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption
(notified under document number C(2001) 2526)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/635/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(1) on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs, as last amended by Decision 98/603/EC(2), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/296/EC(3), as amended by Decision 2001/111/EC(4), lists the countries and territories from which importation of fishery products for human consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex lists the names of the countries and territories covered by a specific Decision and part II names those qualifying under Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.
(2) Commission Decisions 2001/632/EC(5), 2001/633/EC(6), and 2001/634/EC(7) set specific import conditions for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Nicaragua, Uganda and Guinea, respectively. Nicaragua, Uganda and Guinea should therefore be added to part I of the Annex.
(3) The Republic of El Salvador and Mayotte, have provided information that they satisfy the equivalent conditions and are able to guarantee that the fishery products they will export to the Community shall meet the health requirements of Council Directive 91/493/EC. It is therefore necessary to modify the above list to include these countries in part II of the list. Nevertheless, following the information and the guarantees received from Mayotte it should be necessary to restrain the imports of fishery products from this territory to non-processed and non-prepared fresh aquaculture products only.
(4) Following Decision 1/2001 of the EC-Faeroe Island Joint Committee of 31 January 2001 laying down the provisions to implement the Protocol on veterinary matters supplementing the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part(8); the Faeroe Islands undertake to apply the provisions laid down in Council Directives 91/493/EEC and 92/48/EEC(9), and their rules of application fixed in the relevant Commission decisions. Under the provisions of this Agreement it is necessary to apply to fishery products originating or proceeding from the Faeroe Islands to the EC, the provisions laid down in Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market(10) and, therefore, this country shall be deleted from the list of countries and territories annexed to Decision 97/296/EC.
(5) Since Decisions 2001/632/EC, 2001/633/EC and 2001/634/EC will enter into force 60 days after their publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities, it is necessary to apply the same delay for the enter into force of this Decision. Nevertheless, since the imports of fishery products from Mayotte and El Salvador will be authorised for the first time by this Decision, the import of fishery products from El Salvador and Mayotte may be permitted immediately.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to this Decision replaces the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC.
1. This Decision shall apply from 60 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may authorise the import of fishery products from El Salvador and Mayotte from the date of the publication of this Decision in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31986D0021 | 86/21/EEC: Commission Decision of 4 February 1986 accepting undertakings given in connection with the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of certain clogs originating in Sweden
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 February 1986
accepting undertakings given in connection with the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of certain clogs originating in Sweden
(86/21/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation,
Whereas:
A. Provisional action
(1) The Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 2823/85 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3475/85 (3), imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain clogs originating in Sweden.
B. Subsequent procedure
(2) Following the imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, the two Swedish exporters who had cooperated in the investigation and on the import of whose products this duty was imposed, made representations to the Commission, making their views known on the duty. They also requested to be informed of the facts and essential considerations on the basis of which the Commission intended to recommend definitive action, and these requests were granted.
In addition, certain other exporters who had not previously made themselves known to the Commission made representations to the Commission making their views known on the duty, and representatives of the Swedish authorities acting on behalf of the Swedish clog industry as a whole, made written and oral submissions to the Commission on both dumping and injury.
C. Dumping
(3) On the basis of certain of these submissions and in particular as a result of new evidence supplied on transport costs from ex-works Sweden to cif Community frontier, the dumping margin found for Torpatoffeln has been adjusted from 11 % to 5,2 %. The margin for B.J. Traesko was, however, confirmed at 7 %. It is accordingly considered that these findings on dumping should be considered definitive.
(4) As regards those exporters who only made themselves known to the Commission following the imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, and those exporters who have not fully cooperated in the investigation or have not made themselves known to the Commission during the course of the investigation, dumping was determined on the basis of the facts available. In this connection, it was considered that the results of its investigation provided the most appropriate basis for determination of the margin of dumping and that it would create an opportunity for circumvention of the duty and an invitation for non-cooperation in future anti-dumping investigations to hold that the dumping margin for these exporters was any lower than the higher dumping margin of 7 % determined with regard to an exporter who has cooperated in the investigation. For these reasons it is considered appropriate to use this latter dumping margin for this group of exporters.
D. Injury
(5) The Commission received submissions on behalf of the Swedish exporters purporting to show that factors other than Swedish imports had caused injury to the Community industry in particular in relation to levels of intra-Community trade in the products concerned. On investigating these allegations, however, it was established that, although intra-Community trade in products falling under the Nimexe code covering the products in question was substantial, this trade related for the most part to footwear other than the clogs in question. Accordingly, it is considered that the findings, as set out in Regulation EEC No 2823/85 that the volume of dumped Swedish imports during the reference period (1,6 million pairs), and the price at which these products had been sold in the Community (between 11 % and 49 % below Community producers' prices), taken in isolation from injury caused by other factors, had caused material injury to the Community industry, should be definitive.
E. Community interest
(6) In view of the serious level of injury sustained by the complainant producers, caused particularly by price undercutting of up to 49 % and the resulting likelihood that, without protective measures, the continued existence of the industry in the Community would be endangered, the conclusion has been reached that it is in the Community's interest that action be taken.
F. Definitive duty
(7) In the light of the above determination, and having particular regard to the extent of the price undercutting which varied from 11 % to 49 %, the rate of definitive anti-dumping duty which will apply to Swedish exporters should correspond to 7 %.
The duty should not apply to the exporters Lavi, for which no dumping was found, nor to Ugglebo Toffeln, for which the dumping margin found can be considered de minimis, and the investigation should be terminated as regards these exporters.
G. Undertakings
(8) Following consultations within the Joint Committee as provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden (1), a number of exporters concerned, having been informed of the results of the procedure subsequent to the imposition of the provisional duty, offered undertakings which the Commission considered would eliminate the dumping found and which were considered acceptable. Accordingly, the duty should not apply to and the investigation be terminated as it concerns these exporters.
(9) No objection to this course was raised in the Advisory Committee.
The undertakings given in connection with the anti-dumping investigation concerning clogs with outer soles of leather, composition leather, rubber or artificial plastic material and with uppers of leather or leather covered with PVC, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading ex 64.02A corresponding to Nimexe code ex 64.02-41 and originating in Sweden are hereby accepted from the following exporters:
- Arbesko AB, OErebro,
- Balsfiord Import & Export AB, Haelsingborg,
- Ceder-Sko AB, Bjursaas,
- Dalex AB, Bjursaas,
- Embla-Clogman AB, Soelvesborg,
- Excelsior AB, Kulma,
- Expert Traesko, Orrefors,
- GO-Produkter, Ljungbyholm,
- Hejco Yrkesklaeder AB, Hyssna,
- Hultgrens Footwear AB, Tingsryd,
- HB Haellabotten, Kumla,
- Ikea Svenska AB, AElmhult,
- June Trading, Joenkoebing,
- AB Karlskoga Traetoffelfabrik, Karlskoga,
- Klostertoffeln AB, Aaskloster,
- Knulp HB, Uttran,
- Konga Skyddsskotillverkning AB, Vissefjarda,
- K Wik Import Export AB, Lund,
- Lis-Toffel, Falkenberg,
- LT Skor AB, Knislinge,
- Munkens AB, Munkedal,
- AB Nowa Li, Limmared,
- Nya Baastadtoffeln AB, Baastad,
- AB Nymans Toffelfabrik, Vetlanda,
- Oscaria AB, OErebro,
- Rolfson Sko AB, Aaskloster,
- Skaane Toffeln, Haelsingborg,
- AB Supinator, Landvetter,
- Swecap AB, Malmoe,
- Tollarps Tofflor AB, Tollarp,
- Tyringe-Tofflan, Tyringe,
- HB Tomex, OErkelljunga,
- Torpatoffeln AB, Tornsbruk,
- Yngve Brodd Aktiebolag, Moelndal,
- Westbo Toffelfabrik, Smaalandsstenar.
The anti-dumping investigation referred to in Article 1 is hereby terminated as it refers to the exporters mentioned in that Article and as it refers to Lavi Kristianstad, Sweden and Ugglebo Toffeln AB Paryd, Sweden. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31988R3200 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3200/88 of 18 October 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 laying down certain rules for applying conversion rates in the sugar and isoglucose sectors
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3200/88
of 18 October 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 laying down certain rules for applying conversion rates in the sugar and isoglucose sectors
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 (EEC) No 2306/88 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of 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 (EEC) No 1636/87 (4) and in particular Articles 5 (3) and 12 (1) (b) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/88 provides that if agricultural conversion rates are changed, the change will apply to amounts in respect of which the operative event occurs after the alteration has taken effect, and that certain amounts will be adjusted by reference to the agricultural conversion rate applicable when the operative event for the relevant operation occurs; whereas Article 5 of the same Regulation provides that, in cases involving amounts other than those charged or granted in trade or indicated in contracts, the operative event shall be taken to mean the event whereby the economic objective of the operation is attained;
Whereas the operative events specific to the sugar sector are established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2750/86 (6);
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 1107/88 (7) and (EEC) No 2250/88 (8) provide for the granting of new forms of Community aid and for national aid for refiners of preferential raw sugar in the United Kingdom; whereas the economic objective of both types of aid - whether for preferential raw sugar or far raw sugar from the French overseas departments - is the refining of that sugar;
Whereas, since the aid in question is national adjustment aid as already provided for in Article 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, a more prcise definition should be made of the operative event, by adopting as the economic objective the production of sugar bee, sugar cane and sugar in the Member States concerned;
Whereas the aid schemes instituted by Regulation (EEC) No 1107/88 and (EEC) No 2250/88 apply retroactively to the 1987/88 marketing year; whereas the provisions concerning the appropriate operative event should therefore be made applicable to the granting of the aid;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following point VIIa is inserted:
1.2 // // // Amount concerned // Conversion rate to be applied // // // 'VIIa. Aid provided for in Article 9 (4a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 // Agricultural conversion rate applicable on the day when the sugar beet is processed into sugar. If the rate is altered during the marketing year in question, the conversion rate to be applied shall be the average, calculated pro rata temporis of the agricultural rates applying during the marketing year under consideration.' // 1988, p. 20. (8) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 28.
2. The following point VIIb is inserted:
1.2 // // // Amount concerned // Conversion rate to be applied // // // 'VIIb. Aid provided for in Article 9 (4b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 // Agricultural conversiuon rate applicable on the day on which the amount of raw sugar in question was refined, and for the Member State in which the refining was carried out.' // //
3. Point XV is replaced by the following:
1.2 // // // Amount concerned // Conversion rate to be applied // // // 'XV. Aid provided for in Article 46 (1) to (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 // Agricultural conversion rate applicable on 1 January of the marketing year in which the sugar beet, sugar-cane or sugar were produced.' // //
4. The following point XVa, is inserted into the Annex:
1.2 // // // Amount concerned // Conversion rate to be applied // // // 'XVa. Aid provided for in Article 46 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 // Agricultural conversion rate applicable on the day on which the quantity of preferential raw sugar in question was refined, and for the Member State concerned.' // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply, with the exception of point 3, of Article 1 from the beginning of the 1987/88 marketing year.
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32005R2127 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2127/2005 of 22 December 2005 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 23.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 340/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2127/2005
of 22 December 2005
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be classified under the CN code indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
31983D0487 | 83/487/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 July 1983 concerning the aid that the United Kingdom Government proposes to grant for investment to expand production capacity for polyester film (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 July 1983
concerning the aid that the United Kingdom Government proposes to grant for investment to expand production capacity for polyester film
(Only the English text is authentic)
(83/487/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having given notice, in accordance with the abovementioned provision, to the parties concerned to submit their comments and having regard to those comments,
Whereas:
On 1 February 1983 the United Kingdom Government notified the Commission of a proposal to award a grant of ÂŁ 7 200 000 under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 to an investment project, costing an estimated ÂŁ 35 million, at Dumfries, Scotland, involving expansion of production capacity for polyester film.
The investment would modernize the existing production unit with a capacity of 17 000 tonnes of thin polyester film a year and raise its capacity to 26 000 tonnes a year.
On 16 March 1983 the Commission decided to open the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty in respect of the proposal, as it believed the aid was liable to affect trade between the Member States to an extent contrary to the common interest and did not appear necessary to cause the firm concerned to adopt a course of action that would allow the Commission to apply one of the exceptions to the principle of the incompatibility of State aids with the common market.
The United Kingdom Government replied to the opening of the procedure on 3 May and 7 June 1983. In its replies it argued that the aid was necessary since the investment project would not be implemented without it, owing to the firm's shortage of finance; that it was in the Community's interest for the project to go ahead since it would strengthen the position of its industry in the sector concerned, against competition from outside the EEC; that the planned expansion of capacity would not distort competition as far as other Community producers of polyester film were concerned; and that the project would create 95 new jobs in the Dumfries area.
Two Member State Governments, one trade association representing firms in the industry and one individual competitor of the prospective recipient have said they share the Commission's concern about the possibility of distortions of competition arising from the planned award.
The proposed United Kingdom aid is liable to affect trade between Member States and threatens to distort competition within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty by favouring the firm in question and production of polyester film.
Article 92 (1) lays down the principle that aid having the features there described is incompatible with the common market. The exceptions from this principle defined in Article 92 (3) specify objectives in the Community interest transcending the interests of the aid recipient. These exceptions must be construed narrowly when any regional or industry aid scheme or any individual award under a general aid scheme is scrutinized. In particular, they may be applied only when the Commission is satisfied that the free play of market forces alone, without the aid, would not induce the prospective aid recipient to adopt a course of action contributing to attainment of one of the said objectives.
To apply the exceptions to cases not involving such a compensating benefit would be to give unfair advantages to certain Member States and allow trading conditions between Member States to be affected and competition to be distorted without any justification on grounds of Community interest. In applying these principles in its scrutiny of individual aid awards, the Commission must satisfy itself that the recipient is contibuting a compensating benefit justifying the aid, in the sense that the aid is necessary in order to help achieve one of the objectives set out in Article 92 (3). Where this cannot be demonstrated, it is clear that the aid does not contribute to attainment of the objectives specified in the exceptions but merely serves to bolster the financial position of the recipient firm.
The recipient in the present case cannot be said to be contributing a compensating benefit in return for the aid.
The United Kingdom Government has been unable to give, or the Commission to discover, any justification for a finding that the planned aid falls within one of the categories of exceptions in Article 92 (3), the only ones potentially applicable to this case.
With regard to the exceptions provided for by points (a) and (c) of Article 92 (3) for aids that promote or facilitate the development of certain areas, the Dumfries area is not one where the standard of living is abnormally low or where there is serious underemployment within the meaning of point (a) and the award does not appear likely to facilitate the development of certain economic areas within the meaning of point (c).
As far as the exceptions in point (b) of Article 92 (3) are concerned, the investment project does not have the features of a project of common European interest or of a project likely to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State, whose promotion justifies application of the exception of Article 92 (3) (b) to the prohibition of aids set out in Article 92 (1).
First, the Dumfries area belongs to the 'central regions' of the Community, that is, those which by Community standards do not suffer from the most serious social and economic problems but in which there is the greatest danger of a competitive bidding up of aid between Member States and where any aid is most likely to affect trade between Member States. Secondly, there is no evidence from the information available on the economic and social situation in the United Kingdom that its economy is suffering from a serious disturbance of the kind referred to in the Treaty. The planned aid award is not intended to deal with such a situation.
Finally, as for the exception in point (c) of Article 92 (3) for aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities, the situation of the polyester-film sector would suggest that the modernization and expansion of its production capacity by means of State aid are actually against the common interest, bearing in mind the distortions of competition liable to result from such aid for other Community producers of thin polyester film. This conclusion stands even if the new plant to be installed will bring about a certain improvement in production techniques.
For the above reasons, the United Kingdom Government's aid proposal does not fulfil the conditions necessary for application of one of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty,
The United Kingdom Government shall not proceed with the proposed aid to an undertaking in the chemical industry for the modernization and expansion of a production unit for polyester film, notified to the Commission on 1 February 1983.
