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31975D0008 | 75/8/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 November 1974 on the reform of agricultural structures in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg pursuant to Council Directives No 72/159/EEC and No 72/160/EEC (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 27 November 1974 on the reform of agricultural structures in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg pursuant to Council Directives No 72/159/EEC and No 72/160/EEC (Only the French text is authentic) (75/8/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Directive No 72/159/EEC (1) of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms, and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof;
Having regard to Council Directive No 72/160/EEC (2) of 17 April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purpose of structural improvement, and in particular Article 9 (3) thereof;
Whereas on 17 June 1974 and on 27 June 1974 the Luxembourg Government, pursuant to Article 17 (4) of Directive No 72/159/EEC and to Article 8 (4) of Directive No 72/160/EEC, notified the following provisions: - Grand-Ducal Regulation of 21 May 1974 on the modernization of farms in pursuance of the Agricultural Guidance Law of 23 April 1965 and of Directive No 72/159/EEC,
- Law of 10 May 1974 introducing measures of social and economic redeployment in the agricultural, commercial and small business sectors;
Whereas Article 18 (3) of Directive No 72/159/EEC and Article 9 (3) of Directive No 72/160/EEC require the Commission to determine whether, having regard to the objectives of those Directives and to the need for a proper connection between the various measures, the draft provisions so notified comply with those Directives and thus satisfy the conditions for financial contribution to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive No 72/159/EEC and Article 6 of Directive No 72/160/EEC;
Whereas the objective of Directive No 72/159/EEC is to encourage the creation and development of farms which are capable through the adoption of rational methods of production of ensuring that persons working on them have an income comparable to that received for non-agricultural work and enjoy acceptable working conditions;
Whereas Directive No 72/159/EEC accordingly requires the Member States to introduce selective incentives to farmers who produce a farm development plan showing that on completion of the development period the farm will be capable of attaining as a minimum, for at least one man-work unit, a level of earned income from agricultural production comparable to that received for non-agricultural work;
Whereas the measures provided for in the abovementioned Grand-Ducal Regulation of 21 May 1974 to assist farms with a development plan comply with the objectives of Directive No 72/159/EEC;
Whereas under Article 23 of Directive No 72/159/EEC the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has the power to maintain until 31 December 1975 the measures now in force in respect of farms which do not comply with the conditions set out in Articles 2 and 4 of Directive No 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the objective of Directive No 72/160/EEC is to make sufficient vacant land available for the formation of farms of appropriate size and structure as provided in Article 4 of Council Directive No 72/159/EEC on the modernization of farms;
Whereas to achieve this objective Member States are consequently required: - under Article 2 (1) (a) of Directive No 72/160/EEC, to grant annuities to farmers aged between 55 and 65, practising farming as their main occupation, who cease farming,
- under Article 2 (1) (b) of Directive No 72/160/EEC, to grant farmers premiums, such premiums not to be eligible for assistance and to be calculated by reference to the utilized agricultural area released,
- under Article 2 (1) (c) of Directive No 72/160/EEC, to grant annuities to permanent hired or family workers aged between 55 and 65 who are employed on farms on which the farmer benefits from any measure provided for under Article 2 (1) (a) or (b) of the Directive;
Whereas the granting of such annuities or premiums is subject to the condition that the recipient cease working in agriculture and that, where the recipient is a farmer, at least 85 % of his land be either sold or (1)OJ No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 9.
leased to farms which are undergoing modernization pursuant to Directive No 72/159/EEC, or that it be withdrawn permanently from agricultural use or sold or leased to a land agency, which must put the land to one of the abovementioned uses;
Whereas Member States may vary the amount of an annuity or premium, or refuse to grant the same, on the ground of the age and/or means of a prospective beneficiary;
Whereas Member States may reduce annuities granted to permanent hired or family workers by the amount of any unemployment benefit received by the beneficiary;
Whereas the abovementioned law of 10 May 1974 complies with the objective of Directive No 72/160/EEC;
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 Structure,
1. The Grand-Ducal Regulation of 21 May 1974 on the modernization of farms, as notified by the Government of Luxembourg and adopted in pursuance of the Agricultural Guidance Law of 23 April 1965 and of Directive No 72/159/EEC, satisfies the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive No 72/159/EEC.
2. The Law of 10 May 1974 introducing measures of social and economic redeployment in the agricultural and small business sectors as notified by the Government of Luxembourg, satisfies the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 6 of Directive No 72/160/EEC.
Financial contribution by the Community shall be confined to eligible expenditure arising in connection with aids granted in pursuance of decisions taken on or after 10 May 1974.
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32011R0224 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 224/2011 of 7 March 2011 on fixing the standard fee per farm return from the 2011 accounting year of the farm accountancy data network
| 8.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 61/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 224/2011
of 7 March 2011
on fixing the standard fee per farm return from the 2011 accounting year of the farm accountancy data network
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 of 30 November 2009 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 provides that a standard fee shall be paid by the Commission to the Member States for each duly completed farm return and forwarded to it within the period prescribed in Article 3 of that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1264/2008 of 16 December 2008 fixing the standard fee per farm return from the 2009 accounting year of the farm accountancy data network (3) fixed the amount of the standard fee for the 2009 accounting year at EUR 155 per farm return. The trend in costs and its effects on the cost of completing the farm return justify a revision of the fee.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
The standard fee provided for in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 shall be fixed at EUR 157.
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 the 2011 accounting year.
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 |
32000D0106 | 2000/106/EC: Council Decision of 31 January 2000 appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 31 January 2000
appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions
(2000/106/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 Council Decision of 26 January 1998(1) appointing members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas a seat as a member of the Committee has become vacant following the resignation of Mr GĂźnter Meyer, member, notified to the Council on 17 November 1999;
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Mr Stanislaw Tillich is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr GĂźnter Meyer for the remainder of his term of office, which expires on 25 January 2002. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0629 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 629/2004 of 2 April 2004 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 629/2004
of 2 April 2004
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003(2).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(3) allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 29 March to 1 April 2004 at 83,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0393 | 2014/393/EU: Council Decision of 20 June 2014 abrogating Decision 2010/283/EU on the existence of an excessive deficit in Belgium
| 26.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 186/72
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 June 2014
abrogating Decision 2010/283/EU on the existence of an excessive deficit in Belgium
(2014/393/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 126(12) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 2 December 2009, following a recommendation from the Commission, the Council decided, in Decision 2010/283/EU (1), that an excessive deficit existed in Belgium. The Council noted that the general government deficit planned for 2009 was 5,9 % of GDP, thus above the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value, while the general government gross debt was planned to reach 97,6 % of GDP in 2009, thus above the 60 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value. The general government deficit and debt for 2009 were subsequently revised to 5,6 % and 95,7 % of GDP, respectively.
(2) On 2 December 2009, in accordance with Article 126(7) of the Treaty and Article 3(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 (2), the Council, based on a recommendation from the Commission, addressed a Recommendation to Belgium with a view to bringing the excessive deficit situation to an end by 2012 at the latest. That Recommendation was made public.
(3) On 21 June 2013, on the basis of a Commission recommendation, the Council decided under Article 126(8) of the Treaty that Belgium had not taken effective action in compliance with Council Recommendation of 2 December 2009 to correct its excessive deficit by 2012, and decided under Article 126(9) of the Treaty to give notice to Belgium to put an end to the excessive deficit situation by 2013. Belgium was given the deadline of 15 September to report on the measures taken to comply with this decision in accordance with Article 5(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97. On 15 November 2013, the Commission concluded that Belgium had taken effective action and that no further steps in the excessive deficit procedure were needed at that moment.
(4) In accordance with Article 4 of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaties, the Commission provides the data for the implementation of the procedure. As part of the application of that Protocol, Member States are to notify data on government deficits and debt and other associated variables twice a year, namely before 1 April and before 1 October, in accordance with Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 (3).
(5) When considering whether a decision on the existence of an excessive deficit ought to be abrogated, the Council is to take a decision on the basis of notified data. Moreover, a decision on the existence of an excessive deficit should be abrogated only if the Commission forecasts indicate that the deficit will not exceed the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value over the forecast horizon (4).
(6) Based on data provided by the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2009, following the notification by Belgium before 1 April 2014, the 2014 Stability Programme, and the Commission services 2014 spring forecast, the following conclusions are justified:
— After peaking at 5,6 % of GDP in 2009, of which around 0,7 % of GDP was due to one-off factors, Belgium's general government deficit was brought down to 2,6 % of GDP in 2013, in line with Council Decision 2013/370/EU (5). The improvement was driven by significant fiscal consolidation, as well as by an improvement in the cyclical conditions.
— The Stability Programme for 2014-17, submitted by the Belgian Government on 30 April 2014, plans a decline in the deficit to 2,15 % of GDP in 2014 and then to 1,4 % of GDP in 2015. Based on a no-policy-change assumption, the Commission services 2014 Spring forecast projects a deficit of 2,6 % of GDP in 2014, and 2,8 % of GDP in 2015. Thus, the deficit is set to remain below the 3 %-of-GDP Treaty reference value over the forecast horizon.
— After improving by 0,7 % of GDP in 2013, the structural balance, that is the general government balance adjusted for the economic cycle and net of one-off and other temporary measures, is forecast to remain stable in 2014 and worsen slightly in 2015, based on a no-policy-change assumption. In that context, it appears that there is currently an emerging gap of 0,5 % of GDP relative to the required adjustment of the structural balance towards the medium-term budgetary objective (MTO) in 2014, suggesting that there is a need to reinforce the budgetary measures in order to ensure full compliance with the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact in view of the emerging risk of a significant deviation from the required adjustment path and the breach of the debt benchmark.
— The debt-to-GDP ratio rose by around 5 percentage points between 2009 and 2013, to 101,5 %, in part due to Belgium's contribution to financial assistance to euro area Member States. The gross government debt is forecast to remain around this level in 2014 and 2015.
(7) Starting from 2014, which is the year following the correction of the excessive deficit, Belgium is subject to the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact and should progress towards its MTO at an appropriate pace, including respecting the expenditure benchmark, and make sufficient progress towards compliance with the debt criterion in accordance with Article 2(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97.
(8) In accordance with Article 126(12) of the Treaty, a Council Decision on the existence of an excessive deficit is to be abrogated when the excessive deficit in the Member State concerned has, in the view of the Council, been corrected.
(9) In the view of the Council, the excessive deficit in Belgium has been corrected and Decision 2010/283/EU should therefore be abrogated,
From an overall assessment it follows that the excessive deficit situation in Belgium has been corrected.
Decision 2010/283/EU is hereby abrogated.
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32014D0417(02) | Council Decision of 14 April 2014 appointing a member and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work for Croatia
| 17.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 118/3
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 April 2014
appointing a member and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work for Croatia
2014/C 118/02
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2003/C 218/01 of 22 July 2003 setting up an Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the list of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decision of 22 April 2013 (2), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work for the period from 22 April 2013 until 28 February 2016.
(2) The Government of Croatia has submitted further nominations for several posts to be filled,
The following are appointed as member and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work for the period ending on 28 February 2016:
TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES:
Country Member Alternate
Croatia Mr Zdenko MUČNJAK Ms Gordana PALAJSA
The members and alternate members not yet nominated will be appointed by the Council at a later date.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0682 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 682/2014 of 20 June 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 37/2010, as regards the substance ‘closantel’ Text with EEA relevance
| 21.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 182/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 682/2014
of 20 June 2014
amending Regulation (EU) No 37/2010, as regards the substance ‘closantel’
(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 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council (1), and in particular Article 14 in conjunction with Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Medicines Agency formulated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use,
Whereas:
(1) The maximum residue limit (hereinafter ‘MRL’) for pharmacologically active substances intended for use in the Union in veterinary medicinal products for food-producing animals or in biocidal products used in animal husbandry is to be established in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 470/2009.
(2) Pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding MRLs in foodstuffs of animal origin are set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 (2).
(3) Closantel is currently included in Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 as an allowed substance, for bovine and ovine species, applicable to muscle, fat, liver, kidney and milk. The provisional maximum residue limits for that substance set out for bovine and ovine milk expired on 1 January 2014.
(4) Additional data were provided and assessed by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use who recommended that the provisional MRLs for closantel for bovine and ovine milk should be set as definitive.
(5) The entry for closantel in Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 is amended as set out in 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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996D0121 | 96/121/EC: Commission Decision of 15 November 1995 on the approval of the single programming document for Community structural assistance in the region of Steiermark concerned by Objective 2 in Austria (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 15 November 1995 on the approval of the single programming document for Community structural assistance in the region of Steiermark concerned by Objective 2 in Austria (Only the German text is authentic) (96/121/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (2), and in particular Article 10 (1) last subparagraph thereof,
After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and the Committee pursuant to Article 124 of the Treaty,
Whereas the programming procedure for structural assistance under Objective 2 is defined in Article 9 (8) to (10) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94; whereas, however, the last subparagraph of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in order to simplify and to speed up programming procedures, Member States may submit in a single programming document the information required for the regional and social conversion plan referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and the information required pursuant to Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas Article 10 (1) last subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in that case the Commission adopts a single decision in a single document covering the points referred to in Article 8 (3) and the assistance from the Funds referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 14 (3);
Whereas the Commission has established, by Decision 94/169/EC (4), an initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 for the period from 1994 to 1996; whereas this list has been enlarged by Decision 95/47/EC (5) as regards the zones eligible for Objective 2 in Austria and Finland;
Whereas Article 9 (6) second subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 provides that, on an exceptional basis, the Commission can accede to a request from Austria, Finland or Sweden that assistance under Objective 2 be planned and implemented for the whole period from 1995 to 1999; whereas Austria has requested implementation of this provision and accordingly the assistance under Objective 2 will cover the period 1995 to 1999;
Whereas the Austrian Government has submitted to the Commission on 26 April 1995 the single programming document referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 for the region of Steiermark; whereas this document contains the elements referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas expenditure under this single programming document is eligible as from that date, pursuant to Article 33 (2) second subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, as from 1 January 1995;
Whereas the single programming document submitted by this Member State includes a description of the conversion priorities selected and the applications for assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF);
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the Commission is charged with ensuring, within the framework of the partnership, coordination and consistency between assistance from the Funds and assistance provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments, including the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the other actions for structural purposes;
Whereas the EIB has been involved in the drawing up of the single programming document in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, applicable by analogy in the establishment of the single programming document; whereas it has declared itself prepared to contribute to the implementation of this document in conformity with its statutory provisions; whereas, however, it has not yet been possible to evaluate precisely the amounts of Community loans corresponding to the financial needs;
Whereas Article 2 second subparagraph of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 of 2 July 1990 on arrangements for using the ecu for the purpose of the budgetary management of the Structural Funds (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2745/94 (7), stipulates that in the Commission Decisions approving a single programming document, the Community assistance available for the entire period and the annual breakdown thereof shall be set out in ecus at prices for the year in which each decision is taken and shall be subject to indexation; whereas this annual breakdown must be compatible with the progressive increase in the commitment appropriations shown in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as amended by the Act of Accession (8); whereas indexation is based on a single rate per year, corresponding to the rates applied annually to budget appropriations on the basis of the mechanism for the technical adjustment of the financial perspectives;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Regional Development Fund (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2083/93 (10), defines the measures for which the ERDF may provide financial support;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4255/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Social Fund (11), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2084/93 (12), defines the measures for which the ESF may provide financial support;
Whereas the single programming document has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas the single programming document satisfies the conditions and includes the information required by Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88;
Whereas certain measures provided for in the present single programming document involve co-financing with existing aid schemes that were notified to the EFTA Surveillance Authority as existing aid on entry into force of the Agreement on the European Economic Area or have been approved by the EFTA Surveillance Authority or the Commission since 1 January 1994, or with new or altered aid schemes that have not yet been approved by the Commission; whereas the existing aid schemes will, if necessary, be brought into line with Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty or replaced by other approved aid schemes;
Whereas the present assistance satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, and so should be implemented by means of an integrated approach involving finance from more than one Fund;
Whereas Article 1 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (13), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2335/95 (14), states that the legal commitments entered into for measures extending over more than one financial year must contain a time limit for implementation which must be specified to the recipient in due form when the aid is granted;
Whereas all the other conditions laid down for the grant of aid from the ERDF and the ESF have been complied with,
The single programming document for Community structural assistance in the region of Steiermark concerned by Objective 2 in Austria, covering the period 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1999, is hereby approved.
The single programming document includes the following essential elements:
(a) a statement of the priorities for joint action, their specific quantified objectives, an appraisal of their expected impact and their consistency with economic, social and regional policies in Austria;
the priorities are:
1. promotion of investments in industry and tourism;
2. promotion of technological and innovative transfer, consulting and other software-activities;
3. creation, improvement and extension of local infrastructures;
4. development of human resources;
5. cooperation and conversion management;
(b) the assistance from the Structural Funds as referred to in Article 4;
(c) the detailed provisions for implementing the single programming document comprising:
- the procedures for monitoring and evaluation,
- the financial implementation provisions,
- the rules for compliance with Community policies;
(d) the procedures for verifying additionality and an initial evaluation of the latter;
(e) the arrangements for associating the environmental authorities with the implementation of the single programming document;
(f) the means available for technical assistance necessary for the preparation, implementation or adaptation of the measures concerned.
For the purpose of indexation, the annual breakdown of the global maximal allocation foreseen for the assistance from the Structural Funds is as follows:
>TABLE>
The assistance from the Structural Funds granted to the single programming document amounts to a maximum of ECU 57,970 million.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds to the various priorities and measures, is set out in the financing plan and the detailed implementing provisions which form an integral part of the single programming document.
The national financial contribution envisaged, which is approximately ECU 124 million for the public sector and ECU 282 million for the private sector, may be met in part by Community loans, in particular from the ECSC and EIB.
1. The breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
>TABLE>
2. The budgetary commitments for the first instalment are as follows:
>TABLE>
Commitments of subsequent instalments will be based on the financing plan for the single programming document and on progress in its implementation.
The breakdown among the Structural Funds and the procedure for the grant of the assistance may be altered subsequently, subject to the availability of funds and the budgetary rules, in the light of adjustments decided according to the procedure laid down in Article 25 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88.
1. This Decision is without prejudice to the position of the Commission on notified or unnotified new or existing aid schemes that are used in implementing the measures contained in the single programming document; pursuant to Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty, aid schemes must be approved by the Commission, except where they comply with the de minimis rule as described in the Community guidelines on State aid for small and medium-sized enterprises (15).
2. Community assistance in connection with existing aid schemes within the meaning of Article 172 (5) of the Act of Accession shall be granted, subject to possible adjustments or limitations that may be necessary to render them compatible with the Treaty.
3. Community assistance for new or altered aid schemes shall be suspended until they have been approved by the Commission.
The Community assistance concerns expenditure on operations under the single programming document which, in the Member State concerned, are the subject of legally binding commitments and for which the requisite finance has been specifically allocated no later than 31 December 1999. The final date for taking account of expenditure on these measures is 31 December 2001.
The single programming document shall be implemented in accordance with Community law, and in particular Articles 6, 30, 48, 52 and 59 of the Treaty and the Community Directives on the coordination of procedures for the award of contracts.
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32011D0735 | 2011/735/CFSP: Council Decision 2011/735/CFSP of 14 November 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
| 15.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 296/53
COUNCIL DECISION 2011/735/CFSP
of 14 November 2011
amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1).
(2) On 23 October 2011, the European Council stated that the EU would impose further measures against the Syrian regime as long as the repression of the civilian population continued.
(3) In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, the Council considers it necessary to impose additional restrictive measures.
(4) The European Investment Bank should suspend the disbursement or other payments under or in connection with existing loan agreements with Syria as well as existing Technical Assistance Service Contracts for sovereign projects located in Syria.
(5) Furthermore, the information relating to one person on the list in Annex I to Decision 2011/273/CFSP should be updated.
(6) Decision 2011/273/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
In Decision 2011/273/CFSP, the following article is inserted:
‘Article 2e
The following shall be prohibited:
(a) any disbursement or payment by the European Investment Bank (EIB) under or in connection with any existing loan agreements entered into between Syria and the EIB;
(b) the continuation by the EIB of any existing Technical Assistance Service Contracts for sovereign projects located in Syria.’.
In Annex I to Decision 2011/273/CFSP, the entry for Nizar AL-ASSAAD shall be replaced by the entry set out in the Annex to this Decision.
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31991R2666 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2666/91 of 6 September 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1187/91 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to the Soviet Union
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2666/91 of 6 September 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1187/91 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export 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 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1187/91 (3) provides for the sale of intervention beef held in Italy;
Whereas the time limit for taking over from intervention stocks should be extended in order to facilitate the sale;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The date '1 April 1991' referred to in the second indent of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1187/91 is replaced by '1 June 1991'.
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 |
31995D0174 | 95/174/EC: Commission Decision of 7 March 1995 laying down special conditions for the import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Peru
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 March 1995 laying down special conditions for the import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Peru (Text with EEA relevance) (95/174/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 (3) (b) thereof,
Whereas Peruvian legislation makes the Ministerio de Salud, Direcciรณn General de Salud Ambiental ('Digesa`) responsible for inspecting the health of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and for monitoring the hygiene and sanitary conditions of production; whereas the same legislation empowers Digesa to authorize or prohibit the harvesting of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from certain zones;
Whereas the Digesa and its laboratories are capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force in Peru;
Whereas the competent Peruvian authorities have undertaken to communicate regularly and quickly to the Commission data on the presence of plankton containing toxins in the harvest zones;
Whereas the competent Peruvian authorities have provided official assurances regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/492/EEC and with requirements equivalent to those prescribed in that Directive for the classification of production and relaying zones, approval of dispatch and purification centres and public health control and production monitoring; whereas in particular any possible change in harvesting zones is to be communicated to the Community;
Whereas Peru is eligible for inclusion in the list of third countries fulfilling the conditions of equivalence referred to in Article 9 (3) (a) of Directive 91/492/EEC;
Whereas the procedure for obtaining a health certificate referred to in Article 9 (3) (b) (i) of Directive 91/492/EEC must include the definition of a model certificate, the language(s) in which it must be drawn up, the qualifications of the signatory and the health mark to be affixed to packaging;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (3) (b) (ii) of Directive 91/492/EEC, the production areas from which bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods may be harvested and exported to the Community must be designated;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (3) (c) of Directive 91/492/EEC, a list of the establishments from which the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods is authorized should be established; whereas such establishments may appear on the list only if they are officially approved by the competent Peruvian authorities; whereas it is the duty of the competent Peruvian authorities to ensure that the provisions laid down to this end in Article 9 (3) (c) of Directive 91/492/EEC are complied with;
Whereas the special import conditions apply without prejudice to decisions taken pursuant to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (2), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Ministerio de Salud, Direcciรณn General de Salud Ambiental ('Digesa`) shall be the competent authority in Peru for verifying and certifying that live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods fulfil the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC.