The United Kingdom Government shall inform the Commission within one month of the notification of this Decision of the measures it has taken to comply therewith.
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32001R2319 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2319/2001 of 29 November 2001 fixing the definitive aid on certain grain legumes for the 2001/02 marketing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2319/2001
of 29 November 2001
fixing the definitive aid on certain grain legumes for the 2001/02 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 of 30 July 1996 introducing a specific measure in respect of certain grain legumes(1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2000(2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 provides that the Commission is to determine the overrun in the maximum guaranteed area and to fix the definitive aid for the marketing year in question. Article 3 of this Regulation divides the maximum guaranteed area between lentils and chickpeas, on the one hand, and vetches, on the other hand, allowing the unused balance of one maximum guaranteed area to be reallocated to the other maximum guaranteed area before an overrun is determined.
(2) The maximum guaranteed area for lentils and chickpeas referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 was not exceeded in 2001/02, whereas the maximum guaranteed area for vetches, increased by the unused balance of the maximum guaranteed area for lentils and chickpeas, was exceeded by 2,49 % in 2001/02. The aid provided for in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1577/96 should be reduced proportionately for vetches for the marketing year in question.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The definitive aid for certain grain legumes for the 2001/02 marketing year shall be EUR 181,00 per hectare for lentils and chickpeas and EUR 176,60 per hectare for vetches.
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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32004R1890 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1890/2004 of 29 October 2004 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on cereals
| 30.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1890/2004
of 29 October 2004
fixing 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 (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 15(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which an application for an export licence is made must be applied on request to exports to be effected during the period of validity of the export licence. In this case, a corrective amount may be applied to the refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2), allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the products listed in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92. That corrective amount must be calculated taking account of the factors referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(3) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the corrective amount according to destination.
(4) The corrective amount must be fixed at the same time as the refund and according to the same procedure; it may be altered in the period between fixings.
(5) It follows from applying the provisions set out above that the corrective amount must be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The corrective amount referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 which is applicable to export refunds fixed in advance except for malt shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2004.
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31994D0647 | 94/647/EC: Council Decision of 19 September 1994 appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| COUNCIL DECISION of 19 September 1994 appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (94/647/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 198a thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1994 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period 26 January 1994 to 25 January 1998 (1),
Whereas a seat of alternate member on the Committee has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Wilhelm Staudacher, which was brought to the Council's attention on 1 September 1994;
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Dr Klaus Letzgus is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Wilhelm Staudacher for the remainder of his term of office, which expires on 25 January 1998. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0053 | 2013/53/EU: Council Implementing Decision of 22 January 2013 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium to introduce a special measure derogating from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
| 25.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 22/13
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 22 January 2013
authorising the Kingdom of Belgium to introduce a special measure derogating from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
(2013/53/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1), and in particular Article 395(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In a letter registered with the Secretariat-General of the Commission on 21 June 2012, Belgium requested authorisation to introduce a special measure derogating from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC allowing Belgium to exempt from value added tax (VAT) taxable persons whose annual turnover is no higher than EUR 25 000. Through that measure, those taxable persons would be exempted from all or some of the obligations in relation to VAT referred to in Chapters 2 to 6 of Title XI of Directive 2006/112/EC.
(2) In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 395(2) of Directive 2006/112/EC, the Commission informed the other Member States by letter dated 13 September 2012 of the request made by Belgium. By letter dated 17 September 2012, the Commission notified Belgium that it had all the information necessary to consider the request.
(3) Under Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Member States, which have not made use of Article 14 of Second Council Directive 67/228/EEC of 11 April 1967 on the harmonisation of legislation of Member States concerning turnover taxes, structure and procedures for application of the common system of value added tax (2), may exempt taxable persons whose annual turnover is no higher than EUR 5 000. Belgium has requested that this threshold be increased to EUR 25 000.
(4) A higher threshold for the special scheme for small enterprises is a simplification measure in that it may significantly reduce the VAT obligations of the smallest businesses. The special scheme is optional for taxable persons.
(5) In its proposal of 29 October 2004 for a Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC, now Directive 2006/112/EC, with a view to simplifying valued added tax obligations, the Commission included provisions aimed at allowing Member States to set the annual turnover ceiling for the VAT exemption scheme at up to EUR 100 000 or the equivalent in national currency, with the possibility of updating that amount each year. The request submitted by Belgium is in line with that proposal.
(6) The derogating measure will have only a negligible effect on the overall amount of the tax revenue of Belgium collected at the stage of final consumption and will have no adverse impact on the Union’s own resources accruing from VAT,
By way of derogation from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC, the Kingdom of Belgium is authorised to exempt from VAT taxable persons whose annual turnover is no higher than EUR 25 000.
The Kingdom of Belgium may raise that ceiling in order to maintain the value of the exemption in real terms.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
It shall apply from 1 January 2013 until the date of entry into force of a Directive amending the amounts of the annual turnover ceilings below which taxable persons may qualify for VAT exemption or until 31 December 2015, whichever date is earlier.
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32002R0371 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 371/2002 of 28 February 2002 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 371/2002
of 28 February 2002
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 326/2002(2).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 326/2002 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 326/2002 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 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 |
32013R0542 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 542/2013 of 13 June 2013 on the minimum customs duty for sugar to be fixed in response to the fourth partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013
| 14.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 162/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 542/2013
of 13 June 2013
on the minimum customs duty for sugar to be fixed in response to the fourth partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013
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 186, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013 (2) opened a standing invitation to tender for the 2012/2013 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10 at a reduced customs duty.
(2) In accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013, the Commission is to decide, in the light of the tenders received in response to a partial invitation to tender, either to fix a minimum customs duty or not to fix a minimum customs duty per eight digit CN code.
(3) On the basis of the tenders received for the fourth partial invitation to tender, a minimum customs duty should be fixed for sugar falling within CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10.
(4) In order to give a rapid signal to the market and to ensure efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(5) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
For the fourth partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 12 June 2013, a minimum customs duty has been fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation for sugar falling within CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002D0660 | 2002/660/EC: Commission Decision of 19 August 2002 amending Decision 1999/815/EC concerning measures prohibiting the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age made of soft PVC containing certain phthalates (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3081)
| Commission Decision
of 19 August 2002
amending Decision 1999/815/EC concerning measures prohibiting the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age made of soft PVC containing certain phthalates
(notified under document number C(2002) 3081)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/660/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/59/EEC of 29 June 1992 on general product safety(1), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission adopted, on 7 December 1999, Decision 1999/815/EC(2), as last amended by Decision 2002/152/EC(3), based on Article 9 of Directive 92/59/EEC, requiring the Member States to prohibit the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age, made of soft PVC containing one or more of the substances di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP).
(2) The validity of Decision 1999/815/EC was limited to three months, in accordance with the provision of Article 11(2) of Directive 92/59/EEC. Therefore, the validity of the Decision was to expire on 8 March 2000.
(3) When adopting Decision 1999/815/EC it was foreseen to prolong its validity if necessary. The validity of the measures adopted under Decision 1999/815/EC was prolonged under several Decisions for an additional period of three months each time, and is now to expire on 20 August 2002.
(4) Pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93(4) some relevant developments have taken place recently concerning the validation of phthalates migration test methods and the comprehensive risk assessment of these phthalates. However, further work in this area is still necessary to try to solve some crucial outstanding difficulties.
(5) Pending resolution of the outstanding issues, and in order to guarantee the objectives of Decision 1999/815/EC and its prolongations, it is necessary to maintain the prohibition of the placing on the market of the products considered.
(6) Certain Member States have implemented Decision 1999/815/EC by measures applicable until 20 August 2002. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the validity of these measures is prolonged.
(7) It is therefore necessary to prolong the validity of Decision 1999/815/EC in order to ensure that all the Member States maintain the prohibition provided for by that Decision.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Emergencies Committee,
In Article 5 of Decision 1999/815/EC the words "20 August 2002" are replaced by the words "20 November 2002".
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Decision within less than 10 days of its notification. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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32008R0950 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2008 of 25 September 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
| 26.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 258/63
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 950/2008
of 25 September 2008
on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2008 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 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (3), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 327/98 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 to that Regulation and with Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/2008 (4) (Regulation (EC) No 60/2008 opened a specific subperiod in February 2008 for the import tariff quota for wholly milled and semi-milled rice originating in the United States of America).
(2) The September subperiod is the third subperiod for the rice quotas laid down in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98, the fourth subperiod for the quotas of rice originating in Thailand, Australia and origins other than Thailand, Australia and the United States laid down in Article 1(1)(a) and the fifth subperiod for the quota of rice originating in the United States laid down in Article 1(1)(a).
(3) The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4119 — 09.4168, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2008 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.
(4) It is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4112 , the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2008 under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity less than or equal to that available.
(5) The quantities not used for the September subperiod of the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4129 — 09.4130 are transferred to the quota bearing the order number 09.4138 for the following subperiod under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.
(6) The total quantities available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,
1. For import licence applications for rice under the quotas with order numbers 09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4119 — 09.4168 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2008, licences shall be issued for the quantities requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The total quantities available under the quotas with order numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for the following subperiod are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003D0851 | 2003/851/EC: Commission Decision of 5 December 2003 amending Decision 2003/526/EC concerning protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 4523)
| Commission Decision
of 5 December 2003
amending Decision 2003/526/EC concerning protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg
(notified under document number C(2003) 4523)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/851/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In response to the classical swine fever situation in certain parts of Belgium, Germany, France and Luxembourg, the Commission has adopted several Decisions, and in particular Decision 2003/526/EC(2). That Decision has been prolonged by Decision 2003/772/EC(3).
(2) Classical swine fever has spread further in feral pigs in Bas-Rhine in France.
(3) To prevent any further spread of classical swine fever, the area in which certain measures laid down in Decision 2003/526/EC apply should be extended.
(4) Pursuant to Decision 2003/526/EC the Member States concerned may allow the movements of pigs proceeding from holdings located within areas where classical swine fever has been detected in feral pigs and dispatched to other areas in the same Member State, only from holdings of dispatch where a clinical examination and serological tests for classical swine fever have been carried out. However, in the light of the improvement of the epidemiological situation in domestic pigs it is appropriate to amend the procedures established to dispatch pigs for immediate slaughter from the areas where classical swine fever has been detected in feral pigs to slaughterhouses located outside these areas in the same Member State.
(5) Decision 2003/526/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,
Decision 2003/526/EC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 7, the following second paragraph is added:"However, Article 6(1)(c) shall not apply to pigs to be moved directly to slaughterhouses for the purpose of immediate slaughter."
2. In the Annex, Part 2, France, the second indent is replaced by the following:
"- the territory of the department Bas-Rhine located: (i) west of the road D 264 from the border with Germany (Wissembourg) to Soultz-sous-ForĂŞts, (ii) north of the road D 28 from Soultz-sous-ForĂŞts to Reichshoffen, (iii) east of the roads D 853 from Reichshoffen to Sturzelbronn and D 35 from Sturzelbronn to the border with Germany (Bremen-Telle), (iv) south of the border between France and Germany from Bremen-Telle to Wissembourg."
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32003R1252 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1252/2003 of 14 July 2003 laying down derogations from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 as regards products in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty exported to third countries other than the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1252/2003
of 14 July 2003
laying down derogations from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 as regards products in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty exported to third countries other than the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000(2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 740/2003(4), provides that Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April 1999 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2003(6), shall apply as regards exports of products in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty.
(2) Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, provides that entitlement to the export refund is acquired on importation into a specific third country when a differentiated refund applies for that third country. Articles 14, 15 and 16 of that Regulation lay down the conditions for the payment of the differentiated refund, in particular the documents to be supplied as proof of the goods' arrival at destination.
(3) In the case of a differentiated refund, Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 provides that part of the refund, calculated using the lowest refund rate, is paid on application by the exporter once proof is furnished that the product has left the customs territory of the Community.
(4) Council Regulation (EC) No 1039/2003 of 2 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Estonia and the exportation of certain agricultural products to Estonia(7), Council Regulation (EC) No 1086/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Slovenia and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Slovenia(8), Council Regulation (EC) No 1087/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Latvia and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Latvia(9), Council Regulation (EC) No 1088/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Lithuania(10), Council Regulation (EC) No 1089/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in the Slovak Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Slovak Republic(11) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1090/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in the Czech Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Czech Republic(12) provide on an autonomous basis for the abolition of refunds on processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty when exported to Estonia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic respectively, from 1 July 2003.
(5) Council Regulation (EC) No 999/2003 of 2 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the import of certain processed agricultural products originating in Hungary and the export of certain processed agricultural products to Hungary(13), provides on an autonomous basis for the abolition of refunds on the goods set out in its Article 1 when exported to Hungary, from 1 July 2003.
(6) The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia have undertaken to grant the preferential import arrangements to certain goods imported into their territories only if the goods concerned are accompanied by documents stating that they are not eligible for payment of export refunds.
(7) In the light of these arrangements, as a transitory measure pending the accession to the European Union of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, and in order to avoid the imposition of unnecessary costs on operators in their commercial trade with other third countries, it is appropriate to derogate from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 in so far as it requires proof of import in the case of differentiated refunds. It is also appropriate, where no export refunds have been fixed for the particular countries of destination in question, not to take account of that fact when the lowest rate of refund is determined.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty,
By way of derogation from Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, read in conjunction with Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, where the differentiation of the refund is the result solely of a refund not having been fixed for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia or Slovenia, in respect of exports to other third countries, proof that the customs import formalities have been completed shall not be a condition for payment of the refund in respect of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
The fact that no export refund has been fixed in respect of the export to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia or Slovenia, of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation shall not, in respect of exports to other third countries, be taken into account in determining the lowest rate of refund within the meaning of Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It is applicable from 1 July 2003.
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31995R1275 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1275/95 of 29 May 1995 on certain procedures for applying the Agreement on free trade and trade related matters between the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1275/95 of 29 May 1995 on certain procedures for applying the Agreement on free trade and trade related matters between the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part
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 an Agreement on free trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia of the other part (1) (hereinafter referred to as 'the Agreement`) was signed in Brussels on 18 July 1994 and entered into force on 1 January 1995;
Whereas certain detailed rules should be introduced in order to implement the provisions of the Agreement concerning the agricultural products,
Provisions for the application of Article 13 (2) and (3) of the Agreement concerning agricultural products falling within Annex II of the Treaty and subject, in the framework of the common market organization, to a system of levies or of import duties shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (2) by the Commission applying the relevant provisions provided for in the Regulations establishing the common organization of the market for the agricultural product concerned. Where the application of the Agreement calls for close cooperation with Estonia, the Commission may take any measure necessary to ensure such cooperation.
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 January 1995.
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32004R1039 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2004 of 27 May 2004 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 28.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 190/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1039/2004
of 27 May 2004
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that the difference between quotations of prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each of those Regulations and the prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate.
(3) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(4) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(5) Taking into account the settlement between the European Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States, approved by Council Decision 87/482/EEC (4), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 according to their destination.
(6) Pursuant to Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, a reduced rate of export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (5), for the basic product in question, used during the assumed period of manufacture of the goods.
(7) Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However, Protocol 19 to the Act of Accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark provides that the necessary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is necessary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals exported in the form of spirituous beverages.
(8) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(9) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 respectively, are fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 May 2004.