Live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Peru and intended for human consumption must meet the following conditions:
1. Each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A hereto.
2. Consignments must originate in the authorized production areas listed in Annex B hereto.
3. They must be packed in sealed packages by an approved dispatch or purification centre included in the list in Annex C hereto.
4. Each package must bear an indelible health mark containing at least the following information:
- country of dispatch: Peru,
- the species (common and scientific names),
- the identification of the production area and the dispatch centre by their approval number,
- the date of packing, including at least the day and month.
1. Certificates as referred to in Article 2 (1) must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State in which the check is carried out.
2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the official/representative of the Digesa and its official seal, in a colour different from that of other endorsements.
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32012D0760 | 2012/760/EU: Council Decision of 6 December 2012 appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| 8.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 336/82
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 December 2012
appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/760/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Heinz MAURUS.
(3) An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Dr Ekkehard KLUG,
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
(a) as member:
— Ms Anke SPOORENDONK, Ministerin für Justiz, Kultur und Europa,
(b) as alternate member:
— Mr Eberhard SCHMIDT-ELSAESSER, Staats-sekretär.
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32003R0442 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 442/2003 of 10 March 2003 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 442/2003
of 10 March 2003
on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2002(2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).
(2) Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in and imported from the United States of America and Canada which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 at 11500 t.
(3) It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit,
1. All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 March 2003 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full.
2. Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of April 2003 for 8917,721 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 March 2003.
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32009R1171 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1171/2009 of 30 November 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee's (IFRIC) Interpretation 9 and International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 (Text with EEA relevance)
| 1.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/43
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1171/2009
of 30 November 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee's (IFRIC) Interpretation 9 and International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the application of international accounting standards (1), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 (2) certain international standards and interpretations that were in existence on 15 October 2008 were adopted.
(2) On 12 March 2009, the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) published amendments to International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee's (IFRIC) Interpretation 9 Reassessment of Embedded Derivatives and International Accounting Standard 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement hereinafter ‘amendments to IFRIC 9 and IAS 39’. The amendments to IFRIC 9 and IAS 39 clarify the treatment of derivative financial instruments embedded in other contracts when a hybrid financial asset is reclassified out of the fair value through profit or loss category.
(3) The consultation with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) confirms that the amendments to IFRIC 9 and IAS 39 meet the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002. In accordance with Commission Decision 2006/505/EC of 14 July 2006 setting up a Standards Advice Review Group to advise the Commission on the objectivity and neutrality of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's (EFRAG’s) opinions (3), the Standards Advice Review Group considered EFRAG's opinion on endorsement and advised the Commission that it is well-balanced and objective.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Accounting Regulatory Committee,
In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee's (IFRIC) Interpretation 9 Reassessment of Embedded Derivatives and International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement are amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Each company shall apply the amendments to IFRIC 9 and IAS 39, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, at the latest, as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting after 31 December 2008.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31995R2458 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2458/95 of 19 October 1995 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
| 21.10.1995 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 253/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2458/95
of 19 October 1995
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 (1) of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1739/93 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classificaiton of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and those rules also apply 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;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is accepted that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the combined nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12 (6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), for a period of three months by the holder;
Whereas the tariff and statistical nomenclature section of the Customs Code Committee has not delivered an opinion with the time limit set by its chairman,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31991R1949 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1949/91 of 2 July 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN codes 3904 10 00, 3904 21 00 and 3904 22 00 originating in Hungary, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1949/91 of 2 July 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN codes 3904 10 00, 3904 21 00 and 3904 22 00 originating in Hungary, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN codes 3904 10 00, 3904 21 00 and 3904 22 02, originating in Hungary, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 5 250 000; whereas, on 4 April 1991, imports of these products into the Community originating in Hungary reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Hungary,
As from 7 July 1991, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Hungary:
Order No CN code Description 10.0458 3904 10 00
3904 21 00
3904 22 00 Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms
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32012R0271 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 271/2012 of 26 March 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 27.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 89/64
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 271/2012
of 26 March 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003D0153 | 2003/153/EC: Commission Decision of 3 March 2003 concerning protection measures in relation to strong suspicion of avian influenza in the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 735)
| Commission Decision
of 3 March 2003
concerning protection measures in relation to strong suspicion of avian influenza in the Netherlands
(notified under document number C(2003) 735)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/153/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Council Directive 2002/33/EC(2), and, in particular, Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) During the night of 28 February to 1 March 2003 the veterinary authorities of the Netherlands informed the Commission about a strong suspicion of avian influenza in several poultry flocks in the province of Gelderland.
(2) Avian influenza is a highly contagious poultry disease that can pose a serious threat for the poultry industry.
(3) The Dutch authorities have immediately, before the official confirmation of the disease, implemented the measures foreseen in Council Directive 92/40/EEC(3) introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza while further confirmatory diagnostic procedures are carried out.
(4) In addition, the Netherlands in cooperation with the Commission, have put in place a nationwide standstill for transport of live poultry and hatching eggs, which includes a prohibition of dispatch of live poultry and hatching eggs to Member States and third countries. However, in view of the specificity of poultry production, movements of day-old chicks and poultry for immediate slaughter may be authorised within the Netherlands.
(5) These measures should be adopted at Community level for the sake of clarity and transparency.
(6) The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health scheduled for 5 March 2003,
1. Without prejudice to the measures taken by the Netherlands within the framework of Council Directive 92/40/EEC(4) within the surveillance zones, the Dutch veterinary authorities shall ensure that:
(a) no live poultry and hatching eggs are dispatched from the Netherlands to other Member States and to third countries;
(b) no live poultry and hatching eggs are transported within the Netherlands.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1(b), the competent veterinary authority, taking all appropriate bio-security measures to avoid the spread of the disease, may authorise as from 4 March the transport of:
(a) poultry for immediate slaughter to a slaughterhouse that has been designated by the competent authority;
(b) day-old chicks to a holding under official control.
The measures of this Decision are applicable until 24.00 on 6 March 2003.
Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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32013R0113 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 113/2013 of 7 February 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 8.2.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 37/8
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 113/2013
of 7 February 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31985D0425 | 85/425/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 May 1985 on an aid to producers' organizations granted by the United Kingdom Government (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 May 1985
on an aid to producers' organizations granted by the United Kingdom
Government
(Only the English text is authentic)
(85/425/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3443/80 (2), and in particular Articles 11 and 26 thereof, and to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (3), which replaced it with effect from 1 June 1982, and in particular Articles 13 and 28 thereof,
Having given notice, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2), to the parties concerned to submit their comments, and having regard to those comments,
Taking the following into account:
I
In accordance with Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, the United Kingdom Government notified the Commission by letters dated 28 March and 4 June 1980 from its Permanent Representation to the European Communities of its intention to grant, between 1 April and 30 September 1980, an aid of ÂŁ 2 million to producers' organizations in the fisheries sector.
This aid was to be shared among the various recipients according to the size of their catch in 1979 and was to be used for several measures including the introduction of temporary laying-up premiums, grants to port authorities enabling them to reduce temporarily the charges which they levy, the financing of programmes for improving packaging methods and publicity campaigns for fishery products and support for the autonomous systems of withdrawal prices operated by producers' organizations. The producers' organizations themselves were to be responsible for allocating the aid as between these four objectives.
The United Kingdom Government gave as its reason for granting this aid the difficult situation facing United Kingdom fishermen, who had been unable to raise market prices in line with the considerable rise in their production costs and in particular the rise in oil prices. The United Kingdom Government stressed that this situation had led to a decline in fishing activity and was likely to cause an uncontrolled break-up of the United Kingdom fishing fleet at a time when discussions at Community level had not yet established a common structures policy. The aid was thus intended to prevent an irreversible trend in the United Kingdom fishing industry with all the serious social and regional repercussions which it would entail. The United Kingdom Government considered that the aid in question would serve to strengthen the important position of producers' organizations in the common organization of the market in fishery products.
The aid described is covered by Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and Article 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81.
Following initial scrutiny the Commission took the view that the part of the aid in question which was intended to enable the producers' organizations to maintain their autonomous system of withdrawal prices was likely to constitute an infringement of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and, accordingly, decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 93 (2) of the Treaty in respect of all the aids to producers' organizations and, to this effect, by letter of 22 July 1980, gave the United Kingdom Government formal notice to submit its comments.
II
In its reply to the Commission dated 22 August 1980, the United Kingdom Government asked the Commission to confirm that it was opposed only to support for the autonomous withdrawal price systems. The Commission has never received a reply as to the justification for this aid.
Several Member States and several professional organizations have submitted their comments to the Commission. Some of the Member States and professional organizations share the Commission's view. Other Member States feel that the absence of a common fisheries policy obliged the Member States to introduce aids to prevent the situation from deteriorating.
The Commission asked the United Kingdom Government, by letter dated 3 February 1984 and telex dated 18 April 1984, to provide exact information as to the allocation of the amounts earmarked by each producers' organization for each of the four measures concerned. The United Kingdom Government forwarded to the Commission, by letter dated 17 May 1984, a table showing the allocation of the aid of ÂŁ 2 million among the producers' organizations concerned and the measures planned, which shows that at least 40 % of the total amount was reserved for supporting the autonomous withdrawal price systems.
It appears from this information that the United Kingdom Government granted the aid during the period in question despite the fact that the procedure laid down in Article 93 (2) had been initiated. The United Kingdom Government thus failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty.
III
Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 provide that producers' organizations may fix a withdrawal price below which they will not sell products supplied by their members. For certain products a withdrawal price is fixed by the Community while producers' organizations may fix an autonomous withdrawal price for any products.
The financial compensation provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 is reserved for withdrawals of products subject to the Community withdrawal system and can be granted only to producers' organizations which apply withdrawal prices fixed by the Community. In 1980 most producers' organizations in the United Kingdom were applying, for those products, withdrawal prices which were considerably higher than Community prices.
Moreover, the granting of aid to producers' organizations is governed by comprehensive rules and is limited to the granting of the aid provided for in Article 6 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and Article 6 (1), (2) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81. In consequence, State aids to producers' organizations in support of autonomous withdrawal price systems cannot be covered by those provisions, the purpose of which is to encourage the formation of producers' organizations and to facilitate their operation.
The State aid granted to producers' organizations in the United Kingdom to enable them to maintain their autonomous system of withdrawal prices strengthens the competitiveness of all their operations, including those covered by Community arrangements. The maximum amount of aid provided for in Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and in Article 6 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 is unduly increased by the granting of the aid in question. The granting of this aid may have important implications for the principles of responsibility and co-responsibility of producers' organizations under the organization of the market.
The granting of aid to producers' organizations to enable them to maintain their autonomous system of withdrawal prices therefore constitutes an infringement of Community law.
IV
Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty states that aids fulfilling the criteria laid down therein are incompatible in principle with the common market. The exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty are inapplicable in the case of an infringement of the organization of the market in fishery products.
This Decision is without prejudice to any consequences which the Commission might draw as regards recovery of the abovementioned aid from the recipients or the financing of the common agricultural policy by the EAGGF,
The aid to producers' organizations to enable them to maintain their autonomous system of withdrawal prices, as granted in the United Kingdom between 1 April and 30 September 1980, is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the EEC Treaty. Such aid shall accordingly no longer be granted.
The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission, within one month of the notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply herewith.
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32007R0386 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2007 of 10 April 2007 amending and adapting Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 opening standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States
| 11.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 96/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 386/2007
of 10 April 2007
amending and adapting Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 opening standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 (2) lapses as regards the exclusion of Bulgaria and Romania from the list of third countries towards which exports of cereals are destined, and should therefore be deleted.
(2) Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 contains entries in all Community languages. The corresponding entries in Bulgarian, Irish, Maltese and Romanian should be added to that Annex.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘2. For common wheat and rye, each invitation to tender shall cover a maximum quantity for export to third countries with the exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Serbia (3) and Switzerland.
For barley, each invitation to tender shall cover a maximum quantity for export to third countries with the exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Montenegro, Serbia (3), Switzerland and the United States of America.
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 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 Union.
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32008D0810 | 2008/810/EC: Commission Decision of 21 October 2008 on financial aid from the Community for the second half of 2008 for certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals (notified under document number C(2008) 5976)
| 24.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 281/30
COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 October 2008
on financial aid from the Community for the second half of 2008 for certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals
(notified under document number C(2008) 5976)
(Only the Spanish, English and French texts are authentic)
(2008/810/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 28(2) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (2), and in particular Article 32(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 28(1) of Decision 90/424/EEC Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals may be granted Community aid.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 of 28 November 2006 laying down detailed rules for the granting of Community financial assistance to Community reference laboratories for feed and food and the animal health sector (3) provides that the financial assistance from the Community is to be granted if the approved work programmes are efficiently carried out and the beneficiaries supply all the necessary information within certain time limits.
(3) In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 the relationship between the Commission and Community reference laboratories is laid down in a partnership agreement which is supported by a multi-annual work programme.
(4) The Commission has assessed the work programmes and corresponding budget estimates submitted by the Community reference laboratories for the second half of the year 2008.
(5) Accordingly, Community financial assistance should be granted to the Community reference laboratories designated to carry out the functions and duties provided for in the following acts:
— Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (4),
— Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2008 of 28 February 2008 concerning the Community reference laboratory for equine diseases other than African horse sickness and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5),
— Commission Regulation (EC) No 737/2008 of 28 July 2008 designating the Community reference laboratories for crustacean diseases, rabies and bovine tuberculosis, laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for the Community reference laboratories for rabies and bovine tuberculosis and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6).
(6) Financial assistance for the operation and organisation of workshops of Community reference laboratories should also be in conformity with the eligibility rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006.
(7) In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (7) animal disease eradication and control programmes (veterinary measures) shall be financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. Furthermore, Article 13, second paragraph of the Regulation foresees that in duly justified exceptional cases, for measures and programmes covered by Decision 90/424/EEC, expenditure relating to administrative and personnel costs incurred by Member States and beneficiaries of aid from the EAGF shall be borne by the Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 9, 36 and 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 are to apply.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
For crustacean diseases, the Community grants financial assistance to the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Weymouth Laboratory, United Kingdom, to carry out the functions and duties set out in Part I of Annex VI to Directive 2006/88/EC.
The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of 100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 51 000 for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2008.
For equine diseases other than African horse sickness, the Community grants financial assistance to the AFSSA, Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie animale et zoonoses/Laboratoire d’études et de recherche en pathologie equine, France, to carry out the functions and duties set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 180/2008.
The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of 100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 212 000 for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2008.
For rabies, the Community grants financial assistance to the AFSSA, Laboratoire d’études sur la rage et la pathologie des animaux sauvages, Nancy, France, to carry out the functions and duties set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 737/2008.
The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of 100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 128 000 for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2008, of which a maximum of EUR 33 000 shall be dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on rabies.
For tuberculosis, the Community grants financial assistance to the Laboratorio de Vigilancia Veterinaria (Visavet) of the Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, to carry out the functions and duties set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 737/2008.
The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of 100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 to be incurred by that institute for the work programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 100 000 for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2008, of which a maximum of EUR 21 000 shall be dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on tuberculosis diagnostic techniques.
This Decision is addressed to:
— Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Weymouth Laboratory, Dr Grant Stentiford, The Nothe, Barrack Road, Weymouth DT4 8UB, Dorset, United Kingdom. Tel. (44-13) 05 20 67 22,
— Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA) — Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie animale et zoonoses, Dr Stephan Zientara, 23, avenue du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort Cedex. Tel. (33) 143 96 72 80,
— AFSSA — Laboratoire d’études sur la rage et la pathologie des animaux sauvages, Dr Florence Cliquet, Nancy, F-54220 Malzéville. Tel. (33) 383 29 89 50,
— Visavet — Laboratorio de vigilancia veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dr Alicia Aranaz, Avda. Puerta de Hierro, s/n. Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040 Madrid. Tel. (34) 913 94 39 92. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R2185 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2185/2003 of 15 December 2003 fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the second invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2029/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2185/2003
of 15 December 2003
fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the second invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2029/2003
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 2029/2003 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 second invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2029/2003 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.
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32008L0045 | Commission Directive 2008/45/EC of 4 April 2008 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards an extension of the use of the active substance metconazole (Text with EEA relevance)
| 5.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 94/21
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/45/EC
of 4 April 2008
amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards an extension of the use of the active substance metconazole
(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 the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Commission Directive 2006/74/EC (2) metconazole was included as active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(2) When applying for the inclusion of metconazole its notifier BASF Aktiengesellschaft submitted data on uses to control fungi which supported the overall conclusion that it may be expected that plant protection products containing metconazole will fulfil the safety requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 91/414/EEC. Therefore, metconazole was included in Annex I to that Directive with the specific provisions that Member States may only authorise uses as fungicide.
(3) In addition to the control of fungi in certain agricultural uses, the notifier now has applied for an amendment to those specific provisions as regards the use as a plant growth regulator. In order to support such an extension of the use, the notifier submitted additional information.
(4) Belgium evaluated the information and data submitted by the notifier. It informed the Commission in October 2007 that it concluded that the requested extension of use does not cause any risks in addition to those already taken into account in the specific provisions for metconazole in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and in the Commission review report for that substance. This is particularly the case since the extension covers applications at rates that are lower than those necessary for a use as fungicide while the other application parameters as set out in the specific provisions of Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC remain unchanged.
(5) Therefore it is justified to modify the specific provisions for metconazole.
(6) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 91/414/EEC accordingly.
(7) 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.
Member States shall adopt and publish by 5 August 2008 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 6 August 2008.
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.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32007D0697 | 2007/697/EC: Commission Decision of 22 October 2007 granting a derogation requested by Ireland pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document number C(2007) 5095)
| 30.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 284/27
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 October 2007
granting a derogation requested by Ireland pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources
(notified under document number C(2007) 5095)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2007/697/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III thereto,
Whereas:
(1) If the amount of manure that a Member State intends to apply per hectare each year is different from the one specified in the first sentence of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC and in point (a) therof, that amount has to be fixed so as not to prejudice the achievement of the objectives specified in Article 1 of that Directive and has to be justified on the basis of objective criteria, such as, in the present case, long growing seasons and crops with high nitrogen uptake.
(2) On 12 November 2004, Ireland submitted to the Commission a request for a derogation under the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC. An updated request, based on the revised European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2006 (Statutory Instrument Number 378 of 2006) was submitted on 18 October 2006.
(3) The requested derogation concerns the intention of Ireland to allow the application of 250 kg nitrogen per hectare per year from livestock manure in farms with at least 80 % grassland. A maximum of 10 000 cattle holdings in Ireland representing 8 % of total holdings, 8 % of the Utilized Agricultural Land and 20 % of the Livestock Unit are potentially encompassed by the derogation.
(4) The Irish legislation implementing Directive 91/676/EEC, the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2006 (Statutory instrument No 378 of 2006), applies equally to the requested derogation.
(5) The Irish legislation implementing the Directive 91/676/EEC includes application maximum fertilisation rates both for nitrogen and phosphate. These maximum fertilisation rates are differentiated on the basis of nitrogen and phosphate soil content and, therefore, take into account the contribution of nitrogen and phosphate from the soil.
(6) The Third report on the implementation of the Nitrates Directive in Ireland and the recent Environmental Protection Agency reports covering the period 2001-2003 submitted to the Commission showed that mean nitrate concentration recorded in groundwater is of the order of 2,5 mg/L N and concentrations greater than 50 mg/L nitrates were recorded in no more than 2 % of the sampling points. Data on water quality in rivers for the period 2000-2003 showed that the mean value in Eurowaternet monitoring stations is 6,9 mg/L nitrates.
(7) 70 % of groundwater monitoring sites showed stable or decreasing trends in nitrates concentration; rivers recorded an improved quality in 2001-2003 compared to the previous reporting period 1995-1997 and reversed a decline in water quality that had been in evidence since the late 1980’. A decline of hypertrophic lakes was also noticed.
(8) Ireland, in conformity with paragraph 5 of article 3 of Directive 91/676/EEC, applies an action programme throughout its whole territory according to the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2006 (Statutory instrument No 378 of 2006).
(9) The number of livestock and the utilisation of chemical fertilisers decreased in the last decade. Cattle, pig and sheep number decreased respectively by 7 %, 3 % and 17 % in the period 1997-2004. Average nitrogen loading from livestock manure in 2004 was 103 kg/ha, with a significant decline compared to 140 kg/ha in 1998. Phosphorus (P) average loading was 16 kg/ha. Chemical nitrogen fertiliser use decreased by 21 % in the period 1999 to 2005, phosphate fertiliser use declined by 37 % in the period 1995 to 2005.
(10) In Ireland ninety percent of agricultural land is devoted to grassland with prevalence of grassland types well suited for grassland production. Overall, in grassland farms, 47 % of land area is farmed extensively and has therefore a relatively low stocking rate and low fertiliser inputs, 36 % is farmed under agro-environmental programmes (Rural Environment Protection Scheme, REP Scheme) and only 7 % is farmed intensively; 10 % is used for arable agriculture. Average chemical fertiliser use on grassland is 82 kg/ha nitrogen and 7,6 kg/ha phosphorus.
(11) Irish climate, characterised by an annual rainfall evenly distributed throughout the year and a relatively narrow annual temperature range promote a long grass-growing season ranging from 330 days per year in the south-west to around 250 days per year in the north-east.
(12) The technical and scientific documents presented in the Irish notification show that the proposed amount of 250 kg per hectare per year nitrogen from grazing livestock manure in farms with at least 80 % grassland is justified on the basis of objective criteria such as long growing seasons and crops with high nitrogen uptake.
(13) The Commission considers therefore that the amount of manure requested by Ireland will not prejudice the achievement of the objectives of Directive 91/676/EEC, subject to certain strict conditions being met.
(14) This Decision should be applicable in connection with the action programme of Ireland, European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2006 (Statutory instrument No 378 of 2006).
(15) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Nitrates Committee set up pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 91/676/EEC,
The derogation requested by Ireland by letter of 18 October 2006, for the purpose of allowing a higher amount of livestock manure than that provided for in the first sentence of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC and in point (a) thereof, is granted, subject to the conditions laid down in this Decision.
Definitions
For the purpose of this decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘Grassland farms’ means holdings where 80 % or more of the agricultural area available for manure application is grass,
(b) ‘Grazing livestock’ means cattle (with the exclusion of veal calves), sheep, deer, goats and horses,
(c) ‘Grass’ means permanent grassland or temporary grassland (temporary implying leys of less than four years).