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31996R1220 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1220/96 of 28 June 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1150/90 as regards the transitional adjustment of certain provisions relating to imports into the Community of certain milk products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) in order to implement the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of negotiations
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1220/96 of 28 June 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1150/90 as regards the transitional adjustment of certain provisions relating to imports into the Community of certain milk products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) in order to implement the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of negotiations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1677/95 (2) lays down transitional measures until 30 June 1996 to facilitate the move from the arrangements provided for by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1150/90 of 4 May 1990, laying down detailed rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of milk and milk products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4), to those introduced by the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations;
Whereas the period for the application of the transitional measures was extended until 30 June 1997 by Council Regulation (EC) No 1193/96 extending the period for the adoption of the transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (5); whereas, pending the adoption by the Council of definitive measures, the measures provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1677/95 should be extended until 30 June 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Article 3 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1150/90 is hereby replaced by the following:
'(d) the heading "notes" and Section 24 of licence applications and licences shall show respectively one of the following:
- Derecho de aduana reducido en un 50 %, Producto ACP/PTOM
Reglamento (CEE) n° 715/90
- Told nedsat med 50 %, AVS/OLT-varer
forordning (EØF) nr. 715/90
- Zoll, ermäßigt um 50 %, AKP/ÜLG-Erzeugnis
Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 715/90
- Äáóìüò ìåéùìÝíïò êáôÜ 50 %, ðñïúüí ÁÊÅ/Õ×Å
Êáíïíéóìüò (ÅÏÊ) áñéè. 715/90
- Customs duty reduced by 50 %, ACP/OCT-Product
Regulation (EEC) No 715/90
- Droit de douane réduit de 50 %, produit ACP/PTOM
règlement (CEE) n° 715/90
- Dazio doganale ridotto del 50 %, prodotto ACP/PTOM
regolamento (CEE) n. 715/90
- Douanerecht verminderd met 50 %, ACS/LGO-produkt
Verordening (EEG) nr. 715/90
- Direito aduaneiro reduzido de 50 %, produto ACP/PTOM
Regulamento (CEE) nº 715/90
- Tullia alennettu viidelläkymmenellä prosentilla, AKT/MMA-tuote
Asetus (ETY) N:o 715/90
- Nedsättning med 50 % av tullsatsen, produkt AVS/ULT
Förordning (EEG) nr 715/90.`
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 1996 to 30 June 1997.
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31996L0076 | Commission Directive 96/76/EC of 29 November 1996 amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognizing protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 96/76/EC of 29 November 1996 amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognizing protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 96/14/EC (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 2 (1) (h) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Directive 92/76/EEC of 6 October 1992 recognizing protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community (3), as last amended by Directive 96/15/EC (4),
Whereas pursuant to Directive 92/76/EEC, as amended, certain zones in Austria, Finland and Sweden were recognized as 'protected zones` in respect of certain harmful organisms for a period expiring on 31 December 1996;
Whereas, from information supplied by Austria and from the survey monitoring information gathered by Commission experts it appears that the provisional recognition of the protected zone for Austria in respect of Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. should be extended for a further limited period to enable the responsible official bodies of Austria to complete the information on the distribution of Erwinia amylovora and to complete their efforts for the eradication of this harmful organism in the Vorarlberg area of Austria;
Whereas, from information supplied by Sweden and from the survey monitoring information gathered by Commission experts it became apparent that the protected zones recognized for Sweden in respect of Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European populations), Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say, Beet necrotic yellow vein virus and Tomato spotted wilt virus should be extended beyond 31 December 1996;
Whereas, from information supplied by Finland and from the survey monitoring information gathered by Commission experts it became apparent that the protected zones recognized for Finland in respect of Bemisia tabaci Genn. (European populations), Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say, Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al., Beet necrotic yellow vein virus and Tomato spotted wilt virus should be extended beyond 31 December 1996; whereas the provisional recognition of the protected zone in respect of Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens, should be extended for a further limited period to complete the information on the possibility for its establishment in the said zone;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Article 1 of Directive 92/76/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. in the first subparagraph, 'and for Austria until 31 December 1998` is inserted after 'the said zones are recognized until 31 December 1997`;
2. the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'In the case of points (a) 5a and 5b, the zones are recognized until 31 December 1998 and 31 December 1996 respectively.`
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive with effect from 1 January 1997. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The procedure for such a reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall immediately communicate to the Commission the essential provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31988R0586 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/88 of 2 March 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2276/79 laying down detailed rules for the drawing up of a register of olive cultivation in the Member States producing olive oil
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 586/88
of 2 March 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2276/79 laying down detailed rules for the drawing up of a register of olive cultivation in the Member States producing olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 154/75 of 21 January 1975 on the establishment of a register of olive cultivation in the Member States producing olive oil (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3788/85 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2276/79 (3) lays down detailed rules for the drawing-up of a register of olive cultivation in the Member States producing olive oil, and in particular provides for a comparison between, on the one hand, the information appearing in a declaration submitted by the olive growers and, on the other hand, the information held by the body responsible for drawing up the register; whereas the information which must be used as basic information for the register of olive cultivation must be specified depending on whether the said comparison reveals or does not reveal significant discrepancies;
Whereas, after it is drawn up, provision should be made for the Member States to update the register annually;
Whereas provision should be made for the Member States producing olive oil which acceded to the Community after the entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 2276/79 to be able to check by trials the validity of the methodology laid down by that Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Regulation (EEC) No 2276/79 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
'Article 6
1. The information on the area under olive trees and the number of olive trees in each parcel resulting from the application of the methods provided for in Articles 2 and 4 shall be compared with the information in a declaration to be submitted by olive growers to establish their production potential, where appropriate supplemented at the request of the Member State concerned.
In the case of significant discrepancies, the information resulting from the application of the methods provided for in Articles 2 and 4 shall be notified individually to the olive growers. The latter shall be entitled to request a check of such information within three months of such notification.
2. In that case, the body responsible for drawing up the register of olive cultivation shall undertake a check, if necessary on the spot, of the area and number of olive trees in respect of each olive grower.
Where the above check does not reveal any change in the information in respect of the olive grower concerned, the latter shall be required to reimburse the costs of such a check.
3. The basic information in the register shall be:
(a) in the case of consistency or insignificant discrepancy between the olive growers' declarations and the information resulting from the methods provided for in Articles 2 and 4, the information declared by the olive growers;
(b) in the case of significant discrepancies:
- the information notified to the olive grower where the latter has not requested a check as provided for in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1,
- the information resulting from the check in other cases.'
2. The following Articles 6a ad 6b are added:
'Article 6a
Member States producing olives shall undertake, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 (1), an annual updating of the register of olive cultivation, taking account in particular of any changes in cultivation declarations submitted by olive growers.
b
1. Member States producing olives which acceded to the Community after the entry into force of this Regulation may carry out trials to determine what method for obtaining information is best suited to olive cultivation as practised on their territory and give particular consideration to the methods set out in Annex I.
To that end, the Member States concerned shall by 31 December 1988 at the latest transmit a programme of trials to the Commission for approval.
2. The Commission shall notify to the Member States its decision on the programme submitted, where appropriate together with the changes which it considers desirable. After approval by the Commission, the programme shall be carried out with all speed under the responsibility of the Member State concerned.'
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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31998R2510 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2510/98 of 20 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/98 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2510/98 of 20 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/98 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1683/98 (3) provides for a sale of intervention stocks held by certain intervention agencies; whereas the quantities and prices stated in that Regulation should be amended to take account of the stocks already sold;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EC) No 1683/98 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1:
(a) the first indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 400 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Belgian intervention agency,`;
(b) the second indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 400 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Danish intervention agency,`;
(c) the fourth indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 400 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Spanish intervention agency,`;
(d) the 10th indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 401 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency,`;
(e) the 11th indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 1 800 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency,`;
(f) the 12th indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 3 500 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency,`;
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32000L0051 | Commission Directive 2000/51/EC of 26 July 2000 amending Directive 95/31/EC laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Directive 2000/51/EC
of 26 July 2000
amending Directive 95/31/EC laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption(1), as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 94/34/EC(2), and in particular Article 3(3)(a) thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Food,
Whereas:
(1) European Parliament and Council Directive 94/35/EC of 30 June 1994 on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs(3), as amended by Directive 96/83/EC(4), lists those substances which may be used as sweeteners in foodstuffs.
(2) Commission Directive 95/31/EC of 5 July 1995 laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs(5), as amended by Directive 98/66/EC(6), sets out the purity criteria for the sweeteners mentioned in Directive 94/35/EC.
(3) It is necessary, in the light of technical progress, to amend the purity criteria set out in Directive 95/31/EC for mannitol (E 421) and maltitol syrup (E 965(ii)). It is consequently necessary to adapt that Directive.
(4) It is necessary to take into account the specifications and analytical techniques for sweeteners as set out in the Codex Alimentarius by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA).
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs,
In the Annex to Directive 95/31/EC, the text concerning (E 421) mannitol and (E 965 (ii)) maltitol syrup shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 2001 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32014R1092 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1092/2014 of 16 October 2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of sweeteners in certain fruit or vegetable spreads Text with EEA relevance
| 17.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 299/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1092/2014
of 16 October 2014
amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of sweeteners in certain fruit or vegetable spreads
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (1) and in particular Article 10(3),
Whereas:
(1) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 lays down a Union list of food additives approved for use in foods and their conditions of use.
(2) The Union list of food additives may be updated in accordance with the common procedure referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) either on the initiative of the Commission or following an application.
(3) On 24 April 2014 an application was submitted for authorisation of the use of sweeteners in all products belonging to sub food category 04.2.5.3 ‘Other similar fruit or vegetable spreads’ of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. That category includes fruit or vegetable spreads similar to jams, jellies and marmalades as defined by Council Directive 2001/113/EC (3). The application was subsequently made available to the Member States pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008.
(4) Council Directive 2001/113/EC describes and defines jams, jellies and marmalades. Fruit or vegetable spreads, similar to jams, jellies and marmalades, which fall within sub food category 04.2.5.3, may contain ingredients other than those listed in Annex II to Directive 2001/113/EC (e.g. vitamins, minerals and flavourings).
(5) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 authorises the use of sweeteners Aspartame (E 951), Neotame (E 961) and Salt of aspartame-acesulfame (E 962) in energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades, as well as in other similar fruit spreads as dried-fruit-based sandwich spreads that are energy-reduced or with no added sugar.
(6) An extension of use of those sweeteners to all other energy-reduced similar fruit or vegetable spreads will allow their use in a similar way as in energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades.
(7) As fruit or vegetable spreads are used as an alternative to jams, jellies and marmalades, the use of sweeteners in those spreads will not lead to an additional exposure of the consumer and therefore is not of safety concern.
(8) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008, the Commission is to seek the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority in order to update the Union list of food additives set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, except where such update is not liable to have an effect on human health. Since the extension of use of Aspartame (E 951), Neotame (E 961) and Salt of aspartame-acesulfame (E 962) to all other energy-reduced similar fruit or vegetable spreads constitutes an update of that list which is not liable to have an effect on human health, it is not necessary to seek the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority.
(9) Therefore, Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 should be amended accordingly.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31988D0097 | 88/97/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 January 1988 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Italy (Liguria) pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 January 1988
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Italy (Liguria) pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(88/97/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87 (2), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 7 September 1987 the Italian Government forwarded, in accordance with Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, Decision No 59 of the region of Liguria of 29 July 1987 adopting provisions for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures;
Whereas, under Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community are satisfied in the light of the compatibility of the stated provisions with the abovementioned Regulation, and bearing in mind the objectives of the latter and the need to ensure that the various measures are properly related;
Whereas the Community financial contribution to the special setting-up aids for young farmers provided for in Article 12 of the Ligurian Decision may be granted only in those cases which satisfy the criteria of Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85; whereas, consequently, only the aids granted to young farmers with a diploma as referred to in Article 5 (1) of the said Decision or who have completed a course as referred to in the third indent of Article 24 (2) of the Decision may be reimbursed under Article 7 of the Regulation;
Whereas the additional investment aids for young farmers referred to in Article 12 of the Ligurian Decision must, if granted to young farmers who do not possess the occupational qualification required under Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, satisfy the conditions of Article 8 (1) of the Regulation;
Whereas, under Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the maximum number of dairy cows and the maximum number of pig places in respect of which an investment may be made on a group-operated holding are obtained by multiplying the ceilings laid down in Article 3 (3) and (4) of that Regulation by the number of member holdings only where the holding has been formed as a result of a complete merger; whereas, consequently, Article 10 (5) of the regional Decision must satisfy these conditions;
Whereas, subject to the above remarks, the provisions laid down in the Ligurian Decision satisfy the conditions and objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures,
1. Decision No 59 of the Region of Liguria of 29 July 1987 adopting provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures satisfies the conditions governing a Community financial contribution to the common measure provided for in Article 1 of that Regulation, subject to the condition that the aids for group-operated holdings are granted within the limits laid down in Article 6 (4) of the Regulation.
2. The Community financial contribution to the aids for young farmers, as provided for in Article 12 of the Regional Decision shall be limited to young farmers who possess a diploma as referred to in Article 5 (1) of the Regional Decision or who have completed a course as referred to in the third indent of Article 24 (2) of the said Decision.
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31987R1413 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1413/87 of 22 May 1987 amending Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder for feed for animals other than young calves
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1413/87
of 22 May 1987
amending Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder for feed for animals other than young calves
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 773/87 (2), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas available quantities of skimmed-milk powder offered for sale under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 of 23 February 1977 on the sale by tender of skimmed-milk powder for use in feed for animals other than young calves (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1029/87 (4), are limited at present; whereas this situation is likely to cause speculative movements with respect to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 443/77 of 2 March 1977 on the sale at a fixed price of skimmed-milk powder for use in feed for animals other than young calves (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1029/87; whereas, in order to avoid such movements, there must be an increase on the one hand in the amount by which the minimum price is exceeded and on the other hand in the selling prices fixed under the two abovementioned Regulations;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. In Article 9 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 368/77, '1,5 ECU' is hereby replaced by '20 ECU'.
2. In Article 2 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 443/77, '1,5 ECU' is hereby replaced by '20 ECU'.
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 |
31986R1771 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1771/86 of 6 June 1986 concerning the stopping of fishing for sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1771/86
of 6 June 1986
concerning the stopping of fishing for sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities by vessels of the Member States (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3723/85 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3721/85 of 20 December 1985, fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, provisional total allowable catches for 1986 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 114/86 (4), provides for sole quotas for 1986;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of sole in the waters of ICES division VII e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have reached the quota allocated for 1986,
Catches of sole in the waters of ICES division VII e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 1986.
Fishing for sole in the waters of ICES division VII e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transphipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005D0958 | 2005/958/EC: Council Decision of 21 December 2005 on the conclusion of an agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
| 30.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 347/75
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 December 2005
on the conclusion of an agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
(2005/958/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 March 2004 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the WTO under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accessions to the European Union of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.
(2) Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in consultation with the Committee established by Article 133 of the Treaty and within the framework of the negotiating directives issued by the Council.
(3) The Commission has finalised negotiations for an agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994. The said agreement should therefore be approved,
The agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 with respect to the withdrawal of specific concessions in relation to the withdrawal of the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the agreement in order to bind the Community (1). | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31990R3314 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3314/90 of 16 November 1990 adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3314/90
of 16 November 1990
Commission Regulation adapting to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport (1), and in particular Articles 17 and 18 thereof,
Whereas it is necessary to eliminate the possibilities of fraud in the use of electronic recording equipment in road transport in particular those caused by the interruption of the power supply or of the distance and speed sensor;
Whereas in the light of experience and in view of the current state of the art it is possible to indicate such interruptions clearly on the record sheets in order to facilitate application of the Regulation and to discourage this kind of fraudulent use;
Whereas it is appropriate to implement this new technology in the Community construction and installation standards for electronic recording equipment;
Whereas in order to ensure effective checking and correct registration of driving time in particular, driving time should be recorded automatically and the other periods, when the driver is not driving the vehicle, should be recorded according to the sign indicated on the switch mechanism;
Whereas current recording equipment already provides for this automatic recording of driving time and therefore in the light of experience and current state of the art the construction standards for the recording equipment should be adapted accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for adaptation of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 to technical progress,
Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 is hereby amended as follows;
1. In Chapter II, the following point is inserted:
'7. For electronic recording equipment which is equipment operating by signals transmitted electrically from the distance and speed sensor, any interruption exceeding 100 milliseconds in the power supply of the recording equipment (except lighting), in the power supply of the distance and speed sensor and any interruption in the signal lead to the distance and speed sensor.'