Scope
This Decision applies on an individual basis and subject to the conditions set out in Articles 4, 5 and 6 to grassland farms.
Annual authorisation and commitment
1. Farmers who want to benefit from a derogation shall submit an application to the competent authorities annually.
2. Together with the annual application referred to in paragraph 1 they shall undertake in writing to fulfil the conditions provided for in Articles 5 and 6.
3. The competent authorities shall ensure that all the applications for derogation are submitted to administrative control. Where the control carried out by the national authorities of the applications referred to in paragraph 1 demonstrates that the conditions provided for in Articles 5 and 6 are not fulfilled, the applicant shall be informed thereof. In this instance, the application shall be considered to be refused.
Application of manure and other fertilisers
1. The amount of livestock manure from grazing livestock applied to the land each year on grassland farms, including by the animals themselves, shall not exceed the amount of manure containing 250 kg nitrogen per hectare, subject to the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 to 7.
2. The total nitrogen inputs shall not exceed the foreseeable nutrient demand of the considered crop and take into account the supply from the soil. Total nitrogen application shall be differentiated on the basis of stocking rate and grassland productivity.
3. A fertilisation plan shall be kept for each farm describing the crop rotation of the farmland and the planned application of manure and nitrogen and phosphate chemical fertilisers. It shall be available in the farm by 1 March at the latest.
The fertilisation plan shall include the following:
(a) the number of livestock, a description of the housing and storage system, including the volume of manure storage available;
(b) a calculation of manure nitrogen (less losses in housing and storage) and phosphorus produced in the farm;
(c) the crop rotation and area of each crop, including a sketch map indicating location of individual fields;
(d) the foreseeable nitrogen and phosphorus crop requirements;
(e) the amount and the type of manure delivered outside the farm or to the farm;
(f) results of soil analysis related to N and P soil status if available;
(g) nitrogen and phosphorus application from manure over each field (parcels of the farm homogeneous regarding cropping and soil type);
(h) application of nitrogen and phosphorus with chemical and other fertilisers over each field.
Plans shall be revised no later than seven days following any changes in agricultural practices to ensure consistency between plans and actual agricultural practices.
4. Fertilisation accounts, including information related to management of soiled water, shall be kept by each farm. They shall be submitted to the competent authority for each calendar year.
5. Each grassland farm benefiting from an individual derogation shall accept that the application referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 4, the fertilisation plan and the fertilisation accounts can be subject to control.
6. Nitrogen and phosphorous analysis in soil shall be performed for each farm which benefits from an individual derogation at least every four years for each homogeneous area of the farm, with regard to crop rotation and soil characteristics. At least one analysis per five hectares of land shall be required.
7. Manure may not be spread in the autumn before grass cultivation.
Land management
80 % or more of the area available for manure application on farms shall be cultivated with grass. Farmers benefiting from an individual derogation shall carry out the following measures:
(a) temporary grassland shall be ploughed in spring;
(b) ploughed grass on all soil types shall be followed immediately by a crop with high nitrogen demand;
(c) crop rotation shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen. This however will not apply to clover in grassland with less than 50 % clover and to cereals and pea undersown with grass.
Other measures
Ireland shall ensure that use of the derogation shall be without prejudice to the measures needed to comply with other Community environmental legislation.
Monitoring
1. Maps showing the percentage of grassland farms, percentage of livestock and percentage of agricultural land covered by individual derogation in each County, shall be drawn by the competent authority and shall be updated every year.
Those maps shall be submitted to the Commission annually and for the first time by 1 March 2008.
2. Monitoring of the farms covered by the action programme and the derogation shall be carried out in agricultural monitoring catchments established according to the Irish action programme. The reference monitoring catchments shall be representative of the different soil types, levels of intensity and fertilisation practices.
3. Survey and continuous nutrient analysis shall provide data on local land use, crop rotations and agricultural practices on farms benefiting from individual derogations. Those data can be used for model-based calculations of the magnitude of nitrate leaching and phosphorus losses from fields where up to 250 kg nitrogen per hectare per year in manure from grazing livestock is applied.
4. Monitoring of shallow groundwater, soil water, drainage water and streams in farms belonging to the agricultural catchment monitoring sites shall provide data on nitrate and phosphorus concentration in water leaving the root zone and entering groundwater and surface water.
5. A reinforced water monitoring shall be conducted for agricultural catchments located in proximity to most vulnerable lakes and particularly vulnerable aquifers.
6. A study shall be conducted in order to collect, by the end of the derogation period, detailed scientific information on intensive grassland systems in Ireland. This study will focus on nitrate leaching under intensive dairy production systems in vulnerable soil types (sand and sandy loam) in representative areas.
Controls
1. The competent national authority shall carry out administrative controls in respect of all farms benefiting from an individual derogation for the assessment of compliance with the maximum amount of 250 kg nitrogen per hectare per year from grazing livestock manure, with nitrogen and phosphorus maximum fertilisation rates and conditions on land use.
2. A programme of field inspections shall be established based on risk analysis, results of controls of the previous years and results of general random controls of legislation implementing Directive 91/676/EEC. The field inspections shall cover at least 3 % of farms benefiting from an individual derogation in respect to the conditions set out in Article 5 and 6.
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Reporting
1. The competent authority shall submit the results of the monitoring every year to the Commission, with a concise report on water quality evolution and evaluation practice. The report shall provide information on how the evaluation of the implementation of the derogation conditions is carried on through controls at farm level and include information on non compliant farms based on results of administrative and field inspections.
The first report shall be transmitted by June 2008, and subsequently every year by June.
2. The results thus obtained will be taken into consideration by the Commission with regard to an eventual new request for derogation.
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Application
This Decision shall apply in the context of the Irish Action programme as implemented in the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practices for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2006 (Statutory Instrument No 378 of 2006) of 18 July 2006. It shall expire on 17 July 2010.
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32002R0720 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 720/2002 of 26 April 2002 fixing a percentage for acceptance of contracts concluded for the optional distillation of table wine and suspending the notification of new contracts for the optional distillation of table wine
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 720/2002
of 26 April 2002
fixing a percentage for acceptance of contracts concluded for the optional distillation of table wine and suspending the notification of new contracts for the optional distillation of table wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2464/2001(2), and in particular Article 63(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lays down the conditions for the application of the distillation arrangements for wines referred to in Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(4). Those arrangements provide for subsidised, voluntary distillation in order to support the wine market and help ensure continued supplies to the potable alcohol sector, which traditionally uses this type of alcohol. To that end, wine producers and distillers conclude contracts, which the Member States notify to the Commission twice a month.
(2) Article 63(6) lays down the conditions under which the Commission must intervene in the contract-approval procedure, setting a single percentage for acceptance of the contracts concluded for distillation and/or suspending the notification of new contracts, where the available budgetary resources or the absorption capacity of the potable alcohol sector are exceeded or may be exceeded.
(3) For the 2001/2002 wine year the Commission has, for budgetary reasons and bearing in mind the absorption capacity of the potable alcohol sector, managed this distillation in quantitatively limited tranches. The third tranche was opened from 1 April 2002 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2002(5) opening a third tranche of distillation as provided for in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2001/2002 wine year. Contracts can be concluded under this tranche for a maximum of 2 million hl of table wine. On the basis of the quantities of wine for which the Member States notified new distillation contracts to the Commission on 22 April 2002, the Commission notes that that limit has been exceeded. The Commission should therefore set a single percentage for acceptance of the quantities notified for distillation and suspend the notification of new contracts,
1. Contracts concluded and notified to the Commission under Article 63(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 on 22 April 2002 shall be accepted for 57,23 % of the wine covered.
2. Notification to the Commission of new contracts under Article 63(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 is hereby suspended.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32008R1213 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2008 of 5 December 2008 concerning a coordinated multiannual Community control programme for 2009, 2010 and 2011 to ensure compliance with maximum levels of and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)
| 6.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1213/2008
of 5 December 2008
concerning a coordinated multiannual Community control programme for 2009, 2010 and 2011 to ensure compliance with maximum levels of and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (1), in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Directives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC the Commission adopted recommendations concerning a coordinated Community monitoring programme for pesticide residues in and on cereals and certain other products of plant origin. On 1 September 2008 those Directives were replaced by Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. Under that Regulation the Community control programme of pesticide residues is to cover food of animal origin in addition to food of plant origin and it is to take the form of a binding act. It should therefore be adopted as a Regulation. It should be without prejudice to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC (2).
(2) Thirty foodstuffs constitute the major components of the diet in the Community. Since pesticide uses show significant changes over a period of three years, pesticides should be monitored in those thirty foodstuffs over a series of three-year cycles to allow consumer exposure and the application of Community legislation to be assessed.
(3) On the basis of a binomial probability distribution, it can be calculated that examination of 642 samples allows, with a certainty of more than 99 %, the detection of a sample containing pesticide residues above the limit of determination (LOD), provided that not less than 1 % of the products contain residues above that limit. Collection of these samples should be apportioned among Member States according to population numbers, with a minimum of 12 samples per product and per year.
(4) Where the residue definition of a pesticide includes other active substances, metabolites or breakdown products, those metabolites should be reported separately.
(5) Guidance concerning ‘Method validation and quality control procedures for pesticide residue analysis in food and feed’ is published on the Commission website (3).
(6) For the sampling procedures Commission Directive 2002/63/EC of 11 July 2002 establishing Community methods of sampling for the official control of pesticide residues in and on products of plant and animal origin and repealing Directive 79/700/EEC (4) which incorporates the sampling methods and procedures recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission should apply.
(7) It is also necessary to assess whether maximum residue levels for baby food established provided for in Article 10 of Commission Directive 2006/141/EC of 22 December 2006 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC (5) and Article 7 of Commission Directive 2006/125/EC of 5 December 2006 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (6) are respected.
(8) It is necessary to assess possible aggregate, cumulative and synergistic effects of pesticides. This assessment should start with some organophosphates, carbamates, triazoles and pyrethroides, as set out in Annex I.
(9) Member States should submit by 31 August of each year the information concerning the previous calendar year.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Member States shall, during the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 take and analyse samples for the product/pesticide residue combinations, as set out in Annex I.
The number of samples of each product shall be as set out in Annex II.
1. The lot to be sampled shall be chosen randomly.
The sampling procedure, including the number of units, shall comply with Directive 2002/63/EC.
2. The samples taken and analysed shall include at least:
(a) ten samples of baby food based mainly on vegetables, fruits or cereals;
(b) one sample, where available, from products originating from organic farming that reflects the market share of organic products in each Member State.
1. Member States shall submit the results of the analysis of samples tested in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by 31 August 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively.
In addition to those results, Member States shall provide the following information:
(a) the analytical methods used and reporting levels achieved, in accordance with the guidance on Method validation and quality control procedures for pesticide residue analysis in food and feed;
(b) limit of determination applied in the national and community control programmes;
(c) details of the accreditation status of the analytical laboratories involved in the control;
(d) where permitted by national legislation, details of enforcement measures taken;
(e) in case of MRL exceedance, a statement of the possible reasons why the MRLs were exceeded, together with any appropriate observations regarding risk management options.
2. Where the residue definition of a pesticide includes active substances, metabolites and/or breakdown or reaction products, Member States shall report the analysis results in accordance with the legal residue definition. Where relevant, the results of each of the main isomers or metabolites mentioned in the residue definition shall be submitted separately.
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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32014R0378 | Regulation (EU) No 378/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 as regards the financial framework for the period 2014-2018 Text with EEA relevance
| 24.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 122/67
REGULATION (EU) No 378/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 3 April 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 as regards the financial framework for the period 2014-2018
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 338(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides that Member States are to carry out farm structure surveys in 2010, 2013 and 2016. Member States are to receive a maximum financial contribution of 75 % from the Union towards the cost of carrying out those surveys, subject to defined maximum amounts.
(2) In order to carry out the farm structure surveys and to satisfy the information requirements of the Union, considerable funding is required from Member States and from the Union.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 laid down the financial envelope for the implementation of the programme of surveys, including for the management, maintenance and development of the database systems used within the Commission to process the data supplied by Member States, and fixed the amount for the period 2008-2013.
(4) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008, the amount for the period 2014-2018 should be fixed by the budgetary and legislative authority, on a proposal from the Commission, on the basis of the new financial framework for the period commencing in 2014.
(5) The proposed financial envelope should only finance the carrying out of the Farm Structure Survey in 2016 and the related management, maintenance and development of the database systems used within the Commission to process the data supplied by Member States.
(6) In view of the accession of Croatia and the need to conduct surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in that Member State in 2016, a maximum Union contribution per survey should be fixed for Croatia since none was provided for in the Act of Accession.
(7) The Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics has been consulted.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 13, the following paragraph is added:
(2) Article 14 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
(b) the following paragraph is added:
(3) the following Article is inserted:
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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32010D0457 | 2010/457/EU: Commission Decision of 17 August 2010 allowing Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for the new active substances Candida oleophila strain O, potassium iodide and potassium thiocyanate (notified under document C(2010) 5662) Text with EEA relevance
| 19.8.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 218/24
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 August 2010
allowing Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for the new active substances Candida oleophila strain O, potassium iodide and potassium thiocyanate
(notified under document C(2010) 5662)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/457/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in July 2006 the United Kingdom received an application from Bionext SPRL for the inclusion of the active substance Candida oleophila strain O in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 2007/380/EC (2) confirmed that the dossier was complete and could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to that Directive.
(2) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in September 2004 the Netherlands received an application from Koppert Beheer BV for the inclusion of the active substance potassium iodide in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 2005/751/EC (3) confirmed that the dossier was complete and could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to that Directive.
(3) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in September 2004 the Netherlands received an application from Koppert Beheer BV for the inclusion of the active substance potassium thiocyanate in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Decision 2005/751/EC confirmed that the dossier was complete and could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to that Directive.
(4) Confirmation of the completeness of the dossiers was necessary in order to allow them to be examined in detail and to allow Member States the possibility of granting provisional authorisations, for periods of up to three years, for plant protection products containing the active substances concerned, while complying with the conditions laid down in Article 8(1) of Directive 91/414/EEC and, in particular, the condition relating to the detailed assessment of the active substances and the plant protection products in the light of the requirements laid down by that Directive.
(5) For these 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 rapporteur Member States submitted the respective draft assessment reports to the Commission on 5 February 2008 (Candida oleophila strain O) and on 27 July 2007 (potassium iodide and potassium thiocyanate).
(6) Following submission of the draft assessment reports by the rapporteur Member States, it has been found to be necessary to request further information from the applicants and to have the rapporteur Member States examine that information and submit their assessment. Therefore, the examination of the dossiers is still ongoing and it will not be possible to complete the evaluation within the timeframe provided for in Directive 91/414/EEC.
(7) As the evaluation so far has not identified any reason for immediate concern, Member States should be given the possibility of prolonging provisional authorisations granted for plant protection products containing the active substances concerned for a period of 24 months in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of Directive 91/414/EEC so as to enable the examination of the dossiers to continue. It is expected that the evaluation and decision-making process with respect to a decision on a possible inclusion in Annex I to that Directive for Candida oleophila strain O, potassium iodide and potassium thiocyanate will have been completed within 24 months.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Member States may extend provisional authorisations for plant protection products containing Candida oleophila strain O, potassium iodide or potassium thiocyanate for a period ending on 31 August 2012 at the latest.
This Decision shall expire on 31 August 2012.
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32001R1867 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1867/2001 of 24 September 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1867/2001
of 24 September 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September 2001.
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32010R0146 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 146/2010 of 23 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for in that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector under the support scheme provided for the wine sector
| 24.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 47/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 146/2010
of 23 February 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for in that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector under the support scheme provided for the wine sector
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Articles 85x and 103za, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (2) and in particular Article 142(c), (k) and (n) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the presentation of simplification proposals to the Council in April 2009, a number of possible improvements in terms of efficiency and simplification of the rules governing the implementation of cross-compliance have been identified. It is appropriate to incorporate those improvements in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 (3).
(2) The identification system for agricultural parcels is a key element in the process of assuring correct payments to the farmer and safeguarding the funds of the Union. In order to enhance the quality of that system, provisions should be introduced requiring a yearly assessment of the system. The quality of the system should be assessed by the Member States in accordance with a harmonised method and reporting by Member States should be made timely enough to allow effective use of the results of the assessment.
(3) Article 64(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 provides for a derogation where a farmer concerned by the integration of coupled support does not hold any payment entitlements but declares a number of leased payment entitlements in the first year of integration of that support. Such a farmer should be allocated entitlements for which a derogation as regards activation applies. In order to ensure an efficient control, the traceability of those entitlements should be assured.
(4) In performing the cross-compliance checks provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009, a Member State can only use the results of on-the-spot checks carried out by the competent control authorities. For efficiency reasons, a Member State should have the possibility to also use the results of on-the-spot checks carried out pursuant to the legislation applicable to the acts and standards in question in order to reach the minimum control rate. However, it should be ensured that an effective control system is maintained.
(5) For the sampling of on-the-spot checks for cross-compliance, a Member State may take into account in the risk analysis the farmers' participation in relevant certification systems. The use of that option should be clarified.
(6) Control reports have to be sent to the paying agency or coordinating authority within an established deadline. In order to reduce the administrative burden, where the control report does not contain any findings, it should be considered sufficient if the control reports are made directly accessible to the paying agency or coordinating authority.
(7) At the occasion of this amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 it is appropriate to correct two erroneous references to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 (4) respectively.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9) The amendments provided for in this Regulation concern aid applications relating to marketing years or premium periods starting as of 1 January 2010. This Regulation should therefore apply accordingly.
(10) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets and the Management Committee for Direct Payments have not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by their chairman,
Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 is amended as follows:
1. Article 6(2) is replaced by the following:
(a) the correct quantification of the maximum eligible area;
(b) the proportion and distribution of reference parcels where the maximum eligible area takes ineligible areas into account or where it does not take agricultural area into account;
(c) the categorisation of reference parcels where the maximum eligible area takes ineligible areas into account or where it does not take agricultural area into account;
(d) the occurrence of reference parcels with critical defects;
(e) the ratio of declared area in relation to the maximum eligible area inside the reference parcels;
(f) the percentage of reference parcels which have been subject to change, accumulated over the years;
(g) the rate of irregularities determined during on-the-spot checks.
(a) use data allowing to assess the current situation on the ground;
(b) select an adequate random sample of all reference parcels.
2. In Article 7(1), point (f) is replaced by the following:
‘(f) kind of entitlement, in particular special entitlements provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, entitlements allocated in accordance with Article 68(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and payment entitlements subject to a derogation as provided for in Article 64(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009;’
3. In Article 28(1)(a), the words ‘Annexes I and IV’ are replaced by ‘Annexes I and VI’.
4. In Article 50, the following paragraph 1a is inserted:
(a) use the results of on-the-spot checks carried out pursuant to the legislation applicable to those acts and standards for the selected farmers; or
(b) replace selected farmers by farmers subject to an on-the-spot check carried out pursuant to the legislation applicable to those acts and standards provided that those farmers are submitting aid applications under support schemes for direct payments within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 or under support schemes which are subject to the application of Articles 85t and 103z of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
5. In Article 51(1), the following subparagraphs are inserted after the second subparagraph:
6. Article 54 is amended as follows:
(a) In paragraph 1, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
(b) In paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is added:
7. In Article 62, the words ‘Article 30(1) and (2)’ are replaced by ‘Article 29(1) and (2)’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to aid applications relating to marketing years or premium periods starting from 1 January 2010.
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32014D0669 | 2014/669/EU: Council Decision of 23 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other party
| 20.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 278/6
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 June 2014
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other party
(2014/669/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 79(2)(b), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 January 2007, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Ukraine for the conclusion of a new agreement between the Union and Ukraine to replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (1).
(2) Taking account of the close historical relationship and progressively closer links between the Parties as well as their desire to strengthen and widen relations in an ambitious and innovative way, the negotiations on the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’) were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement in 2012.
(3) Following the signing of the Preamble, Article 1, and Titles I, II and VII of the Agreement at the Summit between the Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine of the other part, held in Brussels on 21 March 2014, the remaining parts of the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union.
(4) This Decision concerns only Article 17 of the Agreement, which contains specific obligations relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party and which falls within the scope of Title V of Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The aim and content of those provisions is distinct from and independent of the aim and content of the other provisions of the Agreement to establish an association between the Parties. A separate decision relating to the other provisions of the Agreement to the extent that they had not yet been signed on 21 March 2014, will be adopted in parallel with this Decision.
(5) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, those Member States are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application.
(6) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(7) The Agreement should not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts and tribunals,
1. The signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’), as regards Article 17 thereof, is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement and in accordance with the Final Act.
2. The text of the Agreement is attached to Council Decision 2014/295/EU of 17 March 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards the Preamble, Article 1, and Titles I, II and VII thereof (2).
The Final Act is attached to Council Decision 2014/668/EU of 23 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (3), adopted in parallel with this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
The Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts or tribunals.
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31995D0307(01) | Council Decision of 23 January 1995 appointing a member and an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training
| COUNCIL DECISION of 23 January 1995 appointing a member and an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training (95/C 57/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 75/364/EEC of 16 June 1975 setting up an Advisory Committee on Medical Training (1), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
Whereas, by its Decision of 25 July 1994 (2), the Council appointed Professor A. STUYVENBERG a member and Professor G. P. VOOYS an alternate member for the period ending 24 July 1997;
Whereas the Netherlands Government has nominated Professor G. P. VOOYS to replace Professor A. STUYVENBERG and Ms M. H. J. COPPENS-WIJN to replace Professor G. P. VOOYS,
Professor G. P. VOOYS is hereby appointed a member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training in place of Professor A. STUYVENBERG for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which ends on 24 July 1997.
Ms M. H. J. COPPENS-WIJN is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training in place of Professor G. P. VOOYS for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which ends on 24 July 1997. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011D0365 | 2011/365/EU: Commission Decision of 17 June 2011 amending Decision 2006/197/EC as regards the renewal of the authorisation to place on the market existing feed produced from genetically modified maize line 1507 (DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 4159) Text with EEA relevance
| 23.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 163/52
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 June 2011
amending Decision 2006/197/EC as regards the renewal of the authorisation to place on the market existing feed produced from genetically modified maize line 1507 (DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2011) 4159)
(Only the Dutch, English and French texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/365/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (1), and in particular Articles 7(3) and 19(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2006/197/EC of 3 March 2006 authorising the placing on the market of food containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize line 1507 (DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) does not cover the placing on the market of feed produced from maize line 1507 (DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) (hereafter ‘maize line 1507’).
(2) Feed produced from maize line 1507 has been placed on the market before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and notified in accordance with Article 20(1)(b) of that Regulation.
(3) On 12 April 2007 Pioneer Overseas Corporation on behalf of Pioneer Hi-bred International and Dow AgroSciences on behalf of Mycogen Seeds jointly submitted to the Commission an application, in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, for renewal of the authorisation for continued marketing of existing feed produced from maize line 1507.
(4) On 11 June 2009, the European Food Safety Authority (‘EFSA’) gave a favourable opinion in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and concluded that the new information provided in the application and the review of the scientific literature that has been published since the previous scientific opinions of the EFSA GMO Panel on maize line 1507 (3) do not require changes of the previous scientific opinions on maize line 1507. Furthermore, EFSA reiterated the previous conclusions that 1507 maize is unlikely to have an adverse effect on human and animal health or the environment in the context of its proposed uses. This includes the use of feed produced from maize line 1507 (4).
(5) In its opinion, EFSA considered all the specific questions and concerns raised by the Member States in the context of the consultation of the national competent authorities as provided for by Article 18(4) of that Regulation.
(6) By letter of 21 January 2010, the applicant confirmed that he is aware of the fact that renewing the authorisation of existing feed produced from maize line 1507 by extending the scope of Decision 2006/197/EC so as to include such product, would imply this category of products to be subject to the legal provisions of that Decision.
(7) On the basis of the EFSA opinion, no specific labelling requirements other than those provided for in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 appear to be necessary for feed produced from maize line 1507.
(8) The EFSA opinion does not justify the imposition of specific conditions or restrictions for the placing on the market and/or specific conditions or restrictions for the use and handling, including post-market monitoring requirements for the use of the feed, as provided for in point (e) of Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
(9) For the sake of transparency, the applicant has been consulted on the measures provided for in this Decision.
(10) Taking into account these considerations, renewal of the authorisation to place on the market existing feed produced from maize line 1507 should be granted.
(11) Since it is general practice to authorise the placing on the market of food and feed in the same decision, the renewal of the authorisation to place on the market feed produced from maize line 1507 should be included in Decision 2006/197/EC. Decision 2006/197/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12) The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health has not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down by its Chair and the Commission therefore submitted to the Council a proposal relating to these measures. Since, at its meeting on 17 March 2011, the Council was unable to reach a decision by qualified majority either for or against the proposal and the Council indicated that its proceedings on this file were concluded, these measures are to be adopted by the Commission,
Amendments
Decision 2006/197/EC is amended as follows:
(1) the title is replaced by the following:
(2) Articles 1, 2 and 3 of Decision 2006/197/EC are replaced by the following:
(3) the Annex is amended as follows:
(a) Section (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) Designation and specification of the products:
(i) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize;
(ii) feed produced from DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize.
(b) Section (c) is replaced by the following:
No specific requirements other than those provided for in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
For the purpose of Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the “name of organism” shall be “maize”.’.
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to:
(a) Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Avenue des Arts 44, 1040 Brussels, Belgium; and
(b) Dow AgroSciences Europe, European Development Centre, 3 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN, United Kingdom. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R0653 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 653/87 of 2 March 1987 applying to Spain the common prices in the beef and veal sector
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 653/87
of 2 March 1987
applying to Spain the common prices in the beef and veal sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Article 6a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 January 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 467/87 (4) brought the intervention price markedly closer to the market price;
Whereas this move allows the common prices to be made applicable in Spain also; whereas the accession compensatory amounts should therefore be abolished and Council Regulation (EEC) No 470/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down the general rules governing the system of accession compensatory amounts relating to beef and veal (5) should accordingly be repealed; whereas the authorization granted to the Kingdom of Spain to maintain temporarily an aid for slaughterhouse costs for beef and veal sent to intervention will likewise cease to serve any purpose and must be repealed; accordingly section VIII of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3773/85 of 20 December 1985 concerning certain national aids in the agricultural sector which are incompatible with the common market but which the Kingdom of Spain is authorized to maintain on a transitional basis (6) should be deleted,
The common guide and intervention prices set in the beef and veal sector shall also be applicable in Spain.
Section VIII of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3773/85 is hereby deleted.
Regulation (EEC) No 470/86 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April 1987.
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31996D0571 | 96/571/EC: Commission Decision of 24 September 1996 amending Decision 95/340/EC drawing up a provisional list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of milk and milk-based products and revoking Decision 94/70/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 24 September 1996 amending Decision 95/340/EC drawing up a provisional list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of milk and milk-based products and revoking Decision 94/70/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (96/571/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products (1), and in particular Article 23 (2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 95/340/EC (2) as last amended by Decision 96/325/EC (3) establishes a list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of milk and milk-based products;
Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Andorra the veterinary controls and health situation in respect of milk production appear to be satisfactory;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In the Annex of Decision 95/340/EC the following line is inserted in accordance with the alphabetic order of the ISO-code:
>TABLE>
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31987R1941 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1941/87 of 3 July 1987 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 as regards the time limits for concluding and registering cultivation contracts in respect of leaf tobacco
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1941/87
of 3 July 1987
derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 as regards the time limits for concluding and registering cultivation contracts in respect of leaf tobacco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1576/86 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 2b of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 of 25 August 1970 on the procedure for granting the premium for leaf tobacco (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1791/86 (4), provides that cultivation declarations and contracts must be concluded before 1 May and registered before 1 July of the year in which they take effect;
Whereas, owing to adverse weather conditions which have delayed the preparations of seed beds, some of the particulars which must appear in the cultivation contracts cannot be known until after the deadline for the conclusion of the said contracts; whereas this is one of the cases, specified in the second subparagraph of Article 2b (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70, where the Commission is authorized to take appropriate measures, and may accordingly defer the said deadline and, therefore, the deadline for registering the cultivation declarations and contracts;
Whereas in Spain the agency responsible for registering cultivation contracts and declarations has just been set up; whereas later deadlines should be fixed for concluding and registering cultivation contracts and declarations in respect of tobacco grown in that country in the light of the fact that that agency has yet to become operational;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 2b (3) and the first indent of Article 2b (6) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70, cultivation declarations and contracts in respect of leaf tobacco taking effect in 1987 may be concluded up to 30 June 1987 and registered up to 31 July 1987.
However, in the case of Spain, these time limits shall be deferred to 31 August 1987 and 30 September 1987 respectively.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 May 1987.
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32004R2244 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2004 of 23 December 2004 opening tariff quotas for the year 2005 for imports into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Romania
| 28.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 381/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2244/2004
of 23 December 2004
opening tariff quotas for the year 2005 for imports into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Romania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 98/626/EC of 5 October 1998 relating to the conclusion of a Protocol for the adaptation of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay Round, including the improvements to the existing preferential regime (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Protocol 3 on trade in processed agricultural products to the Europe Agreement with Romania, as amended by the Protocol for the adaptation of the trade aspects of that Agreement, provides for the reduction in the agricultural component of the duties applicable on importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Romania, within the limits of tariff quotas. Those quotas should be opened for 2005.
(2) 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 Common Customs Code (3) lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation are to be managed in accordance with those rules.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
The Community annual tariff quotas for the processed agricultural products originating in Romania listed in the Annex are opened from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005 under the conditions set out in that Annex.
The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2005.
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31989R3163 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3163/89 of 23 October 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3163/89
of 23 October 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4003/87 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/87 (4), provides that every grower of fibre flax is to submit a crop declaration not later than 30 November each year; whereas, in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Article, the aid application referred to in Article 8 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 of 28 April 1989 laying down detailed rules concerning the aid for fibre flax and hemp (5) is to be regarded as equivalent to a crop declaration under certain conditions; whereas, with a view to simplifying the application of the aid system for linseed, provision should be made on the one hand that in all cases the aid application is to be regarded as equivalent to a crop declaration and on the other hand that the necessary provisions should be laid down to enable aid applications to be distinguished by the type of fibre flax produced;
Whereas Articles 7 and 8 (1) second subparagraph, (4) and (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 lay down special provisions for cases where the areas recorded during checks do not prove to correspond to those declared; whereas, in order to ensure that the aid system for such flax operates smoothly, it should be provided that the abovementioned provisions are to apply in the framework of aid for linseed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 11
1. For fibre flax, the aid application referred to in Article 8 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 (*), where appropriate supplemented within the time limits laid down for submitting such application by the particulars referred to in paragraph 2, shall be regarded as equivalent to a crop declaration for the purposes of granting aid for linseed.
2. Flax shall be deemed retted but not deseeded within the meaning of Article 10a (2) where the aid application does not include the following particulars:
- the areas harvested retted but not deseeded and the areas harvested otherwise than retted but not deseeded,
- the place of storage of the flax straw, or, if it has been sold and delivered, the surname, forename(s) and address of the purchaser, together with particulars of the quantities delivered and, in the case of deseeded flax, the quantities of seed harvested and the place of storage of such seed or, if it has been sold and delivered, the surname, forename(s) and address of the purchaser together with particulars of the quantities delivered.
3. Articles 7 and 8 (1) second subparagraph, (4) and (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 shall apply in the case of aid for linseed.
(*) OJ No L 121, 29. 4. 1989, p. 4.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 1989/90 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0279 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 279/2004 of 17 February 2004 providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 977/2003 for young male bovine animals for fattening
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 279/2004
of 17 February 2004
providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 977/2003 for young male bovine animals for fattening
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 977/2003 of 6 June 2003 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004)(1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 977/2003 provides for the opening for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 of a tariff quota of 169000 young male bovine animals of a weight not exceeding 300 kilograms and intended for fattening. Article 9 of that Regulation provides for a further allocation of quantities not covered by import licence applications by 6 February 2004,
The quantities referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 977/2003 shall be 11565 head.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32000D0556 | 2000/556/EC: Commission Decision of 7 September 2000 amending Council Directive 82/894/EEC concerning the notification of animal diseases in the Community (notified under document number C(2000) 2494) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 7 September 2000
amending Council Directive 82/894/EEC concerning the notification of animal diseases in the Community
(notified under document number C(2000) 2494)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/556/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 concerning the notification of animal diseases in the Community(1), as last amended by Decision 98/12/EC(2), and in particular Article 5(2) first indent thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Animal Disease Notification System which implements Directive 82/894/EEC is being updated and it is opportune to review the system; information relating to restrictions is no longer required to be sent via this system.
(2) Fowl plague has been renamed by the Office international des Epizooties (OIE) as avian influenza and Teschen disease has been renamed porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis and the list of diseases must be amended accordingly.
(3) For reasons of clarity it is opportune to consolidate the previous amendments by updating and replacing all the annexes accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Annexes I and II to Directive 82/894/EEC are replaced by the Annexes to this Decision.
This Decision comes into effect as from 1 January 2001.
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 |
31994R2690 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2690/94 of 4 November 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been taken into storage in order to be sold under Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2690/94 of 4 November 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been taken into storage in order to be sold under Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 1880/94 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2045/91 (4), and in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 of 11 November 1985 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1970/94 (6), the butter put up for sale must have been taken into storage before a date to be determined; whereas the same applies to butter sold under the arrangements laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 of 16 February 1988 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 food stuffs (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3049/93 (8);
Whereas, in view of butter stocks and quantities available, the dates in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 (9), setting the latest time of entry into storage for butter sold under Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EEC) No 570/88, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2432/94 (10), 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,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88, the first and second subparagraphs are hereby replaced by the following:
'The butter referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 must have been taken into storage before 1 January 1993.
The butter referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 must have been taken into storage before 1 January 1993.'
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 |
32002R1998 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2002 of 8 November 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 902/2002 as regards the particulars of the inspection body
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2002
of 8 November 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 902/2002 as regards the particulars of the inspection body
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2002(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 902/2002 of 30 May 2002 approving operations to check conformity with the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and vegetables carried out in the Czech Republic prior to import into the European Community(3) includes the particulars of the inspection body responsible for carrying out these checks, in this case the Czech Agricultural and Food Inspectorate.
(2) The Czech authorities have informed the Commission that, under Czech Law No 146/2002 of 20 March 2002, the name and address of the inspection body will be amended with effect from 1 January 2003. The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 902/2002 must be amended as a result.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 902/2002, the particulars of the inspection body referred to in Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001(4) are replaced by the following: " CAFIA The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (Státní zemìdìlská a potravináøská inspekce) Kvìtná 15 CZ - 603 00 Brno Tel.: (420-5) 43 54 02 03/02 49 Fax: (420-5) 43 54 02 10 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] "
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2003.
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32012R0621 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 621/2012 of 10 July 2012 recognising a traditional term provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 [Classic - TDT-US-N0016]
| 12.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 180/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 621/2012
of 10 July 2012
recognising a traditional term provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 [Classic - TDT-US-N0016]
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 118u(2) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Two representative professional organisations established in the United States of America, Wine America and California Export Association, submitted to the Commission an application, received on 22 June 2010, for protection of the traditional term "Classic" in relation to grapevine products of category "1. Wine" provided for in Annex XIb to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 bearing a name of origin listed in Annex V to the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine, approved by Council Decision 2006/232/EC (2).
(2) In accordance with Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 of 14 July 2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products (3), the application was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(4). No objection was submitted within two months from the date of publication.
(3) The application for the protection of the traditional term "Classic" which relates to American wines satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 118u(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and in Articles 31 and 35 of Regulation (EC) No 607/2009. The application for protection should be accepted and the traditional term "Classic" should therefore be entered into the electronic database "E-Bacchus" for wines produced by the members of the two representative professional organisations that submitted the application.
(4) Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 requires the Commission to make public the information regarding the representative trade organisation and its members. That information should be made public in the electronic database "E-Bacchus".
(5) The measure provided for in this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
The application for protection of the traditional term "Classic" is hereby accepted for American grapevine products of category "1. Wine" provided for in Annex XIb to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The term "Classic" shall be entered into the electronic database "E-Bacchus" as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32003D0503 | 2003/503/EC: Commission Decision of 7 July 2003 amending Decision 2003/42/EC as regards its date of application (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 7 July 2003
amending Decision 2003/42/EC as regards its date of application
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/503/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2003/42/EC(2), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2003/42/EC amends Directive 92/118/EEC as regards the specific health conditions for collagen intended for human consumption and certification requirements for collagen and raw material for collagen production, intended for dispatch to the European Community for human consumption.
(2) The Community imports from third countries raw material and collagen, including collagen meeting certain technical requirements which is not available in the Community.
(3) The United Kingdom has requested a postponement of the application of the new specific health conditions to enable account to be taken of its producers who are dependent on imports from third countries.
(4) Negotiations are ongoing to find a resolution to problems in relation to imports of collagen aimed at allowing such imports to continue in full compliance with the new specific health conditions.
(5) It is appropriate to allow time for the conclusion of those negotiations but that period should be as short as possible.
(6) Decision 2003/42/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 2 of Decision 2003/42/EC, "30 June 2003" is replaced by "30 September 2003".
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 |
31990D0182 | 90/182/Euratom, EEC: Commission Decision of 23 March 1990 authorizing the United Kingdom not to take into account certain categories of transactions and to use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 March 1990
authorizing the United Kingdom not to take into account certain categories of transactions and to use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base
(Only the English text is authentic)
(90/182/Euratom, EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2892/77 of 19 December 1977 implementing in respect of own resources accruing from value added tax the Decision of 21 April 1970 on the replacement of financial contributions from Member States by the Communities' own resources (2) ceased to be applicable on 31 December 1988; whereas the authorizations given under Article 13 thereof must be renewed from 1 January 1989 pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89;
Whereas, under Article 28 (3) of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (3), hereinafter called 'the Sixth Directive', as last amended by Directive 84/386/EEC (4), the Member States may continue to exempt or tax certain transactions; whereas these transactions must be taken into account for the determination of the VAT resources base;
Whereas the United Kingdom is unable to make a precise calculation of the VAT own resources base for one category of transactions listed in Annex E to the Sixth Directive; whereas such calculation is likely to involve an unjustified administrative burden in relation to the effect of these transactions on the United Kingdom's total VAT resources base; whereas the United Kingdom should therefore be authorized not to take these transactions into account for the calculation of the VAT base;
Whereas the United Kingdom is able to make a calculation using approximate estimates for two categories of transactions listed in Annex F to the Sixth Directive; whereas it should therefore be authorized to calculate the VAT base using approximate estimates;
Whereas the Advisory Committee on Own Resources has approved the report recording the opinions of its members on this Decision,
For the purpose of calculating the VAT own resources base from 1 January 1989, the United Kingdom is authorized not to take into account the following category of transactions referred to in Annex E to the Sixth Directive: transactions referred to in Article 13 (A) (1) (p) of the Sixth Directive: the supply of transport services of a commercial nature by duly authorized bodies for sick or injured persons in vehicles specially designed for the purpose (Annex E, ex point 6).
For the purpose of calculating the VAT own resources base from 1 January 1989, the United Kingdom is authorized to use approximate estimates in respect of the following categories of transactions referred to in Annex F to the Sixth Directive:
1. Transactions of hospitals not covered by Article 13 (A) (1) (b) (Annex F, point 10);
2. Goods for the fuelling and provisioning of pleasure boats and aircraft for private use proceeding outside the national territory (Annex F, points 21 and 22).
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32003R0012 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 12/2003 of 3 January 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 12/2003
of 3 January 2003
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002(4). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling EUR 25,995/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 2003.
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31984R0606 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 606/84 of 8 March 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 with regard to the amount of the security for the sale by tender of skimmed-milk powder
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 606/84
of 8 March 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 368/77 with regard to the amount of the security for the sale by tender of skimmed-milk powder
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 Article 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 10 (1) of 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 578/84 (4), fixes the amount of the tendering security; whereas the level of this amount is insufficient to prevent speculative operations following a drop in the selling price of skimmed-milk powder; whereas, therefore, the said amount should be increased;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 368/77, '18 ECU' is hereby replaced by '40 ECU'.
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 |
32002R0370 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 370/2002 of 28 February 2002 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 370/2002
of 28 February 2002
fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses 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 market in sugar(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for imports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(2), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the cif import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the "representative price", should be set in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(3). That price should be fixed for the standard quality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation.
(2) The representative price for molasses is calculated at the frontier crossing point into the Community, in this case Amsterdam; that price must be based on the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market established on the basis of the quotations or prices on that market adjusted for any deviations from the standard quality. The standard quality for molasses is defined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(3) When the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market are being established, account must be taken of all available information on offers on the world market, on the prices recorded on important third-country markets and on sales concluded in international trade of which the Commission is aware, either directly or through the Member States. Under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for this purpose take an average of several prices as a basis, provided that this average is representative of actual market trends.
(4) The information must be disregarded if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a small quantity that is not representative of the market. Offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of actual market trends must also be disregarded.
(5) If information on molasses of the standard quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or reduced in the light of the results achieved by applying Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(6) A representative price may be left unchanged by way of exception for a limited period if the offer price which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the representative price is not available to the Commission and if the offer prices which are available and which appear not to be sufficiently representative of actual market trends would entail sudden and considerable changes in the representative price.
(7) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for the product in question and the representative price, additional import duties should be fixed under the conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95. Should the import duties be suspended pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should be fixed.
(8) Application of these provisions will have the effect of fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for the products in question as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The representative prices and the additional duties applying to imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2002.
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32013D0052 | 2013/52/EU: Council Decision of 22 January 2013 authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax
| 25.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 22/11
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 January 2013
authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax
(2013/52/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 329(1) thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the Union shall establish an internal market.
(2) Pursuant to Article 113 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) the Council shall adopt provisions for the harmonisation of legislation concerning turnover taxes, excise duties and other forms of indirect taxation to the extent that such harmonisation is necessary to ensure the establishment and the functioning of the internal market and to avoid distortion of competition.
(3) In 2011, the Commission took note of a debate which was ongoing at all levels on additional taxation of the financial sector. This debate originates from the desire to ensure that the financial sector fairly and substantially contributes to the costs of the crisis and that it is taxed in a fair way vis-à-vis other sectors for the future, to disincentivise excessively risky activities by financial institutions, to complement regulatory measures aimed at avoiding future crises and to generate additional revenue for general budgets or specific policy purposes.
(4) Against this background, on 28 September 2011, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Council Directive on a common system of financial transaction tax and amending Directive 2008/7/EC (1). The main objective of that proposal was to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and to avoid distortion of competition.
(5) At the Council meeting of 22 June 2012, it was ascertained that there was no unanimous support for a common system of financial transaction tax (FTT) as proposed by the Commission. The European Council concluded on 29 June 2012 that the proposed Directive would not be adopted by the Council within a reasonable period. At the Council meeting of 10 July 2012, reference was made to persisting and essential differences in opinion as regards the need to establish a common system of FTT at the Union level and it was confirmed that the principle of harmonised taxation on financial transactions will not receive unanimous support within the Council in the foreseeable future.
(6) In these circumstances, 11 Member States, namely Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia, addressed requests to the Commission by letters received between 28 September and 23 October 2012 indicating that they wished to establish enhanced cooperation between themselves in the area of FTT. These Member States requested that the scope and objectives of the enhanced cooperation be based on the Commission proposal for a Directive of 28 September 2011. Reference was also made in particular to the need to avoid evasive actions, distortions and transfers to other jurisdictions.
(7) The enhanced cooperation should provide the necessary legal framework for the establishment of a common system of FTT in the participating Member States and ensure that the basic features of the tax are harmonised. To the extent possible, incentives for tax arbitrage and allocation distortions between financial markets, as well as possibilities for double or non-taxation, as well as evasive actions, should thereby be avoided.
(8) The conditions laid down in Article 20 TEU and Articles 326 and 329 TFEU are fulfilled.
(9) It was recorded at the Council meeting on 29 June 2012 and confirmed on 10 July 2012 that the objective to adopt a common system of FTT cannot be attained within a reasonable period by the Union as a whole. Consequently, the requirement set out in Article 20(2) TEU that enhanced cooperation may be adopted only as a last resort is fulfilled.
(10) The substantive area within which enhanced cooperation would take place, namely, the establishment of a common system of FTT within the Union, is an area covered by Article 113 TFEU and therefore by the Treaties.
(11) Enhanced cooperation in the area of the establishment of a common system of FTT aims at ensuring the proper functioning of the internal market. At the scale of this cooperation, it avoids the coexistence of differing national regimes and thus an undue fragmentation of the market, as well as ensuing problems in the form of distortions of competition, deflections of trade between products, actors and geographical areas, and incentives for operators to avoid taxation through operations with little economic value. Such issues are of particular relevance in the area concerned, which is marked by highly mobile tax bases. Thus, it furthers the objectives of the Union, protects its interests and reinforces its integration process in accordance with Article 20(1) TEU.