2. In Chapter III under '(a) General points', point 1.3 is replaced by the following:
'1.3 A means of marking showing on the record sheet individually:
- each opening of the case containing that sheet,
- for electronic recording equipment, as defined in point 7 of Chapter II, any interruption exceeding 100 milliseconds in the power supply of the recording equipment (except lighting), not later than at switching-on the power supply again,
- for electronic recording equipment, as defined in point 7 of Chapter II, any interruption exceeding 100 milliseconds in the power supply of the distance and speed sensor and any interruption in the signal lead to the distance and speed sensor.'
3. In Chapter III under '(c) Recording instruments', point 4.1 is replaced by the following:
'4.1 Recording equipment must be so constructed that the period of driving time is always recorded automatically and that it is possible, through the operation where necessary of a switch device to record separately the other periods of time as indicated in Article 15 (3), second indent (b), (c) and (d) of the Regulation.'
As from 1 July 1991 Member States shall no longer grant EEC approval to any type of recording equipment which does not comply with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85, as amended by this Regulation.
As from 1 January 1996 the recording equipment of any new vehicle brought into service for the first time shall comply with Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85, as amended by this Regulation.
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 | 1 | 0 |
31985L0572 | Council Directive 85/572/EEC of 19 December 1985 laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
| 31.12.1985 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 372/14
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 19 December 1985
laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
(85/572/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 82/711/EEC of 18 October 1982 laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas, by virtue of Article 2 (3) of, together with the first indent of Chapter 1 (2) of the Annex to Directive 82/71 I/EEC, appropriate simulants to carry out migration tests should be indicated for plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with a single foodstuff or a specific group of foodstuffs;
Whereas the possibility should not be excluded, where necessary, of making use of methods for testing migration other than those laid down in this Directive;
Whereas, in determining appropriate simulants, account must be taken in particular of the chemical composition of the foodstuff and its physical properties;
Whereas, for some foodstuffs containing fat, the result obtained in migration tests with the simulant is higher than that obtained in migration tests with the foodstuff itself and whereas therefore the result should be corrected by applying a ‘reduction factor’ appropriate to the particular situation; whereas in certain specific cases, particularly that of materials and objects in contact with foodstuffs with fatty substances on the surface, the existence of appropriate methods of analysis is essential for implementation of this Directive;
Whereas the adaptation of this Directive to technical progress constitutes an implementing measure, the adoption of which, in order to simplify and accelerate the procedure, should in principle be the responsibility of the Commission;
Whereas in all cases in which the Council confers on the Commission authority to implement the provisions relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, a procedure should be laid down establishing close cooperation between Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs, set up under Decision 69/414/EEC (5),
Pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Directive 82/71 I/EEC, the simulants to be used for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with a single foodstuff or specific group of foodstuffs and the concentration of these simulants shall be those indicated in the Annex.
Notwithstanding Article 1, the list of substances or materials whose use is authorized to the exclusion of all others may lay down procedures testing migration of particular constituents of plastic materials and articles which differ from those laid down in the Annex where this is appropriate.
Adaptations to be made to the Annex to this Directive in the light of progress in scientific and technical knowledge shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10 of Directive 76/893/EEC (6).
Member States shall take all measures necessary to comply with this Directive not later than such time as they take the measures to implement Directive 82/711/EEC
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32008R0403 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 403/2008 of 6 May 2008 provisionally setting delivery obligations for cane sugar to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India for the 2008/2009 delivery period
| 7.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 120/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 403/2008
of 6 May 2008
provisionally setting delivery obligations for cane sugar to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India for the 2008/2009 delivery period
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 Article 31 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2) provides for detailed rules for setting delivery obligations at zero duty for products falling within CN code 1701, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, for imports originating in the countries that are signatories to the ACP Protocol and to the Agreement with India.
(2) Application of Articles 3 and 7 of the ACP Protocol, Articles 3 and 7 of the Agreement with India and Article 12(3) and Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 has resulted in the Commission calculating delivery obligations for each exporting country for the 2008/2009 delivery period, on the basis of the information currently available.
(3) It is therefore necessary to provisionally determine the delivery obligations for the period 2008/2009 in accordance with point (a) of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The delivery obligations for imports originating in the countries that are signatories to the ACP Protocol and to the Agreement with India in respect of products falling within CN code 1701, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, in the 2008/2009 delivery period for each exporting country concerned, are provisionally determined as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32012R1031 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1031/2012 of 26 October 2012 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Abensberger Spargel/Abensberger Qualitätsspargel (PGI))
| 8.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 308/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1031/2012
of 26 October 2012
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Abensberger Spargel/Abensberger Qualitätsspargel (PGI))
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, Germany’s application to register the name ‘Abensberger Spargel’/‘Abensberger Qualitätsspargel’ 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 |
32009D0620 | 2009/620/EC: Commission Decision of 20 August 2009 amending Decision 2005/779/EC as regards the inclusion of the region of Abruzzo in the list of Italian regions free of swine vesicular disease (notified under document C(2009) 6388) (Text with EEA relevance )
| 21.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217/3
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 August 2009
amending Decision 2005/779/EC as regards the inclusion of the region of Abruzzo in the list of Italian regions free of swine vesicular disease
(notified under document C(2009) 6388)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/620/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular the third sentence of Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2005/779/EC of 8 November 2005 concerning animal health protection measures against swine vesicular disease in Italy (2) was adopted in response to the presence of that disease in Italy. That Decision lays down animal health rules as regards swine vesicular disease for regions of that Member State that are recognised as free from swine vesicular disease and those not recognised as free from that disease. Those regions are listed in the Annexes to Decision 2005/779/EC.
(2) A programme for the eradication and monitoring of swine vesicular disease has been implemented in Italy for several years, with a view to achieving disease-free status in all regions of Italy.
(3) Italy has submitted information to the Commission as regards the swine vesicular disease-free status of the region of Abruzzo, demonstrating that the disease has been eradicated from that region.
(4) Following the examination of that information and given the favourable results of the implementation of the yearly eradication and monitoring programmes in Italy, it is appropriate that the region of Abruzzo be recognised as free from swine vesicular disease.
(5) Decision 2005/779/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,
Decision 2005/779/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Annex I, the following entry is inserted before the entry for Basilicata:
‘— Abruzzo’;
2. in Annex II, the entry for Abruzzo is deleted.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31991R3426 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3426/91 of 26 November 1991 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the credit guarantee of ECU 500 million for exports of agricultural products and foodstuffs to the Soviet Union
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3426/91 of 26 November 1991 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the credit guarantee of ECU 500 million for exports of agricultural products and foodstuffs to the Soviet Union
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 599/91 of 5 March 1991 introducing a credit guarantee for exports of agricultural products and foodstuffs from the Community, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to the Soviet Union (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3281/91 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 599/91 provides for the guarantee to cover not only contracts for supply of agricultural products and foodstuffs between the Soviet Union and undertakings in the Community, but also contracts between the Soviet Union and undertakings in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia;
Whereas the possibilities for deliveries under the credit guarantee from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia requires a decision as regards the amount up to which the credit may be used for purchases in these countries;
Whereas the availability for export in the countries concerned of the relevant agricultural products and foodstuffs shall be specifically taken into account when fixing the share that may be used for the said purchases;
Whereas the deliveries from these countries shall cover to the widest extent possible the products which are listed in the Annex to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on a credit guarantee for exports of agricultural products and foodstuffs to the Soviet Union (3);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Soviet Union Credit Guarantee Committee,
Up to a maximum of 25 % of the credit which is available for exports of agricultural products and foodstuffs to the Soviet Union may be used for the purchase of these products originating in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and for their transport into the Soviet Union.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0331 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 331/2009 of 23 April 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 24.4.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 104/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 331/2009
of 23 April 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R2140 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2140/98 of 6 October 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1014/90 laying down detailed implementing rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2140/98 of 6 October 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1014/90 laying down detailed implementing rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1014/90 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2523/97 (3), lays down detailed implementing rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks; whereas, to protect the traditional drink Bierbrand or eau de vie de bière, whether or not sweetened in accordance with national traditions, against unfair competition, and to maintain a high quality level for that drink, the use of that term should be restricted to the spirit drink defined in this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Implementation Committee for Spirit Drinks,
The following point 13 is added to the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1014/90:
'13. Bierbrand or eau de vie de bière: a spirit drink:
- obtained exclusively by direct distillation of fresh beer with an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 86 % such that the distillate obtained has organoleptic characteristics resulting from the beer,
- with a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 38 %, for supply for human consumption in the Community.`
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 |
31993L0080 | Commission Directive 93/80/EEC of 23 September 1993 amending Council Directive 90/656/EEC on the transitional measures applicable in Germany with regard to certain Community provisions relating to the protection of the environment
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/80/EEC of 23 September 1993 amending Council Directive 90/656/EEC on the transitional measures applicable in Germany with regard to certain Community provisions relating to the protection of the environment
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/656/EEC of 4 December 1990 on the transitional measures applicable in Germany with regard to certain Community provisions relating to the protection of the environment (1), and in particular Article 18 (6) thereof,
Whereas Directive 90/656/EEC lays down various time limits for putting certain Community rules on the environment into effect in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas the time limits specified in the said Directive were based on information on the rules in force and the state of the environment in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic which was found to be incomplete, approximative, uncertain and unreliable;
Whereas this results in a situation which is exceptional in all respects;
Whereas neither the Federal Republic of Germany nor the institutions of the European Communities were able, at the time of adoption of the said Directive, to foresee sufficiently clearly how the state of the environment would change in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas the said Directive for this reason provides for a simplified procedure by which the Commission, after obtaining the opinion of an ad hoc Committee, may authorize the extension to 31 December 1995 at the latest of the deadlines for putting certain Community rules on the environment laid down in the said Directive into effect in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas the degree of obsolescence of the industrial production units situated in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, which discharge dangerous substances into the surface water, and the severity of the environmental damage attributable to those discharges have been found to be far in excess of the evaluations on the basis of which the date of 31 December 1992 was laid down in Directive 90/656/EEC for putting the Directives into effect;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend the deadlines laid down for the application of the said Directives to installations which were situated in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic at the time of German unification, in order to allow time for making the necessary changes to the said installations;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in conformity with the opinion expressed by the Committee referred to in Article 18 (4) of Directive 90/656/EEC,
Article 3 of Directive 90/656/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
'1. By way of derogation from Directive 76/464/EEC (2), Directive 82/176/EEC (3), Directive 83/513/EEC (4), Directive 84/156/EEC (5), Directive 84/491/EEC (6), Directive 86/280/EEC (7) and Directive 88/347/EEC (8), the Federal Republic of Germany shall be authorized to apply, in respect of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, the provisions laid down in the said Directives to industrial installations which, on the date of German unification, were located in that territory, from 31 December 1995 at the latest.'
2. Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
'4. The special programmes provided for in Article 4 of Directive 84/156/EEC and Article 5 of Directive 86/280/EEC shall be drawn up and put into effect by 31 December 1995 at the latest.'
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32004R1469 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1469/2004 of 18 August 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on apples
| 19.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1469/2004
of 18 August 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on apples
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July 1996 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables (2) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in the Annex thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).
(2) For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2001, 2002 and 2003, the trigger levels for additional duties on apples should be adjusted.
(3) As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should be amended.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 September 2004.
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31989R2289 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2289/89 of 27 July 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1314/89 authorizing Greece not to apply in certain areas the measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 as regards the granting of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas for the 1989/90 to 1995/96 wine years
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2289/89
of 27 July 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1314/89 authorizing Greece not to apply in certain areas the measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 as regards the granting of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas for the 1989/90 to 1995/96 wine years
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas (1), and in particular Article 12 (1) thereof,
Whereas before 1 April 1989 Greece submitted a reasoned application pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 678/89 (3), for exclusion from the scope of the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 from the 1989/90 wine year;
Whereas, in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1314/89 (4), some of the regions and designations in the Greek application were omitted from the Annex thereto; whereas those regions form part of areas the wine-growing potential of which is less than 10 % of the national wine-growing potential; whereas those data should be added to the Annex; whereas, however, to take account of the special situation of producers who have already submitted an application for the areas concerned and have taken all the necessary measures, transitional provisions should be adopted for processing such applications;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The following is hereby added to region D in point I of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1314/89:
1.2 // 'Region // Designation // 2. Akhaia // Patras // 3. Kefallinia // Robola // 4. Korinthia // NĂŠmĂŠa'
As regards the wine-growing areas indicated in areas 2, 3 and 4 of region D of point I of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1314/89, Greece shall accept as admissible applications submitted before the entry into force of this Regulation where the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the competent authorities that he has already taken measures directly or indirectly linked to grubbing-up operations.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31993R2803 | COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2803/93 of 11 October 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (fourth series 1993)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2803/93 of 11 October 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (fourth series 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas production in the Community of certain agricultural and industrial products will remain in the course of 1993 unable to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of this type will depend to a considerable extend on imports from third countries; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas Community tariff quotas at zero duty should therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period up to 31 December 1993 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the development of Community production;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up;
Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however; this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning the administration of the quantities drawn by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
From the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 1993 the duties applicable to imports of the following products shall be suspended at the levels and up to the limits of the Community tariff quotas shown below:
/* Tables: see OJ */
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission, which may take any appropriate administrative measures to ensure that they are managed efficiently.
Where an importer presents a declaration covered by this Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arrangements, and the entry is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from the appropriate quota volume.
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission without delay.
Drawings, shall be granted by the Commission in chronological order of the dates on which the customs authorities of the Member States concerned accepted the entries for release for free circulation, to the extent that the available balance so permits.
If a Member States does not use a drawing in full it shall return any unused portion to the corresponding quota volume as soon as possible.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allocated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the drawings made.
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and continuous access to the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume so permits.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004R1193 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1193/2004 of 28 June 2004 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
| 29.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 228/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1193/2004
of 28 June 2004
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1) and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid (3) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.
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32005R0819 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 819/2005 of 30 May 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 31.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 137/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 819/2005
of 30 May 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 May 2005.
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32011D0017(01) | 2011/744/: Decision of the European Central Bank of 3 November 2011 on the implementation of the second covered bond purchase programme (ECB/2011/17)
| 16.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 297/70
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 3 November 2011
on the implementation of the second covered bond purchase programme
(ECB/2011/17)
(2011/744/EU)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, in particular to the first indent of Article 127(2) thereof,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and, in particular to the second subparagraph of Article 12.1 in conjunction with the first indent of Article 3.1, and Article 18.1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 18.1 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter the ‘Statute of the ESCB’), the European Central Bank (ECB), together with national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro (hereinafter the ‘NCBs’) may operate in the financial markets by, among other things, buying and selling marketable instruments outright.
(2) On 7 May 2009 and subsequently on 4 June and 18 June 2009 the Governing Council decided, in view of the exceptional circumstances prevailing in the market at that time, to initiate a covered bond purchase programme (hereinafter the ‘programme’), with an overall targeted nominal amount of EUR 60 billion in accordance with Decision ECB/2009/16 of 2 July 2009 on the implementation of the covered bond purchase programme (1). Under the programme, the NCBs and, exceptionally, the ECB in direct contact with counterparties could according to their allocated share decide to purchase eligible covered bonds outright from eligible counterparties in the primary and secondary markets. Taking into account the Eurosystem’s monetary policy needs and the objectives of the covered bond purchases, the programme was designed as a temporary measure for a 12-month period and expired on 30 June 2010.
(3) The Governing Council has decided that a second covered bond purchase programme (hereinafter the ‘second programme’) should be initiated. The Eurosystem central banks intend to implement the second programme gradually, taking into account market conditions and the Eurosystem’s monetary policy needs. The objectives of the second programme are to contribute to: (a) easing funding conditions for credit institutions and enterprises; and (b) encouraging credit institutions to maintain and expand lending to their clients.
(4) As part of the single monetary policy, the outright purchase of eligible covered bonds by Eurosystem central banks under the second programme should be implemented in a uniform manner, in accordance with this Decision,
Establishment and scope of the outright purchase of covered bonds
The Eurosystem has established the second programme under which the Eurosystem central banks shall purchase eligible covered bonds with a targeted nominal amount of EUR 40 billion. Under the second programme, eligible covered bonds may be purchased by the Eurosystem central banks from eligible counterparties in the primary and secondary markets according to the eligibility criteria contained in this Decision. Guideline ECB/2000/7 of 31 August 2000 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (2) shall not apply to the outright purchase of covered bonds by a Eurosystem central bank under the second programme.
Eligibility criteria for covered bonds
Covered bonds that are: (a) eligible for monetary policy operations as defined in Guideline ECB/2000/7; (b) denominated in euro; and (c) held and settled in the euro area, shall be eligible for outright purchase under the second programme, provided that they satisfy the following additional requirements:
1. They shall be either: (a) covered bonds issued in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 52(4) of Directive 2009/65/EC (3) (hereinafter the ‘UCITS-compliant covered bonds’); or (b) structured covered bonds offering safeguards similar to UCITS-compliant covered bonds as defined in Section 6.2.3 of Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7.
2. Each covered bond issue shall have a minimum issue size of EUR 300 million.
3. The covered bond issue shall have a minimum rating of ‘BBB-’ or equivalent, awarded by at least one of the major rating agencies.
4. The covered bonds shall be issued pursuant to legislation governing covered bonds that is in force in a euro area Member State. In the case of structured covered bonds, the law governing the documentation of the covered bonds shall be the law of a euro area Member State.
5. The covered bond issue shall have a maximum remaining maturity of 10,5 years at the time of the purchase of the security.
Eligible counterparties
The following shall be eligible counterparties for the second programme: (a) domestic counterparties participating in Eurosystem monetary policy operations as defined in Section 2.1 of Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7; and (b) any other counterparties that are used by Eurosystem central banks for the investment of their euro-denominated investment portfolios.
Final provisions
(1) This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication on the ECB’s website.
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32001R1535 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2001 of 26 July 2001 fixing production refunds on cereals and rice
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2001
of 26 July 2001
fixing production refunds on cereals and rice
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 7 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(4), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the arrangements concerning production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 87/1999(6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 establishes the conditions for granting the production refund; whereas the basis for the calculation is established in Article 3 of the said Regulation; whereas the refund thus calculated must be fixed once a month and may be altered if the price of maize and/or wheat changes significantly.
(2) The production refunds to be fixed in this Regulation should be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish the exact amount payable.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The refund referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, expressed per tonne of starch extracted from maize, wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, rice or broken rice, shall be EUR 17,40/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 July 2001.
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32014R1138 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1138/2014 of 27 October 2014 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Talaromyces versatilis sp. nov. IMI CC 378536 as a feed additive for sows (holder of the authorisation Adisseo France S.A.S.) Text with EEA relevance
| 28.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 307/30
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1138/2014
of 27 October 2014
concerning the authorisation of a preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Talaromyces versatilis sp. nov. IMI CC 378536 as a feed additive for sows (holder of the authorisation Adisseo France S.A.S.)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Talaromyces versatilis sp. nov. IMI CC 378536. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(2) That application concerns the authorisation of a preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Talaromyces versatilis sp. nov. IMI CC 378536 as a feed additive for sows to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.
(3) A preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Talaromyces versatilis sp. nov. IMI CC 378536 was authorised for 10 years for poultry, weaned piglets and pigs for fattening by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 290/2014 (2).
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 20 May 2014 (3) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase EC 3.2.1.6 produced by Talaromyces versatilis sp. nov. IMI CC 378536 does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) The Authority also determined that the results of the meta-analysis showed that supplementing sows' diets with the additive at the recommended dose resulted in a statistically significant lower body weight loss of the sows during lactation, without affecting the other parameters evaluated. Since the low level of weight reduction, questioned by the Authority because of lack of biological/physiological relevance, was judged a significant zootechnical parameter, it was considered that the provided in vivo studies meet the conditions for the demonstration of the efficacy in lactating sows.
(6) The assessment of the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase EC 3.2.1.6 produced by Talaromyces versatilis sp. nov. IMI CC 378536 shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Authorisation
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘digestibility enhancers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002R1560 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1560/2002 of 30 August 2002 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1560/2002
of 30 August 2002
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund. Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1052/2002(4), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(2) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(3) Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account should be taken, where necessary, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Regulation on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products.
(4) Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions.
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2002(6), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(6) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2002.
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32008R0053 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 53/2008 of 22 January 2008 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for wines originating in the Republic of Montenegro
| 23.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 18/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 53/2008
of 22 January 2008
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for wines originating in the Republic of Montenegro
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 62 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (2) (hereinafter referred to as the Stabilisation and Association Agreement), was signed in Luxembourg on 15 October 2007. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement is in the process of ratification.
(2) On 15 October 2007 the Council concluded an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (3) (hereinafter referred to as the Interim Agreement), which provides for the early entry into force of the trade and trade-related provisions of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.
(3) The Interim Agreement and the Stabilisation and Association Agreement stipulate that wines originating in Montenegro may be imported into the Community, within the limits of Community tariff quotas, at a zero-rate customs duty.
(4) The tariff quotas provided for in the Interim Agreement and in the Stabilisation and Association Agreement are annual and are repeated for an indeterminate period. The Commission should adopt the implementing measures for the opening and the administration of the Community tariff quotas.
(5) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (4), has codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations.
(6) Particular care should be taken to ensure that all Community importers have equal and continuous access to the tariff quotas and that the rates laid down for the quotas are applied uninterruptedly to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted. In order to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of those quotas, there should be no obstacle to authorising the Member States to draw from the quota volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports. Communication between the Member States and the Commission should, as far as possible, take place by electronic transmission.
(7) This Regulation should apply upon the entry into force of the Interim Agreement and should continue to apply after the date of entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for wine,
1. A quota at zero-rate customs duty is opened for wines imported into the Community and originating in the Republic of Montenegro as set out in the Annex.
2. The zero-rate duty is applied subject to the following conditions:
(a) the imported wines shall be accompanied by a proof of origin as provided for in Protocol 3 to the Interim Agreement and to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement;
(b) the imported wines shall not benefit from export subsidies.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2008.
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32013R1353 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1353/2013 of 9 December 2013 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Liers vlaaike (PGI)]
| 18.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/32
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1353/2013
of 9 December 2013
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Liers vlaaike (PGI)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Belgium's application to register the name ‘Liers vlaaike’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Liers vlaaike’ should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31998R1445 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/98 of 6 July 1998 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1445/98 of 6 July 1998 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the Community has undertaken to import a certain quantity of maize into Spain;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1963/95 (4), lays down the rules governing the administration of those special arrangements; whereas this Regulation lays down the special additional detailed rules necessary for implementing the invitation to tender, in particular those relating to the lodging and release of the security to be lodged by operators to ensure compliance with their obligations and, in particular, the obligation to process or use the imported product on the Spanish market;
Whereas in the light of current market needs in Spain, an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imports of maize should be opened in the framework of these special arrangements for imports;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on maize to be imported into Spain.
2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 6 August 1998. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of invitation to tender.
3. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued, within the meaning of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31983D0254 | 83/254/EEC: Council Decision of 25 May 1983 amending Decision 80/1096/EEC introducing Community financial measures for the eradication of classical swine fever
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 May 1983
amending Decision 80/1096/EEC introducing Community financial measures for the eradication of classical swine fever
(83/254/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Council Decision 80/1096/EEC (4), as last amended by Decision 81/477/EEC (5), introduced Community financial measures for the eradication of classical swine fever;
Whereas it is necessary, in order to make the allocation of appropriations clearer, to include all expenditure on the Community's various measures in the veterinary field in the chapter covering expenditure in the agricultural sector;
Whereas, in order to apply proper financial and monetary rules and procedures to Community expenditure connected with the implementation of the above measures, the appropriate Articles of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3509/80 (7), and Regulation (EEC) No 129/78 of 24 January 1978 on the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural structures policy (8) should be made applicable mutatis mutandis thereto,
Decision 80/1096/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
Community financial aid shall be given for the measures provided for by:
- Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (6), and
- Council Directive 80/1095/EEC of 11 November 1980 laying down conditions designed to render and keep the territory of the Community free from classical swine fever (7).
(6) OJ No L 47, 21. 2. 1980, p. 11.
(7) OJ No L 325, 1. 12. 1980, p. 1.'
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'Article 2
1. The Community shall make a contribution to the implementation of the measures referred to in Article 1 for a period of five years.
2. The estimated amount of aid to be charged to the chapter of the Community budget covering expenditure in the agricultural sector for the period laid down in paragraph 1 is 35 million ECU.'
3. In Article 3:
(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
'1. Expenditure by Member States on action taken in implementation of the plan referred to in Article 5 shall be subsidized by the Community within the limits indicated in Article 2.';
(b) in paragraph 2, 'The Guidance Section of the Fund' is replaced by 'The Community'.
4. Article 4 (2) is replaced by the following:
'2. Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70
shall apply to Commission decisions on Community financing of this measure.'
5. The following Article 5a is inserted:
'Article 5a
Regulation (EEC) No 129/78 and Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis mutandis.'
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31996D0659 | 96/659/EC: Commission Decision of 22 November 1996 on protective measures in relation to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever in South Africa (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 November 1996 on protective measures in relation to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever in South Africa (Text with EEA relevance) (96/659/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC (2), and in particular Article 18 (1) thereof,
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 (3), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC and in particular Article 19 (1) thereof,
Whereas the presence of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in South Africa;
Whereas the appearance of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever in South Africa constitutes a serious threat to animal and public health in the Member States;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to prohibit the importation of live ratites, and meat of ratites from South Africa until the situation is clarified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Member States shall prohibit the importation of live ratites and ratite meat from South Africa.
Member States shall amend the measures they apply in respect of South Africa to bring them into line with this Decision. They shall inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision shall be reviewed before 15 February 1997.
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31983R1857 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1857/83 of 7 July 1983 amending for the 17th time Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 establishing a list of agencies in non-member importing countries entitled to issue invitations to tender in the milk and milk products sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1857/83
of 7 July 1983
amending for the 17th time Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 establishing a list of agencies in non-member importing countries entitled to issue invitations to tender in the milk and milk products sector
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 1600/83 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (3) and 17 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1400/83 (4), established a list of agencies in non-member importing countries entitled to issue invitations to tender in the milk and milk products sector;
Whereas, in the light of the most recent information available to the Commission on the trade practices followed by the importing countries concerned and the official nature of the agencies in question, this Regulation should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 is amended as follows:
The list of issuing organizations should be completed by addition of the following organizations, insertion being made in the alphabetical order of the importing country:
1.2 // Importing country // Issuing organization // Tunisia // Centrale laitière Tunisie Lait SA, 4040 Sidi Bou Ali
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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32004R0151 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 151/2004 of 28 January 2004 amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 151/2004
of 28 January 2004
amending 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 markets in the milk and milk products sector(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003(2), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 January 2004 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2346/2003(3).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 2346/2003 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 2346/2003 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January 2004.
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31992D0467 | 92/467/EEC: Commission Decision of 2 September 1992 amending Decision 90/613/EEC approving derogations provided for by Italy from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of seed potatoes originating in Poland (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 2 September 1992 amending Decision 90/613/EEC approving derogations provided for by Italy from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of seed potatoes originating in Poland (Only the Italian text is authentic) (92/467/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introductions into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Directive 92/10/EEC (2), and in particular Article 14 (2) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Directive 77/93/EEC, potato tubers originating in third countries, where potato spindle tuber viroid has occurred may not, in principle, be brought into the Community unless their faculty of germination has been suppressed, in view of the risk of the introduction of potato spindle tuber viroid, and unless - if they originate in a country where Corynebacterium sepedonicum is known to occur - provisions recognized as equivalent to the Community provisions on combating this harmful organism have been complied with in the country of origin;
Whereas, nevertheless, Article 14 (1) (c) (iii) of Directive 77/93/EEC permits Member States to provide for derogations with regard to the rule relating to the suppression of the faculty of germination, provided that there is no risk of harmful organisms spreading; whereas these derogations are subject to approval, under certain conditions, in accordance with Article 14 (2) and must also comply with the conditions laid down in Annex IV, part A (24);
Whereas in Italy the growing of potatoes of the Sieglinde variety has been an established practice; whereas part of the supply of seed potatoes of this variety has been ensured by imports from Poland;
Whereas derogations provided for by Italy have already been approved for the last five seed potato marketing seasons, by Commission Decisions 88/177/EEC (3), 88/632/EEC (4), 89/606/EEC (5), 90/613/EEC (6) amended by Decision 91/591/EEC (7), based on the concept of 'closed zones', subject to certain technical conditions to prevent the risk of harmful organisms spreading;
Whereas Italy has stated that it intends to provide for derogations for the current seed potato marketing season;
Whereas it is known that Poland is still not free from potato spindle tuber viroid or from Corynebacterium sepedonicum;
Whereas Poland has developed a programme to eradicate these harmful organisms on a regional basis; whereas there are good reasons to believe that the programme to eradicate these harmful organisms has become fully effective, at least in certain 'closed zones' (strefy zamkniete) of the voidvodeship of Lomza;
Whereas there have been no findings of the diseases on samples drawn from seed potatoes imported pursuant to Decision 91/591/EEC; whereas Poland informed the Commission that the seed potatoes of the variety Sieglinde grown in 1992 in the aforementioned 'closed zones' originate from a Member State where Corynebacterium sepedonicum is not known to occur, and have been officially certified under Council Directive 66/403/EEC (8), as last amended by Directive 92/17/EEC (9);
Whereas, however, it has not been established, on the basis of available information collected during a mission carried out in Poland in 1990, that there are elements which would militate against the proper functioning of the aforementioned concept of 'closed zones' and therefore against the recognition of the provisions implemented as equivalent to the Community provisions on combating Corynebacterium sepedonicum;
Whereas it can therefore be established that there is no risk of the harmful organisms in question spreading, provided that the seed potatoes originate in such zones and that certain special technical conditions are complied with;
Whereas the Commission will ensure that Poland makes all technical information available which is necessary to monitor the protective measures required under the aformentioned conditions, and to assess the development of the Polish eradication programme;
Whereas therefore derogations provided for by Italy should now be approved for the current potato marketing season, provided that they include the aforementioned conditions and without prejudice to Directive 66/403/EEC and to Council Directive 70/457/EEC (10), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC (11);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Decision 90/613/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 2, '1 June 1992' is replaced by '1 March 1993'.
2. In Article 3, '15 October 1991 until 31 March 1992', is replaced by '15 October 1992 until 31 December 1992, being the last day of entry into the Community'.
3. In Article 3, '31 March 1992' is replaced by '31 December 1992'.
4. In the Annex, under (g), '15 April 1992' is replaced by '15 January 1993'.
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31996R2375 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/96 of 13 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2375/96 of 13 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2), and in particular Article 23 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1890/96 (4), lays down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables;
Whereas Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 provides that the standard import values are to cease to apply where no average representative price has been communicated to the Commission for seven consecutive days; whereas, where, pursuant to those provisions, no standard import value applies to a given product, provision should be made for the standard import value applicable to that product to be equal to the last average of the standard values in force; whereas it should also be made clear that the use as a standard import value of the last unit value within the meaning of Articles 173 to 176 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2153/96 (6), is to be limited to the beginning of each period of application set out in the Annex to that Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Article 4 (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 are hereby replaced by the following:
'4. During the periods of application set out in Part A of the Annex, the standard import values shall remain applicable until they are changed. They shall cease to apply, however, where no average representative price has been communicated to the Commission for seven consecutive market days.