(12) The establishment of a common harmonised system of FTT is not included in the list of areas of exclusive competence of the Union set out in Article 3(1) TFEU. Since it serves the functioning of the internal market, in accordance with Article 113 TFEU, it falls under the shared competences of the Union within the meaning of Article 4 TFEU and is thus within the framework of the Union’s non-exclusive competence.
(13) Enhanced cooperation in the area concerned complies with the Treaties and Union law, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 326 TFEU. In line with the second paragraph of Article 326 TFEU, it will not undermine the internal market or economic, social and territorial cohesion, nor constitute a barrier to or discrimination in trade between Member States or distort competition between them.
(14) Enhanced cooperation in the area concerned respects the competences, rights and obligations of non-participating Member States, in accordance with Article 327 TFEU. Such system would not affect the possibility for non-participating Member States to keep or introduce an FTT on the basis of non-harmonised national rules. The common system of FTT would attribute taxing rights to the participating Member States only on the basis of appropriate connecting factors.
(15) Subject to compliance with any conditions of participation laid down in this Decision, enhanced cooperation in the area referred to therein is open at any time to all Member States willing to comply with the acts already adopted within this framework in accordance with Article 328 TFEU,
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic are hereby authorised to establish enhanced cooperation between themselves in the area of the establishment of a common system of financial transaction tax, by applying the relevant provisions of the Treaties.
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31994D0646 | 94/646/EC: Council Decision of 19 September 1994 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the provisional application of the Protocol defining for the period 3 May 1994 to 2 May 1996 the fishing possibilities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola
| COUNCIL DECISION of 19 September 1994 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the provisional application of the Protocol defining for the period 3 May 1994 to 2 May 1996 the fishing possibilities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola (94/646/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the Republic of Angola held negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the abovementioned Agreement on the expiry of the application period of the Third Protocol annexed to the Agreement and currently in force;
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 24 March 1994;
Whereas the Protocol provides Community fishermen with fishing opportunities in waters over which Angola has sovereignty from 3 May 1994 to 2 May 1996;
Whereas, in order to avoid any interruption in the fishing activities of Community vessels, the new Protocol should be applied as soon as possible; whereas for this reason the two Parties have initialled an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters providing for the provisional application of the initialled Protocol from the day following that on which the Protocol currently in force expires; whereas that Agreement should be approved, pending a final decision to be taken on the basis of
Article 43
of the Treaty,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the provisional application of the Protocol defining for the period 3 May 1994 to 2 May 1996, the fishing possibilities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0951 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2008 of 25 September 2008 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 26.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 258/66
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 951/2008
of 25 September 2008
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 32(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the differences between the prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(b), (c), (d) and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(3) In accordance with paragraph 2(a) of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed for a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.
(4) Article 32(4) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in goods may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1(1) and in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 September 2008.
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32002D0661 | 2002/661/EC: Commission Decision of 20 August 2002 terminating the anti-dumping and the anti-subsidy proceedings concerning imports of certain magnetic disks (3,5″ microdisks) originating in India (notified under document number C(2002) 3082)
| Commission Decision
of 20 August 2002
terminating the anti-dumping and the anti-subsidy proceedings concerning imports of certain magnetic disks (3,5" microdisks) originating in India
(notified under document number C(2002) 3082)
(2002/661/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community(3), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
(1) On 29 October 2001, the Commission received two complaints concerning alleged injurious dumping and injurious subsidisation by imports into the Community of certain magnetic disks (3,5" microdisks) originating in India.
(2) Both complaints were lodged by the Committee of European Diskette Manufacturers (Diskma) (the complainant) on behalf of Community producers representing a major proportion of the total Community production of certain magnetic disks (3,5" microdisks).
(3) These complaints contained prima facie evidence of dumping and subsidisation, and of material injury resulting therefrom, considered sufficient to justify the initiation of both an anti-dumping and an anti-subsidy proceeding.
(4) The Commission, after consulting the Advisory Committee, by two separate notices published on 13 December 2001 in the Official Journal of the European Communities(4), accordingly initiated an anti-dumping and an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports into the Community of certain magnetic disks (3,5" microdisks) currently classifiable within CN code ex 8523 20 90 and originating in India.
(5) The Commission officially advised the Community producers, exporting producers, importers, users and suppliers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainant of the initiation of the proceedings. The parties concerned had the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set out in the Notice of Initiation.
B. WITHDRAWAL OF THE COMPLAINTS AND TERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS
(6) By a letter of 25 June 2002 to the Commission, Diskma formally withdrew its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints concerning imports of certain magnetic disks (3,5" microdisks) originating in India.
(7) In accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 and with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97, when the complainant withdraws its complaint the proceeding may be terminated unless such termination would not be in the Community interest.
(8) The Commission considered that the present proceedings should be terminated since the investigation had not brought to light any considerations showing that such termination would not be in the Community interest. Interested parties were informed accordingly and were given the opportunity to comment. No comments were received, however, indicating that such termination would not be contrary to the Community interest.
(9) The Commission therefore concludes that the anti-dumping and the anti-subsidy proceedings concerning imports into the Community of certain magnetic disks (3,5" microdisks) originating in India should be terminated without the imposition of measures,
The anti-dumping and the anti-subsidy proceedings concerning imports into the Community of certain magnetic disks (3,5" microdisks) currently classifiable within CN code ex 8523 20 90 and originating in India are hereby terminated. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008D1352 | Decision No 1352/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Decision No 1855/2006/EC establishing the Culture Programme (2007 to 2013) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 24.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 348/128
DECISION No 1352/2008/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 16 December 2008
amending Decision No 1855/2006/EC establishing the Culture Programme (2007 to 2013)
(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 151(5), first indent, thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 1855/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 (2) established the Culture programme for the period 2007 to 2013.
(2) Article 8(3) of Decision No 1855/2006/EC stipulates that measures necessary for the implementation of the programme other than those listed in paragraph 2 are to be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 9(3) of that Decision, namely in accordance with the advisory procedure established by Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (3).
(3) This wording of Decision No 1855/2006/EC results in particular in selection decisions other than those referred to in Article 8(2) of that Decision being subject to the advisory procedure and to the European Parliament's right of scrutiny.
(4) Yet these selection decisions mainly concern projects of limited duration whose life cycle is incompatible with lengthy decision-making procedures and do not involve politically sensitive decision making.
(5) These procedural requirements add two to three months to the process of awarding grants to applicants. They cause many delays for recipients, place a disproportionate burden on the programme's administration and provide no added value given the nature of the grants awarded.
(6) In order to allow selection decisions to be implemented more quickly and efficiently, it is necessary to replace the advisory procedure with an obligation on the Commission to inform the European Parliament and the Member States without delay about any measures taken for the implementation of Decision No 1855/2006/EC without the assistance of a committee,
Decision No 1855/2006/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 8(3) shall be replaced by the following:
2. Article 9(3) shall be deleted.
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the impact of this Decision by 25 June 2010.
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31990D0478 | 90/478/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 September 1990 accepting undertakings offered by certain exporters in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of tungsten ores and concentrates originating in the People's Republic of China and terminating the investigation with regard to these exporters
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 September 1990
accepting undertakings offered by certain exporters in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of tungsten ores and concentrates originating in the People's Republic of China and terminating the investigation with regard to these exporters
(90/478/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88,
Whereas
A. PROVISIONAL MEASURES
(1) By Regulation (EEC) No 761/90 (2), the Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of tungsten ores and concentration originating in the People's Republic of China. This duty was extended for a period not exceeding two months by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2128/90 (3).
B. SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURES
(2) Following the imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters, on behalf of two Chinese exporters - the China National Non-Ferrous Metals Import and Export Corporation (CNIEC) and the China National Metals and Minerals and Export Corporation (Minmetals), requested and was granted a hearing.
C. IMPOSITION OF A DEFINITIVE DUTY
(3) Following the imposition of provisional measures, the Commission continued its investigation of dumping and injury, in conclusion of which the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2735/90 (4), imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tungsten ores and concentrates originating in the People's Republic of China and definitively collecting the provisional duty.
D. UNDERTAKINGS
(4) The China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters was informed of the results of the investigation. Two Chinese exporters, CNIEC and Minmetals, subsequently offered undertakings in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88.
(5) These undertakings have the effect of raising prices by an amount which in no case exceeds the dumping margins established but which is sufficient to remove the injury caused to the Community industry. It is moreover, possible to monitor
and control that these undertakings are respected. Under these circumstances, the undertakings offered are considered acceptable and the investigations can be terminated for the exporters concerned without imposing an anti-dumping duty.
(6) Additionally, should these undertakings not be respected, or should they be terminated by the exporters, the Commission may, in accordance with Article 10 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, immediately impose a provisional duty and the Council may subsequently impose a definitive duty on the basis of the findings and conclusions of the investigation referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2735/90.
(7) An objection to this course of action was raised in the Advisory Committee by two Member States. Therefore, in conformity with the provisions of Articles 10 (1) and 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, the Commission submitted to the Council a report on the results of the consultations, together with a proposal that the investigation be terminated. As the Council has not decided otherwise within one month, the present Decision should be adopted,
The undertakings offered by:
- China National Non-Ferrous Metals Import and Export Corporation (CNIEC)
- China National Metals and Minerals Import and Export Corporation (Minmetals)
in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of tungsten ores and concentrates falling within CN code 2611 00 00 and originating in the People's Republic of China are hereby accepted.
The investigation in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding referred to in Article 1 is hereby terminated in respect of China National Non-Ferrous Metals Import and Export Corporation (CNIEC) and China National Metals and Minerals Import and Export Corporation (Minmetals). | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R2126 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2126/2005 of 22 December 2005 amending Regulation (EEC) No 350/93 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 23.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 340/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2126/2005
of 22 December 2005
amending Regulation (EEC) No 350/93 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) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 350/93 of 17 February 1993 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (2) lays down measures concerning the classification in the Combined Nomenclature of a pair of shorts described in point 8 of the Annex to that Regulation (photo 509).
(2) It is necessary to specify the description of the pockets of the garment in question and to align the second paragraph of the reasons accordingly, in order to avoid divergent classification. Up to now, the fact that the pockets have no closing system was merely illustrated in photo 509.
(3) Moreover, in the reasons given for the classification of the garment in question reference is made to Note 8 of Chapter 62 of the Combined Nomenclature without mentioning which paragraph of that Note has been applied, which might lead to divergent classifications.
(4) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature it should be made clear that the classification laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 350/93 was not based on the first paragraph of Note 8 and was therefore not determined by the reason that the garment in question has a cut which clearly indicates that it is designed for women.
(5) Provision should be made that the second paragraph of Note 8 to Chapter 62 was applied and that the garment in question was classified within CN code 6204 63 90 because the cut of the garment in question does not give ample indications as to whether it was intended for men or women and therefore cannot be identified as either men's or boy's garment or as women's or girls' garment.
(6) Regulation (EEC) No 350/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Point 8 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 350/93 is amended as follows:
1. in column 1 (Description) the last sentence is replaced by the following:
2. in column 3 (Reason) the text is replaced by the following:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32014D0239 | 2014/239/EU: Council Decision of 14 April 2014 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation
| 30.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 128/15
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 April 2014
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation
(2014/239/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 79(3), in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Council Decision 2014/242/EU (1), the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (‘the Agreement’) was signed, on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date.
(2) The Agreement should be approved.
(3) The Agreement establishes a Joint Readmission Committee which is to adopt its rules of procedure. It is appropriate to provide for a simplified procedure for the establishment of the Union position in this case.
(4) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and without prejudice to Article 4 of that Protocol, those Member States are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application.
(5) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,
The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, to the notification provided for in Article 23(2) of the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Agreement (2).
The Commission, assisted by experts from Member States, shall represent the Union in the Joint Readmission Committee established under Article 19 of the Agreement.
The position of the Union within the Joint Readmission Committee with regard to the adoption of that Committee's rules of procedure, pursuant to Article 19(5) of the Agreement, shall be taken by the Commission after consultation with a special committee designated by the Council.
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31986D0020 | 86/20/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 January 1986 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of hammers originating in the People' s Republic of China
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 31 January 1986
terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of hammers originating in the People's Republic of China
(86/20/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 9 thereof,
After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation,
Whereas:
A. Procedure
1. In 1984 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Tool Committee (CEO) on behalf of producers of hammers whose collective output constituted the majority of Community production of the product in question. The complaint contained evidence of dumping and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The Commission accordingly announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (2), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of ball peen, claw, machinist and sledge hammers of base metal falling within Common Customs Tariff heading No ex 82.04, corresponding to Nimexe Code ex 82.04-50, originating in the People's Republic of China, and commenced an investigation.
2. The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned and the complainants and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing.
3. The Commission, for the purpose of obtaining all the information it deemed to be necessary, sent questionnaires to 19 German, French and UK firms on whose behalf the complaint was made, in order to allow each firm to demonstrate the injury caused to it by imports of hammers from the People's Republic of China.
4. Replies were received from only nine firms, of which only five supplied the information requested in the questionnaire; two sent their replies incomplete and two replied that they did not regard themselves as having been injured by imports of the products in question from the People's Republic of China.
5. Despite subsequent requests from the Commission to CEO for a more complete response from its members no further replies were received from the other 10 producers. The Commission carried out a detailed analysis of those firms whose replies were received. None of the producers requested to be heard by the Commission. One importer requested and was granted a hearing.
6. The Commission verified the information received to the extent it deemed necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following EEC producers:
- Hermann Bremer KG, Wuppertal, Germany,
- Burgon & Ball Ltd, Sheffield, United Kingdom,
- Goldenberg SA, Saverne, France,
- Outillage MOB, Le Chambon Feugerolles, France,
- Carl Dan. Peddinhaus GMBH & Co. KG, Ennepetal, Germany,
- Joh. Herm Picard, Wuppertal, Germany,
- Spear & Jackson (Tools) Ltd, West Midlands, UK,
- Stanley Tools Ltd, Sheffield, UK,
- WM Whitehouse & Co. (Tools) Ltd, West Midlands, UK.
The complainant requested and received all information available to the Commission to the extent that such information was relevant to the complainant's interest, had been used by the Commission during the investigation and had a decisive influence on its findings.
The information disclosed was not regarded by the Commission as confidential within the meaning of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84.
B. Injury
7. With regard to the allegation that imports of hammers from the country concerned caused injury to the Community producers of this product, the investigation showed that imports to the Community from the People's Republic of China increased from 3 501 tonnes in 1980 to 4 344 tonnes in 1982 but fell to 4 028 tonnes in 1983, to 3 685 tonnes in 1984 and to 1 184 tonnes during the first half of 1985. This reduction represented a fall in market share from about 40 % in 1982 to 16 % in the first half of 1985.
8. The information received from the complainant firms who cooperated in the investigation showed that their production increased form 2 167 tonnes in 1980 to 2 404 tonnes in 1984. With regard to the allegation that capacity utilization had decreased because of the imports in question, it was found that there was a steady decline up to 1983 followed by an upward trend in 1984 and the first half of 1985. No concrete information could be obtained, even from the companies that cooperated in this proceeding, concerning sales in the Community and sales outside the Community. Nevertheless, considering that the volume of stocks did not change substantially between 1980 and 1984 and that total exports to third countries remained stable, it can be concluded that the market share of Community producers in the Community increased by approximately 5 % between 1980 and 1984.
9. Although the development of prices throughout the Community prior to and during the reference period shows relatively small increases, the Commission considers that, in general, the available evidence on quantities imported from both the country concerned and from other countries, the pricing of those imports and the pricing of the products of Community producers show that the fact that prices did not increase more rapidly cannot be conclusively attributed to the imports in question. The Commission did, however, find isolated regional instances of price depression which could be attributed to certain of the imports in question but the injurious effect of these imports on prices was restricted both in time and to the immediate areas of the port of entry and, taking account of the quantities concerned, could not be considered material on a Community basis. In addition, in their sales of hammers in the Community during the reference period, all but one of the complainant firms that cooperated achieved profitability, and in some cases at a relatively high level in the light of the general economic situation.
10. Thus the Commission, in taking account of the evidence available, is of the opinion that, to the extent to which the complainant firms that cooperated may have sustained injury during the reference period which could be conclusively attributed to the imports in question, the injury cannot be described as material. In addition, despite repeated requests, a substantial number of complainant firms failed to cooperate by providing the necessary data on injury, thereby significantly impeding the investigation. The Commission concluded from this attitude that it was unlikely that any injury which these firms might have sustained was material.
C. Dumping
11. In view of the above findings with respect to injury the Commission considered it unnecessary to investigate the allegation of dumping with regard to the imports in question, since anti-dumping measures may be taken only where examination shows that there has been dumping during the period under investigation, that material injury has been caused thereby and that the interests of the Community call for such measures.
In these circumstances it is considered appropriate that the proceeding be terminated without the imposition of protective measures.
No objection to this course was raised in the Advisory Commitee,
The anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of hammers originating in the People's Republic of China is hereby terminated. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32001D0634 | 2001/634/EC: Commission Decision of 16 August 2001 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating or proceeding from Guinea (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2525)
| Commission Decision
of 16 August 2001
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating or proceeding from Guinea
(notified under document number C(2001) 2525)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/634/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A Commission expert has conducted an inspection visit to Guinea to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community.
(2) The provisions of legislation of Guinea on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC.
(3) In particular, the "Direction nationale des pêches maritimes (DNPM) of the Ministère de la pêche et de l'aquaculture" is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force.
(4) However the inspection visit to Guinea has revealed certain deficiencies in the hygienic conditions of the establishments processing and preparing fishery products. It has also revealed deficiencies in the sanitary control applied to the processing and preparation of the fishery products. Therefore, only the fishery products which have not undergone any preparation or processing operation other than chilling or freezing may be authorised for imports into the Community.
(5) The modalities for obtaining the health certificate referred to in Article 11(4)(a) of Directive 91/493/EEC must include the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the status of the person empowered to sign it.
(6) Pursuant to Article 11(4)(b) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products giving the name of the non-member country and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin, except for certain frozen products.
(7) Pursuant to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive 91/493/EEC a list of approved establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores must be drawn up, and a list of freezer vessels equipped in accordance with points 1 to 7 of Annex II to Council Directive 92/48/EEC(3) must also be drawn up. These lists must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the DNPM to the Commission. It is therefore for the DNPM to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC.
(8) The DNPM has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC with regard to the control of non-processed products, and regarding the fulfilment of hygienic requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive.
(9) However, the inspection visit has revealed certain deficiencies in the procedure followed by the DNPM for the approval/suspension of establishments and vessels, therefore the modification of the list of establishments and vessels from which the imports are authorised, will require a new inspection visit on the spot by the Commission experts.
(10) Taking into account the results of the inspection visit, the reduction in the frequency of physical checks, laid down by Commission Decision 94/360/EC of 20 May 1994 on the reduced frequency of physical checks of consignments of certain products to be implemented from non-member countries, under Council Directive 90/675/EEC(4), shall not be applied to fishery products imported from Guinea.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The "Direction nationale des pêches maritimes (DNPM) of the Ministère de la pêche et de l'aquaculture" shall be the competent authority in Guinea for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery products originating in Guinea must meet the following conditions:
1. They shall not have undergone any preparation or processing operation other than chilling or freezing.
2. Each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A hereto.
3. The products must come from approved establishments, factory vessels or cold stores or from registered freezer vessels listed in Annex B hereto.
4. Except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the word "GUINEA" and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters.
1. Certificates as referred to in Article 2 point 1 must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the DNPM and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.
Member States, when importing fishery products from Guinea, shall not apply to these products the reduction in the frequency of physical checks provided by Decision 94/360/EC.
Annex B shall only be modified following the results of an inspection visit on the spot.
This Decision shall come into effect 60 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32010R0516 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 516/2010 of 15 June 2010 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
| 16.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 150/46
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 516/2010
of 15 June 2010
concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and in particular Article 3 and Article 9d(1) thereof,
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 (2), and in particular Article 25 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition.
(2) Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down transitional measures for applications for the authorisation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) The application for authorisation of the additive set out in the Annex to this Regulation was submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4) Initial comments on that application, as provided for in Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC, were forwarded to the Commission before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. This application is therefore to continue to be treated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC.
(5) The use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus aculeatus (CBS 589.94), endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum (CBS 592.94), alpha-amylase produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (DSM 9553) and endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma viride (NIBH FERM BP 4842) was provisionally authorised for laying hens by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2005 (3). It was authorised without a time limit for chickens for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2005 (4) and for turkeys for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1284/2006 (5).
(6) New data were submitted in support of an application for authorisation without a time limit of that enzyme preparation for laying hens.
(7) The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that enzyme preparation, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation, should be authorised without a time limit.
(8) 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 specified in the Annex, is authorised without a time limit as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32004R0783 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 783/2004 of 26 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 783/2004
of 26 April 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries
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 2000, 2001 and 2002, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries, should be adjusted to take account of the new situation resulting from enlargement of the Community on 1 May 2004.
(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 May 2004.
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31983D0486 | 83/486/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1983 concerning two aid schemes in favour of the textile and clothing sector in France funded by means of parafiscal charges (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 July 1983
concerning two aid schemes in favour of the textile and clothing sector in France funded by means of parafiscal charges
(Only the French text is authentic)
(83/486/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having given notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments as provided for in Article 93, having regard to those comments,
Whereas:
I
On 13 January 1983, the French Government notified to the Commission two decrees amending and extending for the period 1983 to 1985 two aid schemes, one for the textile industry and the other for the clothing industry, funded by two parafiscal charges levied under the same procedure as value added tax on sales in France of textile and clothing products.
By decrees No 82/1242 and No 82/1243 published in the Official Journal of the French Republic No 10 of 13 January 1983, these two aid schemes entered into force on 1 January 1983; the French Government thereby failed to comply with its obligations under Article 93 (3).
Under these decrees the aid schemes, whereby the textile and clothing industry is allocated an amount of about FF 240 million annually, are extended until 31 December 1985. About 40 % of this amount is earmarked for joint research projects carried out for the most part by technical institutes serving the sector. The remaining proceeds from the parafiscal charges are allocated to individual aid measures for textile and clothing firms. These aids consist of the grant of subsidies of 10 to 15 % of modernization and renewal investments. The two schemes have been in force, with extensions and amendments, since 1965 and 1969 respectively.
As regards the joint research projects, the Commission has no objection to the support granted to them if they form part of measures carried out at Community level.