Where, pursuant to the first subparagraph, no standard import value applies to a given product, the standard import value applicable to that product shall be equal to the last average standard import value.
5. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, with effect from the first day of the periods of application set out in Part A of the Annex, where it has not been possible to calculate a standard import value, the standard import value applicable to a product shall be equal to the last unit value applicable to that product within the meaning of Articles 173 to 176 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32007R0104 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 104/2007 of 2 February 2007 fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing for the 2007/08 marketing year
| 3.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 28/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 104/2007
of 2 February 2007
fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing for the 2007/08 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 41 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables (2) stipulates that the Commission is to publish the amount of the aid for tomatoes for processing before 31 January.
(2) For the Member States of the Community as constituted on 30 April 2004, compliance with the national and Community thresholds for processing tomatoes referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 is examined on the basis of the quantities aided in the three preceding marketing years for which definitive data are available for all the Member States in question.
(3) For the Member States which joined the Union on 1 May 2004, compliance with the national and Community thresholds for processing tomatoes is examined on the basis of the quantities actually aided during the 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years and of the quantities for which aid applications were submitted for the 2006/07 marketing year, in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2004 of 5 March 2004 laying down transitional measures for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (3).
(4) The quantity of tomatoes processed under the aid scheme to be considered when examining compliance with the national and Community thresholds is 1 705 561 tonnes above the Community threshold. In the case of those Member States which have exceeded their processing threshold, the aid for tomatoes for processing for the 2007/08 marketing year must thus be adjusted in relation to the level set in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, in accordance with Article 5(2) and (4) of that Regulation and Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 416/2004.
(5) The mechanism for examining compliance with the national processing thresholds provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 is not immediately applicable to Bulgaria and Romania. Transitional measures for its application should therefore be laid down. For the 2007/08 marketing year, for which there are no data which can be used to examine compliance with the national and Community thresholds for processing tomatoes in those Member States, and as a precautionary measure, provision should be made for a prior reduction in the aid, to be reimbursed if the thresholds have not been exceeded at the end of that marketing year.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 2007/08 marketing year, the aid for tomatoes under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:
(a) EUR 34,50 per tonne in the Czech Republic, Greece, France, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal, and Slovakia;
(b) EUR 27,76 per tonne in Italy;
(c) in Spain:
(i) EUR 34,50 per tonne for tomatoes for processing into whole peeled tomatoes,
(ii) EUR 12,75 per tonne for tomatoes intended for other processing;
(d) EUR 25,88 per tonne in Bulgaria and Romania.
1. If the Community threshold is not exceeded during examination of compliance with the threshold for the 2007/08 marketing year, an additional amount equivalent to 25 % of the aid fixed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be paid in Bulgaria and Romania after the 2007/08 marketing year.
2. If the Community threshold is exceeded, or if it is not exceeded or exceeded by less than 25 % in Bulgaria or Romania, an additional amount shall be paid in those Member States after the 2007/08 marketing year.
The additional amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed on the basis of the actual amount by which the national threshold concerned is exceeded, up to a maximum of 25 % of the aid fixed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.
3. Examination of compliance with the national processing thresholds for Bulgaria and Romania shall be based, for the 2007/08 marketing year, on the quantities for which aid applications are submitted for the 2007/08 marketing year.
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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31991D0432 | 91/432/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1991 approving measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention presented by Italy (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 29 July 1991 approving measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention presented by Italy (Only the Italian text is authentic) (91/432/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 89/455//EEC of 24 July 1989 introducing Community measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, conforming to Article 1 of Decision 89/455/EEC Italy shall set up large-scale pilot projects in accordance with Article 3 for the eradication or prevention of rabies in the wild life of the Community using vaccines for the oral immunization of foxes;
Whereas the pilot projects as presented by Italy include the adjacent border areas of Austria and Yugoslavia;
Whereas the pilot project is part of a cross border cooperation with Austria and Yugoslavia;
Whereas by letters dated 16 April and 31 May 1991 Italy notified the Commission of pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention;
Whereas, after examination the pilot project was found to comply with Decision 89/455/EEC; whereas the conditions for financial participation by the Community are therefore met;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The pilot projects for the eradication and prevention of rabies, presented by Italy are hereby approved.
Italy shall bring into force by 17 April 1991 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the pilot projects referred to in Article 1.
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31994R0585 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 585/94 of 16 March 1994 making imports of certain fishery products subject to observance of the reference price (text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 585/94 of 16 March 1994 making imports of certain fishery products subject to observance of the reference price (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93 (2), and in particular Article 22 (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 22 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 envisages inter alia that where the free-at-frontier price of a specified product, imported from a third country, stays below the reference price and where considerable quantities of that product are imported, imports of products listed, inter alia in Annex I Section A, Annex IV Section B and Annex V may be made subject to the condition that the free-at-frontier price is at least equal to the reference price;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3191/82 (3), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3474/85 (4), laid down detailed rules for the reference price system in the fishery products sector and in particular for the determination of the free-at-frontier price referred to in Article 22 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92;
Whereas the reference prices for fishery products for the 1994 fishing year were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3601/93 (5);
Whereas over recent months it has been established that on the Community market the free-at-frontier price of significant quantities of certain fishery products have remained below the reference price for these products; whereas, in view of this, there is a danger that the stabilization measures on the Community market could be threatened; whereas this situation is causing serious commercial difficulties in the fisheries sector and, given the current exceptional circumstances, the sector is demanding the adoption of immediate measures; whereas, therefore, in order to avoid disturbances due to offers at abnormally low prices, it is necessary to require that imports of the products in question comply with the reference price, this constituting the strictly necessary measure of protection to deal with this situation;
Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 22 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, the Commission may adopt the measure provided for in this Regulation in the interval between the scheduled meetings of the Management Committee for Fish Products,
1. The placing into free circulation in the Community of the fishery products listed in the Annex shall be subject to the condition that the free-at-frontier price is at least equal to the reference price given in the Annex.
2. This Regulation does not apply to the frozen products listed in the Annex provided it can be proved, to the satisfaction of the competent customs authorities, that they were in transit towards the Community on the date of entry into force of this Regulation, and provided they are put into free circulation by 8 April 1994 at the latest.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply until 17 May 1994.
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32013D0680 | 2013/680/EU: Council Implementing Decision of 15 November 2013 authorising the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Sweden to extend the application of a special measure derogating from Articles 168, 169, 170 and 171 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
| 27.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 316/39
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 15 November 2013
authorising the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Sweden to extend the application of a special measure derogating from Articles 168, 169, 170 and 171 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
(2013/680/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/112/EC on 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1), and in particular Article 395(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By letters registered with the Secretariat-General of the Commission on 3 and 4 April 2013 respectively, Denmark and Sweden requested authorisation to extend the application of a special measure derogating from Articles 168, 169, 170 and 171 of Directive 2006/112/EC requiring taxable persons to exercise their right to deduct or obtain a refund of value added tax (VAT) in the Member State where it was paid.
(2) The Commission informed the other Member States by letter dated 12 June 2013 of the requests made by Denmark and Sweden. By letter dated 14 June 2013, the Commission notified Denmark and Sweden that it had all the information it considered necessary for the appraisal of the requests.
(3) Those requests for derogation relate to the recovery of VAT paid on tolls for the use of the Öresund fixed link between Denmark and Sweden. Under the VAT rules on the place of supply of services connected with immovable property, part of the VAT on tolls for the Öresund fixed link is payable to Denmark and part to Sweden.
(4) By way of derogation from the requirement for taxable persons to exercise their right to deduct or obtain a refund of VAT in the Member State where it was paid, Denmark and Sweden were authorised to introduce a special measure enabling taxpayers to recover VAT from a single administration. The authorisation was first granted by Council Decision 2000/91/EC (2) and extended by Council Decisions 2003/65/EC (3) and 2007/132/EC (4).
(5) The legal and factual situation which justified that derogation has not changed and continues to exist. Denmark and Sweden should therefore be authorised to apply the special measure during a further limited period.
(6) The derogation has no adverse impact on the Union’s own resources accruing from VAT,
By way of derogation from Articles 168, 169, 170 and 171 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Sweden and Denmark are hereby authorised to apply the following procedure for the recovery of VAT on tolls paid for the use of the Öresund fixed link between the two countries:
(a) taxable persons established in Denmark may exercise their right to deduct the VAT paid when using the part of the link located on Swedish territory by entering it in the periodic returns to be lodged in Denmark;
(b) taxable persons established in Sweden may exercise their right to deduct the VAT paid when using the part of the link located on Danish territory by entering it in the periodic returns to be lodged in Sweden;
(c) taxable persons who are not established in either of the above Member States must apply to the Swedish authorities to obtain refunds of the VAT on tolls, including that paid for using the section of the link located on Danish territory, under the procedure laid down in Council Directive 2008/9/EC (5) or Council Directive 86/560/EEC (6).
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020.
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32008R1091 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1091/2008 of 31 October 2008 establishing a prohibition of fishing for mackerel in IIIa and IV; EC waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId by vessels flying the flag of France
| 6.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 297/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1091/2008
of 31 October 2008
establishing a prohibition of fishing for mackerel in IIIa and IV; EC waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31994D0094 | 94/94/EC: Commission Decision of 17 February 1994 concerning the financial aid from the Community for the operations of the Community Reference Laboratory for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products (Laboratoire Central d' Hygiène Alimentaire, Paris, France) (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 17 February 1994 concerning the financial aid from the Community for the operations of the Community Reference Laboratory for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products (Laboratoire Central d'Hygiène Alimentaire, Paris, France) (Only the French text is authentic) (94/94/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 amended by Commission Decision 93/439/EEC (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 28 of Council Directive 92/46/EEC (3), the 'Laboratoire Centrale d'Hygiène Alimentaire', Paris, France, has been nominated as the reference laboratory for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products;
Whereas all the functions and duties to be carried out by the reference laboratory have been determined in Annex D, Chapter II, of that Directive;
Whereas, therefore, provisions should be made for Community financial aid to the Community Reference Laboratory to enable it to carry out the functions and duties provided for in that Directive;
Whereas, in the first instance, Community financial aid should be provided for a period of one year; whereas this will be reviewed with view to extention prior to expiry of the initial period;
Whereas in accordance with Article 40 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC, checks provided for in Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 concerning the financing of the common agricultural policy (4) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (5), shall apply; whereas certain particular provisions should be made;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Community shall provide financial assistance to the reference laboratory provided for at Annex D, Chapter I, of Council Directive 92/46/EEC up to a maximum of ECU 100 000.
1. To meet the objectives of Article 1, the Commission shall conclude a contract, in the name of the European Community, with the reference laboratory.
2. The Director-General of Directorate-General for Agriculture shall be authorized to sign the contract on behalf of the Commission of the European Communities.
3. The contract referred to at paragraph 1 shall have a duration of one year.
4. The financial aid provided for at Article 1 shall be paid to the reference laboratory in accordance with the terms of the contract provided for at paragraph 1.
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32003R2307 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2307/2003 of 29 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 as regards the areas eligible for the goat premium
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2307/2003
of 29 December 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 as regards the areas eligible for the goat premium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19 December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat(1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The areas eligible for the premium for goatmeat producers are listed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 of 21 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat as regards premium schemes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001(2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 623/2002(3).
(2) A further examination has shown that the list of geographical areas should be updated. Following an analysis of the goat production system in the overseas departments, the French authorities have established that those departments meet the criteria laid down in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001.
(3) This update does not prejudice ex post checks concerning the conditions for the grant of aid laid down in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2550/2001 is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2004.
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31978D1028 | 78/1028/EEC: Council Decision of 18 December 1978 setting up an Advisory Committee on Veterinary Training
| COUNCIL DECISION of 18 December 1978 setting up an Advisory Committee on Veterinary Training (78/1028/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the draft Decision submitted by the Commission,
Whereas, in its resolution of 6 June 1974 concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications, the Council declared itself in favour of the establishment of advisory committees;
Whereas, in the context of the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications and the coordination of the conditions for taking up and pursuing activities as a veterinary surgeon, it is important to ensure a comparably high standard of training;
Whereas, to contribute to the achievement of this objective, it is desirable to set up an Advisory Committee to advise the Commission,
An Advisory Committee on Veterinary Training, hereinafter called "the Committee", shall be set up within the Commission.
1. The task of the Committee shall be to help to ensure a comparably high standard of veterinary training in the Community.
2. It shall carry out this task in particular by the following means: - exchange of comprehensive information as to the training methods and the content, level and structure of theoretical and practical courses provided in the Member States,
- discussion and consultation with the object of developing common approaches to the standard to be attained in the training of veterinary surgeons and, as appropriate, to the structure and content of such training,
- keeping under review the adaptation of veterinary training to developments in veterinary science and teaching methods.
3. The Committee shall communicate to the Commission and the Member States its opinions and recommendations including, when it considers it appropriate, suggestions for amendments to be made to the Articles relating to veterinary training in Directives 78/1026/EEC (1) and 78/1027/EEC (2).
4. The Committee shall also advise the Commission on any matter which the Commission may refer to it in relation to veterinary training.
1. The Committee shall consist of three experts from each Member State, as follows: - one expert from the practising profession,
- one expert from the veterinary science teaching institutions,
- one expert from the competent authorities of the Member States.
2. There shall be an alternate for each member. Alternates may attend the meetings of the Committee.
3. The members and alternates referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be nominated by the Member States. The members referred to in the first and second indents of paragraph 1 and their alternates shall be nominated upon the proposal of the practising profession and the veterinary teaching institutions. The members and alternates thus nominated shall be appointed by the Council. (1)See page 1 of this Official Journal. (2)See page 7 of this Official Journal.
1. The term of office of a member of the Committee shall be three years. After the expiry of this period the members of the Committee shall remain in office until replacements have been provided for or their term of office is renewed.
2. The term of office of a member may end before the expiry of three years by virtue of resignation or death of the member, or his replacement by another person, in accordance with the procedure described in Article 3. Such an appointment would be for the remainder of the term of office.
The Committee shall elect a chairman and two deputy chairmen from its own membership. It shall adopt its own rules of procedure. The agenda for meetings shall be drawn up by the chairman of the Committee in consultation with the Commission.
The Committee may set up working parties and call upon and allow observers of experts to assist it in connection with all the special aspects of its work.
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32002R0058 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2002 of 11 January 2002 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 89th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2002
of 11 January 2002
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 89th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates 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 stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must 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,
The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 89th individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January 2002.
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32006D0777 | 2006/777/EC: Commission Decision of 14 November 2006 on a financial contribution from the Community towards the eradication of classical swine fever in Germany in 2006 (notified under document number C(2006) 5375)
| 15.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/37
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 November 2006
on a financial contribution from the Community towards the eradication of classical swine fever in Germany in 2006
(notified under document number C(2006) 5375)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2006/777/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 3(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution towards specific veterinary measures, including emergency measures. With a view to helping to eradicate classical swine fever as rapidly as possible, the Community may contribute financially to eligible expenditure borne by the Member States.
(2) The payment of Community financial support towards emergency measures to combat classical swine fever is subject to the rules laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 of 28 February 2005 laying down rules on the Community financing of emergency measures and of the campaign to combat certain animal diseases under Council Decision 90/424/EEC (2). That Regulation applies to Community financial contributions granted to Member States in respect of eligible expenditure as defined therein for certain disease eradication measures in the situations referred to in Article 3(1) of Decision 90/424/EEC.
(3) An outbreak of classical swine fever occurred in Germany in 2006. The emergence of that disease represents a serious risk to the Community's livestock population.
(4) Under Commission Decision 2006/346/EC of 15 May 2006 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Germany and repealing Decision 2006/274/EC (3), Germany was required to carry out certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever. Those measures include the preventive depopulation of all pig holdings situated in the protection zone of a confirmed outbreak in the municipality of Borken in North Rhine Westphalia.
(5) Accordingly, Germany took the necessary emergency measures in order to avoid the spread of classical swine fever.
(6) On 12 September 2006, Germany provided the financial information required prior to the granting of Community financial support in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.
(7) Germany has fully complied with its technical and administrative obligations as set out in Article 3 of Decision 90/424/EEC and Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.
(8) The payment of the Community financial contribution must be subject to the condition that the planned activities were actually implemented and that the authorities provide all the necessary information within the set deadlines.
(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,
Financial contribution from the Community
1. A financial contribution from the Community shall be paid to Germany towards the costs incurred in taking emergency measures to combat classical swine fever in 2006, including the measures provided for in Article 5(2) of Decision 2006/346/EC.
2. That financial contribution shall be 50 % of the expenditure eligible for Community funding. It shall be paid in accordance with the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.
Payment arrangements
A first tranche of EUR 5 000 000 shall be paid as part of the Community financial contribution provided for in Article 1.
Addressee
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32002R2065 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2065/2002 of 21 November 2002 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2065/2002
of 21 November 2002
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1574/2002(2), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(4), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.
(3) On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 20 November 2002, the quantity still available for the period until 15 January 2003, for destination zones 1: Africa and 3: eastern Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 16 November to 19 November 2002 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for these zones until 16 January 2003,
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 16 November to 19 November 2002 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued for 94,33 % of the quantities requested for zone 1: Africa and issued in concurrence with 11,10 % of the quantities requested for zone 3: eastern Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 20 November 2002 and the submission of export licence applications from 22 November 2002 for destination zones 1: Africa and 3: eastern Europe shall be suspended until 16 January 2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 November 2002.
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32006R0266 | Regulation (EC) No 266/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 establishing accompanying measures for Sugar Protocol countries affected by the reform of the EU sugar regime
| 21.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 50/1
REGULATION (EC) No 266/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 February 2006
establishing accompanying measures for Sugar Protocol countries affected by the reform of the EU sugar regime
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 179 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),
Whereas:
(1) The European Community is committed, within the framework of the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (2) (hereinafter referred to as the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement), to supporting the ACP countries on their path to poverty reduction and to sustainable development, and recognises the importance of the commodity sectors and their related Protocols.
(2) The provisions of the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 (3) will be revised, taking into account the legislative proposals presented by the Commission to the Council.
(3) Under the Sugar Protocol, attached to Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, some ACP countries rely on the EU market to export sugar. The reform will significantly alter their market conditions.
(4) The adjustment process of the Sugar Protocol countries to these new market conditions will be complex, considering the socioeconomic importance and the multifunctional role of the sugar sector and its significant degree of reliance on the EU market, for several of these States.
(5) In its Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on accomplishing a sustainable agricultural model for Europe through the reformed CAP — sugar sector reform, the Commission committed itself to supporting the adjustment process of Sugar Protocol countries, and set out the principles for its support proposals in the Staff Working Document on an Action Plan on accompanying measures for Sugar Protocol countries affected by the reform of the EU sugar regime. This Working Document was discussed with the Sugar Protocol countries.
(6) It is essential that Sugar Protocol countries receive support as quickly as possible to maximise the chances of successful adaptation to the new conditions, in full complementarity with existing assistance.
(7) It is therefore necessary to grant Sugar Protocol countries financial and technical assistance, including budget support where appropriate, additional to that provided for in the framework of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, to enable them to adapt to the new market conditions, offering a broad range of support to take into account heterogeneity of situations between countries and within a country. This must include upgrading the competitiveness of their sugar cane sector, developing alternative economic activities, and coping, with the help of adequate resources, with the serious broader social, environmental and economic consequences of a reduction in the contribution of the sugar sector to their economies, or a combination of several of these.
(8) As this assistance should reflect the specific adjustment efforts required by each of these ACP suppliers as a consequence of the reform, objective criteria should be laid down to determine the extent of such assistance.
(9) Such assistance should be provided for a period of one year, with continued support to be made available until 2013, by means of the development part of the Development Cooperation and Economic Cooperation Instrument.
(10) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to accompany the adaptation process of Sugar Protocol countries affected by the EU sugar reform, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of the proposed action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective.
(11) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4),
Subject
1. A scheme for financial and technical assistance, including budget support where appropriate, is hereby established to accompany the adjustment process of Sugar Protocol countries, faced with new conditions on the sugar market due to the forthcoming reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar.
2. Subject to Article 11(3), this scheme shall be implemented for the year 2006.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Regulation:
1. ‘Sugar Protocol countries’ means the ACP countries listed in the Annex;
2. ‘sugar’ means raw cane or white cane sugar.
Eligibility for assistance and procedure
1. Sugar Protocol countries shall be eligible for financial and technical assistance, including budget support, where appropriate.
2. Financial and technical assistance shall be granted at the request of each Sugar Protocol country. Requests for financial and technical assistance shall be presented by 29 April 2006.
3. The requests shall be based on a comprehensive multiannual adaptation strategy, defined by the country concerned in accordance with Article 4, in consultation with all stakeholders. The multiannual adaptation strategy may include measures in the process of being implemented and also current and future financial impacts of social plans already implemented, on the express condition that the measures and social plans concerned are clearly in line with the objectives laid down in Article 4(1).
4. Sugar Protocol countries which submit a request which is not based on a comprehensive, multiannual adaptation strategy shall only be eligible in 2006 to financial and technical assistance aiming to contribute to the development of such a strategy.
Multiannual adaptation strategy
1. The multiannual adaptation strategy shall pursue one or more of the following objectives:
(a) to enhance the competitiveness of the sugar and cane sector, where this is a sustainable process, in particular in terms of the long-term economic viability of the sector, taking into account the situation of the different stakeholders in the chain;
(b) to promote the economic diversification of sugar-dependent areas, for example by redirecting current sugar production towards the production of bio-ethanol and other non-food applications of sugar;
(c) to address broader impacts generated by the adaptation process, possibly related, but not restricted, to employment and social services, land use and environmental restoration, the energy sector, research and innovation and macroeconomic stability.
2. The strategy shall at least define the objectives pursued, the approach and means identified to achieve them, the responsibilities of the different stakeholders, and the financial plan to implement the strategy.
It shall assess its sustainability under present and future market conditions, and in social and environmental terms. It shall demonstrate its consistency with the general development strategies of the country and its poverty focus.
3. Within the multiannual strategy, a specific assistance plan for 2006 shall be defined. In the design of this plan, particular attention shall be given to:
(a) the pursuit of cost effectiveness and sustainable impact;
(b) the clear definition and monitoring of objectives and indicators of achievement.
Measures adopted by the Commission
1. After consultation with the Sugar Protocol country concerned, the multiannual adaptation strategy shall be adopted under the procedure referred to in Article 7(2) and in accordance with Article 4.
2. Special account will be taken of the individual situation of each Sugar Protocol country. For countries finding themselves in a political crisis, unrelated to the evolution of the sugar sector, the delivery of assistance under this Regulation will be assessed by the Commission on a case-by-case basis.
3. Assistance to Sugar Protocol countries without a multiannual adaptation strategy shall be subject in 2006 to an annual work programme, adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2).
4. The assistance provided for under this Regulation shall be complementary but additional to assistance provided under other instruments of development cooperation.
Implementation of measures
The measures financed under this Regulation shall be implemented in accordance with general rules as set out in Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5) (hereinafter referred to as the Financial Regulation). As regards management procedures, this refers in particular to Article 53(1)(a) and (2) of the Financial Regulation and Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 (6) laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation.
Committee procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the geographically competent committee for development (hereinafter referred to as the Committee).
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at 30 days.
The European Parliament's right to be informed on a regular basis, in accordance with Article 7(3) of that Decision, must be fully respected.
3. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
Overall amount
The financial reference amount for implementation of this Regulation for 2006 shall be EUR 40 000 000 (hereinafter referred to as the overall amount).
Allocation of the overall amount
1. Within the overall amount available for the period of validity of this Regulation, the Commission shall fix the maximum amount available to each Sugar Protocol country for financing the actions referred to in Articles 3(3) and 4(3), on the basis of the needs of each country, related in particular to the impact of the reform of the sugar sector in the country concerned and to the importance of the sugar sector to the economy. The measurement of the allocation criteria shall be based on data of campaigns preceding 2004.
2. Further instructions regarding the allocation of the overall amount between Sugar Protocol countries shall be defined by the Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2).
3. The financial reference amount for the implementation of the financial and technical assistance referred to in Article 3(4), aiming to contribute to the development of a multiannual strategy, shall be EUR 300 000.
4. Within the overall amount, an indicative amount of 3 % will be used to cover the human and material resources required for effective administration and supervision of the assistance.
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Protection of the financial interests of the Community
1. Any agreements resulting from this Regulation shall contain provisions ensuring the protection of the Community's financial interests, in particular with respect to fraud, corruption and any other irregularities, in accordance with Council Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 (7) and (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 (8), and Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) (9).
2. Agreements shall expressly entitle the Commission and the Court of Auditors to perform a document audit or an on-the-spot audit of any contractor or subcontractor who has received Community funds. They shall also expressly authorise the Commission to carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections, as provided for in Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96.
3. All contracts resulting from the implementation of assistance shall ensure the rights of the Commission and the Court of Auditors under paragraph 2 during and after the performance of the contracts.
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Period of validity
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. It shall apply until 31 December 2006. It shall continue to apply for legal acts and commitments relating to the implementation of the 2006 budget year.
3. In the event that the Development Cooperation and Economic Cooperation Instrument has not entered into force on 1 January 2007, the period of validity of this Regulation shall be extended until the date of entry into force of that instrument.
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32005R0233 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 233/2005 of 10 February 2005 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004
| 11.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 39/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 233/2005
of 10 February 2005
fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004
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 7 thereof,
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 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004 of 3 September 2004 on a special intervention measure for oats in Finland and Sweden for the 2004/2005 marketing year (3),
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland or Sweden to all third countries with the exception of Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Switzerland was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004.
(2) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should be fixed.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 4 to 10 February 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004, the maximum refund on exportation of oats shall be 33,95 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 2005.
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31988R1114 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1114/88 of 25 April 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1114/88 of 25 April 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the common organization of the market in raw tabacco
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, in order to curb any increase in the Community's tobacco production and at the same time to discourage the growing of varieties which are difficult to dispose of, provision should be made for a proportional reduction in the prices and premium if production exceeds a maximum guaranteed quantity fixed for each harvest; whereas certain costs are added to the intervention price to obtain the derived intervention price; whereas the application of the reduction coefficient to the derived intervention price must not affect such costs;
Whereas the maximum quantity must be established particularly in the light of production statistics and the market situation; whereas in order to continue to implement a policy aimed at encouraging the most sought-after varieties and to take account of specific socio-economic and regional features of tobacco production, a maximum guaranteed quantity should be fixed for each variety or group of varieties; whereas provision should be made, for a limited period, for a ceiling on any reduction in the prices and premiums; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1974/87 (4) should be amended accordingly,
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70:
´5. Each year and in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, the Council shall fix a maximum guaranteed quantity, in particular in the light of market requirements and the socio-economic and agricultural conditions of the regions concerned for each variety or group of varieties of Community-produced tobacco for which prices and premiums are fixed. The overall maximum quantity for the Community shall be fixed at 385 000 tonnes of leaf tobacco for each of the 1988, 1989 and 1990 harvests.
Without prejudice to Articles 12a and 13, for each 1 % by which the maximum guaranteed quantity is exceeded per variety or group of varieties, the intervention prices and the premiums concerned shall suffer a reduction of 1 %. A correction corresponding to the reduction of the premium shall be applied to the norm price of the harvest in question.
The reductions referred to in the second subparagraph shall not exceed 5 % for the 1988 harvest and 15 % for the 1989 and 1990 harvests.
For the purpose of applying this paragraph, the Commission shall establish before 31 July whether production exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity for a variety or group of varieties.
Detailed rules for the application of this paragraph shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31987D0590 | 87/590/EEC: Council Decision of 14 December 1987 relating to a research and development programme in the field of science and technology for development (1987-91)
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 December 1987
relating to a research and development programme in the field of science and technology for development (1987-91)
(87/590/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130 Q (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, under Article 2 of the Treaty, the Community has in particular the task of promoting throughout the Community a harmonious development of economic activities and a continuous balanced expansion; whereas Article 3 of the Treaty provides, inter alia, that, for the purposes set out in Article 2, the activities of the Community shall include increased trade and the joint promotion of economic and social development in the developing countries;
Whereas the resolution adopted by the Council on 18 November 1980 underlines the importance of the development of research capacities oriented particularly towards food agriculture in the developing countries and of complementarity between the activities of the research centres established in the Community and the efforts undertaken in this field by the developing countries;
Whereas the Intergovernmental Committee for Science and Technology for Development adopted, during its eighth session from 2 to 6 June 1986, a resolution which invited industrialized countries to increase their research and development efforts in the sector of agriculture and related fields, including joint projects with developing countries;
Whereas developing countries have become aware of the place of science and technology in the process of economic and social development; whereas it is consequently important to facilitate the introduction of a scientific and technical dimension into the development activities of the Community;
Whereas the research and development measures covered by this Decision relate to two particularly grave and urgent problems, namely food and health, which are bound up with the fundamental needs of the developing countries;
Whereas it is necessary to establish greater cooperation among scientists in the various Member States and the developing countries with a view to facilitating the complementarity of research and methodologies and ensuring easier access to the different networks of scientific relationships established by the Member States with their Third World partners;
Whereas the Council adopted on 14 January 1974 a resolution on an initial outline programme of the European Communities in the field of science and technology (4);
Whereas Council Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC of 28 September 1987 concerning the framework programme of Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1987 to 1991) (1) includes science and technology for development amongst the activities it provides for;
Whereas, in view of the object and the specificity of this programme, which is carried out in the interest of the developing countries and should be implemented in close cooperation with them, it is advisable to lay down special rules for the dissemination of the results of the programme;
Whereas the Council, by Decision 82/837/EEC (2), adopted a first multiannual programme of research and development in the field of science and technology for development, which programme has achieved positive results opening up promising opportunities regarding the objectives to be pursued;
Whereas, at its meeting on 10 December 1985, the Council asked the Commission to consider the inclusion, as part of this programme, of a subsection relating to the development of indigenous scientific and technical research capacities in developing countries;
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) has delivered an opinion,
A programme of research and development to support and reinforce scientific activities in the field of science and technology for development for the benefit of developing countries, as set out in Annex I, is hereby adopted for a period of five years from 1 January 1987.
Within the scope of the programme, competent institutions established either in the Community or in developing countries shall be invited to submit their research and development proposals. Other international organizations operating in this field shall also be invited to submit proposals for joint financing of research activities.
In the light of a series of problems that are common to many developing countries, priority should be given in certain research projects to regional and integrated programmes.
The cost of the programme is estimated at 80 million ECU including the cost of a staff of 16.
Projects relating to the programme shall be implemented mainly on the basis of cost-sharing contracts. Contracting parties shall be required to meet a substantial proportion of the costs, which should normally correspond to at least 50 % of total expenditure. In specific cases a higher rate of Community financing may be appropriate. In such cases the Commission shall consult the Committee referred to in Article 3.
The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the programme. It shall be assisted by the Management and Coordination Advisory Committee for Development-linked Research set up by Decision 84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (3), which defines the Committee's responsibilities and is referred to in Annex II.