The Commission considered after its first scrutiny, however, that the schemes in question were not compatible in other respects with the common market and consequently decided to initiate the procedure provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty; the Commission gave the French Government notice to submit its comments, by letter dated 18 March 1983.
II
In its reply dated 31 May 1983, the French Government states that a substantial proportion of the aids is allocated to joint research projects, pointing out that the Commission had already stated in its letter of 18 March that it had no objection to those measures in so far as they actually concerned research in the sector concerned. In its reply the French Government maintains that the aids for modernization investments which have been running since 1965 and 1969 relate to exceptional programmes, but it does not define in what sense these programmes are exceptional, while the texts of the decrees simply state that the general objective is the renovation of industrial and commercial structures.
The French Government also states in its letter that the application of the selectivity criterion, referred to by the Commission, should be the subject of a more refined analysis as regards industrial policy in the textile and clothing sector. The French Government considers that the amounts of the aids in question are so small that the question of their combination with other French schemes has no real bearing on the matter and is of no significance.
Two other Member States and a federation in the sector have stated that they share the Commission's view and have stressed their concern regarding the aid schemes in question.
III
The grant of State aids to individual firms making modernization and renewal investments is equivalent to an industry aid, since it reduces the costs which such firms would normally have to bear. It is well known that such aids to the textile and clothing industry, which is in a difficult situation throughout the Community and in which competition between Member States is very keen, are liable to affect trade between Member States and distort or threaten to distort competition within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty by favouring French firms or their production.
Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty lays down the principle that aids meeting the criteria it describes are incompatible with the common market. The exemptions from this incompatibility allowed for by Article 92 (3), which are the only ones which could apply to this case, specify objectives which are in the interest of the Community and not merely of particular sectors of the national economy. These exemptions must be interpreted strictly when any regional or industry aid scheme or any individual case of application of a general aid scheme is scrutinized and, in particular, they may be granted only if the Commission is able to establish that, without the aids, the free play of market forces alone would not be sufficient to ensure that recipient firms contributed to the realization of one of the objectives specified in these provisions.
To allow these exemptions for aids which do not offer a compensating benefit of this kind would be tantamount to giving an undue advantage to certain Member States, thus allowing trading conditions between Member States to be affected and distorting competition, without any justification on grounds of the Community interest.
In applying the above principles to scrutiny of aid schemes, the Commission must satisfy itself that the recipient firms are providing a consideration in return justifying the grant of aid, in the sense that the aid is necessary to promote the realization of one of the objectives set out in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty. Where this cannot be demonstrated, it is clear that the aid does not contribute to attaining the objectives of the exemptions but serves to improve the financial situation of the firms in question.
In this case the aid schemes do not demonstrate the existence of such consideration provided in return by the recipient firms.
The French Government has not been able to give, nor the Commission to detect, any justification for finding that the aids in question qualify for one of the exemptions provided for in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty.
With regard to the exemptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) of the EEC Treaty relating to aids intended to promote or facilitate the development of certain areas, it must be observed that the standard of living in France is not abnormally low nor is there serious under-employment within the meaning of the exemption specified in point (a); and because of their scope, namely all the firms in a given economic sector irrespective of where they are located, the aid schemes are not intended for the development of certain areas as provided for in the exemption under point (c).
As regards the exemptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (b) of the EEC Treaty, it is evident that the schemes in question are not intended to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest, or to remedy a serious disturbance in the French economy: moreover nothing in the socio-economic data available on France provides grounds for concluding that there exists a serious disturbance in its economy, such as is referred to in Article 92 (3) (b). Aids to cover part of modernization and renewal costs could qualify for a derogation from the principle that aids are incomptible with the common market only if, given the rules and criteria adopted for granting the aid, the Commission were able to detect some consideration provided by the recipient firms in return, in other words if the grant of aids were linked to some special effort to be made by the firm which accorded with the Community interest.
In the Community approaches to aids to the textile and clothing industry, worked out in consultation with Member States in 1971 and 1977, the Commission has specified the objectives to be pursued in the Community interest. These guidelines are aimed primarily at ensuring a selective rationalization of firms in the industry, a standstill in production capacity in branches of the industry already in structural surplus, the encouragement of conversion to other activities both outside and inside the industry, and a progressive reduction in aids. They exclude any assistance of a purely protective nature which would merely transfer one Member State's difficulties to another.
The French aid schemes for the textile and clothing industry in the form of grants for modernization and renewal investments apply to all firms in the industry making such investments. No consideration is required of the firms in return, either in terms of restructuring or in terms of capacity cuts in branches of the industry which are already in surplus at Community level or in which the French industry is particularly strong. The schemes do not allow for any selectivity either in the nature of the investment, which may therefore simply involve replacing existing machinery and plant, or in the choice of recipients by reference to their long-term financial viability. There is no provision for the aids to be progressively reduced during the period for which they are granted, and they may be combined with existing industry and general aids. It is therefore evident that the aids for individual projects do not conform to the objectives defined in the Community approaches to aids to the textile and clothing industry.
Consequently, the aids in question, in view of their form and the absence of any compensatory justification in the Community interest, in an industry in which competition within the Community is very keen, are liable to affect trade to an extent contrary to the common interest. Accordingly, there is no factor which could justify the Commission in exempting the aid schemes from the rule that aids are incompatible with the common market, by granting a derogation under Article 92 (3) (c) of the EEC Treaty.
In view of the foregoing considerations, the aids for individual modernization and renewal investment projects in the textile and clothing industry provided for by decrees No 82/1242 and No 82/1243, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic No 10 of 13 January 1983, are incompatible with the common market under Article 92 of the EEC Treaty and therefore may no longer be granted,
The aids for the benefit of individual projects provided for by decrees No 82/1242 and No 82/1243 published in the Official Journal of the French Republic No 10 of 13 January 1983 are hereby declared to be incompatible with the common market under Article 92 of the EEC Treaty and consequently may no longer be granted.
The French Republic shall notify the Commission of the measures it has adopted to comply with this Decision, within two months from the notification thereof.
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32010D0007 | 2010/7/EU, Euratom: Commission Decision of 22 December 2009 authorising Italy to use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base (notified under document C(2009) 10426)
| 7.1.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 3/21
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 December 2009
authorising Italy to use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base
(notified under document C(2009) 10426)
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(2010/7/EU, Euratom)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (1), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee on Own Resources,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 371 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (2), certain Member States may continue to exempt certain transactions. These transactions must be taken into account for the determination of the VAT own resources base.
(2) By virtue of Article 371 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Italy may continue to exempt transactions listed in point 10 of part B of Annex X to that Directive.
(3) Italy requested the Commission to be authorised to use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base since it is unable to make the precise calculation of the VAT own resources base for transactions referred to in point 10 of part B of Annex X to the VAT Directive. Such calculation is likely to involve an unjustified administrative burden in relation to the effect of these transactions on Italy’s total VAT own resources base. Italy is able to make a calculation using approximate estimates for this category of transactions. Italy should therefore be authorised to calculate the VAT own resource base using approximate estimates in accordance with the second indent of Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89.
(4) For reasons of transparency and legal certainty it is appropriate to limit the applicability of the authorisation in time,
For the purpose of calculating the VAT own resources base from 1 January 2009, Italy is authorised, to use approximate estimates in respect of the following category of transactions referred to in part B of Annex X to Directive 2006/112/EC:
— Transport of passengers (point 10).
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013.
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32014R0728 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 728/2014 of 30 June 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 1.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/47
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 728/2014
of 30 June 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31996R1221 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1221/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down for the period 1 July to 31 December 1996 rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1221/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down for the period 1 July to 31 December 1996 rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 provides for the extension to the second half of 1996 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Regulation (EC) No 3066/95; whereas the rules of application for those quantities should therefore be laid down;
Whereas it should be stipulated that the arrangements are to be managed using import licences; whereas to that end rules should be set on submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, where appropriate by way of derogation from certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for certain agricultural products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 (4), and of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2856/95 (6); whereas, moreover, it should be stipulated that licences are to be issued following a reflection period and, where necessary, after application of a uniform percentage reduction;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. From 1 July to 31 December 1996, the following quantities may be imported under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 3066/95:
(a) fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202:
- 3 550 tonnes originating in Poland,
- 3 575 tonnes originating in Hungary,
- 1 335 tonnes originating in the Czech Republic,
- 665 tonnes originating in the Slovakia,
- 90 tonnes originating in Bulgaria,
- 675 tonnes originating in Romania;
(b) 220 tonnes of processed products falling within CN codes 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in Poland.
2. For the meat referred to in paragraph 1 (a), the ad valorem and specific customs duties set in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 %.
For the processed products referred to in paragraph 1 (b), the ad valorem customs duty shall be set at 13 %.
1. In order to benefit from the import arrangements:
(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who, at the time their application is submitted, must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned, that they have been trading in beef and veal for the previous 12 months with third countries; they must be entered on a national VAT register;
(b) licence applications may be presented only in the Member State in which the applicant is registered;
(c) licence applications for each group of products referred to in Article 1 (1) (a) and (b) shall relate to a minimum quantity of 15 tonnes by product weight without exceeding the quantity available;
(d) the licence application and the licence shall show in box 8 the country of origin; the licence shall carry with it an obligation to import from the country indicated;
(e) the licence application and the licence shall show at least one of the following in box 20:
- Reglamento (CE) n° 1221/96
- Forordning (EF) nr. 1221/96
- Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1221/96
- Êáíïíéóìüò (ÅÊ) áñéè. 1221/96
- Regulation (EC) No 1221/96
- Règlement (CE) n° 1221/96
- Regolamento (CE) n. 1221/96
- Verordening (EG) nr. 1221/96
- Regulamento (CE) nº 1221/96
- Asetus (EY) N:o 1221/96
- Förordning (EG) nr 1221/96.
2. Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 notwithstanding, the licence application and the licence shall show in box 16 one or more of the CN codes for one of the group of products referred to in Article 1 (1) (a) and (b) respectively.
1. Licence applications shall be lodged from 5 to 12 July 1996.
2. If an applicant presents more than one application per group of products referred to in Article 1 (1) (a) and (b), all applications from that applicant relating to products in the same group shall be rejected.
3. Member States shall notify the Commission, by the fifth working day following the end of the period for lodging applications, of applications presented for the quantities indicated in Article 1 (1). Notification shall comprise a list of applicants showing the quantity applied for, the CN code within which the product falls and the country of origin of the meat.
All notifications, including nil notifications, shall be made by telex or fax, notification being made, where applications have been received, in accordance with the model given in the Annex hereto.
4. The Commission shall decide to what extent licence applications can be met.
If the quantities for which licences have been applied for exceed those available, the Commission shall set a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities applied for.
5. Provided the Commission accepts an application, the licence shall be issued as soon as possible.
6. Licences issued shall be valid throughout the Community.
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall apply.
2. Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall not apply.
3. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 notwithstanding, the security against import licences shall be ECU 12 per 100 kilograms product weight.
4. The period of validity of the import licences shall expire on 31 December 1996.
Products shall benefit from the duties referred to in Article 1 on presentation of a EUR 1 movement certificate issued by the exporting country in accordance with Protocol 4 to the Europe Agreements.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1996.
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32004R1038 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1038/2004 of 27 May 2004 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 28th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
| 28.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 190/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1038/2004
of 27 May 2004
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 28th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1) and in particular the second indent of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 of 18 July 2003 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2003/2004 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 28th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 49,950 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989R2322 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2322/89 of 28 July 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 on minimum prices payable to producers and amounts of production aid for certain processed fruit and vegetables eligible for production aid
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2322/89
of 28 July 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 on minimum prices payable to producers and amounts of production aid for certain processed fruit and vegetables eligible for production aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1125/89 (2), and in particular Article 6 (4) thereof,
Whereas Annex V to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2294/89 (4), lays down in particular the coefficients to be applied to the amount of aid for tomato concentrates with a dry weight content other than that laid down for the fixing of the aid; whereas, in view of the new definitions for the new products included in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/84 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2321/89 (6), provision should be made for a rate of reduction in aid for the new products;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
The following subparagraph is added to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84:
'However, after application of one of the coefficients laid down in Annex V, the amount of aid must be reduced by 4 % in the case of certain concentrate preparations with a low percentage of skin and pips.'
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 beginning of the 1989/90 marketing year for processed tomato products.
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 |
32000L0050 | Commission Directive 2000/50/EC of 26 July 2000 including an active substance (prohexadione-calcium) in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
| Commission Directive 2000/50/EC
of 26 July 2000
including an active substance (prohexadione-calcium) in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/10/EC(2), hereafter referred to as "the Directive", and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Directive, on 10 February 1994, France received an application from BASF AG, hereafter referred to as "the applicant", for the inclusion of the active substance prohexadione-calcium in Annex I to the Directive.
(2) In accordance with the provisions of Article 6(3) of the Directive the Commission confirmed in its Decision 96/520/EC(3) that the dossier submitted for prohexadione-calcium could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annex II and for a plant protection product containing this active substance, of Annex III to the Directive.
(3) In accordance with Article 5(1) of the Directive, an active substance should be included in Annex I for a period not exceeding 10 years if it may be expected that neither the use of, or residues from, plant protection products containing the active substance will have any harmful effects on human or animal health or on groundwater or any unacceptable influence on the environment.
(4) For prohexadione-calcium, the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(2) and (4) of the Directive, for the uses proposed by the applicant. France acting as nominated rapporteur Member State, submitted to the Commission on 9 June 1998 the draft assessment report concerned.
(5) The submitted report has been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Plant Health. This review was finalised on 16 June 2000 in the format of the Commission review report for prohexadione-calcium. It may be necessary to update this report to take account of technical and scientific developments. In such case the conditions for the inclusion of prohexadione-calcium in Annex I to the Directive will also need to be amended pursuant to Article 6(1) of that Directive.
(6) The dossier and the information from the review were also submitted to the Scientific Committee for Plants for opinion on 26 November 1999. This Committee gave its opinion on 6 June 2000.
(7) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing the active substance concerned may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a), (b) and (3) of the Directive, in particular with regard to the uses which were examined and detailed in the Commission review report. It is therefore appropriate to include the active substance concerned in Annex I, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authorisations of plant protection products containing the active substance concerned can be granted in accordance with the provisions of the said Directive.
(8) After inclusion, a reasonable period is necessary to permit Member States to implement the provisions of the Directive on plant protection products containing prohexadione-calcium and in particular to review, within this period, existing provisional authorisations or to grant, by the end of this period at the latest, new authorisations in accordance with the provisions of the Directive. A longer period may also be required for plant protection products containing prohexadione-calcium and other active substances included in Annex I.
(9) It is appropriate to provide that the finalised review report (except for confidential information in the meaning of Article 14 of the Directive) is kept available or made available by the Member States for consultation by any interested parties.
(10) The review report is required for the proper implementation by the Member States, of several sections of the uniform principles laid down in Annex VI to the Directive, where these principles refer to the evaluation of the Annex II data which were submitted for the purpose of the inclusion of the active substance in Annex I to the Directive.
(11) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health delivered on 16 June 2000,
Prohexadione-calcium is hereby designated as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, as set out in the Annex hereto.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, at the latest by 1 January 2001.
2. However, with regard to evaluation and decision-making pursuant to the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III thereto, the period laid down in the first paragraph is extended for existing provisional authorisations of plant protection products containing prohexadione-calcium to 1 January 2002.
3. However for plant protection products containing prohexadione-calcium together with another active substance which is in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, the period referred to in paragraph 1 is extended to the extent that a longer implementation period is provided for by the provisions laid down in the Directive concerning the inclusion of this other active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
4. Member States shall keep available the review report (except for confidential information in the meaning of Article 14 of the Directive) for consultation by any interested parties or shall make it available to them on specific request.
5. When Member States adopt the measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The Member States shall lay down the procedure for such reference.
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 October 2000.
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31988D0096 | 88/96/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 November 1987 on an increase in addition to the annual increase in the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road for 1988
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 November 1987
on an increase in addition to the annual increase in the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road for 1988
(88/96/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 of 16 December 1976 on the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road between Member States (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1879/87 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6) thereof,
Having consulted the Member States,
Whereas Article 3 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 calls on the Commission to decide, whenever necessary, on an appropriate increase in the Community quota in addition to the annual increase;
Whereas Belgium, Greece, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom have applied to the Commission for an increase in addition to the annual increase in the Community quota for 1988; whereas they have applied for 380, 52, 55, 200, 230, 170 and 83 authorizations respectively, a total of 1 170 authorizations;
Whereas the transit problems encountered by Greek, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese carriers are special obstacles which restrict and prevent optimum utilization of the road haulage capacity authorized by the Community or bilateral quotas; whereas, accordingly, the development of this road haulage capacity covered by the quotas has proved inadequate for these Member States to meet the growing demand;
Whereas, consequently, Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 3 (6) of the Regulation; whereas, contrary to the individual applications, granting the same additional increase in Community authorizations to each of these States would be adequate to resolve the difficulties observed and compatible with the existing Community quota system;
Whereas the applications submitted by the other Member States are not sufficiently founded;
Whereas, in view of all these circumstances, to remedy the transit problems arising because there is inadequate capacity to meet demand, an increase of 50 Community authorizations each should be granted to Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal;
Whereas if the Council were to accept the Commission proposal on access to the market for the carriage of goods by road between Member States (3) the changes in the Community quota provided for therein should make it possible to overcome most of the transit problems encountered by certain Member States inside the Community;
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 3 (5) of the Regulation provides that the Commission's Decision shall become enforceable two months after its notification unless the matter has been referred to the Council by a Member State in the meanwhile,
The annual increase in the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road for 1988, as provided for by the Commision Decision of 6 October 1987 allocating among the Member States the additional Community authorizations resulting from the 15 % annual increase in the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road for 1988, shall be increased by 200 Community authorizations.
The additional authorizations referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated as follows:
- Greece: 50
- Spain: 50
- Italy: 50
- Portugal: 50
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32014R1093 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1093/2014 of 16 October 2014 amending and correcting Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of certain colours in flavoured ripened cheese Text with EEA relevance
| 17.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 299/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1093/2014
of 16 October 2014
amending and correcting Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of certain colours in flavoured ripened cheese
(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) thereof,
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) The Union list of food additives was established based on food additives permitted for use in foods in accordance with European Parliament and Council Directive 94/35/EC (3), European Parliament and Council Directive 94/36/EC (4) and European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC (5) and after reviewing their compliance with Articles 6, 7 and 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. The Union list includes the food additives on the basis of the categories of food to which they may be added to.
(4) Due to the difficulties encountered during the transfer of food additives to the new categorisation system provided in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, the use of food colours permitted in certain foods was left out of that list, since at that time no information was provided about the use and the need to use food colours in flavoured ripened cheese, such as green and red pesto cheese, wasabi cheese and green marbled herb cheese.
(5) On 2 April 2013 an application was submitted for correction of the Union list to continue the use of copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins (E 141) and paprika extract, capsanthin, capsorubin (E 160c) and for authorisation of the use of cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E 120) and annatto, bixin, norbixin (E 160b) in certain flavoured ripened cheeses and was made available to the Member States pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008.
(6) Cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E 120) and annatto, bixin, norbixin (E 160b) are currently approved for use in certain ripened cheeses. The same technological need was identified also for the use of cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E 120) in red pesto cheese and annatto, bixin, norbixin (E 160b) in red and green pesto cheese.
(7) The current approvals to use cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E 120) and annatto, bixin, norbixin (E 160b) take into account the Acceptable Daily Intakes (ADI) established by the Scientific Committee for Food in 1983 and 1979 respectively.
(8) Red and green pesto cheeses represent a small volume in the overall cheese market. It is not expected that the authorisation of use of cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E120) in red pesto cheese and annatto, bixin, norbixin (E 160) in red and green pesto cheese will have a significant impact on the total exposure to both colours.
(9) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008, the Commission has 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 cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E 120) to red pesto cheese and annatto, bixin, norbixin (E 160b) to red and green pesto cheese 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.
(10) Therefore, Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 should be corrected and amended accordingly.
(11) 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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31987R1412 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1412/87 of 22 May 1987 altering the charge in Regulation (EEC) No 805/86 on denatured skimmed-milk powder coming from Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1412/87
of 22 May 1987
altering the charge in Regulation (EEC) No 805/86 on denatured skimmed-milk powder coming from Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 90 (1) thereof,
Whereas, in order to prevent quantities of skimmed-milk powder imported into Spain and denatured in accordance with Spanish requirements before 1 March 1986 from being re-exported at unusually advantageous terms, an export charge on the product was introduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 805/86 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 744/87 (2);
Whereas it has been noted that the charge of 100 ECU/100 kg is not sufficient to avoid irregular benefits if the fat content has been altered, particularly on export of such products to third countries; whereas the charge should be increased in order to avoid such benefits;
Whereas, in order to prevent speculation on the product which is the subject of this Regulation, the enacting terms should urgently be made applicable;
Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
'100 ECU' in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/86 is hereby replaced by '200 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 |
31998R2511 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2511/98 of 20 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2144/98 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2511/98 of 20 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2144/98 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community
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 2144/98 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2320/98 (4), 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 2144/98 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1:
(a) the fifth indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 2 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency,`;
(b) the 15th indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 10 000 tonnes of deboned 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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32003L0005 | Commission Directive 2003/5/EC of 10 January 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include deltamethrin as active substance (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Directive 2003/5/EC
of 10 January 2003
amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include deltamethrin as active substance
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2002/81/EC(2), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2266/2000(4), establishes a list of active substances of plant protection products to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. That list is contained in Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/94 of 27 April 1994 laying down the active substances of plant protection products and designating the rapporteur Member State for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2230/95(6), and includes deltamethrin.
(2) For deltamethrin the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 for a range of uses proposed by the notifiers. By Regulation (EC) No 933/94 Sweden was designated as rapporteur Member State. Sweden submitted the relevant assessment reports and recommendations to the Commission on 6 October 1998 in accordance with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92.
(3) This assessment report has been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. The review was finalised on 18 October 2002 in the format of the Commission review report for deltamethrin.
(4) The review did not reveal any open questions or concerns, which would have required a consultation of the Scientific Committee on Plants.
(5) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing deltamethrin 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 deltamethrin in Annex I, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authorisations of plant protection products containing this active substance can be granted in accordance with the provisions of that Directive.
(6) The Commission review report is required for the proper implementation by the Member States, of several sections of the uniform principles laid down in Directive 91/414/EEC. It is, therefore, appropriate to provide that the finalised review report, except for confidential information, should be kept available or made available by the Member States for consultation by any interested parties.