The programme shall be implemented as often as possible in agreement with the scientific institutions in developing countries, after their needs in this respect have been established; research findings available in other parts of the world should be taken into account in an appropriate manner.
During the first year of the programme, the Commission shall, after obtaining the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 3, issue invitations to submit the proposals necessary for the progressive implementation of the programme.
During the third year of the programme, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the programme in the light of the specific objectives given in Annex I. In carrying out this evaluation, the Commission shall be assisted by independent experts among whom there must be a sufficient number of specialists from developing countries. Following this evaluation, the Commission may submit proposals for any consequent amendments.
Disssemination of information applicable to the programme shall be subject to the following conditions:
1. Rules governing ownership, the obligations of the Community, and, should the need arise, of the contractor, with regard to information and inventions, whether or not patentable, resultable from research or work done under contract, shall be defined case by case in the contracts.
2. The Commission shall communicate the information and inventions in which it has the rights to the Member States and to persons and undertakings which pursue, on the territory of a Member State or in a deve
loping country, a research or a production activity justifying access to such information. The Commission, after obtaining the agreement of the contracting parties, must also communicate this information to the developing countries, not only to those with which the Community has concluded association or cooperation agreements, and to the non-associated developing countries which benefit from financial and technical aid from the Community, but also to all developing countries which have an urgent need and which are in a position to make use of such knowledge. The Commission shall lay down, in close consultation with the beneficiaries of research fundings, including those in developing countries, the conditions for the dissemination of such information to research institutions unconnected with the Community or to developing countries.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1987 until 31 December 1991.
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32000D0384 | 2000/384/EC, ECSC: Decision of the Council and the Commission of 19 April 2000 on the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part and the State of Israel, of the other part
| Decision of the Council and the Commission
of 19 April 2000
on the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part and the State of Israel, of the other part
(2000/384/EC, ECSC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), and the second subparagraph of Article 310(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
After consultation of the Consultative Committee and the unanimous agreement of the Council,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament(1),
Whereas:
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, signed in Brussels, on 20 November 1995, should be approved,
The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part and the State of Israel, of the other part, the Protocols annexed thereto and the Declaration attached to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community.
The texts referred to in the first paragraph are attached to this Decision.
1. The position to be adopted by the Community within the Association Council and the Association Committee shall be laid down by the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, or, where appropriate, by the Commission, each in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community.
2. The President of the Council shall, in accordance with Article 68 of the Agreement, preside over the Association Council and present the position of the Community. A representative of the Presidency of the Council shall preside over the Association Committee, in accordance with Article 71 of the Agreement, and present the position of the Community.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 85 of the Agreement on behalf of the European Community. The President of the Commission shall give such notification on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000R1987 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1987/2000 of 20 September 2000 setting the level of Community quantitative limits on re-importation into the European Community of textile products of category 13 originating in the People's Republic of China after economic outward processing operations in that country and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1987/2000
of 20 September 2000
setting the level of Community quantitative limits on re-importation into the European Community of textile products of category 13 originating in the People's Republic of China after economic outward processing operations in that country and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2000(2), and in particular Article 3(3) of Annex VII thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(3) of Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 stipulates that quantitative limits already in force on re-imports after economic outward processing operations may be adjusted if necessary.
(2) The quantitative limit in force applicable to the re-import into the European Community of textile products of category 13 originating in the People's Republic of China after economic outward processing operations in that country is not sufficient to meet the Community traders' import requirements up to the expiry of the present bilateral Agreement on trade in textile products.
(3) The table appended to Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Management Committee,
1. The Community quantitative limits applicable in 2000 to the re-import into the Community of textile products of category 13 originating in the People's Republic of China after economic outward processing operations in that country are hereby set at 827000 pieces.
2. The table appended to Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is hereby amended accordingly.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997R2017 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2017/97 of 15 October 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of the stabilizer to the yields used for the calculation of the compensatory payments referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2017/97 of 15 October 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of the stabilizer to the yields used for the calculation of the compensatory payments referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92
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 (EC) No 1422/97 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas, in order to prevent complicated regionalization plans resulting in actual yields which significantly exceed historical yields, Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides for the reduction of compensatory payments during the following marketing year in proportion to the overrun of the average historical yield resulting from the 1993 regionalization plans or, in the case of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the plan implemented in 1995;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 769/96 (4), lays down the procedure to be used for determining such overruns and lays down, inter alia, the historical reference yields;
Whereas, following a request from Germany to be permitted to apply a national base area with a view to the possible application of Article 2 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, an average historical yield should also be set for that Member State; whereas Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,
In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1237/95, against 'Germany`, a yield of '5,66 t/ha` is hereby inserted accompanied by the following footnote: 'Where Article 2 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 is applied.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 1997/98 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005D0722 | 2005/722/EC: Council Decision of 17 October 2005 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2005/428/CFSP
| 18.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 272/15
COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 October 2005
implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2005/428/CFSP
(2005/722/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 6 June 2005 the Council adopted Decision 2005/428/CFSP implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2005/221/CFSP (2).
(2) It has been decided to adopt an updated list of the persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies,
The list provided for in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 shall be replaced by the following:
‘(…)’.
Decision 2005/428/CFSP is hereby repealed.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect on the day of its publication. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R2030 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2030/2001 of 16 October 2001 amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2030/2001
of 16 October 2001
amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98(3), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The amounts of the representative prices and additional duties applicable to the import of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2001(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2001(5).
(2) It follows from applying the general and detailed fixing rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 to the information known to the Commission that the representative prices and additional duties at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 October 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992D0037 | 92/37/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 December 1991 approving the programme of measures submitted by the Greek Government in 1991 on the restructuring of the system for agricultural surveys in Greece (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 12 December 1991 approving the programme of measures submitted by the Greek Government in 1991 on the restructuring of the system for agricultural surveys in Greece (Only the Greek text is authentic) (92/37/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 85/360/EEC of 16 July 1985 on the restructuring of the system for agricultural surveys in Greece (1), as amended by Decision 90/386/EEC (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, as required by Article 4 (1) of the said Decision, the Greek Government has submitted the annual programme of measures planned for 1992;
Whereas the programme that has been submitted is such as to attain the objectives of organizing in Greece a system of surveys on agricultural matters which will satisfy Community requirements in respect of statistical information in this field;
Whereas the Greek Government has submitted the report on the execution of the preceding annual programme;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,
The programme of measures on the restructuring of the system for agricultural surveys in Greece submitted by the Greek Government in 1991 is approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Greek Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31983R0315 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/83 of 24 January 1983 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending Annex A to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (heading No 22.09 of the Common Customs Tariff)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 315/83 of 24 January 1983 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending Annex A to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (heading No 22.09 of the Common Customs Tariff)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas it is necessary to approve the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending Annex A to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [1],
[1] See page 1 of this Official Journal.
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending Annex A to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (heading No 22.09 of the Common Customs Tariff) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from the entry into force of the Cooperation Agreement.
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 |
32004R0501 | Regulation (EC) No 501/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on quarterly financial accounts for general government (Text with EEA relevance)
| Regulation (EC) No 501/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 10 March 2004
on quarterly financial accounts for general government
(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 285 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank(1),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(2),
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community(3) contains the reference framework of common standards, definitions, classifications and accounting rules for drawing up the accounts of the Member States for the statistical requirements of the Community, in order to obtain comparable results between Member States.
(2) The report by the Monetary Committee on information requirements, endorsed by the ECOFIN Council on 18 January 1999, underlined that, for the proper functioning of Economic and Monetary Union and the single market, effective surveillance and coordination of economic policies are of major importance and that this requires a comprehensive statistical information system providing policy-makers with the necessary data on which to base their decisions. That report also stated that high priority should be given to short-term public finance statistics for Member States, in particular those participating in Economic and Monetary Union, and that the objective was the compilation of quarterly government financial accounts following a step-by-step approach.
(3) Quarterly national data of financial accounts (transactions and balance sheets) for the government sector make up a large proportion of all financial transactions and financial balance sheets in the euro area and provide important information to support the conduct of monetary policy. In this respect and for its own purpose the Governing Council of the European Central Bank has adopted regulations and guidelines to safeguard the transmission of infra-annual data on financial statistics and national financial accounts to the European Central Bank.
(4) Counterpart sector information on government financial transactions and balance sheets is required to enable comprehensive analysis of government financing and financial investment by counterpart sector and by instrument.
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 264/2000 of 3 February 2000 on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 with respect to short-term public finance statistics(4) and Regulation (EC) No 1221/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 10 June 2002 on quarterly non-financial accounts for general government(5) specify the non-financial quarterly data for general government that is to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) by Member States.
(6) Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 lay down the conditions under which the Commission may adopt amendments to the methodology of the European System of Accounts in order to clarify and improve its contents. The compilation of government quarterly financial accounts will require additional resources in Member States, and cannot therefore be dealt with by a Commission Decision but should rather be adopted by a specific Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(7) The Statistical Programme Committee (SPC) set up by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom(6), and the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics (CMFB) set up by Council Decision 91/115/EEC,(7) declared themselves in favour of the draft of this Regulation,
Purpose
The purpose of this Regulation is to list and define the main characteristics of the European System of Accounts (ESA 95) categories of financial transactions and of financial assets and liabilities for the general government sector and for each of the subsectors within general government, to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly following a step-by-step approach.
Compilation of quarterly data: sources and methods
1. With a view to achieving high-quality statistics, quarterly data for financial transactions and for financial assets and liabilities shall be based as far as possible on information directly available within general government. However, quarterly data on unquoted shares (AF.512) and other equity (AF.513), as defined and codified in ESA 95 and held by general government units, may be estimated by interpolating and extrapolating information on the respective annual data.
2. The compilation of quarterly data for financial transactions and for financial assets and liabilities shall comply with the ESA 95 rules, especially concerning the sectoral classification of institutional units, consolidation rules, the classification of financial transactions and financial assets and liabilities, the time of recording, and valuation rules.
3. The quarterly data and the corresponding annual data transmitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 shall be mutually consistent.
4. The quarterly data on financial assets and liabilities are the outstanding amounts of financial assets and liabilities at the end of each quarter.
Transmission of quarterly data on financial transactions, financial assets and liabilities
1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly data on financial transactions (F.) and on financial assets and liabilities (AF.) for the following list of instruments as defined and codified in ESA 95:
(a) monetary gold and special drawing rights (SDRs) (F.1 and AF.1);
(b) currency and deposits (F.2 and AF.2);
(c) short-term securities other than shares, excluding financial derivatives (F.331 and AF.331);
(d) long-term securities other than shares, excluding financial derivatives (F.332 and AF.332);
(e) financial derivatives (F.34 and AF.34);
(f) short-term loans (F.41 and AF.41);
(g) long-term loans (F.42 and AF.42);
(h) shares and other equity (F.5 and AF.5);
(i) net equity of households in life insurance reserves and in pension fund reserves (F.61 and AF.61);
(j) prepayments of insurance premiums and reserves for outstanding claims (F.62 and AF.62);
(k) other accounts receivable/payable (F.7 and AF.7).
2. Member States shall also transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly data for the central government subsector (S.1311) as referred to in Article 4 as follows:
(a) quoted shares (F.511 and AF.511), in respect of financial asset transactions and financial assets;
(b) currency (F.21 and AF.21), in respect of liability transactions and liabilities.
Coverage of the general government sector and subsectors
Member States shall transmit quarterly data for the general government sector and its subsectors as defined and codified in ESA 95, as general government (S.13), comprising:
- central government (S.1311),
- State government (S.1312),
- local government (S.1313),
- social security funds (S.1314).
Nature of the quarterly data covered by the transmission
1. Quarterly data as referred to in Article 3 shall be transmitted on a consolidated basis for the general government subsectors as referred to in Article 4.
2. Quarterly data as referred to in Article 3 shall be transmitted on both a consolidated and a non-consolidated basis for the general government sector (S.13) as referred to in Article 4.
3. Quarterly data with breakdown by counterpart sector shall be provided for the subsectors central government (S.1311) and social security funds (S.1314) as referred to in Article 4 and described in the Annex to this Regulation.
Timetable for the transmission of quarterly data
1. Quarterly data as referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate.
2. Any revision of quarterly data for previous quarters shall be transmitted at the same time.
3. The first transmission of quarterly data as referred to in Articles 3, with the exception of other accounts receivable/payable (F.7 and AF.7), 4 and 5 shall be made in accordance with the following timetable:
(a) for the central government subsector (S.1311) and for the social security funds subsector (S.1314), no later than 30 June 2004; the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding 18 months, for the starting date of transmission of data with breakdown by counterpart sector and of some data on financial transactions and financial assets and liabilities, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations;
(b) for the State government (S.1312) and local government (S.1313) subsectors:
(i) no later than 30 June 2004 for the transactions in liabilities and liabilities as detailed under Article 3(1); the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding 18 months, for the starting date of transmission of those data, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations;
(ii) no later than 30 June 2005 for the transactions in financial assets and assets as detailed under Article 3(1); the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding six months, for the starting date of transmission of those data, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations;
(c) for the general government sector (S.13), no later than 30 June 2005; the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding six months, for the starting date of transmission of those data, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations.
4. The first transmission to the Commission (Eurostat) of quarterly data for other accounts receivable/payable (F.7 and AF.7) and for the general government sector (S.13) and its subsectors as referred to in Article 4 shall be no later than 30 June 2005. The Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding six months, for the starting date of transmission of those data, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations.
Provisions relating to back data
1. Quarterly data as referred to in Article 6 shall cover back data for financial transactions from the first quarter of 1999 and financial balance sheets from the fourth quarter of 1998 in accordance with the timetable specified in Article 6(3) and (4) for the first transmission of data.
2. Where necessary, back data may be based on "best estimates", respecting in particular the provisions of Article 2(2) and (3).
Implementation
1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), when they first start to transmit quarterly data in accordance with the timetable referred to in Article 6(3) and (4).
2. Member States shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) of any changes to this initial description when they communicate the revised data.
3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the Statistical Programme Committee (SPC) and the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics (CMFB) informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State.
Report
On the basis of the transmission of data referred to in Articles 3, 4, and 5, and after consulting the SPC and the CMFB, the Commission shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of the quarterly data delivered by Member States.
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Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32010R0794 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 794/2010 of 8 September 2010 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/10 marketing year
| 9.9.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 238/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 794/2010
of 8 September 2010
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/10 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2009/10 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 789/2010 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/10, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September 2010.
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32005R0399 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 399/2005 of 10 March 2005 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
| 11.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 65/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 399/2005
of 10 March 2005
fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and prices for these products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in pigmeat that the refund should be fixed as set out below.
(3) In the case of products falling within CN code 0210 19 81, the refund should be limited to an amount which takes account of the qualitative characteristics of each of the products falling within these codes and of the foreseeable trend of production costs on the world market. It is important that the Community should continue to take part in international trade in the case of certain typical Italian products falling within CN code 0210 19 81.
(4) Because of the conditions of competition in certain third countries, which are traditionally importers of products falling within CN codes 1601 00 and 1602, the refund for these products should be fixed so as to take this situation into account. Steps should be taken to ensure that the refund is granted only for the net weight of the edible substances, to the exclusion of the net weight of the bones possibly contained in the said preparations.
(5) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund on the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 according to destination.
(6) The refunds should be fixed taking account of the amendments to the refund nomenclature established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (2).
(7) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to circulate freely within the Community. Therefore, to be eligible for a refund, products should be required to bear the health mark laid down in Council Directive 64/433/EEC (3), Council Directive 94/65/EC (4) and Council Directive 77/99/EEC (5).
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
The list of products on which the export refund specified in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is granted and the amount of the refund shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
The products concerned must comply with the relevant provisions on health marks laid down in:
— Chapter XI of Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC,
— Chapter VI of Annex I to Directive 94/65/EC,
— Chapter VI of Annex B to Directive 77/99/EEC.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 March 2005.
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