(7) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is included in Annex I in order to permit Member States and the interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements which will result from the inclusion.
(8) After inclusion, Member States should be allowed a reasonable period within which to implement the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC as regards plant protection products containing deltamethrin, and in particular, to review existing authorisations to ensure that the conditions regarding deltamethrin set out in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC are satisfied. A longer period should be provided for the submission and assessment of the complete dossier of each plant protection product in accordance with the uniform principles laid down in Directive 91/414/EEC.
(9) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 91/414/EEC accordingly.
(10) 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.
Member States shall keep available the review report for deltamethrin, except for confidential information within the meaning of Article 14 of Directive 91/414/EEC, for consultation by any interested parties or shall make it available to them on specific request.
Member States shall adopt and publish by 30 April 2004 at the latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 May 2004.
When Member States adopt this provision, 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.
1. Member States shall review the authorisation for each plant protection product containing deltamethrin to ensure that the conditions relating to deltamethrin set out in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC are complied with. Where necessary and by 30 April 2004 at the latest, they shall amend or withdraw the authorisation.
2. Member States shall, for each authorised plant protection product containing deltamethrin 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 October 2003 at the latest, 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. 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. Where necessary and by 31 October 2007 at the latest, they shall amend or withdraw the authorisation.
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 November 2003.
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32009R0760 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 760/2009 of 19 August 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1741/2006 laying down the conditions for granting the special export refund on boned meat of adult male bovine animals placed under the customs warehousing procedure prior to export
| 20.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 215/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 760/2009
of 19 August 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 1741/2006 laying down the conditions for granting the special export refund on boned meat of adult male bovine animals placed under the customs warehousing procedure prior to export
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 170 in conjunction with Article 4,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1741/2006 (2) establishes that boned meat of adult male bovine animals for which a declaration into storage is accepted has to be subject to a physical check relating to a representative selection of at least 5 % of accepted declarations of entry into storage.
(2) For the sake of equal treatment between operators exporting under Regulation (EC) No 1741/2006 and those exporting directly, it should be guaranteed that the quantities removed for carrying out physical checks are taken into account in the calculation of the payments for export refunds.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 of 7 July 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (3) already establishes the principle that quantities of products taken as samples at the time of the completion of customs export formalities and not returned subsequently have to be regarded as not having been removed for the purposes of the calculation of the payments for export refunds.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1741/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
In Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1741/2006 the following paragraph 4 is added:
‘4. For the purposes of the calculation of the payments for export refunds, the quantities of products taken as samples for the physical check referred to in Article 4(8) and not returned subsequently shall be regarded as not having been removed from the exported quantity.’
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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32003D0850 | 2003/850/EC: Commission Decision of 4 December 2003 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of BAS 670H and silver thiosulphate in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 4470)
| Commission Decision
of 4 December 2003
recognising in principle the completeness of the dossiers submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of BAS 670H and silver thiosulphate in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
(notified under document number C(2003) 4470)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/850/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/84/EC(2), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 91/414/EEC provides for the development of a Community list of active substances authorised for incorporation in plant protection products.
(2) A dossier for the active substance BAS 670H was submitted by BASF AG to the French authorities on 12 May 2003 with an application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. For silver thiosulphate a dossier was submitted by Enhold BV to the authorities of the Netherlands on 27 January 2003 with an application to obtain its inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(3) The authorities of France and the Netherlands have indicated to the Commission that, on preliminary examination, the dossiers for the active substances concerned appear to satisfy the data and information requirements of Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC. The dossiers submitted appear also to satisfy the data and information requirements of Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC in respect of one plant protection product containing the active substance concerned. In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, the dossiers were subsequently forwarded by the respective applicants to the Commission and other Member States, and were referred to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
(4) By this Decision it should be formally confirmed at Community level that the dossiers are considered as satisfying in principle the data and information requirements provided for in Annex II and, for at least one plant protection product containing the active substance concerned, the requirements of Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(5) This Decision should not prejudice the right of the Commission to request the applicant to submit further data or information to the Member State designated as rapporteur in respect of a given substance in order to clarify certain points in the dossier.
(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,
The dossiers concerning the active substances identified in the Annex to this Decision, which were submitted to the Commission and the Member States with a view to obtaining the inclusion of those substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, satisfy in principle the data and information requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC.
The dossiers also satisfy the data and information requirements set out in Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC in respect of one plant protection product containing the active substance, taking into account the uses proposed.
The rapporteur Member States shall pursue the detailed examination of the dossiers concerned and shall report the conclusions of their examinations accompanied by any recommendations on the inclusion or non-inclusion of the active substance concerned in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and any conditions related thereto to the Commission as soon as possible and at the latest on 9 December 2004.
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31990R1328 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1328/90 of 14 May 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 as regards sparkling wines produced in the Community as defined in point 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Regulation (EEC) No 4252/88 on the preparation and marketing of liqueur wines produced in the Communauty
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1328/90
of 14 May 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 as regards sparkling wines produced in the Community as defined in point 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Regulation (EEC) N° 4252/88 on the preparation and marketing of liqueur wines produced in the Community
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 Article 16 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 358/79 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2044/89 (5), and Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 4252/88 (6) fix the maximum sulphur dioxide content of sparkling wines and liqueur wines; whereas those Articles provide for the submission by 1 April 1990 of a report from the Commission to the Council on that content, together, where appropriate, with proposals; whereas the measures proposed should be consistent with others that the Commission is required to draft in the near future; whereas the abovementioned deadline should be postponed to that end; whereas the same applies to the deadline of 1 September 1990 laid down in Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) N° 358/79,
Regulation (EEC) N° 358/79 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 16 (3) shall be replaced by the following:
'3. Before 1 April 1991, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report, drawn up in the light of experience, on the maximum sulphur dioxide content, together, where appropriate, with proposals on which the Council shall act by a qualified majority before
1 September 1991.`
2. In Article 17 (3), the terms '1 September 1990` shall be replaced by '1 September 1991`.
Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 4252/88 is hereby replaced by the following:
'2. Before 1 April 1991, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report, drawn up in the light of experience, on the maximum sulphur dioxide content of liqueur wines and quality liqueur wines psr together, where appropriate, with proposals on which the Council shall act by a qualified majority before 1 September 1991.`
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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32002R1131 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1131/2002 of 27 June 2002 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1131/2002
of 27 June 2002
fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund within the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that when the refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of the abovementioned Regulation, exported in the natural state, are being fixed, account must be taken of:
- the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of milk and milk products on the Community market and prices for milk and milk products in international trade,
- marketing costs and the most favourable transport charges from Community markets to ports or other points of export in the Community, as well as costs incurred in placing the goods on the market of the country of destination,
- the aims of the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products which are to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on this market,
- the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty, and
- the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market, and
- the economic aspect of the proposed exports.
(3) Article 31(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that when prices within the Community are being determined account should be taken of the ruling prices which are most favourable for exportation, and that when prices in international trade are being determined particular account should be taken of:
(a) prices ruling on third country markets;
(b) the most favourable prices in third countries of destination for third country imports;
(c) producer prices recorded in exporting third countries, account being taken, where appropriate, of subsidies granted by those countries; and
(d) free-at-Community-frontier offer prices.
(4) Article 31(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 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 the abovementioned Regulation according to destination.
(5) Article 31(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the list of products on which export refunds are granted and the amount of such refunds should be fixed at least once every four weeks; the amount of the refund may, however, remain at the same level for more than four weeks.
(6) In accordance with Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 on specific detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds on milk and milk products(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 787/2002(4), the refund granted for milk products containing added sugar is equal to the sum of the two components; one is intended to take account of the quantity of milk products and is calculated by multiplying the basic amount by the milk products content in the product concerned; the other is intended to take account of the quantity of added sucrose and is calculated by multiplying the sucrose content of the entire product by the basic amount of the refund valid on the day of exportation for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(5), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(6), however, this second component is applied only if the added sucrose has been produced using sugar beet or cane harvested in the Community.
(7) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 896/84(7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88(8), laid down additional provisions concerning the granting of refunds on the change from one milk year to another; those provisions provide for the possibility of varying refunds according to the date of manufacture of the products.
(8) For the calculation of the refund for processed cheese provision must be made where casein or caseinates are added for that quantity not to be taken into account.
(9) It follows from applying the rules set out above to the present situation on the market in milk and in particular to quotations or prices for milk products within the Community and on the world market that the refund should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The export refunds referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on products exported in the natural state shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2002.
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32008R0402 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 402/2008 of 6 May 2008 on procedures for the importation of rye from Turkey (Codified version)
| 7.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 120/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 402/2008
of 6 May 2008
on procedures for the importation of rye from Turkey
(Codified version)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2008/97 of 9 October 1997 laying down certain rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of olive oil and certain other agricultural products originating in Turkey (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof;
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 of the Commission of 9 December 1971 on procedures for the importation of rye from Turkey (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.
(2) By Regulation (EC) No 2008/97, the Council adopted rules of application for the special arrangements for imports of rye from Turkey laid down in the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and Turkey.
(3) Those special arrangements provide, under certain conditions, for a reduction of the duty on imports of rye from Turkey. To that end, proof must be furnished that a special export tax payable by the exporter has in fact been paid.
(4) It is appropriate to fix, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2008/97, the procedure for proving payment of the special export tax.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Proof that the special export tax referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2008/97 has been paid shall be furnished to the competent authority of the importing Member State by presentation of movement certificate A.TR.1. In that case, one of the entries referred to in Annex I to this Regulation shall be made in the ‘Remarks’ section by the competent authority.
Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.
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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32013R0810 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 810/2013 of 27 August 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 28.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 229/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 810/2013
of 27 August 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001R1164 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1164/2001 of 14 June 2001 establishing the quantities to be allocated to importers from the Community quantitative quotas redistributed by Regulation (EC) No 650/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1164/2001
of 14 June 2001
establishing the quantities to be allocated to importers from the Community quantitative quotas redistributed by Regulation (EC) No 650/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 3420/83(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1138/98(2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 138/96(4), and in particular Articles 9 and 13 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/2001 of 30 March 2001 redistributing the unused portions of the 2000 quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China(5), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 650/2001 established the portion of each of the quotas concerned reserved for traditional and other importers and the conditions and methods for participating in the allocation of the quantities available. Importers lodged applications for import licences with the competent national authorities between 3 April and 3 p.m., Brussels time, on 30 April 2001, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 650/2001.
(2) The Commission has received from the Member States under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 650/2001 particulars of the numbers and aggregate volume of import licence applications submitted and the total volume imported by traditional importers in 1998 or 1999, the reference year.
(3) The Commission is now able, on the basis of that information, to establish uniform quantitative criteria by which the competent national authorities may satisfy licence applications submitted by importers in the Member States for the quantitative quotas redistributed by Regulation (EC) No 650/2001.
(4) Examination of the figures supplied by Member States shows that the aggregate volume of the applications submitted by traditional importers for the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation exceeds the portion of the quota set aside for them. The applications must therefore be met by applying the uniform rate of reduction/increase shown in Annex I to the imports, expressed in volume terms, of each importer over the reference period.
(5) Examination of the figures supplied by Member States shows that the aggregate volume of applications submitted by non-traditional importers for the products listed in Annex II to this Regulation exceeds the portion of the quota set aside for them. The applications must therefore be met by applying the uniform rate of reduction shown in Annex II to the amounts requested by each importer, as limited by Regulation (EC) No 650/2001,
In response to licence applications in respect of the products listed in Annex I duly submitted by traditional importers, the competent national authorities shall allocate each importer a quantity equal to its imports for 1998 or 1999, adjusted by the rate of reduction/increase specified in the said Annex for each quota.
Where the use of this quantitative criterion would entail allocating an amount greater than that applied for, the quantity allocated shall be limited to that specified in the application.
In response to licence applications in respect of the products listed in Annex II duly submitted by non-traditional importers, the competent national authorities shall allocate each importer a quantity equal to the amount requested within the limits set by Regulation (EC) No 650/2001 adjusted by the rate of reduction specified in the said Annex for each quota.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32010R0845 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 845/2010 of 23 September 2010 establishing a prohibition of fishing for bluefin tuna in Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
| 25.9.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 845/2010
of 23 September 2010
establishing a prohibition of fishing for bluefin tuna in Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (2), lays down quotas for 2010.
(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 2010.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2010 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31988R2040 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2040/88 of 8 July 1988 adding an entry for nectarines to Annex XV to Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2040/88
of 8 July 1988
adding an entry for nectarines to Annex XV to Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1117/88 (2), and in particular Article 16 (4) thereof,
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 223/88 (3) the Council added nectarines to the list given in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of products covered by price and intervention arrangements; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1403/88 (5), should therefore be supplemented by the addition of a packaging cost amount for nectarines;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
In Annex XV, headed 'Amount referred to in Article 2' to Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 the entry:
'- nectarines: 7,0 ECU for 100 kg net'
is inserted after the entry for peaches.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 June 1988.
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31993L0081 | Commission Directive 93/81/EEC of 29 September 1993 adapting Council Directive 70/156/EEC relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/81/EEC of 29 September 1993 adapting Council Directive 70/156/EEC relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by Directive 92/53/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 88/77/EEC of 3 December 1987 relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles (3), as amended by Directive 91/542/EEC (4), reduced levels of gaseous pollutants from diesel engines for new vehicles sold, registered or entered into service with effect from 1 October 1993;
Whereas Article 8 (2) (b) of Directive 70/156/EEC provides for the possibility of Member States granting for a limited period and for small quantities a derogation for 'end-of-series' vehicles;
Whereas this derogation is limited by virtue of Annex XII B to Directive 70/156/EEC to vehicles of category M1;
Whereas it is forecast that the total market for heavy commercial vehicles in the Community for 1993 will be 13 % less than the number which was sold in 1992; whereas this represents a 25 % reduction in the number of sales over a four-year period;
Whereas experience has shown that, as a consequence of the severe downturn in the Community market for vehicles powered by diesel engines covered by Directive 88/77/EEC, there is likely to be a certain number of vehicles type-approved to the previous version of the Directive which will not have been sold before 1 October 1993;
Whereas, in the absence of a directive to amend Annex XII B, the manufacturers of such vehicles would be either left with unsaleable stocks of such vehicles or required to take uneconomic measures to satisfy the requirements of the Directive;
Whereas such an outcome would cause an additional economic burden on the producers and threaten their ability to invest in future technologically advanced products at a time when the Community market for such vehicles is already in a severe downturn;
Whereas a similar problem is likely to arise in the future with regard to diesel-engined light commercial vehicles due to the unfavourable evolution of this market;
Whereas it is necessary, in order to remedy the uneconomic commercial effects referred to above, to amend Directive 70/156/EEC by extending the 'end-of-series' derogation so that it applies to all categories of vehicle and not just to vehicles of category M1;
Whereas the maximum number of vehicles which may benefit from the 'end-of-series' limits may not exceed 10 % of the vehicles of the types concerned put into service in that Member State during the previous year; whereas the overall impact of this amendment on the environment will be slight and temporary;
Whereas the operation of the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC on 'end-of-series' limits should be further clarified in order to find a definitive solution adapted to the needs of all vehicle categories including multi-stage build vehicles; whereas the Commission will examine this problem by 31 March 1994 and will make appropriate proposals to the Member States by that date;
Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress established by Directive 70/156/EEC,
Section B of Annex XII to Directive 70/156/EEC shall be amended by the deletion of the words: 'In the case of category M1,'.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 October 1993. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
3. 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.
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31998R2141 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2141/98 of 6 October 1998 amending for the 16th time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2141/98 of 6 October 1998 amending for the 16th time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in Spain, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No 913/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1809/98 (4), to introduce exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in that Member State;
Whereas it is appropriate to introduce a calculation method for the piglets weighing between 6 and 13 kilograms, allowing a regular and automatic adaption of the aid to the fluctuations in the market price;
Whereas, the list of eligible areas laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 913/97 should be adjusted in line with the current veterinary and health situation;
Whereas because the new calculation method of the aid for piglets may lead to a reduction of the costs of this measure, this Regulation should enter into force immediately;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EC) No 913/97 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 4(4), the last subparagraph is replaced by the following text:
'For piglets weighing 6 kilograms or more but less than 13 kilograms on average per batch, the aid referred to in Article 1(4) is equal to 90 % of the aid fixed pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph for piglets weighing 13 kilograms on average.`;
2. Annex II is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004R1468 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1468/2004 of 18 August 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 19.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1468/2004
of 18 August 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R1030 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1030/2012 of 26 October 2012 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Isle of Man Queenies (PDO))
| 8.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 308/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1030/2012
of 26 October 2012
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Isle of Man Queenies (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the United Kingdom’s application to register the name ‘Isle of Man Queenies’ 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.
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31995R1624 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1624/95 of 29 June 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the processing and marketing of its products
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1624/95 of 29 June 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the processing and marketing of its products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2080/93 of 20 July 1993 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the financial instrument of fisheries guidance (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the provisions of the London Convention (ITC 69) were extended to all fishing vessels by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining characteristics for fishing vessels (5); whereas the implementation of the provisions of the said Convention generalized, by 1 January 2004 at the latest, the use of gross tonnage as the unit of tonnage to all vessels of the fishing fleet of the European Union;
Whereas this usage makes it essential to modify the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 (6) since they refer to vessel tonnage, and in particular tables 1 and 2 of Annex IV thereto;
Whereas it is appropriate to ensure the harmonization of the procedures referred to in Articles 5 and 6 of the Said Regulation;
Whereas there should be a reduction in the activity threshold that renders a fishing vessel eligible for measures of permanent withdrawal as regards fishing vessels registered in the North Baltic ports, having regard to the special climatic conditions of the region which cause its water which is only slightly salty to freeze for a large part of the year,
Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 5 (2), the reference to 'Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2080/93` shall be replaced by a reference to 'Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92`;
2. in the second subparagraph of Article 8 (2), the following words shall be inserted after the words '25 gross registered tonnes (GRT)`: 'or 27 gross tonnes (GT)`;
3. in Article 16 the following paragraph shall be added:
'3. From 1 January 2004 only reference to the GT unit of tonnage shall be possible in this Regulation.`;
4. in the first subparagraph of Annex III, point 1.1 (a) the following sentence shall be added:
'in the Baltic Sea the number of seventy five days shall be reduced to sixty days for vessels registered in ports situated north of parallel 59° 30′ N.`;
5. in Annex III in the first indent of the first paragraph of point 1.2 (a) the following shall be inserted: 'or 27 gross tonnes (GT)`;
6. in Annex IV, point 1 shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Regulation.
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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32003R1603 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1603/2003 of 12 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for ling by vessels flying the flag of Germany
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1603/2003
of 12 September 2003
prohibiting fishing for ling by vessels flying the flag of Germany
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2003(4), lays down quotas for ling for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of ling in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (EC waters and waters not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of third countries), by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Germany has prohibited fishing for this stock from 29 August 2003. This date should consequently be adopted in this Regulation,
Catches of ling in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (EC waters and waters not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of third countries), by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Germany for 2003.
Fishing for ling in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (EC waters and waters not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of third countries), by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 29 August 2003.
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32009R0330 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/2009 of 22 April 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of seasonal products in the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 23.4.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 103/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 330/2009
of 22 April 2009
laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of seasonal products in the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (1), and in particular the third paragraph of Article 4 and Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are harmonised inflation measures required by the Commission and the European Central Bank for the performance of their functions under Article 121 of the EC Treaty. HICPs are designed to facilitate international comparisons of consumer price inflation. They serve as important indicators for the management of monetary policy.
(2) Under Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95, each Member State is required, as part of the implementation of that Regulation, to produce an HICP starting with the index for January 1997.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 of 9 September 1996 on initial implementing measures for Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (2) defines the coverage of the HICP as those goods and services which are included in household final monetary consumption expenditure incurred on the economic territory of the Member State, in one or both of the time periods being compared.
(4) Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 of 20 November 1996 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices: transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP (3) defines a breakdown of COICOP/HICP (4) by division (two-digit level), group (three-digit level) and class (four-digit level).
(5) Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/97 of 10 December 1997 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the quality of HICP weightings (5) defines the ‘weighting reference period’ of an HICP as a 12-month period of consumption or expenditure. According to Article 3 thereof Member States should each month produce HICPs using weightings which reflect the consumers′ expenditure pattern in the weighting reference period.
(6) Consequently weightings at the level of COICOP/HICP divisions, groups and classes are required not to vary between months during the year. Nevertheless weightings at a more detailed level of COICOP/HICP might be allowed to reflect a seasonally varying consumption pattern. Although indices without and with seasonal weighting variability correspond to different statistical targets, restrictions on the methodology may ensure the necessary comparability between those two approaches, as well as comparability between Member States within the approaches.
(7) Seasonal products are typically not available or their purchased volumes are negligible for certain periods in an annual cyclical pattern and according to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 where target samples do not require monthly observation of actual prices throughout the year estimated prices should be used instead.
(8) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/2001 of 28 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for revisions of the harmonised index of consumer prices and amending Regulation (EC) No 2602/2000 (6) sets the framework for revisions in the HICPs.
(9) Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 provides that HICPs which differ on account of differences in concepts, methods or practices used in their definition and compilation should not be considered comparable. However, the methodologies applied in the Member States for seasonal products differ substantially and the results may not be sufficiently comparable. Therefore a harmonised approach with respect to seasonal products in the HICPs is necessary in order to ensure that the resulting HICPs meet the requirements as to comparability, reliability, and relevance under the third paragraph of Article 4 and under Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95.
(10) The European Central Bank has been consulted in accordance with Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 (7).
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (8),
Subject matter
This Regulation establishes minimum standards for the treatment of seasonal products in order to improve the comparability, reliability and relevance of the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICPs).
Definitions
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1. ‘seasonal products’ means those goods and services that are not available for purchase, or purchased in small or negligible volumes, for certain periods in a typical annual cyclical pattern. The in-season period is meant to cover at least one month;
2. ‘subdivision of COICOP/HICP’ means COICOP/HICP class in the case of goods and services in a COICOP/HICP class, and COICOP/HICP group for groups that are not subdivided into classes according to the harmonised COICOP/HICP classification as laid down in Regulation 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96, concerning the subindices of the harmonised indices of consumer prices (9);
3. ‘counter-seasonal estimation’ means the estimation of a price for a product-offer of a product that is out-of-season so that:
— in the first month of the out-of-season period, the estimated price is equal to a typical price observed in the previous in-season period, and,
— from the second month, the estimated price is equal to the estimated price for the preceding month, adjusted by the change in observed prices on average over all seasonal products that are in-season in the same subdivision of COICOP/HICP,
4. ‘all-seasonal estimation’ means the estimation of a price for a product-offer of a product that is out-of-season so that:
— in the first month of the out-of-season period, the estimated price is equal to a typical price observed in the previous in-season period, and,
— from the second month, the estimated price is equal to the estimated price for the preceding month, adjusted by the change in observed prices on average over all available products in the same subdivision of COICOP/HICP,
5. ‘strict annual weights index’ means a price index using weightings that do not differ between months within the same year at all levels of index calculation;
6. ‘class-confined seasonal weights index’ means a price index using weightings that within the same year:
— do not differ between months for any COICOP/HICP subdivision taken as a whole,
— do not differ between months for products within any COICOP/HICP subdivision that does not contain any seasonal product,
— within the in-season period do not differ between months for products within any COICOP/HICP subdivision that contains seasonal products, except to the extent that it is necessary to allow for month-on-month changes in the composition of the basket,
Scope
1. The minimum standards shall apply to seasonal products within the following COICOP/HICP classes and groups:
01.1.3 Fish
01.1.6 Fruit
01.1.7 Vegetables
03,1 Clothing
03,2 Footwear
2. Where appropriate, the minimum standards shall serve as guidance also concerning seasonal products within COICOP/HICP classes and groups other than those listed in the first paragraph.
Minimum standards
1. In any given month, seasonal products shall be deemed to be either in-season or out-of-season. In-season periods may vary from one year to another.
2. An HICP sub-index at elementary product group level shall be a strict annual weights index or a class-confined seasonal weights index.
3. For an HICP that is a strict annual weights index, estimated prices shall be used for seasonal products that are out-of-season, in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1749/96.
4. For an HICP that is a strict annual weights index, an estimated price for a product-offer of a seasonal product that is out-of-season shall be defined either by counter-seasonal estimation or by all-seasonal estimation. Hereby counter-seasonal estimation shall be preferred where the Member State deems it feasible with respect to the availability of observed prices, as may be likely for clothing and footwear. Where counter-seasonal estimation is not deemed feasible, all-seasonal estimation shall be used.
5. For an HICP that is a class-confined seasonal weights index, a seasonal product that is out-of-season shall have a weight of zero.
6. For an HICP that is a strict annual weights index, estimations may also be performed at a more detailed level than the subdivision of COICOP/HICP, such as for strata if a stratified sample is being used. For an HICP that is a class confined seasonal weights index, seasonal weights may also be established at a more detailed level.
7. Changes in prices of seasonal products for which the share of the total consumption expenditure, covered by the HICP, during a typical in-season period is likely to be at least two parts per thousand shall be reflected in the HICP.
8. The weights for seasonal products shall be compiled and updated as necessary in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2454/97. The indices used for the annual price updating of weights, where the index computation so requires, shall refer to the average prices of the month used for updating.
Comparability
HICPs constructed following standards other than those required in Article 4 of this Regulation shall be deemed comparable if they result in indices which do not differ systematically from an index compiled following the provisions of this Regulation by more than:
(a) one tenth of one percentage point on average over one year against the previous year for the all-items HICP;
(b) three, four or five tenths of a percentage point on average over one year against the previous year for any COICOP/HICP division, group or class;
(c) one tenth of one percentage point on average for an individual month against the previous month of the all-items HICP.
Application
The changes deriving from this Regulation, and in particular Article 4 thereof, shall be applied from December 2010 and take effect with the index for January 2011.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31994D1057 | 94/1057/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1994 on the approval of the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Bretagne concerned by Objective 2 in France (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 1994 on the approval of the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Bretagne concerned by Objective 2 in France (Only the French text is authentic) (94/1057/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (2), and in particular Article 10 (1) last subparagraph thereof,
After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and the Committee pursuant to Article 124 of the Treaty,
Whereas the programming procedure for structural assistance under Objective 2 is defined in Article 9 (8) to (10) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (4); whereas, however, the last subparagraph of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in order to simplify and to speed up programming procedures, Member States may submit in a Single Programming Document the information required for the regional and social conversion plan referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and the information required at Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas Article 10 (1) last subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in that case the Commission adopts a single decision in a Single Document covering the points referred to in Article 8 (3) and the assistance from the Funds referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 14 (3);
Whereas the Commission has established, by Decision 94/169/EC (5), an initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 for the period 1994 to 1996;
Whereas the French Government has submitted to the Commission on 28 April 1994 the Single Programming Document referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 for the region of Bretagne; whereas this document contains the elements referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas expenditure under this Single Programming Document is eligible pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, from 1 January 1994;
Whereas the Single Programming Document submitted by this Member State includes a description of the conversion priorities selected and the applications for assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) as well as an indication of the planned use of the assistance available from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments in implementing the Single Programming Document;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the Commission is charged with ensuring, within the framework of the partnership, coordination and consistency between assistance from the Funds and assistance provided by the EIB and the other financial instruments, including the ECSC and the other actions for structural purposes;
Whereas the EIB has been involved in the drawing up of the Single Programming Document in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, applicable by analogy in the establishment of the Single Programming Document; whereas it has declared itself prepared to contribute to the implementation of this document in conformity with its statutory provisions; whereas, however, it has not yet been possible to evaluate precisely the amounts of Community loans corresponding to the financial needs;
Whereas Article 2 second subparagraph of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 of 2 July 1990 on arrangements for using the ecu for the purpose of the budgetary management of the Structural Funds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2745/94 (2), stipulates that in the Commission Decisions approving a Single Programming Document, the Community assistance available for the entire period and the annual breakdown thereof shall be set out in ecus at prices for the year in which each Decision is taken and shall be subject to indexation; whereas this annual breakdown must be compatible with the progressive increase in the commitment appropriations shown in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88; whereas indexation is based on a single rate per year, corresponding to the rates applied annually to budget appropriations on the basis of the mechanism for the technical adjustment of the financial perspectives;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Regional Development Fund (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2083/93 (4), defines the measures for which the ERDF may provide financial support;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4255/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Social Fund (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2084/93 (6), defines the measures for which the ESF may provide financial support;
Whereas the Single Programming Document has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas the Single Programming Document satisfies the conditions and includes the information required by Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88;
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 lays down that Member States shall provide the relevant financial information to the Commission to permit verification of the respect of the principle of additionality; whereas the analysis, in the framework of partnership, of the information provided for by the French authorities has not yet allowed this verification; whereas, payments should therefore be suspended after the first advance provided for in Article 21 (2) of the said Regulation until the Commission will have verified the respect of the additionality;
Whereas the present assistance satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, and so should be implemented by means of an integrated approach involving finance from more than one Fund;
Whereas Article 1 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (7), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) No 2730/94 (8), states that the legal commitments entered into for measures extending over more than one financial year must contain a time limit for implementation which must be specified to the recipient in due form when the aid is granted;
Whereas all the other conditions laid down for the grant of aid from the ERDF and the ESF have been complied with,
The Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Bretagne concerned by Objective 2 in France, covering the period 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1996, is hereby approved.
The Single Programming Document includes the following essential elements:
(a) a statement of the main priorities for joint action, their specific quantified objectives, an appraisal of their expected impact and their consistency with economic, social and regional policies in France;
the main priorities are:
1. mobilize business to create jobs;
2. development of R & D and training potential;
3. modernization of port areas;
4. improve tourist facilities;
5. improve the attractiveness of the area;
(b) the assistance from the Structural Funds as referred to in Article 4;
(c) the detailed provisions for implementing the Single Programming Document comprising:
- the procedures for monitoring and evaluation,
- the financial implementation provisions,
- the rules for compliance with Community policies;
(d) the procedures for verifying additionality;
(e) the arrangements for associating the environmental authorities with the implementation of the Single Programming Document;
(f) the means available for technical assistance necessary for the preparation, implementation or adaptation of the measures concerned.
For the purpose of indexation, the annual breakdown of the global maximal allocation foreseen for the assistance from the Structural Funds is as follows:
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The assistance from the Structural Funds granted to the Single Programming Document amounts to a maximum of ECU 89,7 million.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds to the various priorities and measures, is set out in the financing plan and the detailed implementing provisions which form an integral part of the Single Programming Document.
The national financial contribution envisaged, which is approximately ECU 110 million for the public sector and ECU 63 million for the private sector, may be met in part by Community loans, in particular from the ECSC and EIB.
1. The breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
- ERDF:ECU 77,56 million,
- ESF:ECU 12,14 million.
2. The budgetary commitments for the first instalment are as follows:
- ERDF:ECU 24,66 million,
- ESF:ECU 3,86 million.
Commitments of subsequent instalments will be based on the financing plan for the Single Programming Document and on progress in its implementation.
3. The financial contribution will be suspended after the payment of the first advance provided for in Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 until such time as the Commission has verified the respect of the principle of additionality on the basis of the relevant information supplied by the Member State.
The breakdown among the Structural Funds and the procedure for the grant of the assistance may be altered subsequently, subject to the availability of funds and the budgetary rules, in the light of adjustments decided according to the procedure laid down in Article 25 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88.
The Community aid concerns expenditure on operations under the Single Programming Document which, in the Member State concerned, are the subject of legally binding commitments and for which the requisite finance has been specifically allocated no later than 31 December 1996. The final date for taking account of expenditure on these measures is 31 December 1998.
The Single Programming Document shall be implemented in accordance with Community law, and in particular Articles 6, 30, 48, 52, 59, 92 and 93 of the EC Treaty and the Community Directives on the coordination of procedures for the award of contracts.
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32002R1561 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1561/2002 of 30 August 2002 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1561/2002
of 30 August 2002
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sugar(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15),
Whereas:
(1) Article 27(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1260/2001 provides that the differences between the prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. 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), 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 Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.
(2) In accordance with 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 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay Round lay down that the export refund for a product contained in a good may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(4) The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in advance as the market situation over the next few months cannot be established at the moment.
(5) 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.
(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 Sugar,
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(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2002.
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32008R0052 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 52/2008 of 22 January 2008 opening for the year 2008 and the following years a tariff quota applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain goods originating in Iceland resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
| 23.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 18/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 52/2008
of 22 January 2008
opening for the year 2008 and the following years a tariff quota applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain goods originating in Iceland resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and, in particular, Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 1999/492/EC of 21 June 1999 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (2), and, in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland, approved by Decision 1999/492/EC, provides for an annual tariff quota for imports from Iceland of sugar confectionery products and chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa. It is necessary to open that quota for 2008 and for the following years.
(2) 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), lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff quota opened by this Regulation is to be managed in accordance with those rules.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
From 1 January to 31 December 2008 and for the following years, the goods originating in Iceland and imported into the Community which are listed in the Annex shall be subject to the duties set out in that Annex within the limits of the annual quota indicated therein.
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
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 2008.
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32013R1352 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 of 4 December 2013 establishing the forms provided for in Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights
| 18.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/10
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1352/2013
of 4 December 2013
establishing the forms provided for in Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 (1), and in particular Article 6(1) and Article 12(7) thereof,
After consulting the European Data Protection Supervisor,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 sets out the conditions and procedures for action by the customs authorities where goods suspected of infringing an intellectual property right are, or should have been, subject to customs supervision or customs controls in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (2).
(2) In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 persons and entities duly entitled may submit an application to the competent customs department requesting that customs authorities take action on those goods (application) and may also request the extension of the period during which the customs authorities are to take action in accordance with a previously granted application (extension request).
(3) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the application and for the extension request, standard forms should be established.
(4) Those standard forms should replace those provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1891/2004 (3) implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 (4), which is to be repealed by Regulation (EU) No 608/2013.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1891/2004 should therefore be repealed.
(6) Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 shall apply from 1 January 2014 and, therefore, this Regulation should also be applicable from the same date.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, referred to in Article 34(1) of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013,
1. The application requesting that customs authorities take action with respect to goods suspected of infringing an intellectual property right (application) referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 shall be made by using the form set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. The request for extension of the period during which the customs authorities are to take action (extension request) referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 shall be made by using the form set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. The forms set out in Annexes I and II shall be completed in accordance with the notes on completion set out in Annex III.
Without prejudice to Article 5(6) of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013, the forms set out in Annexes I and II to this Regulation may, where necessary, be completed legibly by hand.
Those forms shall contain no erasures, overwritten words or other alterations and shall be made up of two copies.
The handwritten forms shall be completed in ink and block capitals.
Regulation (EC) No 1891/2004 is repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
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32008D0543 | 2008/543/EC: Commission Decision of 18 June 2008 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community (notified under document number C(2008) 2701) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 3.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 173/25
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 June 2008
amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community
(notified under document number C(2008) 2701)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/543/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (3), and in particular Article 63(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2005/94/EC sets out certain preventive measures relating to the surveillance and the early detection of avian influenza and the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of that disease in poultry or other captive birds. It provides that detailed rules, required by the epidemiological situation to supplement the minimum control measures provided for in that Directive, are to be laid down.
(2) Commission Decision 2006/415/EC of 14 June 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community and repealing Decision 2006/135/EC (4) lays down certain protection measures to be applied in order to prevent the spread of that disease, including the establishment of areas A and B following a suspected or confirmed outbreak of the disease. Those areas are listed in the Annex to Decision 2006/415/EC and at present include parts of Germany and Poland. That Decision currently applies until 30 June 2008.
(3) Since there is a continuing risk of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 within the Community, the measures laid down in Decision 2006/415/EC should be maintained in order to be used where that virus is detected in poultry, thereby supplementing the measures provided for in Directive 2005/94/EC.
(4) Given the current epidemiological situation in relation to avian influenza in the Community, it is appropriate to extend the period of application of Decision 2006/415/EC until 30 June 2009.
(5) Germany and Poland have notified the Commission that, due to the favourable disease situation on their territory, they are no longer applying protection measures in relation to outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1. The measures established in accordance with Article 4(2) of Decision 2006/415/CE for areas A and B in those Member States are therefore no longer necessary.
(6) Decision 2006/415/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2006/415/EC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 12, the date ‘30 June 2008’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2009’.
2. In Parts A and B of the Annex, the entries for Germany and Poland are deleted.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2008.
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31982R3123 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3123/82 of 12 November 1982 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the decision by the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund to grant aid for projects designed to improve public amenities in certain less-favoured agricultural areas of the Federal Republic of Germany
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3123/82
of 12 November 1982
laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the decision by the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund to grant aid for projects designed to improve public amenities in certain less-favoured agricultural areas of the Federal Republic of Germany
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1938/81 of 30 June 1981 on common measures to improve public amenities in certain less-favoured agricultural areas of the Federal Republic of Germany (1), and in particular Article 13 (4) thereof,
Whereas supporting documents in respect of projects eligible for assistance from the EAGGF are forwarded, in some cases via the Member State concerned, by a department or agency designated by that Member State; whereas, with a view to ensuring an effective check on the execution of these projects, provision should be made for defining the role of that department or agency and the nature of the supporting documents to be drawn up in compliance with the laws or regulations of the Member State concerned or with the measures laid down by the said department or agency, and the checking arrangements to be made by each Member State;
Whereas the Commission needs to be informed that projects are being carried out under the conditions and within the time limits laid down;
Whereas the documentation to be forwarded by the intermediary authority or agency so that the Commission may ascertain that all the conditions are fulfilled for payment of the aid, or a proportion thereof, should be specified; whereas that documentation must include full information, presented in a uniform manner, in order to facilitate examination and uniform treatment of payment applications;
Whereas, if the documents duly provided by the department or agency appear inadequate or incomplete for the purpose of checking the financial or other conditions to which the projects are subject, the Commission can request the authority or agency to submit additional documents;
Whereas there should be provision, in connection with inspection visits, for cooperation between the Commission and the Member State concerned, so that the said visits may achieve their intended purpose;
Whereas the procedure for suspending, reducing or terminating EAGGF aid should not be initiated without the Member State concerned first having been asked for its views and the beneficiaries having been given the opportunity to submit their comments;
Whereas, since EAGGF aid is paid to the beneficiary through an agency designated by the Member State, it is necessary to define the documents which that agency is to forward to the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
I. Role of the department or agency responsible for fowarding supporting documents
1. The department or agency responsible for forwarding supporting documents within the meaning of Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1938/81 shall send to the Commission, either on an overall basis within two months following the entry into force of this Regulation, or for each separate project within two months of notification of the relevant decision according aid, a descriptive list of the supporting documents it intends to require. Any amendment to such list shall be communicated to the Commission within two months of such amendment.
'Supporting documents' means any document drawn up in accordance either with the laws or regulations of the Member State concerned or with the measures adopted by the abovementioned department or agency and establishing that the financial or other conditions imposed for the project in question have been fulfilled.
The descriptive list mentioned above shall contain:
- identification of each supporting document, together with a reference to the regulations or measures on the basis of which it is to be drawn up,
- a brief description of the contents of each document.
2. Within the time limit laid down in paragraph 1 the department or agency shall also send to the Commission a detailed description of the checking arrangements employed, on the basis of which it makes out the certificate referred to in Article 3.
3. The Commission may request the Member State in question to add to the descriptive list other documents which it considers necessary for checking the eligibility for payment of the expenditure claimed in applications; it may to the same end request that Member State to strengthen its checking arrangements.
On the expiry of a period of two years from the date of notification of the decision granting aid, the department or agency shall forward to the Commission a document describing the progress made on uncompleted projects. Where, contrary to the information contained in the application for aid and the decision to grant it, the work has not begun at the end of this period, the department or agency shall give reasons and, where necessary, shall submit to the Commission guarantees, provided by the beneficiaries, establishing that the project will be carried out in the near future.
On completion of a project, or in the course of its implementation if the Commission decision makes provision for payment in instalments pursuant to Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1938/81, the department or agency shall forward to the Commission a request for payment showing that the conditions for payment have been fulfilled.
Applications for payment shall consist of a certificate and a list of the supporting documents; the latter shall be submitted in duplicate in the form shown in the Annex (models 1 to 4).
To enable an effective check to be made on the execution of a project, the department or agency shall submit to the Commission, on request and within a time limit which the latter may fix, any supporting document within the meaning of Article 1 or a certified copy thereof, or any other document which shows that the financial or other conditions laid down for a project have been fulfilled.
If the Commission considers it necessary to make an inspection visit, it shall give prior notice thereof to the Member State in question and shall invite it to participate in the inspection; the Member State shall take all necessary steps to promote the efficacy of such inspection visits.
Before initiating any procedure for suspending, reducing or terminating aid from the EAGGF in accordance with Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1938/81 the Commission shall:
- advise the Member State in question, so that it may express its views on the matter,
- consult the department or agency responsible for transmitting supporting documents,
- ask the beneficiary to provide, through the department or agency, an explanation for his non-compliance with the conditions laid down.
II. Role of the agency responsible for payment
1. When the Commission is satisfied that the financial or other conditions laid down for the project have been fulfilled, it shall pay the aid from the EAGGF, or the appropriate portion thereof if payment is by instalments, for the beneficiary in accordance with Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1938/81.
2. The agency shall pay the aid to the beneficiary without delay and shall provide evidence to the Commission that this has been done within 15 days of payment.
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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31998R0486 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 486/98 of 27 February 1998 fixing the amount of the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for the private storage of butter and cream
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 486/98 of 27 February 1998 fixing the amount of the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for the private storage of butter and cream
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas Article 12(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 454/95 of 28 February 1995 laying down detailed rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 895/96 (4), provides that the aid referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for private storage is fixed each year; whereas it is necessary to fix the elements of that aid before the operations concerning placing in storage for 1998 commence;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The aid referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 is hereby established in the following manner per tonne of butter or butter equivalent for the contracts concluded during 1998:
(a) ECU 24 for fixed costs;
(b) ECU 0,35 per day of contractual storage for coldstore costs;
(c) an amount per day of contractual storage calculated on the basis of 91 % of the intervention price for the butter, expressed as national currency, applicable on the day on which contractual storage commences and based on an interest rate of 5 % per year.
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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32014R1139 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1139/2014 of 27 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears
| 28.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 307/34
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1139/2014
of 27 October 2014
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (2) provides for the surveillance of the imports of the products listed in Annex XVIII 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 (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 2011, 2012 and 2013, the trigger levels for additional duties should be adjusted from 1 November 2014 for artichokes, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, from 1 December 2014 for oranges and from 1 January 2015 for courgettes, lemons, apples and pears.
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly. For reasons of readability, Annex XVIII to this Regulation should be replaced in its entirety.
(4) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,
In Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, the trigger levels for additional duties on artichokes, courgettes, oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, lemons, apples and pears shall be replaced by the trigger levels in the corresponding column of this Annex as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001R1534 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1534/2001 of 26 July 2001 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1534/2001
of 26 July 2001
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that the difference between quotations of prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each of those Regulations and the prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2390/2000(6), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate.
(3) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(4) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. Whereas it is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. Whereas the fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(5) Now that a settlement has been reached between the European Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States and has been approved by Council Decision 87/482/EEC(7), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 according to their destination.
(6) Pursuant to Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that a reduced rate of export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93(8), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 87/1999(9), for the basic product in question, used during the assumed period of manufacture of the goods.
(7) Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However, Protocol 19 of the Act of Accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark stipulates that the necessary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is necessary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals exported in the form of spirituous beverages.
(8) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to amended Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 respectively, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 July 2001.
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32005R0818 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 818/2005 of 27 May 2005 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled and parboiled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004
| 28.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 135/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 818/2005
of 27 May 2005
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled and parboiled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004 (2).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 (3) allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 14(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled and parboiled long grain B rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 23 to 26 May 2005 at 57,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 May 2005.
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32001D0819 | 2001/819/EC: Commission Decision of 22 November 2001 amending Decision 98/695/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Mexico (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3694)
| Commission Decision
of 22 November 2001
amending Decision 98/695/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Mexico
(notified under document number C(2001) 3694)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/819/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), as last amended by Council Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 11(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Commission Decision 98/695/EC of 24 November 1998 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Mexico(3), states that the "Dirección General de Calidad Sanitaria de Bienes y Servicios (DGCSBS) de la Secretaría de Salud" shall be the competent authority in Mexico for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
(2) Following a restructuring of the Mexican administration, the competent authority for issuing health certificates for fishery products has changed to the "Dirección General de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios (DGCSPS) de la Secretaría de Salud". This new authority is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force. It is therefore necessary to modify the nomination of the Competent Authority mentioned in Decision 98/695/EC and the model of health certificate included in Annex A to this Decision.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Decision 98/695/EC is modified as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: "Article 1
The 'Dirección General de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios (DGCSPS) de la Secretaría de Salud' shall be the competent authority in Mexico for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC."
2. Point 2 of the Article 3 is replaced by the following: "2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the DGCSPS and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements."
3. Annex A is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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